---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-034350"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAC"
cik: "0001966983"
company_name: "LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP."
filed_at: "2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:25:32.674133+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lithium Americas grants DOE 5% equity warrants, signs put/call with GM

## Summary
- Issued DOE warrant for 18,268,687 common shares (5% of outstanding) at $0.01/share, 10-year term.
- Issued DOE warrant for 8,656,509,695 non-voting units (5% economic interest) in LAC-GM JV at $0.0001/unit.
- Registration rights filed: company must file resale registration statement by June 30, 2026.
- Put, Call and Exchange Agreement gives DOE put right and GM call right on JV warrant; may convert to company shares.
- Second A&R LLCA of LAC-GM JV establishes non-voting units and requires fair market value capital contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-034350
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAC
- cik: 0001966983
- company_name: LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP.
- filed_at: 2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966983/000119312526034350/0001193125-26-034350-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966983/000119312526034350/d59615d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP. entered into A&R Company Warrant with United States Department of Energy (effective 2026-01-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: United States Department of Energy
  - Effective: 2026-01-30
  source text: As required under the OWCA, the Company entered into a warrant agreement with one of its subsidiaries (the “Company Warrant”), which such warrant agreement was promptly thereafter assigned by a subsidiary of the Company to the DOE and amended and restated (such amended and restated agreement, the “A&R Company Warrant”), providing for, among other things, the right to purchase common shares of the Company, no par value (“Common Shares”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966983/000119312526034350/0001193125-26-034350-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP. entered into Registration Rights Agreement with United States Department of Energy (effective 2026-01-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: United States Department of Energy
  - Effective: 2026-01-30
  source text: On the Issuance Date, as required under the OWCA, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the DOE.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966983/000119312526034350/0001193125-26-034350-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP. entered into A&R JV Warrant with United States Department of Energy (effective 2026-01-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: collaboration
  - Counterparty: United States Department of Energy
  - Effective: 2026-01-30
  source text: As required under the OWCA, the LAC-GM Joint Venture entered into a warrant agreement with one of its subsidiaries (the “JV Warrant”), which such warrant agreement was promptly thereafter assigned by a subsidiary of the LAC-GM Joint Venture to the DOE and amended and restated (such amended and restated agreement, the “A&R JV Warrant”), providing for, among other things, the right to purchase non-voting units of the LAC-GM Joint Venture (“Non-Voting Units”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966983/000119312526034350/0001193125-26-034350-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP. amended Second A&R LLCA (effective 2026-01-30).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: collaboration
  - Effective: 2026-01-30
  source text: On the Issuance Date, as required under the OWCA, the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the LAC-GM Joint Venture was amended and restated to, among other things, set forth the rights, preferences, and privileges of the Non-Voting Units (the “Second A&R LLCA”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966983/000119312526034350/0001193125-26-034350-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP. entered into Put, Call and Exchange Agreement with General Motors Holdings LLC and the United States Department of Energy (effective 2026-01-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: collaboration
  - Counterparty: General Motors Holdings LLC and the United States Department of Energy
  - Effective: 2026-01-30
  source text: On the Issuance Date, the LAC-GM Joint Venture, the Company, B.C. Corp, the LAC JV Member, General Motors Holdings LLC (“GM Holdings”), and the DOE entered into the Put, Call and Exchange Agreement (the “Put, Call and Exchange Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966983/000119312526034350/0001193125-26-034350-index.htm

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