5E Advanced Materials Inc

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To be held on January 21, 2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of 5E Advanced Materials, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be held on January 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time (being 5:00 a.m. AEDT January 22, 2025). To increase access for all of our stockholders, the Annual Meeting will be online and a completely virtual meeting of stockholders. You may attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting via the live webcast on the Internet at meetnow.global/M5KH9HR. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person, nor will there be any physical location.

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on December 17, 2024, are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof. Holders of CHESS Depositary Interests (“CDIs”) of the Company at that time will be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend as guests (but not vote at) the Annual Meeting. We are committed to ensuring our stockholders have the same rights and opportunities to participate in the Annual Meeting as if it had been held in a physical location. As further described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting, you may attend the Annual Meeting via the live webcast on the Internet at meetnow.global/M5KH9HR. You may vote by telephone, Internet, or mail prior to the Annual Meeting. While we encourage you to vote in advance of the Annual Meeting, you may also vote and submit questions relating to meeting matters during the Annual Meeting (subject to time restrictions).

To be admitted to the Annual Meeting at meetnow.global/M5KH9HR, you must enter the 15-digit control number found on your proxy card. Holders of CDIs wishing to attend the Annual Meeting will need to do so as guests.

The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

to elect the four directors named in this Proxy Statement, being each of:

(1)

(2)

Graham van’t Hoff;

(3)

Barry Dick; and

(4)

Bryn Jones

to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”) and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal;

to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year;

to approve, for purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, the participation by each of (1) Paul Weibel; (2) Graham van’t Hoff; (3) Barry Dick; and (4) Bryn Jones in the Company’s 2022 Equity Compensation Plan;

to approve an amendment to the 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. 2022 Equity Compensation Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance;

to approve, for purposes of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635 and for all other purposes, the issuance of additional shares of the Company’s common stock upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change and upon conversion of the convertible notes issuable under the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement;

to approve a potential future private offering;

to approve amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio ranging from any whole number between 1-for-10 and 1-for-25, as determined by the Board of Directors in its discretion, subject to the Board of Directors’ authority to abandon such amendments;

to approve the adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposals Three, Four, Five, Six or Seven; and

to consider and transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

On or about December 26, 2024, we will begin to mail to certain stockholders this Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, as well as any amendments thereof (the “Annual Report”), and instructions on how to vote online. The Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.edocumentview.com/FEAM.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholder Meeting to be Held on January 21, 2025. The Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting and Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 are available at www.edocumentview.com/FEAM. Your vote is very important. You may vote at the virtual meeting or by proxy. Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to review the proxy materials and submit your proxy or voting instructions as soon as possible. You may vote your proxy by telephone or Internet (instructions are on your proxy card, and voter instruction form, as applicable) or by completing, signing, and mailing the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed envelope. Holders of CDIs can direct the Depositary Nominee to vote the common stock underlying their CDIs at the Annual Meeting by completing the CDI Voting Instruction Form.

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