кщееш> Основателя Tesla Илона Маска обвинили в мошенничестве - BBC News Русская служба
кщееш> Сядет, хо
Вряд ли. СЕК хочет "всего лишь" навсегда запретить ему быть директором компании, акции которой торгуются на бирже (public company).
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has been sued by the SEC, according to a Bloomberg headline.The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan.The story is developing. Updates will be posted. Shar
// seekingalpha.com
TSLA просела на
6%, не, уже на 13% за вечер:
Вечер положительно перестал быть томным
P.S. Правы таки были непоклонники Маска:
Sources close to the company told CNBC the company was also expecting to be sued, though Tesla was not named as a defendant in the complaint.
// www.cnbc.com
"A chairman and CEO of a public company has important responsibilities to shareholders," Stephanie Avakian, co-director of the SEC's division of enforcement, said during the press conference. "Those responsibilities include the need to be scrupulous and careful about the truth and accuracy of statements made to the investing public, whether those statements are made in traditional forms such as a press release or an earnings call or through less formal methods such as Twitter or other social media."
"Neither celebrity status nor reputation as a technological innovator provide an exemption from the federal securities laws," she said.
Получается, что SEC тоже думает, что CEO компании должен отвечать за базар куда строже, чем аналитик
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P.P.S.
The SEC, in its complaint, alleged:
Musk knew that he (1) had not agreed upon any terms for a going-private transaction with the Fund or any other funding source; (2) had no further substantive communications with representatives of the Fund beyond their 30 to 45 minute meeting on July 31; (3) had never discussed a going-private transaction at a share price of $420 with any potential funding source; (4) had not contacted any additional potential strategic investors to assess their interest in participating in a going-private transaction; (5) had not contacted existing Tesla shareholders to assess their interest in remaining invested in Tesla as a private company; (6) had not formally retained any legal or financial advisors to assist with a going-private transaction; (7) had not determined whether retail investors could remain invested in Tesla as a private company; (8) had not determined whether there were restrictions on illiquid holdings by Tesla's institutional investors; and (9) had not determined what regulatory approvals would be required or whether they could be satisfied.
Получается, что по мнению SEC Маск объявил о том, что у него есть финансирование после получасового разговора с саудовцами, ни разу с ними после этого не говорил вообще.
История о том, как он выбрал цену, тоже доставляет:
Мusk said in an interview with The New York Times that he calculated a take-private price of $420 by rounding $1 up from what would have been a 20 percent upside at the time.
"According to Musk, he calculated the $420 price per share based on a 20% premium over that day's closing share price because he thought 20% was a 'standard premium' in going-private transaction," the SEC alleged in its suit. "This calculation resulted in a price of $419, and Musk stated that he rounded the price up to $420 because he had recently learned about the number's significance in marijuana culture and thought his girlfriend 'would find it funny, which admittedly is not a great reason to pick a price.'"
Т.е. он накинул 20% на цену акций Теслы на день разговора с саудовцами, получил 419 у.е. и накинул доллар, потому что число "420" имеет "особое значение для пользователей марихуаны, и чтобы позабавить свою подружку". СЕК говорит, что это не очень правильный метод выбора цены. Почему-то.
P.P.S. Текст иска:
The U.S. Securites and Exchange Commission charged Elon Musk and Tesla with alleged fraud.
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