SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.1

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “AGREEMENT”) is dated as of May 26, 2006, among Arena Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “COMPANY”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “PURCHASER” and collectively the “PURCHASERS”).

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, on the Closing Date, that number of Shares as is set forth on the Purchaser Signature Page of that Purchaser.

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers, acting severally, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS

1.1 DEFINITIONS. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:

“ACTION” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

“AFFILIATE” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.

“CLOSING” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1.

“CLOSING DATE” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived. The Closing Date shall be May 30, 2006, but the Company may extend it one or more times, by notice to the Purchasers given at any time prior to or on the Closing Date (as previously extended, if applicable), to a date not later than the date set forth in Section 5.1.

“COMMISSION” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“COMMON STOCK” means the common stock of the Company, par value $.001 per share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.

“COMMON STOCK EQUIVALENTS” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

“COMPANY COUNSEL” means Johnson, Jones, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxx.

“EFFECTIVE DATE” means the date that the initial registration statement filed by the Company for the Registrable Securities is first declared effective by the Commission.

“EVALUATION DATE” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).

“EXCHANGE ACT” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

“INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).

“LEGEND REMOVAL DATE” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

“LIENS” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

“MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(b).

“MATERIAL PERMITS” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

“PER SHARE PURCHASE PRICE” equals $28.04, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement and have a record date prior to the Closing Date.

“PERSON” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

“PROCEEDING” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

“PURCHASER PARTY” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.9.

“REGISTRABLE SECURITIES” means all of the Shares held by the Purchasers, together with any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the Shares.

“REGISTRATION STATEMENT” means a registration statement covering the resale of the Registrable Securities.

“REQUIRED APPROVALS” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

“RULE 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

“SEC REPORTS” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

“SECURITIES” means the Shares.

“SECURITIES ACT” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“SHARES” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

“SHORT SALES” shall include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 3b-3 under the Exchange Act.

“SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT” means, as to each Purchaser, the amounts set forth below such Purchaser’s signature block on the signature page hereto, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

“SUBSIDIARY” shall mean the subsidiaries of the Company, if any, as described in Section 3.1(a).

“TRADING DAY” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

“TRADING MARKET” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.

“TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS” means this Agreement, the Registration Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE

2.1 CLOSING. On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, and the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price. The aggregate number of Shares sold hereunder shall not exceed 1,150,000. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Company Counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

2.2 DELIVERIES.

(a) On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:

(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

(ii) a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Company’s transfer agent instructing the transfer agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser;

(iii) the Registration Agreement, duly executed by the Company; and

(iv) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT A attached hereto.

(b) On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and

(ii) such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the Company.

2.3 CLOSING CONDITIONS.

(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

(i) the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and

(iii) the delivery by the Purchasers of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.

(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

(i) the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;

(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and

(v) From the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market that, in each such case, in the reasonable judgment of a majority in interest of the Purchasers, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Shares at the Closing.

ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to each Purchaser:

(a) SUBSIDIARIES. Arena Drilling Co., a Texas corporation, is the only Subsidiary of the Company. The Company has no direct or indirect equity interest in any other entity. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of its Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of its Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

(b) ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not 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, prospects or financial condition 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.

(c) AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each of the Transaction Documents has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

(d) NO CONFLICTS. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) FILINGS, CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of a Registration Statement, (iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “REQUIRED APPROVALS”).

(f) ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.

(g) CAPITALIZATION. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 110,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 100,000,000 shares are designated Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares are designated Series A Preferred Stock. As of May 2, 2006, there were 13,361,655 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, and no shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. As of May 19, 2006, an aggregate of (i) 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding options and options remaining available for issuance upon exercise under the Company’s Stock Option Plan; and (ii) 340,829 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants. Other than as specified above, no other shares or options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into capital stock of the Company are outstanding. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion or exercise of outstanding Common Stock Equivalents. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in the Company’s SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issue and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of securities of the Company to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities. 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. 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 Shares. Except as set forth in the Company Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Commission on February 15, 2006, 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.

(h) SEC REPORTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC REPORTS”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, 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. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

(i) MATERIAL CHANGES. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information.

(j) LITIGATION. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “ACTION”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or threatened, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

(k) LABOR RELATIONS. No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(l) COMPLIANCE. Except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business.

(m) REGULATORY PERMITS. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“MATERIAL PERMITS”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

(n) TITLE TO ASSETS. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and defensible title in fee simple to all real property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and good and defensible title to all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens securing borrowings as disclosed in the SEC Reports, Liens as do not materially affect the value of the Company’s properties taken as a whole and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects.

(o) PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of others.

(p) INSURANCE. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, excludingdirectors and officers insurance. Neither the Company nor any 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 without a significant increase in cost.

