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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in thousands of US dollars)
Upon New LAC’s incorporation on January 23, 2023, New LAC’s authorized share capital was comprised of an unlimited number of Common Shares without par value and an unlimited number of preference shares without par value (“Preference Shares”). There were no shares of any class issued or outstanding as of September 30, 2023.
On October 3, 2023, as part of the Arrangement, among other things: (i) each Old LAC shareholder exchanged their Old LAC common shares for Old LAC class A common shares and Old LAC preference shares; (ii) each Old LAC shareholder then transferred its Old LAC preference shares to New LAC in exchange for Common Shares; (iii) 1,000,000 Preference Shares were issued to Old LAC in exchange for the North American business assets contributed; (vi) all Preference Shares issued to Old LAC were redeemed by New LAC in consideration for an aggregate redemption amount, after which all such Preference Shares were cancelled; and (iii) the notice of articles and articles of New LAC (“Articles”) were amended to, among other things, eliminate the Preference Shares from the authorized share capital of New LAC such that, following such amendment, New LAC is authorized to issue only an unlimited number of Common Shares.
On October 3, 2023, the Separation was implemented pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement which included the transfer of $75 million in cash by Old LAC to New LAC to establish sufficient working capital for New LAC. Upon Separation, each shareholder of Old LAC was granted one common share of Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. and one common share of New LAC in exchange for each Old LAC share, resulting in two independent publicly traded companies. Holders of Old LAC’s restricted share units, performance share units and deferred share units have received one similar instrument in each of Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. and New LAC, subject to certain conditions. On October 3, 2023, New LAC had 160,047,671 common shares issued and outstanding, and 2,171,285 restricted share units and 1,036,775 deferred share units were issued in connection with the Plan of the Arrangement.
At the start of trading on October 4, 2023, Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. and New LAC commenced trading on the TSX and NYSE on a regular-way basis under the ticker symbols “LAAC” and “LAC,” respectively.
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