APO - Paramount: Apollo Coming Around The Turn Ready To Pounce If Skydance Deal Falters
2024-04-05 12:47:00 ET
Summary
- The Skydance deal for Paramount Global faces potential lawsuits and needs to be more equitable for holders compared to the $26B Apollo Global offer.
- Allen deal is fair but too debt-dependent, making it a non-starter.
- Apollo's offer of $26B could increase if Skydance talks stall, and shareholders want a fair price for their patience.
Premise : Any Paramount Global (PARA) (PARAA) deal that has unfair optics for holders will encounter an invasion of massive lawsuits provoking a golden welfare program for lawyers that could take months. The key to a deal here is how equitable it appears to holders, and not Shari Redstone, President of National Amusements ("NAI"), alone. Not an easy endgame for David Ellison's Skydance....
Paramount: Apollo Coming Around The Turn Ready To Pounce If Skydance Deal Falters