lockup

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SpaceX employees are subject to a 180-day lockup period but have the chance to sell some shares earlier during specified windows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Employees and other insiders generally won’t be able to sell their pre-IPO shares for a few months, because of lockup periods intended to prevent a flood of sudden sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Those shares, combined with Musk’s shares, which are subject to a 366-day lockup, account for over 60% of SpaceX’s outstanding stock.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

A reduced lockup period for SpaceX’s earlier investors, meanwhile, allows them to exit, in stages, as early as the end of the second quarter.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The main county lockup was miles away in Key West.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen