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):  March 17, 2017

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

001-32490

 

87-0400335

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

12012 Wickchester Lane, Suite 475

Houston, Texas 77079

(Address of principal executive offices,
including Zip Code)

 

(713) 353-9400

(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see  General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o                 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                 Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains express or implied forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s belief and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future operational or financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “future,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “pro-forma,” “potential,” “attempt,” “develop,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

 

These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect results. These factors include, without limitation, our ability to raise additional funding as required to execute our exploration and development program, our dependence on a single exploration asset, our lack proved reserves, our lack of operating revenue, dependence on joint development partners, the high operating risks of developing oil and gas resources, weather conditions and natural disasters, political conditions in the regions in which we operate or propose to operate, fluctuations in prices of oil and natural gas, the threat of terrorism, and general economic conditions.

 

You should read this Report and the documents that we reference in this Report and have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as exhibits hereto completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this Report represent our views as of the date of this Report.

 

We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable law. You should therefore not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Report.  Investors should the carefully review the risk factor disclosure and other information, including our financial statements and the notes thereto, set forth in the reports and other documents we file with the SEC available at www.sec.gov.

 

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Item 1.01                                                       Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On March 17, 2017, Hyperdynamics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) held the closing of a private placement offering (the “Offering”) of 680 Units of its securities, at a purchase price of $1,000 per Unit.  Each “Unit” consisted of (i) one share of the Company’s 1% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, with a Stated Value of $1,040 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), and (ii) a warrant (the “Investor Warrant”) to purchase 223 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), exercisable from issuance until two years after the date of the closing, at an exercise price of $3.50 per share (subject to adjustment in certain circumstances).

 

We entered into subscription agreements for the Units (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain accredited investors (as such term is defined in the Rule 501 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) (the “Subscribers”).  The Subscription Agreements contained customary representations and warranties of the Company and the Subscribers, and indemnification of the Company and the Placement Agent (as defined below) by the Subscribers.

 

The Company received an aggregate of $680,000 in gross cash proceeds, before deducting placement agent fees and expenses, and legal, accounting and other fees and expenses, in connection with the sale of the Units. The Company expects to use the net proceeds of $539,000 from the sale of the Units for general corporate purposes and to further its business interests in the Republic of Guinea, including, but not limited to the drilling of an exploration well on the Company’s offshore Concession.

 

At the closing, we issued to the Subscribers an aggregate of: (i) 680 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and (ii) Investor Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 151,640 shares of Common Stock.

 

Subscribers in the Offering have an option (the “Subscriber Option”) t o purchase their pro rata share of up to an aggregate of $3,000,000 in additional Units following the effective date of the registration statement registering for resale the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and exercise of the Investor Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants (as defined below), which we have agreed to file as described below (the “Registration Statement”).

 

On March 17, 2017, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, authorizing, and establishing the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of, the Series A Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Designations was adopted by resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors pursuant to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, which vests in the Company’s Board of Directors with the authority to provide for the authorization and issuance of one or more series of preferred stock of the Company within the limitations and restrictions set forth therein.   The Certificate of Designations contains the following key terms:

 

·                   Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to receive dividends payable on the Stated Value of such Series A Preferred Stock at the rate of 1% per annum, which shall be cumulative and be due and payable in Common Stock on the applicable conversion date or in cash in the case of a redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock by the Company.

 

·                   Shares of Series A Preferred Stock are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, in cash, at a price per share equal to 115% of the Stated Value plus 115% of accrued but unpaid dividends.

 

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·                   In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, out of assets available therefor, an amount equal to 115% of the Stated Value of their shares plus 115% of any accrued but unpaid dividends.

 

·                   The Series A Preferred Stock is convertible at the option of the holder, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at any time after the earlier of (i) the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC or (ii) six months after the date of the closing.  If no conversion has taken place within nine months after the date of the closing, the Series A Preferred Stock, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends, will automatically convert into shares of Common Stock.

 

The conversion price per share of Common Stock in either event is the lesser of (i) $2.75 per share (subject to adjustment in certain circumstances), or (ii) 80% of the lowest closing price during 21 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately prior to the conversion date, subject to a floor of $0.25 per share (which floor is subject to “full ratchet” adjustment in certain circumstances if we issue Common Stock (or Common Stock equivalents) in the aggregate amount of not less than $1,000,000 at a price below $0.25 per share of Common Stock, and to proportionate adjustment in certain other circumstances).

 

·                   Except in certain limited circumstances affecting the rights of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock or as required by law, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not have voting rights.

