lockup
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Shares held by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and select other investors are subject to a longer lockup.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
“It’s notoriously difficult to predict investor behavior,” Rhind said — but based on the first lockup, the second is likely to end in a “similar way,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Brett Donnelly, founder of Spectra Markets, had also said the lockup expiration and its effects were “surely priced in.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Underwriters mandate lockup periods, meaning it takes a minimum of six months, and often years, for the sponsor to fully sell down their shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