(q) TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND EMPLOYEES. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (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 entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $60,000 other than (i) for payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

(r) XXXXXXXX-XXXXX; INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROLS. The Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls and procedures as of the date prior to the filing date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “EVALUATION DATE”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s internal controls.

(s) CERTAIN FEES. Other than the fees payable to Capital One Southcoast, Inc and X. X. Xxxxxx & Company (the “PLACEMENT AGENTS”) pursuant to the terms of their engagement letter with the Company of 6% of the aggregate Share Purchase Prices, divided 4.2% to the former and 1.8% to the latter, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(t) PRIVATE PLACEMENT. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

(u) INVESTMENT COMPANY. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares, 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.

(v) LISTING AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. The Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, 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 Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading 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 Trading 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.

(w) APPLICATION OF TAKEOVER PROTECTIONS. The Company and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation or otherwise existing that is applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation the Company’s issuance of the Securities to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

(x) DISCLOSURE. The Company confirms that all disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Company’s Private Placement Memorandum (the “PPM”) and the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof. The Company represents that the PPM does not contain any material nonpublic information concerning the Company or its securities, other than information that will be contained in the Current Report that is referred to in Section 4.4.

(y) NO INTEGRATED OFFERING. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, 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 cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

(z) SOLVENCY. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the Company’s fair saleable value of its assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business for the current fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its debt when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. The SEC Reports set forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “INDEBTEDNESS” shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

(aa) TAXES. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary have filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a material tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.

(bb) NO GENERAL SOLICITATION. Neither the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Shares by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Shares for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.

(cc) FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

(dd) ACCOUNTANTS. The Company’s accountants are named in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. To the Company’s knowledge, such accountants, who the Company expects will express their opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2006, are a registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.

(ee) ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING PURCHASERS’ PURCHASE OF SHARES. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser 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 advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Shares. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

(ff) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REGARDING PURCHASERS’ TRADING ACTIVITY. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f), 3.2(h) and 4.8 hereof), it is understood and agreed by the Company (i) that none of the Purchasers have been asked to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) that past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, including Short Sales, and specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) that any Purchaser, and counter parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) that each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction.

(gg) NO MANIPULATION OF STOCK. The Company has not taken and will not, in violation of applicable law, take, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

(hh) S-3 STATUS. The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 for the registration of the resale of the Shares by the Purchasers and will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain S-3 status with the SEC during the period it is required by the Registration Agreement to maintain such registration of the resale of the shares. To the knowledge of the Company, there exist no facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prohibit or delay the preparation or initial filing of the Registration Statement that is required to effect such registration (the “REGISTRATION STATEMENT”).

(ii) MATERIAL CONTRACTS. All material agreements to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party and which are required to have been filed by the Company pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act have been filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable. Each such agreement is in full force and effect and is binding on the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, and, to the Company’s knowledge, is binding upon such other parties, in each case in accordance with its terms, and neither the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto is in breach of or default under any such agreement, which breach or default would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any written notice regarding the termination of any such agreements.

3.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS. Each Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:

(a) ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY. Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

(b) OWN ACCOUNT. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities and has no arrangement or understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.

(c) PURCHASER STATUS. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not registered as, or required to be registered as, a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Such Purchaser was not organized for the purpose of purchasing the Securities.

(d) EXPERIENCE OF SUCH PURCHASER. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

(e) GENERAL SOLICITATION. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

(f) SHORT SALES. Such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any Short Sales in the securities of the Company (including, without limitations, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities) since May 17, 2006 which was the earliest time that any Purchaser was first contacted regarding an investment in the Company (“DISCUSSION TIME”).

(g) NO TAX, LEGAL, ETC. ADVICE. In evaluating the merits of an investment in the Shares, Purchaser is not relying on the Company, the Placement Agents or their respective counsel for an evaluation of the business, tax, legal or other consequences of such an investment.

(h) ECONOMIC RISK. Purchaser understands that Purchaser must bear the economic risk of investment for an indefinite period of time because the sale of the Shares has not been registered under the Securities Act pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) and Rule 506 thereunder, nor under any applicable state securities laws, and the Shares or any participation therein may not be sold or transferred in the absence of evidence satisfactory to the Company of compliance with applicable laws, including an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company that, among other things, the Shares have been registered under the Act and all applicable state securities laws or that such registrations are not required. The Company has made no agreement whatsoever to repurchase the Shares or, except as expressly provided in the Registration Agreement, to register the transfer of any portion of them under the Securities Act or under any state securities law.

