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• CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION SECTION 6.1. Conditions to All Parties' Obligations. The respective obligations of Parent and the Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions: (a) The Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company and Parent in accordance with their respective articles of incorporation and applicable law. (b) Parent, the Company and each of their respective subsidiaries shall have procured, if required in the opinion of counsel for Parent, the approvals, consents or waivers with respect to the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby by (i) the appropriate State Regulators, and (ii) the Federal Reserve Board, and all applicable statutory waiting periods shall have expired; and the parties shall have procured all other regulatory approvals, consents or waivers of governmental authorities or other persons that, in the opinion of counsel for Parent , are necessary or appropriate for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Plan; provided, however, that no approval, consent or waiver referred to in this Section 6.1(b) shall be deemed to have been received if it shall include any condition or requirement that, individually or in the aggregate, (i) would result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, (ii) imposes any requirement upon Parent, the Company or their respective subsidiaries to (x) dispose of any asset which is material to Parent or the Company, (y) materially restrict or curtail the current business operations or activities of Parent or the Company or (z) raise an amount of capital, the issuance and sale of which, in the absence of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Plan, would in Parent's judgment be materially burdensome in light of Parent's capital raising policies or (iii) would reduce the benefits of the transactions contemplated by the Plan to Parent in so significant a manner that Parent, in its judgment, would not have entered into this Plan had such condition or requirement been known at the date hereof. (c) The S-4 shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the S-4 shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC. (d) Parent and the Company shall each have received a letter from their respective independent accountants addressed to Parent or the Company, as the case may be, to the effect that the Merger will qualify for "pooling of interests" accounting treatment. (e) All other requirements prescribed by law which are necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Plan shall have been satisfied. (f) No party hereto shall be subject to any order, decree or injunction of a court or agency of competent jurisdiction which enjoins or prohibits the consummation of the Merger or any other 44 50 transaction contemplated by this Plan, and no litigation or proceeding shall be pending against Parent or the Company or any of their subsidiaries brought by any governmental agency seeking to prevent consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. (g) No statute, rule, regulation, order, injunction or decree shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, interpreted, applied or enforced by any governmental authority which prohibits, restricts or makes illegal consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Plan. SECTION 6.2. Conditions to the Obligations of Parent. The obligations of Parent to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver prior to the Effective Time of the following additional conditions: (a) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Plan shall have been true on the date hereof and shall be true in all material respects on the Effective Date as if made on such date (or on the date when made in the case of any representation or warranty which specifically relates to an earlier date); the Company shall have performed, in all material respects, each of its covenants and agreements contained in this Plan; and Parent shall have received a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Effective Date, to the foregoing effect. (b) Parent shall have received a written opinion, dated the Effective Date, from McCarty, Curry, Wydexxx, Xxetxxx & Xaak, XXP, counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent. (c) Parent shall have received a written opinion from Dykexx Xxxsxxx XXXC, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, to the effect that the Merger will constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code.

• CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER 7.1 Conditions to Each Party's Obligations to Effect the Merger. The respective obligations of each party to effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

• CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF MERGER 35 5.1 Conditions to Each Party's Obligations........................................................ 35 5.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary........................ 36 5.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company...................................................... 37

• CONDITIONS TO BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Debenture and Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for such Buyer's sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion: (a) The Company shall have executed this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered the same to the Buyer. (b) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer the duly executed Debenture and Warrants in accordance with Section 1 above. (c) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, as modified by the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors' resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. (d) No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (e) Trading in the Common Stock on the PRINCIPAL MARKET shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Nasdaq and, within two (2) business days of the Closing, the Company will make application to the PRINCIPAL MARKET, if legally required by Nasdaq, to have the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares authorized for quotation. (f) The Buyer shall have received an opinion of the Company's counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and in substantially the same form as EXHIBIT E attached hereto. (g) The Buyer shall have received a Closing Certificate described in Section 1(b)(v) above, dated as of the Closing Date. (h) The Company shall have delivered to the Buyer an executed Accountant Letter and an executed Law Firm Letter, as described in Section 3(dd) hereof. (i) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to each Buyer true copies of UCC search results, listing all effective financing statements which name as debtor the Company or any of its Subsidiaries filed in the prior five years to perfect an interest in any assets thereof, together with copies of such financing statements, and the results of searches for any tax lien and judgment lien filed against such Person or its property, which results, except as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Buyers shall not show any such Liens.

