By Dave Sebastian

Tesla Inc. said it plans to sell up to $5 billion in stock through an at-the-market offering from time to time.

Shares rose 6% in premarket trading Tuesday. Tesla shares on Monday jumped 13% to $498.32 after the company's 5-for-1 split. Its shares have surged 81% from the company's Aug. 11 stock-split announcement and have more than quintupled this year.

The electric-vehicle maker said it has entered an equity distribution agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Those banks, which will act as sales agents, will get a commission of up to 0.5% of gross proceeds from each sale of the shares, as well as reimbursement for certain expenses, Tesla said. The company said it could terminate the agreement at any time. 



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