Sabtu, 04 Juni 2011

Tesla Motors Prices Follow On Stock Offer




The all-electric luxury sports car manufacturer Tesla Motors, based out of Palo Alto, California, announced that it has opened up its follow-on offering of 5,300,000 shares of common stock to the public at a price of $28.76 per share. Trading on the NASDAQ as “TSLA,” the automaker noted that closing price of its stock just a week ago was $26.72 per share.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as the sole underwriter of the public offering, and Tesla Motors is allowing them a 30-day option to purchase an additional 795,000 shares. As well, Elon Musk, Tesla Motors co-founder and CEO plans to purchase 1,416,000 shares of the common stock, and Blackstar Investco, an affiliate company of Daimler AG plans to purchase 637,475 shares.

Tesla Model S

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The American electric vehicle manufacturer says at least some of the funds raised from selling the stock will go to develop its new Model X, a cross over vehicle. Currently, the company is working on its Model S that will have a reported 300 mile range on a single charge, but cost $70,000

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