• Conditions Precedent to Obligations to Consummate 9.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party. The respective obligations of each Party to perform this Agreement and to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, unless waived by both Parties pursuant to Section 11.6 of this Agreement:

• Consummation of the Merger (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Parent Entities, on the one hand, and the Partnership Entities, on the other hand, will cooperate with the other and use (and will cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) its reasonable best efforts to (i) take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do, or cause to be done, all things, necessary, proper or advisable to cause the conditions to the Closing to be satisfied as promptly as practicable (and in any event no later than the Outside Date) and to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the ATLS Merger, including preparing and filing promptly and fully all documentation to effect all necessary filings, notifications, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents (including any required or recommended filings under applicable Antitrust Laws), (ii) obtain promptly (and in any event no later than the Outside Date) all approvals, consents, clearances, expirations or terminations of waiting periods, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations from any Governmental Authority or third party necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Merger and the ATLS Merger, and (iii) obtain all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties. For purposes of this Agreement, “Antitrust Laws” means the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act, as amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all other applicable Laws issued by a Governmental Authority that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition. (b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Party hereto agrees (i) to make an appropriate filing of a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Merger as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement, (ii) to supply as promptly as practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested by any Governmental Authority pursuant to the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Law, including substantial compliance with any “second request” for additional information or documentary material under the HSR Act as promptly as reasonably practicable, and (iii) take, or cause to be taken (including by their respective Subsidiaries), all other actions consistent with this Section 7.1 necessary to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as practicable (and in any event no later than the Outside Date). (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, each of the Parent Entities, TRGP and the Partnership agrees to take, and to cause its respective Subsidiaries to take, any and all steps and to make, and cause to be made, any and all undertakings necessary to resolve such objections, if any, that a Governmental Authority may assert under any Antitrust Law with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Transactions), and to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under the Antitrust Laws that may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to such transactions so as to enable the Closing to occur as promptly as practicable, and in any event no later than the Outside Date, including (x) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition of any businesses, assets, equity interests, product lines or properties of any Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (y) creating, terminating, or divesting relationships, ventures, contractual rights or obligations of any Party or its Subsidiaries and (z) otherwise taking or committing to take any action that after the Closing would limit Parent or its Subsidiaries’ TRGP or its Subsidiaries’ or the Partnership or its Subsidiaries’, as applicable, freedom of action with respect to, or their ability to retain or hold, one or more of their or their Subsidiaries’ (including ATLS’, the Partnership’s or their Subsidiaries’) businesses, assets, equity interests, product lines or properties, in each case as may be required in order to obtain all approvals, consents, clearances, expirations or terminations of waiting periods, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations or to avoid the commencement of any action to prohibit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or, in the alternative, to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any action or proceeding seeking to prohibit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or delay the Closing beyond the Outside Date (each, a “Divestiture Action”); provided that none of Parent and its Subsidiaries, TRGP and its Subsidiaries or the Partnership and its Subsidiaries shall be required to take any action, or commit to take any action, or agree to any condition or limitation, in connection with the foregoing that would reasonably be expected to (i) in the case of assets, properties or business of Parent or its Subsidiaries, materially and adversely impact the business or operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries (as measured prior to the Effective Time) within any specific oil and natural gas producing basin or in any distinctive market area if outside of an oil and natural gas producing basin or (ii) in the case of assets, properties or business of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, materially and adversely impact the business or operations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries (as measured prior to the Effective Time) within any specific oil and natural gas producing basin or in any distinctive market area if outside of an oil and natural gas producing basin; and provided, further, that the consummation of the transactions provided for in any such agreement for a Divestiture Action shall be conditioned upon the Closing or satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to Closing in a case where the Closing will occur immediately following such Divestiture Action. (d) Each of the Parties hereto will use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cooperate in all respects with each other in connection with any filing or submission with a Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry by or before a Governmental Authority relating to the Merger, including any proceeding initiated by a private Person, (ii) promptly inform the Other Parties of (and supply to the Other Parties) any communication received by such Party from, or given by such Party to, the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, or any other Governmental Authority and any material communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, in each case regarding the Merger, (iii) permit the Other Parties to review in advance and incorporate the Other Parties’ reasonable comments in any communication to be given by it to any Governmental Authority with respect to obtaining any clearances required under any Antitrust Law in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) consult with the Other Parties in advance of any meeting or teleconference with any Governmental Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, with any other Person, and, to the extent not prohibited by the Governmental Authority or other Person, give the Other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and teleconferences. Subject to Section 7.4(b), the Parties will take reasonable efforts to share information protected from disclosure under the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, joint defense privilege or any other privilege pursuant to this Section 7.1 in a manner so as to preserve the applicable privilege. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, TRGP shall, on behalf of the Parties, control and lead all communications and strategy relating to the Antitrust Laws, subject to the good faith consultations with ATLS and the Partnership and the inclusion of ATLS and the Partnership at meetings with any Governmental Authority with respect to any discussion related to the Merger under the Antitrust Laws.

