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by RaymondDeWitt 1532 days ago
How was Musk's offer - a public disclosure with few conditions or contingencies, made in bad faith? At face value, it does not violate basic standards of honesty or appear to deliberately mislead.
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At face value Musk has a history of paying large SEC fines because he lied to investors.
From TED yesterday.

"Funding was indeed secured. I should say I do not have respect for the SEC in that situation. I don’t mean to blame everyone at the SEC, but certainly the San Francisco office. The SEC knew that funding was secured. They pursued an active public investigation, nonetheless. I was forced to concede to the SEC unlawfully."

I don't think him saying that makes it true. He certainly never brought Tesla private or brought a serious offer to do so.
It's another 420 reference just like his claim to have financing ready to take Tesla private which turned out to be false and just a joke.
I implore you to do what I suggested in the parent comment.

How many times is “non-binding” said in the document?

You mean like his offer to take Tesla private - a public disclosure with few conditions or contingencies?