after delaying the filing of its proxy statement tesla inc nasdaq tsla confirmed the date for its annual shareholder meeting what happened teslas annual shareholder meeting will be held on aug 4 in austin texas the company confirmed through a tweet on its official twitter handle the announcement comes close on the heels of the filing of an amended 10ka annual report on monday wherein tesla said it will delay the filing of its definitive proxy statement for the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders see also how to buy tesla tsla stock sec mandate requires the filing of the proxy statement within 120 days of the end of the previous fiscal year this rendered may 2 as the deadline by which the company should have filed the proxy statement given the 120 days expired by april 30 a nonworking day an extension is allowed for companies that incorporate information from the proxy statement into their 10ks tesla did include some proxy filing information into its amended 10k and as it has done in two previous years the company has sought an extension related link elon musk thinks this energy source will be worlds preferred choice benzingas take tesla sounded out its intention of announcing a stock split through an 8k filing in late march when tesla solicited questions from shareholders that need to be addressed on the earnings call the most upvoted question was regarding the split ratio this does not come as a surprise as the previous stock split announced by the company in august 2020 led to a strong rally in tesla shares some are also anxious about the dilution the split could have on the stock which is currently locked in a lackluster trading range amid elon musks 44 billion deal to take twitter inc nyse twtr private tesla usually conducts the annual shareholder meeting in june and ever since the onset of the covid19 pandemic it has been delayed to october the delay in proxy filing could be due to musks intention of getting the twitter deal done according to tesla backer and future fund cofounder gary black on the contrary the analyst also sees the risk of the twitter deal falling through due to the delay musk currently owns 163 million tesla shares and has pledged 923 million shares leaving another 707 million shares that are available for pledging the analyst noted at 850 per share and a 20 loantovalue ratio the maximum margin loan that can be availed is 12 billion every 10sh tsla decline cuts 141m in margin loan he added tesla closed mondays session 370 at 90294 according to benzinga pro data related link im not antielon vitalik buterin says as the ethereum founder offers his take on twitter takeover