Oct 26, 2017: 03:37pm

On Wednesday, Musk shared the news with a video on the social media platform.

Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco

Someone showed up at the San Francisco headquarters of the micro-blogging site Wednesday.

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If Musk doesn't follow through with his acquisition by Friday's court mandated deadline, they will face off at trial in Delaware.

A short time later, Musk posted a video of himself at the San Francisco headquarters of the micro-blogging site.

According to a memo sent to staff, the world's richest man will speak to them on Friday.

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The most definitive news is that the deal will close at $54.20 per share. According to the report, Musk told the banks that he would complete his acquisition on the original terms. According to the co-head of mergers and acquisitions at JP Morgan, he thinks the deal will go through. After Musk tried to back out of his plan to take the company private, a trial will be held to determine if the deal goes through. The trial was put on hold after Musk wrote to the company.

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According to documents seen by the Washington Post, Musk plans to cut a third of his staff.

27%. Since Musk's letter agreeing to follow through with the deal went public, the share price of the social media company has gone up. The company's stock rose 1% to $53.37.

According to a report, Musk told bankers he would buy the social network by Friday.