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A Letter to Our Shareholders on the 2025 CEO Interim Award Dear Fellow Tesla Shareholders, Today we announce an important first step in compensating Elon Musk for his extraordinary work at Tesla. As you know, Elon has not received meaningful compensation for eight years since

@Tesla Curious Where would the company and or stock price be today IF he didn't veer into politics and spend that much time in Washington? Which eroded the brand while involved elsewhere vs. staying focused on the company and working at the company Just asking

@Tesla @grok summarize this please

@Tesla If there is no “double dip” then why is this only 1/3 of the original compensation already agreed upon twice? Delaware will find it hard to drag this out more than 2 more years so if the rule in Elon’s favour it’s all good. If they rule NOT in Elon’s favour it’s still all good.

@Tesla Since “a deal is a deal”, and “there cannot be any double dip”, why pay only 1/3 and not the full amount?

@Tesla Why not the full package size if no double dipping?

@Tesla @ grok after this compensation one third of 2018 compensation , how much percentage Elon will own in Tesla ?

@Tesla We are going +10% minimum today. If you guys were smart enough to do it long long before, NOTHING would have dropped $TESLA to 212$ per SHARE!!! NOTHING! Thank you! LFG @elonmusk - THE BIG FUCKING BOSS!

@Tesla What percent of Tesla will Elon own after this award?

@Tesla "The Special Committee continues our work to address a longer-term CEO compensation strategy, which we plan to put to a shareholder vote at the November 6 annual meeting." Does this mean this interim comp plan will be in effect without a vote and the longer term plan will be

@Tesla @elonmusk will undoubtedly be regarded as the greatest figure in human history worldwide.

@Tesla I can't believe we(shareholders) have voted on this TWICE and the American legal system has not stood up to protect the rights and wishes of its shareholders. Pay @elonmusk and uphold our wishes.

@Tesla First trillionaire incoming?

@Tesla So he get's one third of what he is owed if he stays on another 2 years (whilst delaware crap is sorted out). Seems like a rough deal, why not just give him all of what he is owed + extra performance incentive like if by 2030 the price is above $1000

@Tesla Most Tesla shareholders would like to resolve this issue. It is a distraction none of us really want.

@Tesla First thoughts, and take this with a grain of salt, it's the middle of the night here: - we don't need to revote on this, we did it twice - 96 million of restricted stock, as our Bylaws only allow a max of 100 million of preferred stock issuance - Great short term patch - love

@Tesla You don’t have to be a fan of Elon to think that the Delaware judges are absolutely evil. It’s exemplary of judges across America at the moment, believing they have the divine right to make policy on behalf of private individuals. They stop the will of the people at every turn.

@Tesla It’s SO SMALL! Such a wasted opportunity. Now we will have to wait ANOTHER year to get a proper compensation package. What an insult.

@Tesla Pay Elon what he deserves.

@Tesla You’ll sink the whole company by sticking with Elon. Sad to say, but Elon is not the solution, he and his ever increasing tendency for right wing politics is your main problem.

@Tesla This debacle is one of the very reasons why @elonmusk doesn't want to take his other companies public! Keep them all private, Elon! I really don't think he cares about the $$$, he wants more control... I'm a very small shareholder, and I'm "for" Tesla, but I'm more "for" Elon...

@Tesla Should just pay him twice lol, you're gonna need it when Optimus goes global and people have privacy concerns and they only trust Elon.

@Tesla Guessing this is the first step to getting Elon up to 25%. The second will be the 2025 package. And that will keep him at Tesla and focused. All for it.

@Tesla why the hell Tesla did not buy back the stock below 150$ prices last year then ?

@Tesla I fully and strongly approve this ! While sometimes he talks stupid, he's by very far the best to lead Tesla.

@Tesla I don't support this. He should get 100% of what he was promised, not just 1/3. Sincerely, a Tesla share holder

@Tesla Delighted Elon is finally rewarded for the incredible value he added for $TSLA shareholders, and for the huge changes he leveraged for the whole world to shift towards EVs: more efficient energy use, lower running costs and less air pollution.

@Tesla Tesla Board We can’t lose Elon Elon, Also owns 5 other companies Shareholders, Guess we paying premium for the multi tab CEO experience

@Tesla @grok what % ownership would this give Elon of Tesla?

@Tesla Yes! About time. I expect the Delaware Supreme Court to overturn and fully reinstate the 2018 compensation, but this is a good interim measure in the face of slow-moving court system.

@Tesla good. pay the man. he more than deserves it. performance is and always has been stellar. hit all the goals, exceeded all the marks and delivered an outcome that no other human on earth ever did on this scale. pay the man.

@Tesla What is the rationale behind Elon receiving only one-third of the compensation he has already earned?

@Tesla Elon was probably the only person in the world who could have pulled off Tesla's master plan. Pay the man accordingly. Activist judges should get the same thing done to them and see how it feels. 7 years of 14+ hours of work per day with almost no vacations--all without any pay.

@Tesla Well done. But really he needs to be 'over-compensated' now due to the Delaware shenanigans...

@Tesla This is a good move. Many investors needed to see some action on Elon's compensation, and he clearly deserves it.

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@Tesla A deal its a deal simple as that and it should be honoured fully @elonmusk has done what most people would have failed and this should not be taken lightly

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