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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 20-F/A

(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)

REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report: Not applicable

For the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission file number: 001-41788

LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

British Columbia, Canada

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

400 - 900 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1E5

(Address of principal executive offices)

Edward Grandy

400 - 900 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1E5
Telephone: (778) 656-5820

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of exchange on which
registered

Common Shares without par value

LAC

Toronto Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: 161,778,274 Common Shares of the Registrant were issued and outstanding

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes No

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

† The term "new or revised financial accounting standard" refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board Other

If "Other" has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. Item 17 Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

 

Auditor Name: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Auditor Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

PCAOB ID: #271

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On March 18, 2024, Lithium Americas Corp. (the “Company”) filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Original Form 20-F”). This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) amends the Original Form 20-F solely to revise the consent of our independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), filed originally as Exhibit 15.10 of the Original Form 20-F. The consent included in the Original Form 20-F inadvertently omitted the signature of PwC. The revised consent of PwC is filed hereto as Exhibit 15.1.

In addition, as required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Company is including the certifications required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in Item 19 of this Amendment.

Other than with respect to the foregoing, this Amendment speaks as of the filing date of the Original Form 20-F and does not reflect any other events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 20-F. No revisions are being made to the Company’s financial statements or any other disclosure contained in the Original Form 20-F. This Amendment does not otherwise update any other exhibits as originally filed.

ITEM 19. EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.

Description

12.1

Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)

12.2

Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)

13.1

Certificate of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

13.2

Certificate of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

15.1

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With Embedded Linkbase Documents

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatting as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

 


 


SIGNATURES

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this registration statement on its behalf.

Lithium Americas Corp.

By: /s/ Edward Grandy

Name: Edward Grandy

Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: March 22, 2024