SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.1
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May
__, 2008, by and among Bonanza Oil & Gas, Inc., a Nevada corporation, with
headquarters located at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 00000 (the “Company”), and each of the
purchasers set forth on the signature pages hereto (the “Buyers”).
WHEREAS:
A. The
Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance
upon an exemption from securities registration afforded by the rules and
regulations as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933
Act”);
B. Buyers
desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement (i) 8% convertible notes of the Company,
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, in the aggregate
principal amount of up to Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($750,000) (the “Notes”), initially convertible
into 1,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company
(the “Common Stock”),
upon the terms and subject to the limitations, conditions and adjustments set
forth in such Notes; (ii) warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of Common Stock
(the “Warrants”) for
every $100,000 invested (the “Warrants”) of which half of
the Warrants shall be exercisable at $0.75 (the “Series A Warrants”) and
half shall be exercisable at $1.00 (the “Series B Warrants”); (iii)
50,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) for every $100,000
invested; and
C. Each
Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms and conditions stated in this
Agreement, such principal amount of Notes, number of Shares and number of
Warrants as is set forth immediately below its name on the signature pages
hereto.
NOW THEREFORE, the Company and
each of the Buyers severally (and not jointly) hereby agree as
follows:
1. PURCHASE
AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS.
a. Purchase
of Notes, Warrants and Shares. On the Closing Date (as defined
below), the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer and each Buyer severally
agrees to purchase from the Company such principal amount of Notes and number of
Warrants as is set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on the signature
pages hereto, which will represent up to aggregate Seven Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) principal amount of Notes, Series A Warrants
to purchase an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares of Common Stock, Series B
Warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares of Common Stock and an
aggregate of up to 375,000 Shares.
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b. Form of
Payment. On the Closing Date (as defined below), (i) each
Buyer shall pay the purchase price for the Notes, the Warrants and the Shares to
be issued and sold to it at the Closing (as defined below) (the “Purchase Price”) by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the Company, in accordance with the
Company’s written wiring instructions, against delivery of the Notes in the
principal amount equal to the Purchase Price, the number of Warrants
as is set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on the signature pages
hereto and the number of Shares set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on
the signature pages hereto, and (ii) the Company shall deliver such Notes,
Warrants and Shares duly executed on behalf of the Company, to such Buyer,
against delivery of such Purchase Price.
c. Closing
Date. Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver) of the
conditions thereto set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 below, the date and time
of the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Warrants and the Shares pursuant to
this Agreement (the “Closing
Date”) shall be 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time on May __, 2008 or such
other mutually agreed upon time. The closing of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall occur on the
Closing Date at such location as may be agreed to by the parties. In
addition, if the full amount of the Purchase Price is not funded on the Closing
Date, subsequent Buyers and the Company may set additional Closing Dates until
the full Purchase Price is reached.
2. BUYERS’
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Buyer severally (and not
jointly) represents and warrants to the Company solely as to such Buyer
that:
a. Investment
Purpose. As of the date hereof, the Buyer is purchasing the
Notes and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise
pursuant to the Notes pursuant to this Agreement, such shares of
Common Stock being collectively referred to herein as the “Conversion Shares”), the
Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof (the
“Warrant Shares”) and
the Shares (collectively with the Notes, Warrants, Conversion Shares, Warrant
Shares and the Shares are hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”) for its own
account and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution
thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from registration under
the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by
making the representations herein, the Buyer does not agree to hold any of the
Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to
dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.
b. Accredited
Investor Status. The Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that
term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (an “Accredited
Investor”).
c. Reliance
on Exemptions. The Buyer understands that the Securities are
being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the
registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and
that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Buyer’s
compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments
and understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the
availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the
Securities.
d. Information. The
Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating
to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating
to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by the Buyer
or its advisors. The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been
afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. The Buyer
understands that its investment in the Securities involves a significant degree
of risk.
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e. Governmental
Review. The Buyer understands that no United States federal or
state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or
made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.
f. Transfer
or Re-sale. The Buyer understands that (i) the sale or re-sale
of the Securities has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or
any applicable state securities laws, and the Securities may not be transferred
unless (a) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the 1933 Act, (b) the Buyer shall have delivered to the Company
an opinion of counsel that shall be in form, substance and scope customary for
opinions of counsel in comparable transactions to the effect that the Securities
to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption
from such registration, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company, (c) the
Securities are sold or transferred to an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) (“Rule 144”)) of the Buyer who
agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the Securities only in accordance with this
Section 2(f) and who is an Accredited Investor, (d) the Securities are sold
pursuant to Rule 144, or (e) the Securities are sold pursuant to Regulation S
under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) (“Regulation S”), and the Buyer
shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel that shall be in form,
substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in corporate transactions,
which opinion shall be accepted by the Company; (ii) any sale of such Securities
made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of
said Rule and further, if said Rule is not applicable, any re-sale of such
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 0000 Xxx) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933
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 such Securities
under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and
conditions of any exemption thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing
or anything else contained herein to the contrary, the Securities may be pledged
as collateral in connection with a bona fide margin account
or other lending arrangement.
g. Legends. The
Buyer understands that the Notes, the Warrants and the Shares, until such time
as the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and Shares have been
registered under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or
Regulation S without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a
particular date that can then be immediately sold, the Conversion Shares,
Warrant Shares and the Shares may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the
following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the
certificates for such Securities):
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The securities may not be sold,
transferred or assigned in the absence of an effective registration statement
for the securities under said Act, or an opinion of counsel, in form, substance
and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, that
registration is not required under said Act or unless sold pursuant to Rule 144
or Regulation S under said Act.”
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The
legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a
certificate without such legend to the holder of any Security upon which it is
stamped, if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a)
such security is registered for sale under an effective registration statement
filed under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or
Regulation S without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a
particular date that can then be immediately sold, or (b) such holder provides
the Company with an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary
for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public
sale or transfer of such Security may be made without registration under the
1933 Act, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company so that the sale or
transfer is effected or (c) such holder provides the Company with reasonable
assurances that such Security can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation
S. The Buyer agrees to sell all Securities, including those
represented by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in
compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if
any.
h. Authorization;
Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on
behalf of the Buyer, and this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding
agreements of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with their terms.
i. Residency. The
Buyer is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth immediately below such Buyer’s
name on the signature pages hereto.
3. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company represents and
warrants to each Buyer that:
a. Organization
and Qualification. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
(as defined below), if any, is a corporation duly organized, and validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
incorporated, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease,
use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and where now
owned, leased, used, operated and conducted. The SEC Documents set forth all of the
Subsidiaries of the Company and the jurisdiction in which each is
incorporated. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in
every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of
the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. “Material
Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on the business,
operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated
hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection
herewith. “Subsidiaries” means any
corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in
which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or other ownership
interest.
b. Authorization;
Enforcement. (i) The Company has all requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Notes and the
Warrants and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and
to issue the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii)
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants by the
Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the
Warrants and the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares
and Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof) have been duly
authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors (iii) this Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the Company by its authorized representative, and
such authorized representative is the true and official representative with
authority to sign this Agreement and the other documents executed in connection
herewith and bind the Company accordingly, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes,
and upon execution and delivery by the Company of the Notes and the Warrants,
each of such instruments will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms.
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c. Capitalization. As
of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i)
60,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 25,809,654 shares are issued and
outstanding and (ii) 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which no shares
are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of capital
stock are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable. No shares of capital stock of the Company are
subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights of the shareholders of
the Company or any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure
to act of the Company. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, as
of the effective date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal,
agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or
exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale
of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act and (iii) there
are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security
issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders)
that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities. The Company
has furnished to the Buyer true and correct copies of the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof (“Articles of Incorporation”),
the Company’s By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the “By-laws”), and the terms of
all securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock of the Company
and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
d. Issuance
of Shares. The Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and the
Shares are duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the
Notes and exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms,
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes,
liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and shall not
be subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of shareholders of the
Company and will not impose personal liability upon the holder
thereof.
e. Acknowledgment
of Dilution. The Company understands and acknowledges the
potentially dilutive effect to the Common Stock upon the issuance of the
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon conversion of the Note or exercise of
the Warrants. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to
issue Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon conversion of the Notes or
exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement, the Notes and the
Warrants is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that
such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders of the
Company.
