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Tesla to make shares more accessible with five-for one stock split

Published: 18:17 12 Aug 2020 AEST

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Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has said it is to split its shares to make them more accessible to employees and investors after their surge in value over the past six months.

The five-for-one split will apply to shares held on August 21 (record date) with the new ones to be distributed on August 28 and trading to begin after the stock split on August 31.

Priced currently at US$1,374 the stock has more than trebled this year to date and gives the electric auto-maker a market capitalisation of close to US$220bn.

Following the stock split, the price would be around US$275 but the market capitalisation will not be affected

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