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Aug 17 (Reuters) – Paramount Skydance on Monday asked a U.S. ​judge to ‌require a dozen states challenging its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery ‌to ​post a $1.88 ⁠billion bond to ⁠address the costs of delay in completing a tie-up.

The company ​must pay a fee of $7 ⁠million a ⁠day if the $110 ​billion merger does not ​close by September 30. ‌Paramount noted the trial on the states legal challenge ⁠is scheduled for March and by the time it ⁠concludes ‌and final ⁠legal briefs are ​submitted, ‌it will have ​paid Warner ⁠Bros shareholders an unrecoverable $1.3 billion in “ticking fees.”

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris ​Reese)

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