SECOND AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT Trinity Bay, Redfish Reef, Fishers Reef, North Point Bolivar Fields in Galveston and chambers Counties, Texas
EXHIBIT
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SECOND
AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
Trinity
Bay, Redfish Reef, Fishers Reef, North Point Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
in
Galveston and xxxxxxxx Counties, Texas
This
SECOND AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
(the
“Second Amendment”) is dated effective as of February 8, 2007, and is made by
and between Masters
Resources, LLC,
and
Masters
Oil & Gas, LLC,
both
Texas limited liability companies having their respective principal places
of
business at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (collectively,
“Masters”), and Tekoil
and Gas Gulf Coast, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company, having its principal place of business
at
0000 Xx. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (“Buyer”) (Masters
and Buyer are sometimes called collectively the “parties” and individually
“party”).
RECITALS
On
November 13, 2006, the parties executed and delivered Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated effective as of October 1, 2006, covering the Assets. On
December 29, 2006, the parties executed and delivered that certain First
Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement also covering the Assets (the Purchase
and Sale Agreement and the First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement are
herein collectively referred to as the “Original Agreement”). On February 8,
2007, the parties executed and delivered, contemporaneously with this Second
Amendment, that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Assignment”)
by and between Buyer and Tekoil and Gas Corporation. The parties now desire
to
amend the Original Agreement in certain respects. Accordingly, the parties
agree
as set out in this Second Amendment. (Unless otherwise noted, defined terms
used
in this Second Amendment shall have the meanings set out in the Original
Agreement.)
I. |
AMENDMENTS
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A. Section
8.1 of the Original Agreement is deleted and the following is inserted in lieu
thereof:
“8.1
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Date,
Time and Place of Closing
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Unless
the parties agree otherwise in writing and subject to the provisions in this
Agreement, the completion of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement
(the
“Closing”) will be held on or before March 2, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. Central
Standard Time (or such earlier date or time as the parties may agree). The
Closing will be held at the offices of Masters as set forth in the opening
paragraph of this Agreement (or such other place as the parties may agree).
In
the event that the Closing does not occur before the close of business at 5:00
p.m. on March 2, 2007, Masters shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
and to retain the Deposit.”
B. With
respect to Section 4.1 (A) of the Original Agreement, the Examination Period
applies to any due diligence being performed or to be performed on behalf of,
or
at the request of Buyer’s financing sources, and “January 24, 2007” is deleted
and “February 23, 2007” is inserted in lieu thereof. Except for the change of
dates set forth herein, the amendment set forth in Article I.B. of the First
Amendment to the Original Agreement is unchanged.
C. In
Section 9.3 of the Original Agreement, “February 28, 2007” is deleted and “March
2, 2007” is inserted in lieu thereof. Additionally, Schedule 9.3 (attached
hereto as Schedule
9.3)
is
hereby added and incorporated into the Original Agreement.
D. Section
4.1 (D) of the Original Agreement is deleted and the following is inserted
in
lieu thereof:
“Masters
will protect and hold Buyer harmless from and against any final and
non-appealable judgment rendered in any litigation brought by Xxxxxxx Energy
Partners II, L.P. (“Xxxxxxx”) based upon the claim asserted (or the facts giving
rise thereto) on behalf of Xxxxxxx in that certain letter dated February 7,
2007, from Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx at Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & XxXxxxxxx, LLP, addressed
to Masters (the “Xxxxxxx Claim”), including the costs and expenses of defending
the same, and at the closing a sum, to be stated in the separate agreement
referenced hereinbelow, shall be deposited by Masters into an Escrow Account,
to
guarantee the performance by Masters of this obligation so that upon the
dismissal with prejudice and without recourse against Masters, Buyer, its
permitted assigns and any of the Assets of any such litigation, or upon Masters’
payment of any judgment taken against it, or Masters’ payment in settlement of
all claims against it, Buyer, its permitted assigns and any of the Assets
arising out of the Xxxxxxx Claim, then the portion of the Purchase Price
withheld by Buyer shall be paid to Masters; and if Masters fails to meet the
obligation imposed by this section of this Agreement so that claims are asserted
against Buyer, its permitted assigns and any of the Assets, then the portion
of
the Purchase Price so withheld by Buyer shall be paid to Buyer; provided,
however, the payment to Buyer of such withheld portion of the Purchase Price
shall not release or affect in any manner, the obligations of Masters set out
above in this Section 4.1 (D) or the rights of Buyer to exercise such remedies
against Masters as may be authorized by applicable law in the event Masters,
or
either of them, fail to perform their obligations set out in Section 4.1(D).
The
substance of this amendment is being documented in a separate agreement between
Masters and Buyer, and to the extent that there may be any conflict between
such
agreement and this Agreement, that separate agreement pertaining to the Xxxxxxx
Claim shall govern and control over Section 4.1(D) of the Original Agreement
as
amended herein.”
II. |
MISCELLANEOUS
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A. To
the
extent any provision of the Original Contract as amended by the First Amendment
conflicts with any provision of this Second Amendment, the provisions of this
Second Amendment shall control and be used to determine the obligations of
the
Parties.
B. The
parties ratify confirm and adopt the Original Agreement as amended and
supplemented by the First Amendment and this Second Amendment.
C. This
Second Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts. Each and every
counterpart will be deemed to be one document.
[SIGNATURE
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have executed this Second Amendment as of February 8,
2007.
TEKOIL
AND GAS GULF COAST, LLC
By: |
Tekoil
& Gas Corporation,
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Its Sole Member |
By: |
/s/
Xxxx X.
Western
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
Title: President |
MASTERS RESOURCES, LLC: | MASTERS OIL & GAS, LLC: | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxx |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxx |
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Title: Manager | Title: Manager |
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Schedule 9.3
Fees
and Rates
Attached
to and made a part of Purchase and Sale Agreement dated effective October 1,
2006 by and between Masters Resources LLC and Masters Oil & Gas, LLC, as
Seller, and Tekoil & Gas Corporation, as Buyer.
1.
Administrative/Secretarial Assistance: Thirty Five Dollars ($35.00) per
hour.
2. Regulatory
Assistance: Seventy Five Dollars ($75.00) per hour.
3.
Land
Administration and Accounting: One Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($125.00) per
hour.
4.
Production Supervisor Assistance: One Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($125.00)
per
hour.
5.
Engineering and Management-Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per hour.
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