马斯克证实：特斯拉私有化得到沙特主权财富基金支持

埃隆·马斯克就特斯拉的退市计划披露了一些细节。上周一，他在博客中称，沙特主权财富基金已就特斯拉私有化的问题与之接触多次。

马斯克还透露，700亿美元的私有化价格严重夸大了实际融资需求，因为他预计现有投资者中将有三分之二变为私有持股人。

虽然在马斯克为特斯拉私有化进行的探索中，沙特基金是最显眼而且最有可能的合作伙伴，但他说后者并不是唯一选择。

马斯克写道：“我仍在和沙特基金进行商讨，同时也在跟其他多位投资者磋商。一直以来我就是这么计划的，因为我希望特斯拉仍有一个较大的投资者群体。”

马斯克说他与沙特基金首次接触是在2017年初，当时后者表示有意将持仓多元化。目前这只基金已经持有特斯拉5%的股票。7月31日，双方再次会面，沙特基金董事总经理对马斯克仍未让特斯拉私有化“表示遗憾”，并称将支持此项行动。

马斯克称：“7月31日的会面结束后，我坚信我们有望很快和沙特主权财富基金达成协议，只剩下程序推进的问题。正是出于这个原因，我才在8月7日的公告中说‘已获得资金’。”

他还说，上周发推特的原因是他觉得所有投资者都应该同时获得同样的信息。提出最终方案前他不会采取任何行动，而最终方案将说明资金的性质和来源。

这篇博客也许可以回答一些问题，但并非所有投资者都会满意。已有一位投资者就上述推特公告起诉马斯克，美国证券交易委员会（Securities and Exchange Commission）也开始调查马斯克发布公告的过程。（财富中文网）

译者：Charlie

审校：夏林

Elon Musk is offering a few more details about his proposal to delist Tesla from the stock market, saying in a blog post Monday that the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund has approached him several times about taking the automaker private.

Additionally, he said, the $70 billion price tag that has been floated as a potential price for such an action is wildly inflated, as he expects two-thirds of current investors would opt to roll over to a private ownership stake.

While the Saudi fund is the most visible and most likely partner in Musk’s explorations of taking Tesla private, he says it’s not the only one.

“I continue to have discussions with the Saudi fund, and I also am having discussions with a number of other investors, which is something that I always planned to do since I would like for Tesla to continue to have a broad investor base,” he wrote.

Musk and the Saudi fund first met in early 2017, he says, where the group expressed interest in diversifying its holdings. The group already holds a 5% stake in Tesla. On July 31, the two parties met again and the fund’s managing director “expressed regret” Musk had not moved to take the company private and again expressed his support for that action.

“I left the July 31st meeting with no question that a deal with the Saudi sovereign fund could be closed, and that it was just a matter of getting the process moving,” said Musk. “This is why I referred to ‘funding secured’ in the August 7th announcement.”

He posted last week’s tweet, he says, as he felt all investors should have the same information at the same time. No action will be taken until a final proposal is submitted, which will include the nature and source of the funding.

Musk’s post could answer some questions, but not all investors will be satisfied. One has already sued him for the tweet and Securites and Exchange Commission is looking into how the announcement was made as well.