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    Home / News / Business News / Tesla to remain public, Elon Musk announces
    Tesla to remain public, Elon Musk announces
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    Tesla to remain public, Elon Musk announces

    By Shiladitya Ray
    Aug 25, 2018
    11:06 am
    Tesla to remain public, Elon Musk announces

    After about two weeks of commotion over Musk's claim of taking Tesla private, the South African-born entrepreneur, on Friday night, announced that Tesla isn't going private after all. Saying that the process of going private would be "more time-consuming and distracting than initially anticipated," Musk said that Tesla must remain absolutely focused on its Model 3 production, and reaching profitability. Here's more.

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    Musk cites investors' sentiments as one of the reasons

    Musk, in the note shared to all Tesla employees, cited investors' sentiments as one of the reasons behind halting Tesla's privatization move. "Although the majority of shareholders I spoke to said they would remain with Tesla if we went private, the sentiment, in a nutshell, was 'please don't do this'," explained Musk. He added that right now, financial sustainability was Tesla's priority.

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    Read Musk's entire statement here

    Staying Public https://t.co/gUrAnInBOu

    — Tesla (@Tesla) August 25, 2018
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    What Tesla's directors had to say regarding the latest development

    Meanwhile, six Tesla directors - James Murdoch, Antonio Gracias, Robyn Denholm, Brad Buss, Ira Ehrenpreis and Linda Johnson Rice - who had served on a special committee tasked with reviewing Musk's privatization proposal said that Musk "believes the better path is to no longer pursue a transaction for taking Tesla private." "We fully support Elon as he continues to lead the company," they added.

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    Musk had faced inquiries from the Securities and Exchange Commission

    On August 7, Musk had tweeted that he planned to take Tesla private and claimed that he had secured funding for the move. His tweet saw Tesla share prices rise. However, it turned out funding was far from secured. Consequently, he faced inquiries from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), even as rumors surfaced that Saudi Arabia was willing to fund the privatization move.

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    Musk had cited frustrations with shareholders as the reason

    Back then, Musk, who hasn't always had the best relationship with shareholders, had cited his frustration with some investors as the reason behind taking Tesla private. Explaining his "rationale", Musk had said that Tesla, being a public company subject to stock market fluctuations, often faced "enormous pressure" to take short-term decisions in lieu of long-term ones associated with Tesla's larger goals.

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