SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”),
dated
as of May 4, 2006, by and among THE
AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.,
a
Nevada corporation
with its
principal offices
at
000
Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Company”),
and
the investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto as
Exhibit
A (individually,
an “Investor”
and,
collectively, the “Investors”).
RECITALS
A. The
Company and each Investor is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance
upon the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”),
and
Rule 506
of
Regulation D
(“Regulation
D”)
as
promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”)
under
the Securities Act.
B. Each
Investor, severally and not jointly, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes
to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that
aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share,
of
the Company (the “Common
Stock”),
set
forth opposite such Investor’s name under the heading “Common Shares” in
Exhibit
A
(which
aggregate amount for all Investors together shall be 2,323,530 shares of Common
Stock) and (ii) a Warrant (as defined below) entitling such Investor to
subscribe for and purchase such number of Warrant Shares (as defined below)
set
forth opposite such Investor’s name under the heading “Warrant Shares” in
Exhibit
A.
The
Common Shares (as defined below) and the Warrant Shares issued under this
Agreement shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Shares.”
The
Shares and the Warrants shall collectively be referred to herein as the
“Securities.”
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investors agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings indicated:
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 144.
“Agent”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
3.1(l).
“Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Business
Day”
means
any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in
The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing
Date”
means
the date and time of the Closing and shall be 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight
Time,
on May ___, 2006 (or such other date and time as is mutually agreed to by the
Company and each Investor).
“Closing
Price”
means,
for any date, the closing price per share of the Common Stock for such date
(or
the nearest preceding date) on the primary Eligible Market or exchange or
quotation system on which the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted.
“Common
Stock”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Common
Shares”
means
an aggregate of 2,323,530 shares of Common Stock, which are being issued and
sold by the Company to the Investors at the Closing,
together with any securities issued or issuable upon
any
stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common
Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder
thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of Common Stock), combination
or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date
hereof.
“Company” has
the
meaning set forth in
the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Company
Counsel”
means
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx, Attorney at Law or such other counsel designated by
Company.
“Disclosure
Materials”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g).
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the Registration Statement is first declared effective by the
SEC.
“Effectiveness
Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b).
“8-K
Filing”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
4.5.
“Eligible
Market”
means
any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
National Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Environmental
Laws”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
3.1(aa).
“Event
Payments”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1(d).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded
Investors”
means
the Agent and its Affiliates.
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“Filing
Date”
means
the date
that is 60 days after the Closing Date.
“GAAP”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
3.1(g).
“Hazardous
Materials”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
3.1(aa).
“Indemnified
Party”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.4(c).
“Indemnifying
Party”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.4(c).
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(s).
“Investor”
has
the
meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Lien”
means
any lien, charge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal
or other restriction.
“Losses”
means
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, settlement costs and expenses,
including, without limitation, and reasonable attorneys’ fees.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
“Person”
means
any individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company or joint
stock company.
“Proceeding”
means
an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, or a partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced
or
threatened in writing.
“Prospectus”
means
the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from
a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance
upon
Rule 430B
promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated
by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus.
“Registrable
Securities”
means
the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares.
“Registration
Statement”
means
each registration statement required to be filed under Article VI,
including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement or the Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective
amendments, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference
or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement or the
Prospectus.
“Regulation
D”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
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“Rule 144,”
“Rule 415”
and
“Rule 424”
means
Rule 144,
Rule 415
and
Rule 424,
respectively, promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
“SEC”
has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals
to this Agreement.
“SEC
Reports”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g).
“Securities”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Shares” has
the
meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Securities
Act”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Short
Sales”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
3.2(i).
“Subsidiary”
means
any
Affiliate of the Company that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, is controlled by the Company.
“Trading
Day”
means
(a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its
primary Trading Market, (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or
quoted and traded on any Eligible Market, then a day on which trading occurs
on
the Nasdaq National Market (or any successor thereto) or (c) if trading
ceases to occur on the Nasdaq National Market (or any successor thereto), any
Business Day.
“Trading
Market”
means
the
Nasdaq National Market or
any
other Eligible Market, or any national securities exchange, market or trading
or
quotation facility on which the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, including the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, and the
Warrants.
“Transfer
Agent”
means
Computershare
Trust Co., Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, or any
successor transfer agent for the Company.
“Transfer
Agent Instructions”
means,
with respect to the Company, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in
the
form of Exhibit D,
executed by the Company and delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the
Transfer Agent.
“Warrant”
means
the warrants to purchase the Warrant Shares in the form and substance attached
hereto as Exhibit
E
issued
to the Investors pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Warrant
Shares”
means
shares of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant
to
the Warrants,
together with securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, subdivision,
dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock (or other securities
or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly
or indirectly shares of Common Stock), combination or other similar
recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof.
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ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing the
Company shall issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor shall,
severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, (a) such number of Common
Shares set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Exhibit
A
under
the heading “Common Shares” and (b) a Warrant entitling
such Investor to subscribe for and purchase such number of Warrant Shares set
forth opposite such Investor’s name on Exhibit
A
under
the heading“Warrant
Shares.” The date and time of the Closing and shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City
Time, on the Closing Date. The Closing shall take place at the offices of
Company Counsel.
2.2 Closing
Deliveries.
(a) At
the
Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Investor
the
following:
(i)
either
(x) one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other
legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b)),
evidencing such number of Common Shares set forth opposite such Investor’s name
on Exhibit
A
under
the heading “Common Shares,” registered in the name of such Investor or (y) a
letter of instruction to the Company’s Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer
Agent to issue to each investor such number of Common Shares set forth opposite
such investor’s name on Exhibit
A
under
the heading “Common Shares”;
(ii) a
duly
executed Warrant entitling such Investor to subscribe for and purchase such
number of Warrant Shares set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Exhibit
A
under
the heading “Warrant Shares”;
(iii) a
legal
opinion of Company Counsel as to the matters set forth in Exhibit C,
executed by such counsel and delivered to the Investors and the Agent;
and
(iv) duly
executed Transfer Agent Instructions acknowledged by the Transfer
Agent.
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(b) At
the
Closing, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Company the purchase price set forth opposite such Investor’s name on
Exhibit
A
under
the heading “Purchase Price” in United States dollars and in immediately
available funds, by wire transfer to an account designated in writing to such
Investor by the Company for such purpose.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investors as follows:
(a) Subsidiaries.
The
Company has no Subsidiaries other than those listed in Schedule 3.1(a).
Except
as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(a),
the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or comparable
equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien and all the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or comparable equity interests
of
each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free
of
preemptive and similar rights.
(b) Organization
and Qualification.
Each of
the Company and the Subsidiaries is an entity duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation
or
organization (as applicable), with the requisite legal authority to own and
use
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions
of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries
is
duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation
or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business
conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be,
could not, individually or in the aggregate, (i) have or result in a
material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or
financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole on
a
consolidated basis, or (ii) materially and adversely impair the Company’s
ability to perform its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents
(either of clause (i) or (ii), a “Material
Adverse Effect”).
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The
Company has the requisite corporate authority to enter into and to consummate
the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which
it
is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it
is a
party by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part
of the Company and no further consent or action is required by the Company,
its
Board of Directors or its stockholders. Each of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party has been, or upon delivery will be, duly executed by the
Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof will
constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by
(i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of
general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights
generally and (ii) the effect of rules of law governing the availability of
specific performance and other equitable remedies.
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(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby do not, and will not, (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents,
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice
or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or
other
instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which
any
property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound, or affected, except
to the extent that such conflict, default, termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation right would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or
governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules
and
regulations of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its
securities are subject, including all applicable Trading Markets), or by which
any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected,
except
to
the extent that such violation would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(e) The
Shares.
The
Common Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
with the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and
nonassessable. Upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms
thereof and the payment therefor, the Warrant Shares will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. The issuance and delivery of the Common Shares
and
the Warrants are free and clear of all Liens and will not be subject to
preemptive or similar rights of stockholders. The Company has reserved from
its
duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
(f) Capitalization.
The
aggregate number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding
classes of capital stock, options and other securities of the Company (whether
or not presently convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares
of
capital stock of the Company) as of the date of this Agreement is set forth
in
Schedule 3.1(f).
All
outstanding shares of capital stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with all applicable
securities laws. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(f),
the
Company has not issued any other options, warrants, script rights to subscribe
to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities,
rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for,
or
entered into any agreement giving any Person any right to subscribe for or
acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible or
exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(f),
and
except for customary adjustments as a result of stock dividends, stock splits,
combinations of shares, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications
or
other similar events, there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions
contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing
rights to security holders) and the issuance and sale of the Common Shares
and
the Warrants will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock
or
other securities to any Person (other than pursuant to the terms of the
Transaction Documents) and will not result in a right of any holder of
securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under
such securities. To the knowledge of the Company, except as specifically
disclosed in the SEC Reports or in Schedule
3.1(f),
no
Person or group of related persons beneficially owns (as determined pursuant
to
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), or has the right to acquire, by agreement
with or by obligation binding upon the Company, beneficial ownership of in
excess of 5% of the outstanding Common Stock, ignoring for such purposes any
limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock that may be owned at any
single time.
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(g) Confidential
Offering Memorandum.
All
statements made by the Company in the Confidential Offering Memorandum
distributed to Holders in connection with the sale of the Securities are
accurate and complete. The Confidential Offering Memorandum does not omit to
state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a
statement not misleading.
(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange
Act,
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof (the foregoing
materials being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”
and,
together with this Agreement and the Schedules to this Agreement, the
“Disclosure
Materials”),
on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing for any
of
the SEC Reports and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration
of
any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied
in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder,
and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of
a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations
of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved (“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods
then
ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit
adjustments. All material agreements to which the Company or any Subsidiary
is a
party or to which the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary are
subject are included as part of or specifically identified in the SEC Reports,
to the extent such agreements are required to be included or identified pursuant
to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
(i) Material
Adverse Change.
Since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has
been no event, occurrence or development in the business, financial condition
or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or that could result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (ii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred
any material liabilities other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and
(B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial
statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with
the
SEC, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting or changed
its auditors, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders, in their capacities
as such, or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem
any
shares of its capital stock (except for repurchases by the Company of shares
of
capital stock held by employees, officers, directors or consultants pursuant
to
an option of the Company to repurchase such shares upon the termination of
employment or services) and (v) the Company has not issued any equity
securities to any officer, director or Affiliate.
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(j) Absence
of Litigation.
Except
as disclosed in the SEC Reports or in Schedule 3.1(i), there is no action,
suit,
claim or proceeding, or, to the Company’s knowledge, inquiry or investigation,
before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory
organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that could,
individually or in the aggregate, challenge the Company’s rights in connection
with its 18% royalty asset in Yasin Block (2768-7) in the Republic of Pakistan
or its working interests and overriding royalty interests in oil and gas leases
in Galveston County, Texas or have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Enforceability.
The
Company’s rights in its 18% royalty asset in Yasin Block (2768-7) in the
Republic of Pakistan and its working interests and overriding royalty interests
in oil and gas leases in Galveston County, Texas are legal, valid, binding
and
enforceable under applicable federal, state and foreign laws and no claims
exist
against such rights by any third party or governmental entity.
(l) Compliance.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary, except in each case as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event
has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor
has
the Company or any Subsidiary received written notice of a claim that it is
in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, except to the extent
that any such default or violation would not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Title
to Assets.
Except
as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company and the Subsidiaries
have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease
or otherwise use, all items of real or personal property that are material
to
the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each
case
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects that would have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(n) No
General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees.
Neither
the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their
behalf (other than the Agent), has engaged in any form of general solicitation
or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection
with the offer or sale of the Common Shares or the Warrants. The Company shall
be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory
fees, or brokers’ commission (other than for persons engaged by any Investor or
its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the issuance of the Common
Shares and the Warrants pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall pay,
and
hold each Investor harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses)
arising in connection with any such claim for fees arising out of the issuance
of the Common Shares and the Warrants pursuant to this Agreement. The Company
acknowledges that it has engaged Xxxxxxx, Xxxx & Co., LLC Inc. as its
exclusive placement agent (the “Agent”)
in
connection with the sale of the Common Shares and the Warrants. In
consideration of the Agent’s services rendered to the Company as its exclusive
placement agent in connection with the sale of the Common Shares and Warrants,
the Company will pay the Agent a fee equal to 6% of the gross proceeds received
by the Company from Investors at the time of Closing, and will reimburse the
Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred from time to time
in
connection therewith. The Company shall also issue to the Placement Agent 0.12
Warrants for each Dollar ($1.00) of proceeds to the Company, net of
commissions.
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(o) Private
Placement.
Neither
the Company nor any of its Affiliates nor any Person acting on the Company’s
behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six months,
made
any offer or sale of any security or solicitation of any offer to buy any
security under circumstances that would eliminate the availability of the
exemption from registration under Regulation D in connection with the offer
and sale by the Company of the Securities as contemplated hereby. The Company
is
not required to be registered as, and is not an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Company is not required to be registered as, a United States real property
holding corporation within the meaning of the Foreign Investment in Real
Property Tax Act of 1980.
(p) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
The
Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice
(written or oral) from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has
been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with
the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company
is
in compliance in all material respects with all such listing and maintenance
requirements.
(q) Registration
Rights.
Except
as set forth in Schedule 3.1(o), no Person has any rights (including
“piggy-back” registration rights) to have any securities of the Company
registered with the SEC under the Securities Act because of the filing or
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or otherwise in connection with
the
issuance of the Securities other than pursuant to this Agreement.
(r) Application
of Takeover Protections.
Except
as described in Schedule
3.1(p),
there is
no control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including
any
distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision
under the Company’s charter documents or the laws of its state of incorporation
that is or could become applicable to any of the Investors as a result of the
Investors and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their
rights under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, as a
result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Investors’ ownership
of the Securities.
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(s) Disclosure.
