---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-011312"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABAT"
cik: "0001576873"
company_name: "AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co"
filed_at: "2023-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T04:35:15.034852+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Battery Technology amends LiNiCo deal with $15M cash plus 10M shares for recycling facility

## Summary
- Amended agreement includes immediate $5M cash and 10M shares of restricted common stock.
- Additional $10M cash payment due by April 21, 2023.
- $1.5M of purchase price held in escrow for up to 18 months for indemnification claims.
- Pre-closing lease grants immediate and unlimited access to the Tahoe-Reno facility starting April 21, 2023.
- Facility located at 2500 Peru Drive, McCarran, Nevada; company to install lithium-ion battery recycling technologies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-011312
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABAT
- cik: 0001576873
- company_name: AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co
- filed_at: 2023-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223011312/0001493152-23-011312-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223011312/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co amended Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with LiNiCo Corporation valued at amended and restated; immediate cash payment of $5,000,000 and 10,000,000 shares of restricted commo (effective 2023-04-06).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: LiNiCo Corporation
  - Value: amended and restated; immediate cash payment of $5,000,000 and 10,000,000 shares of restricted commo
  - Effective: 2023-04-06
  source text: On April 6, 2023, the Company and LiNiCo amended and restated the membership interest purchase agreement in order to enter into a pre-closing lease which is expected to begin on April 21, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223011312/0001493152-23-011312-index.htm

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