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f. No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without
limitation, the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares
and Warrant Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any
provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) violate or
conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a
default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a
default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, patent, patent
license 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 federal and state securities laws and
regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to which the
Company or its securities are subject) 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 for such conflicts, defaults,
terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect).
g. SEC
Documents; Financial Statements. The Company has timely filed
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be
filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (all of the
foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and
financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to
such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to
herein as the “SEC
Documents”). The Company has delivered to each Buyer true and
complete copies of the SEC Documents, except for such exhibits and incorporated
documents. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied
in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
h. Absence
of Certain Changes. Since December 31, 2007, there has been no
material adverse change and no material adverse development in the assets,
liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of
operations or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
i. Absence
of Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government
agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or their officers or directors in their capacity as
such, that could have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its
Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to
any of the foregoing.
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j. Patents,
Copyrights, etc. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all
patents, patent applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade
secrets, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade
names and copyrights (“Intellectual Property”)
necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to
protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of their Intellectual
Property.
k. No
Materially Adverse Contracts, 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. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement which in the judgment of
the Company’s officers has or is expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
l. Tax
Status. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made or
filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other tax returns, reports
and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (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) and 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 provisions 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. The
Company has not executed a waiver with respect to the statute of limitations
relating to the assessment or collection of any foreign, federal, state or local
tax. None of the Company’s tax returns is presently being audited by
any taxing authority.
m. Certain
Transactions. Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary
course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries could obtain from third parties, none of the officers, directors,
or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (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.
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n. Disclosure. All
information relating to or concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries set
forth in this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects and the
Company has not omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements made herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred
or exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their
business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which,
under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or
announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or
disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company’s reports filed under the
1934 Act are being incorporated into an effective registration statement filed
by the Company under the 1933 Act).
o. Acknowledgment
Regarding Buyers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that the Buyers are acting solely in the capacity of
arm’s length purchasers with respect to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer
is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar
capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby and any statement made by any Buyer or any of their respective
representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby is not advice or a recommendation and is merely incidental
to the Buyers’ purchase of the Securities. 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 of the Company and
its representatives.
p. 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 in any security or solicited any offers to
buy any security under circumstances that would require registration under the
1933 Act of the issuance of the Securities to the Buyers. The
issuance of the Securities to the Buyers will not be integrated with any other
issuance of the Company’s securities (past, current or future) for purposes of
any shareholder approval provisions applicable to the Company or its
securities.
q. No
Brokers. The Company has taken no action which would give rise
to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, transaction fees or
similar payments relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
r. Permits;
Compliance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in
possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits,
easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders
necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business
as it is now being conducted (collectively, the “Company Permits”), and there
is no action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding
suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or
violation of, any of the Company Permits, except for any such conflicts,
defaults or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Since June
30, 2007, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
notification with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations of
applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts, defaults or
violations, which conflicts, defaults or violations would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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s. Environmental
Matters.
(i) There
are, to the Company’s knowledge, with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any predecessor of the Company, no past or present violations of
Environmental Laws (as defined below), releases of any material into the
environment, actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events, incidents,
or contractual obligations which may give rise to any common law environmental
liability or any liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 or similar federal, state, local or
foreign laws and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received
any notice with respect to any of the foregoing, nor is any action pending or,
to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in connection with any of the
foregoing. The term “Environmental Laws” means all
federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of
human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including,
without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants contaminants, or toxic or hazardous
substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the
environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials,
as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters,
injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits,
plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder.
(ii) Other
than those that are or were stored, used or disposed of in compliance with
applicable law, no Hazardous Materials are contained on or about any real
property currently owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and no Hazardous Materials were released on or about any real
property previously owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries during the period the property was owned, leased or used by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the normal course of the Company’s
or any of its Subsidiaries’ business.
(iii) There are
no underground storage tanks on or under any real property owned, leased or used
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are not in compliance with
applicable law.
t. Title to
Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable
title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the SEC Documents or
such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Any 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
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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u. Insurance. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries are 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.
v. Internal
Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient, in the judgment of
the Company’s board of directors, to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
w. Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting
on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, in the course of his actions
for, or on behalf of, the Company, used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign
or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; violated or is
in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977,
as amended, or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or
other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee.
x. No
Investment Company. The Company is
not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this
Agreement will not be an “investment company” required to be registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (an “Investment
Company”). The Company is not controlled by an Investment
Company.
4. COVENANTS.
a. Best
Efforts. The parties shall use their best efforts to satisfy
timely each of the conditions described in Section 6 and 7 of this
Agreement.
b. Form D;
Blue Sky Laws. The Company agrees to file a Form D with
respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy
thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall,
on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably
determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the
applicable closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or
“blue sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption
from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken
to each Buyer on or prior to the Closing Date.
c. Reporting
Status. The Company’s
Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act. So
long as the Buyer beneficially owns any of the Securities, the Company shall
timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934
Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to
file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and
regulations thereunder would permit such termination.
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d. Use of
Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of
the Securities in the manner set forth in Schedule 4(d) attached hereto
and made a part hereof and shall not, directly or indirectly, use such proceeds
for any loan to or investment in any other corporation, partnership, enterprise
or other person (except in connection with its currently existing direct or
indirect Subsidiaries).
e. Authorization
and Reservation of Shares. The Company shall at all times have
authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, a sufficient number of
shares of Common Stock to provide for the full conversion or exercise of the
outstanding Notes and Warrants and issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares in connection therewith (based on the Conversion Price of the Notes or
Exercise Price of the Warrants) and as otherwise required by the
Notes. The Company shall not reduce the number of shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance upon conversion of Notes and exercise of the
Warrants without the consent of each Buyer.
f. Listing. The
Company shall promptly secure the listing of the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares upon each national securities exchange or automated quotation system, if
any, upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to official
notice of issuance) and, so long as any Buyer owns any of the Securities, shall
maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such
listing of all Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares from time to time issuable
upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants. The Company
will obtain and, so long as any Buyer owns any of the Securities, maintain the
listing and trading of its Common Stock on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board
(“OTCBB”).
g. Corporate
Existence. So long as a Buyer beneficially owns any Notes or
Warrants, the Company shall maintain its corporate existence and shall not sell
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, except in the event of a
merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets, where the surviving or successor entity in such transaction (i) assumes
the Company’s obligations hereunder and under the agreements and instruments
entered into in connection herewith and (ii) is a publicly traded corporation
whose Common Stock is listed for trading on the OTCBB.
h. No
Integration. The Company shall not make any offers or sales of
any security (other than the Securities) under circumstances that would require
registration of the Securities being offered or sold hereunder under the 1933
Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with any other
offering of securities by the Company for the purpose of any stockholder
approval provision applicable to the Company or its securities.
I. Secured
Interest. In the event that the Company grants a secured
interest in its lease interests or properties in connection with any future
financing, then the Buyer(s) will be entitled to a pari passu interest in such
secured interest with any such investors. The Company will undertake
to have all required liens filed with the appropriate office to protect the
Buyer(s) secured interest.
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5. [INTENTIONALLY
LEFT BLANK].
