Lithium Americas Offers $400M for Millennial Lithium
Lithium Americas Offers $400M for Millennial Lithium
By Adriano Marchese
阿德里亚诺·马尔切斯(Adriano Marchese)
Lithium Americas Corp. said Monday that it has made an offer for around US$400 million to acquire Millennial Lithium Corp. which is currently being pursued by China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.
美国锂公司周一说，它已经提出以4亿美元左右的价格收购千禧年锂公司，目前中国当代安培科技有限公司正在收购该公司。
Under the terms of the offer, the Canadian lithium project developer said each Millennial shareholder will receive 4.70 Canadian dollars, around US$3.79, a share payable in its own shares and C$0.001 in cash per share.
根据要约条款，这家加拿大锂项目开发商表示，千禧一代股东将获得4.7加元(约合3.79美元)，每股以自己的股票支付，每股0.001加元的现金。
The company noted that based on the its closing price on Oct. 29, Millennial shareholders would own around 9.9% of Lithium Americas.
该公司指出，根据10月29日的收盘价，千禧一代股东将持有Lithium America约9.9%的股份。
"As we bring Caucharí-Olaroz into production over the next year and continue to advance our Stage 2 expansion planning, the addition of this highly complementary lithium brine resource further enhances our long-term growth strategy in Argentina and leverages our technical and development expertise," President and Chief Executive Jonathan Evans said.
总裁兼首席执行官乔纳森·埃文斯(Jonathan Evans)说：“随着我们明年将Caucharí-Olaroz投入生产，并继续推进我们的第二阶段扩张计划，这种高度互补的锂盐水资源的加入进一步加强了我们在阿根廷的长期增长战略，并利用了我们的技术和开发专业知识。”
The board of Millennial said it has unanimously determined that this offer constitutes a superior proposal compared with its agreement with Contemporary Amperex Technology.
千禧公司董事会表示，他们一致认为，与与当代安培科技公司的协议相比，这一报价构成了一个更好的提议。
In late September, Tesla Inc. supplier CATL said it would acquire Millennial Lithium Corp. in an all-cash deal worth C$377 million.
9月下旬，特斯拉(Tesla Inc.)供应商CATL表示，将以3.77亿加元全现金收购千禧年锂公司(Millyear Lithium Corp.)。
Lithium Americas said the offer also provides for a reimbursement to Millennial for the termination fee of US$20 million payable to CATL if the CATL agreement is terminated
锂美洲公司表示，如果CATL协议终止，该要约还规定向千禧年偿还支付给CATL的2000万美元终止费
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