The
Company confirms that neither it nor any of its officers, directors or
Affiliates, has provided any of the Investors (other than Excluded Investors)
or
their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might
constitute material, nonpublic information (other than the existence and terms
of the issuance of Securities, as contemplated by this Agreement). The
Company confirms that neither it nor any officers, directors or Affiliates,
has
provided any of the Investors (other than Excluded Investors or other Investors
who have executed a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the Agent) or their agents
or
counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute material,
nonpublic information (other than the existence and terms of the issuance of
Securities, as contemplated by this Agreement). The Company understands and
confirms that each of the Investors will rely on the foregoing representations
in effecting transactions in securities of the Company (other than Excluded
Investors). All disclosure provided by the Company to the Investors regarding
the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including
the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on the behalf of the Company
are true and correct in all material respects and do not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. To the Company’s knowledge, no event
or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, operations
or
financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires
public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so
publicly announced or disclosed. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no
Investor (other than Excluded Investors) makes or has made any representations
or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than
those specifically set forth in the Transaction Documents.
(t) Acknowledgment
Regarding Investors’ Purchase of Securities.
Based
upon the assumption that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
consummated in all material respects in conformity with the Transaction
Documents, the Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Investors (other
than Excluded Investors) is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length
purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no
Investor (other than Excluded Investors) is acting as a financial advisor or
fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by
any
Investor (other than Excluded Investors) or any of their respective
representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and
the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to the
Investors’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each
Investor that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based
solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby
by
the Company and its representatives and upon the representations, warranties
and
covenants of the Investors made in this Agreement.
(u) Patents
and Trademarks.
To its
knowledge, the Company and the Subsidiaries own, or possess adequate rights
or
licenses to use, all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service xxxx
registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions,
licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other
intellectual property rights (the “Intellectual
Property Rights”)
necessary to conduct their respective businesses
as now
conducted. The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the
Company or the Subsidiaries of the Intellectual Property Rights of others,
except for such as would as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought,
or to the knowledge of the Company being threatened, against the Company or
the
Subsidiaries regarding the Intellectual Property Rights, which could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(v) Insurance.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses and location in which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are engaged.
(w) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in
the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such certificates,
authorizations and permits does not, individually or in the aggregate, have
or
result in a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any certificates, authorizations and permits, except where
such
revocation or modification would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers, directors or employees
of
the Company is presently a party to any transaction that would be required
to be
disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC under
the Securities Act.
(y) Internal
Accounting Controls.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations,
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to
any differences.
(z) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
The
Company is in compliance with applicable requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act
of 2002 and applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder,
except where such noncompliance would not have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Foreign
Corrupt Practices.
Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of
the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or
on
behalf of, the Company (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii)
violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign
or
domestic government official or employee.
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(bb) Employee
Relations.
No
labor
disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries exists
or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is imminent that might be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware that any key
employee or significant group of employees of the Company or any subsidiary
plans to terminate employment with the Company or any such
subsidiary.
(cc) Environmental
Laws.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all
Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) have received all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental
Laws
to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all
terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each
of
the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply would be
reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental
Laws”
means
all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection
of
human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including,
without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous
Materials”)
into
the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands
or
demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters,
orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder.
(dd) Tax
Status. The
Company and the Subsidiaries each (i) has filed all necessary federal, state
and
foreign income and franchise tax returns which are due, (ii) has paid all
federal state, local and foreign taxes due and payable for which it is liable
and (iii) does not have any tax deficiency or claims outstanding or assessed
or,
to the best of the Company’s knowledge, proposed against it that would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Investors.
Each
Investor hereby, as to itself only and for no other Investor, represents and
warrants to the Company as follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The purchase by such Investor
of
the Securities hereunder has been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the
part of such Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by
such Investor and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such Investor,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited
by
(i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of
general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights
generally and (ii) the effect of rules of law governing the availability of
specific performance and other equitable remedies.
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(b) No
Public Sale or Distribution; Investment Intent.
Such
Investor recognizes that the Securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act or any state securities laws. Such Investor is acquiring the
Securities in the ordinary course of business for its own account as principal
and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale
or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered under the
Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance
with applicable federal and state securities laws, and such Investor does not
have a present arrangement to effect any distribution of the Securities to
or
through any person or entity; provided,
however,
that by
making the representations herein, such Investor does not agree to hold any
of
the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right
to
dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act. Such Investor
will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise
dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or
take
a pledge of) any of the Securities except in compliance with the Securities
Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c) Investor
Status.
At the
time such Investor was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof
it
is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities
Act.
(d) Experience
of Such Investor.
Such
Investor, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge,
sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in
the
Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such
Investor understands that it must bear the economic risk of this investment
in
the Securities indefinitely, and is able to bear such risk and is able to afford
a complete loss of such investment.
(e) Access
to Information.
Such
Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed the Disclosure Materials and has
been
afforded: (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed
necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company
concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the
merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information
(other than material non-public information) about the Company and the
Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations,
business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to
evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such
additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without
unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other
investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Investor or its representatives
or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Investor’s right to rely on the
truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents.
(f) Company’s
Option to Redeem Warrant.
Such
Investor understands that, if the Company’s stock price has a closing bid price
above $2.50 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Warrant, for
twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days, the Company may, after providing the
Investor thirty (30) day’s written notice, redeem the outstanding Warrants, in
whole and not in part. Upon receipt of such a redemption notice, Investor must
exercise the Warrant and pay the Exercise Price for the Warrant within the
30-day notice period in order to avoid the cancellation of the Warrants by
the
Company. A copy of the Warrant Certificate is attached hereto as Exhibit
E.
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(g) No
Governmental Review.
Such
Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation
or
endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment
in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits
of the offering of the Securities.
(h) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance by such Investor of this Agreement and
the
consummation by such Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby will
not
(i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Investor,
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice
or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any
agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Investor is a party or
(iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment
or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such
Investor, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such that
are
not material and do not otherwise affect the ability of such Investor to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(i) Illegal
Transactions.
Neither
such Investor, directly or indirectly, nor any Person acting on behalf of or
pursuant to any understanding with such Investor, has engaged in any
transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without limitation,
any Short Sales (as defined below) involving any of the Company’s securities)
since the time that such Investor was first contacted by the Company, the Agent
or any other Person regarding an investment in the Company. Such Investor
covenants that neither it nor any Person acting on behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with such Investor will engage, directly or indirectly, in any
transactions in the Company’s securities, including Short Sales, prior to the
time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed. Such
Investor further covenants that from and after the date of such disclosure,
and
for so long as such Investor owns any Securities purchased hereunder, neither
it
nor any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such
Investor will engage
in
any Short Sales at a time when it has no equivalent offsetting long position
in
shares of Common Stock and otherwise covenants to conduct all its trading in
the
Company’s securities in compliance with applicable securities laws. For purposes
of determining whether or not such Investor has such an equivalent offsetting
long position, shares of Common Stock that such Investor would otherwise be
entitled to receive upon conversion or exercise of the Company’s convertible
securities (including the Warrant held by such Investor) will be included as
if
held long by such Investor (regardless of any limitation upon such conversion
or
exercise). For purposes hereof, “Short
Sales”
include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200
promulgated by the SEC under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all
types
of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts,
calls, short sales, swaps,
derivatives
and
similar arrangements (including on a total return basis) and sales and other
transactions through non-U.S. broker-dealers or foreign regulated
brokers.
