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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0001209191-15-067192
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2015-08-20 18:25:23
Reporting Period:: 2015-08-18

Filing Date:: 2015-08-20
Accepted Time:: 2015-08-20 18:25:23
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
1412598	Matthew Ira Ehrenpreis	100 Shoreline Hwy. Suite 282, Bldg. B Mill Valley CA 94941		Yes	No	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	Explanation
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2015-08-18	16,698	$29.66	26,086	No	4	M	Indirect	By TP Management VIII, LLC
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-08-18	16,698	$255.39	9,388	No	4	S	Indirect	By TP Management VIII, LLC
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-08-18	9,388	$0.00	0	No	4	J	Indirect	By TP Management VIII, LLC
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2015-08-18	9,388	$0.00	15,272	No	4	J	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	M	Indirect	By TP Management VIII, LLC
No	4	S	Indirect	By TP Management VIII, LLC
No	4	J	Indirect	By TP Management VIII, LLC
No	4	J	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Non Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2015-08-18	16,698	$0.00	16,698	$29.66
Common Stock	Non Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2015-08-18	8,492	$0.00	8,492	$29.66
Common Stock	Non Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Acquisiton	2015-08-18	8,492	$0.00	8,492	$29.66

Remaning Holdings	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
8,492	2019-06-12	No	4	M	Indirect
0	2019-06-12	No	4	J	Indirect
8,492	2019-06-12	No	4	J	Direct

Footnotes

The Reporting Person held these options as nominee of TP Management VIII, LLC and, at the direction of TP Management VIII, LLC, exercised the options and delivered the shares of Common Stock received upon such exercise to TP Management VIII, LLC, for the benefit of the members of TP Management VIII, LLC.
The Reporting Person is a managing member of the general partner of such entity, and disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. This report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for Section 16 or any other purpose.
Represents weighted average sales price. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $255.00 to $255.87. The Reporting Person will provide upon request, to the SEC, the Issuer or any security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
Represents the distribution in kind of the reported securities by TP Management VIII, LLC to the Reporting Person in respect of his pecuniary interest therein, for no additional consideration.
Fully vested and immediately exercisable in full.
Prior to the exercise of the options reported herein as described in footnote (1), the Reporting Person held the options as nominee of TP Management VIII, LLC. Following the exercise of such options for the benefit of the members of TP Management VIII, LLC, the remaining balance of the options consists entirely of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in the options. Accordingly, following such exericse, the nominee arrangement terminated for no additional consideration, and the Reporting Person now holds the remaining options directly for his exclusive benefit, representing a change in the form of ownership of such options from indirect to direct.