Lithium Americas to Buy Millennial Lithium in Deal Worth $400M
Lithium Americas to Buy Millennial Lithium in Deal Worth $400M
By Adriano Marchese
由阿德里亞諾·馬爾切塞
Lithium Americas Corp. said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Millennial Lithium Corp. for a total of consideration of around US$400 million in cash and stock.
美洲鋰電股份有限公司周三表示，已同意收購千禧鋰電股份有限公司，總共考慮約 4 億美元的現金和股票。
The company said that it has agreed to buy up all the outstanding shares of Millennial by way of a plan of arrangement for 4.70 Canadian dollars a share (US$3.74) payable in Lithium Americas shares and C$0.001 in cash.
該公司表示，已同意通過安排計劃購買千禧一代的所有已發行股份，以美洲鋰股 4.70 加元（3.74 美元）和 0.001 美元的現金支付。
The company said that based on Lithium Americas' closing price on Tuesday, it would result in Millennial shareholders owning around 9.1% of Lithium Americas stock.
該公司表示，根據美國鋰電周二的收盤價，將導致千禧一代股東擁有約 9.1％ 的美洲鋰股票。
Millennial is focused on the development of its flagship lithium brine project, Pastos Grandes in Argentina.
千禧一代專注於其旗艦鋰鹽水項目的開發，即阿根廷的帕斯托斯格蘭德斯。
"This transaction is a rare opportunity to add a complementary lithium brine project and leverage our expertise developing Caucharí-Olaroz as the largest new lithium carbonate operation to come online in over 20 years," President and Chief Executive Jonathan Evans said.
總裁兼首席執行官喬納森·埃文斯（Jonathan Evans）表示：「這項交易是一個難得的機會，可以增加一個互補的鋰鹽水項目，並利用我們的專業知識開發 Caucharí-Olaroz 作為 20 多年來最大的新碳酸鋰業務。
Write to Adriano Marchese at adriano.marchese@wsj.com
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