(i) ACCESS TO INFORMATION. Purchaser and its advisors were afforded full and complete access to all information with respect to the Company, its operations and the Shares that Purchaser and such advisors deemed necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares, including the PPM and the SEC Reports, and Purchaser has had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company concerning this investment. Neither the Company nor the Agents have made any representations about the value or performance of the Company or the Shares.

(j) RULE 144. Purchaser is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act which permit limited resale of shares purchased in a private placement subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, which may include, among other things, the existence of a public market for the shares, the availability of certain current public information about the Company, the resale occurring not less than one year after a party has purchased and paid for the security to be sold, the sale being effected through a “broker’s transaction” or in transactions directly with a “market maker” and the number of shares being sold during any three-month period not exceeding specified limitations.

(k) FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. Purchaser acknowledges that information Purchaser has received concerning the Company, including SEC Reports and oral statements, include forward-looking statements about the Company’s current and future business operations, financial projections and other matters. These statements speak only as of the date made, are not guarantees of future performance, and involve known and unknown risks and other factors that could cause actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by them.

(l) PLACEMENT AGENT FEES. Purchaser acknowledges that the Placement Agents will receive a placement fee of 6% of the Share Purchase Prices, and reimbursement of certain expenses up to $50,000, all payable by the Company and that the Company has agreed to indemnify the Placement Agents against certain liabilities, including liabilities in connection with the offering of the Shares.

ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

4.1 TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS.

(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144 or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement.

(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.

(c) Certificates evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)), (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), 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 Commission) and such lack of requirement is confirmed by a legal opinion satisfactory to the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, in connection with the sale of the Shares under the Registration Statement, each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, hereby agrees to adhere to and abide by all prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act and rules and regulations of the Commission. The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Shares issued with a restrictive legend (such date, the “LEGEND REMOVAL DATE”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such Securities 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. Certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Purchasers by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System.

(d) In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares (based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Company’s transfer agent) subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the 10^thTrading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

(e) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom.

4.2 FURNISHING OF INFORMATION. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.

4.3 INTEGRATION. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

4.4 SECURITIES LAWS DISCLOSURE; PUBLICITY. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. Eastern time on the Trading Day following the date hereof, issue a Current Report on Form 8-K, reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agents disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall attach the Transaction Documents thereto. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press release with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, if such release names or otherwise identifies the other of them. The Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal securities law in connection with a Registration Statement and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under subclause (ii).

4.5 SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other Person that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any shareholder rights plan or similar plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, solely by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

4.6 NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION. The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser, or its agents or counsel, with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. The foregoing shall not apply to Purchasers who are directors, employees or current shareholders of the Company holding 5% or more of its capital stock.

4.7 USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for capital expenditures related to drilling and development of oil and gas properties, and for other general corporate purposes.

4.8 SHORT SALES. Each Purchaser covenants that neither it nor any affiliates acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the period commencing from the Discussion Time until the effective date of the Registration Statement unless such Short Sale complies with applicable law and does not cause any exemption from registration relied upon by the Company in issuing the Shares to be jeopardized or lost. Each Purchaser is aware that the Commission’s staff is of the view that covering a short position established prior to the effective date of a resale registration statement with shares included in such registration statement would violate Section 5 of the Securities Act, which view is expressed in Item 65, pertaining to Section 5, under Section A of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance. Such Purchaser will not engage in any Short Sales that result in any disposition of such Purchaser’s Shares or any interest therein, except in compliance with the Securities Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

4.9 INDEMNIFICATION OF PURCHASERS. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.9, the Company will indemnify and hold the Purchasers and their directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees and agents (each, a “PURCHASER PARTY”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation (collectively, “LOSSES”) that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Section or otherwise under this Agreement to the extent that Losses for which the Company would otherwise be liable are attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchasers in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.

4.10 RESERVATION OF COMMON STOCK. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

4.11 LISTING OF COMMON STOCK. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on a Trading Market, and as soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing (but not later than the earlier of the Effective Date and the first anniversary of the Closing Date) to list all of the Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will include in such application all of the Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares to be listed on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market.

4.12 EQUAL TREATMENT OF PURCHASERS. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.

4.13 DELIVERY OF SECURITIES AFTER CLOSING. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the respective Shares purchased by each Purchaser to such Purchaser within 3 Trading Days of the Closing Date.

4.14 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the liability of the Purchaser arising directly or indirectly, under this Agreement or the Registration Agreement of any and every nature whatsoever shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Purchaser, and that no trustee, officer, other investment vehicle or any other affiliate of the Purchaser or any subscriber, shareholder or holder of shares of beneficial interest of the Purchaser shall be personally liable for any liabilities of the Purchaser; provided, however, that such limitation of liability shall not apply to acts of fraud by such trustee, officer, affiliate, subscriber, shareholder or holder of beneficial interests of the Purchaser.

ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before June 6, 2006; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach by the other party (or parties).

5.2 FEES AND EXPENSES. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of the Securities.

5.3 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

5.4 NOTICES. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages hereto.

5.5 AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

5.6 HEADINGS. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. 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.

5.7 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply to the “Purchasers”, including the representations and warranties of Section 3.2, to the extent reasonably required by the Company.

5.8 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.9.

5.9 GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

5.10 SURVIVAL. The representations and warranties herein shall survive the Closing and delivery of the Shares.

5.11 EXECUTION. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together 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, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.

5.12 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.

5.13 RESCISSION AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHT. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under the Transaction Documents and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

5.14 REPLACEMENT OF SECURITIES. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

5.15 REMEDIES. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

5.16 PAYMENT SET ASIDE. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

5.17 INDEPENDENT NATURE OF PURCHASERS’ OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.

5.18 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

5.19 CONSTRUCTION. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

	ARENA RESOURCES, INC.


	By:

	Name:

	Title:

Address for Notice:

Arena Resources, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Fax: __________________________

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Johnson, Jones, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxx
2200 Bank of America Center
00 X. 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOR PURCHASERS FOLLOW]

[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized signatory as of the date first indicated above.

Name of Purchaser: _________________________

By: ______________________________________
Name: ______________________________
Title: _______________________________

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Fax: __________________________

Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):

______________________________
______________________________
______________________________

Subscription Amount:$_________________
Shares: ___________

Purchaser is one or more of the following (check all that apply):

(i)

a bank or savings and loan association.

(ii)

an insurance company.

(iii)

an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in section 2(a)(48) of that Act.

(iv)

a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

(v)

a plan established and maintained by a state or, its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, with total assets over $5,000,000.

(vi)

an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (A) the investment decisions for which are made by a plan fiduciary, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or (B) which has total assets over $5,000,000, or (C) if a self-directed plan, the investment decisions for which are made solely by persons that are described in subsections (g)(i) through (vi) and (g)(viii) through (g)(xv).

(vii)

a private business development company as defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

(viii)

an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or a partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Shares, with total assets over $5,000,000.

(ix)

a trust, with total assets over $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person.

(x)

a director or executive officer of the Company.

(xi)

a natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with such person’s spouse, exceeds $1,000,000.

(xii)

a natural person who had an individual income over $200,000 in each of 2004 and 2005 or joint income with such person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and who has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in 2005.

(xiii)

an entity in which all of the equity owners are persons or entities in the above categories and which has not been organized for the specific purpose of making an investment in the Shares.

(xiv)

none of the above.

Purchaser’s EIN Number is: _________________

Exhibit A

CONTENT OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY

(i) Each of the Company and its Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of its incorporation. To our knowledge, the only entity in which the Company holds a direct or indirect interest is Arena Drilling Co., a Texas corporation (the “Subsidiary”). Each of the Company and the Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each other state in which the nature of its activities or of its properties owned or leased makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (taken as a whole).

(ii) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has the corporate power and authority to own its properties and assets, and to carry on its business as presently conducted.

(iii) The Company has the corporate power to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and perform its obligations thereunder.

(iv) The Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by state or federal securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(v) The shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Purchasers at the Closing under the Securities Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(vi) The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder (a) will not breach or result in a violation of the Company’s Charter, Bylaws, or any judgment, order or decree of any domestic court or arbitrator, known to us, to which the Company is a party or subject and (b) will not constitute a material breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material contract, undertaking, indenture or other agreement or instrument identified in the Form 10-K or the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K filed since the date of the Form 10-K.

(vii) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the valid execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than such consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations or filings as have been made or obtained on or before the date hereof or which are not required to be made or obtained until after the date hereof.

(viii) Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports or PPM or Securities Purchase Agreement, there is, to our current actual knowledge, no action, suit or proceeding pending against the Company or its properties in any court or before any governmental authority or agency, or arbitration board or tribunal (a) which seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent the consummation of, or otherwise challenge the Transaction Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, or (b) which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business or properties (taken as a whole).

(ix) Based upon the representations of each Purchaser and the Company contained in the Transaction Documents, the offer, sale, issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock under the circumstances contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

(x) To our knowledge, no stockholder of the Company has any right to require the Company to register the sale of any shares owned by such stockholder under the Securities Act in the Registration Statement that will be filed under the Registration Agreement.

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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS

ARTICLE II. PURCHASE AND SALE

ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

ARTICLE IV. OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

ARTICLE V. MISCELLANEOUS

CONTENT OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY

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ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS

ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE

ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS