About 72 percent of shares in the balloting affirmed the chief executive’s lucrative stock award. The company hopes to get a court to reinstate it.

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On the social media platform X, which Mr. Musk owns, reactions to a vote that reaffirmed Mr. Musk’s $45 billion package were buoyant.

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The vote was seen as a referendum on his management of the electric car maker and on the limits of executive pay.

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A huge run-up in the stock’s value followed a 2018 vote on Elon Musk’s compensation package. But investors have recently become less enamored.

The vote is seen as a referendum on the limits of executive pay and the accountability of Silicon Valley billionaires.

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The Tesla chief executive is taking to his social media company to press shareholders to vote for a critical pay package on June 13.

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