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Larry Ellison Issues $40.4B Personal Guarantee
to Force Hostile Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover

When billionaires put their personal balance sheet on the line, it signals urgency. This is not a routine media deal — it is a power move with regulatory consequences.

NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTIVE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

This article analyzes public reporting, market disclosures, and governance risk. No explicit material is shown. Publication establishes timestamped notice to boards, officers, counterparties, insurers, and regulators.

Billionaires do not deploy personal guarantees at this scale unless time is short, underwriting resistance exists, or disclosure pressure is rising.

THE BID — STRIPPED OF SPIN

• Offer: ~$30 per share for WBD
• Structure: Cash + assumed debt + Ellison personal backstop
• Nature: Hostile, accelerated, media-coordinated
• Reality: Banks didn’t want the full exposure — Ellison absorbed it

WHY A PERSONAL GUARANTEE IS A RED FLAG

In large-cap M&A, clean deals are underwritten by syndicates. Personal guarantees appear when risk is asymmetric.

1. Traditional underwriting resistance
2. Expected regulatory or antitrust scrutiny
3. Potential litigation or disclosure exposure
4. Urgency driven by competitive or informational timing

WHAT WBD SHAREHOLDERS ARE BEING ASKED TO DECIDE

THIS IS NOT JUST A MEDIA DEAL

Ellison’s interests intersect across cloud infrastructure, AI training data, compute, and distribution control. Content libraries are no longer entertainment — they are strategic fuel.

THE QUESTION NO ONE IS ASKING (BUT REGULATORS WILL)

Why does this deal require a personal guarantee at all?

REGULATORY & GOVERNANCE FLASHPOINTS

• Antitrust: Horizontal + vertical consolidation
• National security: Data, cloud, AI training sets
• Disclosure risk: Any adverse finding detonates guarantor exposure
• Timing risk: Hostile acceleration implies anticipated events

SHOCKYA BOTTOM LINE

This is one of the most aggressive and time-compressed takeover plays in modern media history. Either it closes and redraws Hollywood — or it fails, and the reason why becomes the real story.

© Shockya Real Talk. Published in the public interest. This article establishes constructive notice to Warner Bros. Discovery directors and officers, Paramount Global leadership, financing counterparties, insurers, and regulators.

Shockya Real Talk — Related Investigations

The following Shockya articles reference publicly reported facts, court-filed materials, and governance risks involving major media power brokers. Links provided for record, context, and constructive notice.

Larry Ellison / Oracle / Paramount Global

• Oracle’s Larry Ellison & Son David Ellison’s Child Porn, Fixed Sports Betting & Paramount Global Legal-Blackmail Network — Now Exposed
  Investigative reporting examining alleged systemic risk involving Oracle infrastructure, Paramount Global ownership, and Ellison-linked entities referenced in court filings.
• Warner Brothers Executive Board — Systemic Risk Assessment — CSAM & Rigged Sports Betting Crimes Linked to Paramount Global and Ownership
  Governance-focused analysis identifying risk exposure tied to Paramount Global, ownership structures, and affiliated financiers.
• WARNING: CSAM, Fixed Sports Betting & Transnational Lawfare — Public Criminal Referral
  Public-interest notice summarizing alleged cross-border patterns involving media companies, banks, and infrastructure providers.

Barry Diller / IAC / Paramount Context

• Barry Diller’s “Gay-Cation” Pics Turn Up the Heat on Paramount Global
  Examines public-record material and reputational scrutiny involving Barry Diller within broader Paramount Global governance concerns.
• Wake Up: The Media-Legal Cartel’s Spell Is Breaking
  Broad Shockya investigation naming long-standing media power brokers, including Barry Diller, in the context of systemic control.

Archival Shockya Coverage (Historical Context)

• Barry Diller Sues Alki David Over BarryDriller.com (2012)
  Historical reporting on litigation between Barry Diller and Alki David, relevant to long-running disputes over media parody and control.
• BarryDriller.com Publishes New Logo Per Request of Barry Diller of Aereo (2012)
  Follow-up coverage documenting interactions during the Aereo era.

Published in the public interest. No explicit material shown. This index establishes constructive notice to boards, officers, counterparties, insurers, and regulators.