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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
1318605	Tesla Motors Inc	TSLA	Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies (3711)	912197729

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1336664	W Brad Buss	C/O Tesla Motors, Inc. 3500 Deer Creek Road Palo Alto CA 94304		Yes	No	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-02-18	5,882	$205.39	5,882	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	S	Direct

Footnotes

This disposition is a nondiscretionary transaction executed solely to timely comply with the requirements of a deferred compensation plan of Mr. Buss's former employer. Specifically, the shares involved in this transaction were acquired by Mr. Buss under a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (the "Plan") of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation ("Cypress"), of which Mr. Buss served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration until June 1, 2014. The Plan's terms require that all assets allocated to a participant be liquidated and distributed in cash to the participant after specified periods following his or her departure from Cypress.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $205.33 to $205.47, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla Motors, Inc., any security holder of Tesla Motors, 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.