Lithium Americas Enters Into Definitive Agreement To Acquire Millennial Lithium For C$4.70 Per ML Share
Lithium Americas Enters Into Definitive Agreement To Acquire Millennial Lithium For C$4.70 Per ML Share
Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX:LAC) (NYSE:LAC) ("Lithium Americas") and Millennial Lithium Corp. (TSXV:ML) (A3N2:GR: Frankfurt) (MLNLF: OTCQB) ("Millennial") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement dated November 17, 2021 (the "LAC Arrangement Agreement") pursuant to which Lithium Americas has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Millennial (each, an "ML Share") by way of a plan of arrangement (the "LAC Transaction") for C$4.70 per ML Share, payable in common shares of Lithium Americas (the "LAC Shares") and C$0.001 in cash per ML Share (collectively, the "Purchase Price"), representing total consideration of approximately US$400 million. Based on Lithium Americas' closing price on November 16, 2021, this consideration would result in Millennial Shareholders owning approximately 9.1% of Lithium Americas.
美洲鋰電股份有限公司（TSX：LAC）（「鋰電池代碼：紐約證券交易所」） 美洲」)和千禧鋰股份有限公司 (TSXV: 毫升) (A3N2:GR: 法蘭克福) (美國職業國家聯賽:OTCQB)(千禧世代) 欣然宣佈，他們已簽訂一份日期為 2021 年 11 月 17 日的確定安排協議 (「湖泊 安排協議「) 根據該美洲鋰已同意收購千禧一代的所有已發行股份 (每, 一個」ML 分享「) 通過安排的計劃的方式 (」拉丁堡交易「) 每毫升股份 4.70 加元，以美洲鋰普通股支付LAC 股票「) 及每毫升股份 0.001 加元現金 (統稱「」購買價「)，代表總代價約 4 億美元。根據美國鋰電於 2021 年 11 月 16 日的收盤價，這一考慮將導致千禧一代股東擁有約 9.1％ 的美洲鋰。
Prior to entering into the LAC Arrangement Agreement, Millennial terminated the arrangement agreement between Millennial and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. ("CATL") dated September 28, 2021, as amended and assigned to Canada Brunp Contemporary (Investment) Inc. ("CBC") on October 12, 2021 (the "CATL Arrangement Agreement"), in accordance with its terms.
在簽訂 LAC 安排協議之前，千禧一代終止了千禧一代與當代安培雷克技術有限公司之間的安排協議（」卡特「）日期為 2021 年 9 月 28 日，經修訂並分配給加拿大布倫普當代（投資）公司（」CBC「) 二零二一年十月十二日中亞貨運代理協議「), 按照其條款.
"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," said Jonathan Evans, President and CEO of Lithium Americas. "We are confident Pastos Grandes can provide significant value for all shareholders as we execute on our growth strategy in the region over the coming years."
美洲鋰總裁兼首席執行官 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。我們有信心 Pastos Grandes 可以為所有股東提供重要的價值，因為我們在未來幾年內在該地區執行我們的增長策略。」
Farhad Abasov, President and CEO of Millennial, commented, "Millennial's board and management believe that the LAC Arrangement Agreement provides significant value to Millennial Shareholders. The high premium to the CATL Arrangement Agreement highlights the quality of the Pastos Grandes project and the efforts by the Millennial team over the past four years. Lithium Americas brings significant technical expertise and financial flexibility de-risking the development of Pastos Grandes and generating further upside for Millennial Shareholders."
千禧一代總裁兼首席執行官法哈德·阿巴索夫（Farhad Abasov）表示：「千禧一代的董事會和管理層認為，LAC 安排協議為千禧一代股東提供了重要的價值。CATL 安排協議的高額優惠凸顯了 Pastos Grandes 項目的質量以及千禧一代團隊在過去四年中的努力。美洲鋰公司帶來了巨大的技術專長和財務靈活性，從而降低了 Pastos Grandes 發展的風險，並為千禧一代股東帶來了進一步的優勢。」
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