Billionaire Elon Musk said he will step down as chief executive of Twitter once he finds a replacement, but will still run some key divisions of the social media platform.
The latest move by Musk, the head of electric-car maker Tesla, comes after Twitter users voted decisively in a poll for him to step down as CEO of the microblogging platform.
Below is a snapshot of Musk's moves in the Twitter takeover saga.
April 4 - Musk discloses over 9% stake in Twitter
April 5 - Twitter says Musk will join company's board
April 10 - Musk says he will not join Twitter board
April 14 - Musk offers $54.20/share, a 38% premium to Twitter's April 1 closing price
April 15 - Twitter adopts poison pill to protect company from takeover
April 21 - Musk lines up $46.5 billion in financing for the deal
April 25 - Twitter board accepts Musk's offer
April 29 - Musk sells Tesla shares worth over $8 billion in a bid to finance takeover
May 5 - Musk discloses $7.14 billion funding; sources tell Reuters Musk could temporarily lead Twitter after deal closes
May 11 - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey says he will not return as CEO if offered
May 13 - Musk says Twitter deal on hold pending review of spam and fake accounts. Later tweets he remains committed to the deal
May 25 - Twitter investors vote against re-electing Elon Musk ally to board. Musk pledges more equity to fund Twitter deal, scraps margin loan.
May 26 - Musk sued by Twitter investors for stock 'manipulation' during takeover bid
May 27 - The SEC looks into Musk's Twitter stake purchase
June 6 - Musk threatens to walk away from the deal if Twitter fails to provide data on spam and fake accounts
July 8 - Musk says he is terminating the deal as Twitter breached provisions of the merger agreement
July 11 - Twitter fires back at Musk, accusing him of "knowingly" breaching an agreement to buy it
July 12 - Twitter sues Musk for violating his $44-billion deal
July 15 - Musk files a motion opposing Twitter's request to speed up a trial over his plan to terminate the deal
July 19 - Twitter will get an October trial in its legal fight to hold Musk to his $44 billion takeover
July 22 - Twitter blames battle with Musk and weakening digital ad market for surprise fall in second quarter revenue and loss
July 29 - Musk confidentially countersues Twitter, escalating his legal fight against the company over his bid to walk away from the deal
August 4 - Twitter rejects Musk's claims in a Delaware court filing that he was hoodwinked into signing the deal, saying it was "implausible and contrary to fact"
August 6 - Musk says if Twitter could provide method of sampling 100 accounts and how it confirmed the accounts are real, his deal should proceed
August 9 - Musk sells $6.9 billion worth of shares in Tesla saying the funds could be used to finance a potential Twitter deal if he loses the legal battle
August 23 - A whistleblower complaint by former Twitter head of security Peiter "Mudge" Zatko becomes public. It alleges the company misled regulators and investors about security and data privacy
September 7 - Delaware judge Kathaleen McCormick allows Musk to add the whistleblower claims to his countersuit against Twitter but denied request to delay the trial
October 4 - Musk proposes to go ahead with his original offer of $54.20 per share to take Twitter private, according to two sources
October 5 - Apollo Global Management and Sixth Street Partners are no longer in talks with Musk to finance Twitter deal, according to sources
October 6 - Judge halts Twitter lawsuit vs Musk until October 28 to permit deal closing
October 13 - Musk is under federal investigations, Twitter says in court filing
October 25 - Musk informs co-investors he plans to close Twitter deal by October 28, according to a source
October 27 - Musk begins his Twitter ownership with firings, declares the 'bird is freed'
October 31 - Musk says he will serve as chief executive of Twitter
November 1 - Twitter will charge $8 a month for its Blue service, which includes its sought-after "verified" badge, Musk said
November 4 - Twitter lays off half its workforce, as advertisers pulled spending
November 10 - Musk raises the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt
November 11 - Twitter pauses its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service as fake accounts mushroomed, and Musk brought back the "official" badge to some users
November 28 - Musk accuses Apple of threatening to block Twitter from its app store without saying why in a series of tweets that also said the iPhone maker had stopped advertising on Twitter
December 10 - Twitter says it will relaunch a revamped version of its subscription service Twitter Blue at a higher price for Apple users
December 16 - Twitter suspends the accounts of several journalists who recently wrote about Musk
December 17 - Musk reinstates the Twitter accounts of the journalists that were suspended for a day
December 19 - A poll by Musk on whether he should quit as Twitter CEO shows 57.5% votes were for "Yes", while 42.5% were against the idea
December 21 - Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO once he finds a replacement, but will run some key divisions of the company