 

·                   Until the date that is six months following the date of the closing, the Company will not authorize or create any class of stock ranking as to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon a liquidation senior to the Series A Preferred Stock, without the consent of holders of no less than 66 2 / 3 % of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

We also agreed in the Subscription Agreements that until the date that is 12 months following the closing, we will not create or allow to be created any security interest, lien, charge or other encumbrance on any of our or our subsidiaries’ rights under or interests in the Hydrocarbon Production Sharing Contract between SCS Corporation Ltd. and the Republic of Guinea, dated September 22, 2006, as amended to date or hereafter, that secures the repayment of indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for money borrowed.

 

Katalyst Securities, LLC (the “Placement Agent”), a U.S. registered broker-dealer, was engaged by the Company as placement agent for the Offering, on a reasonable best effort basis.  We agreed to pay to the Placement Agent (and any sub agent) a cash commission of 9% of the gross purchase price paid by the Subscribers for the Units (including for Units that may be issued upon exercise of the Subscriber Option), and to issue to the Placement Agent (and any sub agent) warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 7% of the number of shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock contained in the Units sold in Offering (including Units that may be issued upon exercise of the Subscriber Option), at the exercise price of $3.00 per share (the “Placement Agent Warrants”).

 

We also agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent for certain expenses related to the Offering.  At the closing, we paid the Placement Agent $61,200 of cash fees and issued to the Placement Agent or its designees Placement Agent Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 18,002 shares of Common Stock.  The Placement Agency Agreement between the Company and the Placement Agent contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of and indemnifications by the parties.

 

The Investor Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants have provisions for the “weighted average” adjustment of their exercise price in the event that we issue shares of Common Stock (or Common Stock

 

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equivalents) for a consideration per share less than the exercise price then in effect, subject to certain exceptions.

 

In connection with the Offering, we also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with each of the Subscribers and the holders of the Placement Agent Warrants, which requires the Company to file a Registration Statement with the SEC within 45 days after the closing, registering for resale (i) all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock (including any shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Subscriber Option described above), and (ii) all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants (including any Investor Warrants issued pursuant to the Subscriber Option described above) and the Placement Agent Warrants (including any that may be issued upon exercise of the Subscriber Option), and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective no later than 135 days after the closing.  We also granted to the holders of the registrable shares certain “piggyback” registration rights until two years after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 

If the Registration Statement is not filed with, or declared effective by, the SEC within the specified deadlines set forth above, or the Registration Statement ceases to be effective or otherwise cannot be used for a period specified in the Registration Rights Agreement, or trading of the Common Stock on the Company’s principal market is suspended or halted for more than three consecutive trading days (each, a “Registration Event”),  monetary penalties payable by the Company to the holders of registrable shares that are affected by such Registration Event will commence to accrue at a rate equal to 12% per annum of the purchase price paid for each Unit purchased, for the period that such Registration event continues, but not exceeding in the aggregate 5% of such purchase price.

 

The Certificate of Designations and forms of the Subscription Agreement, the Investor Warrant, the Placement Agent Warrant and the Registration Rights Agreement are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the foregoing summaries of the terms of such documents are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the full text of such documents, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Subscription Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are not intended to be, and should not be relied upon as, making disclosures regarding any facts and circumstances relating to the Company. These agreements are described in this Current Report on Form 8-K and attached as exhibits hereto only to provide investors with information regarding the terms and conditions of those agreements that establish and govern the legal relationship among the parties thereto, and are not intended to provide any other factual information regarding the Company or the actual conduct of its business, or to modify or supplement any factual disclosures about the Company contained in any of the Company’s public reports filed with the SEC.

 

The representations and warranties contained in those agreements were made as of specific dates and only for purposes of those agreements, not for the benefit of any investors or other persons (other than the Subscribers), and are subject to important exceptions and limitations. The parties reserve the right to, but are not obligated to, amend or revise these agreements. Accordingly, investors should not rely on representations and warranties as characterizations of the actual state of facts, or for any other purpose, at the time they were made or otherwise.

 

Item 3.02.                                         Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth above in Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

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The Units, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Investor Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Investor Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants are being issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC thereunder.  All of the Subscribers were persons who represented themselves to be accredited investors as defined in Regulation D.

 

This current report on Form 8-K is issued in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act, and is neither an offer to sell any securities, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

 

Item 5.03.                                         Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

The information set forth above in Item 1.01 with respect to the Certificate of Designations is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

 

Item 7.01                                            Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The Press Release regarding the above matters is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

 

Information in this Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

Item 9.01.                                         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed with this Report:

 

Exhibit
No.

