Tesla announced today it is making what the board calls a "good faith" payment to Elon Musk, approving a stock award of 96 million shares tentatively valued at $23.7 billion for its CEO. Back in May at the Qatar Forum, Musk said, "Sufficient voting control such that I cannot be ousted by activist investors is what matters to me," and this seems to be the thrust of this move. He must pay Tesla $23.34 per share for the restricted stock and has agreed to hold the shares until August 2030, with some exceptions. This stock award stems from his disputed 2018 pay package that was overturned by a Delaware court, and should Tesla win its case in front of the Delaware Supreme Court to allow Musk to exercise the roughly $50 billion in options he received in 2018, Musk will not receive this new award of 96 million shares.