SEC Form 4 · accession 0001494727-15-000009
Tesla, Inc. · TSLA
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Jeffrey B Straubel
Officer — Chief Technical Officer
Period of report
Aug 14, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Aug 18, 2015 · 6:58 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001318605
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stock | Aug 14, 2015 | M | 10,000 | $6.63 | A | 144,902 | D | |
| Common StockF2 | Aug 14, 2015 | S | 2,351 | $242.754 | D | 142,551 | D | |
| Common StockF3 | Aug 14, 2015 | S | 2,900 | $243.786 | D | 139,651 | D | |
| Common StockF4 | Aug 14, 2015 | S | 4,149 | $244.682 | D | 135,502 | D | |
| Common StockF5 | Aug 14, 2015 | S | 300 | $245.714 | D | 135,202 | D | |
| Common StockF6 | Aug 14, 2015 | S | 300 | $247.013 | D | 134,902 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)F7 | $6.63 | Aug 14, 2015 | M | 10,000 | D | — | Dec 3, 2016 | Common Stock | 10,000 | 68,430 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1The stock option exercise and sales reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a pre-determined Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 13, 2015. The reporting person adopted the trading plan to periodically exercise long held stock options that are expiring in 2016.
- F2The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $242.2309 to $243.20, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla Motors, Inc., any security holder of Tesla Motors, 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.
- F3The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $243.25 to $244.23, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla Motors, Inc., any security holder of Tesla Motors, 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.
- F4The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $244.2656 to $245.2592, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla Motors, Inc., any security holder of Tesla Motors, 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.
- F5The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $245.27 to $246.04, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla Motors, Inc., any security holder of Tesla Motors, 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.
- F6The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $246.67 to $247.32, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla Motors, Inc., any security holder of Tesla Motors, 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.
- F71/48th of the shares subject to the option will vest on each monthly anniversary of the grant date, so that all such shares will be vested as of the fourth anniversary of the grant date.