(j) No
Legal, Tax or Investment Advice.
Such
Investor under-stands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials
presented by or on behalf of the Company to the Investor in connection with
the
purchase of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such
Investor has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its
sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in con-nection with its
purchase of the Securities. Such Investor understands that the Agent has acted
solely as the agent of the Company in this placement of the Common Shares and
the Warrants and that the Agent makes no representation or warranty with regard
to the merits of this transaction or as to the accuracy of any information
such
Investor may have received in connection therewith. Such Investor acknowledges
that it has not relied on any information or advice furnished by or on behalf
of
the Agent.
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(k) Confidentiality.
Such Investor
will hold in confidence all information concerning this Agreement and the
placement of the Common Shares and the Warrants hereunder until the earlier
of
such time as (a) the Company has made a public announcement concerning the
Agreement and the placement of the Common Shares and the Warrants hereunder
and
(b) this Agreement is terminated.
ARTICLE
IV
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) Each
Investor covenants that the Securities will only be disposed of pursuant to
an
effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements
of, the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any
applicable state securities laws, including, in the case of any transfer of
Securities by such Investor pursuant to the Registration Statement, that such
Investor will deliver a current prospectus (unless such a prospectus is deemed
to have been delivered pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) and,
in
the case of any such transfer pursuant to Rule 144, that such Investor will
comply with the requirements of Rule 144. In connection with any transfer
of Securities (other than any such transfer (i) pursuant to an effective
registration statement, (ii) pursuant to Rule 144(k) or (iii) to the Company),
the Company shall require the transferor to provide to the Company an opinion
of
counsel selected by the transferor, the form and substance of which opinion
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration under the Securities Act or is exempt
from such registration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby
consents to and agrees to register on the books of the Company and with the
Transfer Agent, without any such legal opinion, except to the extent that the
Transfer Agent requests such legal opinion, any transfer of Securities by an
Investor to an Affiliate of such Investor, provided that the transferee
certifies to the Company that it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a) under the Securities Act and provided that such Affiliate does not
request any removal of any existing legends on any certificate evidencing the
Securities.
(b) The
Investors agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
4.1(b),
of the
following legend on any certificate evidencing Securities:
THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”),
OR
ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT
TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS.
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Certificates
evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain such legend or any other
legend (i) after the Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement that is effective under the Securities Act covering the resale of
such
Securities, (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule
144
if
the
holder provides the Company with a legal opinion providing reasonable assurances
that the Securities can be sold under Rule 144, (iii) if the holder provides
the
Company with a certificate providing reasonable assurances that the
Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k) or (iv) if the
holder provides the Company with a legal opinion providing reasonable assurances
that such
legend
is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including
controlling judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the Staff
of
the SEC). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue the confirmation included
in the Transfer Agent Instructions to the Transfer Agent on the Effective Date.
Following the Effective Date or at such earlier time as a legend is no longer
required for certain Securities, the Company will, no later than three
Trading
Days following the delivery by an Investor to the Company or the Transfer Agent
of a certificate bearing restrictive legend representing such Securities and
an
opinion of counsel to the extent required by Section
4.1(a),
deliver
or cause to be delivered to such Investor a certificate representing such
Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company
may
not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent
that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section
4.1(b).
4.2 Furnishing
of Information.
As
long
as any Investor owns Securities, the Company covenants to use its commercially
reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof
and
file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by
the
Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. The Company further
covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities
may
reasonably request to satisfy the provisions of this Section
4.2.
As long
as any Investor owns Securities, such Investor covenants and agrees (a) to
provide the Company with such information regarding such Investor’s ownership of
its Securities and the plan of distribution thereof as shall be reasonably
required for the timely preparation and filing of the Registration statement
and
(b) that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall
not
be required to register any of such Investor’s Securities under the Registration
Statement if such information, to the extent not provided at the Closing, is
not
provided to the Company within 15 days of the Closing Date.
4.3 Integration.
The
Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonably efforts to ensure
that no Affiliate thereof shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to
buy
or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2
of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the
Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities
Act of the sale of the Securities to the Investors or that would be integrated
with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and
regulations of any Trading Market.
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4.4 Reservation
of Securities.
The
Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common
Stock
for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may be
required to fulfill its obligations to issue such Shares under the Transaction
Documents. In the event that at any time the then authorized shares of Common
Stock are insufficient for the Company to satisfy its obligations to issue
such
Shares under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall promptly take such
actions as may be required to increase the number of authorized
shares.
4.5 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
The
Company shall, on or before 8:30 a.m., New York time, on the first Trading
Day
following execution of this Agreement, issue a press release acceptable to
the
Investors disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby.
On the Closing Date, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K with
the SEC (the “8-K
Filing”)
describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K this
Agreement, in the form required by the Exchange Act. Thereafter, the Company
shall timely file any filings and notices required by the SEC or applicable
law
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and provide copies thereof
to the Investors promptly after filing. The Company shall not publicly disclose
the name of any Investor or include the name of any Investor in any press
release without the prior written consent of such Investor, unless otherwise
required by law. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of the Subsidiaries
and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents
not to, provide any Investor with any material nonpublic information regarding
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries from and after the issuance of the above
referenced press release without the express written consent of such
Investor.
4.6
Use
of
Proceeds. The
Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Common Shares
and
the Warrants and the exercise of the Warrants for the acquisition of additional
oil and gas interests (overriding royalties and working interests, as available)
in Pakistan and to fund its working capital needs. The acquisitions may be
directly from the Pakistan government through existing bidding processes or
through private negotiation with current license holders. The proceeds will
also
be used for general corporate purposes.
ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS
5.1 Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Investors.
The
obligation of each Investor to acquire Securities at the Closing is subject
to
the satisfaction or waiver by such Investor, at or before the Closing, of each
of the following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true
and
correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing
Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date and so certified;
and
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(b) Performance.
The
Company and each other Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied
in
all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required
by
the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it
at
or prior to the Closing Date and so certified.
(c) Deliveries.
The
Company shall have fulfilled its obligations under Section 2.2 of this Agreement
and delivered to the Investors a certificate in form and substance satisfactory
to Investors executed by an authorized executive officer of the Company
confirming that the conditions in Section 5.1(a),(b) and (c) have been
satisfied.
5.2 Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Company.
The
obligation of the Company to sell the Securities at the Closing is subject
to
the satisfaction or waiver by the Company, at or before the Closing, of each
of
the following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of the Investors contained herein shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the
Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date; and
(b) Performance.
The
Investors shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Investors at or
prior to the Closing Date, including, without limitation, completing
and delivering to the Company the Instruction Sheet for Investors attached
hereto as Exhibit
B.
(c) Deliveries.
The
Investors shall have delivered to the Company: (i) the Purchase Price by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the
Company; (ii) a completed Stock Certificate Questionnaire as set forth in
Exhibit B-1; (iii) a completed Registration Statement Questionnaire as set
forth
in Exhibit B-2; and (iv) a completed Certificate for Corporate, Partnership,
Limited Liability Company, Trust, Foundation and Joint Investors, as set forth
in Exhibit B-3, as applicable.
ARTICLE
VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated by the Company or any Investor, by written notice
to
the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated by the third Business
Day following the date of this Agreement; provided,
however,
that no
such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach by
the
other party (or parties).
6.2 Fees
and Expenses.
Except
as
expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other
experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to
the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes
and
duties levied in connection with the sale and issuance of their applicable
Securities.
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6.3 Entire
Agreement. The
Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto, contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written,
with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged
into such documents, exhibits and schedules. At or after the Closing Date,
and
without further consideration, the Company will execute and deliver to the
Investors such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to
give
practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction
Documents.
6.4 Notices.
Any
and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified
in
this Section
6.4 prior
to
6:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading
Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered
via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section
6.4
on a day
that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on
any
Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of deposit with a
nationally recognized overnight courier service and (d) upon actual receipt
by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses and
facsimile numbers for such notices and communications are those set forth on
the
signature pages hereof, or such other address or facsimile number as may be
designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by any such
Person.
6.5 Amendments;
Waivers.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written
instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each of
the
Investors or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement
of
any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any
provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be
a
continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a
waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any
delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner
impair the exercise of any such right.
6.6 Construction.
The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict
construction will be applied against any party.
6.7 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the Investors. Any Investor may assign its rights under this
Agreement to any Person to whom such Investor assigns or transfers any
Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect
to the transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply to the
“Investors,” and that such assignment complies with the transfer restrictions
set forth in Article
IV
hereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Securities may be assigned
to
any Person in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or
financing arrangement secured by such Securities.
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6.8 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
6.9 Governing
Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial.
THE
CORPORATE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA SHALL GOVERN ALL ISSUES CONCERNING THE
RELATIVE RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS STOCKHOLDERS. ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING
THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE COMPANY AND INVESTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO
THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON,
COUNTY OF XXXXXX, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE BROUGHT BY THE COMPANY
OR
ANY INVESTOR HEREUNDER, IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS), AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE,
AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE COMPANY
OR ANY INVESTOR, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION
OF ANY SUCH COURT, OR THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH
PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO
PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY
THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE
OF
DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT
SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED
TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
THE COMPANY AND INVESTORS HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY
JURY.
6.10 Survival.
The
representations and warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall
survive the Closing.
6.11 Execution.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to
the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of
the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same
force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original
thereof.
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6.12 Severability.
If
any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and
the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is
a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
6.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar
provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Investor exercises a
right, election, demand or option owed to such Investor by the Company under
a
Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein provided, then, prior to the performance
by the Company of the Company’s related obligation, such Investor may rescind or
withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to such
Investor, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without
prejudice to its future actions and rights.
6.14 Replacement
of Securities.
If
any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution
therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
the execution by the holder thereof of a customary lost certificate affidavit
of
that fact and an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company for any
losses in connection therewith. The applicants for a new certificate or
instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party
costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities and any bond
that may be required for such indemnity.
6.15 Remedies.
In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investors and the Company will
be entitled to seek specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The
parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing
sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance
of
any such obligation (other than in connection with any action for temporary
restraining order) the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
6.16 Adjustments
in Share Numbers and Prices.
In
the
event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in
shares of common stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or
entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of common
stock), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after
the date hereof, each reference in any Transaction Document to a number of
shares or a price per share shall be amended to appropriately account for such
event.
6.17 Independent
Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Investor under any Transaction Document are several and
not
joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Investor under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Investor to
purchase Securities pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Investor
independently of any other Investor and independently of any information,
materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations,
assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial
or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary that may have been
made
or given by any other Investor or by any agent or employee of any other
Investor, and no Investor or any of its agents or employees shall have any
liability to any other Investor (or any other person) relating to or arising
from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained
herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor
pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership,
an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Document. Each Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has
acted as agent for such Investor in connection with making its investment
hereunder and that no other Investor will be acting as agent of such Investor
in
connection with monitoring its investment hereunder. Each Investor shall be
entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without
limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other
Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor
to
be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES TO FOLLOW]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of
the date first indicated above.
THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD. | ||
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By: | ||
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Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | President and CEO | |
Address for Notice: | ||
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 | ||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||
Telephone: 000-000-0000 | ||
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Investor
Signature Page
By
its
execution and delivery of this signature page, the undersigned Investor hereby
joins in and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of May 3, 2006 (the “Purchase
Agreement”)
between The American Energy Group, Ltd. and each of such Investors (as defined
therein), as to the number of shares of Common Stock and the number of their
Warrant Shares set forth on Exhibit
A
hereto
and authorizes this signature page to be attached to the Purchase Agreement
or
counterparts thereof.
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Name
of
Investor: |
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By: | ||
Name: |
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Title: |
|
Address:_____________________________
________________________________ ________________________________
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Telephone No.: _____________________________ | ||
Facsimile No.: ______________________________ | ||
Number of Securities: ________________________ | ||
Aggregate Purchase Price: $____________________ | ||
Agreed
to
and accepted this
___
day
of May, 2006
THE
AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.
By:
_______________________________
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
President and CEO
Exhibits:
A | Schedule of Investors |
B | Instruction Sheet for Investors |
C | Opinion of Company Counsel |
D | Transfer Agent Instructions |
E | Form of Warrant |
Schedules:
3.1(a) | Subsidiaries |
3.1(f) | Capitalization |
3.1(h) | Material Changes |
3.1(i) | Litigation |
3.1(o) | Additional Securities with Piggy-Back Registration Rights |
Exhibit
A
Schedule
of Investors
Investor
|
Mailing
Address
|
Common
Shares
|
Warrant
Shares
|
Purchase
Price
|
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TOTAL
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Exhibit B
INSTRUCTION
SHEET FOR INVESTOR
(to
be
read in conjunction with the entire Securities Purchase Agreement)
A.
Complete
the following items in the Securities Purchase Agreement:
1.
Complete
and execute the Investor Signature Page. The Agreement must be executed by
an
individual authorized to bind the Investor.
2.
Exhibit B-1
- Stock Certificate Questionnaire:
Provide
the information requested by the Stock Certificate Questionnaire;
3.
Exhibit B-2
- Registration Statement Questionnaire:
Provide
the information requested by the Registration Statement Questionnaire.
4.
Exhibit B-3
- Investor Certificate:
Provide
the information requested by the Certificate for Corporate, Partnership, Trust,
Foundation and Joint Investors (B-3).
5.
Return,
via facsimile, the signed Securities Purchase Agreement, including the properly
completed Exhibits B-1 through B-3, to:
THE
AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.
000
Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Attn:
President
with
copies to:
[_______]
Facsimile:
Telephone:
Attn:
and:
[_______]
Facsimile:
Telephone:
Attn:
6.
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After
completing instruction number 5 above, deliver the original signed
Securities Purchase Agreement including the properly completed Exhibits
B-1
through B-3 to:
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THE
AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.
000
Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Attn:
President
with
copies to:
[_______]
Facsimile:
Telephone:
Attn:
and:
[_______]
Facsimile:
Telephone:
Attn:
2
B.
|
Instructions
regarding the transfer of funds for the purchase of Securities
are:
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Account
Name: The American Energy Group, Ltd.
Bank: Xxxx
xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
ABA:
000000000
Account
Number: 0000000-98245
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Exhibit B-1
THE
AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.
STOCK
CERTIFICATE QUESTIONNAIRE
Please
provide us with the following information:
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||
1.
|
The
exact name that the Securities are to be registered in (this is the
name
that will appear on the stock certificate(s)). You may use a nominee
name
if appropriate:
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_________________________ |
2.
|
The
relationship between the Investor of the Securities and the Registered
Holder listed in response to item 1 above:
|
_________________________ |
3.
|
The
mailing address, telephone and telecopy number of the Registered
Holder
listed in response to item 1 above:
|
_________________________ |
_________________________ | ||
_________________________ | ||
_________________________ | ||
_________________________ | ||
4.
|
The
Tax Identification Number of the Registered Holder listed in response
to
item 1 above:
|
_________________________ |
Exhibit B-2
THE
AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
In
connection with the Registration Statement, please provide us with the following
information regarding the Investor.
1. Please
state your organization’s name exactly as it should appear in the Registration
Statement:
______________________________________________________________________
Except
as
set forth below, your organization does not hold any equity securities of the
Company on behalf of another person or entity.
State
any
exceptions here:
______________________________________________________________________
2.
Address
of your organization:
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Telephone:
___________________________
Fax:
________________________________
Contact
Person: _______________________
3.
Have
you
or your organization had any position, office or other material relationship
within the past three years with the Company or its affiliates?
(Include
any relationships involving you or your affiliates, officers, directors, or
principal equity holders (5% or more) that has held any position or office
or
has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors
or
affiliates) during the past three years.)
Yes
_____
No _____
If
yes,
please indicate the nature of any such relationship below:
4.
Are
you
the beneficial owner of any other securities of the Company?
(Include
any equity securities that you beneficially own or have a right to acquire
within 60 days after the date hereof, and as to which you have sole voting
power, shared voting power, sole investment power or shared investment
power.)
Yes
_____
No _____
If
yes,
please describe the nature and amount of such ownership
as of a
recent date.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
5.
If you
are an entity, does any natural person have voting or investment power over
the
shares held by you?
_______
Yes _______
No
If
so,
please state the person’s or persons’ names(s):
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
6.
Except
as set forth below, you wish that all the shares of the Company’s common stock
beneficially owned by you or that you have the right to acquire from the Company
in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement be offered for your account
in the Registration Statement.
State
any
exceptions here:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
7.
Have
you
made or are you aware of any arrangements relating to the distribution of the
shares of the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement?
Yes
_____
No _____
If
yes,
please describe the nature and amount of such arrangements.
2
NASD
Questions
1. Are
you (i) a “member”1
of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”),
(ii) an “affiliate”2
of a
member of the NASD, (iii) a “person associated with a member” or an
“associated person of a member”3
of the
NASD or (iv) an immediate family member4
of any
of the foregoing persons? If yes, please identify the member and describe such
relationship (whether direct or indirect), and please respond to Question Number
2 below; if no, please proceed directly to Question Number 3.
2. If
you answered “yes” to Question Number 1, please furnish any information as to
whether any such member intends to participate in any capacity in the private
placement, including the details of such participation:
___________________
1 NASD
defines a “member” as any broker or dealer admitted to membership in the NASD,
or any officer or partner or branch manager of such a member, or any person
occupying a similar status or performing a similar function for such a
member.
2 The
term
“affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is in common control with,
the
person specified. Persons who have acted or are acting on behalf of or for
the
benefit of a person include, but are not necessarily limited to, directors,
officers, employees, agents, consultants and sales representatives. The
following should apply for purposes of the foregoing:
(i)
a person
should be presumed to control a Member if the person beneficially owns 10%
or
more the outstanding voting securities of a Member which is a corporation,
or
beneficially owns a partnership interest in 10% or more of the distributable
profits or losses of a Member which is a partnership;
(ii)
a Member
should be presumed to control a person if the Member and Persons Associated
With
a Member beneficially own 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities
of a
person which is a corporation, or beneficially own a partnership interest
in 10%
or more of the distributable profits or losses of a person which is a
partnership;
(iii)
a person
should be presumed to be under common control with a Member if:
(1)
the
same person controls both the Member and another person by beneficially owning
10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a Member or person which
is
a corporation, or by beneficially owning a partnership interest in 10% or
more
of the distributable profits or losses of a Member or person which is a
partnership; or
(2)
a
person having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
or
policies of the Member or such person also has the power to direct or cause
the
direction of the management or policies of the other entity in
question.
3 The
NASD
defines a “person associated with a member” or an “associated person of a
member” as being every sole proprietor, partner, equity owner, officer, director
or branch manager of any member, or any natural person occupying a similar
status or performing similar functions, or any natural person engaged in
the
investment banking or securities business who directly or indirectly controls
or
is controlled by such member (for example, any employee), whether or not
any
such person is registered or exempt from registration with the
NASD.
4 Immediate
family includes parents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, husband or wife, brother
or sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law,
and
children, or any other person who is supported, directly or indirectly, to
a
material extent, by a person associated with a member of the NASD or any
other
broker/dealer.
3
Description:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
3. Are
you or have you been an “underwriter or related person”5
or a
person associated with an underwriter or related person, including, without
limitation, with respect to the proposed public offering? If yes, please
identify the underwriter or related person and describe such relationship
(whether direct or indirect).
Yes
_____
No _____
Description:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
4. If
known, please describe in detail any underwriting compensations, arrangements
or
dealings entered into during the previous twelve months, or proposed to be
consummated in the next twelve months, between (i) any underwriter or
related person, member of the NASD, affiliate of a member of the NASD, person
associated with a member or associated person of a member of the NASD or any
immediate family member thereof, on the one hand, and (ii) the Company, or
any director, officer or stockholder thereof, on the other hand, which provides
for the receipt of any item of value and/or the transfer of any warrants,
options or other securities from the Company to any such person (other than
the
information relating to the arrangements with any investment firm or
underwriting organization which may participate in the proposed public
offering).
Description:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
5. Have
you purchased the securities in the ordinary course of business?
Yes
_____
No _____
___________________
5 The
term
“underwriter or related person” includes underwriters, underwriters’ counsel,
financial consultants and advisors, finders, members of the selling or
distribution group, and any and all other persons associated with or related
to
any of such persons, including members of the immediate family of such
persons.
4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The
undersigned hereby agrees to notify the Company promptly of any changes in
the
foregoing information which should be made as a result of any developments,
including the passage of time. The undersigned also agrees to provide the
Company and the Company’s counsel any and all such further information regarding
the undersigned promptly upon request in connection with the preparation,
filing, amending, and supplementing of the Registration Statement (or any
prospectus contained therein). The undersigned hereby consents to the use of
all
such information in the Registration Statement.
The
undersigned understands and acknowledges that the Company will rely on the
information set forth herein for purposes of the preparation and filing of
the
Registration Statement.
The
undersigned understands that the undersigned may be subject to serious civil
and
criminal liabilities if the Registration Statement, when it becomes effective,
either contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or necessary
to make the statements in the Registration Statement not misleading. The
undersigned represents and warrants that all information it provides to the
Company and its counsel is currently accurate and complete and will be accurate
and complete at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective and at
all
times subsequent thereto and agrees to notify the Company immediately of any
misstatement of a material fact in the Registration Statement or the omission
of
any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading.
Dated:
__________
______________________________
Name
______________________________
Signature
______________________________
Name
and
Title of Signatory
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Exhibit B-3
THE
AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.
CERTIFICATE
FOR CORPORATE, PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,
TRUST,
FOUNDATION AND JOINT INVESTORS
If
the
investor is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust,
pension plan, foundation, joint Investor (other than a married couple) or other
entity, an authorized officer, partner, or trustee must complete, date and
sign
this Certificate.
CERTIFICATE
The
undersigned certifies that the representations and responses below are true
and
accurate:
(a) The
investor has been duly formed and is validly existing and has full power and
authority to invest in the Company. The person signing on behalf of the
undersigned has the authority to execute and deliver the Securities Purchase
Agreement on behalf of the Investor and to take other actions with respect
thereto.
(b) Indicate
the form of entity of the undersigned:
____ Limited
Partnership
____ General
Partnership
____ Limited
Liability Company
____ Corporation
____ Revocable
Trust (identify each grantor and indicate under what circumstances the trust
is
revocable by the
grantor):______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Continue
on a separate piece of paper, if necessary.)
____ Other
type of Trust (indicate type of trust and, for trusts other than pension trusts,
name the grantors and beneficiaries):
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Continue
on a separate piece of paper, if necessary.)
____ Other
form of organization (indicate form of organization
(__________________________________________).
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(c) Indicate
the approximate date the undersigned entity was formed:
_______________.
(d) In
order
for the Company to offer and sell the Securities in conformance with state
and
federal securities laws, the following information must be obtained regarding
your investor status. Please initial
each category
applicable to you as an investor in the Company.
___ 1. a
bank as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or any savings and loan
association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the
Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary
capacity;
___ 2. a
broker
or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange
Act;
___ 3. an
insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities
Act;
___ 4. an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or a business development company as defined in Section
2(a)(48)
of such Act;
___ 5. a
Small
Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration
under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of
1958;
___ 6. a
plan
established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency
or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit
of
its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of
$5,000,000;
___ 7. an
employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary,
as
defined in Section 3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and
loan association, insurance company, or registered investment advisor, or if
the
employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a
self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are
accredited investors;
___ 8. a
private
business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended;
___ 9. an
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed
for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, with total assets in
excess of $5,000,000;
___ 10. a
trust,
with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose
of acquiring the Securities, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated
person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) under
the Exchange Act;
___ 11. an
entity
in which all of the equity owners qualify under any of the above subparagraphs.
If the undersigned belongs to this investor category only, list the equity
owners of the undersigned, and the investor category which each such equity
owner satisfies:
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Continue on a separate piece of paper, if necessary.)
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Please
set forth in the space provided below the (i) states, if any, in the U.S.
in which you maintained your principal office during the past two years and
the
dates during which you maintained your office in each state, (ii) state(s),
if any, in which you are incorporated or otherwise organized and
(iii) state(s), if any, in which you pay income taxes.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Dated:________________________________________
,
2006
_______________________________________
Name
of
investor
_______________________________________
Signature
and title of authorized officer, partner or trustee
8
Exhibit C
OPINION
OF COMPANY COUNSEL
1. The
Company is duly
incorporated,
validly
existing and in good standing under the
Nevada Revised Statutes and has the corporate power
to
own and lease the properties it purports to own and lease, to conduct the
business in which it is engaged and
to
execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, this
Agreement, including to
issue
and deliver the Common Shares and the Warrants hereunder.
2. This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
3. The
Common Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery thereof
and payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable. The Warrants have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of
the Company. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized, and if issued upon
the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants,
and
after payment therefore, the Warrant Shares would be validly issued,
outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable.
4. The
issuance of the Common Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar
rights of any security holder of the Company under the Nevada Revised Statutes
or the Articles of Incorporation of the Company or any contract known to counsel
to which the Company is a party or to which its assets are bound.
5. Neither
the execution and delivery of, nor the performance of the Company’s obligations
under, this Agreement, including the issuance and delivery of the Common Shares,
Warrants and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants, by
the
Company will
violate or conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under,
(a) the
Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws of
the
Company or (b) any federal law of the United States of America or the
Nevada Revised Statutes applicable to the Company that in our experience is
generally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement
or any contract known to counsel.
6. Except
for compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of the
State
of Nevada, as
to
which we express no opinion, and registration of the Shares under the Securities
Act, no approval, authorization or other action by any governmental authority
of
the United States of America or filing with any such authority (other than
any
filing solely for information purposes or to obtain action that is not the
subject of governmental discretion) that has not been obtained or accomplished
is required by the Company for the valid execution and delivery of, or the
performance of its obligations under, this Agreement, by the Company, including
the issuance and delivery of the Common Shares and the Warrants by the Company
thereunder.
7. Based
in
part on the representations and warranties, covenants and other agreements
of
the of the Investors set forth in Article IV of this Agreement, the offer and
sale of the Common Shares and the Warrants pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement are exempt from the regitration requirements of the Securities
Act.
8.
There
is no action, suit claim or proceeding pending, or threatened against the
Company or its subsidiaries which, if determined adversely against the Company
or its subsidiaries could have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement) on the business, property, assets, rights or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company.
9.
The
Company’s working interests and overriding royalty interests in oil and gas
leases in Galveston County, Texas are legal, valid, binding and enforceable
under applicable federal and state laws and no claims exist against such rights
by any third party or governmental entity.
10.
To
the knowledge of counsel, the Confidential Offering Memorandum, when distributed
to Investors, did not contain an untrue statement of material fact or fail
to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
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Exhibit D
TRANSFER
AGENT INSTRUCTIONS
_____________________,
2006
Computershare
Trust Co., Inc.
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx. 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May____,
2006,
(the
“Agreement”),
by and
among The American Energy Group, Ltd., a Nevada corporation
(the “Company”),
and
the investors named on Exhibit A attached thereto (collectively, the
“Holders”),
pursuant to which the Company is issuing shares of its Common Stock, par value
$[__]
per
share (the “Common
Stock”),
and
warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”)
to the
Holders.
This
letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction to you
(provided that you are the transfer agent of the Company at such time) to
issue certificates representing (a) the shares of the Common Stock issued
pursuant to the Agreement (the “Common
Shares”)
upon
transfer or resale thereof
in
accordance with the terms thereof and (b) the shares of the Common Stock issued
upon the exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant
Shares”)
to or
upon the order of a Holder from time to time upon delivery to you of a properly
completed and duly executed Notice of Exercise, in the form attached to the
Warrants, which has been acknowledged by the Company as indicated by the
signature of a duly authorized officer of the Company thereon.
You
acknowledge and agree that so long as you have previously received
(a) written confirmation from the Company’s legal counsel that either
(i) a registration statement covering the resale of the Common Shares and
the Warrant Shares has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”)
under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”),
or
(ii) sales of the Common Shares or the Warrant Shares may be made in
conformity with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”),
(b) if applicable, a copy of such registration statement and
(c) notice from legal counsel to the Company or any Holder that a transfer
of Common Shares or the Warrant Shares has been effected either pursuant to
such
registration statement (and a prospectus delivered to the transferee,
unless
such a prospectus is deemed to have been delivered pursuant to Rule 172 under
the Securities Act)
or
pursuant to Rule 144, then, unless otherwise required by law, within three
(3) business days of your receipt of the notice referred to in clause (c) above,
you shall issue the certificates representing the Common Shares or the Warrant
Shares, as the case may be, so sold to the transferees registered in the names
of such transferees, and such certificates shall not bear any legend restricting
transfer of the Common Shares or the Warrant Shares, as the case may be, thereby
and should not be subject to any stop-transfer restriction.
A
form of
written confirmation (to be used in connection with any sale) from the Company’s
legal counsel that a registration statement covering resales of the Common
Shares and the Warrant Shares has been declared effective by the SEC under
the
Securities Act is attached hereto as Annex
I.
Please
be
advised that the Holders are relying upon this letter as an inducement to enter
into the Agreement and, accordingly, each Holder is a third-party beneficiary
to
these instructions.
Please
execute this letter in the space indicated to acknowledge your agreement to
act
in accordance with these instructions.
Very truly yours, | ||
THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD. | ||
|
|
|
By: | ||
Name: |
||
Title: |
THE
FOREGOING INSTRUCTIONS ARE
ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED TO
this
___
day of _________, 2006
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST CO., INC.
By:
__________________________________
Name:
___________________________
Title: ____________________________
Enclosures
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Annex
I
FORM
OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
[_____],
2006
Computershare
Trust Co., Inc.
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx. 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
May____,
2006
(the
“Agreement”),
by and
among The American Energy Group, Ltd., a Nevada corporation
(the “Company”),
and
the investors named on Exhibit A attached thereto (collectively, the
“Holders”),
pursuant to which the Company is issuing shares of its Common Stock, par value
$[__]
per
share (the “Common
Stock”),
and
warrants to purchase shares of the Common Stock (the “Warrants”)
to the
Holders.
Pursuant
to the Agreement, the Company has agreed, among other things, to register the
resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Agreement), including
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
In
connection with such agreement, on [_____], 2006, the Company filed a
Registration Statement on Form _____ (File No. 333-[_____]) (the “Registration
Statement”)
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
relating to the Registrable Securities, which names each of the Holders (or
transferees thereof) as a selling stockholder thereunder.
In
connection with the foregoing, I advise you that a member of the SEC’s staff has
advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the
Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act at [_____] on [_____],
2006, and I have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the
SEC’s
staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or
that
any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the
SEC
and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the Securities
Act
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Very
truly yours,
[Legal
Counsel]
By:_____________________
cc:
[List
Names of Holders]
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Exhibit
E
SCHEDULE
3.1(a)
[Subsidiaries]
The
Company has the following Subsidiaries (with its percentage ownership of equity
interests specified):
The
American Energy Operating Corp., a Texas corporation - $100%
SCHEDULE
3.1(f)
[Capitalization]
The
Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 80,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $.001 per share, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
par
value $.001 per share. The transfer agent and registrar for the Company’s Common
Stock is Computershare Trust Co., Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000.
As
of
April 28, 2006 there were 27,535,876 shares of common stock outstanding. At
the
closing of the Offering, there will be 29,859,406 shares of common stock
outstanding assuming all of the Shares offered hereby are sold (and including
all shares issued pursuant to prior private placements but excluding
in-the-money warrants). There are no outstanding shares of Preferred Stock.
The
rights of all holders of the common stock are identical in all respects. The
holders of the common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends,
if
any, as may be declared by the Board of Directors out of legally available
funds. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders
of the common stock are entitled to share ratably in all aspects of the Company
that are legally available for distribution, after payment of or provision
for
all debts and liabilities and after preferences are afforded to the holders
of
the preferred shares. The Preferred shares have preference over the Common
Stock
in the event of liquidation of the Company.
As
of
April 28, 2006, the following warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s
common stock were outstanding:
Strike
Price
|
Number
of Warrants
|
Expiration
Date
|
||
|
||||
$
0.75
|
1,000,000
|
04/12/2010
|
||
$
1.00
|
500,000
|
04/12/2010
|
||
$
1.50
|
660,000
|
04/12/2010
(500,000)
|
||
$
1.75
|
100,000
|
09/12/2008
(60,000)
09/30/2008
(100,000)
|
||
TOTAL
2,260,000
After
the
Offering, there will be 3,867,325 Warrants issued and outstanding.
SCHEDULE
3.1(h)
[Material
Changes]
None.
SCHEDULE
3.1(i)
[Litigation]
The
Company, together with its subsidiary, The American Energy Operating Corp.,
were
joined as defendants in a new lawsuit initiated on January 12, 2006, in the
281st
Judicial
District Court of Xxxxxx County, Texas. The suit is titled: X.X.
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxx and Khan & Xxxxxxx vs. The American Energy
Group, Ltd., The American Energy Operating Corp., Hycarbex-American Energy,
Inc.
f/k/a Hycarbex, Inc., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx and Georg Friedher
Von Canal.
The
other named defendants are Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx. The plaintiffs are Xxxx Xxxxxxx, who originally incorporated
Hycarbex, Inc. (“Hycarbex”) in 1985, and Xxxxxx Xxxx and Khan & Xxxxxxx,
Pakistan-based attorneys. According to the plaintiffs’ pleadings, the plaintiffs
allege that in 1995, shortly after the petroleum exploration license covering
the Jacobabad Block 2768-4 was awarded to Hycarbex, the Company acquired all
of
the outstanding stock of Hycarbex. The plaintiffs further state in their
pleadings that consideration for the sale of the stock included a 1% overriding
royalty assigned to Hussain, and that Hussain subsequently assigned two tenths
of one percent of same to Xxxxxx Xxxx. Plaintiffs further assert that in
connection with the subsequent acquisition by Hycarbex of the Yasin block in
2001, Khan & Xxxxxxx assisted in the acquisition and were promised by
Hycarbex, according to Plaintiffs, twenty percent of the Yasin concession.
The
plaintiffs allege that the several defendants have failed to honor the alleged
commitments without identifying the specific party responsible for the alleged
obligation. The Company has filed its response to the pleadings and intends
to
defend the allegations. It is the Company’s position that it has no liability to
the named plaintiffs and that the dispute, if any, should lie entirely between
the plaintiffs and Hycarbex. The outcome of the lawsuit is not expected to
have
an adverse effect upon the Company because Hycarbex has provided a written
affirmation to the Company that the Company will continue to hold its 18%
royalty in the Yasin Block despite the outcome of the lawsuit.
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SCHEDULE
3.1(o)
[Others
with Piggy Back Registration Rights]
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx - 60,000 Warrants
Xxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxx - 100,000 Warrants
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx - 100,000 Warrants
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Director - 1,000,000 Warrants
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Director - 1,000,000 Warrants
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