Elon Musk sells $4bn worth of Tesla shares

 

The billionaire said he will not sell any more of the electric car maker’s shares

Elon Musk sold about $4 billion worth of Tesla shares after announcing a blockbuster $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.

Tesla’s chief executive offloaded about 4.4 million shares on April 26 and April 27, filings showed late on Thursday. Wall Street analysts and investors in the electric car maker suspected that Mr Musk may need to sell some stock to cover the $21bn equity portion of the transaction that he’s personally guaranteed.

Mr Musk tweeted shortly after the filings were made public that he has “no further Tesla sales planned after today”.

Mr Musk and Twitter reached an agreement on Monday for the world’s richest man to buy the social media company. His quest raises several “key man risk” issues for Tesla, where Mr Musk has been chief executive since 2008 and has long been the largest shareholder. Meanwhile, confirmation of his sales may unnerve shareholders, scores of whom are retail investors.

Tesla shares fell 12 per cent on April 26, the most since September 2020, and were little changed in the following two sessions, with the stock closing Thursday at $877.51. Another $12.5bn of Mr Musk’s deal for Twitter is secured by his Tesla stake.

“It’s a brutal cycle for Tesla investors to navigate and casts a shadow on the name with Mr Musk selling more stock,” said Dan Ives of Wedbush. “The Twitter deal is becoming an albatross for Tesla’s stock and this pours gasoline on the raging fire.”

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