02-04-2020 11:49 via feedproxy.google.com

SoftBank terminates $3BN tender offer for WeWork shares

SoftBank Grouphas pulled a $3 billion tender offer for WeWorkshares — citing closing conditions not being met.
The investment behemoth had been rumoured to be getting cold feet, when the WSJ reported last month that it was using regulatory investigations as a way to back out of its commitment to buy $3BN in shares from existing WeWork shareholders.
Under the terms of the share buyback deal negotiated last year, WeWork founder Adam Neumann had been set to receive almost $1BN for his sh
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