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Musk (the \"Reporting Person\") serves as trustee, (ii) 3,916,980,790 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Issuer (the \"Class B Common Stock\") held of record by trusts where the Reporting Person serves as trustee, (iii) 1,302,072,285 shares of restricted Class B Common Stock issued to and held of record by the Reporting Person, which may be voted by the Reporting Person and the vesting of which is subject to the satisfaction of certain performance and other conditions (the \"Restricted Class B Common Stock\"), and (iv) 350,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock issuable to the Reporting Person upon exercise of options (the \"Class B Options\")." } ] }, { "timeline": "tsmc-arizona-fabs", "id": 661, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/tsmc-arizona-fabs#n661", "date": "2026-05-12", "date_precision": "day", "title": "TSMC board approves up to US$20 billion for TSMC Arizona", "summary": "TSMC's board approved a capital injection of no more than US$20 billion into TSMC Arizona. 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