2. If Musk loses, the board has initiated a plan to give him 96 million shares, plus 207 million shares to be voted by shareholders (at $23.34, vesting in 2yrs).

Tax is due on vesting ~ $50 billion

Musk can borrow to pay the tax and the $23.34 but more likely he or Tesla will sell shares.

September 16, 2025 - 22:37 UTC

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3. The $1 bn worth of shares he just bought is a drop in the bucket compared to what he will be selling to pay taxes on his big fat bonuses.
The share based compensation will wipe out all of Tesla's GAAP profits.
seekingalpha.com/article/4821245-an-opinion-on-tesla-proxy-statement-and-musk-bonuses
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2026 revenues would kill an ordinary stock’s
price, but Musk may be able to keep the price elevated via options manipulation combined with index fund buying.
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