Contract
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO PETROL OIL AND GAS, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
SECURED TERM NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, PETROL OIL AND GAS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay to LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 309 GT, Xxxxxx House, South Church Street, Xxxxxx Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Fax: 000-000-0000 (the “Holder”) or its registered assigns or successors in interest, the sum of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), together with any accrued and unpaid interest hereon, on October 31, 2008 (the “Maturity Date”) if not sooner paid.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between the Company and the Holder (as amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”).
The following terms shall apply to this Secured Term Note (this “Note”):
ARTICLE I
CONTRACT RATE AND AMORTIZATION
1.1 Contract Rate. Subject to Sections 2.2 and 3.9, interest payable on the outstanding principal amount of this Note (the “Principal Amount”) shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the “prime rate” published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time (the “Prime Rate”), plus three and one-quarter percent (3.25%) (the “Contract Rate”). The Contract Rate shall be increased or decreased as the case may be for each increase or decrease in the Prime Rate in an amount equal to such increase or decrease in the Prime Rate; each change to be effective as of the day of the change in the Prime Rate. Subject to Section 1.2, the Contract Rate shall not at any time be less than ten percent (10%) nor more than fourteen percent (14%). Interest shall be (i) calculated on the basis of a 360 day year, and (ii) payable monthly, in arrears, commencing on December 1, 2005, on the first business day of each consecutive calendar month thereafter through and including the Maturity Date, and on the Maturity Date, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
1.2 Principal Payments. Amortizing payments of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under this Note at any time (the “Principal Amount”) shall be made by the Company on May 1, 2006 and on the first business day of each succeeding month thereafter through and including the Maturity Date (each, an “Amortization Date”). Subject to Article III below, commencing on the first Amortization Date, the Company shall make monthly payments to the Holder on each Repayment Date equal to the Amortization Amount. Each such monthly
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payment shall be applied first to any fees due and payable to the Holder pursuant to this Note, the Purchase Agreement and/or any other Related Agreement, then to accrued and unpaid interest due on this Note and then to the outstanding Principal Amount. Any outstanding Principal Amount together with any accrued and unpaid interest and any and all other unpaid amounts which are then owing by the Company to the Holder under this Note, the Purchase Agreement and/or any other Related Agreement shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. For purposes of this Section, (a) the term “Amortization Amount” shall mean eighty percent (80%) of Net Revenue relating to all gas properties of the Company set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, all gas properties of the Company acquired after the date hereof and all gas properties of Coal Creek Pipeline, Inc. (“Coal Creek”) (collectively, the “Specified Properties”) for the calendar month immediately preceding the Amortization Date; provided, however, such percentage shall increase to one hundred percent (100%) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and (b) “Net Revenue” shall mean, as calculated by the first purchaser of gas, including Coal Creek, the gross hydrocarbon sales proceeds with respect to the production from or allocable to the Company’s and Coal Creek’s net revenue interest in the Specified Properties plus all other revenue derived from the Company’s and Coal Creek’s interest in the Specified Properties (including, without limitation, overriding royalty interests), less all direct lease operating costs, transportation, reasonable general and administrative costs, processing, and marketing costs, ad valorem and severance taxes, royalties, overriding royalties payable to third parties, payments to third parties for gas purchases conducted through Coal Creek, plus or minus any net “swap” settlement proceeds or payables, respectively, under permitted swap transactions. Any Net Revenue not applied to the outstanding amounts owing under this Note on the Amortization Date in accordance with this Section shall be disbursed by the Holder to the Company on the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the calendar month of such Amortization Date.
1.3 Optional Redemption. The Company may prepay this Note (“Optional Redemption”) by paying to the Holder a sum of money equal to the Applicable Principal Amount (as defined below) together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any and all other sums due, accrued or payable to the Holder arising under this Note, the Purchase Agreement and/or any other Related Agreement (the “Redemption Amount”) outstanding on the Redemption Payment Date (as defined below). The Company shall deliver to the Holder a written notice of redemption (the “Notice of Redemption”) specifying the date for such Optional Redemption (the “Redemption Payment Date”), which date shall be seven (7) business days after the date of the Notice of Redemption. On the Redemption Payment Date, the Redemption Amount must be paid in good funds to the Holder. In the event the Company fails to pay the Redemption Amount on the Redemption Payment Date as set forth herein, then such Notice of Redemption will be null and void. For purposes of this Section 1.3, the “Applicable Principal Amount” shall mean 100% of the Principal Amount outstanding at the time of such prepayment.
