secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP. (LAC)
CIK:        0001966983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-047737
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lithium Americas secures $250M Orion investment to fully fund Thacker Pass Phase 1
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- Orion invests $250M: $195M convertible notes (9.875% interest, conv. price $3.78), $25M PPA, $30M delayed draw.
- Investment expected to close week of Mar 10; enables FID for Thacker Pass Phase 1; fully funded for construction.
- Phase 1 target late 2027; first DOE loan draw Q3 2025; Orion to evaluate up to $500M for Phase 2.
- Conversion price of $3.78 per share is a 43% premium to 5-day VWAP on NYSE.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966983/000119312525047737/0001193125-25-047737-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966983/000119312525047737/d940383d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-047737

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