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[Ming @tslaming]

🚨 A thorough review of Elon Musk's Form 4 SEC filing from June 16, 2026 provides the exact math and timeline regarding his recent stock options exercise 🔥

Here is a factual breakdown of the transactions to keep everyone clearly informed:

1️⃣ Did Elon dump stock on the open market?

No. Zero shares were sold on the open market.

Elon exercised options from his 2018 compensation package to acquire 303,960,630 shares. Because exercising options requires funding the strike price (which was a split-adjusted $23.34 per share), the transaction utilized a standard mechanism known as a "Net Share Settlement".

💸 The Cost: Exercising these options cost roughly $7.1 billion.
🛑 The Withholding: Instead of paying out of pocket, Tesla automatically withheld 17,531,857 shares at the current market value of $404.66 to cover the cost.
📈 The Net Result: Elon kept the remaining 286,428,773 shares, which represents a massive net increase in his direct ownership block.

2️⃣ Why do some trackers show two different transactions?

Public insider trading trackers often split this single SEC Form 4 document into two separate rows, which is a common source of confusion. When trackers display two different share counts and two entirely different conversion prices, it can look like multiple events took place. In reality, the form is just logging the two halves of the transaction separately:

🛒 The Exercise (Acquisition): One line records the execution of the options. It shows 303,960,630 shares traded at a conversion price of $23.34. This low price is the split-adjusted strike price Elon was guaranteed by the 2018 package.
🧾 The Tax Withholding (Payment): The second line records how the exercise was funded. It shows 17,531,857 shares traded at a conversion price of $404.66. This represents the current market price of Tesla stock on the day of the transaction. Tesla withheld these shares at market value to cover the $7.1 billion cost of the options.

Both entries represent the exact same event. They share the same timestamp, point to the identical SEC filing, and reflect the same final ownership count.

3️⃣ Understanding the vesting and lockup timeline

The footnotes in the SEC filing detail the specific timelines for Elon's shares, which involve two entirely separate compensation packages:
⏳ The 2018 Award (The current transaction): The 303.9 million restricted shares acquired through this exercise are scheduled to fully vest on January 19, 2028, subject to service conditions.
📅 The 2025 Award: The footnotes also mention dates extending from 2030 to 2035. These dates belong exclusively to his 2025 CEO Performance Award (a separate pool of 423.7 million shares) and do not apply to the shares exercised this week.

4️⃣ Elon's total ownership breakdown

Following these transactions, Elon’s total stake in Tesla stands at a grand total of 1,123,324,786 shares. With Tesla having roughly 3.76 billion outstanding shares, his 1.12 billion combined shares represent an overall equity stake of roughly 29.9%.

However, his officially reported beneficial ownership is 19.9% (699,580,882 shares). This distinction exists because he disclaims beneficial ownership of the 423,743,904 shares tied to his 2025 Performance Award, which are subject to a voting agreement and an irrevocable proxy.

The exact breakdown of his controlled shares is as follows:
👤 Direct Ownership: 710,172,677 shares held directly in his name (which includes the 2025 performance award shares).
🏦 Indirect Ownership: 413,152,109 shares held securely through the Elon Musk Revocable Trust.

Summary: The filing shows no market dilution and no insider selling. A massive block of split-adjusted options from 2018 has officially been converted into core long-term ownership.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

The investigation into Gavin Newsom started under the Biden admin... Yet he's blaming Trump.

LMAO!!!!!

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

BREAKING: President Trump just laid out just how important the Save America Act is for our Elections

TIME TO GET LOUD MAGA

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Spent the day yesterday at @NASAKennedy meeting directly with the workforce during two town halls.

The engineers, technicians, operators, and support teams at KSC are helping strengthen America’s leadership in space.

Thank you to everyone who shared questions and feedback. The future of NASA will be built by the people doing the work every day, and it was great to hear directly from the team at KSC.

[Starlink @Starlink]

Starlink is connecting 100,000 students and 1,500 teachers in Malawi across 30 rural schools to online learning resources. For many, this is the first time students, teachers and families have access to reliable internet 🛰️❤️

[Mollie @MZHemingway]

Just spotted in midtown Manhattan…

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@KHdimples @wholemars @Tesla_AI This functionality will be there in about 3 months or so

[Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane]

SICK. Elon Musk says the ability to prompt FSD with language is coming within ~3 months.

Basically, you’ll be able to use your voice to tell the car what to do, where to go etc.