ARTICLE II
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
2.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events set forth in this Section 4.1 shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”) hereunder:
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(a) Failure to Pay. The Company fails to pay when due any installment of principal, interest or other fees hereon in accordance herewith, or the Company fails to pay any of the other Obligations (under and as defined in the Master Security Agreement) when due, and, in any such case, such failure shall continue for a period of three (3) days following the date upon which any such payment was due.
(b) Breach of Covenant. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries breaches any covenant or any other term or condition of this Note in any material respect and such breach, if subject to cure, continues for a period of fifteen (15) days after the occurrence thereof.
(c) Breach of Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty or statement made or furnished by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in this Note, the Purchase Agreement or any other Related Agreement shall at any time be false or misleading in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made.
(d) Default Under Other Agreements. The occurrence of any default (or similar term) in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any indebtedness or contingent obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries beyond the period of grace (if any), the effect of which default is to cause, or permit the holder or holders of such indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such contingent obligation to cause, such indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or such contingent obligation to become payable;
(e) Material Adverse Effect. Any change or the occurrence of any event which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) Bankruptcy. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) apply for, consent to or suffer to exist the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (iv) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (v) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law providing for the relief of debtors, (vi) acquiesce to, without challenge within ten (10) days of the filing thereof, or failure to have dismissed, within thirty (30) days, any petition filed against it in any involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws, or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(g) Judgments. Attachments or levies in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate are made upon the Company or any of its Subsidiary’s assets or a judgment is rendered against the Company’s property involving a liability of more than $50,000 which shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded within thirty (30) days from the entry thereof;
(h) Insolvency. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall admit in writing its inability, or be generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or cease operations of its present business;
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(i) Change in Control. A Change in Control (as defined below) shall occur with respect to the Company, unless Holder shall have expressly consented to such Change of Control in writing. A “Change in Control” shall mean any event or circumstance as a result of which (i) any “Person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof), other than the Holder, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the then outstanding voting equity interest of the Company (other than a “Person” or “group” that beneficially owns 35% or more of such outstanding voting equity interests of the Company on the date hereof), (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company shall cease to consist of a majority of the Company’s board of directors on the date hereof (or directors appointed by a majority of the board of directors in effect immediately prior to such appointment) or (iii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries merges or consolidates with, or sells all or substantially all of its assets to, any other person or entity;
(j) Indictment; Proceedings. The indictment or threatened indictment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any criminal statute, or commencement or threatened commencement of criminal or civil proceeding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which statute or proceeding penalties or remedies sought or available include forfeiture of any of the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(k) The Purchase Agreement, Related Agreements, the October 2004 Purchase Agreement and the October 2004 Related Agreements. (i) An Event of Default shall occur under and as defined in the Purchase Agreement, any other Related Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of October 28, 2004 by and between the Holder and the Company (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, the “October 2004 Purchase Agreement”) and/or any other document, instrument or agreement entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated by the October 2004 Purchase Agreement (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, the “October 2004 Related Agreements”) and/or hereby, (ii) the Company, Neodesha Pipelin, Inc. (“Neodesha”) or Coal Creek shall breach any term or provision of the Purchase Agreement or any other Related Agreement in any material respect and such breach, if capable of cure, continues unremedied for a period of fifteen (15) days after the occurrence thereof, (iii) the Company, Neodesha or Coal Creek attempts to terminate, challenges the validity of, or its liability under, the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement, (iv) any proceeding shall be brought to challenge the validity, binding effect of the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement or (v) the Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement ceases to be a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company, Neodesha or Coal Creek (to the extent such persons or entities are a party thereto); or
2.2 Default Interest. Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall pay additional interest on this Note in an amount equal to two percent (2%) per month, and all outstanding obligations under this Note, the Purchase Agreement and each other Related Agreement, including unpaid interest, shall continue to accrue interest at such additional interest rate from the date of such Event of Default until the date such Event of Default is cured or waived.
