'LET THAT SINK IN'
Elon Musk carries a SINK into Twitter headquarters after Tesla CEO hit with Friday deadline to complete $44b takeover
ELON Musk has made his official entrance to the Twitter headquarters - and he brought a sink along with him.
The Tesla CEO posted a clip on Wednesday that shows him carrying a sink into the company's San Francisco offices ahead of his planned takeover.
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"Entering Twitter HQ - let that sink in!" he wrote to his 110million followers.
The punny video comes as Musk pledged to close the $44billion Twitter deal on Friday.
Tesla chief Musk, who has changed his Twitter bio to "Chief Twit," agreed to purchase the social media platform back in April before he pulled out of the deal in July.
After pulling out, Musk has now said he will buy the app at the price of $54.20 per share, according to Bloomberg.
The billionaire faced a legal battle over trying to back out of the previous deal, but a judge has since halted it after news of Musk agreeing to buy the company.
According to , Delaware judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick gave Musk until Friday to acquire Twitter.
If he doesn't, the judge will preside over a trial in November that will decide whether Musk is forced to go through with the deal he made with the company in April.
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Musk originally changed his mind about Twitter due to his beliefs the company was not revealing the true number of bot accounts.
This was strongly denied by the company.
Twitter has seen a mass staff exodus since Musk announced his intention to purchase the social media company.
More than 1,000 employees have left this year, with as many as 530 quitting in the last three months alone, according to .
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