UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 3, 2013 (August 28, 2013)
DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Washington | 000-50107 | 91-0626366 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
601 W. Main Ave., Suite 1017 Spokane, WA |
| 99201 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
| (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (509) 232-7674
(Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Working Interest in Kentucky Acreage
Effective August 28, 2013, Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., a Washington corporation (the Company) acquired a 25% working interest in approximately 6,100 acres in two large contiguous acreage blocks in the Twin Bottoms Field in Lawrence County, Kentucky (the Kentucky Acreage) from App Energy, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (App). The working interest was acquired in connection with a series of transactions with the Company, App and the Companys lender under its revolving credit facility, Maximilian Investors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Lender).
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement
In connection with the Companys acquisition of a working interest in the Kentucky Acreage, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 28, 2013 by and between the Company, as borrower, and the Lender (the Amended Loan Agreement). The Amended Loan Agreement amended and restated in its entirety the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 31, 2012 between the Company and the Lender. Pursuant to the Amended Loan Agreement, interest on the Companys loans thereunder, including outstanding indebtedness, was decreased from 18% per annum to 12% per annum, with a monthly commitment fee of 0.5% per month of the outstanding principal balance of the loans remaining unchanged. Loans under the Amended Loan Agreement will mature on August 28, 2017. The obligations under the Amended Loan Agreement continue to be secured by a perfected first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company, including the Companys leases in Kern County, California. Pursuant to the Amended Loan Agreement, the Companys revolving credit facility was increased to $90 million, divided into two borrowing sublimits. The first borrowing sublimit is $50 million and is for borrowing by the Company, primarily for its ongoing oil and gas exploration and development activities. The second borrowing sublimit, of $40 million, is for loans to be extended by the Company, as lender, to App, as borrower pursuant to a Loan and Security Agreement entered into between the Company and App as of August 28, 2013 (the App Loan Agreement), as described below.
The Amended Loan Agreement contains customary covenants for loan of such type, including among other things, covenants that restrict the Companys ability to make capital expenditures, incur indebtedness, incur liens and dispose of property. The Amended Loan Agreement also contains various events of default, including failure to pay principal and interest when due, breach of covenants, materially incorrect representations and bankruptcy or insolvency. If an event of default occurs, all of the Companys obligations under the Amended Loan Agreement could be accelerated by the Lender, causing all loans outstanding (including accrued interest and fees payable thereunder) to be declared immediately due and payable.
App Loan Agreement
The App Loan Agreement provides for a revolving credit facility of up to $40 million, maturing on August 28, 2017, with a minimum commitment of $2.65 million (the Initial Advance). All funds advanced to App, as borrower, by Daybreak, as lender, are to be borrowed by Daybreak under its Amended Loan Agreement with the Lender. The Initial Advance bears interest at a rate per annum equal to 16.8%, and subsequent loans under the Loan Agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 12%. The App Loan Agreement also provides for a monthly commitment fee of 0.6% per month of the outstanding principal balance of the loans. The obligations under the App Loan Agreement are secured by a perfected first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of App, including the Companys leases in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
The proceeds of the initial borrowing by App of $2.65 million under the App facility were primarily used to (a) pay loan fees and closing costs, (b) repay indebtedness and (c) finance the drilling of three wells by App in the Kentucky Acreage in which the Company has a 25% working interest. Future advances under the facility will primarily be used for oil and gas exploration and development activities.
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The App Loan Agreement contains customary covenants for loan of such type, including, among other things, covenants that restrict Apps ability to make capital expenditures, incur indebtedness, incur liens and dispose of property. The App Loan Agreement also contains various events of default, including failure to pay principal and interest when due, breach of covenants, materially incorrect representations and bankruptcy or insolvency. If an event of default occurs, all of Apps obligations under the App Loan Agreement could be accelerated by the Company, causing all loans outstanding (including accrued interest and fees payable thereunder) to be declared immediately due and payable.
In connection with the App Loan Agreement, App also granted to the Company the 25% working interest in the Kentucky Acreage, as described above, and entered into a corresponding promissory note and a Mortgage, Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Production, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, both dated as of August 28, 2013. Apps manager, John A. Piedmonte, Jr., also entered into a limited Indemnity Agreement in connection with the loan. The loans under the App Loan Agreement are also guaranteed by certain of Apps affiliates.
See also discussion in Items 2.01, 2.03 and 3.02, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing descriptions of the Amended Loan Agreement and the App Loan Agreement, and the related agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the documents attached hereto as exhibits and incorporated by reference in this report.
Item 2.01
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
In connection with the Companys acquisition from App of a 25% working interest in the Kentucky Acreage, described above, and entering into the Amended Loan Agreement, the Company granted to the Lender a 50% net profits interest after payout in the Companys working interest in the Kentucky Acreage, pursuant to an Assignment of Net Profits Interest entered into as of August 28, 2013 by and between the Company and the Lender.
See also discussion in Item 1.01, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
See discussion in Item 1.01, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
As consideration for the Lender facilitating the Companys transactions with App and entering into the Amended Loan Agreement, as of August 28, 2013, the Company (a) issued to the Lender approximately 6.1 million shares of its common stock, representing 9.99% of the Companys outstanding common stock on a fully-diluted basis at the time of grant, and (b) issued warrants to purchase shares of the Companys common stock, for a strike price of $0.10 per share, representing the right to purchase up to an additional 9.99% of the Companys outstanding common stock on a fully-diluted basis, calculated as of the date of grant, pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of August 28, 2013 between the Company and the Lender. The warrants have a three-year term and have a cash exercise provision.
The securities described herein were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, in that the sale and purchase of such securities did not involve any public offering, the Lender is an accredited investor as that term is defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D, the Lender had access to information about the Company and its investment, the Lender took the securities for investment and not resale, and the Company took appropriate measures to restrict the transfer of the securities.
See also discussion in Item 1.01, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Number
Exhibit
10.1*
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 28, 2013, by and between Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., as borrower, and Maximilian Investors LLC, as lender
10.2*
Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 28, 2013, by and between App Energy, LLC, as borrower, and Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., as lender
10.3*
Partial Assignment of Interest in Oil and Gas Leases dated as of August 28, 2013, made by App Energy, LLC to Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
10.4*
Assignment of Net Profits Interest dated as of August 28, 2013, made by Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. to Maximilian Investors LLC
10.5*
Warrant Agreement dated as of August 28, 2013, by and between Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. and Maximilian Investors LLC
99.1*
Press Release
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Filed herewith.
[signature page follows]
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC.
By: /s/ JAMES F. WESTMORELAND
James F. Westmoreland, President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: September 3, 2013
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Exhibit
10.1*
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 28, 2013, by and between Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., as borrower, and Maximilian Investors LLC, as lender
10.2*
Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 28, 2013, by and between App Energy, LLC, as borrower, and Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., as lender
10.3*
Partial Assignment of Interest in Oil and Gas Leases dated as of August 28, 2013, made by App Energy, LLC to Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
10.4*
Assignment of Net Profits Interest dated as of August 28, 2013, made by Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. to Maximilian Investors LLC.
10.5*
Warrant Agreement dated as of August 28, 2013, by and between Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. and Maximilian Investors LLC.
99.1*
Press Release
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Filed herewith.
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Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Agreement), entered into as of August 28, 2013, between DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC., a Washington corporation with its chief executive offices located at 601 W. Main Ave., Suite 1017, Spokane, Washington 99201 (the Borrower), and MAXIMILIAN INVESTORS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with any successors or assigns, herein the Lender), with an address of 152 West 57th Street, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10019.
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2012, Lender and Borrower entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement (the Original Agreement); and
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Borrower is executing and delivering to Lender that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note (the Note), in the face principal amount of $90,000,000.00; and
WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender wish to amend and restate in its entirety the Original Agreement in its entirety pursuant to the terms and provisions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, FOR VALUE RECEIVED, and in consideration of the granting by Lender of financial accommodations to or for the benefit of Borrower, including without limitation respecting the Obligations (as hereinafter defined), Borrower represents and agrees with Lender, as of the date hereof and as of the date of each loan, credit and/or other financial accommodation, as follows:
1. THE LOAN
1.1
Loan.
(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender hereby agrees to make a loan to or for the benefit of Borrower, on and after the date hereof, in one or more advances of principal hereunder not to exceed, in the aggregate, $90,000,000 (each, an Advance). All principal advanced hereunder is hereinafter referred to collectively as the Loan. The Loan shall be evidenced by the Note. This Agreement, the Note, and any and all other documents, amendments or renewals executed and delivered by any Person in connection with any of the foregoing, including any guaranties of any obligation of Borrower are collectively hereinafter referred to as the Loan Documents.
(b)
The Loan shall be subject to two borrowing sublimits. An amount of the Loan equal to a maximum principal balance of $40,000,000.00 shall be available for App Fundings (as hereinafter defined) (the App Fundings Sublimit). An amount of the Loan equal to a maximum principal balance of $50,000,000.00 shall be available for all other purposes permitted hereunder (the Operating Sublimit and, together with the App Fundings Sublimit, herein each a Sublimit and, collectively, the Sublimits).
1.2
Credit Account. An account shall be opened on the books of Lender which shall be designated on Lenders books and records as Borrowers Credit Account in which account a record will be kept of the Loan and the Sublimits, all Advances thereunder, and all payments thereon and other appropriate debits and credits as provided by this Agreement.
1.3
Interest; Maturity. Interest respecting the outstanding principal balance of the Loan will be charged to Borrower from time to time outstanding at the rate specified in this Agreement. Interest on the Loan will be based on the actual number of days elapsed in a given calendar month and an assumed 360-day year. All outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date (as hereinafter defined).
1.4
Certain Definitions. For purposes of this agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)
Advance Conditions shall mean each of the following:
(i)
the satisfaction of the Closing Conditions;
(ii)
each of the representations, warranties, and covenants contained herein shall be true and correct in all respects;
(iii)
no default or event that, by virtue of the giving of notice or the passage of time, could become a Borrower Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) or an App Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) hereunder, shall have then occurred hereunder or under any other Loan Document
(iv)
No circumstance exists which may, in the reasonable determination of Lender, be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as hereinafter defined);
(v)
Borrower shall not be subject to any lawsuit, proceeding, investigation, or other action, nor shall any such lawsuit, proceeding, investigation, or other action have been threatened against Borrower, which may result, in Lenders reasonable determination, in a Material Adverse Effect;
(vi)
With respect to any Advance under the Operating Sublimit:
(A)
Financial West Group shall have been paid (or shall be paid using a portion of the applicable Advance) all sums then due and owing to it by Borrower in connection with this Agreement and the Loan, which payment shall be made in accordance with the terms of that certain Engagement Letter, dated as of June 22, 2012, as amended on October 22, 2012, by and between Borrower and Financial West Group (the Brokerage Engagement);
(B)
Borrower shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to Lender, with respect to any real estate proposed to be used in any Approved OA Project being funded with the proceeds of such Advance (including without limitation an Oil and Gas Asset), a copy of all documentation delivered to Operator under the Operating Agreement;
(C)
To the extent the proceeds of such Advance are to be used for an OA Project, Lender shall have received evidence from the Operator that the OA Project is an Approved OA Project; and
(D)
To the extent the proceeds of such Advance are to be used for an OA Project, (A) the Lender shall have received Title Information with respect to the Drillsite or Drilling Unit to be drilled pursuant to the proposed OA Project, (B) Borrower or the Consenting OA Parties shall have cured to Lenders satisfaction any material title defects or exceptions affecting such Drillsite or Drilling Unit and shall have secured any pooling amendments or agreements contemplated by the Operating Agreement, (C) Borrower shall have confirmed to Lenders satisfaction Lenders first priority security interest in and to the Borrowers right, title and interest in and to the Drillsite or Drilling Unit, and (D) Lender shall have an opinion from counsel licensed to practice in the jurisdiction in which such OA Project is located, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender, that the applicable mortgage or deed of trust from Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded against Borrowers interest in the real estate on which such OA Project is located perfects Lenders lien in and to such real property interest;
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(vii)
With respect to any Advance under the App Fundings Sublimit, Borrower shall have delivered to Lender evidence that the Advance Conditions (as defined in the App Loan Agreement) have been satisfied with respect to the particular Advance (as defined in the App Loan Agreement) for which such Advance is to be used have been satisfied.
(b)
App Default Notice shall mean a written notice, delivered from Borrower to Lender, stating that, in the sole discretion of Borrower, an Event of Default (as defined in the App Loan Agreement) has occurred.
(c)
App Fundings shall mean Advances (as defined in the App Loan Agreement).
(d)
App Loan shall mean the Loan (as defined in the App Loan Agreement).
(e)
App Loan Agreement shall mean that certain Loan and Security Agreement, of even date herewith, by and between App Energy, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company, as borrower, and Borrower, as Lender.
(f)
Approved Budget shall mean the pro-forma budget for operating expenses prepared by Borrower and submitted to and approved by Lender pursuant to Section 4.18 hereof.
(g)
AMI means the area of mutual interest as defined in Article XVI.P of the Operating Agreement.
(h)
Approved Closing Costs shall mean Borrowers and Lenders demonstrable third-party out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the entry by Borrower and Lender into this Agreement and the Loan Documents, each of which shall have been approved by Lender in the exercise of its sole and absolute discretion.
(i)
Approved OA Project shall mean an OA Project in connection with which Borrower has requested an Advance hereunder and which has been previously approved by Lender in the exercise of its reasonable discretion.
(j)
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Day of Observance, or day which is or shall be in the State of New York a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are required or authorized to close, and the term Day of Observance shall mean each of Rosh Hashanah (both days), Yom Kippur, Succoth (first two (2) days), Shmini Atzereth, Simchas Torah, Passover (first two (2) days and last two (2) days) and Shavuoth (both days).
(k)
Closing Conditions shall mean each of the following:
(i)
Borrower shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to Lender;
(ii)
Borrower shall have executed and delivered to Lender the Note, this Agreement, and a mortgage or deed of trust, each in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion;
(iii)
James F. Westmoreland shall have delivered to Lender an Indemnity (the Indemnity) in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion;
(iv)
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender an Assignment and Assumption Agreement conveying to Lender ten percent (10%) of Borrowers interest in and under the Operating Agreement (the Borrower OA Assignment) in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion, together with the deeds required thereunder and the payment, if any, of any applicable transfer taxes and recordation fees and charges in connection with the recording thereof;
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(v)
Lender shall have received one or more subordination agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion, from the holder of any Permitted Indebtedness (as hereinafter defined);
(vi)
Borrower shall issue to the Lender, and the Lender shall acquire from the Borrower, a number of shares of Common Stock of Borrower equal to nine and ninety-nine one-hundredths percent (9.99%) of the issued and outstanding equity interests in Borrower;
(vii)
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender warrants for Common Stock, in form and substance identical to the form annexed hereto as Schedule 1.4(k)(vii), which warrants shall have a three (3) year term and a strike price equal to the lesser of $.10 per share or such lesser amount as may be made publicly available by Borrower in an offering of its common stock, covering nine and ninety-nine one-hundredths percent (9.99%) of the issued and outstanding equity interests in Borrower;
(viii)
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender the Note (as defined in the App Loan Agreement), together with an endorsement thereto in blank, and such other documents and instruments as Lender may require to evidence the collateral assignment of the App Loan from Borrower to Lender;
(ix)
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender an Assignment of Net Profits Interest Agreement conveying to Lender an interest in fifty percent (50%) of Borrowers twenty-five percent (25%) interest in and under the Operating Agreement (as defined in the App Loan Agreement), all on the terms and as set forth in such Assignment of Net Profits Interest Agreement;
(x)
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender all UCC-1 and other financing statements in favor of Lender pursuant to this Agreement, which shall be in a recordable form satisfactory to Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, and Lender shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that, upon the filing and recording of such financing statements, Lender shall have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) covered thereby;
(xi)
Borrower shall have opened the Deposit Accounts (as hereinafter defined) with the Account Bank (as hereinafter defined);
(xii)
Borrower and Account Bank shall have executed and delivered to Lender one or more deposit account control agreements or other agreements with respect to the Deposit Accounts as Lender may require, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion;
(xiii)
Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it, all releases, terminations and such other documents as it may request to evidence and effectuate the termination by any other lender of its respective financing arrangements with Borrower (other than Permitted Indebtedness) and the termination and release by such lender of any interest in and to any assets and properties of Borrower, duly authorized, executed and delivered by such lender, including, without limitation, (i) UCC termination statements for all UCC financing statements previously filed by it or its predecessors, as secured party, and Borrower or any of its affiliates, as debtor and (ii) satisfactions and discharges of any mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt by Borrower or any of its affiliates in favor of any such lender, in form acceptable for recording with the appropriate governmental authority;
(xiv)
Financial West Group shall have been paid all sums then due and owing to it by Borrower in connection with this Agreement and the Loan, which payment shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Brokerage Engagement; and
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(xv)
Borrower shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to Lender, with respect to any real estate owned or leased by Borrower (including without limitation all Borrowers present and future right, title and interest in and to the Oil and Gas Assets), a mortgage or deed of trust, as applicable, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender , executed by Borrower.
(l)
Commitment Fee shall mean, as of any Payment Date, an amount calculated on the average daily outstanding principal balance of the Loan for the immediately preceding calendar month at a rate per month equal to one-half of one percent (0.5%).
(m)
Common Stock shall mean shares of the $0.001 par value common stock of Borrower, which class of stock is currently quoted on the over-the-counter market under the symbol DBRM.
(n)
Consenting OA Party(ies) shall mean each OA Party who elects, pursuant to the Operating Agreement, to participate in the cost of an OA Project.
(o)
Consultant shall mean each and any third party professional oil and gas industry or petrochemical or geological or other consultant engaged by Lender to provide advice and consultation with respect to the Borrower, the operation of the Borrowers business, the Borrowers and Lenders rights and responsibilities under the Operating Agreement, and such other information or services as Lender may reasonably require in order to protect Lenders interests in the Loan and the Operating Agreement.
(p)
Drawn Amount shall mean, as of any date, the then-outstanding principal balance of the Loan.
(q)
Drillsite shall have the meaning given to that term in the Operating Agreement.
(r)
Drilling Unit shall have the meaning given to that term in the Operating Agreement.
(s)
Environmental Laws shall mean all former, current and future Federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives, orders (including consent orders), and agreements in each case, relating to protection of the environment, natural resources, human health and safety or the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling or handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous Materials.
(t)
Environmental Liability shall mean all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising out of or relating to (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
(u)
G&G shall mean geological and geophysical costs, including, without limitation, geological and geophysical exploration costs as well as delay rentals, brokerage fees and legal work associated with land issues.
(v)
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.
(w)
Gross Revenue shall mean all revenue received by Borrower from any source whatsoever.
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(x)
Hazardous Materials shall mean (a) petroleum and any petroleum products or Hydrocarbons, coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances and (b) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any Environmental Law.
(y)
LOE shall mean all costs and expenses incurred by Operator in operating any Drillsite, which may include, without limitation, property taxes and health and safety or regulatory permitting expenses.
(z)
Net Revenue shall mean, for any particular period of time, Gross Revenue less (i) LOE, (ii) G&G, (iii) any rental or maintenance fees with respect to any Oil and Gas Asset, (iv) any brokerage or finders fees payable with respect to any Oil and Gas Asset; and (v) any amounts received in connection with the App Loan Agreement.
(aa)
Net Revenue Percentage shall mean, for any period of time (i) from the date hereof through and including the date which is one (1) year from the date hereof, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Net Revenue for such period, (ii) from the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day from the date hereof through and including the date which is two (2) years from the date hereof, an amount equal to sixty-five percent (65%) of the Net Revenue for such period, and (iii) from the date which is two (2) years and one (1) day from the date hereof through and including the date on which all of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full to Lender, an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the Net Revenue for such period.
(bb)
Non-Consenting OA Party(ies) shall mean each OA Party who does not elect, pursuant to the Operating Agreement, to participate in the cost of an OA Project.
(cc)
OA Deposit(s) shall mean all sums due and owing to Operator under the Operating Agreement from any Consenting OA Party in connection with a particular OA Project.
(dd)
OA Party(ies) shall mean each Non-Operator (as defined in the Operating Agreement).
(ee)
OA Project shall mean any individual drilling proposal under the Operating Agreement.
(ff)
Oil and Gas Assets means all of Borrowers present and future right, title and interest in and to the Contract Area and the AMI, and all of Borrowers present and future right, title, and interest in and to:
(i)
oil and gas leases, leasehold interests and licenses;
(ii)
oil, gas and mineral leases;
(iii)
other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon licenses, leases, fee mineral interests, term mineral interests, subleases, mineral servitudes, farm-outs, royalties, overriding royalty and royalty interests, non-consent interests arising out of or pursuant to Contracts, net profit interests, net revenue and profit interests, oil payments, production payments, production payment interests and similar interests and estates, including all reserved or residual interests of whatever nature and all reversionary or carried interests relating to any of the foregoing.
(gg)
Operating Agreement shall mean that certain Operating Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2009, by and among Borrower, San Joaquin Investments, Inc., O & G Energy Partners, LLC, and West Coast Partners, LLC.
(hh)
Operating Expense(s) shall mean any expenditure(s) made by or on behalf of Borrower pursuant to the Approved Budget.
(ii)
Operator shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Operating Agreement.
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(jj)
Payment Date shall mean the first Business Day of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement.
(kk)
Permitted Capital Expenditure shall mean any capital expenditure identified in the Approved Budget or otherwise approved by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.
(ll)
Permitted Indebtedness shall mean, collectively, (i) the Obligations or other indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents; (ii) debt of Borrower existing on the date hereof that is reflected in Borrowers financial statements and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase in the principal amount or interest thereof or any shortening of the maturity of any principal amount thereof); (iii) accounts payable and accrued expenses, liabilities or other obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of services from time to time incurred in the ordinary course of business; (iv) debt associated with bonds or surety obligations required by a governmental authority in connection with the operation of the Oil and Gas Assets; (v) extensions of credit from suppliers or contractors who are not affiliated with Borrower for the performance of labor or services or the provision of supplies or materials under applicable contracts or agreements in connection with oil and gas exploration and development activities; (vi) other unsecured trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and (vii) accrued asset retirement obligations as required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 410.
(mm)
Regular Interest shall mean, from and after the date hereof, interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Loan from time to time at a rate per annum equal to twelve percent (12%).
(nn)
Release shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture.
