Exhibit 99.1
Li-Cycle Announces Completion of $50 Million Investment
from LG Energy Solution and LG Chem
TORONTO, Ontario (May 12, 2022) Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (NYSE: LICY) (Li-Cycle or the Company), an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and the leading
lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, today announced the successful completion of the previously announced $50 million aggregate investment in common shares of the Company (Common
Shares) by LG Energy Solution, Ltd. (LGES) and LG Chem, Ltd. (LGC). LGES and LGC have each subscribed for an equal number of Common Shares, at an average subscription price of $9.43 per Common Share.
Following the investment, LGES and LGC collectively hold 5,300,352 Common Shares, representing approximately 3% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares in the capital of the Company.
Under the terms of the Subscription Agreements with each of LGES and LGC entered into on December 13, 2021, as amended and restated on April 21,
2022, the investment was split into two tranches: (i) an initial tranche of 4,416,960 Common Shares, in the aggregate, at a price of $10.00 per share (for an aggregate initial tranche subscription price of approximately $44.2 million), and
(ii) a second tranche of 883,392 Common Shares, in the aggregate, at a price of $6.60 per share, being the volume-weighted average trading price of Li-Cycles Common Shares for the 5 trading days
ending immediately prior to April 29, 2022 (for an aggregate second tranche subscription price of approximately $5.8 million).
Additional
information regarding this announcement may be found in a Form 6-K that will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission.
About Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.
Li-Cycle (NYSE: LICY) is on a mission to leverage its innovative Spoke & Hub Technologies to provide a customer-centric, end-of-life solution for lithium-ion
batteries, while creating a secondary supply of critical battery materials. Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are increasingly powering our world in automotive, energy storage, consumer electronics, and other
industrial and household applications. The world needs improved technology and supply chain innovations to better manage battery manufacturing waste and end-of-life
batteries and to meet the rapidly growing demand for critical and scarce battery-grade raw materials through a closed-loop solution. For more information, visit https://li-cycle.com/.
CONTACTS
Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.
Investor Relations
Nahla A. Azmy
investors@li-cycle.com
Press
Kunal Phalpher
media@li-cycle.com
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