• Conditions to Purchaser’s Obligation to Close The obligations of Purchaser to consummate the Transaction shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by Purchaser in writing:

• Conditions to The Buyer’s Obligation to Purchase The obligation of the Buyer hereunder to purchase the Note at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion: a. The Company shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Buyer. b. The Company shall have delivered to the Buyer the duly executed Note (in such denominations as the Buyer shall request) in accordance with Section 1(b) above. c. The Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in form and substance satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the Buyer, shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s Transfer Agent. d. The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors’ resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. e. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. f. No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company including but not limited to a change in the 1934 Act reporting status of the Company or the failure of the Company to be timely in its 1934 Act reporting obligations. g. The Conversion Shares shall have been authorized for quotation on the OTCBB and trading in the Common Stock on the OTCBB shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the OTCBB. h. The Buyer shall have received an officer’s certificate described in Section 3(c) above, dated as of the Closing Date.

• Conditions to Closing of the Company The Company’s obligation to sell the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to its satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:

• Conditions to Buyer’s Obligation The obligation of Buyer to consummate the transactions to be performed by it in connection with the Closing is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions: (i) this Agreement and the Merger shall have received the Requisite Target Stockholder Approval; (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 above shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties are qualified by the term "material," or contain terms such as "Material Adverse Effect" or "Material Adverse Change," in which case such representations and warranties (as so written, including the term material or Material) shall be true and correct in all respects at and as of the Closing Date; (iii) Target shall have performed and complied with all of its covenants hereunder in all material respects through the Closing, except to the extent that such covenants are qualified by the term "material," or contain terms such as "Material Adverse Effect" or "Material Adverse Change," in which case Target shall have performed and complied with all of such covenants (as so written, including the term "material" or "Material") in all respects through the Closing; (iv) no action, suit, or proceeding shall be pending or threatened before any court or quasi-judicial or administrative agency of any federal, state, local, or foreign jurisdiction or before any arbitrator wherein an unfavorable injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or charge would (A) prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation, (C) adversely affect the right of Surviving Corporation to own the former assets, to operate the former business, and to control the former Subsidiaries of Buyer, or (D) adversely affect the right of any of the former Subsidiaries of Buyer to own its assets and to operate its business (and no such injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or charge shall be in effect); (v) Target shall have delivered to Buyer a certificate to the effect that each of the conditions specified above in 6(b)(i)-(iv) is satisfied in all respects; (vi) this Agreement and the Merger shall have received the Requisite Buyer Stockholder Approval; (vii) all actions to be taken by Target in connection with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and all certificates, opinions, instruments, and other documents required to effect the transactions contemplated hereby will be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Buyer. Buyer may waive any condition specified in this Section 6(b) if it executes a writing so stating at or prior to the Closing.