(oo)
Required App Fundings Sublimit Monthly Payment shall mean a payment equal to, solely with respect to any portion of the Drawn Amount that represents Advances under the App Fundings Sublimit: (i) Regular Interest on such Drawn Amount for the immediately preceding calendar month; plus (ii) the Commitment Fee with respect to such Drawn Amount; plus (iii) the Required Monthly Principal Payment (as such term is defined in the App Loan Agreement) with respect to such Drawn Amount.
(pp)
Required Monthly Payment shall mean: (i) as of any Payment Date prior to the Payment Date occurring in the eighth full calendar month occurring subsequent to the date of this Agreement (for example, if this Agreement were dated July 26, 2013, then the Payment Date falling on March 3, 2014), a payment equal to Regular Interest for the immediately preceding calendar month plus the Commitment Fee; (ii) on and after the Payment Date occurring in the eighth full calendar month occurring subsequent to the date of this Agreement, a payment in an aggregate amount equal to the Required Operating Sublimit Monthly Payment plus the Required App Fundings Sublimit Monthly Payment; and (iii) upon the delivery of an App Default Notice, unless and until such App Default Notice is withdrawn by Borrower in its sole discretion, a payment equal to Regular Interest for the immediately preceding calendar month plus the Commitment Fee..
(qq)
Required Operating Sublimit Monthly Payment shall mean a payment equal to, solely with respect to any portion of the Drawn Amount that represents Advances under the Operating Sublimit, at Lenders option in the exercise of its sole discretion, and regardless of whether a particular amount is higher or lower than the alternative, any of: (i) three percent (3%) of such Drawn Amount; (ii) the applicable Net Revenue Percentage calculated for the days during the calendar month preceding the applicable Payment Date during which any amounts were outstanding pursuant to this Agreement; or (iii) Regular Interest for the immediately preceding calendar month plus the Commitment Fee, in each case calculated on such Drawn Amount. At least five (5) days prior to each Payment Date, Lender shall notify Borrower what method is being used to calculate the Required Operating Sublimit Monthly Payment for such Payment Date.
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(rr)
Title Information shall mean the Drillsite or Drilling Unit title opinions, asbtracts, curative materials and such other title examinations and materials contemplated by Article IV of the Operating Agreement, all prepared by counsel and abstractors, and in form and substance, satisfactory to the Consenting OA Parties and to Lender.
1.5
Advances, Payments, and Prepayments.
(a)
Credit Line.
(i)
Lender shall establish a line of credit under the Loan (the Credit Line) pursuant to which Borrower may request, from time to time, Advances by submitting to Lender a request for Advance in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.5(a)(i) (a Request for Advance).
(ii)
Upon satisfaction of the Advance Conditions with respect to a request for an Advance under the Credit Line hereunder, Lender shall fund such Advance in accordance with the applicable Request for Advance.
(iii)
Lender hereby covenants and agrees that an amount equal to $5,150,000.00 is committed to Borrower under the Credit Line, provided that such amount shall not be construed as the maximum amount that may be drawn under the Credit Line. Subsequent to the first Advance hereunder, Borrower may from time to time request that Lender make one or more further Advances under the Credit Line by submitting a Request for Advance, and upon receipt of such request, and upon the satisfaction of the Advance Conditions, Lender shall make such an Advance to Borrower, provided, however, that from and after the date on which Lender has made Advances under the Credit Line of, in the aggregate, not less than $5,150,000.00, any subsequent Advance under the Credit Line, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such Advance would cause the aggregate amount of Advances made by Lender under the Credit Line to exceed $5,150,000.00, shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of Lender (i.e., if a requested Advance would cause the aggregate amount of Advances made under the Credit Line to equal $5,250,000.00, then only the last $100,000.00 of such requested Advance shall be in Lenders sole and absolute discretion), notwithstanding the satisfaction of the Advance Conditions or the submission of a Request for Advance.
(b)
No Advance may be requested by Borrower after the date that is thirty-six (36) months from the date of this Agreement.
(c)
With respect to each Advance under the Loan, Borrower may only use the proceeds of such Advance for:
(i)
with respect to any Advance under the Operating Sublimit:
(A)
Borrowers OA Deposit in connection with an Approved OA Project, whether such OA Deposit is paid by Borrower as a Consenting OA Party or is paid by Borrower in lieu of a payment by a Non-Consenting OA Party,
(B)
Operating Expenses;
(C)
payment of Borrowers accounts payable pursuant to the Approved Budget; or
(D)
any costs or expenses of Lender which are payable by or chargeable to Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document; and
(ii)
with respect to any Advance under the App Fundings Sublimit, App Fundings.
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(d)
On each Payment Date during the term of the Loan, other than the first Payment Date hereunder, Borrower shall make a payment to Lender equal to the Required Monthly Payment, which shall be applied by Lender pursuant to the waterfall set forth in Section 1.8(e).
(e)
Borrower may, on not more than three (3) occasions, and on five (5) Business Days prior notice to Lender, elect to cause the next due Required Monthly Payment to equal Regular Interest for the immediately preceding calendar month plus the Commitment Fee.
(f)
The entire outstanding principal balance of the Loan, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on the date which is forty-eight (48) months from the date of this Agreement (such date, the Maturity Date).
(g)
Subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Lender of each of the Advance Conditions, and further subject to the right of Lender hereunder, if applicable, to make a particular Advance in its sole and absolute discretion, no Advance (other than the first Advance hereunder which shall be made on the date of this Agreement) shall be made later than ten (10) Business Days subsequent to the date on which Lender receives the request for such Advance from Borrower.
(h)
Borrower may prepay outstanding principal on the Loan, in whole or in part, at any time, provided that any such prepayment shall be on not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender. In addition, upon at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender, Borrower may prepay all amounts outstanding with respect to Advances under the Operating Sublimit and assign its rights and obligations under the App Loan Agreement and related Loan Documents (as such term is defined in the App Loan Agreement) to Lender. Upon such assignment, Lender shall step into Borrowers shoes as lender under the App Loan, Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied all Obligations under this Agreement and this Agreement shall be terminated.
(i)
Any principal prepaid or repaid on the Loan may be re-borrowed during the period of time for which Advances may be requested and made hereunder, and to the extent any such principal is prepaid or repaid, Lender shall re-advance such prepaid or repaid principal under the Loan upon submission by Borrower of a Request for Advance, provided that each of the other applicable conditions precedent as set forth herein for such Advance are met, and notwithstanding that any such readvance, as an Advance hereunder, would otherwise be able to be declined by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.
(j)
At no time shall the outstanding principal balance of the Loan exceed $90,000,000.00.
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1.6
Advances in Lenders Sole Discretion; Limitation on Liability. Each Advance (other than in connection with the first $2,500,000 drawn under the Credit Line hereunder) shall be in Lenders sole and absolute discretion. Lender shall have no obligation hereunder to make any Advance other than the first $2,500,000 drawn under the Credit Line. Lenders failure in its sole and absolute discretion to make any Advance hereunder shall not impact the repayment of any Advance previously made, which shall be in all instances in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, other than with respect to the first $2,500,000 advanced hereunder, the credit facility evidenced hereby and by the Loan Documents shall be entirely discretionary. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement, and any Advance made or to be made hereunder (other than with respect to the first $2,500,000 advanced hereunder), are entirely within the sole and absolute discretion of Lender. Borrower, for itself and on behalf of its past, present and future representatives, partners, operators, members, shareholders, officers, directors, agents, employees, servants, affiliates, related companies, successors and assigns, hereby releases and forever discharges Lender from and against any and all liability, claims, causes of action, losses, costs, and damages (of whatever kind and nature, whether direct or indirect, foreseeable or unforeseeable, in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, whether or not concealed or hidden, or otherwise) that Borrower (or any representative, partner, operator, member, shareholder, officer, director, agent, employee, servant, affiliate, related company, successor or assign of Borrower) may have had, may now have or may incur arising out of or in any way connected to the Loan or as a result of Lenders action or inaction in compliance with the terms of this Section 1.5(b). The terms and provisions of this Section 1.5(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment in full of the Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the prior consent of Lender in each instance, which may be withheld, conditioned, or delayed in Lenders sole discretion, no portion of the first $2,500,000 advanced hereunder under the Operating Sublimit may be used by Borrower for any OA Project that is exploratory in nature.
1.7
Monthly Statement. At the option of Lender, at the end of each month, Lender will render to Borrower a statement of the Credit Account, showing all applicable credits and debits. Each statement shall be for informational purposes only and shall not be deemed binding on Lender.
1.8
Deposit Accounts.
(a)
Reference is hereby made to (i) that certain Special Deposit Account Control Agreement (Security Interest in Deposit Account) (regarding Account No. 4100000747 (which account is herein referred to as the Receivables Account)) by and among Borrower, Lender, and Union Bank, N.A. (the Account Bank) (the Receivables Account Agreement), and (ii) that certain Special Deposit Account Control Agreement (Security Interest in Deposit Account-Springing) (regarding Account No. 4100000801 (which account is herein referred to as the Borrower Account)) by and among Borrower, Lender, and Account Bank (the Borrower Account Agreement) (the foregoing items (i) and (ii), herein the DACA), each dated on or about the date hereof. Pursuant to the DACA, the Account Bank has acknowledged Lenders security interest in all funds or sums of money on deposit from time to time in the Special Deposit Account (as defined in each agreement constituting the DACA, comprising the Receivables Account and the Borrower Account, and referred to herein each as a Deposit Account and, collectively, as the Deposit Accounts).
(b)
Borrower has established with the Account Bank the Receivables Account and the Borrower Account. Borrower has no other deposit account except for the Receivables Account, the Borrower Account, and the accounts listed on Schedule 1.8(b).
(c)
In order to further secure the performance by Borrower of its obligations hereunder and under the Note, Borrower hereby acknowledges and confirms that: (i) the Account Bank has acknowledged the security interest of Lender in the Deposit Accounts, and all funds, checks, drafts, certificates, instruments and other investments or deposits therein and all other financial assets credited thereto shall constitute collateral to secure the payment of the Loan; (ii) Borrower shall have no right to make withdrawals from the Receivables Account; and (iii) to the extent any Deposit Account contains any Financial Assets (as that term is defined in Section 2.2(b) herein), such Financial Assets shall be maintained as Investment Property (as that term is defined in Section 2.2(e) herein).
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(d)
Deposits into the Deposit Accounts. Borrower shall irrevocably instruct all of its present and future Account debtors (including, without limitation, the Operator if Borrower is not then the Operator, herein, Account Debtors) to direct all sums payable or otherwise due and owing to Borrower (other than OA Deposits, which are expressly excluded) to the Receivables Account, without such payments at any time being under the control of Borrower or any of its agents or employees. Borrower represents, warrants and covenants that it shall, upon the request of Lender, deliver Lender such evidence as Lender may reasonably require to evidence the fact that its Account Debtors have been instructed by Borrower to remit such payments directly to the Receivables Account. Borrower shall not amend, revoke or alter such instructions in any way which would interfere with payments by Account Debtors being transmitted directly into the Receivables Account, and any such amendment, revocation or alteration shall constitute an immediate Borrower Event of Default hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, within one (1) week after receipt of the same by Borrower or any agent or Person acting on behalf of Borrower, Borrower or such agent shall directly deposit (or cause to be deposited) all such payments received by Borrower or such agent from any Account Debtor into the Receivables Account, and Borrower or any such agent or Persons failure to do so shall constitute an immediate Borrower Event of Default hereunder. If Borrower or any such agent does receive any such payments from any Account Debtor, then Borrower and such agent agree not to commingle any such payments with other funds of Borrower, and Borrower and such agent agree that it is holding such payments in an express trust for the benefit of Lender until such payments are deposited into the Receivables Account.
(e)
Disbursements from the Receivables Account. On each Payment Date, so long as no Borrower Event of Default has occurred, Lender shall disburse sums on deposit in the Receivables Account in the following order of priority:
(i)
First, to Lender, in payment of sums, other than the Required Monthly Payment then due and owing to Lender hereunder;
(ii)
Second, to Lender, in an amount equal to the Required Monthly Payment, to be applied:
(A)
first, in arrears, to the payment of Regular Interest then due and owing hereunder;
(B)
second, in payment of the Commitment Fee then due and owing hereunder; and
(C)
third, from and after the Payment Date occurring in the eighth full calendar month following the date hereof, in reduction of principal; and
(iii)
Thereafter, to the Borrower Account, to be used by Borrower for any lawful purpose.
(f)
Lenders Right to Control. Upon the occurrence of a Borrower Event of Default, Lender shall be immediately entitled to provide the Account Bank with a Notice of Control (as defined in the applicable DACA) under any of the DACAs.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
2.1
Grant of Security Interest. In consideration of Lenders extending credit and other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of Borrower, Borrower hereby grants to Lender a security interest in, a lien on and pledge and assignment of the Collateral (as hereinafter defined), including, without limitation, all claims against third parties (including Account Debtors) arising out of or related to the Collateral. The security interest granted by this Agreement is given to and shall be held by Lender as security for the payment and performance of all Obligations (as hereinafter defined), including, without limitation, all amounts outstanding pursuant to the Loan Documents.
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2.2
Definitions. The following definitions shall apply:
(a)
Collateral shall mean all of Borrowers present and future right, title and interest in, to and under the following described property (unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein shall have the meaning given to it in the UCC (as hereinafter defined)):
(i)
all now existing and hereafter acquired or arising Accounts, Goods, General Intangibles, Payment Intangibles, Financial Assets, Deposit Accounts (including, without limitation, the Deposit Accounts), Chattel Paper (including, without limitation, Electronic Chattel Paper), Documents, Instruments, Software, Investment Property, Letters of Credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Commercial Tort Claims, money, Equipment, Operating Equipment, Inventory, Fixtures, and Supporting Obligations, including, without limitation, all of Borrowers right, title, and interest in and to the Operating Agreement and the Contracts, together with all products of and Accessions to any of the foregoing and all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (including without limitation all insurance policies and proceeds thereof);
(ii)
the App Loan Agreement, the Note (as defined in the App Loan Agreement), and the Loan Documents (as defined in the App Loan Agreement), together with all other documents, instruments, information, books, records, data (whether electronic or otherwise), held by Borrower from time to time in connection with the App Loan (the foregoing, the App Loan Documents);
(iii)
to the extent, if any, not included in clauses (i) and (ii) above, each and every other item of personal property and fixtures, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, including, without limitation, all licenses, contracts and agreements, and all collateral for the payment or performance of any contract or agreement, together with all products and Proceeds (including all insurance policies and proceeds) of any Accessions to any of the foregoing; and
(iv)
all present and future business records and information relating to any of the foregoing, including computer tapes and other storage media containing the same and computer programs and software (including without limitation, source code, object code and related manuals and documentation and all licenses to use such software) for accessing and manipulating such information.
(b)
Contracts shall mean contracts, agreements, operating agreements, farm-out or farm-in agreements, sharing agreements, mineral purchase agreements, contracts for the purchase, exchange, transportation, processing or sale of Hydrocarbons, rights-of-way, easements, surface leases, equipment leases, permits, franchises, licenses, pooling or unitization agreements, and unit or pooling designations and orders now or hereafter affecting any of the Collateral or the Oil and Gas Assets, or which are useful or appropriate in drilling for, producing, treating, handling, storing, transporting or marketing oil, gas or other minerals produced from any of the Oil and Gas Assets, all as such contracts and agreements may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(c)
Financial Assets shall mean any security for an obligation of a person or a share participation or other interest in a person or in property or an enterprise of a person which is, or is of a type, dealt in or traded on financial markets, or which is recognized in any area which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment, or any property that is held by a securities intermediary for another person in investment property if the securities intermediary has expressly agreed with the other person that the property is to be treated as a financial asset.
(d)
Hydrocarbons shall mean oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, refined lubricating oils, diesel fuel and all products refined, separated, settled or dehydrated therefrom.
(e)
Investment Property means a security, whether certificated or uncertificated, security entitlement, securities account, contract, or commodity account.
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(f)
Material Adverse Effect shall mean materially adversely affecting the operations or financial performance of Borrower taken as a whole.
(g)
Obligation(s) shall mean, without limitation, all loans, advances, indebtedness, notes, liabilities and amounts, liquidated or unliquidated, owing by Borrower to Lender at any time, of each and every kind, nature and description, whether arising under this Agreement or otherwise, and whether secured or unsecured, direct or indirect (that is, whether the same are due directly by Borrower to Lender; or are due indirectly by Borrower to Lender as endorser, guarantor or other surety, or as borrower of obligations due third persons which have been endorsed or assigned to Lender, or otherwise), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising or contracted, including, without limitation, payment when due of all amounts outstanding respecting any of the Loan Documents. Said term shall also include all interest and other charges chargeable to Borrower or due from Borrower to Lender from time to time and all fees, costs and expenses referred to in this Agreement.
(h)
Operating Equipment means all surface or subsurface machinery, equipment, facilities, supplies or other properties and assets of whatsoever kind or nature now or hereafter located on any of the properties or assets affected by the Oil and Gas Assets that are useful for the production, treatment, storage or transportation of Hydrocarbons, including all oil wells, gas wells, water wells, injection wells, casing, tubing, rods, pumping units and engines, christmas trees, derricks, separators, gun barrels, flow lines, pipelines, tanks, gas systems (for gathering, treating and compression), water systems (for treating, disposal and injection), supplies, derricks, wells, power plants, poles, cables, wires, meters, processing plants, compressors, dehydration units, lines, transformers, starters and controllers, machine shops, tools, storage yards and equipment stored therein, buildings and camps, telegraph, telephone and other communication systems, roads, loading racks, shipping facilities and all additions, substitutes and replacements for, and accessories and attachments to, any of the foregoing.
(i)
Person or party shall mean individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies and all other entities.
(j)
UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York from time to time.
All words and terms used in this Agreement other than those specifically defined herein shall have the meanings accorded to them in the UCC, and if not defined therein, to its normal and customary use with the industry. Definitions referenced or used herein are for interpretation of this Agreement and the Loan Documents only and any such reference to any jurisdiction other than the State of New York shall have no impact on jurisdiction or venue, with total jurisdiction and venue being reserved to the State of New York.
2.3
Ordinary Course of Business. Lender hereby authorizes and permits Borrower to receive from the Account Debtors all amounts due as proceeds of the Collateral at Borrowers own cost and expense, and also liability, if any; and Lender may, following a Borrower Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender, terminate all or any part of the authority and permission herein or elsewhere in this Agreement granted to Borrower with reference to the Collateral. Prior to the occurrence of a Borrower Event of Default, all proceeds of and collections of Collateral may be utilized by Borrower for any lawful purpose to the extent not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document. From and after a Borrower Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender, all proceeds of and collections of the Collateral shall be held in trust by Borrower for Lender and shall not be commingled with Borrowers other funds or deposited in any bank account of Borrower other than the Receivables Account; and, from and after a Borrower Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender, Borrower agrees to deliver to Lender on the dates of receipt thereof by Borrower, duly endorsed to Lender or to bearer, or assigned to Lender, as may be appropriate, all proceeds of the Collateral in the identical form received by Borrower.
2.4
Allowances. Borrower may grant such allowances or other adjustments to Account Debtors (exclusive of extending the time for payment of or forgiving any item which, during a Borrower Event of Default, shall not be done without first obtaining Lenders written consent in each instance) as Borrower may reasonably deem to accord with sound business practice and its ordinary course of business dealings, in each case subject to the terms, provisions, and covenants contained herein.
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2.5
Records. Borrower shall deliver to Lender from time to time promptly at its request all invoices, original documents of title, contracts, chattel paper, instruments and any other writings relating thereto, and other evidence of performance of contracts, or evidence of the rendering of services; and Borrower will deliver to Lender promptly at Lenders request from time to time additional copies of any or all of such papers or writings, and such other information with respect to any of the Collateral and such schedules of accounts and such other writings as Lender may in its sole discretion deem to be necessary or effectual to evidence any loan hereunder or Lenders security interest in the Collateral.
2.6
Legends. Borrower shall promptly make, stamp or record such entries or legends on Borrowers books and records or on any of the Collateral (including, without limitation, chattel paper or electronic chattel paper) as Lender shall request from time to time, to indicate and disclose that Lender has a security interest in such Collateral. Such books and records may be maintained in electronic form (in compliance with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions Laws) and the entries or legends indicating or disclosing Lenders security interest shall be made electronically on any such electronic records.
2.7
Search Reports. Lender shall receive prior to the date of this Agreement search results under all names used by Borrower and any guarantor during the prior five (5) years, from the jurisdiction of Borrowers formation and the jurisdiction of guarantors formation and/or chief executive office and/or address of primary residence. The search results shall confirm that the security interest in the Collateral granted Lender hereunder is prior to all other security interests in favor of any other Person, subject only to Permitted Liens (as hereinafter defined).
2.8
Repayment in Full. Upon the timely satisfaction of each of the Obligations, Lender shall, at Borrowers sole cost and expense, execute and deliver to Borrower such instruments and authorizations as Borrower may reasonably require to release and terminate any security interest held by Lender securing such Obligations.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that the following are, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be, true, correct and complete:
3.1
Organization and Qualification. Borrower is a duly formed and existing corporation under the laws of the State of Washington with the exact legal name set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement. Borrower is duly qualified to conduct business in all jurisdictions necessary to the conduct of its business. Borrower is in good standing under the laws of the State of Washington and such other jurisdictions, has the power to own its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted.
3.2
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.2 attached hereto, Borrower has no subsidiaries, and Borrower has never consolidated, merged or acquired substantially all of the assets of any other entity or person.
3.3
Corporate Records. Borrowers articles of incorporation have been duly filed and its articles of incorporation and bylaws are in proper order. All outstanding ownership evidence issued by Borrower was and is properly issued and all books and records of Borrower, including but not limited to its minute books, operating agreement, and books of account, are accurate and up to date and will be so maintained.
3.4
Title to Properties; Absence of Liens. Borrower has good and clear record and marketable title to all of its properties and assets, and all of its properties and assets, including the Collateral (as defined herein) to the extent owned by Borrower, are free and clear of all mortgages, liens, pledges, charges, encumbrances and setoffs, other than the security interest therein granted to Lender hereby and the encumbrances and security interest as set forth on Schedule 3.4 hereto, if any (Permitted Liens).
3.5
Places of Business. Borrowers principal place of business and chief executive office are correctly stated in the preamble to this Agreement, and Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, keep Lender currently and accurately informed in writing of each of its other places of business, and shall not change the location of any such principal place of business or open or close, move or change any existing or new place of business without giving Lender at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.
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3.6
Valid Obligations. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action and the Loan Documents represent the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower and are fully enforceable according to their terms, except as limited by laws relating to the enforcement of creditors rights.
