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The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog and culture minister on Thursday approved Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros

Warner Bros shareholders in April backed the proposed $110-billion merger, but cast an advisory vote against executive compensation plans tied to the deal

Warner Bros investors back £82bn Paramount takeover

Yet in an apparent case of a minnow swallowing a whale, Paramount is poised to gobble up Warner Bros in a deal worth $111bn

The deal was inked just a day after Netflix abruptly announced it was pulling out of the bidding war for Warner Bros

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After-hours prices climbed to around $92, with some platforms showing peaks near $92.56, reflecting strong investor approval of Netflix's decision to avoid an expensive escalation

Discovery opened the door on Tuesday to Paramount Skydance after the rival bidder raised its offer to $31 per share

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has formally called a Special Meeting of Shareholders for March 20, 2026, at 8:00 AM Eastern Time, where investors will vote on the company’s proposed merger with Netflix

Netflix capped last year with another solid financial performance despite slowing subscriber growth that underscored the importance of its contested $72 billion bid to take over Warner Bros

As per Variety, David Ellison's Paramount on Monday also announced plans to nominate its own slate of directors "who, in accordance with their fiduciary duties, will exercise WBD's right under the Netflix Agreement to engage on Paramount's offer and enter into a transaction with Paramount."