Ford Motor is promoting 8 million of its Rivian Automotive shares, with the insider lockup for the inventory of the as soon as high-flying electrical car maker is ready to run out on Sunday, sources advised CNBC’s David Faber.

The automaker at the moment owns 102 million shares of Rivian. Ford might be promoting the shares via Goldman Sachs, sources stated.

The lockup defines a time frame after an organization has gone public when early buyers and firm insiders can’t promote their shares. That ensures the IPO is carried out in an orderly method and doesn’t flood the market with extra shares.

Ford declined to remark, when contacted by CNBC.

JPMorgan Chase additionally plans to promote a Rivian share block of between 13 million and 15 million for an unknown vendor, sources advised Faber. Each blocks of shares are priced at $26.90 a share.

Shares of the EV producer have plummeted by greater than 50% within the first three months of 2022, reversing course from the fourth quarter, when the corporate held its inventory market debut and noticed its worth skyrocket.

Rivian stated in March it anticipated to supply 25,000 electrical vans and SUVs this 12 months, because the start-up battles via provide chain constraints and inner manufacturing snags. That may be simply half of the car manufacturing it forecast to buyers final 12 months as a part of its IPO roadshow.

— CNBC’s Michael Wayland and Ari Levy contributed to this report.