3.7
Conflicts. There is no provision in Borrowers organizational or charter documents, if any, or in any indenture, contract or agreement to which Borrower is a party which prohibits, limits or restricts the execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under the Loan Documents.
3.8
Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents do not require any approval of or filing with any governmental agency or authority or any other Person.
3.9
Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or to the knowledge of Borrower threatened against Borrower which would be reasonably expected to materially adversely affect the ability of Borrower to conduct its business or to pay or perform the Obligations.
3.10
Accounts and Contract Rights. All Accounts arise out of legally enforceable and existing contracts, and represent unconditional and undisputed bona fide indebtedness by an Account Debtor, and are not and will not be subject to any discount (other than in the ordinary course of the Business).
3.11
Title to Collateral. At the date hereof Borrower is (and as to Collateral that Borrower may acquire after the date hereof, will be) the lawful owner of its assets constituting the Collateral, and the Collateral and each item thereof is, will be and shall continue to be free of all restrictions, liens, encumbrances or other rights, title or interests (other than the security interest therein granted to Lender hereby), credits, defenses, recoupments, set-offs or counterclaims whatsoever, other than the Permitted Liens. Borrower has and will have full power and authority to grant to Lender a security interest in the Collateral and Borrower has not transferred, assigned, sold, pledged, encumbered, subjected to lien or granted any security interest in, and will not transfer, assign, sell, pledge, encumber, subject to lien or grant any security interest in any of the Collateral (or any of Borrowers right, title or interest therein), to any person other than Lender or the holder of a Permitted Lien. The Collateral is and will be valid and genuine in all respects. No part of Borrowers Collateral (or the validity or enforceability by Lender thereof) is or shall be contingent upon the fulfillment of any agreement or condition whatsoever. Borrower will warrant and defend Lenders right to and interest in the Collateral against all claims and demands of all persons whatsoever.
3.12
Third Parties. Lender shall not be deemed to have assumed any liability or responsibility to Borrower or any third person for the correctness, validity or genuineness of any instruments or documents that may be released or endorsed to Borrower by Lender (which shall automatically be deemed to be without recourse to Lender in any event) or for the existence, character, quantity, quality, condition, value or delivery of any goods purporting to be represented by any such documents; and Lender, by accepting such security interest in the Collateral owned by Borrower, or by releasing any Collateral to Borrower, shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or liability to any Account Debtor or to any other third party, and Borrower agrees to indemnify and defend Lender and hold it harmless in respect to any claim or proceeding arising out of any matter referred to in this paragraph, other than in respect to any claim or proceeding which is due to Lenders own gross negligence or willful misconduct or where such indemnification would be a violation of applicable law.
3.13
Taxes. Borrower has filed, or will file, all Federal, state and other tax returns required to be filed (except for such returns for which current and valid extensions have been filed), and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges due from Borrower have been fully paid, other than any tax, assessment or charge which is being contested in good faith and, if appropriate, with respect to which reserves have been established and are being maintained. Borrower has established on its books reserves adequate for the payment of all Federal, state and other tax liabilities (if any).
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3.14
Use of Proceeds. No portion of any principal advanced under the Loan is to be used for (i) the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin security or margin stock as such terms are used in Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. 221 and 224, (ii) primarily personal, family or household purposes, or (iii) for any purpose other than the conduct of Borrowers business in the ordinary course. The Collateral is not used or acquired primarily for personal, family or household purposes.
3.15
Compliance with Law. Borrower is in compliance with all applicable laws, except where such non-compliance would not be deemed to have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of Borrower.
3.16
Compliance with Operating Agreement and other Contracts. Borrower is in all material respects in compliance with, and has not received any notice of default under, the Operating Agreement or the Contracts.
3.17
Environmental Compliance. Borrower has not (i) failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
3.18
Disclosure. This Agreement (together with all exhibits and schedules hereto), the other Loan Documents and the other agreements, certificates and other documents furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Borrower do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There is no fact known to Borrower which has not been disclosed to Lender in writing which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
4.1
Payments and Performance. Borrower will duly and punctually pay all Obligations becoming due to Lender and will duly and punctually perform all Obligations on its part to be done or performed under this Agreement.
4.2
Books and Records; Inspection. Borrower will at all times keep proper books of account in which full, true and correct entries will be made of its transactions in accordance with its standard practices, consistently applied. Borrower will at all reasonable times, and on reasonable advance notice, make its books, records, and accounting practices and procedures available in its offices for a field inspection and examination by Lender and/or Lenders representatives and will permit inspection of the Collateral and all of its properties by Lender and/or Lenders representatives (a Field Inspection). Lender may, at its option, require a Field Inspection not more than one (1) time in any calendar quarter, unless a Borrower Event of Default shall occur which has not been cured or waived by Lender, in which case Lender shall be permitted to require a Field Inspection as frequently as Lender deems necessary. All costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with any Field Inspection shall be borne by Borrower. Borrower will from time to time furnish Lender with such information and statements as Lender may request in its sole discretion with respect to the Obligations or Lenders security interest in the Collateral. Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, keep Lender currently and accurately informed in writing of each location where Borrowers records relating to its accounts and contract rights are kept, and shall not remove such records to another state without giving Lender at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.
4.3
Financial Statements and Diligence Reporting. Borrower will furnish to Lender:
(a)
real-time, online access to information concerning sums on deposit (including credits and debits) in the Deposit Accounts;
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(b)
not less frequently than weekly, a written report on all Accounts then held by Borrower, which report shall include, for each Account, (i) the outstanding principal balance, (ii) a consolidated aging report for all Accounts (in increments of 30 days), (iii) Borrowers applicable Account number, and (iv) from time to time, such other information as Lender may reasonably request;
(c)
not less frequently than monthly, a written report on all Accounts then held by Borrower, which report shall include, for each Account, a current contact name, address, and telephone number for the applicable Account Debtor;
(d)
not less frequently than monthly, a statement of the payments anticipated to be made within the next ensuing month;
(e)
as soon as available, but in any event within five (5) days after filing the same with the Securities Exchange Commission, Borrowers 10K, 10Q, and 8K reports;
(f)
from time to time, such financial data and information about Borrower as Lender may reasonably request.
All information submitted pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall be certified as true, accurate, and complete in all material respects by Borrower.
4.4
Conduct of Business. Borrower will maintain its company charter and existence in good standing and materially comply with all laws and regulations of the State of Washington and of any other governmental authority which may be applicable to it or to its conduct of its business; provided that this covenant shall not apply to any tax, assessment or charge which is being contested in good faith and with respect to which reserves have been established and are being maintained.
4.5
Notice to Account Debtors. Borrower agrees, following the occurrence of a Borrower Event of Default for which a cure has not been affirmatively accepted in writing by Lender, at the request of Lender, to notify all or any of the Account Debtors in writing of Lenders security interest in the Collateral in whatever manner Lender requests and, hereby authorizes Lender to notify all or any of the Account Debtors of Lenders security interest in the Accounts at Borrowers expense. Lender shall notify Borrower of its making any such direct notifications to Account Debtors contemporaneously with the making of such notifications, provided, that Lenders failure to so notify Borrower of its making of any such direct notifications shall not constitute a default hereunder, nor entitle Borrower to any recourse or remedy against Lender, nor invalidate the content of any such direct notifications to Account Debtors.
4.6
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. On the date hereof, Borrowers independent registered public accounting firm is Malone Bailey LLP. Borrower shall provide Lender with full contact information for any other accountant employed by Borrower.
4.7
Taxes. Borrower will promptly pay all real and personal property taxes, assessments and charges and all franchise, income, unemployment, old age benefits, withholding, sales and other taxes assessed against it or payable by it before delinquent; provided that this covenant shall not apply to any tax assessment or charge which is being contested in good faith and, if appropriate, with respect to which reserves have been established and are being maintained. Lender may, at its option, from time to time, discharge any taxes resulting in a lien or encumbrance on the Collateral, or other charges resulting in liens or encumbrances on any of the Collateral, and Borrower will pay to Lender on demand or Lender in its sole discretion may charge to Borrower all amounts so paid or incurred by it.
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4.8
Indemnity. Borrower shall protect, defend (by counsel selected by Lender and reasonably acceptable to Borrower), indemnify and hold harmless Lender and Lenders respective officers, directors, partners, shareholders, employees, affiliates, agents, attorneys, lessees, successors and assigns and any successors to Lenders interest in the Loan, their officers, directors, partners, shareholders, employees, affiliates, agents, attorneys, lessees, successors and assigns (collectively, the Indemnitees) from and against all liabilities (including sums paid in settlement of claims), losses, costs, obligations, demands, suits, liens, damages, fines (including any sums ordered to be paid or expended by Indemnitees by any governmental entity as a fine), penalties or damages arising as a direct or indirect result of any of the following with respect to Borrower, any affiliate of Borrower, or the Loan: (a) fraud, (b) intentional material misrepresentation, (c) failure to pay taxes, (d) misapplication of funds (including the Loan or any sums on deposit from time to time in the Deposit Accounts), (e) failure to apply funds to pay the Obligations following a Borrower Event of Default, (f) subordinate financing incurred by Borrower in violation of the terms of the Loan Documents or otherwise without Lenders consent, (g) a transfer of assets not otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents, (h) gross negligence, (i) willful misconduct, (j) court costs and attorneys fees, and (k) bankruptcy. In addition, Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitees from and against any liabilities or costs incurred by any Indemnitee under the DACA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification with respect to any liability (including sums paid in settlement of claims), loss, cost, obligation, demand, suit, lien, damage, or fine (including any sums ordered to be paid or expended by Indemnitees by any governmental entity as a fine, penalty or damage) which is due to its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or where such indemnification would be a violation of applicable law.
4.9
Insurance. Borrower will maintain (or cause to be maintained) in force insurance on Borrowers properties against risks customarily insured against by companies engaged in businesses similar to that of Borrower containing such terms and written by such companies as may be satisfactory to Lender, such insurance to be payable to Lender as its interest may appear in the event of loss and to cause Lender to be named as insured pursuant to a standard loss payee clause; no loss shall be adjusted thereunder without Lenders approval; and all such policies shall provide that they may not be canceled without first giving at least thirty (30) days written notice of cancellation to Lender; provided, however, that if the policy does not provide at least thirty (30) days written notice of cancellation to Lender, then Borrower shall, within five (5) days of the date of premium payment by Borrower, provide evidence to Lender that the premiums on any policy of insurance required to be maintained hereunder have been paid in full on or prior to the date on which such premium was due to the insurer. In the event that Borrower fails to provide evidence of such insurance, Lender may, at is option, secure such insurance and charge the cost thereof to Borrower. All insurance proceeds received shall be applied as a payment on account of the Obligations. From and after the occurrence of a Borrower Event of Default that has not been cured or waived by Lender, Lender is authorized to cancel any insurance maintained hereunder and apply any returned or unearned premiums, all of which are hereby assigned to Lender, as a payment on account of the Obligations.
4.10
Notification of Default. Within five (5) Business Days of becoming aware of the existence of any condition or event which constitutes a Borrower Event of Default, or any condition or event which would upon notice or lapse of time, or both, constitute a Borrower Event of Default, Borrower shall give Lender written notice thereof specifying the nature and duration thereof and the action being or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
4.11
Notification of Litigation. Borrower will promptly notify Lender in writing of any litigation or of any investigative proceedings of a governmental agency or authority commenced or threatened against it which would or might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which would cause the potential liability of Borrower under such litigation, when aggregated with all other active litigation, to exceed US$50,000.00, unless the potential liability of Borrower under such litigation is covered by a policy of insurance acceptable to Lender and Lender has been provided evidence satisfactory to Lender that such insurance coverage is in full force and effect. Without limiting the foregoing, within two (2) Business Days of Borrower obtaining knowledge of the existence thereof, Borrower shall notify Lender of any investigation, audit, hearing, compliance inquiry, enforcement action, or any other type of communication from any regulatory or other governmental authority (including, without limitation, any attorney general), and shall immediately forward to Lender, on receipt thereof by Borrower, a certified copy of any written communication or correspondence concerning the foregoing.
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4.12
Pension Plans. With respect to any pension or benefit plan maintained by Borrower, or to which Borrower contributes (Plan), the benefits under which are guarantied, in whole or in part, by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, P.L. 93-406, or any governmental authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation), Borrower will (a) fund each Plan as required by the provisions of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (b) cause each Plan to pay all benefits when due; (c) furnish Lender (i) promptly with a copy of any notice of each Plans termination sent to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and (ii) no later than the date of submission to the Department of Labor or to the Internal Revenue Service, as the case may be, a copy of any request for waiver from the funding standards or extension of the amortization periods required by Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and (d) subscribe to any contingent liability insurance provided by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to protect against employer liability upon termination of a guarantied pension plan, if available to Borrower.
4.13
Compliance. Borrower shall comply with all applicable requirements of governmental authorities having jurisdiction over Borrower, including, without limitation, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and those relating to money laundering and terrorism, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
4.14
Defense of Claims. Borrower shall diligently defend any investigation, audit, hearing, inquiry, proceeding, administrative action, or other action or claim related to the origination of, or Borrowers ownership of, any Accounts, where Borrowers liability, if such action or claim is adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to exceed $20,000.
4.15
Organizational Documents. Borrower shall comply in all respects with Borrowers certificate of incorporation (or equivalent formation document) and Borrowers bylaws (or equivalent operating document).
4.16
Location of Collateral. Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, keep Lender currently and accurately informed in writing of each location where any Collateral, or where any of Borrowers records relating to its Collateral, including Accounts, respectively, are kept, and shall not remove such Collateral or records or any of them to another location without giving Lender at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof; provided that the foregoing notice requirement shall not apply to Inventory to the extent such Inventory is in the process of being moved or transported in the ordinary course of business.
4.17
Notification of Damage. Borrower will immediately notify Lender of any material loss or damage to, or material diminution in or any occurrence that would materially and adversely affect the value of any Collateral.
4.18
Operating Agreement and Contracts. Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, comply with the Operating Agreement and the Contracts.
4.19
Budget. Attached hereto as Schedule 4.19 is the Borrowers operating expense budget for the period from September 1, 2013, to August 31, 2014, which is dated as of the date hereof, signed by the Borrowers principal finance and accounting officer, and approved by the Lender. On or prior to the date which is thirty (30) days from the date of this Agreement, and on each three (3) month anniversary thereafter during the term of the Loan, Borrower shall submit to Lender, for Lenders review and approval, a pro forma budget for operating expenses for the one-year period immediately succeeding the date of such submission, which pro forma budget, upon approval by the Lender, shall be deemed the Approved Budget hereunder for the applicable time period.
4.20
Consultant. Borrower shall pay, within five (5) Business Days demand therefor by Lender, all fees, costs, and expenses incurred by Lender and due and owing to the Consultant, provided that, prior to the occurrence of a Borrower Event of Default hereunder, Borrowers liability under this Section 4.20 shall not exceed $10,000 in any consecutive twelve (12) month period.
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4.21
Regarding the App Loan. Borrower shall take such steps and perform such actions, as Lender under the App Loan Agreement, as Lender may reasonably require from time to time.
5. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
5.1
Limitations on Indebtedness. Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender in each instance, issue any evidence of indebtedness or create, assume, guarantee, become contingently liable for, or suffer to exist indebtedness in addition to indebtedness to Lender, other than Permitted Indebtedness and customary unsecured accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business provided the same are not evidenced by a promissory note, are paid within sixty (60) days of the date incurred, and are limited, in the aggregate, to an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the maximum principal amount of the Loan.
5.2
Loans or Advances. Other than the Accounts, Borrower shall not make any loans or advances to any individual, firm or corporation, including without limitation its officers and employees; provided, however, that Borrower may make advances to its employees, including its officers, with respect to expenses incurred or to be incurred by such employees in the ordinary course of business which expenses are reimbursable by Borrower.
5.3
Investments. Borrower shall not make investments in, or advances to, any Person, other than the Accounts. Except for Accounts, Borrower will not purchase or otherwise invest in or hold securities, non-operating real estate or other non-operating assets or purchase all or substantially all the assets of any entity other than in connection with an acquisition approved by Lender in writing, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.
5.4
Merger. Borrower will not, without the prior written consent of Lender in Lenders sole discretion in each instance, merge or consolidate or be merged or consolidated with or into any other entity, unless prior to or concurrently therewith Lender is paid in full for all Obligations under the Loan Documents.
5.5
Capital Expenditures. Except in connection with a Permitted Capital Expenditure or an Approved OA Project, Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, make or commit to make capital expenditures by lease, purchase, or otherwise, except in the ordinary and usual course of business for the purpose of replacing machinery, equipment or other personal property which, as a consequence of wear, duplication or obsolescence, is no longer used or necessary in Borrowers business.
5.6
Sale of Assets. Borrower shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its assets except in the ordinary and usual course of business, unless prior to or concurrently therewith Lender is paid in full for all Obligations under the Loan Documents (subject to any notice period or restriction contained herein regarding Borrowers right to prepay the Loan) or except for the purpose of replacing machinery, equipment or other personal property which, as a consequence of wear, duplication or obsolescence, is no longer used or necessary in Borrowers business, provided that fair cash consideration is received therefor. Except in the ordinary course of business, Borrower shall not sell, transfer, convey, encumber, or otherwise alienate any of its right, title, or interest in or to any Collateral.
5.7
Restriction on Liens. Borrower shall not grant any security interest in, or mortgage of, its respective properties or assets including the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens or such liens as are in favor of Lender. Borrower shall not agree with any person other than Lender to not grant any security interest in, or mortgage of, any of its properties or assets including the Collateral.
5.8
Other Business. Borrower shall not engage in any business other than the business in which it is engaged on the date hereof.
5.9
Change of Name. Borrower shall not change its legal name or the state or jurisdiction of its organization, without giving Lender at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.
5.10
Organizational Documents. Borrower shall not modify, alter, amend, or restate in any way Borrowers certificate of incorporation (or equivalent formation document) nor Borrowers bylaws (or equivalent operating document) without the prior written consent of Lender in each instance.
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5.11
Conduct of Business. Borrower shall not, without the prior consent of Lender in each instance, enter into any agreement regarding the acquisition of, disposition of, collections on, or the hiring or instructing of collection agents with respect to, any Accounts.
5.12
Regarding the App Loan. Borrower shall not take any actions (including, without limitation, enforcement actions) nor grant any consents or waivers nor agree in writing or otherwise to any modifications, supplements, or addenda to the App Loan, in each case as Lender under the App Loan Agreement, without the prior consent of Lender in each instance.
6. DEFAULT
6.1
Borrower Event of Default. A Borrower Event of Default shall mean the occurrence of one or more of any of the following events:
(a)
(i) failure to pay principal or interest hereunder when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, which failure continues for ten (10) Business Days after Lender sends notice to Borrower of the failure, or (ii) failure to pay, within (10) Business Days of the date due, any other amounts due hereunder, in each case of (i) and (ii), other than due to an App Event of Default (as hereinafter defined); or
(b)
the default by Borrower of any of the terms or provisions of Sections 5.7 or 5.9 hereof;
(c)
other than due to an App Event of Default, the default of any other liability, obligation or undertaking of Borrower or any guarantor or other surety for the Loan, hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise, which default continues for ten (10) Business Days after Lender sends notice to Borrower of its occurrence (provided that if such default is not reasonably susceptible of cure within said ten (10) Business Day period, and Borrower commences a cure of such default within said ten (10) Business Day period, and thereafter diligently pursues such cure, then a Borrower Event of Default shall only occur if such failure continues for thirty (30) days after Lender sends notice to Borrower of its occurrence); or
(d)
if any statement, representation or warranty heretofore, now or hereafter made by Borrower of any affiliate in connection with this Agreement or in any supporting financial statement of Borrower shall be determined to have been intentionally false in any material respect when made; or
(e)
the liquidation, termination or dissolution of Borrower or any affiliate, or the merger or consolidation of any such organization into another entity, or its ceasing to carry on actively its present business or the appointment of a receiver for its property; or
(f)
the institution by or against any of Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan of any insolvency proceedings, whether under the United States Bankruptcy Code 11 USC §101 et seq. or any other law, in which Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan is alleged to be insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, or the making by Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or the granting by Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan of a trust mortgage for the benefit of creditors and, if such proceeding is instituted against Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, such proceeding shall not have been dismissed in sixty (60) days; or
(g)
the service upon Lender of a writ in which Lender is named as trustee of Borrower or of any guarantor of or surety for the Loan; or
(h)
a judgment or judgments for the payment of money shall be rendered in excess of US$50,000.00 against Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, and any such judgment shall remain unsatisfied and in effect for any period of thirty (30) consecutive days without a stay of execution; or
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(i)
other than due to an App Event of Default, the occurrence of any fact or circumstance (including without limitation any breach by Borrower of the Operating Agreement or a Contract) which, in Lenders reasonable discretion, may be reasonably expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, which fact or circumstance is not cured within ten (10) Business Days following written notice thereof from Lender to Borrower; or
(j)
any levy, lien (including mechanics lien), seizure, attachment, execution or similar process shall be issued or levied on any material portion of the property of Borrower or on any Collateral, and such lien or levy shall not be removed within sixty (60) days.
6.2
Acceleration Upon Borrower Event of Default.
(a)
If a Borrower Event of Default under Section 6.1(f) shall have occurred, all Obligations with respect to Advances under the Operating Sublimit shall become immediately due and payable without notice or demand. If any other Borrower Event of Default shall have occurred which, to the extent capable, has not been cured or waived by Lender, at the election of Lender, all Obligations with respect to Advances under the Operating Sublimit shall become immediately due and payable without notice or demand.
(b)
Lender is hereby authorized, at its election, after a Borrower Event of Default shall have occurred which has not been cured or waived by Lender, without any further demand or notice except to such extent as notice may be required by applicable law, to take possession and/or sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of the Collateral at public or private sale; and Lender may also exercise any and all other rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or which are otherwise accorded to it in equity or at law, all as Lender may determine, and such exercise of rights in compliance with the requirements of law will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral. If notice of a sale or other action by Lender is required by applicable law, unless the Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, Borrower agrees that ten (10) days written notice to Borrower, or the shortest period of written notice permitted by such law, whichever is smaller, shall be sufficient notice; and that to the extent permitted by law, Lender, its officers, attorneys and agents may bid and become purchasers at any such sale, if public, and may purchase at any private sale any of the Collateral that is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market or which is the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations. Any sale (public or private) shall be without warranty and free from any right of redemption, which Borrower shall waive and release after default upon Lenders request therefor, and may be free of any warranties as to the Collateral if Lender shall so decide. No purchaser at any sale (public or private) shall be responsible for the application of the purchase money. Any balance of the net proceeds of sale remaining after paying all Obligations of Borrower with respect to Advances under the Operating Sublimit to Lender shall be returned to such other party as may be legally entitled thereto; and if there is a deficiency, Borrower shall be responsible for the same, with interest. Upon demand by Lender, Borrower shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to Lender at a place designated by Lender which is reasonably convenient to Lender and Borrower. Borrower hereby acknowledges that Lender has extended credit and other financial accommodations to Borrower upon reliance of Borrowers granting Lender the rights and remedies contained in this Agreement including without limitation the right to take immediate possession of the Collateral upon the occurrence of a Borrower Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender and Borrower hereby acknowledges that Lender is entitled to such equitable and injunctive relief to enforce any of its rights and remedies hereunder and Borrower hereby waives any defense to such equitable or injunctive relief based upon any allegation of the absence of irreparable harm to Lender.
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(c)
Lender shall not be required to marshal any present or future security for (including but not limited to this Agreement and the Collateral subject to the security interest created hereby), or guarantees of, the Obligations or any of them, or to resort to such security or guarantees in any particular order; and all of its rights hereunder and in respect of such securities and guarantees shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. To the extent that it lawfully may, Borrower hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshalling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of Lenders rights under this Agreement or under any other instrument evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is secured or guaranteed, and to the extent that it lawfully may do so, Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, Lender shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of the Collateral or any income thereon, nor as to the preservation of rights against prior parties, nor as to the preservation of any rights pertaining thereto beyond the safe custody thereof.
6.3
Power of Attorney Upon Borrower Event of Default. Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Lender as Borrowers true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, at the sole cost and expense of Borrower but for the sole benefit of Lender, upon the occurrence of a Borrower Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender, to convert the Collateral into cash, including, without limitation, completing the manufacture or processing of work in process, and the sale (either public or private) of all or any portion or portions of the Collateral (subject to the notice and other terms provided in Section 6.2, above); to enforce collection of the Collateral, either in its own name or in the name of Borrower, including, without limitation, executing releases or waivers, compromising or settling with any Account Debtors and prosecuting, defending, compromising or releasing any action relating to the Collateral; to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to Borrower and to take therefrom any remittances or proceeds of Collateral in which Lender has a security interest; to notify applicable postal authorities to change the address for delivery of mail addressed to Borrower to such address as Lender shall designate; to endorse the name of Borrower in favor of Lender upon any and all checks, drafts, money orders, notes, acceptances or other instruments of the same or different nature; to sign and endorse the name of Borrower on and to receive as secured party any of the Collateral, any invoices, freight or express receipts, or bills of lading, storage receipts, warehouse receipts, or other documents of title of the same or different nature relating to the Collateral; to sign the name of Borrower on any notice of the Account Debtors or on verification of the Collateral; and to sign, if necessary, and file or record on behalf of Borrower any financing or other statement in order to perfect or protect Lenders security interest. Lender shall not be obliged to do any of the acts or exercise any of the powers hereinabove authorized, but if Lender elects to do any such act or exercise any such power, it shall not be accountable for more than it actually receives as a result of such exercise of power, and it shall not be entitled to collect more than an amount equal to the then outstanding Obligations, and any sums received in excess of the then-outstanding Obligations shall be returned to Borrower, and it shall not be responsible to Borrower or to any other party (and shall be and is hereby indemnified by Borrower against any such responsibility to any other party) except in the event that Lender has been determined, with finality, by a court of competent jurisdiction, that Lender has committed gross negligence or willful misconduct. All powers conferred upon Lender by this Agreement, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable so long as any Obligation of Borrower or any surety to Lender shall remain unpaid or Lender are obligated under this Agreement to extend any credit to Borrower.
6.4
App Loan Event of Default. If an Event of Default (as defined in the App Loan Agreement) (such event, an App Event of Default) shall have occurred, Borrower may send Lender an App Default Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, unless a Borrower Event of Default has occurred, an App Event of Default shall not constitute a default under this Agreement.
6.5
Nonexclusive Remedies. All of Lenders rights and remedies not only under the provisions of this Agreement but also under any other agreement or transaction shall be cumulative and not alternative or exclusive, and may be exercised by Lender at such time or times and in such order of preference as Lender in its sole discretion may determine.
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7. MISCELLANEOUS
7.1
Waivers. Borrower waives notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, notice of nonpayment, demand, presentment, protest or notice of protest of the Obligations, and all other notices, consents to any renewals or extensions of time of payment thereof, and generally waives any and all suretyship defenses and defenses in the nature thereof.
7.2
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or portion of such provision or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall to any extent be held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement (or the remainder of such provision) and the application thereof to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
7.3
Set-Off. Borrower hereby grants to Lender a continuing lien and security interest in any and all deposits or other sums at any time credited by or due from Lender (or any of its banking or lending affiliates, or any bank acting as a participant under any loan arrangement between Lender and Borrower, or any third party acting on Lenders behalf, including the Account Bank (collectively, the Lender Affiliates)) to Borrower and any cash, securities, instruments or other property of Borrower in the possession of Lender or any Lender Affiliate, whether for safekeeping or otherwise, or in transit to or from Lender or any Lender Affiliate (regardless of the reason Lender or Lender Affiliates had received the same or whether Lender or Lender Affiliates has conditionally released the same) as security for the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the liabilities and obligations of Borrower to Lender or any Lender Affiliate and, following the occurrence of a Borrower Event of Default, such deposits and other sums may be applied or set off against such liabilities and obligations of Borrower to Lender or any Lender Affiliate as are then due and unpaid, whether or not demand has been made and whether or not other collateral is then available to Lender or any Lender Affiliate.
7.4
Indemnification. Borrower shall protect, defend (by counsel selected by Lender and reasonably acceptable to Borrower), indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitees from and against all liabilities (including sums paid in settlement of claims), losses, costs, obligations, demands, suits, liens, damages, and fines (including any sums ordered to be paid or expended by Indemnitees by any governmental entity as a fine, penalty or damages) arising as a direct or indirect result of Borrowers failure to perform any of the agreements, terms or conditions of this Agreement or the Loan Documents required to be performed by Borrower, or for the breach by Borrower of any representation, warranty, or covenant contained herein or in any other Loan Document (including, without limitation any third party claims arising therefrom). Notwithstanding the foregoing indemnity, no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification with respect to any liability (including sums paid in settlement of claims), loss, cost, obligation, demand, suit, lien, damage, or fine (including any sums ordered to be paid or expended by Indemnitees by any governmental entity as a fine, penalty or damage) which is due to its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or where such indemnification would be a violation of applicable law. The indemnification provided by this Section 7.4 shall survive payment of the Obligations, any termination of this Agreement, and/or release or discharge executed by Lender in favor of Borrower.
7.5
Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall pay to Lender any and all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees, and disbursements, court costs, litigation and other expenses) incurred or paid by Lender in establishing, maintaining, protecting or enforcing any of Lenders rights or the Obligations, including, without limitation, any and all such costs and expenses incurred or paid by Lender in defending Lenders security interest in, title or right to the Collateral or in collecting or attempting to collect or enforcing or attempting to enforce payment of the Obligations. Each of the costs and expenses incurred by Lender hereunder and payable by Borrower shall be deemed evidenced by and added to the outstanding principal balance of the Note.
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Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute but one agreement.
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Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding between and among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes, all prior proposals, negotiations, agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to such subject matter.
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Binding Effect of Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, and shall remain in full force and effect (and Lender shall be entitled to rely thereon) until all commitments of Lender hereunder are terminated and all Obligations hereunder are fully paid. Lender may transfer and assign this Agreement and deliver the Collateral to the assignee, who shall thereupon have all of the rights of Lender; and Lender shall then be relieved and discharged of any responsibility or liability with respect to this Agreement, and the Collateral. Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein or in the other Loan Documents, nothing, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
7.9
Further Assurances. Borrower will from time to time execute and deliver to Lender, and take or cause to be taken, all such other or further action as Lender may reasonably request in order to effect and confirm or vest more securely in Lender all rights contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or to vest more fully in or assure to Lender the security interest in the Collateral granted to Lender by this Agreement or to comply with applicable statute or law and to facilitate the collection of the Collateral (including, without limitation, the endorsement of promissory notes and instruments and notifications to obligors on the Collateral). To the extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower authorizes Lender to file financing statements, continuation statements or amendments without Borrowers signature appearing thereon, and any such financing statements, continuation statements or amendments may be signed by Lender on behalf of Borrower, if necessary, and may be filed at any time in any jurisdiction. Lender may at any time and from time to time file financing statements, continuation statements, debentures, mortgages, and any other documents allowed under the laws of the State of Washington, the State of California, or any other applicable jurisdiction, and amendments thereto which contain any information required by the laws of the State of Washington, the State of California, or any other applicable jurisdiction for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement, continuation statement or amendment, including whether Borrower is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to Borrower. Borrower agrees to furnish any such information to Lender promptly upon request. In addition, Borrower shall at any time and from time to time take such steps as Lender may reasonably request for Lender (i) to obtain an acknowledgement, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, of any bailee having possession of any of the Collateral that the bailee holds such Collateral for Lender, (ii) to obtain possession and control of any Collateral comprised of deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, letter of credit rights or investment property, with any agreements establishing control to be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, and (iii) otherwise to insure the continued perfection and priority of Lenders security interest in any of the Collateral and the preservation of its rights therein. Borrower hereby constitutes Lender its attorney-in-fact to execute, if necessary, and file all filings required or so requested for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; and such power, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable until this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, all Obligations are paid in full and the Collateral is released.
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Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended, or the obligations of the parties hereto modified, except in a writing executed by all of the parties. No delay or omission on the part of Lender in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right and waiver on any one or more occasions shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy of Lender on any future occasion.
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Terms of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect so long as any Obligations or obligation of Borrower to Lender shall be outstanding, or Lender shall have any obligation to extend any financial accommodation hereunder, and is supplementary to each and every other agreement between Borrower and Lender and shall not be so construed as to limit or otherwise derogate from any of the rights or remedies of Lender or any of the liabilities, obligations or undertakings of Borrower under any such agreement, nor shall any contemporaneous or subsequent agreement between Borrower and Lender be construed to limit or otherwise derogate from any of the rights or remedies of Lender or any of the liabilities, obligations or undertakings of Borrower hereunder, unless such other agreement specifically refers to this Agreement and expressly so provides.
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Notices. Any notice under or pursuant to this Agreement shall be a signed writing or other authenticated record. Any such notice shall be deemed duly received and effective (i) if delivered in hand or by telecopier to, or received by, any officer or agent of Borrower or Lender, upon such delivery or receipt, or (ii) if sent by overnight courier, on the next business day after being so sent, or (iii) if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and properly addressed to Borrower or Lender, two (2) business days after being so mailed. A partys proper address is that set forth for such party in this Agreement or such address as that party may from time to time hereafter designate by notice to the other party. As of the date hereof, any notice under any Loan Document shall be transmitted to the following address:
If to Borrower:
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
601 W. Main Ave., Suite 1017
Spokane, Washington 99201
Attention: Jim Westmoreland
Telecopier: (281) 996-4176
If to Lender:
Maximilian Investors LLC
152 West 57th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Robert Levy
Telecopier: (212) 581-0002
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Governing Law. This Agreement, and all transactions thereunder or pursuant thereto shall be governed as to interpretation, validity, effect, rights, duties and remedies of the parties thereunder and in all other respects by the domestic laws of the State of New York, other than any principle or provision thereof that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
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Reproductions. This Agreement and all documents which have been or may be hereinafter furnished by Borrower to Lender may be reproduced by Lender by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, xerographic or similar process, and any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made in the regular course of business).
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Venue. Borrower and Lender each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Federal or state court sitting in the City, County, and State of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Borrower and Lender irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court sitting in the City, County, and State of New York and any claim that the same has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Borrower and Lender each acknowledge that any appeals from those Courts may have to be heard by a court located outside of the State of New York. Borrower and Lender hereby consent to any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding, (i) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the partys address shown in this Agreement or as notified to a Lender and (ii) by serving the same upon Borrower in any other manner otherwise permitted by law, and agrees that such service shall in every respect be deemed effective service upon Borrower, and furthermore. Nothing contained in this section shall change venue and jurisdiction under this agrement, the Loan Documents, or any action related to the agreement, Loan Documents or transactions contemplated thereby, and at all time the venue and juridiction shall be exclusively in the State of New York.
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JURY WAIVER. BORROWER AND LENDER EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY, AND AFTER AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, (A) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE OBLIGATIONS, ALL MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND (B) AGREE NOT TO SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE, OR HAS NOT BEEN, WAIVED. BORROWER CERTIFIES THAT NEITHER LENDER NOR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS OR COUNSEL HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT LENDER WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
7.17
No Partnership. Nothing contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to create an equity investment in Borrower on the part of Lender or a partnership between Lender and Borrower, it being the intent of the parties hereto that only the relationship of lender and borrower shall exist with respect to the Loan. Borrower agrees that it shall report this transaction for income tax purposes, and file all related tax returns, in a manner consistent with the form of this transaction as a loan.
7.18
Lender is not in Control; Lender-Creditor Relationship.
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None of the covenants or other provisions contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall, or shall be deemed to, give Lender the right or power to exercise control over the affairs or management of Borrower, the power of Lender being limited to the right to exercise the remedies provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and applicable law.
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The relationship between Lender, on the one hand, and Borrower and any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor. Lender shall not have (or be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to any of Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, arising out of or in connection with, and there is no agency or joint venture relationship between Lender, on the one hand, and Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, on the other hand, by virtue of, this Agreement or the Loan.
7.19
Attorneys Fees. In the event of any dispute between the parties to this Agreement, the prevailing party in any litigation resulting from such dispute shall be entitled to collect, inter alia, its reasonable attorneys fees and out-of-pocket expenses.
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Certification. The individual(s) signing this Agreement on behalf of Borrower, by their respective signatures hereon, hereby certify for the benefit of Lender, that all information submitted to Lender in connection with the underwriting of the Loan is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of this Agreement.
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Publicity. Except as may be required by applicable law, none of the parties hereto shall issue a publicity release or announcement or otherwise make any public disclosure concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, without prior approval by the other parties hereto. If any announcement is required by law to be made by any party hereto, prior to making such announcement such party will deliver a draft of such announcement to the other parties and shall give the other parties an opportunity to comment thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender or any of its affiliates may (i) disclose a general description of transactions arising under the Loan Documents for advertising, marketing or other similar purposes, and (ii) use Borrowers name, logo or other indicia germane to such party in connection with such advertising, marketing or other similar purposes, and, in each case, may post such information on its website.
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Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement is an amendment and restatement of the Original Agreement and is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the liens, security interests, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, expenses, or obligations under the Original Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 1.5(a)(i)
FORM OF REQUEST FOR ADVANCE
[LETTERHEAD OF BORROWER]
[DATE]
Via electronic mail only
Maximilian Investors LLC
152 West 57th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Robert Levy
Re:
Loan from Maximilian Investors LLC, to Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., is the Borrower (and herein so-called) under that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated August __, 2013 (the Loan Agreement), by and between Borrower and Maximilian Investors LLC. Capitalized terms used and not herein defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.
Borrower hereby requests that Lender advance the amount of $[____________], pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement. Borrower hereby directs that such advance be transmitted, by wire transfer, to the following account(s):
Amount: ________________________
ABA No.: ___________________________
Account No.: ________________________
Further credit to: _______________________
This Advance is requested under the (check one):
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Operating Sublimit
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App Fundings Sublimit
To induce Lender to make the advance requested above, each of the undersigned hereby certify to Lender as follows:
1.
All information, including without limitation, all representations, exhibits, financial statements and other materials, submitted to Lender by Borrower or any affiliate in connection with or in support of the Loan continues to be correct and accurate as of the date hereof; and
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Except as may have been previously disclosed to Lender in writing, there is no outstanding, pending or threatened litigation against the undersigned or affecting Borrower or any surety of any of Borrowers obligations to Lender, or the collateral for the Loan which would affect any such person or entity or said collateral in any material adverse way; and
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Neither Borrower nor any other surety of any of Borrowers obligations to Lender, has suffered or incurred any material adverse financial change since the date of the last financial statement submitted by such person or entity to Lender; and
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Borrower has not breached any term, provision, representation, warranty, or covenant contained in any Loan Documents, each of the representations, warranties, and covenants of each such person contained in each of the Loan Documents is true and correct as of the date hereof; and
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No event or series of events has or have intervened since the date Borrower initially executed and delivered the Note, which would either individually or collectively adversely affect the collateral for the Loan in any material way.
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Schedule 4.19
Exhibit 10.2
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Agreement), entered into as of August 28, 2013, between APP ENERGY, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company with its chief executive offices located at 104 West Front Street, Monroe, Michigan 48161 (the Borrower), and DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC., a Washington corporation with its chief executive offices located at 601 W. Main Ave., Suite 1017, Spokane, Washington 99201 (together with any successors or assigns, herein the Lender).
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, and in consideration of the granting by Lender of financial accommodations to or for the benefit of Borrower, including without limitation respecting the Obligations (as hereinafter defined), Borrower represents and agrees with Lender, and Lender agrees with Borrower, as of the date hereof and as of the date of each loan, credit and/or other financial accommodation, as follows:
1.1
Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender hereby agrees to make a loan to or for the benefit of Borrower, on and after the date hereof, in one or more advances of principal hereunder not to exceed, in the aggregate, $40,000,000 (each, an Advance). All principal advanced hereunder is hereinafter referred to collectively as the Loan. The Loan shall be evidenced by that certain Promissory Note, dated as of the date hereof (the Note), given by Borrower to the order of Lender, in the maximum face amount of US$40,000,000.00. This Agreement, the Note, the Guarantee Agreement and any and all other documents, amendments or renewals executed and delivered by any Person in connection with any of the foregoing, including any guaranties of any obligation of Borrower are collectively hereinafter referred to as the Loan Documents.
1.2
Credit Account. An account shall be opened on the books of Lender which shall be designated on Lenders books and records as Borrowers Credit Account in which account a record will be kept of the Loan, all Advances thereunder, and all payments thereon and other appropriate debits and credits as provided by this Agreement.
1.3
Interest; Maturity. Interest respecting the outstanding principal balance of the Loan from time to time outstanding will be charged to Borrower at the rate specified in this Agreement. Interest on the Loan will be based on the actual number of days elapsed in a given calendar month and an assumed 360-day year. All outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date (as hereinafter defined).
1.4
Certain Definitions. For purposes of this agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (with certain other terms defined in Section 2.2 hereof):
(a)
Advance Conditions shall mean each of the following:
(i)
the satisfaction of the Closing Conditions;
(ii)
each of the representations and warranties of Borrower contained herein shall be true and correct in all respects;
(iii)
no default or event that, by virtue of the giving of notice or the passage of time, could become an Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) hereunder, shall have then occurred hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(iv)
No circumstance exists which may, in the reasonable determination of Lender, be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as hereinafter defined);
(v)
Borrower shall not be subject to any lawsuit, proceeding, investigation, or other action, nor shall any such lawsuit, proceeding, investigation, or other action have been threatened against Borrower, which may result, in Lenders reasonable determination, in a Material Adverse Effect;
(vi)
Borrower shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to Lender, with respect to any real estate proposed to be used in any Approved OA Project being funded with the proceeds of such Advance (including, without limitation, an Oil and Gas Asset), a copy of all documentation delivered to Operator under the Operating Agreement;
(vii)
To the extent the proceeds of such Advance are to be used for an OA Project, Lender shall have received evidence from the Operator that the OA Project is an Approved OA Project; and
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To the extent the proceeds of such Advance are to be used for an OA Project, (A) the Lender shall have received Title Information with respect to the Drillsite or Drilling Unit to be drilled pursuant to the proposed OA Project, (B) Borrower shall have cured to Lenders satisfaction any material title defects or exceptions affecting such Drillsite or Drilling Unit and shall have secured any pooling amendments or agreements contemplated by the Operating Agreement, (C) Borrower shall have confirmed to Lenders satisfaction Lenders first priority security interest in and to the Borrowers right, title and interest in and to the Drillsite or Drilling Unit, and (D) Lender shall have received an opinion from counsel licensed to practice in the jurisdiction in which such OA Project is located, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender, that the applicable mortgage or deed of trust from Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded against Borrowers interest in the real estate on which such OA Project is located perfects Lenders lien in and to such real property interest.
(b)
Allowed Cash Reserve Payments means a portion of Borrowers gross revenue directed by Borrower from time to time into the Cash Reserve; provided, however, that Allowed Cash Reserve Payments shall not at any time cause the Cash Reserve to exceed $100,000.
(c)
Approved Budget shall mean the pro-forma budget for operating expenses prepared by Borrower and submitted to and approved by Lender pursuant to Section 4.19 hereof.
(d)
Approved Closing Costs shall mean Borrowers and Lenders demonstrable third-party out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the entry by Borrower and Lender into this Agreement and the Loan Documents, each of which shall have been approved by Lender in the exercise of its sole and absolute discretion.
(e)
Approved OA Project shall mean an OA Project in connection with which Borrower has requested an Advance hereunder and which has been previously approved by Lender in the exercise of its reasonable discretion.
(f)
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Day of Observance, or day which is or shall be in the State of New York a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are required or authorized to close.
(g)
Cash Reserve shall mean a segregated cash reserve account maintained by Borrower in an amount not greater than $100,000.00.
(h)
Closing Conditions shall mean each of the following:
(i)
Borrower shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to Lender;
(ii)
Borrower shall have executed and delivered to Lender the Note and a mortgage or deed of trust, each in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion;
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(iii)
John Piedmonte shall have delivered to Lender an Indemnity (the Indemnity) in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion;
(iv)
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender an Assignment and Assumption Agreement conveying to Lender twenty-five percent (25%) of Borrowers interest in and under the Operating Agreement and its Oil and Gas Assets that are the subject thereof (which interests Borrower acknowledges and agrees shall be freely assignable by Lender) in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion, together with the deeds or other assignments required thereunder and the payment, if any, of any applicable transfer taxes and recordation fees and charges in connection with the recording thereof;
(v)
Each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered the Guarantee Agreement to Lender;
(vi)
Lender shall have received one or more subordination agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion, from the holder of any indebtedness listed in clauses (i), (ii), or (vii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness contained herein;
(vii)
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender all UCC-1 and other financing statements in favor of Lender pursuant to this Agreement, which shall be in a recordable form satisfactory to Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, and Lender shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that, upon the filing and recording of such financing statements, Lender shall have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral (as hereinafter defined);
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Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it, all releases, terminations and such other documents as it may request to evidence and effectuate the termination by any other lender of its respective financing arrangements with Borrower (other than Permitted Indebtedness) and the termination and release by such lender of any interest in and to any assets and properties of Borrower, duly authorized, executed and delivered by such lender, including, without limitation, (i) UCC termination statements for all UCC financing statements previously filed by it or its predecessors, as secured party, and Borrower or any of its affiliates, as debtor and (ii) satisfactions and discharges of any mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt by Borrower or any of its affiliates in favor of any such lender, in form acceptable for recording with the appropriate governmental authority; and
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Borrower shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to Lender, with respect to any real estate owned or leased by Borrower (including without limitation all Borrowers present and future right, title and interest in and to the Oil and Gas Assets), a mortgage or deed of trust, as applicable, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, executed by Borrower.
