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Musk tweeted that Tesla’s share price was too high, sending its shares down. He encouraged us all to’rage, rage against the dying of the light of consciousness,’ which somewhat mangles the meter of Dylan Thomas’ best-known poem.
‘we are a bit worried about not being able to resume production in the Bay area, and that should be identified as a serious risk,’ Musk began on the call.
On March 6th, he called’the coronavirus panic’. On March 19th, he predicted’close to zero new cases in us too by end of April’.
More than a million people in the US have been confirmed to have covid-19. This is almost certainly an undercount. The case numbers are artificially constrained by a lack of widespread testing for the illness.
Musk spent March being wrong about covid-19. The SEC disrespector has posted on the Internet. Musk: the SEC disrespect has logged on.
Usually, when a company wants to convey to its shareholders that it may be overvalued, it does so by providing facts and risk factor. Alma angotti, a partner and co-head of the global investigations and compliance practice at guidehouse who’s previously worked in enforcement at the SEC.
The SEC is already watching him because of his previous actions.’he does n’t need to benefit, though benefit is often how the government proves intent,’ says angotti.
Law professor Greg shill, a law professor at the University of Iowa, told me bluntly that he does n’t know if this counts as securities fraud or not.’it’s uncommon but not necessarily illegal for a public company CEO to essentially call on the market to mark down the value of his company’s stock,’ stark says.
The worst circumstances for Musk would be if he were buying shares of Tesla or the company were participating in a buyback program, says law professor Steve diamond.’I assume neither is the case,’ diamond says.
The SEC investigation found that Musk had n’t discussed a go-private transaction.’in truth and in fact, Musk had not even discussed, much less confirmed, key deal terms, including price, with any potential funding source,’ the SEC wrote in its complaint.
Am considering taking Tesla private at $ 420.. The company is considering a move for Tesla private. Am considering a private purchase.
On February 19th, Musk tweeted a prediction for the number of model 3s the company would make that was n’t the same as Tesla’s official guidance. Musk must have a company lawyer pre-approve tweets about Tesla’s financial health, sales, or delivery numbers.
The Wall Street Journal contacted Musk to ask if he was joking or if anyone had vetted his tweet before posting it.
The process was meant to catch these kinds of tweets before they went out. If he did it spontaneously, I think he’s gon na have an issue’.
Jay dubow, a partner at pepper Hamilton, thinks the SEC is in a tough position. On the one hand, Musk is openly flouting their settlement if he did n’t get his tweets approved. If the SEC goes so far as to force Musk to dissociate himself from Tesla, that potentially hurts the shareholders who bought into the stock because they believe in him.
Shill:’when you buy Tesla, that’s arguably what you’re buying – but that’s not what the SEC settlement says’.
If it is a violation of the settlement agreement, Tesla is also implicated because the company was meant to control him, says angotti.’if they ca n’t control the CEO, they’re not ensuring a very good culture of compliance at that company,’ she says.
Tesla has dropped its directors and officers liability insurance. This policy keeps companies, board members, and executives from having to pay their own fees for defense, settlement or judgement when they face lawsuits.
The EPA rating, a range of 391 miles, happened after someone left the keys in the vehicle and the door open overnight. Musk said on Tesla’s earnings call that the Model S long range should be the first electric vehicle to have a 400-mile range.
An EPA spokesperson confirmed that the vehicle was tested properly.’we are happy to discuss any technical issues with Tesla,’ he said.
