Elon Musk has again offered to buy Twitter. For several months the businessman tried to terminate the initial deal with the company

Businessman Elon Musk suggested to Twitter to resume the deal to buy the company. It is reported by Bloomberg.

Musk reiterated his offer to buy the social network in a letter to Twitter executives, sources familiar with the matter told the agency. The entrepreneur offered to buy the company at the original price of $54.2 per share.

The businessman and the company have not yet commented on this information.

Updated. The Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed Bloomberg's report. In a comment to the agency, a Twitter spokesman said the company had received Musk's letter and intended to close the deal.

According to Reuters, the news about the resumption of the deal appeared before the court session, where they should begin consideration of the Twitter lawsuit against Musk, in which the company demands to oblige the businessman to complete its purchase. It is scheduled for October 17th.

On the back of news about a possible resumption of the deal, the value of Twitter's shares rose by 12%, the agency reports.

• In April, Elon Musk announced his intention to buy Twitter for $44 billion, or $54.20 per share. It was reported that the parties reached an agreement, but later the businessman said that the deal was "temporarily paused" due to calculations of the number of fake and spam accounts on the social network. This is important for understanding the advertising audience.
• In early July, Musk announced he was pulling out of his Twitter purchase, saying the company had not provided him with data to estimate the number of bots. Twitter considered the refusal far-fetched and demanded that the court oblige Musk to complete the purchase. The businessman filed a counterclaim.