Elon Musk continued to merchantability his Tesla Inc. shares Tuesday, selling different 934,000 shares for astir $1.05 billion.
According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk made the income aft exercising options to bargain 2.15 cardinal shares.
In all, Musk has sold astir 9.2 cardinal shares worthy astir $9.85 cardinal since Nov. 8, a time after Musk’s Twitter canvass decided helium should merchantability 10% of his Tesla stake. Some of the banal income had been enactment into question good earlier the canvass was posted.
Assuming Musk intends to merchantability 10% of his shares, he’s much than halfway there. Before the income began, his 10% involvement amounted to astir 17 cardinal shares — truthful aft Tuesday’s sales, helium has astir 7.9 cardinal shares to go.
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Musk faced a $3.5 cardinal taxation measure connected his options, which would person been bigger is Tesla banal hadn’t plunged aft helium tweeted his plans to merchantability — saving him astir $480 million, according to WSJ calculations.
Barron’s connected Tuesday estimated that astatine his existent pace, Musk’s selloff volition beryllium done successful different 4 weeks.
Tesla banal TSLA, -4.14% has dropped astir 9% since his Twitter canvass Nov. 8. Still, the electric-vehicle maker’s shares are up 57% twelvemonth to date, and up astir 100% implicit the past 12 months.
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