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

IPOs have a lockup period for private shareholders before they can sell, typically six months.

From Barron's • 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 cops had her back there in lockup right now with me and Ma waiting in this room out front.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore