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Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on Feb. 10, 2022.
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Elon Musk will serve on
Twitter
’s
board of directors, the company said in a filing on Tuesday, a day after the billionaire and
Tesla
chief executive disclosed he had become the social media platform’s largest shareholder with a 9.2% stake.
The company appointed Musk to the board as a Class II director with a term expiring at the company’s 2024 annual shareholder meeting.
Musk, either alone or as a member of a group, will not be able to become a beneficial owner of more than 14.9% of Twitter (ticker: TWTR) stock for as long as he sits on the board and 90 days after, according to the filing. This includes economic exposure through derivative securities, swaps, or hedging transactions, the filing added.
“I’m excited to share that we’re appointing @elonmusk to our board!” tweeted Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal. “Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board.”
“He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term,” Agrawal added.
Musk’s stake trumps that of other shareholders, including Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who owns 2.3%.
“I’m really happy Elon is joining the Twitter board! He cares deeply about our world and Twitter’s role in it,” Dorsey…
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