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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0001503210-15-000012
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2015-05-18 20:14:20
Reporting Period:: 2015-05-15

Filing Date:: 2015-05-18
Accepted Time:: 2015-05-18 20:14:20
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

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
1494727	B Jeffrey Straubel	3500 Deer Creek Road Palo Alto CA 94304	Chief Technical Officer	No	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2015-05-15	10,000	$6.63	111,569	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-05-15	700	$243.54	110,869	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-05-15	600	$244.67	110,269	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-05-15	200	$245.53	110,069	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-05-15	2,300	$246.91	107,769	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-05-15	3,192	$247.60	104,577	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-05-15	3,008	$248.69	101,569	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2015-05-18	33,333	$2.70	134,902	No	4	M	Direct

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

Reported Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Incentive Stock Option (right to buy)	Disposition	2015-05-18	33,333	$0.00	33,333	$2.70
Common Stock	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	Disposition	2015-05-15	10,000	$0.00	10,000	$6.63

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0		2015-06-03	No	4	M	Direct
98,430		2016-12-03	No	4	M	Direct

Footnotes

The stock option exercise and sales reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a pre-determined Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 13, 2015. The reporting person adopted the trading plan to periodically exercise long held stock options that are expiring in 2016. In addition, the reporting person is selling securities in order to fund the exercise of the expiring stock options and the resulting tax liability. The reporting person's ownership in Tesla Motors, Inc. is increasing after taking into account all of the transactions reported on this Form 4.
Amount of securities beneficially owned includes 88 shares acquired under the Tesla Motors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan on February 27, 2015.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $242.94 to $243.85, 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.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $244.02 to $244.94, 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.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $245.21 to $245.84, 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.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $246.33 to $247.32, 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.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $247.33 to $248.04, 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.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $248.41 to $249.07, 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.
1/48th of the shares subject to the option will vest on each monthly anniversary of the grant date, so that all such shares will be vested as of the fourth anniversary of the grant date.