SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of
November 5, 2007, by and among Index Oil and Gas, Inc., a Nevada corporation
with headquarters located at 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000 (the “Company”),
and the investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto as Exhibit A
(individually, an “Investor” and collectively,
the “Investors”).
BACKGROUND
A. The
Company and each Investor acknowledges that the Agreement is intended to be an
offshore transaction pursuant to Regulation S (“Regulation S”) as promulgated by
the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Investor understands
that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the
Investor’s compliance with the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments and understandings of the Subscriber set forth herein in order
to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the
Subscriber to acquire the Securities.
B. The
Company is selling units, each unit consisting of one share of common stock,
$0.001 par value (the “Common
Stock”), and one Loyalty Warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 0.50
share of Common Stock, at a purchase price of $0.50 per unit (the “Purchase Price”) (the “Units”). The
Warrant shall not be exercisable until the second anniversary of the Closing
Date, as defined herein, to those subscribers who meet the requirements set
forth in the Warrant. The Warrants will be in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B.
C. Each
Investor, severally and not jointly, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes
to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, Units
consisting of (i) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite such Investor’s name on the Schedule of Investors in Exhibit A (the
“Common Shares”) and
(ii) a Loyalty Warrant to acquire up to that aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock as set forth opposite such Investor’s name on the Schedule of
Investors (the “Warrant
Shares”), at the aggregate Purchase Price set forth opposite such
Investor’s name on the Schedule of Investors in Exhibit A, up to
an aggregate of twenty million (20,000,000) Units, for an aggregate purchase
price of not less than Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) and not to exceed Ten
Million Dollars ($10,000,000).
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 Investors 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 shall have the meanings indicated in this
Section 1.1:
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"Action" means any action,
suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding
such as a deposition) or investigation pending or threatened in writing against
or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties
before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency,
regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), stock market,
stock exchange or trading facility.
"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.
"Business Day" means any day
except Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a federal legal holiday or a day on
which banking institutions in the State of New York or State of Connecticut are
authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
"Closing" means the closing of
the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Article II.
"Closing Date" means the
Business Day immediately following the date on which all of the conditions set
forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 hereof are satisfied, or such other date as the
parties may agree.
"Commission" means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any securities into
which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
"Common Stock Equivalents"
means any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which entitle the holder
thereof to acquire Common Stock at any time, 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 or other securities that entitle the holder to
receive, directly or indirectly, Common Stock.
"Company Counsel" means
Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP.
“Company Deliverables” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Confidential Prospective Purchaser
Questionnaire” has the meaning set forth
in
Section 2.2(b)(ii) and is attached hereto as Exhibit E.
“Disclosure Materials” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
"Escrow Agreement" means the
Escrow Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2007, among the Company, ICP and the
escrow agent (the “Escrow
Agent”) set forth therein, in the form of Exhibit D
hereto.
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"Exchange Act" means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“GAAP” means U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles.
“ICP” ” means International
Capital Partners
“Intellectual Property Rights”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p).
"Investment Amount" means,
with respect to each Investor, the product of the Per Unit Purchase Price
multiplied by the number of Units being purchased by such Investor (as indicated
on such Investor’s signature page to this Agreement).
“Investor Deliverables” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
“Investor Party” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
"Lien" means any lien, charge,
encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal or other restrictions of
any kind.
“Material Adverse Effect”
means any of (i) a material and adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material and adverse effect
on the results of operations, assets, prospects, business or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (iii) an adverse impairment to the Company's ability to perform on a timely
basis its obligations under any Transaction Document.
“New York Courts” means the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan.
"Outside Date" means December 7,
2007.
“Per Unit Purchase Price” means
$0.50 per Unit.
“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.
“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” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the Shares,
the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
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“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Shares” means the shares of
Common Stock issued or issuable to the Investors pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Short Sales” include, without
limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect stock
pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar
arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other
transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated
brokers.
“Subsidiary” means any
“significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X
promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act.
“Trading Day” means (i) a day
on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, or (ii) if the Common
Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is
quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the Pink Sheets, LLC (or
any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting
prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or
quoted as set forth in (i) and (ii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a
Business Day.
“Trading Market” means
whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ National Market, the NASDAQ SmallCap Market or OTC Bulletin Board on
which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question.
“Transaction Documents” means
this Agreement, the Warrants, the Escrow Agreement and any other documents or
agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“Unit” shall mean one Share of
the Company’s common stock and a Warrant to purchase one-half share of the
Company common stock.
"Warrants" means the Common
Stock purchase warrants in the form of Exhibit
B.
"Warrant Shares" means the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing. Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing the
Company shall issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor shall,
severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, the Shares and the
Warrants representing such Investor’s Investment Amount. The Closing
shall take place at the offices of Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, 00
Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 on the Closing Date or at such other location or time as the
parties may agree.
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2.2 Closing
Deliveries. (a) At the Closing, the Company shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to each Investor and the Placement Agent the
following (the "Company
Deliverables"):
(i) a
certificate evidencing the number of Shares indicated on such Investor’s
signature page to this Agreement, registered in the name of such
Investor;
(ii) a Form of
Warrant in the name of such Investor, pursuant to which such Investor shall have
the right, if the conditions contained within the Warrant are satisfied,
attached hereto as Exhibit B, to
exercise the Warrant on the 2 year anniversary of the Closing Date giving the
Subscriber the right to acquire the number of shares of Common Stock equal to
50% of the number of Shares issued and retained by such Investor
pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i);
(iii) the legal
opinion of Company Counsel, in agreed form, addressed to the
Investors;
(iv) the
Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Company, ICP and the Escrow
Agent.
(b) At the
Closing, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following (the
"Investor
Deliverables"):
(i) to the
Escrow Agent, its Investment Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately
available funds, by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the
Escrow Agent for such purpose; and
(ii) to the
Company the Confidential Prospective Questionnaire
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to each Investor and the Placement
Agent :
(a) Subsidiaries. The
Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries other than as specified in the
SEC Reports. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(a), the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock of each
Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and
are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar
rights.
(b) Organization and
Qualification. The Company and each Subsidiary are 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 of
any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents. The Company and each Subsidiary are duly qualified to
conduct its respective businesses and are 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, could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(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. Each Transaction Document 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 as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to,
or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by
other equitable principles of general application.
(d) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
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, 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) 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 could not, individually or in the aggregate,
have or 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 by state securities laws, (ii) the filing of a Notice of
Sale of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the
Securities Act, (iii) the filings required in accordance with Section 4.5 and
(iv) those that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this
Agreement.
(f) Issuance of the
Securities. The Securities have been 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. As of the Closing, the Company will have reserved from its
duly authorized capital stock the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
this Agreement and the Warrants in order to issue the Shares and the Warrant
Shares.
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(g) Capitalization. The
number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company, and all shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
the Company’s various option and incentive plans, is specified in the SEC
Reports. Except as specified in the SEC Reports, no securities of the
Company are entitled to preemptive or similar rights, and 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 specified in the SEC Reports, or as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(g), there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip 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 securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of
Common Stock. The issue and sale of the Securities will not,
immediately or with the passage of time, obligate the Company to issue shares of
Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Investors) and
will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the
exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such
securities.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.1(h), the
Company has filed all reports 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 twelve months preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the
Company was required by law to file such reports) (the foregoing materials being
collectively referred to herein as the "SEC Reports" and, together
with the Schedules to this Agreement (if any), the "Disclosure Materials") on a
timely basis or has timely filed 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 GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as
may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto,
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. The Company shall continue to timely file all SEC Reports in order
to enable Investors to sell their Shares in reliance on Rule 144 under the 1933
Act. If, at any time after an Investor has held or is deemed to have
held his, her, or its Shares for a period of more than one year following
Closing and is not yet eligible to sell his, her or its Shares in reliance on
Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act, the Company does not timely file an SEC Report
resulting in Investor’s inability to sell his Shares in reliance on Rule 144,
the Company will be liable to each such Investor for partial liquidated damages
for each Unit Share then eligible to be sold, in each instance, until cured, in
the amount of 1% of the aggregate Subscription Amount of the Shares then held by
such Investor for each 30 day period up to a maximum of 180 days
(i) Press
Releases. The press releases disseminated by the Company
during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole
do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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 and
when made, not misleading.
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(j) Material
Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in
the SEC Reports or on Schedule 3.1(j), (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, accrued expenses and other liabilities 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 or the identity of its auditors, (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 or restricted stock
plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any
request for confidential treatment of information.
(k) Litigation. There
is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii)
except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity
as such), 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, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC
Reports. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company,
there is not pending any investigation by the Commission involving the Company
or any current or former director or officer of the Company (in his or her
capacity as such). 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.
(l) 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.
(m) Compliance. Except
as disclosed in the SEC Reports, 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 relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health
and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except
in each case as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is in compliance
with all effective requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder, that are applicable to it, except
where such noncompliance could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(n) 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 could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such permits.
(o) Title to
Assets. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.1(o), the
Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all
real property owned by them that is material to their respective businesses and
good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is
material to their respective businesses, in each case free and clear of all
Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property
and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries. 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, except as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(p) 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 that are 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, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected
to result in 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. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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.
(q) 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. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be
able to renew its and the Subsidiaries’ 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 on terms consistent with market for the
Company’s and such Subsidiaries’ respective lines of business.
(r) 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.
(s) Internal Accounting
Controls. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company
and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient 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 GAAP 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. The Company has established
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and
procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company,
including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s
Form 10-K or 10-Q, as the case may be, is being prepared. The
Company's certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's
controls and procedures in accordance with Item 307 of Regulation S-K under the
Exchange Act for the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter or fiscal
year-end (such date, the "Evaluation
Date"). The Company presented in its most recently filed Form
10-KSB or Form 10-Q the conclusions of the certifying officers about the
effectiveness of the disclosure 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 308(c) 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.
(t) Solvency. Based
on the financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date (and assuming
that the Closing shall have occurred), (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).
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(u) Certain Registration
Matters. Assuming the accuracy of the Investors’ representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2(b)-(e), no registration under the Securities
Act is required for the offer and sale of the Shares and Warrant Shares by the
Company to the Investors under the Transaction Documents. The Company
is eligible to register the resale of its Common Stock for resale by the
Investors under Form SB-2 promulgated under the Securities
Act. Except as specified in Schedule 3.1(u), the
Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including
"piggy-back" registration rights) to have any securities of the Company
registered with the Commission or any other governmental authority that have not
been satisfied.
(v) Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. Except as specified in the SEC Reports and on
Schedule
3.1(v), the Company has not, in the two years preceding the date hereof,
received notice from any Trading Market to the effect that the Company is not in
compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements thereof. The
Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable
future continue to be, in compliance with the listing and maintenance
requirements for continued listing of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on
which the Common Stock is currently listed or quoted. The issuance
and sale of the Securities under the Transaction Documents does not contravene
the rules and regulations of the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is
currently listed or quoted, and no approval of the shareholders of the Company
thereunder is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the Investors the
Securities contemplated by Transaction Documents.
(w) Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and
immediately following the Closing will not have become, an “investment company”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(x) No Additional
Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or
understanding with any Investor with respect to the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction
Documents.
(y) Disclosure. The
Company confirms that neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf has
provided any Investor or its respective agents or counsel with any information
that the Company believes constitutes material, non-public information except
insofar as the existence and terms of the proposed transactions hereunder may
constitute such information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Investors will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to
the Investors regarding the Company, its business and the transactions
contemplated hereby, furnished by or on behalf of the Company (including the
Company’s representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement) are true
and correct and 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.
(z) Intentionally
Left Blank.
(aa) Tax Returns and
Payments. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries
have
filed all tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be filed by
it. All taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns, any
assessments imposed, and all other taxes due and payable by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries on or before the Closing, have been paid or will be paid
prior to the time they become delinquent. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(aa), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been
advised:
(i) that
any of its returns, federal, state or other, have been or are being audited as
of the date hereof; or
(ii) of
any adjustment, deficiency, assessment or court decision in respect of its
federal, state or other taxes.
The
Company has no knowledge of any liability for any tax to be imposed upon its
properties or assets as of the date of this Agreement that is not adequately
provided for.
(bb) Registration Rights and
Voting Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(bb), except
as disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is presently under any obligation, and neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries has granted any rights, to register any of the Company’s or
any of its Subsidiaries’ presently outstanding securities or any of its
securities that may hereafter be issued. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(bb), except as disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports, to the
Company’s knowledge, no stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has entered into any agreement with respect to the voting of equity securities
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(cc) Environmental and Safety
Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries
is in violation of any applicable statute, law or regulation relating to the
environment or occupational health and safety, and to its knowledge, no material
expenditures are or will be required in order to comply with any such existing
statute, law or regulation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(cc),
no Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined in this Section 3.1(cc)) are used
or have been used, stored, or disposed of by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, by any other person or entity on
any property owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, “Hazardous
Materials” shall mean:
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(i) materials
which are listed or otherwise defined as “hazardous” or “toxic” under any
applicable local, state, federal and/or foreign laws and regulations that govern
the existence and/or remedy of contamination on property, the protection of the
environment from contamination, the control of hazardous wastes, or other
activities involving hazardous substances, including building materials;
or
(ii) any
petroleum products or nuclear materials.
(dd)
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Valid
Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the representations
and
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warranties
of the Investors contained in this Agreement and any other documents or
agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder,
the offer, sale and issuance of the Securities will be exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), by reason of Regulation S thereunder and will have been
registered or qualified (or are exempt from registration and qualification)
under the registration, permit or qualification requirements of all applicable
securities laws.
(ee)
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Maintenance of Oil and
Gas Properties. The oil and gas properties of
the
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Company
have been maintained, operated and developed in a good and workmanlike manner
and in conformity in all material respects with all governmental requirements
and in conformity in all material respects with the provisions of all leases,
subleases or other contracts comprising a part of the oil and gas properties and
other contracts and agreements forming a part of the oil and gas properties of
the Company. Specifically in connection with the foregoing, (i) no
oil and gas property of the Company is subject to having allowable production
reduced below the full and regular allowable (including the maximum permissible
tolerance) because of any overproduction (whether or not the same was
permissible at the time) and (ii) none of the xxxxx comprising a part of the oil
and gas properties of the Company is deviated from the vertical more than the
maximum permitted by governmental requirements, and such xxxxx are, in fact,
bottomed under and are producing from, and the well bores are wholly within, the
oil and gas properties of the Company. All pipelines, xxxxx, gas
processing plants, platforms and other material improvements, fixtures and
equipment owned in whole or in part by the Company that are necessary to conduct
normal operations are being maintained in a state adequate to conduct normal
operations, and with respect to such of the foregoing which are operated by the
Company, in a manner consistent with such Company’s past practices.
3.2 Representations and
Warranties of the Investors. Each Investor hereby, for itself
and for no other Investor, represents and warrants to the Company and Placement
Agent as follows:
(a) Authority. The
execution, delivery and performance by such Investor of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or, if such Investor is not a corporation, such partnership, limited
liability company or other applicable like action, on the part of such
Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed by such Investor, and
when delivered by such Investor in accordance with terms hereof, will constitute
the valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’
rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application. The
Investor agrees that it is acquiring the Securities in an offshore transaction
pursuant to Regulation S, promulgated under the Securities Act, and hereby
represents to the Company as follows:
(i) Investor
is outside the United States when receiving and executing this Agreement;
and
(ii) Investor
has not acquired the Securities as a result of, and will not itself engage in,
any “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities
Act) in the United States in respect of the Securities which would include any
activities undertaken for the purpose of, or that could reasonably be expected
to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the United States for the
resale of the Securities; provided, however, that the Investor may sell or
otherwise dispose of the Securities pursuant to registration of the Securities
under the Securities Act and any applicable state and provincial securities laws
or under an exemption from such registration requirements and as otherwise
provided herein.
(b) Compliance with U.S.
Securities Laws. The Investor agrees that the Company will
refuse to register any transfer of the Securities not made in accordance with
the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with
applicable state and provincial securities laws.
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(c) Distribution Compliance
Period. The Investor understands and agrees that offers and
sales of any of the Securities prior to the expiration of a period of one year
after the date of transfer of the Securities under this Subscription Agreement
(the “Distribution Compliance Period”), shall only be made in compliance with
the safe harbor provisions set forth in Regulation S, pursuant to the
registration provisions of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom, and
that all offers and sales after the Distribution Compliance Period shall be made
only in compliance with the registration provisions of the Securities Act or an
exemption therefrom, and in each case only in accordance with all applicable
securities laws.
(d) Investor
Status. At the time such Investor was offered the Securities,
it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises
Warrants it will be, an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) under
the Securities Act. Such Investor is not a registered broker-dealer
under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
(e) General
Solicitation. Such Investor 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) Access to
Information. Such Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed
the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such
questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from,
representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the
offering of the Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities;
(ii) access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their
respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties,
management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and
(iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company
possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is
necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the
investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation
conducted by or on behalf of such Investor or its representatives or counsel
shall modify, amend or affect such Investor's right to rely on the truth,
accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company's
representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents.
(g) Certain Trading
Activities. Such Investor has not directly or indirectly, nor
has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such
Investor, engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company
(including, without limitations, any Short Sales involving the Company’s
securities) since the earlier to occur of (1) the time that such Investor was
first contacted by the Company or ICP regarding an investment in the Company and
(2) the 30th
calendar day prior to the date of this Agreement. Such Investor
covenants that neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with it will engage in any transactions in the securities of the
Company (including Short Sales) prior to the time that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed.
(h) Limited
Ownership.
The purchase by such Investor of the Securities issuable to it at the Closing
will not result in such Investor (individually or together with any other Person
with whom such Investor has identified, or will have identified, itself as part
of a “group” in a public filing made with the Commission involving the Company’s
securities) acquiring, or obtaining the right to acquire, in excess of 19.999%
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or the voting power of the Company on
a post transaction basis that assumes that the Closing shall have
occurred. Such Investor does not presently intend to, alone or
together with others, make a public filing with the Commission to disclose that
it has (or that it together with such other Persons have) acquired, or obtained
the right to acquire, as a result of the Closing (when added to any other
securities of the Company that it or they then own or have the right to
acquire), in excess of 19.999% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or the
voting power of the Company on a post transaction basis that assumes that the
Closing shall have occurred.
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(i) Independent Investment
Decision. Such Investor has independently evaluated the merits
of its decision to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
and such Investor confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other
Investor’s business and/or legal counsel in making such
decision. Such Investor has not relied on the business or legal
advice of ICP or any of its agents, counsel or Affiliates in making its
investment decision hereunder, and confirms that none of such Persons has made
any representations or warranties to such Investor in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that no Investor has made or makes any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.
ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 (a) Securities
may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities
laws. In connection with any transfer of the Securities other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement, to the Company, to an Affiliate
of an Investor 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, 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.
(b) Certificates
evidencing the Securities will contain the following legend, until such time as
they are not required under Section 4.1(c):
THESE
SECURITIES WERE ISSUED IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT U.S.
PERSONS (AS DEFINED HEREIN) PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”). ACCORDINGLY,
NONE OF THE SECURITIES TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE RELATES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE 1933 ACT, OR ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO
REGISTERED, NONE MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES OR, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, TO U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED HEREIN) EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT AND IN EACH CASE ONLY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION,
HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1933 ACT.
The Company acknowledges and agrees
that an Investor may from time to time pledge, and/or grant a security interest
in some or all of the Securities pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement in
connection with a bona fide margin account and, if required under the terms of
such agreement or account, such Investor may transfer pledged or secured
Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or
transfer would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company and no legal
opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be
required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion may be required
in connection with a subsequent transfer following default by the Investor
transferee of the pledge. No notice shall be required of such
pledge. At the appropriate Investor’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 including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus
supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable
provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling
Stockholders thereunder.
(c) Certificates
evidencing the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including
the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)): (i) following a sale or transfer of
such Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement or (ii)
following a sale or transfer of such Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule
144 (assuming the transferor is not an Affiliate of the Company), or (iii) while
such Shares or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule
144(k). 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.
4.2 Furnishing of
Information. As long as any Investor owns the 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 Investor owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports
pursuant to such laws, it will prepare and furnish to the Investors and make
publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is
required for the Investors to sell the Shares and Warrant Shares 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 the Shares and Warrant Shares without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rule 144. If, at any time after an Investor has held or
is deemed to have held his, her, or its Common Shares comprising part of the
Units (the “Unit Shares’) or Warrant Shares for a period of more than one year
and is not yet eligible to sell his, her or its Unit Shares or Warrant Shares in
reliance on Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, the Company is or
becomes delinquent with regard to the filing of an Exchange Act report resulting
in an Investor’s inability to sell his, her, or its Unit Shares or Warrant
Shares in reliance on Rule 144, the Company will be liable to each such Investor
for partial liquidated damages, in each instance, until cured, in the amount of
one percent (1% ) for each thirty (30) day period, of the aggregate subscription
amount paid for the number of Unit Shares and/or Warrant Shares that are then
eligible for sale, as the case may be with respect to which the Investors
experience an inability to sell in reliance on Rule 144; provided, however, that
in no event shall the Company be liable for such partial liquidated damages for
any period in excess of an aggregate of one hundred and eighty (180)
days.
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4.3 Integration. The
Company shall not, and shall use its best efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of
the Company shall, 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 Investors, or that would be integrated with the offer
or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any
Trading Market in a manner that would require stockholder approval of the sale
of the securities to the Investors.
4.4 Securities Laws Disclosure;
Publicity. By 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on the 4th Trading
Day following the execution of this Agreement, and by 9:00 a.m. (New York time)
on the 4th Trading
Day following the Closing Date, the Company shall issue press releases
disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby and the Closing. On
the 4th Trading
Day following the Closing Date of this Agreement the Company will file a Current
Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the Transaction Documents
(and attach as exhibits thereto the Transaction Documents) and disclosing the
Closing. In addition, the Company will make such other filings and
notices in the manner and time required by the Commission and the Trading Market
on which the Common Stock is listed. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Investor, or include the
name of any Investor in any filing with the Commission (other than any exhibits
to filings made in respect of this transaction in accordance with periodic
filing requirements under the Exchange Act) or any regulatory agency or Trading
Market, without the prior written consent of such Investor, except to the extent
such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations.
4.5 Indemnification of
Investors. The Company will indemnify and hold the Investors
and their directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees and agents
(each, an "Investor
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
Investor Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to any
misrepresentation, breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement made by the Company in any Transaction
Document. In addition to the indemnity contained herein, the Company
will reimburse each Investor Party for its reasonable legal and other expenses
(including the cost of any investigation, preparation and travel in connection
therewith) incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses are
incurred.
4.6 Non-Public
Information. The Company covenants and agrees that neither it
nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Investor or its
agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes
material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Investor shall have
executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such
information. The Company understands and confirms that each Investor
shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
4.7 Listing of
Securities. The Company agrees, (i) if the Company applies to
have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will include in
such application the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take such other action
as is necessary or desirable to cause the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed
on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible, and (ii) it 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 material respects with the
Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of
the Trading Market.
4.8 Use of
Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds from the sale
of the Securities hereunder for satisfaction of debt, acquisitions, general
working capital purposes and general and administrative expenses not otherwise
paid for by operating revenues.
ARTICLE
V.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
5.1 Conditions Precedent to the
Obligations of the Investors to Purchase Securities. The
obligation of each Investor to acquire Securities at the Closing is subject to
the satisfaction or waiver by such Investor, at or before the Closing, of each
of the following conditions:
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(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
date when made and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such
date;
(b) Performance. The
Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the
Closing;
(c) No
Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or
endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that
prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents;
(d) Adverse
Changes. Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no
event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably could have or
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) No Suspensions of Trading in
Common Stock; Listing. Trading in the Common Stock shall not
have been suspended by the Commission or any Trading Market (except for any
suspensions of trading of not more than one Trading Day solely to permit
dissemination of material information regarding the Company) at any time since
the date of execution of this Agreement, and the Common Stock shall have been at
all times since such date listed for trading on a Trading Market;
(f) Company
Deliverables. The Company shall have delivered the Company
Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(a).
5.2 Conditions Precedent to the
Obligations of the Company to sell Securities. The obligation
of the Company to sell Securities at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction
or waiver by the Company, at or before the Closing, of each of the following
conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of each
Investor contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of
such date;
(b) Performance. Each
Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Investor at or
prior to the Closing;
(c) No
Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or
endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that
prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents;
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(d) Investors
Deliverables. Each Investor shall have delivered its Investors
Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(b).
ARTICLE
VI.
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Fees and
Expenses. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its
advisers, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred
by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents, however the Company shall pay all of
its own legal fees as well as those legal fees of ICP, plus all stamp and other
taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale of the Shares.
6.2 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,
understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect
to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such
documents, exhibits and schedules.
6.3 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 (provided the sender receives a
machine-generated confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile
number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 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
specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30
p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 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 follows:
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Oil and Gas, Inc.
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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(000) 000-0000
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(000) 000-0000
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With a
copy to:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
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Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
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Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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(000) 000-0000
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(000) 000-0000
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If
to an Investor:
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To
the address set forth under such Investor's
name
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on
the signature pages hereof;
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or such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by
such Person.
6.4 Amendments; Waivers; No
Additional Consideration. No provision of this Agreement may
be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company and
the Investors holding a majority of the Shares. 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. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Investor to
amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction
Document unless the same consideration is also offered to all Investors who then
hold Shares.
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6.5 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated prior to Closing:
(a) by
written agreement of the Investors and the Company; and
(b) by the
Company or an Investor (as to itself but no other Investor) upon written notice
to the other, if the Closing shall not have taken place by 6:30 p.m. Eastern
time on the Outside Date, as such may be extended pursuant to Section 6.5(c)
hereof; provided, that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.5(b) shall not be
available to any Person whose failure to comply with its obligations under this
Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to
occur on or before such time.
In the event of a termination pursuant
to this Section, the Company shall promptly notify all non-terminating
Investors. Upon a termination in accordance with this Section 6.5, the Company
and the terminating Investor(s) shall not have any further obligation or
liability (including as arising from such termination) to the other and no
Investor will have any liability to any other Investor under the Transaction
Documents as a result therefrom.
(c) Notwithstanding
the termination provisions set forth in Section 6.5(b) the Outside Date may be
extended for up to 30 days by mutual agreement of ICP and the
Company.
6.6 Construction. 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. This Agreement
shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents.
6.7 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 the Investors. Any
Investor may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person
to whom such Investor 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 "Investors."
6.8 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 4.7 (as to each Investor
Party).
6.9 Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement 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. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to the enforcement of the any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that
it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or
that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient
forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service
of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to
trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party
shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of a Transaction Document,
then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such
Proceeding.
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6.10 Survival. The
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall
survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
6.11 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.
6.12 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.
6.13 Rescission and Withdrawal
Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents,
whenever any Investor exercises a right, election, demand or option under a
Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Investor 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.
6.14 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. If
a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is requested
due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated
certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a
replacement.
6.15 Remedies. In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investors 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 agree to waive in any
action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy
at law would be adequate.
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6.16 Payment Set
Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to any Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document or an Investor
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.
6.17 Independent Nature of
Investors' Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Investor under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any
way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor under any
Transaction Document. The decision of each Investor to purchase
Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Investor
independently of any other Investor. Nothing contained herein or in
any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Investors 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 Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has
acted as agent for such Investor in connection with making its investment
hereunder and that no Investor will be acting as agent of such Investor in
connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its
rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Investor 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 Investor to
be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of the Investors has been
provided with the same Transaction Documents for the purpose of closing a
transaction with multiple Investors and not because it was required or requested
to do so by any Investor.
6.18 Limitation of
Liability. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the Company acknowledges and agrees that the liability of an Investor arising
directly or indirectly, under any Transaction Document of any and every nature
whatsoever shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of such Investor, and
that no trustee, officer, other investment vehicle or any other Affiliate of
such Investor or any investor, shareholder or holder of shares of beneficial
interest of such a Investor shall be personally liable for any liabilities of
such Investor.
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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.
INDEX OIL AND GAS, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||
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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.
NAME OF INVESTOR | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Number of Shares being purchased: | ||
Tax ID No.: | ||
ADDRESS FOR NOTICE | ||
c/o: | ||
Street: | ||
City/State/Zip: | ||
Attention: | ||
Tel: | ||
Fax: | ||
DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS | ||
(if different from above) | ||
c/o: | ||
Street: | ||
City/State/Zip: | ||
Attention: | ||
Tel: |
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Exhibit
A
SCHEDULE OF
SHAREHOLDERS
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EXHIBIT
B
LOYALTY
WARRANT
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EXHIBIT
C
None
provided
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EXHIBIT
D
ESCROW AGENT
AGREEMENT
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Exhibit
E
INVESTOR
QUESTIONNAIRE
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SCHEDULE
3.1(a)
SUBSIDIARIES
The LLC
subsidiaries are capitalized by way of capital contributions and do not issue
capital stock.
SCHEDULE
3.1(g)
CAPITALIZATION
On August
13, 2007, Xx. Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx informed the Company that he was resigning from
his position as Executive Vice President Exploration and Production effective as
of November 1, 2007. As such, 25,000 of unvested shares previously
awarded to Xx. Xxxxxxxx in August 2006 were forfeited and also 250,000 unvested
options previously awarded to Xx. Xxxxxxxx in March 2007 were forfeited and the
term of exercise for the remaining 250,000 vested options was changed to end on
March 19, 2008.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2007, the Company issued a stock award of
25,000 shares of common stock to an employee contingent on 183 days of
continuous service. Upon satisfaction of the terms of the award, the
employee will be issued 25,000 shares of restricted common stock of the
Company.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2007, the Company also issued stock options
to purchase 125,000 shares of common stock to a new employee, of which 62,500
options vested on date of grant.
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SCHEDULE
3.1(h)
SEC REPORTS; FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
None.
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SCHEDULE
3.1(j)
MATERIAL
CHANGES
None.
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SCHEDULE
3.1(o)
TITLE TO
ASSETS
None
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SCHEDULE
3.1 (u)
CERTAIN REGISTRATION
MATTERS
None.
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SCHEDULE
3.1 (v)
LISTING AND MAINTENANCE
REQUIREMENTS
None.
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SCHEDULE
3.1 (aa)
TAX RETURNS AND
PAYMENTS
The legal
entity Index Oil and Gas Inc. has not filed any UK Corporation tax returns
pending agreement with the relevant authorities as to whether it is UK tax
resident.
The
Company’s UK subsidiary, Index Oil & Gas Limited, has been notified it is be
subject to a Value Added Tax (VAT) audit.
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SCHEDULE
3.1 (BB)
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND
VOTING RIGHTS
None.
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SCHEDULE
3.1 (cc)
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY
LAWS
None.
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