No it doesn't say that, it says that if his third party funding falls through then he's on the hook for a billion dollars instead of buying the company. There'

No it doesn't say that, it says that if his third party funding falls through then he's on the hook for a billion dollars instead of buying the company. There's nothing in the contract about a billion dollars fee for any other reason of the sale not going through. Of course, a judge could choose to take that number as the amount to punish with, but it's not a price Musk can just choose to pay to get out of the deal.