Tesla fights to avoid the steep cost of scrapping Elon Musk’s pay package

Over $100bn in accounting and tax charges may await electric-car maker and CEO if they are forced to abandon 2018 deal

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Elon Musk’s Tesla pay-package fight is back in the spotlight, but here’s an even bigger issue

With his whopping pay package still tied up in legal limbo, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk could begin to push for the controlling stake he once said he wanted in the electric-vehicle maker.
MarketWatch - Dec. 4
Judge reaffirms ruling invalidating massive Tesla pay package for Musk

A Delaware judge on Monday again blocked Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package from Tesla. The controversial compensation agreement, which is now worth more than $100 billion, was reapproved ...
The Hill - Dec. 3
Delaware Judge Upholds Ruling That Denied Musk Massive Tesla Pay Package

Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick cited ‘multiple, material misstatements’ in a company proxy statement as she reaffirmed earlier rulings scrapping the CEO’s $56 billion compensation award.
Inc. - Dec. 3
Will Elon Musk Ever Collect His Full Tesla Pay Package?

The electric vehicle maker vowed to appeal after a Delaware judge rejected the tech mogul’s massive compensation deal for a second time.
The New York Times - Dec. 3
Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated

Elon Musk's pay package granted in 2018 was the largest compensation plan in U.S. history for a public company executive.
CNBC - Dec. 3
Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated

Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his bid to get his 2018 CEO pay package reinstated on Monday when a Delaware judge upheld her prior ruling that the compensation plan was improperly granted.
NBC News - Dec. 3
Tesla loses bid to restore Musk’s record $56bn pay package

Delaware judge rejects shareholders’ overwhelming reapproval of award for chief of electric-car maker
Financial Times - Dec. 3
Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package rejected again by US judge

Kathaleen McCormick in Delaware rules Musk not entitled to vast sum despite Tesla shareholders voting to reinstate it. A judge ruled on Monday that Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is still not ...
The Guardian - Dec. 2
A Delaware judge has reaffirmed her ruling that Tesla must revoke Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package

A Delaware judge has reaffirmed her ruling that Tesla must revoke Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package
ABC News - Dec. 2