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If that's true, then it's just a plot to let Tesla's shareholders pay for his Twitter shenanigans?

This is exactly it, also a way to get out from under the Saudis.

Is that a statutory restriction (or an NYSE/NASDAQ rule?), or just the practical impossibility of getting a charter amendment?

Thank you. I was unaware of that. It still seems like there may be creative options that costs less than $86 billion.