Electric vehicle giant Tesla (TSLA) has filed a preliminary proxy statement as it seeks shareholder approval for two key items: Elon Musk’s nearly $56 billion pay package and the company’s proposed reincorporation in the state of Texas.
To provide insight into these developments, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware Charles Elson Founding Director joins Market Domination.
Elson expresses skepticism about the potential approval of Musk’s compensation plan, noting that even if shareholders were to vote in favor, it may not supersede the previous court decision that struck down the package. He emphasizes that the plan being proposed is not meaningfully different from the one that was deemed "not effectively fair" by the courts.
On the proposed move, "The real question is, why would a shareholder vote for a move that the CEO says a court has decided against me because what I did was inequitable? So, I’m going to a jurisdiction where they’ll say that’s okay," Elson told Yahoo Finance.
Elson argues that, ultimately, the board’s responsibility is to ensure that Tesla survives beyond Musk’s tenure. "At some point you have to say ‘enough.’ That’s that where I think you need board refreshment. Obviously this board is unwilling to do it," Elson says.
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