Musk offered round $8.5 billion value of stocks within the electrical carmaker in April.

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Elon Musk has offered just about $7 billion value of Tesla stocks, in step with felony filings revealed Tuesday, amid a high-stakes felony struggle with Twitter over a $44 billion buyout deal.

The Tesla boss offered some 7.9 million stocks between August 5 and 9, in step with filings revealed at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s web page.

“In the (with a bit of luck not going) tournament that Twitter forces this deal to near and a few fairness companions do not come via, it is very important keep away from an emergency sale of Tesla inventory,” Musk, the arena’s richest guy wrote on Twitter overdue Tuesday.

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In the (with a bit of luck not going) tournament that Twitter forces this deal to near *and* some fairness companions do not come via, it is very important keep away from an emergency sale of Tesla inventory.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 10, 2022

Twitter is locked in a felony struggle with the mercurial Tesla boss over his effort to stroll clear of the April settlement to shop for the corporate, and a pass judgement on has ordered {that a} trial will start in October.

Musk has filed a countersuit, accusing Twitter of fraud and alleging the social media platform misled him about key facets of its industry prior to he agreed to a $44 billion buyout.

The transfer comes after Musk offered round $8.5 billion value of stocks within the electrical carmaker in April as he used to be making ready to finance the Twitter deal. He tweeted on the time: “No additional TSLA gross sales deliberate after nowadays.”

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