Vaibhav Taneja - 05 Dec 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)

Role: Chief Accounting Officer
Signature: By: Aaron Beckman, Power of Attorney For: Vaibhav Taneja
Issuer symbol: TSLA
Transactions as of: 05 Dec 2021
Net transactions value: -$1,559,339
Form type: 4
Filing time: 07 Dec 2021, 20:11:06 UTC
Previous filing: 20 Oct 2021
Next filing: 07 Jan 2022
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	TSLA	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$0	+540	+2.5%	$0.000000	21,752	05 Dec 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	TSLA	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$0	+129	+0.59%	$0.000000	21,881	05 Dec 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	TSLA	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$0	+364	+1.7%	$0.000000	22,245	05 Dec 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	TSLA	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$0	+2,250	+10%	$0.000000	24,495	05 Dec 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	TSLA	Common Stock	Sale	$1,559,339	-1,590	-6.5%	$980.41	22,905	06 Dec 2021	Direct	F2, F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	TSLA	Restricted Stock Unit	Options Exercise	$0	-540	-33%	$0.000000	1,079	05 Dec 2021	Common Stock	540	$0.000000	Direct	F4
transaction	TSLA	Restricted Stock Unit	Options Exercise	$0	-129	-11%	$0.000000	1,035	05 Dec 2021	Common Stock	129	$0.000000	Direct	F5
transaction	TSLA	Restricted Stock Unit	Options Exercise	$0	-364	-20%	$0.000000	1,454	05 Dec 2021	Common Stock	364	$0.000000	Direct	F6
transaction	TSLA	Restricted Stock Unit	Options Exercise	$0	-2,250	-14%	$0.000000	13,500	05 Dec 2021	Common Stock	2,250	$0.000000	Direct	F7

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares of the Issuer's common stock were issued to the reporting person upon the vesting of restricted stock units on December 5, 2021.
F2	PURSUANT TO THE ISSUER'S EQUITY PLAN AND POLICIES, THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WERE AUTOMATICALLY WITHHELD AND SOLD BY THE ISSUER TO SATISFY THE REPORTING PERSON'S TAX WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THE VESTING OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS REPORTED HEREIN.
F3	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $980.358 to $980.427, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla, Inc., any security holder of Tesla, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
F4	1/16th of the total restricted stock units initially subject to this award vested on September 5, 2018, and 1/16th of the total units initially subject to this award vest every three months thereafter, so that all such shares subject to this award will be fully vested as of June 5, 2022.
F5	1/20th of the total restricted stock units initially subject to this award vested on March 5, 2019, and 1/20th of the total units initially subject to this award vest every three months thereafter, so that all such shares subject to this award will be fully vested by December 5, 2023.
F6	1/16th of the total restricted stock units initially subject to this award vested on March 5, 2019, and 1/16th of the total units initially subject to this award vest every three months thereafter, so that all such shares subject to this award will be fully vested as of December 5, 2022.
F7	1/8th of the total restricted stock units initially subject to this award vested on December 5, 2019, and 1/16th of the total units initially subject to this award vest every quarter thereafter, so that all such shares subject to this award will be fully vested on June 5, 2023.