Here’s How Elon Musk’s Pay Package Vote Could Affect Tesla Stock
After a few weeks of headlines debating whether or not Tesla CEO Elon Musk would see shareholders successful endorse a proposed pay package — one potentially worth $1 trillion, should all milestones be met — the answer was made plain on Nov. 6 following the automaker’s annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas.
The result: A strong endorsement of the pay package, with an estimated 75% of shareholders answering in the affirmative. Following the announcement of the voting results, Tesla shares ticked upward by about 3%, as Business Insider noted.
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According to NPR, among other targets, Musk must raise Tesla’s market cap from ~$1.5 trillion at the current time to above $8.5 trillion to unlock the $1 trillion in Tesla stock for himself — a lofty goal.
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Following the results of the vote, Musk fans in attendance were enthusiastic in their praise of the decision, and some analysts also sided with a positive interpretation of the outcome.
Jesse Fried, a professor of law at Harvard Law School, noted that the decision made by shareholders was logical due to the “huge upside to keeping Musk hyper-focused on Tesla.”
“It was approved by unaffiliated shareholders, who are the parties most affected by the arrangement,” said Fried, as a separate Business Insider report detailed. “I don’t believe any other public company has ever voluntarily put CEO pay to a shareholder vote.”
Ian Keas, managing director of Gallagher’s executive compensation consultancy team, told the outlet that while such a “moon-shoot” incentive was highly unusual coming from U.S. publicly traded companies, shareholders were likely safe to keep their money in Tesla — particularly as Musk’s rewards are “tightly linked” to “clear and rigorous” performance outcomes.
“When there’s an award that’s been designed by a board of directors and approved by a shareholder vote, that kind of contract is binding,” Keas told the outlet. “If the future of the company is successful through proper incentives for a CEO that result in shareholder value appreciation over time, then I don’t think shareholders have too much to worry about.”
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Not everyone was as pleased with the plan. Prior to the vote, proxy-advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. advised shareholders to vote against the proposal, saying it represented an “unprecedented” payout which warranted “significant shareholder concern” as it could prove “excessively dilutive” to shareholders if fully enacted.
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