K.I.T.T. IRL 🤖

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 WOW! The Texas Rangers are the ONE AND ONLY MLB team refusing to host a pride night — they're actually running a FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT this week

Based!

"The Rangers are the only team in MLB that does NOT hose a pride night. This week, they're hosting faith and family night instead." 🙏🏻

[FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash]

FBI arrested an illegal alien flying a drone in restricted airspace near @FIFAWorldCup Fan Fest - well done @FBIAtlanta

Our teams all over the country continue working 24/7 with interagency partners protecting the games - this FBI will pursue and bring to justice ANY criminal actor who targets the events

[Electrek.co @ElectrekCo]

Tesla just added the first-ever car vacuum to a Supercharger stall, letting owners clean out their interiors for free and turning idle minutes into something useful.

Details 🔗 https://t.co/nkh3lLBHWd

[New York Post @nypost]

Navy finds massive cache of deadly radiological material including uranium hidden in California https://t.co/qoelC03k61

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Tesla is sending out this email to New Jersey Tesla owners, warning them that NJ could block autonomous vehicles, and to take action.

"Proposed legislation moving through Trenton right now would impose restrictions so severe that true driverless deployment would remain illegal. Your voice is critical to ensure New Jersey remains at the forefront of transportation innovation.

We urge you to contact your state legislators today and tell them to:
• Fix S. 1677 / A. 3968, and
• Support autonomous vehicle policy that encourages safety outcomes, open competition, and expanded access for every New Jersey resident.

Autonomous vehicles are no longer a futuristic concept. The driverless technology exists and it is already making roads measurably safer in states that have welcomed it. Instead of positioning itself as a leader in transportation innovation, New Jersey is about to go in the opposite direction."

You can take action here: https://t.co/99JQca3KQb

[Unmask The SYS @UnmaskTheSys]

🚨ANTIFA TERRORIST SCUM WHO DUMPED TOXIC ALGAE IN THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL ARE NOW BEING CHARGED WITH FEDERAL HATE CRIMES — AND COULD GET 20 YEARS IN PRISON THANKS TO AG TODD BLANCHE!

This isn’t just vandalism anymore.

The two Antifa operatives caught on camera dumping buckets of aggressive Georgia algae into the Reflecting Pool at 3 AM are now facing federal hate crime charges.

Attorney General Todd Blanche didn’t mince words: “This wasn’t just sabotage. This was a blatant attack on Americans and our values.”

Adding the hate crime enhancement means mandatory sentencing up to 20 years if they’re convicted. Blanche says they have “a truckload of evidence” against them.

These domestic terrorists thought they could defile one of America’s most sacred monuments in the middle of the night and get away with it. Wrong.

They didn’t just pollute the water — they attacked a national symbol of freedom and honor. Now they’re going to pay the price.

This is what real justice looks like under President Trump’s DOJ.

Share this everywhere and let every Antifa piece of shit see that their days of attacking America with zero consequences are OVER!

Follow @UnmaskTheSys for more drops.

[Space Investor @SpaceInvestor_D]

NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science

Under this model, NASA will provide the Aeolus atmospheric‑science instrument payload suite, while Relativity Space supplies the spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations necessary to deliver the instruments to Mars.

This partnership reflects NASA’s growing commitment to approaches that accelerate discovery, expand mission cadence, and strengthen the foundation for future human exploration.

By leveraging commercial investment and development capacity, NASA can focus resources on high‑value science while enabling more frequent opportunities to gather critical data about Mars, data essential to safely navigating the Martian atmosphere and ultimately landing humans on the surface.

[Anduril Industries @anduriltech]

Today, the @usairforce selected Anduril for the production phase of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.

We are now on contract to deliver production FQ-44 fighter aircraft to support continued testing, validation, and, ultimately, operational fielding.

From prototype to production in two years. The first new company to win a fighter aircraft program in more than 50 years.

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

Owner James Dolan says the Knicks are going to the White House: "We just received an invitation which we've accepted, still have to figure out the details…I've known the president 30 years and I'm very proud to bring the team to the White House"

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

🚨 President Donald J. Trump has SIGNED the Iran Memorandum of Understanding at Versailles in France. 🇺🇸

[Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane]

Meanwhile, Tesla’s 10M/yr Optimus humanoid robot factory is well on its way.

There’s a lot of talk about SpaceX these days, but don’t forget the revenue potential from Optimus.

Elon has stated in the past that he sees Optimus becoming ~80% of Tesla’s value.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship