Tesla sets December vote on Elon Musk’s CEO role & his $158 billion pay package; SpaceX merger stays off ballot

Tesla has asked shareholders to re-elect chief executive Elon Musk, board chair Robyn Denholm and director JB Straubel for another three-year term, while its latest proxy filing contains no proposal to approve a merger with SpaceX. The December 3 annual meeting will also put Elon Musk’s reported $158.36 billion compensation for 2025 to an advisory shareholder vote, alongside the reappointment of auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the SEC filing showed.The proxy statement, filed on Monday, outlines three voting items and no shareholder…