Lithium Americas makes $400 mln rival bid for Millennial Lithium
Lithium Americas makes $400 mln rival bid for Millennial Lithium
Nov 1 (Reuters) - Lithium Americas Corp LAC.TO LAC.N said on Monday it has offered to buy Canadian lithium miner Millennial Lithium Corp ML.V for about $400 million, seeking to out-bid Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL).
路透11月1日电-Lithium America Corp LAC.TO LAC.N周一表示，已提出以约4亿美元收购加拿大锂矿商Millyear Lithium Corp ML.V，寻求以高于中国电池制造商当代安培科技有限公司(CATL)的出价.
The scramble for the miner comes at a time when there is surging demand for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used to power electric vehicles.
竞购这家矿商之际，电动汽车所用锂离子充电电池的需求激增。
The deal could potentially provide Lithium Americas with an additional 24,000 tonnes per year of battery-quality lithium carbonate for 40 years, the company said in a statement.
该公司在一份声明中表示，这笔交易可能会在40年内每年为Lithium America额外提供2.4万吨电池质量的碳酸锂。
Each Millennial shareholder will receive C$4.70 ($3.80) per share, payable in Lithium Americas common shares, and C$0.001 in cash. Millennial shareholders will own about 9.9% of Lithium Americas, based on the company's closing price on Friday.
每名千禧年股东将获得每股4.7加元(3.8美元)，以锂美洲普通股支付，以及0.001加元的现金。根据Lithium America上周五的收盘价，千禧一代股东将持有该公司约9.9%的股份。
Shares of Millennial rose 27% to $4.67 Monday in early trading on the Toronto Venture exchange.
周一，在多伦多风险交易所(Toronto Venture Exchange)早盘交易中，千禧一代的股价上涨了27%，至4.67美元。
The Lithium Americas offer trumped C$3.85 per share bid that CATL 300750.SZ made to Millennial in September, which in turn had outbid July's offer of C$3.60 each by Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd
Lithium America的出价超过了CATL300750.SZ在9月份向千禧提出的每股3.85加元的出价，后者的出价又超过了赣锋锂业有限公司7月份提出的每股3.6加元的出价。
002460.SZ , one of the world's biggest producers of lithium chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries. ()
002460.SZ，全球最大的电动汽车电池用锂化学品生产商之一。()
Millennial has given CATL until Nov. 16 to revise the offer to match Lithium Americas' proposal, the company said in the statement.
千禧集团在声明中表示，该公司要求CATL在11月16日之前修改报价，以符合锂美国公司的提议。
($1 = 1.2378 Canadian dollars)
(1美元=1.2378加元)
(Reporting by Ruhi Soni in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
(Ruhi Soni在孟加拉国报道；Shailesh Kuber编辑)
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