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It is not a hostile takeover because Twitter’s board agreed to it. https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/042215/what-difference-between-hostile-takeover-and

• basisword 4y ago
  They hadn't agreed to it last week, when this article was published.
  • shkkmo 4y ago
    It wasn't a hostile takeover then either. Making an offer to a board is not a "hostile takeover attempt", trying to buy 51% of the outstanding shares (without approval of the board or shareholders) is a hostile takeover. Zero responsible reporting called this a hostile takeover. The closest you can come is journalists who speculated that a hostile takeover might be attempted if the offer to the board were rejected. There is nothing beyond speculation to show that this was ever a possibility.