Chief Financial Officer Taneja Vaibhav exercised 7,000 shares at a strike of $18.22 and sold $2,481,039 worth of shares (7,000 units at $354.43) (SEC Form 4)
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| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Tesla, Inc. [ TSLA ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 12/02/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 12/02/2024 | M(1) | 7,000 | A | $18.22 | 112,032.25 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 12/02/2024 | S(1) | 3,500(2) | D | $352.698(3) | 108,532.25 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 12/02/2024 | S(1) | 700(2) | D | $354.03(4) | 107,832.25 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 12/02/2024 | S(1) | 400(2) | D | $355.153(5) | 107,432.25 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 12/02/2024 | S(1) | 1,400(2) | D | $356.297(6) | 106,032.25 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 12/02/2024 | S(1) | 600(2) | D | $357.252(7) | 105,432.25 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 12/02/2024 | S(1) | 300(2) | D | $358.51(8) | 105,132.25 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 12/02/2024 | S(1) | 100(2) | D | $359.94 | 105,032.25 | D | |||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) | $18.22 | 12/02/2024 | M(1) | 7,000 | (9) | 04/19/2029 | Common Stock | 7,000 | $0.0 | 761,920 | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. The transactions reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on May 1, 2024. |
| 2. Out of the total of 7,000 shares sold on December 2, 2024, approximately 3,199 shares were sold to cover the exercise price, and to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligations related to the exercise of stock options to purchase 7,000 shares as reported herein. |
| 3. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $352.480 to $353.150, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla, Inc., any security holder of Tesla, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. |
| 4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $353.490 to $354.410, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla, Inc., any security holder of Tesla, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. |
| 5. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $354.710 to $355.670, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla, Inc., any security holder of Tesla, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. |
| 6. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $355.790 to $356.750, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla, Inc., any security holder of Tesla, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. |
| 7. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $356.800 to $357.620, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla, Inc., any security holder of Tesla, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. |
| 8. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $357.960 to $358.890, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla, Inc., any security holder of Tesla, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. |
| 9. 1/8th of the shares subject to the option became vested and exercisable on September 13, 2019, and an additional 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vested each month thereafter, so that all such shares subject to this option became fully vested on March 13, 2023. |
| By: Aaron Beckman, Power of Attorney For: Vaibhav Taneja | 12/04/2024 | |
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