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日電-Lithium America Corp LAC.TO LAC.N週一表示，已提出以約4億美元收購加拿大鋰礦商Millyear Lithium Corp ML.V，尋求以高於中國電池製造商當代安培科技有限公司(CATL)的出價.
The scramble for the miner comes at a time when there is surging demand for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used to power electric vehicles.
競購這家礦商之際，電動汽車所用鋰離子充電電池的需求激增。
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.
該公司在一份聲明中表示，這筆交易可能會在40年內每年為Lithium America額外提供2.4萬噸電池質量的碳酸鋰。
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.
每名千禧年股東將獲得每股4.7加元(3.8美元)，以鋰美洲普通股支付，以及0.001加元的現金。根據Lithium America上週五的收盤價，千禧一代股東將持有該公司約9.9%的股份。
Shares of Millennial rose 27% to $4.67 Monday in early trading on the Toronto Venture exchange.
週一，在多倫多風險交易所(Toronto Venture Exchange)早盤交易中，千禧一代的股價上漲了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的出價超過了CATL300750.SZ在9月份向千禧提出的每股3.85加元的出價，後者的出價又超過了贛鋒鋰業有限公司7月份提出的每股3.6加元的出價。
002460.SZ , one of the world's biggest producers of lithium chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries. ()
002460.SZ，全球最大的電動汽車電池用鋰化學品生產商之一。()
Millennial has given CATL until Nov. 16 to revise the offer to match Lithium Americas' proposal, the company said in the statement.
千禧集團在聲明中表示，該公司要求CATL在11月16日之前修改報價，以符合鋰美國公司的提議。
($1 = 1.2378 Canadian dollars)
(1美元=1.2378加元)
(Reporting by Ruhi Soni in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
(Ruhi Soni在孟加拉國報道；Shailesh Kuber編輯)
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