Tesla, Inc 8-K, filed Sep 28, 2022
Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)
About this 8-K
Tesla, Inc filed this 8-K on September 28, 2022, reporting on events of September 25, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
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On and effective as of September 25, 2022, Joseph Gebbia was appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”).
There are no related party transactions between Tesla and Mr. Gebbia that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Mr. Gebbia is eligible to receive compensation pursuant to Tesla’s standard outside director compensation package as previously approved by the Board. However, Mr. Gebbia has waived any entitlement to cash compensation, until further notice to the Company otherwise, and has joined the remainder of our Board in waiving equity compensation until July 2023 until such time as new determinations are made by the Board with respect to equity compensation.
The Board has not appointed Mr. Gebbia to any of its committees, and will consider any such appointments in the ordinary course.
A copy of the post published on Tesla’s website blog on September 28, 2022 announcing the appointment of Mr. Gebbia to the Board is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Blog Post, dated September 28, 2022. Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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/s/ Zachary J. Kirkhorn |
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Zachary J. Kirkhorn Chief Financial Officer |
Date: September 28, 2022
Exhibit 99.1
Tesla Welcomes Joe Gebbia as New Independent Director to its Board
We are pleased to welcome Joe Gebbia to Tesla’s Board of Directors, effective September 25, 2022.
Gebbia, a designer and entrepreneur, has spent the last 14 years of his career as co-founder of Airbnb. The service he built with his co-founders transformed the hospitality industry, allowing travelers seeking local experiences to book homes in nearly every country around the world. Since the 2007 inception in his San Francisco living room, Airbnb has enabled mutual trust for over 4M hosts to share their homes. Hosts have since welcomed more than 1B guest arrivals and earned over $150B, creating economic impact worldwide. As the original designer and host, Gebbia helped shape Airbnb’s product, interface, and brand to become a household name. His entrepreneurial instinct also led to the formation of their community-powered non-profit, Airbnb.org. With the mission to open homes in times of crisis, their emergency response efforts have housed over 200,000 people during natural disasters, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the global refugee crisis.
Most recently, Gebbia departed his full-time operating position and transitioned to an advisor role while serving on the Board of Directors of both Airbnb and Airbnb.org. He's begun working on his next startup, acquired a minority stake in the San Antonio Spurs, gives back via his commitment to the Giving Pledge, and serves on other boards and councils such as his alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Olympic Refuge Foundation, UNHCR, Tent.org, Malala Fund, and the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity.