SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.3
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THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”), dated as
of February 6, 2008, by and among Hyperdynamics Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and the
Buyers listed on Schedule I attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” or
collectively “Buyers”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company and the
Buyer(s) are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon an
exemption from securities registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and/or
Rule 144A as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire
that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company
shall issue and sell to the Buyer(s), as provided herein, and the Buyer(s) shall
purchase (i) up to Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) of secured notes in the
form attached hereto as “Exhibit A” (the
“Notes”), which
shall, in certain instances, be convertible into shares of the Company’s common
stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (if
converted, the “Conversion Shares”)
of which Nine Hundred Ten Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty Six Dollars
($910,526) shall be funded on the date hereof (the “First Closing”), One
Million Eighty Nine Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy Four Dollars ($1,089,474)
of which shall be funded on the fifth (5th)
Business Day (as defined herein) following the date on which the conditions set
forth in Section 7(b) hereof have been met (the “Second Closing”) and
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of which may, in certain circumstances, be
funded on the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day
following the date hereof (the “Third Closing”)
(individually referred to as a “Closing” and
collectively referred to as the “Closings”) and (ii)
warrants substantially in the form attached hereto as “Exhibit B” (the
“Warrants”), to
acquire up to eight hundred and twenty-five thousand (825,000) shares of Common
Stock (as exercised, the “Warrant Shares”), of
which five hundred and fifty thousand (550,000) shall be issued at the First
Closing and two hundred and seventy five thousand (275,000) shall be issued at
the Third Closing;
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WHEREAS, contemporaneously
with the First Closing and, if applicable, the Third Closing, the Company will,
among other things, issue to the Buyer warrants substantially in the form
attached hereto as “Exhibit B” (the
“Warrants”), to
acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite such Buyer’s name on Schedule I (as exercised, the “Warrant
Shares”)
WHEREAS, contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) the Buyer, the Company,
HYD Resources Corporation, a Texas corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company (“HYD”) and Trendsetter
Production Company, a Mississippi company and a wholly owned subsidiary of HYD
(“Trendsetter”), are
executing and delivering a Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”)
pursuant to which Trendsetter and HYD agree to provide the Buyer a security
interest in Pledged Property (as this term is defined in the Security Agreement)
and (ii) Trendsetter and HYD are executing and delivering a Guaranty dated the
date hereof (the “Guaranty” and
collectively with the Security Agreement and the Mortgage (as defined herein),
the “Security
Documents”);
WHEREAS, contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are
executing and delivering Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions”); and
WHEREAS, the Notes, the
Conversion Shares, the Warrants, and the Warrants Shares collectively are
referred to herein as the “Securities”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and other agreements contained in this
Agreement the Company and the Buyer(s) hereby agree as follows:
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
NOTES.
Purchase of
Notes. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, each Buyer agrees, severally and not jointly,
to purchase at the First Closing and the Company agrees to sell and issue to
each Buyer, severally and not jointly, at the First Closing, Notes in amounts
corresponding with the Subscription Amount set forth opposite each Buyer’s name
on Schedule I hereto and Warrants to acquire that number of Warrant Shares as
set forth opposite each Buyer’s name in column (5) on Schedule I hereto at an
exercise price of Two Dollars ($2.00) per share. Subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each
Buyer agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at the Second Closing and
the Company agrees to sell and issue to each Buyer, severally and not jointly,
at the Second Closing, Notes in amounts corresponding with the Subscription
Amount set forth opposite each Buyer’s name on Schedule I hereto. The
Company may, in its sole discretion, offer to sell and issue to each Buyer
severally and not jointly, at the Third Closing, Notes in amounts corresponding
with the Subscription Amount set forth opposite each Buyer’s name on Schedule I
hereto and Warrants to acquire that number of Warrant Shares as set forth
opposite each Buyer’s name in column (6) on Schedule I hereto at an exercise
price per share equal to one-hundred and thirty percent (130%) of the Closing
Bid Price of the Common Stock on the day prior to the Third
Closing. The Company acknowledges that the purchase at the Third
Closing of Notes and Warrants in amounts corresponding with the Subscription
Amount set forth opposite each Buyer’s name on Schedule I is in each Buyer’s
sole discretion subject to the Company’s right to provide Buyer with fifteen
(15) Business Days advance written notice of its election to not offer such Note
and Warrants for sale. As used in this Agreement, “Business Day” means any day
except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in
the United States or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or
required by law or other government action to close. As used in this
Agreement, “Closing
Bid Price” means the closing bid price of Common Stock as quoted on the
American Stock Exchange (as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”) through
its “Volume at Price” function).
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Closing
Dates. The First Closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes
and Warrants shall take place on the date hereof (the “First Closing Date”),
the Second Closing of the purchase of the Notes shall take place at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Standard Time on the fifth (5th)
business day following the date on which the conditions set forth herein and in
Sections 6 and 7 hereof have been met (or such other date as is mutually agreed
to by the Company and the Buyer(s)) (the “Second Closing Date”)
and if applicable, the Third Closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes shall
take place at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the one hundred and twentieth
(120th) day
following the First Closing (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the
Company and the Buyer(s)) (the “Third Closing Date”)
(collectively referred to as the “Closing Dates”),
subject to notification of satisfaction of the conditions to the Third Closing
set forth herein and in Sections 6 and 7 below. The Closings shall
occur on the respective Closing Dates at the offices of Yorkville Advisors, LLC,
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000 (or such other
place as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)).
Form of
Payment. Subject to the satisfaction of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, on each Closing Date, (i) the Buyers shall deliver
to the Company such aggregate proceeds for the Notes and Warrants to be issued
and sold to such Buyer at such Closing, minus the fees to be paid directly from
the proceeds of such Closing as set forth herein, and (ii) the Company
shall deliver to each Buyer, the Notes and Warrants which such Buyer is
purchasing at such Closing in amounts indicated opposite such Buyer’s name on
Schedule I, duly executed on behalf of the Company.
BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES.
Each
Buyer represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, that:
Investment
Purpose. Each Buyer is acquiring the Securities for its own
account for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in
connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to
sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act; provided, however, that
by making the representations herein, such Buyer reserves the right to dispose
of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to an effective
registration statement covering such Securities or an available exemption under
the Securities Act. Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement
or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of
the Securities.
Qualified Institutional
Buyer. Each Buyer is a “Qualified Institutional
Buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A of the Securities
Act. Each Buyer has provided to the Company a “Certificate of QIB” in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
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Reliance on
Exemptions. Each Buyer understands that the Securities are
being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the
registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and
that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such
Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to
determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer
to acquire the Securities.
Information. Each
Buyer and its advisors (and his or, its counsel), if any, have been furnished
with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the
Company and information he deemed material to making an informed investment
decision regarding his purchase of the Securities, which have been requested by
such Buyer. Each Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded
the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its
management. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence
investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its
representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the
Company’s representations and warranties contained in Section 3
below. Each Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities
involves a high degree of risk. Each Buyer is in a position regarding
the Company, which, based upon employment, family relationship or economic
bargaining power, enabled and enables such Buyer to obtain information from the
Company in order to evaluate the merits and risks of this
investment. Each Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax
advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision
with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
No Governmental
Review. Each Buyer 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.
Transfer or
Resale. Each Buyer understands that: (i) the Securities have
not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any state
securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred
unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have
delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form,
to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be
sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration
requirements, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurances
(in the form of seller and broker representation letters) that such Securities
can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144(k), or Rule
144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended (or a successor rule
thereto and as amended) (collectively, “Rule 144”), in each
case following the applicable holding period set forth therein; (ii) any sale of
the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with
the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of
the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the person
through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term
is defined in the Securities Act) may require compliance with some other
exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other person is under any
obligation to register the Securities under the Securities Act or any state
securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption
thereunder.
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Legends. Each
Buyer agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 2(g), of
a restrictive legend in substantially the following form:
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARD RESALE AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR
SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
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Certificates
evidencing the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend
(including the legend set forth above), (i) while a registration statement
covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act (such
registration statement, the “Registration
Statement”), (ii) following any sale of such Conversion Shares or Warrant
Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares
are permanently eligible for sale without restriction under Rule 144, or (iv) if
such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act
(including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of
the SEC). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the effective date (the
“Effective
Date”) of a Registration Statement if required by the Company’s transfer
agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any
portion of the Notes or Warrants are exercised by a Buyer that is not an
Affiliate of the Company (a “Non-Affiliated
Buyer”) at a time when there is an effective registration statement to
cover the resale of the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares, such Conversion
Shares or Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The
Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend
is no longer required under this Section 2(g), it will, no later than three (3)
Trading Days following the delivery by a Non-Affiliated Buyer to the Company or
the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Conversion Shares or
Warrant Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend (such third
Trading Day, the “Legend Removal
Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Non-Affiliated Buyer a
certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other
legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give
instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions
on transfer set forth in this Section. Each Buyer acknowledges that
the Company’s agreement hereunder to remove all legends from Conversion Shares
or Warrant Shares is not an affirmative statement or representation that such
Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares are freely tradable. Each Buyer,
severally and not jointly with the other Buyers, agrees that the removal of the
restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in
this Section 2(g) is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the buyer will
sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an
exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set
forth therein. As used in this Agreement, “Trading Day” means a
day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted on the American Stock
Exchange or quoted or traded on such Subsequent Market on which the shares of
Common Stock are then quoted or listed; provided, that in the event that the
shares of Common Stock are not listed or quoted, then Trading Day shall mean a
Business Day. As used in this Agreement “Subsequent Market” shall
mean: (a) the American Stock Exchange, (b) New York Stock Exchange, (c) the
Nasdaq National Market, (d) the Nasdaq Capital Market, or (e) the Nasdaq OTC
Bulletin Board (“OTC”) (each, a “Subsequent
Market”).
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Authorization,
Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and is a valid and
binding agreement of such Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and
other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of
applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
Receipt of
Documents. Each Buyer and his or its counsel has received and
read in their entirety: (i) this Agreement and each representation,
warranty and covenant set forth herein and the Transaction Documents (as defined
herein); (ii) all due diligence and other information necessary to verify the
accuracy and completeness of such representations, warranties and covenants;
(iii) the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006; (iv)
the Company’s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007 and (v)
answers to all questions each Buyer submitted to the Company regarding an
investment in the Company; and each Buyer has relied on the information
contained therein and has not been furnished any other documents, literature,
memorandum or prospectus.
Due Formation of Corporate
and Other Buyers. If the Buyer(s) is a corporation, trust,
partnership or other entity that is not an individual person, it has been formed
and validly exists and has not been organized for the specific purpose of
purchasing the Securities and is not prohibited from doing so.
No Legal Advice From the
Company. Each Buyer acknowledges, that it had the opportunity
to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
with his or its own legal counsel and investment and tax
advisors. Each Buyer is relying solely on such counsel and advisors
and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its
representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to
this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
securities laws of any jurisdiction.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
Except as
set forth under the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules which
Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and to qualify any
representation or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of such
disclosure, the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth below to each Buyer:
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Subsidiaries. All
of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule
3(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the
capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary free and clear of any
liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each
subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities.
Organization and
Qualification. The Company and its subsidiaries are
corporations duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated, and have the requisite
corporate power to own their properties and to carry on their business as now
being conducted. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in
every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes
such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so
qualified or be in good standing would not have or reasonably be expected to
result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on
the results of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and the subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a
material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material
respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of
(i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse
Effect”) and no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction
revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such
power and authority or qualification.
Authorization, Enforcement,
Compliance with Other Instruments. (i) The Company has
the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform and to
cause HYD and Trendsetter to enter into and perform its obligation under the
Security Documents, (ii) the Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the
Notes, the Warrants, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, and each of
the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively and together with the
Security Documents, the “Transaction
Documents”) and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof, (ii) the Company has caused the execution and delivery of
the Security Documents by Trendsetter to be duly authorized by Trendsetter’s
Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization is required by
Trendsetter, its Board of Directors or its stockholder, (iii) the Company has
caused the execution and delivery of the Security Documents by HYD to be duly
authorized by HYD’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization
is required by HYD, its Board of Directors or its stockholder, (iv) the
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities, the reservation
for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Shares, and the reservation for
issuance and the issuance of the Warrant Shares, have been duly authorized by
the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization is
required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders, (v) the
Company has caused the Security Agreement and Guaranties to be duly executed by
and delivered by HYD and Trendsetter and will cause the Mortgage to be duly
executed and delivered by Trendsetter, (v) the Transaction Documents have been
duly executed and delivered by the Company, (vi) the Transaction Documents
constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and
remedies. The authorized officer of the Company executing the
Transaction Documents knows of no reason why the Company, HYD or Trendsetter
cannot perform any of their respective obligations under the Transaction
Documents.
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Capitalization. The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 250,000,000 shares of Common
Stock and 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share
(“Preferred
Stock”) of which 56,376,013 shares of Common Stock, 1,945 shares of
the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share and 2,487
shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share are
issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of
such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or
similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3(d): (i) none of the Company’s capital stock is subject
to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances
suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue
additional capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit
agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments
evidencing indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iv) there are no
financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly
or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; (v) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar
provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may become
bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (vi) there
are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions
that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (vii) the Company does
not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or
any similar plan or agreement; and (viii) the Company and its subsidiaries have
no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents but
not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary
course of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which,
individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company has furnished to the Buyers true, correct and
complete copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as
in effect on the date hereof (the “Certificate of
Incorporation”), and the Company’s Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on
the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the
terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for,
shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect
thereto. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the
Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance and
sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting
agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital
stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company,
between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
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Issuance of
Securities. The issuance of the Notes and the Warrants is duly
authorized and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue
thereof. Upon conversion in accordance with the terms of the Notes or
exercise in accordance with the Warrants, as the case may be, the Conversion
Shares and Warrant Shares, respectively, when issued will be fully paid and
nonassessable, free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue
thereof and, to the extent possible in accordance with Section 4(f) hereof,
validly issued. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized
capital stock eleven million (11,000,000) shares of Common Stock as set forth in
this Agreement.
No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of
the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation,
the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants, and reservation for issuance and
issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in
a violation of any certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, any
certificate of designations or other constituent documents of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or bylaws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement,
indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree (including foreign, federal and state securities laws and
regulations and the rules and regulations of the American Stock Exchange)
applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which any property or
asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected; except in
the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or
in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The business of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being
conducted, and shall not be conducted in violation of any material law,
ordinance, or regulation of any governmental entity. Except as
specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the Securities
Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to
obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or
registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute,
deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by this
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All
consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is
required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or
effected on or prior to the date hereof. The Company and its
subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstance, which might give rise to
any of the foregoing.
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SEC Documents; Financial
Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), for
the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company
was required by law or regulation to file such material) (all of the foregoing
filed prior to the date hereof or amended after the date hereof and all exhibits
included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”) on
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Document prior to the expiration of any such
extension. The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their
representatives, or made available through the SEC’s website at
xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx., true and complete copies of the SEC
Documents. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied
in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC
Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the
SEC, 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. As of their respective dates, the financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in
all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published
rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may
be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or
(ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude
footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof
and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments). No other information provided by or on behalf of the
Company to the Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents, including,
without limitation, information referred to in Section 2(i) of this Agreement,
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstance under which they are or were made and not misleading.
Oil and Gas
Properties. The leases attached hereto as Annex A are (i)
complete and accurate and are the only documents pursuant to which Trendsetter
has acquired Oil and Gas Properties and (ii) all of the Oil and Gas Properties
reflected on the Reserve Report of Xxxx Contracting Company, LLC, dated May 12,
2007 and prepared by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, P.E. are reflected in the leases
attached hereto as Annex A. As used herein, “Oil and Gas
Properties” means all of Trendsetter’s rights, title, interest and
estates now owned or hereafter acquired in and to all leases, oil, gas, coal
seam gas, casinghead gas, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous
hydrocarbons or mineral fee or lease interests, farm-ins, overriding royalty and
royalty interests, including any reserved or residual interest of whatever
nature.
Absence of
Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency,
self-regulatory organization or body pending against or affecting the Company,
the Common Stock or any of the Company’s subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Acknowledgment Regarding
Buyer’s Purchase of the Notes. The Company acknowledges and
agrees that (i) each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length
purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, (ii) each Buyer is not 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 each Buyer or any of
their respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s
purchase of the Securities, and (iii) the purchase at the Third Closing of the
Notes and Warrants in amounts corresponding with the Subscription Amount set
forth opposite each Buyer’s name on Schedule I is in each Buyer’s sole
discretion and in no circumstances will any such Buyer be obligated to purchase
such Notes and Warrants. The Company further represents to each Buyer
that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely
on the independent evaluation by the Company and its
representatives.
No General
Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates,
nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under
the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the
Securities.
No Integrated
Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor
any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any
offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security,
under circumstances that would require registration of the Securities under the
Securities Act or cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with
prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act.
Employee
Relations. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is
involved in any labor dispute or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened. None of the Company’s
or its subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union and the Company and its
subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are
good.
Intellectual Property
Rights. The Company and its 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
rights necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now
conducted. The Company and its subsidiaries do not have any knowledge
of any infringement by the Company or its subsidiaries of trademark, trade name
rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names,
service marks, service xxxx registrations, trade secret or other similar rights
of others, and, to the knowledge of the Company there is no claim, action or
proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being
threatened against, the Company or its subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade
name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license, service names,
service marks, service xxxx registrations, trade secret or other infringement;
and the Company and its subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances
which might give rise to any of the foregoing.
Environmental
Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance
with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and
regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants (“Environmental Laws”),
(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.
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Title. All
real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases
with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its
subsidiaries.
Insurance. The
Company and each of its subsidiaries is insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and its subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the
Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought
or applied for and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and
when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers
as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not materially
and adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings,
business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
Regulatory
Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all material
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authorization or permit.
Internal Accounting
Controls. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains a
system of internal accounting controls as set forth in the Company’s public
filings.
No Material Adverse
Breaches, etc. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any
judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the
Company’s officers has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of
operations or prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries. Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in breach of any contract or
agreement which breach, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business, properties,
operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the
Company or its subsidiaries.
Tax
Status. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has made and
filed all federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject and (unless and
only to the extent that the Company and each of its subsidiaries has set aside
on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and
unreported taxes) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and
charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such
returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith
and has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of
all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports
or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material
amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the
officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.
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Certain
Transactions. Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to
which the Company makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms
no less favorable than the Company could obtain from third parties and other
than the grant of stock options disclosed in the SEC Documents, none of the
officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any
transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and
directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for
the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner.
Fees and Rights of First
Refusal. The Company is not obligated to offer the securities
offered hereunder on a right of first refusal basis or otherwise to any third
parties including, but not limited to, current or former shareholders of the
Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.
Investment Company.
The Company is not, and is not an affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of
payment for the Securities, will not be or be an affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that
it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.
Private Placement.
Assuming the accuracy of the Buyers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer
and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Buyers as contemplated hereby.
The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules
and regulations of the Primary Market.
Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. The Company’s Common Stock is registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has
taken no action designed to terminate, or which to its knowledge is likely to
have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the
Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC is
contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in
the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any
Primary 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 Primary Market. The Company is, and has no
reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in
compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
Manipulation of
Price. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on
its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause
or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security
of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii)
sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of,
any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any
compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the
Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to
the Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of the
Securities.
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Dilutive
Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that under
pursuant to their terms, the Notes, under certain circumstances, will be
convertible into shares of Common Stock and the Company agrees to honor any such
conversion of the Notes. The Company understands and acknowledges that the
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and, in the event that the
Notes become convertible, the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon
conversion of the Notes will increase in certain circumstances. The
Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon
conversion of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notes and its
obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in
accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants, in each case, is absolute and
unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on
the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company; provided, however, that the
Company will not be required to issue any such Conversion Shares or Warrant
Shares until such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, have been
listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange.
Dutchess Equity
Line. The equity line of credit entered into with Dutchess in August
2005 that expires in February 2009 (the “Dutchess Equity
Line”) is currently available for draw downs or “puts” by the Company and
the Company knows of no reason why such equity line would be unavailable to the
Company. The Company shall take all steps necessary in its control to
maintain the effectiveness and availability of the equity line and shall not
terminate the equity line without the prior consent of the Buyer. The
Company may only issue and sell Common Stock through puts under the Dutchess
Equity Line for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $500,000 per sixty (60) day
period, provided
however, if (a) no Event of Default (as defined in the Notes) has
occurred, (b) the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock is above $4.00 for
five consecutive Trading Days, and (c) the Closing Bid Price remains above $4.00
on the day a put is made, then the Company may exceed the limitation set forth
above and instead make up to two puts under the Dutchess Equity Line per 30 day
period for aggregate gross proceeds of the greater of: (i) $500,000 for of
the two puts, or, (ii) no more than the amount determined under the volume
matrix formula set forth in Section 2(b) of the Dutchess Equity Line for each of
the two puts.
Registration
Statement. The Company has filed with the SEC a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-148287) (the “Form S-3 Registration
Statement”). The Company represents that the Form S-3 Registration
Statement encompasses the potential issuance of Conversion Shares or Warrant
Shares if such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares are new issue shares from the
Form S-3 Registration Statement shelf offering and not previously issued
restricted stock.
Holding
Period. The Company acknowledges and agrees that for purposes
of Rule 144, in the event the Notes become convertible in accordance with their
terms, the first day of the holding period of the Conversion Shares underlying
each of the Notes will be the date that the Buyer pays the full purchase price
for such Note. The Company agrees not to take a position contrary to
this Section 4(ee).
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COVENANTS.
Best
Efforts. Each party shall use its best efforts to timely
satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6
and 7 of this Agreement.
Reporting
Status. Until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the
Buyer(s) may sell all of the Securities without restriction pursuant to Rule
144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act (or successor thereto), or (ii) the
date on which (A) the Buyers shall have sold all the Securities and (B) none of
the Notes or Warrants are outstanding (the “Registration
Period”), the Company shall file in a timely manner all reports required
to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and the regulations of the
SEC thereunder, and the Company shall not terminate its status
as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the
Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit such
termination.
Registration
Statement. If (x) the Conversion Shares issuable upon
conversion of the Notes, and (y) the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of
the Warrant, (collectively, the “Registrable
Securities”) are issued prior to the date on which the Buyer may sell
such Registrable Securities without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 and on such
date the Form S-3 Registration Statement is effective, the Company shall issue
such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Form S-3 Registration Statement;
provided,
that the number of shares registered and available for
issuance pursuant to the Form S-3 Registration Statement is greater than or
equal to the number of Registrable Securities to be issued at such
time.
Use of
Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of
the Notes for general corporate and working capital purposes.
Reservation of
Shares. On the date hereof, the Company shall reserve for
issuance to the Buyers eleven million (11,000,000) shares for issuance upon
conversions of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the “Share
Reserve”). The Company represents that it has sufficient
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock available to create the Share
Reserve after considering all other commitments that may require the issuance of
Common Stock. The Company shall take all action reasonably necessary
to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, such
number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to effect the full
conversion of the Notes and the full exercise of the Warrants. If at
any time the Share Reserve is insufficient to effect the full conversion of the
Notes or the full exercise of the Warrants, the Company shall increase the Share
Reserve accordingly. If the Company does not have sufficient
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock available to increase the Share
Reserve, the Company shall call and hold a special meeting of the shareholders
within thirty (30) days of such occurrence, for the sole purpose of increasing
the number of shares authorized. The Company’s management shall
recommend to the shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of
shares of Common Stock authorized. Management shall also vote all of
its shares in favor of increasing the number of authorized shares of Common
Stock.
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Listings or
Quotation. The Company’s Common Stock shall be listed or
quoted for trading on any of (a) the American Stock Exchange, (b) New York Stock
Exchange, (c) the Nasdaq Global Market, (d) the Nasdaq Capital Market, or (e)
the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board (which does not include the Pink Sheets LLC)
(“OTCBB”)
(each, a “Primary
Market”). As promptly as possible, but in no event later than
5 p.m. New York City time on February 12, 2008, the Company shall file an
application for the listing of two million, two hundred forty-four thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine (2,244,899) shares of Common Stock (the “Listed Shares”) upon
the American Stock Exchange and upon notification that such shares have been
listed will use its best efforts to secure and maintain such
listing. The Listed Shares shall be comprised of: the ninety four
thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine (94,899) shares of Common Stock
representing the First Closing Commitment Shares (as defined herein) to be
issued in respect of the First Closing, five hundred fifty thousand (550,000)
Warrant Shares and one million six hundred (1,600,000) Conversion Shares; provided, however, that any
Listed Shares that have not been issued may be issued to the Buyers upon
exercise of the Warrants or conversion of the Notes notwithstanding any
designation in the listing application or this Section 4(f) as Warrant Shares or
Conversion Shares. If upon exercise of the Warrants or exchange of
the Notes there are an insufficient number of unissued Listed Shares for the
Company to satisfy such exercise or exchange, the Company shall as promptly as
possible secure the listing of an additional number of shares of Common Stock
necessary to satisfy such exercise or conversion.
Fees and
Expenses.
The
Company shall pay all of its costs and expenses incurred by it connection with
the negotiation, investigation, preparation, execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents.
The
Company shall place into escrow Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000) upon the First
Closing, and, an additional Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) upon the Third
Closing directly from the proceeds of each Closing (collectively, the “Monitoring Fees,” and
as deposited into escrow, the “Escrow Funds”) which
shall be used to compensate Yorkville Advisors LLC (“Investment Manager”)
for monitoring and managing the purchase and investment made by YA Global
Investments, L.P. (“YA
Global”) described herein, pursuant to the Investment Manager’s existing
advisory obligations to YA Global. The Company, Investment Manager,
and YA Global shall enter into an Escrow Agreement of even date herewith in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Escrow Agreement”)
appointing Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq. as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) to
hold the Escrow Funds and to periodically disburse portions of such Escrow Funds
to the Investment Manager from escrow in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement. The Investment Manager shall periodically receive portions
of the Escrow Funds in accordance with the Escrow Agreement until either: (1)
the Escrow Funds shall have been fully disbursed pursuant the Escrow Agreement
or (2) the Securities shall have been Fully Retired. “Fully Retired”
shall mean that the Buyer shall have fully disposed of all the Securities issued
or issuable hereunder, shall no longer have any investment in, or ownership of,
any of the Securities, all amounts owed to YA Global under the Transaction
Documents shall have been paid, and the Transaction Documents shall have been
terminated. When the Securities are Fully Retired, the remaining
Escrow Funds shall be returned to the Company or otherwise disbursed in
accordance with the Escrow Agreement.
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The
Company shall pay a structuring and due diligence fee to the
Investment Manager of Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) which shall be paid
directly from the proceeds of the First Closing. The structuring and
due diligence fee shall be nonrefundable and payable whether or not any Closing
occurs.
As
promptly as possible, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days following
the Company’s receipt of notification that the Listed Shares have been listed on
the American Stock Exchange, the Company shall issue to the Buyer ninety four
thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine (94,899) shares of Common Stock (the
“First Closing
Commitment Shares”). As promptly as possible, but in no event
later than two (2) Business Days after the Third Closing, the Company shall file
an application for the listing upon the American Stock Exchange of Sixty
Thousand Dollars ($60,000) of Common Stock, calculated based on the volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock over the five (5) trading days prior
to the Third Closing (the “Third Closing Commitment
Shares” and together with the First Closing Commitment Shares, the “Commitment Shares”)
and upon notification that such shares have been listed will use its best
efforts to secure and maintain such listing. As promptly as possible,
but in no event later than two (2) Business Day following the Company’s receipt
of notification that the Third Closing Commitment Shares have been listed on the
American Stock Exchange, the Company shall issue the Buyer the Third Closing
Commitment Shares.
Reserved.
Transactions With
Affiliates. So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company
shall not, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries not to, enter into, amend,
modify or supplement, or permit any subsidiary to enter into, amend, modify or
supplement any agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement with any of
its or any subsidiary’s officers, directors, person who were officers or
directors at any time during the previous two (2) years, stockholders who
beneficially own five percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock, or Affiliates
(as defined below) or with any individual related by blood, marriage, or
adoption to any such individual or with any entity in which any such entity or
individual owns a five percent (5%) or more beneficial interest (each a “Related Party”),
except for (a) customary employment arrangements and benefit programs on
reasonable terms, (b) any investment in an Affiliate of the
Company, (c) any agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement
on an arms-length basis on terms no less favorable than terms which would have
been obtainable from a person other than such Related Party, (d) any agreement,
transaction, commitment, or arrangement which is approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company; for purposes hereof, any director who is
also an officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall not be a
disinterested director with respect to any such agreement, transaction,
commitment, or arrangement. “Affiliate” for
purposes hereof means, with respect to any person or entity, another person or
entity that, directly or indirectly, (i) has a ten percent (10%) or more equity
interest in that person or entity, (ii) has ten percent (10%) or more common
ownership with that person or entity, (iii) controls that person or entity, or
(iv) shares common control with that person or entity. “Control” or “controls” for
purposes hereof means that a person or entity has the power, direct or indirect,
to conduct or govern the policies of another person or entity.
Transfer
Agent. The Company covenants and agrees that, in the event
that the Company’s agency relationship with the transfer agent should be
terminated for any reason prior to a date which is two (2) years after the
Closing Date, the Company shall immediately appoint a new transfer agent and
shall require that the new transfer agent execute and agree to be bound by the
terms of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined
herein).
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Oil and Gas
Properties. Within (i) sixty (60) days following the date
hereof, the Company shall (a) cause to be filed of record, in the applicable
real property records of each jurisdiction in which the Oil and Gas Properties
are located, a fee or leasehold mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt,
which shall be prepared by Buyer and its counsel in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its counsel, in favor of the Buyer,
securing the Notes and covering all of the Oil and Gas Properties (each, a
“Mortgage”);
and (ii) sixty (60) days following the date hereof, the Company shall furnish
title opinions (each a “Title Opinion”),
dated and reflecting the state of title as of a date no earlier than the date of
filing of the applicable Mortgages in form and substance and issued by counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and its counsel, confirming to the Buyer’s
reasonable satisfaction that (a) the Company has good and defensible title to
the quantity of interest represented herein in and to all of the Oil and Gas
Properties, and (b) all of such Company's interest in all of the Oil and Gas
Properties is subject to a valid, perfected and enforceable Mortgage lien in
favor of the Buyer; (iii) upon request the Company will provide to the Buyer
copies from its files of all contracts and documents affecting the Oil and Gas
Properties, and at the Buyer’s option, upon reasonable notice and during normal
business hours, the Company shall make its files and personnel
available in the Company's offices and otherwise cooperate with the Buyer in the
title verification and due diligence program to be conducted by the Buyer, which
shall be at the Company's expense, to confirm the ownership and value of the Oil
and Gas Properties. The title opinions provided by the Company may be
based on such records and prior title certificates, abstracts, runsheets, title
policy plant records and opinions as are customarily relied upon by providers of
mortgage financing to purchasers of properties similar to the Oil and Gas
Properties.
At such
time as the Mortgages have been filed and the Title Opinions furnished, each in
accordance with Section 4(k) hereof, the Buyer(s) shall terminate or agree to
terminate the Deposit Account Agreements (as defined in the Security
Agreement).
Neither
the Buyer(s) nor any of its affiliates have an open short position in the Common
Stock of the Company, and the Buyer(s) agrees that it shall not, and that it
will cause its affiliates not to, engage in any short sales of or hedging
transactions with respect to the Common Stock as long as any Notes shall remain
outstanding.
Review of Public
Disclosures. All SEC filings (including, without limitation,
all filings required under the Exchange Act, which include Forms 10-Q and
10-QSB, 10-K and 10K-SB, 8-K, etc.) and other public disclosures made by the
Company, including, without limitation, all press releases, investor relations
materials, and scripts of analysts meetings and calls, shall be reviewed and
approved for release by the Company’s attorneys and, if containing financial
information, the Company’s independent certified public
accountants.
Disclosure of
Transaction. Within four Business Day following the date of
this Agreement, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing
the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the
form required by the Exchange Act and attaching the material Transaction
Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement, the form of the Note
and the form of Warrant) as exhibits to such filing.
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TRANSFER AGENT
INSTRUCTIONS.
The
Company shall issue the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to its transfer
agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, irrevocably appointing Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
Esq. as the Company’s agent for purpose instructing its transfer agent to issue
certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registered in
the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares
issued, following an Event of Default, upon conversion of the Notes and the
Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants as specified from time to
time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Notes (following an
Event of Default) or exercise of the Warrants. The Company shall not
change its transfer agent without the express written consent of the Buyers,
which may be withheld by the Buyers in their sole discretion. The
Company warrants that with respect to the Warrant Shares and, upon an Event of
Default, the Conversion Shares, no instruction other than the Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5, and stop transfer
instructions to give effect to Section 2(g) hereof (in the case of the
Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares prior to registration of such shares under
the Securities Act) will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, and that
the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records
of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or
transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(f), the Company shall
promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit
shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such
denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or
assignment and, with respect to any transfer, shall permit the
transfer. In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer
involves Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the
transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee,
as the case may be, without any restrictive
legend. Nothing in this Section 5 shall affect in any way
the Buyer’s obligations and agreement to comply with all applicable securities
laws upon resale of Conversion Shares. The Company acknowledges that
a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the
Buyer by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated
hereby. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law
for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5 will be inadequate and
agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the
provisions of this Section 5, that the Buyer(s) shall be entitled, in
addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any
breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of
showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being
required.
CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S
OBLIGATION TO SELL.
The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and Warrants to
the Buyer(s) at the First Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before
the First Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these
conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company
at any time in its sole discretion:
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Each
Buyer shall have executed the Transaction Documents and delivered them to the
Company.
The
Buyer(s) shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Notes in
the amount as set forth next to each Buyer as set forth on Schedule I attached
hereto, minus any fees to be paid directly from the proceeds at the Closings as
set forth herein, by wire transfer of immediately available U.S. funds pursuant
to the wire instructions provided by the Company.
The
representations and warranties of the Buyer(s) shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Dates as though
made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a
specific date), and the Buyer(s) shall have performed, satisfied and complied in
all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Buyer(s) at or
prior to the Closing Dates.
The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes to the Buyer(s)
at the Second Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Second
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these
conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company
at any time in its sole discretion:
The
Buyer(s) shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Notes in
the amount as set forth next to each Buyer as set forth on Schedule I attached
hereto, minus any fees to be paid directly from the proceeds the Closings as set
forth herein, by wire transfer of immediately available U.S. funds pursuant to
the wire instructions provided by the Company.
The
representations and warranties of the Buyer(s) shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Second Closing Dates as
though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak
as of a specific date), and the Buyer(s) shall have performed, satisfied and
complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions
required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Buyer(s) at or prior to the Closing Dates.
Provided
the Company has filed the Mortgages and provided the Title Opinions in
accordance with Section 4(k) hereof, the Buyer(s) shall have terminated or
agreed to terminate (a) the Control Account Agreement entered into on the date
hereof among The Frost National Bank, a national banking association (“Bank”),
Trendsetter and Buyer(s) and (b) the Control Account Agreement entered into on
the date hereof among the Bank, HDY and Buyer(s).
The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and Warrants to
the Buyer(s) at the Third Closing is in the Company’s sole discretion and
subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Third Closing Date, of each of the
following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole
benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole
discretion:
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Each
Buyer shall have provided the Company with written notice of its intent to
purchase the Notes at the Third Closing.
The
Buyer(s) shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Notes in
the amount as set forth next to each Buyer as set forth on Schedule I attached
hereto, minus any fees to be paid directly from the proceeds the Closings as set
forth herein, by wire transfer of immediately available U.S. funds pursuant to
the wire instructions provided by the Company.
The
representations and warranties of the Buyer(s) shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Dates as though
made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a
specific date), and the Buyer(s) shall have performed, satisfied and complied in
all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Buyer(s) at or
prior to the Closing Dates.
CONDITIONS TO THE BUYER’S
OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
The
obligation of the Buyer(s) hereunder to purchase the Notes and accept the
Warrants at the First Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the
First Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these
conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at
any time in its sole discretion:
The
Company shall have executed the Transaction Documents, HDY and Trendsetter shall
have executed the Security Agreement and the Guaranties and the Transaction
Documents shall have been delivered to the Buyers.
The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all
material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and
warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 3 above, in which
case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct without
further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the First Closing Date
as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that
speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and
complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions
required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Company at or prior to the First Closing Date
The
Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyer(s) the Notes and Warrants
in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer’s name on Schedule I
attached hereto.
The
Buyers shall have received an opinion of counsel from counsel to the Company in
a form satisfactory to the Buyers stating (x) that the Securities, when issued,
will be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any all liens and
charges and preemptive or similar rights and (y) that the Conversion Shares have
been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance by all proper
corporate action.
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The
Company shall have provided to the Buyers a true copy of a certificate of good
standing evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company from the
secretary of state (or comparable office) from the jurisdiction in which the
Company is incorporated, as of a date within 10 days of the First Closing
Date.
The
Company shall have delivered to the Buyers a certificate, executed by the
Secretary of the Company and dated as of the First Closing Date, as to (i) the
resolutions consistent with Section 3(c) as adopted by the Company’s Board of
Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of
Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the First
Closing.
The Buyer
shall have filed a form UCC-1 or such other forms as may be required to perfect
the Buyer’s interest in the Pledged Property as detailed in the Security
Agreement dated the date hereof, including the perfection of the security
interest in the Pledged Property and provided proof of
such filing to the Buyer(s).
The
Company shall have created the Share Reserve.
The
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Buyer, shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the
Company’s transfer agent.
The
Company shall have certified, in a certificate executed by two officers of the
Company and dated as of the First Closing Date, that all conditions to the First
Closing have been satisfied.
The
obligation of the Buyer(s) hereunder to purchase the Notes at the Second Closing
is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Second Closing Date, of each of
the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s
sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole
discretion:
The
Common Stock shall be authorized for quotation or trading on the Primary Market,
trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended for any reason, and
the Listed Shares shall be approved for listing or trading on the Primary
Market.
The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all
material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and
warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 3 above, in which
case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct without
further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the Second Closing
Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that
speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and
complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions
required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Company at or prior to the Second Closing Date
The
Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyer(s) the Notes in the
respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer’s name on Schedule I attached
hereto.
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The
Buyers shall have received an opinion of counsel from counsel to the Company in
a form satisfactory to the Buyers stating (i) that the Securities, when issued,
will be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any all liens and
charges and preemptive or similar rights and (ii) that the Conversion Shares
have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance by all proper
corporate action.
The
Company shall have provided to the Buyers a true copy of a certificate of good
standing evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company from the
secretary of state (or comparable office) from the jurisdiction in which the
Company is incorporated, as of a date within 10 days of the Second Closing
Date.
The
Company shall have delivered to the Buyers a certificate, executed by the
Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Second Closing Date, as to (i) the
resolutions consistent with Section 3(c) as adopted by the Company’s Board of
Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of
Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Second
Closing.
The
Company shall have filed the Mortgages and furnished the Title Opinions in
accordance with Section 4(k) of this Agreement.
The
Company shall have certified, in a certificate executed by two officers of the
Company and dated as of the Second Closing Date, that all conditions to the
Second Closing (other than the condition set forth in Section 7(b)(viii)) have
been satisfied.
The
obligation of the Buyer(s) hereunder to purchase the Notes at the Third Closing
is in each Buyer’s sole discretion and is subject to the satisfaction, at or
before the Third Closing Date, of any conditions imposed by each Buyer
including, without limitation, of each of the following conditions, provided
that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the
Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:
Within fifteen (15)
business days of
the Third Closing Date, the Company shall have notified each Buyer in writing of
its desire to issue and sell the Notes to the Buyer(s) on the Third Closing
Date.
The
Common Stock and the Listed Shares shall be authorized for quotation or trading
on the Primary Market and trading in the Common Stock shall not have been
suspended for any reason.
The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all
material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and
warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 3 above, in which
case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct without
further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the Third Closing Date
as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that
speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and
complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions
required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Company at or prior to the Third Closing Date.
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The
Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyers the Notes and the
Warrants in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyers name on
Schedule I attached hereto.
The
Company shall have certified, in a certificate executed by two officers of the
Company and dated as of the Third Closing Date, that all conditions to the Third
Closing have been satisfied.
The
Buyers shall have completed further due diligence in its sole
satisfaction.
INDEMNIFICATION.
In
consideration of the Buyer’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and
acquiring the Notes and, if applicable, the Conversion Shares hereunder, and in
addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, the
Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer(s) and each
other holder of the Notes and, if applicable, the Conversion Shares, and all of
their officers, directors, employees and agents (including, without
limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement) (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnitees”)
from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses,
costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection
therewith (irrespective of whether any such Buyer Indemnitee is a party to the
action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified
Liabilities”), incurred by the Buyer Indemnitees or any of them as a
result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach
of any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement, the
Notes or the other Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or
document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant,
agreement or obligation of the Company contained in this Agreement, or the other
Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document
contemplated hereby or thereby, or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim
brought or made against such Buyer Indemnitee and arising out of or resulting
from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement or
any other instrument, document or agreement executed pursuant hereto by any of
the parties hereto, any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in
part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Notes or
the status of the Buyer or holder of the Notes the Conversion
Shares, as a Buyer of Notes in the Company. To the extent
that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any
reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and
satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under
applicable law.
In
consideration of the Company’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in
addition to all of the Buyer’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Buyer
shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and all of its
officers, directors, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those
retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement)
(collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”)
from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees
or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any
misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the
Buyer(s) in this Agreement, instrument or document contemplated hereby or
thereby executed by the Buyer, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or
obligation of the Buyer(s) contained in this Agreement, the
Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document
contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Buyer, or (c) any cause of
action, suit or claim brought or made against such Company Indemnitee based on
material misrepresentations or due to a material breach and arising out of or
resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this
Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other instrument, document or
agreement executed pursuant hereto by any of the parties hereto. To
the extent that the foregoing undertaking by each Buyer may be unenforceable for
any reason, each Buyer shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and
satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under
applicable law.
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GOVERNING LAW:
MISCELLANEOUS.
Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to the
principles of conflict of laws. The parties further agree that any
action between them shall be heard in Xxxxxx County, New Jersey, and expressly
consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of New Jersey,
sitting in Xxxxxx County and the United States District Court for the District
of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey for the adjudication of any civil
action asserted pursuant to this Paragraph.
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which
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. In the event any signature page is delivered by facsimile
transmission, the party using such means of delivery shall cause four (4)
additional original executed signature pages to be physically delivered to the
other party within five (5) days of the execution and delivery
hereof.
Headings. The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the
validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction.
Entire Agreement,
Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or
written agreements between the Buyer(s), the Company, their affiliates and
persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and
this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and
therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the
Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or
undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this
Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed
by the party to be charged with enforcement.
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Notices. Any
notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be
given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to
have been delivered (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon
confirmation of receipt, when sent by facsimile; (iii) three (3) days after
being sent by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, or (iv) one (1) day
after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each
case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The
addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
If
to the Company, to:
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Hyperdynamics
Corporation
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One
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxx 00000
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Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Telephone: (000)
000-0000
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Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Esq.
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000
Xxxxx Xxxx #00
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
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Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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If to the
Buyer(s), to its address and facsimile number on Schedule I, with copies to the
Buyer’s counsel as set forth on Schedule I. Each party shall provide
five (5) days’ prior written notice to the other party of any change in address
or facsimile number.
Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their respective successors and
assigns. Neither the Company nor any Buyer shall assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the other party hereto.
No Third Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is
not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
person.
Survival. Unless
this Agreement is terminated under Section 9(l), the representations and
warranties of the Company and the Buyer(s) contained in Sections 2 and 3, the
agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9, and the
indemnification provisions set forth in Section 8, shall survive the Closing for
a period of two (2) years following the date on which the Notes are converted in
full. The Buyer(s) shall be responsible only for its own
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
Publicity. The
Company and the Buyer(s) shall have the right to approve, before issuance any
press release or any other public statement with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby made by any party; provided, however, that the Company shall
be entitled, without the prior approval of the Buyer(s), to issue any press
release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions required
under applicable securities or other laws or regulations (the Company shall use
its best efforts to consult the Buyer(s) in connection with any such press
release or other public disclosure prior to its release and Buyer(s) shall be
provided with a copy thereof upon release thereof).
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Further
Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be
done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and
deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as
the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
Termination. In
the event that the First Closing shall not have occurred with respect to the
Buyers on or before five (5) business days from the date hereof due to the
Company’s or the Buyer’s failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections
6 and 7 above (and the non-breaching party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied
condition(s)), the non-breaching party shall have the option to terminate this
Agreement with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such
date without liability of any party to any other party; provided, however, that
if this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to this Section 9(l),
the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse the Buyer(s) for the fees and
expenses of Yorkville Advisors LLC described in Section 4(g) above (other than
the amounts set forth in Section 4(g)(ii)).
Brokerage. The
Company represents that no broker, agent, finder or other party has been
retained by it in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and that
no other fee or commission has been agreed by the Company to be paid for or on
account of the transactions contemplated hereby.
No Strict
Construction. 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.
Limitations
on Issuance of Common Stock.
Principal Market
Regulation. The Company shall not be obligated to issue any
shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants
if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would cause the Company to breach
its obligations under the rules or regulations of the American Stock Exchange
(the “Exchange
Cap”), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the
Company (A) obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by the
applicable rules of the American Stock Exchange for issuances of Common Stock in
excess of such amount or (B) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to
the Company that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer. Until such approval or written
opinion is obtained, the Company shall not issue to the Buyer in the aggregate,
upon conversion or exercise or otherwise, as applicable, of Notes or Warrants,
or Commitment Shares, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the
Exchange Cap.
Stockholders
Approval. The Buyer shall provide written notice (“Exchange Cap Notice”)
to the Company if at any time the total number of shares issuable upon full
conversion of the Notes and full exercise of the Warrants would exceed the
Exchange Cap. Within sixty (60) days of receipt of an Exchange Cap
Notice, the Company shall use its best efforts to call and hold a special
meeting of the shareholders, for the purpose of approving the transactions
contemplated herein (such affirmative approval being referred to herein as the
“Stockholder
Approval”). The Company’s Board shall recommend to the
shareholders to vote in favor of approving the transactions contemplated
herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company
have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
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Hyperdynamics
Corporation
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By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: President
and CEO
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company
have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
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YA
GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.
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By:
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Yorkville
Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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Investment
Manager
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By:
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx
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Its:
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Portfolio
Manager
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SCHEDULE
I
SCHEDULE OF
BUYERS
(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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(5)
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(6)
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(7)
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(8)
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Buyer
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Subscription
Amount
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Number
of
Warrant
Shares
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Legal
Representative’s
Address
and Facsimile
Number
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First
Closing
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Second
Closing
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Third
Closing
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First
Closing
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Second
Closing
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Third
Closing
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YA
Global Investments, L.P.
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$ | 910,526 | $ | 1,089,474 | $ | 1,000,000 | 550,000 |
none
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275,000 |
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
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Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
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Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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Residence: Cayman
Islands
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LIST OF
EXHIBITS:
Disclosure
Schedule
Exhibit A
– Form of Notes
Exhibit B
– Form of Warrant
Exhibit C
– Form QIB Certification
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