Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) investigation into the company. Announced December 6, 2021, the probe appears to be related to its SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp. Lucid has not disclosed any new developments regarding the U.S. Separately, Lucid shares rallied nearly 10% on January 7, closing at US$41.98. The rally may be traced to a Tweet on the company’s official account saying the company planned to begin shipping cars to Europe in 2022. While not new news - the company had previously said it planned to deliver cars in Europe and the Middle East in 2022, and in China in 2023 - the announcement triggered a reflex rally. Lucid vehicles are not expected to be sold in the UK in 2022, possibly because right-hand drive cars are the rule in that country. Lucid has not been immune from this phenomenon. On September 1, 2021, the lockup period for Lucid shares purchased for US$15 per share in a US$2.5 billion PIPE (private investment in public equity) expired. While other factors may have also been at play, Lucid’s stock fell more than 22% from Aug(closing price of US$22.83) to Septem(close price of US$17.79). Note too that the number of shares which became free to trade on Septemwas about 167 million (US$2.5 billion divided by US$15), far fewer than the amount that becomes free to trade on January 19. Stocks which have performed well after they became publicly traded have frequently, though not in every case, experienced marked pullbacks beginning in the few days running up to the lock-up expiration date. Importantly, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia which owns slightly more than 1.0 billion of Lucid’s 1.65 billion common shares, would be eligible to sell stock beginning January 19 but has indicated no interest in doing so. Lucid shareholders face a key trading date on January 19, 2022. That date marks 180 days after the company’s SPAC deal closed on July 23, 2021, and according to Lucid’s bylaws, the lock-up period precluding sales by early holders of Lucid’s Class A common stock ends upon completion of a 180-day span. So, in just over a week, those shareholders, many of which have enormous paper gains, will be able to freely sell their shares. (NASDAQ: LCID)has pulled back significantly from its November 2021 highs. In Lucid’s case, it is down 35% from its $64.86 peak, but still carries a stock market valuation of about US$69 billion. Like many development-stage, high valuation stocks, Lucid Group, Inc.
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