Standard Lithium Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Shares
STANDARD LITHIUM ANNOUNCES PROPOSED
PUBLIC OFFERING OF COMMON SHARES
VANCOUVER, BC, October 16, 2025 – Standard Lithium Ltd. (“Standard Lithium” or the
“Company”) (TSXV: SLI) (NYSE.A: SLI), a leading near-commercial lithium company, announced
that it intends to offer and sell common shares (the “Common Shares”) in an underwritten public
offering of $120,000,000 (the “Offering”). The Offering is subject to market and other conditions,
and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Offering may be completed, or as to
the actual size or terms of the Offering. Standard Lithium also expects to grant the underwriters
a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Common Shares sold under the
Offering at the public offering price.
Morgan Stanley and Evercore ISI will serve as co-lead book-running managers for a syndicate of
underwriters, including BMO Capital Markets, as a book-running manager, for the proposed
Offering.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to fund capital expenditures at
the South West Arkansas Project and the Franklin Project in East Texas (each, as defined in the
Prospectus Supplement (defined below)), and for working capital and for general corporate
purposes.
In connection with the Offering, the Company filed, with the securities commissions in all of the
provinces and territories of Canada other than Quebec, a preliminary prospectus supplement
(the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the Company’s existing base shelf prospectus (the “Base
Shelf Prospectus”) filed with the securities commissions in each of the provinces and territories
of Canada, and filed a preliminary prospectus supplement in the United States (the
“U.S. Prospectus Supplement”, together with the Prospectus Supplement, the “Prospectus
Supplements”) to the Company’s existing base shelf prospectus (the “U.S. Base Shelf
Prospectus”, together with the Base Shelf Prospectus, the “Base Shelf Prospectuses”) forming
part of an effective registration statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-289110) (the “Registration
Statement”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the
U.S./Canada Multijurisdictional Disclosure System.
The Offering is being made in the United States and in each of the provinces and territories of
Canada, except Quebec. The Prospectus Supplements, the Base Shelf Prospectuses and the
Registration Statement contain important information about the Company and the proposed
Offering. Prospective investors should read the Prospectus Supplements, the Base Shelf
Prospectuses and the Registration Statement and the documents incorporated by reference
therein before making an investment decision. The Prospectus Supplement (together with the
related Base Shelf Prospectus) is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. The U.S.
Prospectus Supplement (together with the Registration Statement) is available on the SEC’s
website at www.sec.gov. The final prospectus supplement (together with the related Base Shelf
Prospectus) will be available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and the final U.S. prospectus
supplement (together with the Registration Statement) will be available on the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the final Prospectus Supplement (together with the related Base Shelf
Prospectus) may be obtained, when available, upon request by contacting Morgan Stanley
Canada Limited: Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC, 180 Varick St, 2nd Floor, or BMO Nesbitt Burns
Inc., (“BMO Capital Markets”), Brampton Distribution Centre C/O The Data Group of Companies,
9195 Torbram Road, Brampton, Ontario, L6S 6H2 by telephone at 905-791-3151 Ext 4312 or by
email at [email protected], and the final U.S. Prospectus Supplement (together
with the Registration Statement) may be obtained, when available, upon request by contacting
Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC: 180 Varick St, 2nd Floor, or Evercore Group L.L.C.: Equity Capital
Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10055, by telephone at (888) 474-0200
or by e-mail at [email protected].
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities,
nor will there be any sale of the securities in any province, territory, state or jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such province, territory, state or jurisdiction. The securities being offered
have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority
passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Prospectus Supplements, the Base Shelf
Prospectuses or the Registration Statement.
About Standard Lithium Ltd.
Standard Lithium is a leading near-commercial lithium development company focused on the
sustainable development of a portfolio of large, high-grade lithium-brine properties in the United
States. The Company prioritizes projects characterized by high-grade resources, robust
infrastructure, skilled labor, and streamlined permitting. Standard Lithium aims to achieve
sustainable, commercial-scale lithium production via the application of a scalable and fully
integrated Direct Lithium Extraction and purification process. The Company’s flagship projects
are located in the Smackover Formation, a world-class lithium brine asset, focused in Arkansas
and Texas. In partnership with global energy leader Equinor, Standard Lithium is advancing the
South West Arkansas project, a greenfield project located in southern Arkansas, and actively
advancing a promising lithium brine resource position in East Texas.
Standard Lithium trades on both the TSX Venture Exchange (the “ TSXV”) and the NYSE
American, LLC under the symbol “SLI”.
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the
TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information
(together, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements, other than
statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Generally, forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “plans”, “expects”, “estimates”,
“intends”, “anticipates”, “believes” or variations of such words, or statements that certain actions,
events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might”, “occur” or “be achieved”. The forward-looking
statements contained herein may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the
Company’s anticipated public offering, including the completion of the Offering on the anticipated
terms, if at all, information concerning the expected filing of the Prospectus Supplements,
expected sale of Common Shares under the Offering and statements regarding the anticipated
benefits and impacts of the Offering. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s
current beliefs and assumptions as to the outcome and timing of future events, including, but not
limited to, that the Company completes the Offering, that the proceeds of the Offering will be
deployed as anticipated and the anticipated benefits and impacts of the Offering being realized.
Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual
results, performance and opportunities to differ materially from those implied by such forward-
looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-
looking statements include, among other things: the ability of the Company to successfully close
a financing, including filing the Prospectus Supplements, and completing the Offering, the
anticipated use of proceeds from any offering made under the Company’s Base Shelf
Prospectuses and any offerings to be conducted thereunder including the Offering, the benefits
and impacts of the Offering not being as anticipated, the risks and uncertainties relating to
exploration and development, the ability of the Company to obtain additional financing, the need
to comply with environmental and governmental regulations in Canada and the United States,
fluctuations in the prices of commodities, operating hazards and risks, competition and other risks
and uncertainties and other such factors as are set forth in the Base Shelf Prospectuses and the
Prospectus Supplements, as well as the management discussion and analysis and other
disclosures of risk factors for the Company, filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. and on
EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Although the Company believes that the information and assumptions
used in preparing the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be
placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no
assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except
where required by applicable law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.