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2.3 Default Payment. Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Holder, at its option, may demand repayment in full of all obligations and liabilities owing by Company to the Holder under this Note, the Purchase Agreement and/or any other Related Agreement and/or may elect, in addition to all rights and remedies of the Holder under the Purchase Agreement and the other Related Agreements and all obligations and liabilities of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and the other Related Agreements, to require the Company to make a Default Payment (“Default Payment”). The Default Payment shall be 130% of the outstanding principal amount of the Note, plus accrued but unpaid interest, all other fees then remaining unpaid, and all other amounts payable hereunder. The Default Payment shall be applied first to any fees due and payable to the Holder pursuant to this Note, the Purchase Agreement, and/or the other Related Agreements, then to accrued and unpaid interest due on this Note and then to the outstanding principal balance of this Note. The Default Payment shall be due and payable immediately on the date that the Holder has exercised its rights pursuant to this Section 2.3.
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS
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Cumulative Remedies. The remedies under this Note shall be cumulative. |
3.2 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder hereof in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. All rights and remedies existing hereunder are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.
3.3 Notices. Any notice herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and provided in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
3.4 Amendment Provision. The term “Note” and all references thereto, as used throughout this instrument, shall mean this instrument as originally executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then as so amended or supplemented, and any successor instrument as such successor instrument may be amended or supplemented.
3.5 Assignability. This Note shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and its successors and assigns, and may be assigned by the Holder in accordance with the requirements of the Purchase Agreement. The Company may not assign any of its obligations under this Note without the prior written consent of the Holder, any such purported assignment without such consent being null and void.
3.6 Cost of Collection. In case of any Event of Default under this Note, the Company shall pay the Holder reasonable costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.
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Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Waiver of Jury Trial. |
(a) THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
(b) THE COMPANY HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THE COMPANY, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE HOLDER, ON THE OTHER HAND, PERTAINING TO THIS NOTE OR ANY OF THE OTHER RELATED AGREEMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE OR ANY OF THE RELATED AGREEMENTS; PROVIDED, THAT THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK; AND FURTHER PROVIDED, THAT NOTHING IN THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE THE HOLDER FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO COLLECT THE OBLIGATIONS, TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF THE HOLDER. THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS. THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE (3) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE U.S. MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
(c) THE COMPANY DESIRES THAT ITS DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE COMPANY HERETO WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN THE HOLDER AND THE COMPANY ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE, ANY OTHER RELATED AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO.
3.8 Severability. In the event that any provision of this Note is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed
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inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Note.
3.9 Maximum Payments. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum rate permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum rate shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to the Holder and thus refunded to the Company.
3.10 Security Interest and Mortgage. The Holder has been granted a security interest (i) in certain assets of the Company as more fully described in the Master Security Agreement which security interest has been reaffirmed and ratified pursuant to the Reaffirmation Agreement, (ii) in certain assets of Neodesha and Coal Creek as more fully described in the Master Security Agreement and (iii) in certain gas properties of the Company pursuant to various mortgages, deed of trust, security agreements, financing statements and assignments of production.
3.11 Construction. Each party acknowledges that its legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Note and, therefore, stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Note to favor any party against the other.
3.12 Registered Obligation. This Note is intended to be a registered obligation within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.871-14(c)(1)(i) and the Company (or its agent) shall register the Note (and thereafter shall maintain such registration) as to both principal and any stated interest. Notwithstanding any document, instrument or agreement relating to this Note to the contrary, transfer of this Note (or the right to any payments of principal or stated interest thereunder) may only be effected by (i) surrender of this Note and either the reissuance by the Company of this Note to the new holder or the issuance by the Company of a new instrument to the new holder, or (ii) transfer through a book entry system maintained by the Company (or its agent), within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.871-14(c)(1)(i)(B).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Secured Term Note to be signed in its name effective as of this ___ day of October, 2005.
PETROL OIL AND GAS, INC.
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EXHIBIT A
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