6. CONDITIONS
TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL. The obligation of the
Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes, Warrants and the Shares to a
Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing
Date of each of the following conditions thereto, 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:
a. The
applicable Buyer shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to
the Company.
b. The
applicable Buyer shall have delivered the Purchase Price in accordance with
Section 1(b) above.
c. The
representations and warranties of the applicable Buyer shall be true and correct
in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as
though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak
as of a specific date), and the applicable Buyer 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 applicable Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.
d. No
litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in
any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any
self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated
hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
7. CONDITIONS
TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. The obligation of each
Buyer hereunder to purchase the Notes, Warrants and the Shares at the Closing is
subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the
following conditions, provided that these conditions are for such Buyer’s sole
benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole
discretion:
a. The
Company shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the
Buyer.
b. The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer duly executed Notes (in such
denominations as the Buyer shall request), Warrants and Shares in accordance
with Section 1(b) above.
c. The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though
made at such 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 Closing Date. The Buyer shall have received a
certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive officer of the
Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such
other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer including, but not
limited to certificates with respect to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation,
By-laws and Board of Directors’ resolutions relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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d. No
litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in
any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any
self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated
hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
e. No event
shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company.
f. The
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares shall have been authorized for quotation on
the OTCBB and trading in the Common Stock on the OTCBB shall not have been
suspended by the SEC or the OTCBB.
g. The Buyer
shall have received an officer’s certificate described in Section 3(c) above,
dated as of the Closing Date.
8. GOVERNING
LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.
a. Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ENFORCED, GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD
TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED
IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT,
THE AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. BOTH PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THE DEFENSE OF AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SUIT OR
PROCEEDING. BOTH PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON A
PARTY MAILED BY FIRST CLASS MAIL SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE
SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE PARTY IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR
PROCEEDING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT EITHER PARTY’S RIGHT TO SERVE
PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. BOTH PARTIES AGREE THAT
A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT
OR IN ANY OTHER LAWFUL MANNER. THE PARTY WHICH DOES NOT PREVAIL IN
ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FEES AND
EXPENSES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES, INCURRED BY THE PREVAILING PARTY IN
CONNECTION WITH SUCH DISPUTE.
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b. Counterparts;
Signatures by Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in one
or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which
shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other
party. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to
the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement
bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
c. Headings. The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
d. Severability. In
the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under
any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed
inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed
modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any provision
hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
e. Entire
Agreement; Amendments. 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 the 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.
f. Notices. Any
notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement
shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or
delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery
service) or by facsimile and shall be effective five days after being placed in
the mail, if mailed by regular United States mail, or upon receipt, if delivered
personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or
by facsimile, in each case addressed to a party. The addresses for
such communications shall be:
If to the
Company:
Bonanza
Oil & Gas, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Chief
Executive Officer
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)000-0000
With a
copy to:
Law
Offices of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx PLLC
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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If to a
Buyer: To the address set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name
on the signature pages hereto. Each party shall provide notice to the
other party of any change in address.
g. Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties and their 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 2(f),
any Buyer may assign its rights hereunder to any person that purchases
Securities in a private transaction from a Buyer or to any of its “affiliates,”
as that term is defined under the 1934 Act, without the consent of the
Company.
h. 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.
i. Survival. The
representations and warranties of the Company and the agreements and covenants
set forth in Sections 3 and 4 shall survive the closing hereunder
notwithstanding any due diligence investigation conducted by or on behalf of the
Buyers for a period of 12 months following the Closing Date. The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Buyers and all their
officers, directors, employees and agents for loss or damage arising as a result
of or related to any breach or alleged breach by the Company of any of its
representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof
or any of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement, including
advancement of expenses as they are incurred.
j. 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.
k. 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned Buyers and the Company have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
BONANZA
OIL & GAS, INC.
By:________________________________
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Chief
Executive Officer
[BUYER(S)
SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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________________________
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
RESIDENCE:
ADDRESS:
Facsimile: ( ) -
Telephone: ( ) -
AGGREGATE
SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:
Aggregate
Principal Amount of Notes:
|
$ | ,000 | ||
Number
of Series A Warrants:
|
||||
Number
of Series B Warrants:
|
||||
Number
of Shares
|
||||
Aggregate
Purchase Price:
|
$ | ,000 |
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Schedule
4(d) – Use of Proceeds
Development
of property and drilling
|
$ | 410,000 | ||
Lease
acquisition
|
$ | 150,000 | ||
SG&A
|
$ | 190,000 | ||
Total
|
$ | 750,000 |
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