(i)
Commitment Fee shall mean, as of any Payment Date, an amount calculated on the average daily outstanding principal balance of the Loan for the immediately preceding calendar month at a rate per month equal to six-tenths of one percent (0.6%).
(j)
Consultant shall mean each and any third party professional oil and gas industry or petrochemical or geological or other consultant engaged by Lender to provide advice and consultation with respect to the Borrower, the operation of the Borrowers business, the Borrowers and Lenders rights and responsibilities under the Operating Agreement, and such other information or services as Lender may reasonably require in order to protect Lenders interests in the Loan and the Operating Agreement.
(k)
Control of any Person means the ability to direct the day to day operations of such Person or the ability, whether alone or with others, to cause the Person to make Material Decisions.
(l)
Day of Observance shall mean each of Rosh Hashanah (both days), Yom Kippur, Succoth (first two (2) days), Shmini Atzereth, Simchas Torah, Passover (first two (2) days and last two (2) days) and Shavuoth (both days).
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Drawn Amount shall mean, as of any date, the then-outstanding principal balance of the Loan.
(n)
Drillsite shall have the meaning given to that term in Article I, Paragraph I of the Operating Agreement.
(o)
Drilling Unit shall have the meaning given to that term in Article I, Paragraph H of the Operating Agreement.
(p)
Environmental Laws shall mean all former, current and future Federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives, orders (including consent orders), and agreements in each case, relating to protection of the environment, natural resources, human health and safety or the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling or handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous Materials.
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Environmental Liability shall mean all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising out of or relating to (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
(r)
Excess Cash Flow shall mean, for any given period of time, all of Borrowers pre-tax revenue generated from its ownership of Oil and Gas Assets, adjusted in accordance with GAAP for any non-cash items of revenue, and net of Permitted Capital Expenditures, Allowed Cash Reserve Payments, LOE due and owing by Borrower pursuant to the Operating Agreement, gas transportation fees due and owing on Borrowers sale of production, royalties due and owing on Borrowers Oil and Gas Assets, and revenues received by Borrower in trust for distribution to the third parties listed on Schedule 2.2(c) relating to production from vertical wells drilled before 2013, but without netting out Required Monthly Interest Payments or the Commitment Fee.
(s)
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.
(t)
Hazardous Materials shall mean (a) petroleum and any petroleum products or Hydrocarbons, coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances and (b) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any Environmental Law.
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Hubbard Note shall mean that certain Nonnegotiable Secured Promissory Note, dated May 31, 2011, issued by Westside Arizona Oil and Gas, LLC, to Billy E. Hubbard, in the initial principal amount of $229,645.00, as the same may have been modified, amended, supplemented, or restated from time to time prior to the date hereof.
(v)
Initial Well Projects means the Groves H-1 well, Groves H-3 well and Dillon H-6 well, all of which are located in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
(w)
LOE shall mean the costs of maintaining and operating the Borrowers Oil and Gas Assets, including the cost of operating and maintaining the equipment, repairs and supplies, utilities, automobile and truck expenses, taxes, insurance, and overhead expenses such as bookkeeping, billing costs, and correspondence, in each case in accordance with the Approved Budget or as otherwise approved by Lender.
(x)
Material Decision means any decision regarding:
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merger or consolidation; or
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sale, transfer, mortgage, or pledge of all or substantially all assets; or
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filing or declaring insolvency or bankruptcy.
(y)
OA Project shall mean any individual drilling proposal under the Operating Agreement.
(z)
Oil and Gas Assets means all of Borrowers present and future right, title and interest in and to:
(i)
oil and gas leases, leasehold interests and licenses;
(ii)
oil, gas and mineral leases;
(iii)
other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon licenses, leases, fee mineral interests, term mineral interests, subleases, mineral servitudes, farm-outs, royalties, overriding royalty and royalty interests, non-consent interests arising out of or pursuant to Contracts, net profit interests, net revenue and profit interests, oil payments, production payments, production payment interests and similar interests and estates, including all reserved or residual interests of whatever nature and all reversionary or carried interests relating to any of the foregoing.
(aa)
Operating Agreement shall mean that certain Operating Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, by and among Borrower, as operator, and Lender, as non-operator, as it may be amended from time to time to add parties or for other reasons.
(bb)
Operating Expense(s) shall mean any expenditure(s) made by or on behalf of Borrower pursuant to the Approved Budget.
(cc)
Operator shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Article V, Paragraph A of the Operating Agreement.
(dd)
Payment Date shall mean the tenth (10th) day of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement commencing with the seventh full calendar month occurring subsequent to the date of this Agreement (for example, if this Agreement were dated July 26, 2013, then the first Payment Date would be February 10, 2014).
(ee)
Permitted Capital Expenditure shall mean any capital expenditure identified in the Approved Budget or otherwise approved by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.
(ff)
Permitted Indebtedness shall mean, collectively, (i) the Obligations or other indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents; (ii) debt of Borrower existing on the date hereof that is reflected in Borrowers financial statements and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase in the principal amount or interest thereof or any shortening of the maturity of any principal amount thereof); (iii) accounts payable and accrued expenses, liabilities or other obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of services from time to time incurred in the ordinary course of business; (iv) debt associated with bonds or surety obligations required by a governmental authority in connection with the operation of the Oil and Gas Assets; (v) extensions of credit from suppliers or contractors who are not affiliated with Borrower for the performance of labor or services or the provision of supplies or materials under applicable contracts or agreements in connection with oil and gas exploration and development activities; (vi) other unsecured trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and (vii) accrued asset retirement obligations as required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 410.
(gg)
Prepaid Amount means an amount equal to six months worth of Regular Interest and the Commitment Fee on the principal amount of the first Advance hereunder, which sum shall be paid to Lender, in advance, simultaneously with, and out of the proceeds of, the first Advance hereunder.
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(hh)
Regular Interest shall mean interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Loan from time to time at a rate per annum equal to (a) with respect to the first Advance hereunder, sixteen and eight tenths percent (16.8%), and (b) with respect to each other Advance hereunder other than the first Advance, twelve percent (12%).
(ii)
Release shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture.
(jj)
Required Monthly Interest Payment shall mean, as of any Payment Date, and for each Advance hereunder, Regular Interest on the average daily outstanding principal balance of such Advance for the immediately preceding calendar month.
(kk)
Required Monthly Payment shall mean, as of any Payment Date, a payment in an aggregate amount equal to the Required Monthly Interest Payment plus the Required Monthly Principal Payment plus the Commitment Fee.
(ll)
Required Monthly Principal Payment shall mean, as of any Payment Date, a payment equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding calendar month, which shall be applied by Lender in reduction of the outstanding principal balance of each Advance, starting with the longest-outstanding Advance.
(mm)
Title Information shall mean the Drillsite or Drilling Unit title opinions, asbtracts, curative materials and such other title examinations and materials contemplated by Article IV.A of the Operating Agreement, all prepared by counsel and abstractors, and in form and substance, satisfactory to Lender.
1.5
Advances, Payments, and Prepayments.
(a)
Credit Line.
(i)
Lender shall establish a line of credit under the Loan (the Credit Line) pursuant to which Borrower may request, from time to time, Advances by submitting to Lender a request for Advance in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.5(a)(i) (a Request for Advance).
(ii)
Upon satisfaction of the Advance Conditions with respect to a request for an Advance under the Credit Line hereunder, Lender shall fund such Advance in accordance with the applicable Request for Advance.
(iii)
Lender hereby covenants and agrees that an amount equal to $2,650,000.00 is committed to Borrower under the Credit Line, provided that such amount shall not be construed as the maximum amount that may be drawn under the Credit Line. Subsequent to the first Advance hereunder, Borrower may from time to time request that Lender make one or more further Advances under the Credit Line by submitting a Request for Advance, and upon receipt of such request, and upon the satisfaction of the Advance Conditions, Lender shall make such an Advance to Borrower, provided, however, that from and after the date on which Lender has made Advances under the Credit Line of, in the aggregate, not less than $2,650,000.00, any subsequent Advance under the Credit Line, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such Advance would cause the aggregate amount of Advances made by Lender under the Credit Line to exceed $2,650,000.00, shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of Lender (i.e., if a requested Advance would cause the aggregate amount of Advances made under the Credit Line to equal $2,750,000.00, then only the last $100,000.00 of such requested Advance shall be in Lenders sole and absolute discretion), notwithstanding the satisfaction of the Advance Conditions or the submission of a Request for Advance.
(b)
No Advance may be requested by Borrower after the date that is thirty-six (36) months from the date of this Agreement.
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(c)
With respect to the first Advance under the Loan, Borrower shall use the proceeds of such Advance for (i) Approved Closing Costs, (ii) the Initial Well Projects, (iii) Prepaid Amount, (iv) distribution to Borrowers parent for the sole purpose of payment in full of the Hubbard Note, and (v) such other costs or expenses as may be approved by Lender in its sole discretion.
(d)
With respect to each Advance under the Loan other than the first Advance, Borrower may only use the proceeds of such Advance for (i) Operating Expenses, (ii) payment of Borrowers accounts payable pursuant to the Approved Budget, or (iii) any costs or expenses of Lender which are payable by or chargeable to Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(e)
On each Payment Date during the term of the Loan, Borrower shall make a payment to Lender equal to the Required Monthly Payment, which shall be applied by Lender pursuant to the waterfall set forth in Section 1.8(e).
(f)
Borrower may, on not more than three (3) occasions, and on five (5) Business Days prior notice to Lender, elect to cause the next due Required Monthly Principal Payment to equal zero dollars ($0.00).
(g)
To the extent that the principal portion of any Advance has not been repaid in full from application of Required Monthly Principal Payments, then Borrower shall repay to Lender any remaining principal portion of such Advance on the first Payment Date to occur on or subsequent to the date which is two (2) years from the date of such Advance.
(h)
The entire outstanding principal balance of the Loan, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on the date which is forty-eight (48) months from the date of this Agreement (such date, the Maturity Date).
(i)
Borrower may prepay outstanding principal on the Loan, in whole or in part, at any time, provided that any such prepayment shall be on not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender.
(j)
Any principal prepaid or repaid on the Loan may be re-borrowed during the period of time for which Advances may be requested and made hereunder, and to the extent any such principal is prepaid or repaid, Lender shall in its sole and absolute discretion re-advance such prepaid or repaid principal under the Loan upon submission by Borrower of a Request for Advance, provided that each of the other applicable conditions precedent as set forth herein for such Advance are met.
(k)
At no time shall the outstanding principal balance of the Loan exceed $40,000,000.00.
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1.6
Advances in Lenders Sole Discretion; Limitation on Liability. Each Advance (other than in connection with the first $2,650,000 drawn under the Credit Line hereunder) shall be in Lenders sole and absolute discretion. Lender shall have no obligation hereunder to make any Advance other than the first $2,650,000 drawn under the Credit Line. Lenders failure in its sole and absolute discretion to make any Advance hereunder shall not impact the repayment of any Advance previously made, which shall be in all instances in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, other than with respect to the first $2,650,000 advanced hereunder, the credit facility evidenced hereby and by the Loan Documents shall be entirely discretionary. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement, and any Advance made or to be made hereunder (other than with respect to the first $2,650,000 advanced hereunder), are entirely within the sole and absolute discretion of Lender. Borrower, for itself and on behalf of its past, present and future representatives, partners, operators, members, shareholders, officers, directors, agents, employees, servants, affiliates, related companies, successors and assigns, hereby releases and forever discharges Lender from and against any and all liability, claims, causes of action, losses, costs, and damages (of whatever kind and nature, whether direct or indirect, foreseeable or unforeseeable, in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, whether or not concealed or hidden, or otherwise) that Borrower (or any representative, partner, operator, member, shareholder, officer, director, agent, employee, servant, affiliate, related company, successor or assign of Borrower) may have had, may now have or may incur arising out of or in any way connected to the Loan or as a result of Lenders action or inaction in compliance with the terms of this Section 1.6. The terms and provisions of this Section 1.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment in full of the Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the prior consent of Lender in each instance, which may be withheld, conditioned, or delayed in Lenders sole discretion, no portion of the first $2,650,000 advanced hereunder may be used by Borrower for any OA Project other than the Initial Well Projects.
1.7
Monthly Statement. At the option of Lender, at the end of each month, Lender will render to Borrower a statement of the Credit Account, showing all applicable credits and debits. Each statement shall be for informational purposes only and shall not be deemed binding on Lender.
1.8
Deposit Accounts.
(a)
Within thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement, Borrower will establish with a bank agreed to by Lender in its reasonable discretion (such bank, the Account Bank) two deposit accounts, one of which is referred to herein as the Receivables Account and the other of which is referred to herein as the Borrower Account (each such account is referred to herein each as a Deposit Account and, collectively, as the Deposit Accounts). Upon opening such accounts, Borrower shall provide Lender details of each account.
(b)
At the time the Deposit Accounts are opened, Borrower, Lender and the Account Bank shall enter into (i) a deposit account control agreement regarding the Receivables Account, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion (the Receivables Account Agreement), and (ii) a deposit account control agreement regarding the Borrower Account, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion (the Borrower Account Agreement; the foregoing items (i) and (ii), herein the DACA). Pursuant to the DACA, the Account Bank will acknowledge Lenders security interest in all funds or sums of money on deposit from time to time in such Deposit Accounts. Borrower represents and warrants that, upon opening the Deposit Accounts, it will have no other deposit account except for the Receivables Account, the Borrower Account, and the accounts listed on Schedule 1.8(b).
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(c)
In order to further secure the performance by Borrower of its obligations hereunder and under the Note, Borrower hereby acknowledges and confirms that, upon opening the Deposit Accounts and entering into the DACA: (i) the Account Bank will acknowledge the security interest of Lender in the Deposit Accounts, and all funds, checks, drafts, certificates, instruments and other investments or deposits therein and all other financial assets credited thereto shall constitute collateral to secure the payment of the Loan; (ii) Borrower shall have no right to make withdrawals from the Receivables Account; (iii) to the extent any Deposit Account contains any Financial Assets (as that term is defined in Section 2.2(d) herein), such Financial Assets shall be maintained as Investment Property (as that term is defined in Section 2.2(h) herein); and (iv) at Lenders request, Borrower shall provide an opinion from counsel licensed to practice in the jurisdiction under which the DACA is governed as to the authorization, execution, delivery, and enforceability of the DACA and the valid creation and perfection of the security interest in the Deposit Accounts in favor of Lender.
(d)
Deposits into the Deposit Accounts. Promptly upon opening the Deposit Accounts, but in any case no later than five (5) Business Days after opening the Deposit Accounts, Borrower shall irrevocably instruct all of its present and future Account debtors (including, without limitation, the Operator, herein, Account Debtors) to direct all sums payable or otherwise due and owing to Borrower to the Receivables Account, without such payments at any time being under the control of Borrower or any of its agents or employees, it being acknowledged by Lender, however, that certain of such sums constitute Excluded Assets (as hereinafter defined). Borrower represents, warrants and covenants that it shall, upon the request of Lender, deliver Lender such evidence as Lender may reasonably require to evidence the fact that its Account Debtors have been instructed by Borrower to remit such payments directly to the Receivables Account. Borrower shall not amend, revoke or alter such instructions in any way which would interfere with payments by Account Debtors being transmitted directly into the Receivables Account, and any such amendment, revocation or alteration shall constitute an immediate Event of Default hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, within one (1) week after receipt of the same by Borrower or any agent or Person acting on behalf of Borrower, Borrower or such agent shall directly deposit (or cause to be deposited) all such payments received by Borrower or such agent from any Account Debtor into the Receivables Account, and Borrower or any such agent or Persons failure to do so shall constitute an immediate Event of Default hereunder. If Borrower or any such agent does receive any such payments from any Account Debtor, then Borrower and such agent agree not to commingle any such payments with other funds of Borrower, and Borrower and such agent agree that it is holding such payments in an express trust for the benefit of Lender until such payments are deposited into the Receivables Account.
(e)
Disbursements from the Receivables Account. On each Payment Date, so long as no Event of Default has occurred, Lender shall disburse sums on deposit in the Receivables Account in the following order of priority:
(i)
First, to Lender, in payment of sums, other than the Required Monthly Payment or Commitment Fee then due and owing to Lender hereunder;
(ii)
Second, to Lender, in an amount equal to the Required Monthly Payment, to be applied:
(A)
first, in arrears, to the payment of Regular Interest then due and owing hereunder;
(B)
second, in payment of the Commitment Fee then due and owing hereunder; and
(C)
third, in payment of the Required Monthly Principal Payment; and
(iii)
Thereafter, to the Borrower Account, to be used by Borrower for any lawful purpose.
(f)
Lenders Right to Control. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender shall be immediately entitled to provide the Account Bank with a Notice of Control (as defined in the applicable DACA) under any of the DACAs.
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2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
2.1
Grant of Security Interest. In consideration of Lenders extending credit and other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of Borrower, Borrower hereby grants to Lender a security interest in, a lien on and pledge and assignment of the Collateral (as hereinafter defined), including, without limitation, all claims against third parties (including Account Debtors) arising out of or related to the Collateral. The security interest granted by this Agreement is given to and shall be held by Lender as security for the payment and performance of all Obligations (as hereinafter defined), including, without limitation, all amounts outstanding pursuant to the Loan Documents.
2.2
Definitions. The following definitions shall apply:
(a)
Collateral shall mean all of Borrowers present and future right, title and interest in, to and under the following described property (unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein shall have the meaning given to it in the UCC (as hereinafter defined)) but in no event shall include Excluded Assets:
(i)
all now existing and hereafter acquired or arising Accounts, Goods, General Intangibles, Payment Intangibles, Financial Assets, Deposit Accounts (including, without limitation, the Deposit Accounts), Chattel Paper (including, without limitation, Electronic Chattel Paper), Documents, Instruments, Software, Investment Property, Letters of Credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Commercial Tort Claims, money, Equipment, Operating Equipment, Inventory, Fixtures, and Supporting Obligations, including, without limitation, all of Borrowers right, title, and interest in and to the Operating Agreement and the Contracts, together with all products of and Accessions to any of the foregoing and all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (including without limitation all insurance policies and proceeds thereof);
(ii)
to the extent, if any, not included in clause (i) above, each and every other item of personal property and fixtures, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, including, without limitation, all licenses, contracts and agreements, and all collateral for the payment or performance of any contract or agreement, together with all products and Proceeds (including all insurance policies and proceeds) of any Accessions to any of the foregoing; and
(iii)
all present and future business records and information relating to any of the foregoing, including computer tapes and other storage media containing the same and computer programs and software (including without limitation, source code, object code and related manuals and documentation and all licenses to use such software) for accessing and manipulating such information.
(b)
Contracts shall mean contracts, agreements, operating agreements, farm-out or farm-in agreements, sharing agreements, mineral purchase agreements, contracts for the purchase, exchange, transportation, processing or sale of Hydrocarbons, rights-of-way, easements, surface leases, equipment leases, permits, franchises, licenses, pooling or unitization agreements, and unit or pooling designations and orders now or hereafter affecting any of the Collateral or the Oil and Gas Assets, or which are useful or appropriate in drilling for, producing, treating, handling, storing, transporting or marketing oil, gas or other minerals produced from any of the Oil and Gas Assets, all as such contracts and agreements may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(c)
Excluded Assets shall mean any and all sums of net production revenue from time to time held by Borrower in trust for payment, pursuant to the Third Party Operating Agreements (as defined in Schedule 3.4), to the third parties listed on Schedule 2.2(c) from vertical wells drilled before 2013 and listed on Schedule 2.2(c).
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(d)
Financial Assets shall mean any security for an obligation of a person or a share participation or other interest in a person or in property or an enterprise of a person which is, or is of a type, dealt in or traded on financial markets, or which is recognized in any area which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment, or any property that is held by a securities intermediary for another person in investment property if the securities intermediary has expressly agreed with the other person that the property is to be treated as a financial asset.
(e)
Guarantee Agreement means the Guarantee Agreement of the Guarantors dated as of the date hereof, guarantying the Obligations of the Borrower to the Lender.
(f)
Guarantors means Westside Arizona Oil & Gas, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company and Twin Bottoms Pipeline, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company.
(g)
Hydrocarbons shall mean oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, refined lubricating oils, diesel fuel and all products refined, separated, settled or dehydrated therefrom.
(h)
Investment Property means a security, whether certificated or uncertificated, security entitlement, securities account, contract, or commodity account.
(i)
Material Adverse Effect shall mean materially adversely affecting the operations or financial performance of Borrower taken as a whole.
(j)
Obligation(s) shall mean, without limitation, all loans, advances, indebtedness, notes, liabilities and amounts, liquidated or unliquidated, owing by Borrower to Lender at any time, of each and every kind, nature and description, whether arising under this Agreement or otherwise, and whether secured or unsecured, direct or indirect (that is, whether the same are due directly by Borrower to Lender; or are due indirectly by Borrower to Lender as endorser, guarantor or other surety, or as borrower of obligations due third persons which have been endorsed or assigned to Lender, or otherwise), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising or contracted, including, without limitation, payment when due of all amounts outstanding respecting any of the Loan Documents. Said term shall also include all interest and other charges chargeable to Borrower or due from Borrower to Lender from time to time and all fees, costs and expenses referred to in this Agreement.
(k)
Operating Equipment means all surface or subsurface machinery, equipment, facilities, supplies or other properties and assets of whatsoever kind or nature now or hereafter located on any of the properties or assets affected by the Oil and Gas Assets that are useful for the production, treatment, storage or transportation of Hydrocarbons, including all oil wells, gas wells, water wells, injection wells, casing, tubing, rods, pumping units and engines, christmas trees, derricks, separators, gun barrels, flow lines, pipelines, tanks, gas systems (for gathering, treating and compression), water systems (for treating, disposal and injection), supplies, derricks, wells, power plants, poles, cables, wires, meters, processing plants, compressors, dehydration units, lines, transformers, starters and controllers, machine shops, tools, storage yards and equipment stored therein, buildings and camps, telegraph, telephone and other communication systems, roads, loading racks, shipping facilities and all additions, substitutes and replacements for, and accessories and attachments to, any of the foregoing.
