Posted on 10/28/2022 12:37:49 PM PDT by mooncoin
Agrawal, Segal and Gadde own roughly 1.2 million shares of Twitter, more than half of that a $34.8 million stake owned by Gadde. The trio’s roughly $65 million stake would be purchased by Musk like any other shareholder’s stock.
Additionally, a clause in the merger agreement provided accelerated vesting of promised future stock compensation — and that’s where the biggest chunk of money comes in. The “Golden Parachute Compensation” clause in Twitter’s SEC filing — which was the deal approved by Twitter shareholders — shows the trio would automatically vest stock worth $119.6 million as severance if terminated, with the largest payout there going to Agrawal at $56 million.
They’re also entitled to a year’s salary and health benefits. In 2021, Agrawal had a base pay of $623,000, while Segal and Gadde’s base pay was $600,000 each.
In total, Gadde is set to walk away from Twitter with the biggest haul: Nearly $74 million. Agrawal and Segal aren’t far behind her, though, at roughly $65 million and $66 million, respectively.
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he knew all this...
I am sure there is a fire for cause clause in the contract that he should try to exercise. I am sure these three could be found grossly negligent or to have committed fraud.
“He should sue them to get the money back.”
I am sure their contracts are not airtight. He likely has a plan.
Absolutely, look into the by-laws and find any excuse to extract money from them. Sue them for knowing about fake accounts and damaging the brand by banning popular accounts.
He now has access to all their company electronic devices and email.
Indians are the highest income earners in the US, making about 20-30% more than Whites.
Don’t be so sure... consider where Twitter is legally incorporated...
Never fire them. Transfer them to building maintenance.
200 million payday to run it to the ground. Incredible.
Should have kept them on and made them janitors.
“he knew all this...”
He doesn’t pay, Twitter does. Besides this is accelerated vesting. Twitter would be paying it even if they stayed.
“Never fire them. Transfer them to building maintenance.”
They would still get the $200 million.
How many Twitter shares do you think Elon bought when it was 20% lower? $200 million is literally a rounding error for this guy.
They had “change of control” clauses in their contracts. Those are standard. As long as they stay through the “change” those payments are made.
I’ve been through this several times. No one was weeping as they walked out the door.
I’m not a lawyer, but I think the company has 30 days or so to pay out, those turkeys didn’t walk out the door with a big check Thursday
now, consider also that Musk is bringing in HIS tech guys to figure out exactly what was in all that Twitter code ... and if they do find that a deliberate, systematic effort was made to silence innocent Americans - i.e., suppress their right to free speech - a case could be made that these executives engaged in criminal behavior, and then the company wouldn’t have to pay out
just guessing, but that could explain why Elon’s software guys are so busy now, they have that time limit ...
not that Musk cares about the money, but he probably wants to send a strong message to those remaining
They are anti-Americans. They don’t support democracy.
Elon Musk is very likely to spend that much and more to counter their claim.
At this point, the plaintiffs would be well advised to surrender and walk away. As of right now, they still have whole hides.
They will need it for legal defense.
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