Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package was struck down once again. In a ruling on Monday, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick upheld her decision to block the compensation plan over concerns about conflicts of interest following its approval in 2018.
Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package gets rejected — again
After warning shareholders in June that Musk could leave the company if his pay package isn’t approved, Tesla held a vote in hopes of reversing the judge’s decision. Even though shareholders voted to approve the hefty compensation, this still wasn’t enough to convince the judge.
The decision states that Musk has “no procedural ground for flipping the outcome of an adverse posttrial decision based on evidence they created after trial.” It also calls claims that shareholders can change the outcome of a court decision “dubious generally and unquestionably false” in this scenario.
Judge McCormick granted $345 million to the lawyers representing the Tesla shareholders who sued over the $56 billion plan. Musk is expected to appeal the decision.
Even without the package, Musk still remains the richest man in the world, and Tesla stocks continue to soar following Donald Trump’s win in the US Presidential Election.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package was struck down once again. In a ruling on Monday, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick upheld her decision to block the compensation plan over concerns about conflicts of interest following its approval in 2018. After warning shareholders in June that Musk…
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