(l)
Person or party shall mean individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies and all other entities.
(m)
UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York from time to time.
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All words and terms used in this Agreement other than those specifically defined herein shall have the meanings accorded to them in the UCC, and if not defined therein, to its normal and customary use with the industry. Definitions referenced or used herein are for interpretation of this Agreement and the Loan Documents only and any such reference to any jurisdiction other than the State of New York shall have no impact on jurisdiction or venue, with total jurisdiction and venue being reserved to the State of New York.
2.3
Ordinary Course of Business. Lender hereby authorizes and permits Borrower to receive from the Account Debtors all amounts due as proceeds of the Collateral at Borrowers own cost and expense, and also liability, if any; and Lender may, following an Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender, terminate all or any part of the authority and permission herein or elsewhere in this Agreement granted to Borrower with reference to the Collateral. Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, all proceeds of and collections of Collateral may be utilized by Borrower for any lawful purpose to the extent not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document. From and after an Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender, all proceeds of and collections of the Collateral shall be held in trust by Borrower for Lender and shall not be commingled with Borrowers other funds or deposited in any bank account of Borrower other than the Receivables Account; and, from and after an Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender, Borrower agrees to deliver to Lender on the dates of receipt thereof by Borrower, duly endorsed to Lender or to bearer, or assigned to Lender, as may be appropriate, all proceeds of the Collateral in the identical form received by Borrower.
2.4
Allowances. Borrower may grant such allowances or other adjustments to Account Debtors (exclusive of extending the time for payment of or forgiving any item which, during an Event of Default, shall not be done without first obtaining Lenders written consent in each instance) as Borrower may reasonably deem to accord with sound business practice and its ordinary course of business dealings, in each case subject to the terms, provisions, and covenants contained herein.
2.5
Records. Borrower shall deliver to Lender from time to time promptly at its request all invoices, original documents of title, contracts, chattel paper, instruments and any other writings relating thereto, and other evidence of performance of contracts, or evidence of the rendering of services; and Borrower will deliver to Lender promptly at Lenders request from time to time additional copies of any or all of such papers or writings, and such other information with respect to any of the Collateral and such schedules of accounts and such other writings as Lender may in its sole discretion deem to be necessary or effectual to evidence any loan hereunder or Lenders security interest in the Collateral.
2.6
Legends. Borrower shall promptly make, stamp or record such entries or legends on Borrowers books and records or on any of the Collateral (including, without limitation, chattel paper or electronic chattel paper) as Lender shall request from time to time, to indicate and disclose that Lender has a security interest in such Collateral. Such books and records may be maintained in electronic form (in compliance with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions Laws) and the entries or legends indicating or disclosing Lenders security interest shall be made electronically on any such electronic records.
2.7
Search Reports. Lender shall receive prior to the date of this Agreement search results under all names used by Borrower and any guarantor during the prior five (5) years, from the jurisdiction of Borrowers formation and the jurisdiction of guarantors formation and/or chief executive office and/or address of primary residence. The search results shall confirm that the security interest in the Collateral granted Lender hereunder is prior to all other security interests in favor of any other Person, subject only to Permitted Liens (as hereinafter defined).
2.8
Repayment in Full. Upon the timely satisfaction of each of the Obligations, Lender shall, at Borrowers sole cost and expense, execute and deliver to Borrower such instruments and authorizations as Borrower may reasonably require to release and terminate any security interest held by Lender securing such Obligations.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that the following are, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be, true, correct and complete:
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3.1
Organization and Qualification. Borrower is a duly formed and existing limited liability company under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky with the exact legal name set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement. Borrower is duly qualified to conduct business in all jurisdictions necessary to the conduct of its business. Borrower is in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and such other jurisdictions, has the power to own its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted.
3.2
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.2 attached hereto, Borrower has no subsidiaries, and Borrower has never consolidated, merged or acquired substantially all of the assets of any other entity or person.
3.3
Organizational Records. Borrowers articles of organization have been duly filed and its articles of organization and operating agreement are in proper order. All outstanding ownership evidence issued by Borrower was and is properly issued and all books and records of Borrower, including but not limited to its minute books, operating agreement, and books of account, are accurate and up to date and will be so maintained.
3.4
Title to Properties; Absence of Liens. Borrower has good and clear record and marketable title to all of its properties and assets, and all of its properties and assets, including the Collateral (as defined herein) to the extent owned by Borrower, are free and clear of all mortgages, liens, pledges, charges, encumbrances and setoffs, other than the security interest therein granted to Lender hereby and the encumbrances and security interest as set forth on Schedule 3.4 hereto, if any (Permitted Liens).
3.5
Places of Business. Borrowers principal place of business and chief executive office are correctly stated in the preamble to this Agreement, and Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, keep Lender currently and accurately informed in writing of each of its other places of business, and shall not change the location of any such principal place of business or open or close, move or change any existing or new place of business without giving Lender at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.
3.6
Valid Obligations. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action and the Loan Documents represent the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower and are fully enforceable according to their terms, except as limited by laws relating to the enforcement of creditors rights.
3.7
Conflicts. There is no provision in Borrowers organizational or charter documents, if any, or in any indenture, contract or agreement to which Borrower is a party which prohibits, limits or restricts the execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under the Loan Documents.
3.8
Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents do not require any approval of or filing with any governmental agency or authority or any other Person.
3.9
Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or to the knowledge of Borrower threatened against Borrower which would be reasonably expected to materially adversely affect the ability of Borrower to conduct its business or to pay or perform the Obligations.
3.10
Accounts and Contract Rights. All Accounts arise out of legally enforceable and existing contracts, and represent unconditional and undisputed bona fide indebtedness by an Account Debtor, and are not and will not be subject to any discount (other than in the ordinary course of the Business).
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3.11
Title to Collateral. At the date hereof Borrower is (and as to Collateral that Borrower may acquire after the date hereof, will be) the lawful owner of its assets constituting the Collateral, and the Collateral and each item thereof is, will be and shall continue to be free of all restrictions, liens, encumbrances or other rights, title or interests (other than the security interest therein granted to Lender hereby), credits, defenses, recoupments, set-offs or counterclaims whatsoever, other than the Permitted Liens. Borrower has and will have full power and authority to grant to Lender a security interest in the Collateral and Borrower has not transferred, assigned, sold, pledged, encumbered, subjected to lien or granted any security interest in, and will not transfer, assign, sell, pledge, encumber, subject to lien or grant any security interest in any of the Collateral (or any of Borrowers right, title or interest therein), to any person other than Lender or the holder of a Permitted Lien. The Collateral is and will be valid and genuine in all respects. No part of Borrowers Collateral (or the validity or enforceability by Lender thereof) is or shall be contingent upon the fulfillment of any agreement or condition whatsoever. Borrower will warrant and defend Lenders right to and interest in the Collateral against all claims and demands of all persons whatsoever.
3.12
Third Parties. Lender shall not be deemed to have assumed any liability or responsibility to Borrower or any third person for the correctness, validity or genuineness of any instruments or documents that may be released or endorsed to Borrower by Lender (which shall automatically be deemed to be without recourse to Lender in any event) or for the existence, character, quantity, quality, condition, value or delivery of any goods purporting to be represented by any such documents; and Lender, by accepting such security interest in the Collateral owned by Borrower, or by releasing any Collateral to Borrower, shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or liability to any Account Debtor or to any other third party, and Borrower agrees to indemnify and defend Lender and hold it harmless in respect to any claim or proceeding arising out of any matter referred to in this paragraph, other than in respect to any claim or proceeding which is due to Lenders own gross negligence or willful misconduct or where such indemnification would be a violation of applicable law.
3.13
Taxes. Borrower has filed, or will file, all Federal, state and other tax returns required to be filed (except for such returns for which current and valid extensions have been filed), and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges due from Borrower have been fully paid, other than any tax, assessment or charge which is being contested in good faith and, if appropriate, with respect to which reserves have been established and are being maintained. Borrower has established on its books reserves adequate for the payment of all Federal, state and other tax liabilities (if any).
3.14
Use of Proceeds. No portion of any principal advanced under the Loan is to be used for (i) the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin security or margin stock as such terms are used in Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. 221 and 224, (ii) primarily personal, family or household purposes, or (iii) for any purpose other than the conduct of Borrowers business in the ordinary course. The Collateral is not used or acquired primarily for personal, family or household purposes.
3.15
Compliance with Law. Borrower is in compliance with all applicable laws, except where such non-compliance would not be deemed to have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of Borrower.
3.16
Compliance with Operating Agreement and other Contracts. Borrower is in all material respects in compliance with, and has not received any notice of default under, the Operating Agreement or the Contracts.
3.17
Environmental Compliance. Borrower has not (i) failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
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3.18
Disclosure. This Agreement (together with all exhibits and schedules hereto), the other Loan Documents and the other agreements, certificates and other documents furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Borrower do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There is no fact known to Borrower which has not been disclosed to Lender in writing which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
4.1
Payments and Performance. Borrower will duly and punctually pay all Obligations becoming due to Lender and will duly and punctually perform all Obligations on its part to be done or performed under this Agreement.
4.2
Books and Records; Inspection. Borrower will at all times keep proper books of account in which full, true and correct entries will be made of its transactions in accordance with its standard practices, consistently applied. Borrower will at all reasonable times, and on reasonable advance notice, make its books, records, and accounting practices and procedures available in its offices for a field inspection and examination by Lender and/or Lenders representatives and will permit inspection of the Collateral and all of its properties by Lender and/or Lenders representatives (a Field Inspection). Lender may, at its option, require a Field Inspection not more than one (1) time in any calendar quarter, unless an Event of Default shall occur which has not been cured or waived by Lender, in which case Lender shall be permitted to require a Field Inspection as frequently as Lender deems necessary. All costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with any Field Inspection shall be borne by Borrower. Borrower will from time to time furnish Lender with such information and statements as Lender may request in its sole discretion with respect to the Obligations or Lenders security interest in the Collateral. Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, keep Lender currently and accurately informed in writing of each location where Borrowers records relating to its accounts and contract rights are kept, and shall not remove such records to another state without giving Lender at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.
4.3
Financial Statements and Diligence Reporting. Borrower will furnish to Lender:
(a)
real-time, online access to information concerning sums on deposit (including credits and debits) in the Deposit Accounts;
(b)
not less frequently than weekly, a written report on all Accounts then held by Borrower, which report shall include, for each Account, (i) the outstanding principal balance, (ii) a consolidated aging report for all Accounts (in increments of 30 days), (iii) Borrowers applicable Account number, and (iv) from time to time, such other information as Lender may reasonably request;
(c)
not less frequently than monthly, a written report on all Accounts then held by Borrower, which report shall include, for each Account, a current contact name, address, and telephone number for the applicable Account Debtor;
(d)
not less frequently than monthly, a statement of the payments anticipated to be made within the next ensuing month;
(e)
as soon as available to Borrower, but in any event within thirty (30) days after the close of each month, a full and complete signed copy of financial statements, which shall include a balance sheet of Borrower, as at the end of such month, and statement of profit and loss of Borrower reflecting the results of its operations during such month and shall be prepared by Borrower and certified by a senior officer or principal of Borrower having primary responsibility for the preparation of such financial statements as to correctness in accordance with Borrowers standard practices, consistently applied, subject to year-end adjustments and the absence of notes;
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(f)
as soon as available to Borrower, but in any event within one hundred thirty five (135) days after the close of each fiscal year of Borrower, a full and complete signed copy of financial statements, which shall include a balance sheet of Borrower, as at the end of such fiscal year, and statement of profit and loss of Borrower reflecting the results of its operations during such fiscal year and shall be prepared by Borrower and reviewed and certified by Borrowers independent certified public accountant; and
(g)
from time to time, such financial data and information about Borrower as Lender may reasonably request.
All information submitted pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall be certified as true, accurate, and complete in all material respects by Borrower.
4.4
Conduct of Business. Borrower will maintain its company charter and existence in good standing and materially comply with all laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and of any other governmental authority which may be applicable to it or to its conduct of its business; provided that this covenant shall not apply to any tax, assessment or charge which is being contested in good faith and with respect to which reserves have been established and are being maintained. Borrower shall be continuously engaged in the business of exploration, development, and production of Oil and Gas Assets, and shall engage in no other business.
4.5
Notice to Account Debtors. Borrower agrees, following the occurrence of Event of Default for which a cure has not been affirmatively accepted in writing by Lender, at the request of Lender, to notify all or any of the Account Debtors in writing of Lenders security interest in the Collateral in whatever manner Lender requests and, hereby authorizes Lender to notify all or any of the Account Debtors of Lenders security interest in the Accounts at Borrowers expense. Lender shall notify Borrower of its making any such direct notifications to Account Debtors contemporaneously with the making of such notifications, provided, that Lenders failure to so notify Borrower of its making of any such direct notifications shall not constitute a default hereunder, nor entitle Borrower to any recourse or remedy against Lender, nor invalidate the content of any such direct notifications to Account Debtors.
4.6
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. On the date hereof, Borrowers independent registered public accounting firm is Dennis, Gartland & Niegarth, 415 Munson Avenue, #201, Traverse City, Michigan 49686-3059; contact: Mike Shaw. Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to directly contact and communicate with such accounting form in connection with the review and/or maintenance of Borrowers books and records or preparation of any financial reports delivered by or at the request of Borrower to Lender. Borrower shall provide Lender with full contact information for any other accountant employed by Borrower.
4.7
Taxes. Borrower will promptly pay all real and personal property taxes, assessments and charges and all franchise, income, unemployment, old age benefits, withholding, sales and other taxes assessed against it or payable by it before delinquent; provided that this covenant shall not apply to any tax assessment or charge which is being contested in good faith and, if appropriate, with respect to which reserves have been established and are being maintained. Lender may, at its option, from time to time, discharge any taxes resulting in a lien or encumbrance on the Collateral, or other charges resulting in liens or encumbrances on any of the Collateral, and Borrower will pay to Lender on demand or Lender in its sole discretion may charge to Borrower all amounts so paid or incurred by it.
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4.8
Indemnity. Borrower shall protect, defend (by counsel selected by Lender and reasonably acceptable to Borrower), indemnify and hold harmless Lender and Lenders respective officers, directors, partners, shareholders, employees, affiliates, agents, attorneys, lessees, successors and assigns and any successors to Lenders interest in the Loan, their officers, directors, partners, shareholders, employees, affiliates, agents, attorneys, lessees, successors and assigns (collectively, the Indemnitees) from and against all liabilities (including sums paid in settlement of claims), losses, costs, obligations, demands, suits, liens, damages, fines (including any sums ordered to be paid or expended by Indemnitees by any governmental entity as a fine), penalties or damages arising as a direct or indirect result of any of the following with respect to Borrower, any affiliate of Borrower, or the Loan: (a) fraud, (b) intentional material misrepresentation, (c) failure to pay taxes, (d) misapplication of funds (including the Loan or any sums on deposit from time to time in the Deposit Accounts), (e) failure to apply funds to pay the Obligations following an Event of Default, (f) subordinate financing incurred by Borrower in violation of the terms of the Loan Documents or otherwise without Lenders consent, (g) a transfer of assets not otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents, (h) gross negligence, (i) willful misconduct, (j) court costs and attorneys fees, and (k) bankruptcy. In addition, Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitees from and against any liabilities or costs incurred by any Indemnitee under the DACA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification with respect to any liability (including sums paid in settlement of claims), loss, cost, obligation, demand, suit, lien, damage, or fine (including any sums ordered to be paid or expended by Indemnitees by any governmental entity as a fine, penalty or damage) which is due to its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or where such indemnification would be a violation of applicable law.
4.9
Insurance. Borrower will maintain (or cause to be maintained) in force insurance on Borrowers properties against risks customarily insured against by companies engaged in businesses similar to that of Borrower containing such terms and written by such companies as may be satisfactory to Lender, such insurance to be payable to Lender as its interest may appear in the event of loss and to cause Lender to be named as insured pursuant to a standard loss payee clause; no loss shall be adjusted thereunder without Lenders approval; and all such policies shall provide that they may not be canceled without first giving at least thirty (30) days written notice of cancellation to Lender; provided, however, that if the policy does not provide at least thirty (30) days written notice of cancellation to Lender, then Borrower shall, within five (5) days of the date of premium payment by Borrower, provide evidence to Lender that the premiums on any policy of insurance required to be maintained hereunder have been paid in full on or prior to the date on which such premium was due to the insurer. In the event that Borrower fails to provide evidence of such insurance, Lender may, at is option, secure such insurance and charge the cost thereof to Borrower. All insurance proceeds received shall be applied as a payment on account of the Obligations. From and after the occurrence of an Event of Default that has not been cured or waived by Lender, Lender is authorized to cancel any insurance maintained hereunder and apply any returned or unearned premiums, all of which are hereby assigned to Lender, as a payment on account of the Obligations.
4.10
Notification of Default. Within five (5) Business Days of becoming aware of the existence of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default, or any condition or event which would upon notice or lapse of time, or both, constitute an Event of Default, Borrower shall give Lender written notice thereof specifying the nature and duration thereof and the action being or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
4.11
Notification of Litigation. Borrower will promptly notify Lender in writing of any litigation or of any investigative proceedings of a governmental agency or authority commenced or threatened against it which would or might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which would cause the potential liability of Borrower under such litigation, when aggregated with all other active litigation, to exceed US$50,000.00, unless the potential liability of Borrower under such litigation is covered by a policy of insurance acceptable to Lender and Lender has been provided evidence satisfactory to Lender that such insurance coverage is in full force and effect. Without limiting the foregoing, within two (2) Business Days of Borrower obtaining knowledge of the existence thereof, Borrower shall notify Lender of any investigation, audit, hearing, compliance inquiry, enforcement action, or any other type of communication from any regulatory or other governmental authority (including, without limitation, any attorney general), and shall immediately forward to Lender, on receipt thereof by Borrower, a certified copy of any written communication or correspondence concerning the foregoing.
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4.12
Pension Plans. With respect to any pension or benefit plan maintained by Borrower, or to which Borrower contributes (Plan), the benefits under which are guaranteed, in whole or in part, by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, P.L. 93-406, or any governmental authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation), Borrower will (a) fund each Plan as required by the provisions of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (b) cause each Plan to pay all benefits when due; (c) furnish Lender (i) promptly with a copy of any notice of each Plans termination sent to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and (ii) no later than the date of submission to the Department of Labor or to the Internal Revenue Service, as the case may be, a copy of any request for waiver from the funding standards or extension of the amortization periods required by Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and (d) subscribe to any contingent liability insurance provided by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to protect against employer liability upon termination of a guarantied pension plan, if available to Borrower.
4.13
Compliance. Borrower shall comply with all applicable requirements of governmental authorities having jurisdiction over Borrower, including, without limitation, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and those relating to money laundering and terrorism, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
4.14
Defense of Claims. Borrower shall diligently defend any investigation, audit, hearing, inquiry, proceeding, administrative action, or other action or claim related to the origination of, or Borrowers ownership of, any Accounts, where Borrowers liability, if such action or claim is adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to exceed $20,000.
4.15
Organizational Documents. Borrower shall comply in all respects with Borrowers certificate of incorporation (or equivalent formation document) and Borrowers bylaws (or equivalent operating document).
4.16
Location of Collateral. Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, keep Lender currently and accurately informed in writing of each location where any Collateral, or where any of Borrowers records relating to its Collateral, including Accounts, respectively, are kept, and shall not remove such Collateral or records or any of them to another location without giving Lender at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof; provided that the foregoing notice requirement shall not apply to Inventory to the extent such Inventory is in the process of being moved or transported in the ordinary course of business.
4.17
Notification of Damage. Borrower will immediately notify Lender of any material loss or damage to, or material diminution in or any occurrence that would materially and adversely affect the value of any Collateral.
4.18
Operating Agreement and Contracts. Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, comply with the Operating Agreement and the Contracts.
4.19
Budget. Attached hereto as Schedule 4.19 is the Borrowers operating expense budget for the period from September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014, which is dated as of the date hereof, signed by the Borrowers principal finance and accounting officer, and approved by the Lender. On or prior to the date which is thirty (30) days from the date of this Agreement, and on each three (3) month anniversary thereafter during the term of the Loan, Borrower shall submit to Lender, for Lenders review and approval, a pro forma budget for operating expenses for the one-year period immediately succeeding the date of such submission, which pro forma budget, upon approval by the Lender, shall be deemed the Approved Budget hereunder for the applicable time period.
4.20
Consultant. Borrower shall pay, within five (5) Business Days demand therefor by Lender, all fees, costs, and expenses incurred by Lender and due and owing to the Consultant, provided that, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, Borrowers liability under this Section 4.20 shall not exceed $5,000 in any consecutive twelve (12) month period.
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4.21
Mortgage. Borrower shall, within thirty (30) days after acquiring any interests in real estate not subject to a mortgage or deed of trust executed by Borrower in favor of Lender, execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to Lender a mortgage or deed of trust, or an amendment to a mortgage or deed of trust, as applicable, with respect to such real estate interests, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.
5. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
5.1
Limitations on Indebtedness. Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender in each instance, issue any evidence of indebtedness or create, assume, guarantee, become contingently liable for, or suffer to exist indebtedness in addition to indebtedness to Lender, other than Permitted Indebtedness and customary unsecured accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business provided the same are not evidenced by a promissory note, are paid within sixty (60) days of the date incurred, and are limited, in the aggregate, to an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the maximum principal amount of the Loan.
5.2
Loans or Advances. Other than the Accounts, Borrower shall not make any loans or advances to any individual, firm or corporation, including without limitation its officers and employees; provided, however, that Borrower may make advances to its employees, including its officers, with respect to expenses incurred or to be incurred by such employees in the ordinary course of business which expenses are reimbursable by Borrower.
5.3
Investments. Borrower shall not make investments in, or advances to, any Person, other than the Accounts. Except for Accounts, Borrower will not purchase or otherwise invest in or hold securities, non-operating real estate or other non-operating assets or purchase all or substantially all the assets of any entity other than in connection with an acquisition approved by Lender in writing, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.
5.4
Merger. Borrower will not, without the prior written consent of Lender in Lenders sole discretion in each instance, merge or consolidate or be merged or consolidated with or into any other entity, unless prior to or concurrently therewith Lender is paid in full for all Obligations under the Loan Documents.
5.5
Capital Expenditures. Except in connection with a Permitted Capital Expenditure or an Approved OA Project, Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, make or commit to make capital expenditures by lease, purchase, or otherwise, except in the ordinary and usual course of business for the purpose of replacing machinery, equipment or other personal property which, as a consequence of wear, duplication or obsolescence, is no longer used or necessary in Borrowers business.
5.6
Sale of Assets. Borrower shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its assets except in the ordinary and usual course of business, unless prior to or concurrently therewith Lender is paid in full for all Obligations under the Loan Documents (subject to any notice period or restriction contained herein regarding Borrowers right to prepay the Loan) or except for the purpose of replacing machinery, equipment or other personal property which, as a consequence of wear, duplication or obsolescence, is no longer used or necessary in Borrowers business, provided that fair cash consideration is received therefor. Borrower shall not, except in the ordinary and usual course of business, sell, transfer, convey, encumber, or otherwise alienate any of its right, title, or interest in or to any Collateral.
5.7
Restriction on Liens. Borrower shall not grant any security interest in, or mortgage of, its respective properties or assets including the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens or such liens as are in favor of Lender. Borrower shall not agree with any person other than Lender to not grant any security interest in, or mortgage of, any of its properties or assets including the Collateral.
5.8
Other Business. Borrower shall not engage in any business other than the business in which it is engaged on the date hereof.
5.9
Change of Name. Borrower shall not change its legal name or the state or jurisdiction of its organization, without giving Lender at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.
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5.10
Organizational Documents. Borrower shall not modify, alter, amend, or restate in any way Borrowers certificate of incorporation (or equivalent formation document) nor Borrowers bylaws (or equivalent operating document) without the prior written consent of Lender in each instance.
5.11
Conduct of Business. Borrower shall not, without the prior consent of Lender in each instance, enter into any agreement regarding the acquisition of, disposition of, collections on, or the hiring or instructing of collection agents with respect to, any Accounts.
5.12
Cash Reserve Payments. Borrower shall not, without the prior consent of Lender in each instance, make any payments out of the Cash Reserve.
5.13
Material Decisions. Borrower shall not effect a Material Decision without the prior consent of Lender.
5.14
Change of Control. Borrower shall not allow to occur a change of Control of Borrower without the prior consent of Lender.
6. DEFAULT
6.1
Default. An Event of Default shall mean the occurrence of one or more of any of the following events:
(a)
(i) failure to pay principal or interest or the Commitment Fee hereunder when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, which failure continues for ten (10) Business Days after Lender sends notice to Borrower of the failure, or (ii) failure to pay, within (10) Business Days of the date due, any other amounts due hereunder; or
(b)
the default by Borrower of any of the terms or provisions of Sections 1.8, 5.6, 5.8, 5.13 or 5.14 hereof;
(c)
default of any other liability, obligation or undertaking of Borrower or any guarantor or other surety for the Loan, hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise, which default continues for ten (10) Business Days after Lender sends notice to Borrower of its occurrence (provided that if such default is not reasonably susceptible of cure within said ten (10) Business Day period, and Borrower commences a cure of such default within said ten (10) Business Day period, and thereafter diligently pursues such cure, then an Event of Default shall only occur if such failure continues for thirty (30) days after Lender sends notice to Borrower of its occurrence); or
(d)
if any statement, representation or warranty heretofore, now or hereafter made by Borrower of any affiliate in connection with this Agreement or in any supporting financial statement of Borrower shall be determined to have been intentionally false in any material respect when made; or
(e)
the liquidation, termination or dissolution of Borrower or any affiliate, or the merger or consolidation of any such organization into another entity, or its ceasing to carry on actively its present business or the appointment of a receiver for its property; or
(f)
the institution by or against any of Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan of any insolvency proceedings, whether under the United States Bankruptcy Code 11 USC §101 et seq. or any other law, in which Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan is alleged to be insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, or the making by Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or the granting by Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan of a trust mortgage for the benefit of creditors and, if such proceeding is instituted against Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, such proceeding shall not have been dismissed in sixty (60) days; or
(g)
the service upon Lender of a writ in which Lender is named as trustee of Borrower or of any guarantor of or surety for the Loan; or
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(h)
a judgment or judgments for the payment of money shall be rendered in excess of US$50,000.00 against Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, and any such judgment shall remain unsatisfied and in effect for any period of thirty (30) consecutive days without a stay of execution; or
(i)
the occurrence of any fact or circumstance (including without limitation any breach by Borrower of the Operating Agreement or a Contract) which, in Lenders reasonable discretion, may be reasonably expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, which fact or circumstance is not cured within ten (10) Business Days following written notice thereof from Lender to Borrower; or
(j)
any levy, lien (including mechanics lien), seizure, attachment, execution or similar process shall be issued or levied on any material portion of the property of Borrower or on any Collateral, and such lien or levy shall not be removed within sixty (60) days.
6.2
Acceleration.
(a)
If an Event of Default under Section 6.1(f) shall have occurred, all Obligations shall become immediately due and payable without notice or demand. If any other Event of Default shall have occurred which, to the extent capable, has not been cured or waived by Lender, at the election of Lender, all Obligations shall become immediately due and payable without notice or demand.
(b)
Lender is hereby authorized, at its election, after an Event of Default shall have occurred which has not been cured or waived by Lender, without any further demand or notice except to such extent as notice may be required by applicable law, to take possession and/or sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of the Collateral at public or private sale; and Lender may also exercise any and all other rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or which are otherwise accorded to it in equity or at law, all as Lender may determine, and such exercise of rights in compliance with the requirements of law will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral. If notice of a sale or other action by Lender is required by applicable law, unless the Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, Borrower agrees that ten (10) days written notice to Borrower, or the shortest period of written notice permitted by such law, whichever is smaller, shall be sufficient notice; and that to the extent permitted by law, Lender, its officers, attorneys and agents may bid and become purchasers at any such sale, if public, and may purchase at any private sale any of the Collateral that is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market or which is the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations. Any sale (public or private) shall be without warranty and free from any right of redemption, which Borrower shall waive and release after default upon Lenders request therefor, and may be free of any warranties as to the Collateral if Lender shall so decide. No purchaser at any sale (public or private) shall be responsible for the application of the purchase money. Any balance of the net proceeds of sale remaining after paying all Obligations of Borrower to Lender shall be returned to such other party as may be legally entitled thereto; and if there is a deficiency, Borrower shall be responsible for the same, with interest. Upon demand by Lender, Borrower shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to Lender at a place designated by Lender which is reasonably convenient to Lender and Borrower. Borrower hereby acknowledges that Lender has extended credit and other financial accommodations to Borrower upon reliance of Borrowers granting Lender the rights and remedies contained in this Agreement including without limitation the right to take immediate possession of the Collateral upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender and Borrower hereby acknowledges that Lender is entitled to such equitable and injunctive relief to enforce any of its rights and remedies hereunder and Borrower hereby waives any defense to such equitable or injunctive relief based upon any allegation of the absence of irreparable harm to Lender.
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(c)
Lender shall not be required to marshal any present or future security for (including but not limited to this Agreement and the Collateral subject to the security interest created hereby), or guarantees of, the Obligations or any of them, or to resort to such security or guarantees in any particular order; and all of its rights hereunder and in respect of such securities and guarantees shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. To the extent that it lawfully may, Borrower hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshalling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of Lenders rights under this Agreement or under any other instrument evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is secured or guaranteed, and to the extent that it lawfully may do so, Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, Lender shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of the Collateral or any income thereon, nor as to the preservation of rights against prior parties, nor as to the preservation of any rights pertaining thereto beyond the safe custody thereof.
6.3
Power of Attorney. Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Lender as Borrowers true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, at the sole cost and expense of Borrower but for the sole benefit of Lender, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which has not been cured or waived by Lender, to convert the Collateral into cash, including, without limitation, completing the manufacture or processing of work in process, and the sale (either public or private) of all or any portion or portions of the Collateral (subject to the notice and other terms provided in Section 6.2, above); to enforce collection of the Collateral, either in its own name or in the name of Borrower, including, without limitation, executing releases or waivers, compromising or settling with any Account Debtors and prosecuting, defending, compromising or releasing any action relating to the Collateral; to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to Borrower and to take therefrom any remittances or proceeds of Collateral in which Lender has a security interest; to notify applicable postal authorities to change the address for delivery of mail addressed to Borrower to such address as Lender shall designate; to endorse the name of Borrower in favor of Lender upon any and all checks, drafts, money orders, notes, acceptances or other instruments of the same or different nature; to sign and endorse the name of Borrower on and to receive as secured party any of the Collateral, any invoices, freight or express receipts, or bills of lading, storage receipts, warehouse receipts, or other documents of title of the same or different nature relating to the Collateral; to sign the name of Borrower on any notice of the Account Debtors or on verification of the Collateral; and to sign, if necessary, and file or record on behalf of Borrower any financing or other statement in order to perfect or protect Lenders security interest. Lender shall not be obliged to do any of the acts or exercise any of the powers hereinabove authorized, but if Lender elects to do any such act or exercise any such power, it shall not be accountable for more than it actually receives as a result of such exercise of power, and it shall not be entitled to collect more than an amount equal to the then outstanding Obligations, and any sums received in excess of the then-outstanding Obligations shall be returned to Borrower, and it shall not be responsible to Borrower or to any other party (and shall be and is hereby indemnified by Borrower against any such responsibility to any other party) except in the event that Lender has been determined, with finality, by a court of competent jurisdiction, that Lender has committed gross negligence or willful misconduct. All powers conferred upon Lender by this Agreement, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable so long as any Obligation of Borrower or any surety to Lender shall remain unpaid or Lender are obligated under this Agreement to extend any credit to Borrower.
6.4
Nonexclusive Remedies. All of Lenders rights and remedies not only under the provisions of this Agreement but also under any other agreement or transaction shall be cumulative and not alternative or exclusive, and may be exercised by Lender at such time or times and in such order of preference as Lender in its sole discretion may determine.
7. MISCELLANEOUS
7.1
Waivers. Borrower waives notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, notice of nonpayment, demand, presentment, protest or notice of protest of the Obligations, and all other notices, consents to any renewals or extensions of time of payment thereof, and generally waives any and all suretyship defenses and defenses in the nature thereof.
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7.2
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or portion of such provision or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall to any extent be held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement (or the remainder of such provision) and the application thereof to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
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Set-Off. Borrower hereby grants to Lender a continuing lien and security interest in any and all deposits or other sums at any time credited by or due from Lender (or any of its banking or lending affiliates, or any bank acting as a participant under any loan arrangement between Lender and Borrower, or any third party acting on Lenders behalf, including the Account Bank (collectively, the Lender Affiliates)) to Borrower and any cash, securities, instruments or other property of Borrower in the possession of Lender or any Lender Affiliate, whether for safekeeping or otherwise, or in transit to or from Lender or any Lender Affiliate (regardless of the reason Lender or Lender Affiliates had received the same or whether Lender or Lender Affiliates has conditionally released the same) as security for the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the liabilities and obligations of Borrower to Lender or any Lender Affiliate and, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, such deposits and other sums may be applied or set off against such liabilities and obligations of Borrower to Lender or any Lender Affiliate as are then due and unpaid, whether or not demand has been made and whether or not other collateral is then available to Lender or any Lender Affiliate.
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Indemnification. Borrower shall protect, defend (by counsel selected by Lender and reasonably acceptable to Borrower), indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitees from and against all liabilities (including sums paid in settlement of claims), losses, costs, obligations, demands, suits, liens, damages, and fines (including any sums ordered to be paid or expended by Indemnitees by any governmental entity as a fine, penalty or damages) arising as a direct or indirect result of Borrowers failure to perform any of the agreements, terms or conditions of this Agreement or the Loan Documents required to be performed by Borrower, or for the breach by Borrower of any representation, warranty, or covenant contained herein or in any other Loan Document (including, without limitation any third party claims arising therefrom). Notwithstanding the foregoing indemnity, no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification with respect to any liability (including sums paid in settlement of claims), loss, cost, obligation, demand, suit, lien, damage, or fine (including any sums ordered to be paid or expended by Indemnitees by any governmental entity as a fine, penalty or damage) which is due to its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or where such indemnification would be a violation of applicable law. The indemnification provided by this Section 7.4 shall survive payment of the Obligations, any termination of this Agreement, and/or release or discharge executed by Lender in favor of Borrower.
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Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall pay to Lender any and all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees, and disbursements, court costs, litigation and other expenses) incurred or paid by Lender in establishing, maintaining, protecting or enforcing any of Lenders rights or the Obligations, including, without limitation, any and all such costs and expenses incurred or paid by Lender in defending Lenders security interest in, title or right to the Collateral or in collecting or attempting to collect or enforcing or attempting to enforce payment of the Obligations. Each of the costs and expenses incurred by Lender hereunder and payable by Borrower shall be deemed evidenced by and added to the outstanding principal balance of the Note.
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Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute but one agreement.
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Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding between and among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior proposals, negotiations, agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to such subject matter.
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Binding Effect of Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, and shall remain in full force and effect (and Lender shall be entitled to rely thereon) until all commitments of Lender hereunder are terminated and all Obligations hereunder are fully paid. Lender may transfer and assign this Agreement and deliver the Collateral to the assignee, who shall thereupon have all of the rights of Lender; and Lender shall then be relieved and discharged of any responsibility or liability with respect to this Agreement, and the Collateral. Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein or in the other Loan Documents, nothing, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
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Further Assurances. Borrower will from time to time execute and deliver to Lender, and take or cause to be taken, all such other or further action as Lender may reasonably request in order to effect and confirm or vest more securely in Lender all rights contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or to vest more fully in or assure to Lender the security interest in the Collateral granted to Lender by this Agreement or to comply with applicable statute or law and to facilitate the collection of the Collateral (including, without limitation, the endorsement of promissory notes and instruments and notifications to obligors on the Collateral). To the extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower authorizes Lender to file financing statements, continuation statements or amendments without Borrowers signature appearing thereon, and any such financing statements, continuation statements or amendments may be signed by Lender on behalf of Borrower, if necessary, and may be filed at any time in any jurisdiction. Lender may at any time and from time to time file financing statements, continuation statements, debentures, mortgages, and any other documents allowed under the laws of the State of Michigan, the State of Kentucky, or any other applicable jurisdiction, and amendments thereto which contain any information required by the laws of the State of Michigan, the State of Kentucky, or any other applicable jurisdiction for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement, continuation statement or amendment, including whether Borrower is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to Borrower. Borrower agrees to furnish any such information to Lender promptly upon request. In addition, Borrower shall at any time and from time to time take such steps as Lender may reasonably request for Lender (i) to obtain an acknowledgement, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, of any bailee having possession of any of the Collateral that the bailee holds such Collateral for Lender, (ii) to obtain possession and control of any Collateral comprised of deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, letter of credit rights or investment property, with any agreements establishing control to be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, and (iii) otherwise to insure the continued perfection and priority of Lenders security interest in any of the Collateral and the preservation of its rights therein. Borrower hereby constitutes Lender its attorney-in-fact to execute, if necessary, and file all filings required or so requested for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; and such power, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable until this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, all Obligations are paid in full and the Collateral is released.
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Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended, or the obligations of the parties hereto modified, except in a writing executed by all of the parties. No delay or omission on the part of Lender in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right and waiver on any one or more occasions shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy of Lender on any future occasion.
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Terms of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect so long as any Obligations or obligation of Borrower to Lender shall be outstanding, or Lender shall have any obligation to extend any financial accommodation hereunder, and is supplementary to each and every other agreement between Borrower and Lender and shall not be so construed as to limit or otherwise derogate from any of the rights or remedies of Lender or any of the liabilities, obligations or undertakings of Borrower under any such agreement, nor shall any contemporaneous or subsequent agreement between Borrower and Lender be construed to limit or otherwise derogate from any of the rights or remedies of Lender or any of the liabilities, obligations or undertakings of Borrower hereunder, unless such other agreement specifically refers to this Agreement and expressly so provides.
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Notices. Any notice under or pursuant to this Agreement shall be a signed writing or other authenticated record. Any such notice shall be deemed duly received and effective (i) if delivered in hand or by telecopier to, or received by, any officer or agent of Borrower or Lender, upon such delivery or receipt, or (ii) if sent by overnight courier, on the next Business Day after being so sent, or (iii) if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and properly addressed to Borrower or Lender, two (2) business days after being so mailed. A partys proper address is that set forth for such party in this Agreement or such address as that party may from time to time hereafter designate by notice to the other party. As of the date hereof, any notice under any Loan Document shall be transmitted to the following address:
App Energy
104 West Front Street
Monroe, Michigan 48161
Attention: John Piedmonte
Telecopier: (734) 243-5503
601 W. Main Ave., Suite 1017
Spokane, Washington 99201
Attention: Jim Westmoreland
Telecopier: (281) 996-4176
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Governing Law. This Agreement, and all transactions thereunder or pursuant thereto shall be governed as to interpretation, validity, effect, rights, duties and remedies of the parties thereunder and in all other respects by the laws of the State of New York, other than any principle or provision thereof that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
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Reproductions. This Agreement and all documents which have been or may be hereinafter furnished by Borrower to Lender may be reproduced by Lender by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, xerographic or similar process, and any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made in the regular course of business).
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Venue. Borrower and Lender each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Federal or state court sitting in the City, County, and State of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Borrower and Lender irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court sitting in the City, County, and State of New York and any claim that the same has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Borrower and Lender each acknowledge that any appeals from those Courts may have to be heard by a court located outside of the State of New York. Borrower and Lender hereby consent to any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding, (i) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the partys address shown in this Agreement or as notified to a Lender and (ii) by serving the same upon Borrower in any other manner otherwise permitted by law, and agrees that such service shall in every respect be deemed effective service upon Borrower, and furthermore. Nothing contained in this section shall change venue and jurisdiction under this agrement, the Loan Documents, or any action related to the agreement, Loan Documents or transactions contemplated thereby, and at all time the venue and juridiction shall be exclusively in the State of New York.
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JURY WAIVER. BORROWER AND LENDER EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY, AND AFTER AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, (A) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE OBLIGATIONS, ALL MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND (B) AGREE NOT TO SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE, OR HAS NOT BEEN, WAIVED. BORROWER CERTIFIES THAT NEITHER LENDER NOR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS OR COUNSEL HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT LENDER WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
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No Partnership. Nothing contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to create an equity investment in Borrower on the part of Lender or a partnership between Lender and Borrower, it being the intent of the parties hereto that only the relationship of lender and borrower shall exist with respect to the Loan. Borrower agrees that it shall report this transaction for income tax purposes, and file all related tax returns, in a manner consistent with the form of this transaction as a loan.
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Lender is not in Control; Lender-Creditor Relationship.
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None of the covenants or other provisions contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall, or shall be deemed to, give Lender the right or power to exercise control over the affairs or management of Borrower, the power of Lender being limited to the right to exercise the remedies provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and applicable law.
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The relationship between Lender, on the one hand, and Borrower and any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor. Lender shall not have (or be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to any of Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, arising out of or in connection with, and there is no agency or joint venture relationship between Lender, on the one hand, and Borrower or any guarantor of or surety for the Loan, on the other hand, by virtue of, any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein.
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Attorneys Fees. In the event of any dispute between the parties to this Agreement, the prevailing party in any litigation resulting from such dispute shall be entitled to collect, inter alia, its reasonable attorneys fees and out-of-pocket expenses.
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Certification. The individual(s) signing this Agreement on behalf of Borrower, by their respective signatures hereon, hereby certify for the benefit of Lender, that all information submitted to Lender in connection with the underwriting of the Loan is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of this Agreement.
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Publicity. Except as may be required by applicable law, none of the parties hereto shall issue a publicity release or announcement or otherwise make any public disclosure concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, without prior approval by the other parties hereto. If any announcement is required by law to be made by any party hereto, prior to making such announcement such party will deliver a draft of such announcement to the other parties and shall give the other parties an opportunity to comment thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender or any of its affiliates may (i) disclose a general description of transactions arising under the Loan Documents for advertising, marketing or other similar purposes, and (ii) use Borrowers name, logo or other indicia germane to such party in connection with such advertising, marketing or other similar purposes, and, in each case, may post such information on its website.
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EXHIBIT 1.5(a)(i)
FORM OF REQUEST FOR ADVANCE
[LETTERHEAD OF BORROWER]
[DATE]
Via electronic mail only
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
601 W. Main Ave., Suite 1017
Spokane, Washington 99201
Attention: Jim Westmoreland
Loan from Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., to App Energy, LLC, dated as of August 28, 2013, in the maximum principal amount of $40,000,000.00
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned App Energy, LLC, is the Borrower (and herein so-called) under that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated August 28, 2013 (the Loan Agreement), by and between Borrower and Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. Capitalized terms used and not herein defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.
Borrower hereby requests that Lender advance the amount of $[____________], pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement. Borrower hereby directs that such advance be transmitted, by wire transfer, to the following account(s):
Amount: ________________________
ABA No.: ___________________________
Account No.: ________________________
Further credit to: _______________________
To induce Lender to make the advance requested above, each of the undersigned hereby certify to Lender as follows:
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All information, including without limitation, all representations, exhibits, financial statements and other materials, submitted to Lender by Borrower or any affiliate in connection with or in support of the Loan continues to be correct and accurate as of the date hereof; and
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Except as may have been previously disclosed to Lender in writing, there is no outstanding, pending or threatened litigation against the undersigned or affecting Borrower or any surety of any of Borrowers obligations to Lender, or the collateral for the Loan which would affect any such person or entity or said collateral in any material adverse way; and
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Neither Borrower nor any other surety of any of Borrowers obligations to Lender, has suffered or incurred any material adverse financial change since the date of the last financial statement submitted by such person or entity to Lender; and
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Borrower has not breached any term, provision, representation, warranty, or covenant contained in any Loan Documents, each of the representations, warranties, and covenants of each such person contained in each of the Loan Documents is true and correct as of the date hereof; and
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No event or series of events has or have intervened since the date Borrower initially executed and delivered the Note, which would either individually or collectively adversely affect the collateral for the Loan in any material way.
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Exhibit 10.3
PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST IN OIL AND GAS LEASES
State:
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Assignor:
App Energy, LLC
104 West Front St.
Monroe, MI 48161
Assignee:
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
601 West Main Avenue
Suite 1017
Spokane, WA 99201
Effective Date:
August 28, 2013
For adequate consideration, Assignor, named above, assigns, sells, and conveys to Assignee, named above, a 25% working interest in the oil and gas leases (the Leases) described on Exhibit A, except as limited by the following sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any portion of a Lease is part of a drilling unit for wells that have been drilled prior to the Effective Date of this Assignment (Previously Drilled Wells), as identified on Exhibit A, with respect to the portion of such Lease consisting of a five hundred foot radius around the wellbore of a Previously Drilled Well (such portion, the Partially Excluded Portion), Assignor assigns, sells, and conveys to Assignee 25% of Assignors percentage working interest in a Partially Excluded Portion only to the extent that Assignor and Assignee, pursuant to an operating agreement in place between the parties, drill within such Partially Excluded Portion.
The interest in the leases assigned to the Assignee shall bear and be subject to its proportionate share of all lease and leasehold estate burdens affecting or burdening the assigned interest which are of record as of the Effective Date of this Assignment. This Assignment is made, delivered, and accepted with warranty of title by, through, and under Assignor, but not otherwise.
This Assignment shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of Assignor and Assignee and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors, and/or assigns. It is executed by Assignor as of the date of the acknowledgment below, but is effective as of the Effective Date stated above.
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The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___28th____ day of August, 2013, by John A. Piedmonte, Jr., Manager of Westside Exploration, Manager of App Energy, LLC, a Kentucky LLC, on behalf of App Energy, LLC.
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Austin, Texas 78701
Attention: Jessica Blacklock, Esq.
Exhibit 10.4
ASSIGNMENT OF NET PROFITS INTEREST
This Assignment of Net Profits Interest (this "Assignment") is dated and effective as of August 28, 2013 (the Effective Date), by Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., a Washington corporation ("Assignor"), to Maximilian Investors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Assignee").
WHEREAS, Assignor is the owner of a working interest in certain Oil and Gas Leases and/or Oil and Gas Interests (collectively, the Leases) pursuant to that certain Partial Assignment of Interest in Oil and Gas Leases made by App Energy, LLC (App Energy) to Assignor as of the date hereof and attached hereto as Exhibit A (the App Assignment Agreement; such working interest of Assignor, the Working Interest);
WHEREAS, Assignor and App Energy have entered into an Operating Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the Operating Agreement) with respect to the exploration and development of the Leases for the production of oil and gas;
WHEREAS, Assignor desires to assign and to convey to Assignee a certain interest (a "Net Profits Interest") in the oil and gas produced from the Leases measured by and equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the Net Profits, as hereinafter defined, realized by Assignor from such production, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee have entered into an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof between Assignor, as borrower, and Assignee, as lender (the Loan Agreement); and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning given to them in the Operating Agreement.
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GRANTING PROVISION
For and in consideration of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Assignor does, subject to the terms and provisions of this Assignment, hereby assign and convey to Assignee the Net Profits Interest in and to the oil and gas produced from the Leases measured by and equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the Net Profits realized by Assignor on such production, subject, however, to the further provisions of this Assignment, and effective for all purposes as of the Effective Date.
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CALCULATION OF NET PROFITS INTEREST
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For purposes of calculating the Net Profits Interest, with respect to each calendar month, commencing with the month that ends on September 30, 2013, Assignor shall furnish to Assignee a report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Assignee, that sets forth the calculation of the Net Profits Interest for the preceding month (and the first report shall also calculate any Net Profits Interest for any days from the date hereof until September 1, 2013). Such monthly report and any payments to be made on account of the Net Profits Interest with respect to a calendar month shall be delivered within thirty (30) days after Assignor receives its share of revenues and a detailed statement with respect to such revenues from the operator under the Operating Agreement. Further, all payments, if any, made to Assignee on account of the Net Profits Interest shall be made entirely and exclusively out of the sums actually received by Assignor pursuant to the Operating Agreement after deducting all of Assignors costs and expenses as set forth herein.
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For purposes of this Assignment, the term Net Profits shall mean, for a calendar month, (a) the proceeds (or the market value as determined by Assignor of any proceeds not received in the form of cash or cash equivalents) actually received during such calendar month by Assignor from the sale or other disposition of Assignor's working interest share of all hydrocarbons produced from or attributable to the Leases from and after the Effective Date and pursuant to the Operating Agreement, after first deducting therefrom those costs attributable to all royalties, overriding royalties, production payments, net profits interests (other than the Net Profits Interest contemplated hereby), and other burdens upon, measured by, or payable out of production from or attributable to Assignor's interest in the Leases that exist as of the Effective Date, less (b) all costs and expenses whatsoever that are actually incurred by Assignor with respect to such proceeds arising out of Assignor's working interest share of the Leases pursuant to the Operating Agreement, such costs and expenses to include (i) any sums borrowed from Assignee by Assignor and paid to App Energy pursuant to the Operating Agreement, together with Regular Interest (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and Commitment Fees (as defined in the Loan Agreement) associated therewith and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, all costs of drilling, fracturing, and completing all wells located on the Leases, and all lease operating expenses and leasehold costs incurred and paid by Assignor in connection with the Leases pursuant to the Operating Agreement.
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As between Assignor and Assignee, Assignor shall have exclusive charge and control of the marketing of all hydrocarbons allocable to the Net Profits Interest. Assignor shall market the production allocable to the Net Profits Interest with and on the same terms as Assignor's share of production pursuant to the Operating Agreement, and shall collect and receive the proceeds from the sale of all such production.
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GENERAL COVENANTS AND PROVISIONS
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Assignee acknowledges and agrees that the Net Profits Interest granted hereby is subject to the terms and conditions of the Operating Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the Operating Agreement and this Assignment, the Operating Agreement shall control. BY ENTERING INTO THIS ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE TERMS OF THE OPERATING AGREEMENT.
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Assignor agrees to maintain at all times true and correct books and records sufficient to determine the amounts payable, if any, to Assignee hereunder and such books and records shall be open to Assignee for inspection and audit upon reasonable notice during normal business hours.
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If any of the Leases covers an interest in the lands covered thereby that is less than the entire mineral estate therein (regardless of whether the relevant Lease purports to cover only the lessor's interest therein), then, as to such Lease, the Net Profits Interest, insofar only as it affects and applies to hydrocarbons produced from or attributable to such portion of the lands covered by such Lease, shall be payable to Assignee in the proportion that the mineral interest in such lands actually covered by the relevant Lease bears to the entire, undivided mineral estate in such lands. Similarly, if Assignor owns less than the full leasehold estate in and to any of the Leases, then, as to such Lease, the Net Profits Interest, insofar only as it affects and applies to hydrocarbons produced from or attributable to such Lease, shall be payable to Assignee in the proportion that the aggregate leasehold interest in the relevant Lease actually owned by Assignor bears to the entire leasehold interest in and to such Lease.
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All of the covenants of Assignor and Assignee herein contained shall be covenants running with the land, and this Assignment and the covenants herein contained shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of Assignor and the successors and assigns of Assignee.
3.5
This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts shall constitute but one Assignment.
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No waiver of any of the provisions of this Assignment shall be deemed or constitute a waiver of any other provision of this Assignment, nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.
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THIS ASSIGNMENT AND THE LEGAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, WITHOUT REGARD TO SUCH COMMONWEALTHS CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OTHERWISE APPLICABLE TO SUCH DETERMINATIONS.
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This Assignment constitutes the entire agreement among the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, except as specified herein, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof.
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This Assignment may be amended or modified only by an agreement in writing executed by both parties.
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Both parties agree that a Memorandum of this Assignment will be filed of record in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
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Exhibit 10.5
WARRANT AGREEMENT
This WARRANT AGREEMENT (this Warrant) is dated as of August 28, 2013, between DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC., a Washington corporation with its chief executive offices located at 601 W. Main Ave., Suite 1017, Spokane, Washington 99201 (the Company), and MAXIMILIAN INVESTORS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with an address of 152 West 57th Street, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10019 (together with any successors or assigns, the Subscriber).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue a three (3) year warrant to the Subscriber to purchase shares of the Companys common stock, $0.001 par value (the Common Stock), on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the Subscriber desires to acquire such warrant (Warrant as used herein means this Warrant and all warrants issued upon division or combination of, or in substitution for, this Warrant).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the payment by the Subscriber to the Company of an aggregate of Ten Dollars and No Cents ($10.00), the agreements herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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Grant. The Subscriber is hereby granted the right to purchase, at any time from the date hereof until 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date which is three (3) years from the date hereof (the Warrant Exercise Term), up to a number of shares of Common Stock (the Shares) equal to the Warrant Percentage (as defined below) of the Fully Diluted Shares of Common Stock of the Company (as defined below), subject to the limitations in this Section 1, at an exercise price (subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph 6 hereof) equal to $0.10 per share (the Exercise Price). For purposes of this Warrant, the Warrant Percentage shall mean nine and ninety-nine one-hundredths percent (9.99%). As used herein, the term Fully Diluted Shares of Common Stock of the Company means the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a pro forma basis on the date hereof after giving effect to the exercise of all options and warrants and the conversion of all convertible Preferred Stock and convertible debt outstanding on the date hereof all as set forth on the capitalization schedule provided by the Company (the Pro Forma Cap Table).
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Warrant Certificates. The warrant certificates (the Warrant Certificates) delivered and to be delivered pursuant to this Warrant shall be in the form set forth as Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as required or permitted by this Warrant.
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Exercise of Warrants.
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Cash Exercise. The Warrants initially are exercisable at the Exercise Price per Share, payable in cash or by certified or official bank check to the order of the Company, or any combination of cash or certified or official bank check, subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph 6 hereof. Upon surrender of the Warrant Certificate with the duly executed Form of Election to Purchase in the form set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof, together with payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares purchased at the Companys principal offices, currently located at 601 W. Main Ave., Suite 1017, Spokane, Washington 99201, the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate (Holder or Holders) shall be entitled to receive a certificate or certificates for the Shares so purchased. The purchase rights represented by each Warrant Certificate are exercisable at the option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in part (but not as to fractional shares of the Common Stock underlying the Warrants). In the case of the purchase of less than all the Shares purchasable under any Warrant Certificate, the Company shall cancel said Warrant Certificate upon the surrender thereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor for the balance of the Shares purchasable thereunder.
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Issuance of Certificates.
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Issuance. Upon the exercise of the Warrants, the issuance of certificates for the Shares shall be made forthwith (and in any event within five (5) business days thereafter) without any charge to the Holder thereof (other than payment of the Exercise Price) including, without limitation, any tax which may be payable in respect of the issuance thereof, and such certificates shall (subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 hereof) be issued in the name of, or in such names as may be directed by, the Holder thereof; provided however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificates in a name other than that of the Holder and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
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Form of Certificates. The Warrant Certificates and certificates representing the Shares shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of the then present Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or President or Vice President of the Company under its corporate seal reproduced thereon, attested to by the manual or facsimile signature of the then present Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company. Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of execution by the Company upon initial issuance, division, exchange, substitution or transfer. The Warrant Certificates and, upon exercise of the Warrants, in part or in whole, certificates representing the Shares shall bear a legend substantially similar to the following:
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE 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 ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT (I) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, (II) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER SUCH ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES, OR (III) UPON THE DELIVERY BY THE HOLDER TO THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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Restriction on Transfer of Warrants. The Holder of a Warrant Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, covenants and agrees that the Warrants are being acquired as an investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof, and that the Warrants may not be sold, transferred, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part without complying with the Act (as defined below) and applicable state securities laws. In connection with the transfer or exercise of Warrants, the Transferee and Holder agree to execute any documents which may be reasonably required by counsel to the Company to comply with the provisions of the Act (as defined below) and applicable state securities laws.
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Adjustments.
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Adjustment to Number of Shares Upon Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case of any reclassification of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in the case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, except a change as a result of a subdivision or combination of such shares or a change in par value, as aforesaid), or in the case of a sale or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety, the Holders shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise of the Warrant, the kind and number of shares of stock and other securities and property that such Holders would have been entitled to receive upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance had the Warrants been exercised immediately prior to any record date for such event.
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Adjustment to Exercise Price and Shares Upon Dividend, Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the date hereof, (i) pay a dividend or make any other distribution upon the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) subdivide (by any stock split, recapitalization or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to any such dividend, distribution or subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this paragraph 6.2 shall become effective at the close of business on the date the dividend, subdivision or combination becomes effective.
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Exchange and Replacement of Warrant Certificates.
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Exchange. Each Warrant Certificate is exchangeable without expense, upon the surrender hereof by the registered Holder at the principal executive office of the Company, for a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the same number of Shares in such denominations as shall be designated by the Holder thereof at the time of such surrender.
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Replacement. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of the Warrants, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor, in lieu thereof.
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Elimination of Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be required to issue certificates representing fractions of shares of Common Stock. As to any fraction of a Share that the Subscriber would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall pay to the Subscriber an amount in cash (by delivery of a certified or official bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds) equal to the product of (i) such fraction multiplied by (ii) the closing sales price of one share of the Common Stock as quoted on the Pink OTC Markets on the business day prior to the exercise date.
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Reservation and Listing of Securities. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price thereof, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and not subject to the preemptive rights of any shareholder.
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Notices to Warrant Holders. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder or Holders the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meetings of shareholders for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of the Warrants and their exercise, any of the following events shall occur:
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the Company shall take a record of the holders of its shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution payable otherwise than out of current or retained earnings, as indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the books of the Company; or
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the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor; or
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a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation or merger) or a sale of all or substantially all of its property, assets and business as an entirety shall be proposed;
then, in any one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice of such event at least ten (10) days prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, convertible or exchangeable securities or subscription rights, options or warrants, or entitled to vote on such proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up, or sale. Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of closing of the transfer books, as the case may be. Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of any action taken in connection with the declaration or payment of any such dividend or distribution, or the issuance of any convertible or exchangeable securities or subscription rights, options or warrants, or any proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up, sale or change of control.
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Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made when delivered, telecopied or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested:
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If to a registered Holder of the Warrants, to the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company; or
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If to the Company, to the address set forth in paragraph 3 of this Warrant or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the Holders.
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Supplements and Amendments. This Warrant shall not be amended without the approval of the Holder in writing.
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Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Warrant by or for the benefit of the Company and the Holders inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
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Termination. This Warrant shall terminate at the close of business on the date which is three (3) years from the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Warrant will terminate on any earlier date when all Warrants have been exercised.
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Governing Law. This Warrant and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York with respect to contracts made and to be wholly performed in said State and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof that would defer to the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company and the Holder of the Warrant Certificates (i) agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant shall be instituted exclusively in the state or federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the New York Courts), (ii) waive any objection which the they may have now or hereafter to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the New York Courts in any such suit, action or procedure. The Company and the Holder of the Warrant Certificates, Warrants or the Shares further agree to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in any suit, action or proceeding in the New York Courts, and agree that service of process upon them mailed by certified mail to their respective addresses shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon them in any such suit, action or proceeding. In the event of litigation between the parties arising hereunder, the prevailing party shall be entitled to costs and reasonable attorneys fees.
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Benefits of This Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any person or corporation, other than the Company and the Holder and any other registered holder or holders of the Warrant Certificates, Warrants or the Shares, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Warrant; and this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Holder and any other holder or holders of the Warrant Certificates, Warrants or the Shares.
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Preservation of Rights. The Company will not, by amendment of its articles of incorporation or through any consolidation, merger, reorganization, transfer of assets, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant or the rights represented hereby or thereby, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holders of the Warrants against dilution or other impairment.
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Counterparts. This Warrant may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE 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 ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT (I) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, (II) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER SUCH ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES, OR (III) UPON THE DELIVERY BY THE HOLDER TO THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE
5:00 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, August 28, 2016
No. W- 082813 | 6,122,552 Warrants |
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This Warrant Certificate certifies that MAXIMILIAN INVESTORS LLC or registered assigns is the registered holder of six million, one hundred twenty-two thousand, five hundred fifty-two (6,122,552) Warrants to purchase, at any time from August 28, 2013 until 5:00 P.M. New York City time on August 28, 2016 (Expiration Date) up to six million, one hundred twenty-two thousand, five hundred fifty-two (6,122,552) shares (Shares) of fully-paid and nonassessable common stock, no par value (Common Stock), of Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., a Washington corporation (the Company), at the initial exercise price, subject to adjustment in certain events (the Exercise Price), of $0.10 per Share upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at an office or agency of the Company, but subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement dated as of August 28, 2013 (Warrant Agreement) between the Company and the Subscriber therein. Payment of the Exercise Price may be made in cash, by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds payable to the order of the Company, or any combination of cash or certified or official bank check, in accordance with paragraph 3 of the Warrant Agreement.
No Warrant may be exercised after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evidenced hereby, unless exercised prior thereto, shall thereafter be void.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to in a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company and the holders (the words holders or holder meaning the registered holders or registered holder) of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events, the Exercise Price and/or number of the Companys securities issuable thereupon may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. In such event, the Company will, at the request of the holder, issue a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number and/or type of securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants; provided, however, that the failure of the Company to issue such new Warrant Certificates shall not in any way change, alter, or otherwise impair, the rights of the holder as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided herein and in the Warrant Agreement, without any charge except for any tax, or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate representing such number of unexercised Warrants.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, and of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined in the Warrant Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be duly executed.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
The undersigned registered owner of this Warrant hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase _______ Shares and herewith tenders in payment for such Shares cash or a certified or official bank check payable in New York Clearing House Funds to the order of _____________________ in the amount of $_______ all in accordance with the terms this Warrant.
The undersigned requests that a certificate for such Shares be registered in the name of ____________________, whose address is _____________________ and that such Certificate be delivered to _____________, whose address is ___________________________.
The undersigned is an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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NOTE: The signature to this Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
Exhibit 99.1
Daybreak Acquires Interest in Shallow Oil Play in Kentucky
Favorably Amends Credit Facility
SPOKANE, Washington, September 3, 2013 -- Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. (OTCBB: DBRM) (Daybreak or the Company), a Washington corporation, is pleased to announce that it has acquired a 25% working interest in approximately 6,100 acres in two large contiguous acreage blocks in the Twin Bottoms Field in Lawrence County, Kentucky. App Energy, LLC (App) is the operator of the project and owns the remaining 75% working interest. Pursuant to a joint operating agreement between App and Daybreak, the two companies have committed to drill three shallow horizontal oil wells in the Berea Oil Sand, which is at approximately 1,500 feet with over 50 drilling locations identified on the leases. Vertical gas wells currently on the leases have penetrated the Berea Oil Sand with log and other data indicating potential proved oil reserves are present in these reservoirs. In this same area of Lawrence County, Kentucky, over 40 horizontal oil wells have been drilled in the Berea Sand in the past year with substantial initial oil production rates along with associated natural gas. Oil reserves per well are expected to have an estimated ultimate recovery of 50,000 barrels of oil with estimated well cost of approximately $800,000 per completed well depending on the length of the lateral production leg of the well. The first well in the initial three well program is expected to spud on September 3, 2013.
The Company is also pleased to announce that it has favorably amended its credit facility with Maximilian Investors LLC (Maximilian) as part of this transaction. Under the terms of the amended and restated credit facility, the Companys initial credit line has increased from $20 million to $50 million and its interest rate decreased from 18% to 12% per annum. The amended and restated credit facility also provides for Maximilian to loan funds to the Company under a separate $40 million credit line to be loaned by the Company to App, primarily to fund its drilling operations. The funds initially loaned to App will accrue interest at 16.8% per annum and subsequent advances will accrue interest at 12% per annum. Apps obligations to the Company are secured by a lien on and security interest in substantially all of Apps property, including substantially all of its oil and gas interests in Kentucky. As a result of Maximilian introducing the Kentucky transaction with App to the Company, Maximilian was issued 6.1 million shares of the Companys common stock on a fully-diluted basis and a warrant to purchase 6.1 million shares of the Companys common stock on a fully-diluted basis at $.10 per share. The Company has also granted to Maximilian a net profits interest of 50% of its net profits after the Company has recovered its costs from its Kentucky drilling operations with App.
James. F. Westmoreland, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, This transaction is a perfect complement to our California operations with similar characteristics; such as shallow oil, low risk, and moderate cost to drill and complete. A major benefit to Daybreak is that the Kentucky wells have initial production rates that are substantially higher than our California wells. We anticipate the production rates will level out to approximately the same rates as our California wells within a year of being brought into production With the addition of these new Kentucky properties to our California properties, the Company expects to see a significant improvement in its cash flow and earnings. We are also pleased to team up with App, an operation that has personnel experienced in oil and gas operations in the Appalachian Basin of Kentucky. Their expertise brings significant value to the operation and we look forward to a long working relationship with them. We are also pleased that Maximilian brought this transaction to us, and as a result we were able to favorably amend our credit facility. This will allow us to not only participate in the Kentucky project while continuing our development of our California project, but it will also give us the opportunity to seek other projects with similar characteristics that will complement our ongoing operations in California and Kentucky.
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas in California and Kentucky. The Company is headquartered in Spokane, Washington with an operations office in Friendswood, Texas. Daybreak owns a 3-D seismic survey that encompasses 20,000 acres over 32 square miles with approximately 13,000 acres under lease in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Daybreak also owns a 25% working interest in approximately 6,100 acres under lease in the Appalachian Basin in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
More information about Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. can be found at www.daybreakoilandgas.com.
Contact:
Ed Capko Telephone: 815-942-2581
Investor Relations Email: edc@daybreakoilandgas.com
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking statements as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as believe, expect, may, should, up to, approximately, likely, or anticipates or the negative thereof. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections for the future of our business and our industry and are not statements of historical fact. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our expectations regarding our financing, our future operating results, our future capital expenditures, our expansion and growth of operations and our future investments in and acquisitions of oil and natural gas properties. We have based these forward-looking statements on assumptions and analyses made in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions, and expected future developments. However, you should be aware that these forward-looking statements are only our predictions and we cannot guarantee any such outcomes. Future events and actual results may differ materially from the results set forth in or implied in the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: general economic and business conditions; exposure to market risks in our financial instruments; fluctuations in worldwide prices and demand for oil and natural gas; fluctuations in the levels of our oil and natural gas exploration and development activities; our ability to find, acquire and develop oil and gas properties, including the ability to develop the East Slopes Project prospects; risks associated with oil and natural gas exploration and development activities; competition for raw materials and customers in the oil and natural gas industry; technological changes and developments in the oil and natural gas industry; legislative and regulatory uncertainties, including proposed changes to federal tax law and climate change legislation, and potential environmental liabilities; our ability to continue as a going concern; and our ability to secure additional capital to fund operations. Additional factors that may affect future results are contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and are available at the SECs web site http://www.sec.gov. Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. disclaims any obligation to update and revise statements contained in this press release based on new information or otherwise.