Musk said earlier this year that unless he had a larger stake in Tesla he would prefer to build some products outside the company, creating uncertainty while Tesla strugges with slower sales and stiffer competition
shareholders in favour of Elon Musk ’s $56 billion pay package and reverse her January ruling that voided the compensation, the company said in a filing that was made public on Friday. In addition, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick should not consider a request for a record $6 billion legal fee by the lawyers that led the case against Musk ’s 2018 pay package, according to the filing in Delaware ’s Court of Chancery.
Tesla and the legal team for Richard Tornetta, the shareholder who sued over the pay package, are wrestling over the best way to resolve the case and compensate the company’s chief executive. Musk said earlier this year that unless he had a larger stake in Tesla he would prefer to build some products outside the company, creating uncertainty about his future while Tesla is struggling with slower sales and stiffer competition.
Tesla said in the court filing that the judge should determine the impact of the shareholder vote, which in turn could drastically reduce the legal fee. It said that it plans to make a motion to reverse the January ruling and that it should now win the case. The company has argued that by having the pay package reviewed by an independent board member and reapproved by shareholders it fixed McCormick’s finding that Musk dominated the pay negotiations and that shareholders lacked key information in the 2018 vote. Tornetta’s legal team has rejected that approach. They argued the shareholder vote on Musk’s pay had no legal impact and even Tesla has acknowledged that the process to reverse a legal opinion through a vote was “novel.
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