EXHIBIT 4.15
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED ("U.S. SECURITIES
ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
Right to Purchase up to ________________ Shares of Common Stock of
PACIFIC ENERGY RESOURCES LTD.
(subject to adjustment as provided herein)
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
Certificate No. US _____ Issue Date: November 30, 2006
VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME, November 30, 2009
PACIFIC ENERGY RESOURCES LTD., a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies that, for value
received, ____________________ or its assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled,
subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Corporation (as
defined herein) from and after the Issue Date of this Common Stock Purchase
Warrant ("Warrant") and at any time or from time to time before 5:00 p.m. local
time through the close of business on November 30, 2009 (the "Expiration Date"),
up to ______________ fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as
hereinafter defined), at the applicable Exercise Price (as defined below) per
share. The number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the
applicable Exercise Price per share are subject to adjustment as provided
herein.
As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires,
have the following respective meanings:
(a) The term "Common Stock" includes (i) the Corporation's common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share; and (ii) any other securities into
which or for which any of the securities described in the preceding clause
(i) may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
(b) The term "Corporation" includes Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. and
any corporation which shall succeed to, or assume the obligations of,
Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. hereunder.
(c) The term "Exchange Rate" means, in relation to any amount of
currency to be converted into U.S. dollars pursuant to this Warrant, the
U.S. dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal from time
to time.
(d) The "Exercise Price" applicable under this Warrant shall be CAD
$1.70 per Common Share (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5).
(e) The term "Other Securities" refers to any stock (other than Common
Stock) and other securities of the Corporation or any other person
(corporate or otherwise) which the holder of the Warrant at any time shall
be entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of the
Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or which at any time
shall be issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in
replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to Section 4 or
otherwise.
(f) The term "Subscription Agreement" means the Subscription Agreement
between the Corporation and the Holder, accepted by the Corporation on
November 30, 2006.
All other defined terms have the meaning attributed to them in the
Subscription Agreement.
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
1.1 NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE. From and after the date hereof
through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder shall be entitled to
receive, upon exercise of this Warrant in whole or in part, by delivery to the
Corporation of this Warrant Certificate, an original copy of an exercise notice
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Subscription Form") duly
completed and executed and the satisfaction of the surrender and payment
requirements of Section 2, the number of shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation set forth in the Subscription Form, subject to adjustment pursuant
to Section 5.
1.2 FAIR MARKET VALUE. For purposes hereof, the "Fair Market Value" of a
share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the "Determination Date") shall
mean:
(a) If the Corporation's Common Stock is traded or the Toronto Stock
Exchange ("TSX"), then the average of the U.S. dollar equivalent
(calculated at the prevailing Exchange Rate on each day) of the closing or
last sale price reported for the twenty (20) trading days immediately
preceding the Determination Date.
(b) If the Corporation's Common Stock is not traded on the TSX but is
traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Global Market or Capital Market
(collectively, "Nasdaq"), the American Stock Exchange ("AMEX") or another
national exchange, the average of the closing or last sale price reported
for the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the Determination
Date.
(c) If the Corporation's Common Stock is not traded on the TSX, Nasdaq
or AMEX, but is quoted on the NASD OTC Bulletin Board, then the mean of (i)
the average of the closing bid price and (ii) the average of the closing
ask price, in each case reported for the twenty (20) trading days
immediately preceding the Determination Date.
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(d) If the Corporation's Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as
the Holder and the Corporation agree or in the absence of agreement by
arbitration in accordance with the rules then in effect of the American
Arbitration Association before a single arbitrator to be chosen from a
panel of persons qualified by education and training to pass on the matter
to be decided.
1.3 CORPORATION ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The Corporation will, at the time of the
exercise of the Warrant, upon the request of the Holder acknowledge in writing
its continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such
Holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Corporation to
afford to such Holder any such rights.
1.4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Corporation will prepare and file the
Registration Statement (defined in the Subscription Agreement) in accordance
with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement attached to the Subscription
Agreement.
1.5 LEGENDS.
(a) Each certificate for Common Stock issued upon exercise of this
Warrant shall bear the following legend:
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED ("U.S. SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED,
SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES
ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM."
and
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE LISTED ON THE TORONTO
STOCK EXCHANGE ("TSX"); HOWEVER, PRIOR TO MARCH 31, 2007 THE SAID
SECURITIES CANNOT BE TRADED THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF TSX SINCE THEY ARE
NOT FREELY TRANSFERABLE, AND CONSEQUENTLY ANY CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING SUCH
SECURITIES IS NOT "GOOD DELIVERY" IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON TSX
PRIOR TO SUCH DATE."
(b) If shares of Common Stock are issued to a Canadian resident upon
exercise of this Warrant prior to March 31, 2007, each certificate for such
shares of Common Stock shall, in addition to the legend in Section 1.5(a),
bear the following legend:
"UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY
MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE MARCH 31, 2007."
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2. PROCEDURE FOR EXERCISE.
2.1 DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES, ETC., ON EXERCISE. The Corporation
agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant
shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the owner of record of such shares
as of the close of business on the date on which the duly completed and executed
Subscription Form, this Warrant Certificate and payment for such shares shall
have been received by the Corporation in accordance herewith. As soon as
practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any
event within five (5) business days thereafter, the Corporation at the
Corporation's expense (including the payment by it of any applicable issue
taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder, or as
such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may
direct in compliance with applicable securities laws, a certificate or
certificates for the number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such Holder
shall be entitled on such exercise. As to any fraction of a share that the
Holder of one or more Warrants, the rights under which are exercised in the same
transaction, would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the
Corporation shall pay to such Holder an amount in cash equal to such fraction
multiplied by the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the date of
exercise. Following a partial exercise of this Warrant prior to the Expiration
Date, the Corporation shall cancel this Warrant Certificate and, within five
business days, execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant Certificate of
like tenor covering the remaining balance of the shares of Common Stock subject
to this Warrant Certificate.
2.2 EXERCISE. Payment may be made by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Corporation equal to the applicable aggregate
Exercise Price, for the number of Common Shares specified in such Subscription
Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the
total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in accordance with
the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to receive
the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable
shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) determined as provided herein.
2.3 REPRESENTATION. The Holder of this Warrant has represented to the
Corporation that it is acquiring this Warrant for its own account and not with a
view toward, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution
of this Warrant or the underlying shares of Common Stock, except pursuant to
sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). The Holder of this Warrant further represented that as of the
Issue Date, the Holder was an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in
Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act. Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Holder
shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form
satisfactory to the Corporation, representations concerning the shares of Common
Stock underlying this Warrant, in substantially the form of the first sentence
of this Section 2.3.
3. EFFECT OF REORGANIZATION, ETC.; ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE.
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3.1 REORGANIZATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. If at any time or from time
to time, the Corporation (a) effects a reorganization, (b) consolidates with or
merges into any other person, or (c) transfers all or substantially all of its
properties or assets to any other person under any plan or arrangement
contemplating the dissolution of the Corporation, then, in each such case, as a
condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and adequate
provision shall be made by the Corporation whereby the Holder of this Warrant,
on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the
consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective
date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the
Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such
consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and property
(including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such
Holder had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to
further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4.
3.2 DISSOLUTION. In the event of any dissolution of the Corporation
following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or assets,
the Corporation, concurrently with any distributions made to holders of its
Common Stock, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Holder the stock and other securities and property (including cash, where
applicable) receivable by the Holder of this Warrant pursuant to Section 3.1, or
if the Holder also instructs the Corporation, to a bank or trust company
specified by the Holder as trustee for the Holder (the "Trustee").
3.3 CONTINUATION OF TERMS. Upon any reorganization, consolidation, merger
or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to in this
Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and effect and the terms
hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the consummation of
such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of
dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall be
binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other securities, including, in the
case of any such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Corporation, whether or not such person shall have
expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. If this
Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the
transactions described in this Section 3, then the Corporation's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the Holder of this
Warrant will be delivered to the Holder or the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4. EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS REGARDING COMMON STOCK. If the Corporation (a) issues
additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other distribution on
outstanding Common Stock or any preferred stock issued by the Corporation, (b)
subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combines its
outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of the
Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price shall, simultaneously
with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Exercise
Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of
which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be the Exercise
Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in
the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described
herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder
of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided herein in
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Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by
multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for
the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of
which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the
Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise.
5. CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment
in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the exercise of
the Warrant as provided for in Section 3 or 4 above, the Corporation at its
expense will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate
designee to compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms
of the Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or
readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or
readjustment is based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received
or receivable by the Corporation for any additional shares of Common Stock (or
Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the
number of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) outstanding or deemed to
be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common
Stock to be received upon exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior
to such adjustment or readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in
this Warrant. The Corporation will forthwith mail or cause to be mailed a copy
of each such certificate to the Holder of this Warrant.
6. RESERVATION OF STOCK, ETC. ISSUABLE ON EXERCISE OF WARRANT. The Corporation
will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery
on the exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
from time to time issuable on the exercise of this Warrant.
7. ASSIGNMENT; EXCHANGE OF WARRANT. Subject to compliance with applicable
securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be
transferred by any registered holder hereof (a "Transferor") in whole or in
part. On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's
endorsement in the form of Exhibit B (the "Transferor Endorsement Form"),
together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation demonstrating
compliance with applicable securities laws in a manner consistent with the
restrictive legend on this Warrant, the Corporation at the Corporation's expense
(but with payment by the Transferor of any applicable transfer taxes), will
cause to be issued and delivered to or on the order of the Transferor thereof a
new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the
transferee(s) specified in such Transferor Endorsement Form (each a
"Transferee"), calling in the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the
number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face or faces of the Warrant
so surrendered by the Transferor.
8. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Corporation of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and,
in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery
of an indemnity agreement and surety bond reasonably satisfactory in form and
amount to the Corporation, the Corporation at the Holder's expense and Holder's
payment of charges of the Corporation, will execute and deliver, in lieu
thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
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9. EXERCISE RESTRICTIONS.
9.1 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUABLE. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the rights represented by this Warrant shall
not be exercisable by the Holder and the Corporation shall not give effect to
any such exercise, if and solely to the extent that after giving effect to such
exercise, the Holder, together with any person or company acting jointly or in
concert with the Holder with respect to the voting of voting securities of the
Corporation (the "Joint Actors") would in the aggregate directly or indirectly
own or exercise control or direction over the voting of that number of voting
securities of the Corporation (not including shares subject to a warrant as to
which no notice of exercise and corresponding payment has been delivered) that
is 19.99% or greater of the total issued and outstanding voting securities of
the Corporation after giving effect to such exercise.
9.2 PROVISION OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE. Prior to exercising the rights
represented by this Warrant, the Holder shall provide the Corporation with an
officer's certificate stating the number of voting securities of the Corporation
held by the Holder and its Joint Actors, if any, as of the date provided for in
the exercise notice (the "Officer's Certificate") and the Corporation shall be
entitled to rely on the Officer's Certificate in making any determinations
regarding the total issued and outstanding voting securities of the Corporation
to be held by the Holder and its Joint Actors, if any, after giving effect to
the exercise. The execution of the Subscription Form by the Holder will suffice
as the Holder's acknowledgement of compliance with such exercise limits as set
forth in this Section 9.
10. TRANSFER ON THE CORPORATION'S BOOKS. Until this Warrant is transferred on
the books of the Corporation, the Corporation may treat the registered Holder
hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice
to the contrary.
11. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications from the Corporation to
the Holder of this Warrant shall be delivered by ordinary surface or air mail,
postage prepaid, addressed to the Holder or delivered at their respective
address appearing on the register of Holders.
12. MISCELLANEOUS. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in
this Warrant, no Common Stock will be issued pursuant to the exercise of this
Warrant if the issuance of such securities may constitute a violation of the
securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction. This Warrant and any term hereof
may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. ANY ACTION BROUGHT CONCERNING THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED BY THIS WARRANT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN THE STATE COURTS OF
CALIFORNIA OR IN THE FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. The
Holder and the Corporation shall submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and
waive trial by jury. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the
other party its reasonable attorney's fees and costs. If any provision of this
Warrant is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law,
then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may
conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or
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rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under
any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
of this Warrant. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference
only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect
the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has executed this Warrant as of the
date first written above.
PACIFIC ENERGY RESOURCES LTD.
By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx, President
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