Tesla, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 10, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TESLA MOTORS INC (TSLA)
CIK: 0001318605
Period of Report: 2012-12-06

Reporting Person: Musk Kimbal (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-06	Common Stock	S	14000	$34.004	Disposed	199016	Direct
2012-12-07	Common Stock	S	1000	$34.3	Disposed	198016	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $34.00 to $34.04, 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.

F2: Since the date of the reporting person's last ownership report, he transferred 142,010 shares of TSLA common stock held through Jasper Holdings LLC to his former spouse pursuant to a domestic relations order. The reporting person no longer reports as beneficially owned any securities owned by his former spouse. In addition, prior to the transactions reported on this Form 4, he had transferred the remaining 209,024 shares of TSLA common stock indirectly held through Jasper Holdings LLC to his name.