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Tesla and CEO Elon Musk will pay $40 million to settle SEC case
Tesla and Chief Executive Elon Musk have settled a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that alleged the outspoken businessman misled investors about his prospective effort to take the electric-car company private.
Musk and the Palo Alto company agreed to pay a total of $40 million, and he will give up his chairmanship for at least three years. Musk, however, will remain chief executive and retain a seat on the company's board of directors. Tesla, meanwhile, is required to install an independent chairman and add two new board members, according to terms of the settlement, which the SEC announced Saturday.
Musk and Tesla will each pay $20 million to settle the case; both reached the deal without admitting wrongdoing. The company declined to comment.
The SEC charged Musk with fraud Thursday, alleging that his tweets about taking Tesla private — at $420 a share — were "false and misleading." As part of the lawsuit, it asked a federal court to remove him from the company's leadership and ban him from running a public company.
Also at Reuters.
SEC Settlement announcement.
Previously: Elon Musk Considers Taking Tesla Private
Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet [Updated]
(Score: 2) by theluggage on Sunday September 30 2018, @03:19PM (1 child)
Yes, because they understand that when you enjoy that kind of status and influence, your words have consequences... and there's no point fining a company CEO $100 + $25 victims compensation surcharge when one year of their annual compensation would be enough for a mere mortal to retire on (even though they probably filed a loss on their tax return...)
Even if this is all some conspiracy by Tesla-shorting lizard people*, Musk handed them a knife and painted a bullseye between his shoulder blades.
(*Who are terrified that Musk might make it to Mars and find the set where they really faked the Moon landings)
(Score: 3, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Sunday September 30 2018, @04:35PM
47 years old, worth $20B - let's assume he started "earning" money around 18, that's 666 million per year.
Satanic numerology coincidences aside, mere mortals can retire at 50 with around $1.25M saved [howstuffworks.com], so mere mortals can retire quite comfortably on a single day of Musk's average compensation.
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