EX-10.1 2 ex10-1.htm

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

August 14, 2024

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED SENIOR SECURED

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

This serves as Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note (“Amendment”) with an original issuance date of April 16, 2024 and an Amended and Restated Note Issuance Date of April 24, 2024 (the “Note”), issued by Trio Petroleum Corp. (the “Maker”) to                (the “Holder”). All initially capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Note.

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Note with respect to certain matters set forth below in this Amendment.

 

NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned agree as follows:

 

1. Amendment(s)

 

a. Interests shall begin to accrue on the outstanding principal balance of the Note commencing on August 16, 2024 at a rate of 15% per annum. The outstanding principal balance of the Note on such date is $375,000. Section 1.2 of the Note is amended in its entirety, as follows:

 

1.2 Interest. This Note has been issued with original issue discount and from the Original Issuance Date through and until August 15, 2024, no interest has accrued hereunder. From and after August 16, 2024, interest shall accrue hereunder at a rate equal to 15% per annum or, if less, the highest amount permitted by law (such interest shall be referred to as “Interest”), shall compound monthly based upon a 360-day year, and shall be due and payable on the first Trading Day of each month until the Note has been repaid, in full (an “Interest Payment Date”).

 

All references to Default Interest and Default Interest Payment Date in the Note shall be changed to Interest and Interest Payment Date, respectively.

 

b. The Maturity Date is hereby extended through and until September 16, 2024. Section 1.3 of the Note is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1.3 Principal Installment Payments. Subject to the provisions of Section 1.4 hereafter, on September 16, 2024 (such date, the “Maturity Date”), the Company shall pay to Holder an amount of cash representing the Outstanding Balance due under this Note as of the Maturity Date. The Maturity Date may be extended at the sole discretion of the Holder for any number of consecutive thirty (30) day periods. The Maker and the Holder agree that all payments made under this Note, including without limitation the provisions of Article 1, shall be subject in all cases to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. No Event of Default. Holder acknowledges and agrees that from the Original Issuance Date through and until the date of this Amendment no Event of Default has occurred under the Note.

 

3. No Other Changes. Except as specifically provided in this Amendment, all other terms and conditions of the Note and the Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

4. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. This Amendment shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Amendment to be drafted.

 

5. Exclusive Jurisdiction; Venue. Any action, proceeding or claim arising out of, or relating in any way to, this Amendment shall be brought and enforced as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

6. Execution. This Amendment 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 each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. If any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, 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 or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note on the date set forth above.

 

  MAKER:
     
  TRIO PETROLEUM CORP.
  5401 Business Park, Suite 115
  Bakersfield, CA 93309
     
  By: /s/ Robin Ross
  Name: Robin Ross
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  By: /s/
  Name:  
  Title: Director