 

 Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Investor Warrant

 

 

 

10.1

 

Form of Subscription Agreement

 

 

 

10.2

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

 

10.3

 

Form of Placement Agent Warrant

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated March 21, 2017.

 

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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.

 

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

Date: March 23, 2017

By:

/s/ David G. Gullickson

 

Name:

David G. Gullickson

 

Title:

Vice President Finance, Treasurer, and

 

 

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

3.1**

 

Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

 

 

 

4.1**

 

Form of Investor Warrant

 

 

 

10.1**

 

Form of Subscription Agreement

 

 

 

10.2**

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

 

10.3**

 

Form of Placement Agent Warrant

 

 

 

99.1**

 

Press Release, dated March 21, 2017

 


**                                Filed herewith.

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

State of Delaware

 

Secretary of State

 

Division of Corporations

 

Delivered 04:55 PM 03/17/2017

 

FILED 04:55 PM 03/17/2017

 

SR 20171842833 - File Number 2402791

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS,

 

PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS

 

of

 

SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

of

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

 

Hyperdynamics Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ” or the “ Board ”), pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors as required by applicable law, and in accordance with the provisions of its certificate of incorporation and by-laws, has authorized and hereby authorizes a series of the Corporation’s previously authorized Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), and hereby states the designation and number of shares, and fixes the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights thereof, as follows:

 

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise immediately defined are defined in Section 10 below.

 

1.                                       Designation, Amount and Par Value . The series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as the “1% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”) and the number of shares so designated shall be 12,500.

 

2.                                       Stated Value; Dividends .

 

a.                                       Stated Value . The par value of each issued share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be $0.001 per share, and the stated value of each issued share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed to be $1,040 (the “ Stated Value ”).

 

b.                                       Dividends . Before any dividends shall be paid or set aside for payment on any Junior Security of the Corporation, each holder of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends, in the manner provided herein, payable on the Stated Value of the Series A Preferred Stock at a rate of 1% per annum, which shall be cumulative and be due and payable in shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date (as defined below) or in cash on the Redemption Date (as defined below), in each case as provided below (the applicable date of payment, a “ Dividend Date ”). Such dividends shall accrue from the date of issue of each share of Series A Preferred Stock, whether or not declared, through the Dividend Date. If a Dividend Date is not a business day, then the dividend shall be due and payable on the business day immediately following such Dividend Date.

 

Dividends shall be payable to holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock books of the Corporation on the Dividend Date.

 



 

Except as provided in the following paragraph, if the dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock shall not have been paid or set apart in full for the Series A Preferred Stock when payable, the aggregate deficiency shall be cumulative and shall be fully paid or set apart for payment before any dividends shall be paid upon or set apart for, or any other distributions paid made on, or any payments made on account of the purchase, redemption or retirement of, the Common Stock or any other Junior Security. When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares or fractions of a share of Series A Preferred Stock and any shares pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon this series and any other shares pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared, pro rata, so that the amount of dividends declared per share or fraction of a share on this Series A Preferred Stock and such other shares pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same rates that accrued dividends per share on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and such other shares pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock bear to each other.

 

3.                                       Voting .

 

a.                                       Voting Rights . Except as provided in Section 3(b)  below or as required by law, holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have the right to vote on any matter as to which shareholders are required or permitted to vote. Only in the case of a vote to be taken pursuant to Section 3(b)  below or when required by law, each Holder of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to the number of votes equal to the number of Conversion Shares then issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder

 

b.                                       Limitations on Corporate Actions . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3(a)  above, as long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the written consent or affirmative vote of the holders of no less than sixty-six and 2/3 percent (66 2 / 3 %) of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, consenting or voting (as the case may be) as a separate class from the Common Stock, either directly or by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise:

 

(i)                                      amend its certificate of incorporation in any manner that adversely affects the rights of the Holders;

 

(ii)                                   alter or change adversely the voting or other powers, preferences, rights, privileges, or restrictions of the Series A Preferred Stock contained herein or alter or amend this Certificate of Designations;

 

(iii)                                redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any Junior Securities or any shares pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock;

 

(iv)                               directly or indirectly pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution in respect of, any Junior Securities, or set aside any monies for the purchase or redemption (through a sinking fund or otherwise) of any Junior Securities or any shares pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock;

 

(v)                                  until the date that is six (6) months following the initial Closing, authorize or create any class of stock ranking as to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon a Liquidation (as defined in Section 4 below) senior to the Series A Preferred Stock;

 

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(vi)                               issue or incur any indebtedness or other obligation to pay money that is convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (or into or for any other security that is convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock)); or

 

(vii)                            enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

4.                                       Liquidation, Dissolution, or Winding-Down .

 

a.                                       Payments to Holders of Series A Preferred Stock . Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-down of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a “ Liquidation ”), the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be paid in cash, before any payment shall be paid to the holders of Common Stock, or any other Junior Securities, an amount for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder equal to 115% of the Stated Value thereof plus 115% of any dividends accrued but unpaid thereon (such applicable amount payable with respect to a share of Series A Preferred Stock sometimes being referred to as the “ Individual Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference Payment ” and with respect to all shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the aggregate sometimes being referred to as the “ Aggregate Series A Liquidation Preference Payment ”). If, upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the assets available to be distributed among the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit payment to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock of an aggregate amount equal to the Aggregate Series A Liquidation Preference Payment, then the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.

 

b.                                       Payments to Holders of Junior Securities . After the payment of all preferential amounts required to be paid to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation ranking on liquidation senior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, the holders of Junior Securities then outstanding shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders as otherwise set forth in the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation.

 

5.                                       Conversion . The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows.

 

a.                                       Optional and Mandatory Conversions . Each share of Series A Preferred Stock together with accrued but unpaid dividends thereon shall be convertible at the option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in part, at any time after the earlier of (i) six (6) months after the Initial Issuance Date, or (ii) the date on which a registration statement of the Corporation registering the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock for resale under the Securities Act has first been declared effective by the SEC, without the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Stated Value per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon by the Series A Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion. All outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall, on the date that is nine (9)

 

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months following Initial Issuance Date, automatically, and without the payment of additional consideration by the Holder thereof, and without any notice to the Holder thereof, be converted into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Stated Value per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon by the Series A Conversion Price then in effect. The “ Series A Conversion Price ” per share of Common Stock shall be the lesser of (i) $2.75 (the “ Series A Fixed Conversion Price ”), or (ii) the greater of (A) 80% of the lowest Closing Price for the Common Stock during the twenty-one consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the applicable Conversion Date (the “ Pricing Period ”) (the “ Series A Floating Conversion Price ”) or (B) $0.25 (the “ Series A Floor Price ”); provided , however , that the Series A Conversion Price, the Series A Floor Price and the rate at which shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6 below.

 

b.                                       Notice of Conversion . Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a “ Notice of Conversion ”). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the Conversion Date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Holder delivers by facsimile such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation. If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered hereunder. To effect conversions of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Certificates representing the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following legend:

 

THE HOLDER AND ANY ASSIGNEE OR TRANSFEREE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS STOCK CERTIFICATE, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.B. OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF THE SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, THE NUMBER OF SHARES REFLECTED ON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BY THE HOLDER OR ASSIGNEE. PLEASE INQUIRE WITH THE CORPORATION AS TO THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.

 

c.                                        Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the holder would otherwise be entitled, the Corporation shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, or round-up to the next whole number of shares, at the Corporation’s option. Whether or not fractional shares would be issuable upon such conversion shall be determined on the basis of the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the Holder is at the time converting into

 

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Common Stock and the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion.

 

d.                                       Mechanics of Conversion .

 

i.                                           Issuance of Common Stock upon Conversion . Not later than five (5) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Corporation shall issue, or cause to be issued, to the converting Holder the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in uncertificated book-entry form on the stock ledger of the Company’s Common Stock, and shall send to the registered holder of such shares of Common Stock any notice or statement required by the Delaware General Corporation Law. All shares of Series A Preferred Stock which shall have been converted as herein provided shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately cease and terminate at the Share Delivery Date, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive shares of Common Stock in exchange therefor as provided herein, and to receive payment in lieu of any fraction of a share otherwise issuable upon such conversion as provided herein.

 

ii.                                        Obligation Absolute; Damages . The Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder.

 

e.                                        Reservation of Shares Issuable upon Conversion . The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue in accordance with the terms herein, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

6.                                       Certain Adjustments .

 

a.                                       Subdivision or Combination of Stock . If, at any time while the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, the Corporation shall subdivide (whether by way of stock dividend, stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Series A Fixed Conversion Price and Series A Floor Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be combined (whether by way of stock combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) into a smaller number of shares, the Series A Fixed Conversion

 

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Price and Series A Floor Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased. The Series A Fixed Conversion Price and Series A Floor Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 6(a).

 

b.                                       Dividends in Stock, Property, Reclassification . If, at any time while the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, the holders of Common Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time receivable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock) shall have received or become entitled to receive, without payment therefore:

 

(i)                                      any Common Stock Equivalents, or any rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing by way of dividend or other distribution, or

 

(ii)                                   additional stock or other securities or property (other than cash in respect of which shall be covered by the terms of Section 3(c) above) by way of spin-off, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar corporate rearrangement (other than shares of Common Stock issued as a stock split or adjustments in respect of which shall be covered by the terms of Section 6(a) above),

 

then and in each such case, the Series A Conversion Price shall be adjusted proportionately, and the Holder hereof shall, upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, be entitled to receive, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, and without payment of any additional consideration therefor, the amount of stock and other securities and property that such Holder would hold on the date of such exercise had such Holder been the holder of record of such Common Stock as of the date on which holders of Common Stock received or became entitled to receive such shares or all other additional stock and other securities and property. The Series A Conversion Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 6(b).

 

c.                                        Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale . At any time while the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, if any recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital stock of the Corporation, or any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other transaction shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other assets or property (an “ Organic Change ”), then lawful and adequate provisions shall be made by the Corporation whereby the Holders shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable assuming the full conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. In the event of any Organic Change, appropriate provision shall be made by the Corporation with respect to the rights and interests of the Holders to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Series A Conversion Price) shall thereafter be

 

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applicable, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the conversion thereof. To the extent necessary to effect the foregoing provisions, the successor corporation (if other than the Corporation) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument executed and mailed or delivered to each Holder at the last address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, the obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder may be entitled to purchase. If there is an Organic Change, then the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at its last address as it shall appear on the books and records of the Corporation, at least ten (10) calendar days before the effective date of the Organic Change, a notice stating the date on which such Organic Change is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares for securities, cash, or other property delivered upon such Organic Change; provided , that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. Each Holder is entitled to convert such Holder’s Series A Preferred Stock during the 10-day period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice. In any event, the successor corporation (if other than the Corporation) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall be deemed to assume such obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets even in the absence of a written instrument assuming such obligation to the extent such assumption occurs by operation of law.

 

d.                                       Certificate as to Adjustments . Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 6, the Corporation at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Corporation shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a like certificate setting forth: (i) such adjustments and readjustments; and (ii) the number of shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

e.                                        Adjustment to Series A Floating Conversion Price. The calculation of the Series A Floating Conversion Price shall be adjusted consistent with the provision of this Section 6 should any of the events described in this Section 6 take place during the Pricing Period for the determination of the Series A Floating Conversion Price.

 

f.                                         Adjustment to Series A Conversion Floor Price Resulting from Certain Financings . In the event that at any time while shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation issues Additional Shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share of Common Stock, or with an exercise or conversion price per share of Common Stock, less than the Series A Floor Price in effect immediately prior to such issue (the “ Lower Price ”), the Series A Floor Price will be automatically reduced to equal the Lower Price. For purposes of the foregoing, “ Additional Shares of Common Stock ” shall mean all shares of Common Stock and all Common Stock Equivalents issued by the Corporation after the Initial Issuance Date other than:: (a) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalent outstanding immediately prior to the Initial Issuance Date; (b) shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or upon

 

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exercise of warrants issued to purchasers and/or placement agents in connection with the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock; (c) securities issued or issuable pursuant to the acquisition of another entity or business by the Corporation by merger, purchase of substantially all of the assets or other reorganization, but not including a transaction in which the Corporation is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; (d) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on shares of Common Stock relating to any recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital stock, or any consolidation or merger with another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other transaction effected in such a way that there is no change of control; (e) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued in (i) a registered public offering under the Securities Act or (ii) in any other offering or financing transaction fro aggregate gross proceeds less than $1,000,000; (f) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable pursuant to the acquisition of another entity or business by the Corporation by merger, purchase of substantially all of the assets or other reorganization or pursuant to a joint venture or technology license agreement, but not including a transaction in which the Corporation is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; (g) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable to officers, directors and employees of, or consultants to, the Corporation pursuant to stock grants, option plans, purchase plans or other employee stock incentive programs or arrangements approved by the Board of Directors, or upon exercise of options or warrants granted to such parties pursuant to any such plan or arrangement; and (h) securities issued to financial institutions, institutional investors or lessors in connection with credit arrangements, equipment financings, lease arrangements or similar transactions, in the aggregate not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time.

 

7.                                       Optional Redemption . Shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation, by resolution of its Board of Directors, in cash, at any time, subject to the Redemption Notice requirements below, at a price per share equal to one hundred fifteen percent (115%) of the Stated Value plus one hundred fifteen percent (115%) of the amount of accrued but unpaid dividends thereon. The Corporation shall provide written notice to all holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock specifying the time (the “ Redemption Date ”) and place of such redemption (the “ Redemption Notice ”), at their respective addresses as the same shall appear on the stock books of the Corporation, but no failure on the part of the shareholder to receive such notice and no defect in the wording of the notice shall affect the validity of the proceedings adopted with respect to the redemption of any such shares. The Redemption Notice shall be given not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Redemption Date. After the Corporation has furnished its Redemption Notice, each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption may, on or before the close of the last business day preceding the designated Redemption Date, convert such shares into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the conversion privileges set forth herein, provided that such holder has delivered a properly completed and executed Notice of Conversion to the Company on or before the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after such holder’s receipt of the Redemption Notice.

 

8.                                       Status of Series A Preferred Stock Converted or Reacquired . Shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock or reacquired by the Corporation in any manner, including shares purchased or redeemed, shall (upon compliance with any applicable provisions

 

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of the laws of the State of Delaware) have the status of authorized and unissued shares of the class of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series, and may be redesignated and reissued as part of any series of the preferred stock.

 

9.                                       Calculations . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Series A Conversion Price, or the arithmetic calculation of the number of shares of Common stock to be issued upon any conversion of Series A Preferred Stock or of the amount of accrued dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock (a “Disputed Amount”), the Corporation or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations (as the case may be) via facsimile or e-mail (i) within two (2) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Corporation or the Holder (as the case may be), or (ii) if no notice gave rise to such dispute, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Corporation are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Disputed Amount within three Trading Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted, then the Corporation shall within five (5) Business Days, submit in writing (a) the disputed determination of the Series A Conversion Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Corporation and approved by the Holder, or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the number of shares of Common stock to be issued upon conversion or the amount of accrued dividends to the Corporation’s independent certified public accountant. The Corporation shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Corporation and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Trading Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations; provided that, if such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted by the Holder is determined to be incorrect, then the expense of the investment bank or the accountant shall be the responsibility of the Holder. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the parties thereto.

 

10.                                Definitions . As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

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

 

b.               Business Day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

c.                Closing Price ” of the Common Stock on any given day shall be the last sale price, regular way, of the Common Stock or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, of the Common Stock, in each case on the Principal Market.

 

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d.               Common Stock ” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

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

 

f.                 Conversion Date ” with respect to any share of Series A Preferred Stock means any day on which such share is to be converted into common stock pursuant to Section 5.

 

g.                Conversion Shares ” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

h.               Holder ” means a holder of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

i.                   Initial Issuance Date ” means the date on which the first share of Series A Preferred Stock is issued by the Corporation.

 

j.                  Junior Securities ” means the Common Stock and all other securities of the Corporation, including Common Stock Equivalents of the Corporation, other than those securities which are explicitly senior or pari passu to the Series A Preferred Stock in dividend rights or liquidation preference.

 

k.               Original Issue Date ” the date the Corporation initially issues shares of Series A Preferred Stock, regardless of the number of times transfer of such share is made on the stock records maintained by or for the Corporation and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such share.

 

1.               Person ” shall mean any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, as well as any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

m.           Principal Market ” means the primary national or regional stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or if not so listed, OTC Markets, if quoted thereon, is open for the transaction of business

 

n.               SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

o.               Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

p.               Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

q.               Subsidiary ” shall mean any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power is, at the time, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the

 

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Corporation or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Corporation or a combination thereof.

 

r.                  Trading Day ” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 17th day of March, 2017.

 

 

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Raymond C. Leonard

 

 

Name:

Raymond C. Leonard

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer and President

 



 

ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES

 

OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK)

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as may be required by the Corporation. No fee will be charged to the Holders for any conversion, except for any such transfer taxes.

 

Conversion calculations:

 

Date to Effect Conversion:                           

 

Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion:                            

 

Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be Converted:                                   

 

Stated Value of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be Converted:                       

 

Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be owned subsequent to Conversion:                                     

 

 

[HOLDER]

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 


 

Exhibit 4.1

 

[FORM OF WARRANT]

 

Warrant Certificate No.            

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS . SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE HOLDER HAS, PRIOR TO SUCH SALE, FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF EXEMPTION, IN EITHER CASE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

Effective Date:          , 2017

Expiration Date:           , 2019

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Hyperdynamics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), for value received on the Effective Date set forth above, hereby issues to                            (the “ Holder ”) this Warrant (the “ Warrant ”) to purchase                shares (as from time to time adjusted as hereinafter provided) (each such share a “ Warrant Share ” and all such shares being the “ Warrant Shares ”) of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined below), at the Exercise Price (as defined below), as adjusted from time to time as provided herein, on or before the Expiration Date set forth above, all subject to the following terms and conditions.

 

This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants of like tenor being issued to Subscribers in the Company’s private offering (the “ Offering ”) of units consisting of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions described in the Subscription Agreement entered into by and between the Company and each Subscriber set forth on the signature pages affixed thereto (the “ Subscription Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings ascribed to them in the Subscription Agreement.

 

As used in this Warrant,

 

(i)                                      Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York, New York, are authorized or required by law or executive order to close;

 



 

(ii)                                   Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share, including any securities issued or issuable with respect thereto or into which or for which such shares may be exchanged for, or converted into, pursuant to any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization or other similar event;

 

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

 

(iv)                               Exercise Price ” means $3.50 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein;

 

(v)                                  Trading Day ” means any day on which the primary national or regional stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or if not so listed, the OTC Markets, if quoted thereon, is open for the transaction of business; and

 

(vi)                               Affiliate ” means any person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a person, as such terms are used and construed in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).

 

1.                                       DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

(a)                                  Exercise Period .  The Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part on any Business Day on or before 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date, at which time this Warrant shall become void and of no value.

 

(b)                                  Exercise Procedures .

 

(i)                                      While this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable in accordance with Section 1(a), the Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part at any time and from time to time by:

 

(A)                                delivery to the Company of a duly completed and executed copy of the notice of exercise attached as Exhibit A (the “ Notice of Exercise ”);

 

(B)                                surrender of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder; and

 

(C)                                payment of the then-applicable Exercise Price per share multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares being purchased upon exercise of the Warrant (such amount, the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) made in the form of cash, or by certified check,

 

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wire transfer, bank draft or money order payable in lawful money of the United States of America.

 

(ii)                                   Upon the exercise of this Warrant in compliance with the provisions of this Section 1(b), and except as limited pursuant to Section 1(b)(iii), the Company shall promptly issue and cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate for the Warrant Shares purchased by the Holder.  Each exercise of this Warrant shall be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “ Date of Exercise ”) that the conditions set forth in Section 1(b) have been satisfied, as the case may be.  Upon delivery of each of the items set forth in Section 1(b)(i), the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares.

 

(iii)                                Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(b), the Holder may not exercise this Warrant if and to the extent that such exercise would require the Company to issue a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, less all amounts of Common Stock that have been reserved for issue upon the conversion or exercise of all outstanding Common Stock Equivalents.  If the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to permit the Holder to exercise this Warrant, then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary stockholder consent to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to permit such Holder to exercise this Warrant pursuant to Section 1(b)(i).

 

(c)                                   Partial Exercise .  This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for part only of the number of Warrant Shares referenced by this Warrant; provided, that any such partial exercise must be for an integral number of Warrant Shares. If this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue, at its expense, a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, referencing such reduced number of Warrant Shares that remain subject to this Warrant.

 

(e)                                   Disputes .  In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 15.

 

2.                                       ISSUANCE OF WARRANT SHARES

 

(a)                                  The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, be (i) duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable, and (ii) free from all liens, charges and security interests, with the exception of claims arising through the acts or omissions of any Holder and except as arising from applicable Federal and state securities laws.

 

(b)                                  The Company shall register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose in the name of the record holder of such Warrant from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner thereof

 

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for the purpose of any exercise thereof, any distribution to the Holder thereof and for all other purposes.

 

(c)                                   The Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, 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 to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all action necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder to exercise this Warrant, or against impairment of such rights.

 

3.                                       ADJUSTMENTS OF EXERCISE PRICE, NUMBER AND TYPE OF WARRANT SHARES

 

(a)                                  General . The Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 3(a); provided , that notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment if and to the extent that such adjustment would require the Company to issue a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, less all amounts of Common Stock that have been reserved for issue upon the conversion or exercise of all outstanding or Common Stock Equivalents.  If the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to make any adjustment, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary stockholder consent to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to make such an adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(a).

 

(i)                                      Subdivision or Combination of Stock . In case the Company shall at any time subdivide (whether by way of stock dividend, stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately increased, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined (whether by way of stock combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately decreased.  The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(a)(i).

 

(ii)                                   Dividends in Stock, Property, Reclassification . If at any time, or from time to time, the holders of Common Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall have received or become entitled to receive, without payment therefor:

 

(A)                                any Common Stock Equivalents, or any rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing by way of dividend or other distribution, or

 

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(B)                                additional stock or other securities or property (including cash) by way of spin-off, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar corporate rearrangement (other than shares of Common Stock issued as a stock split or adjustments in respect of which shall be covered by the terms of Section 3(a)(i) above),

 

then and in each such case, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares to be obtained upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted proportionately, and the Holder hereof shall, upon the exercise of this Warrant, be entitled to receive, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, and without payment of any additional consideration therefor, the amount of stock and other securities and property (including cash in the cases referred to above) that such Holder would hold on the date of such exercise had such Holder been the holder of record of such Common Stock as of the date on which holders of Common Stock received or became entitled to receive such shares or all other additional stock and other securities and property.  The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(a)(ii) .

 

(iii)                                Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale . If any recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital stock of the Company, or any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other transaction shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other assets or property (an “ Organic Change ”), then lawful and adequate provisions shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable assuming the full exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant. In the event of any Organic Change, appropriate provision shall be made by the Company with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof. To the extent necessary to effect the foregoing provisions, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder executed and mailed or delivered to the registered Holder hereof at the last address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder may be entitled to purchase. If there is an Organic Change, then the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear on the books and records of the Company, at least 10 calendar days before the effective date of the Organic Change, a notice stating the date on which such Organic Change is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares for securities, cash, or other property delivered upon such Organic Change; provided , that the

 

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failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during the 10-day period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.  In any event, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall be deemed to assume such obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets even in the absence of a written instrument assuming such obligation to the extent such assumption occurs by operation of law.

 

(b)                               Adjustment of Exercise Price upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock .  In the event the Company shall at any time prior to the Expiration Date issue Additional Shares of Common Stock, as defined below, without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue, then the Exercise Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price (calculated to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be (1) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue plus (2) the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received or to be received by the Company for the total number of Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued would purchase at such Exercise Price; and (B) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue plus the number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued; provided that, (i) for the purpose of this Section 3(b), all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding immediately prior to such issue shall be deemed to be outstanding, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon conversion or exchange of such outstanding Common Stock Equivalents shall be determined without giving effect to any adjustments to the conversion or exchange price or conversion or exchange rate of such Common Stock Equivalents resulting from the issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock that is the subject of this calculation.  For purposes of this Warrant, “ Additional Shares of Common Stock ” shall mean all shares of Common Stock and all Common Stock Equivalents issued by the Company after the Effective Date, other than: (i) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalent outstanding on the Effective Date; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants or the Placement Agent Warrants; (iii) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on shares of Common Stock that is covered by Sections 3(a)(i) through 3(a)(iii) above; (iv) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued in a registered public offering under the Securities Act; (v) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable pursuant to the acquisition of another entity or business by the Company by merger, purchase of substantially all of the assets or other reorganization or pursuant to a joint venture or technology license agreement, but not including a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; (vi) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable to officers, directors and employees of, or consultants to, the Company pursuant to stock grants, option plans, purchase plans or other employee stock incentive programs or arrangements approved by the Board of Directors, or upon exercise of options or warrants granted to such parties pursuant to any such plan or arrangement; (vii) any securities issued or issuable by the Company pursuant to the Subscription Agreements; and (viii) securities

 

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issued to financial institutions, institutional investors or lessors in connection with credit arrangements, equipment financings, lease arrangements or similar transactions, in the aggregate not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time.

 

(c)                                   Certificate as to Adjustments . Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 3, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each Holder of this Warrant a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a like certificate setting forth: (i) such adjustments and readjustments; and (ii) the number of shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

(d)                                  Certain Events . If any event occurs as to which the other provisions of this Section 3 are not strictly applicable but the lack of any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, then the Company’s Board of Directors will, in good faith and subject to applicable law, make an appropriate adjustment to protect the rights of the Holder; provided , that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(d) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 3.

 

4.                                       TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF WARRANT AND WARRANT SHARES

 

(a)                                  Registration of Transfers and Exchanges . Subject to Section 4(c), upon the Holder’s surrender of this Warrant, with a duly executed copy of the Form of Assignment attached as Exhibit B , to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder, the Company shall register the transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant. Upon such registration of transfer, the Company shall issue a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing the acquisition rights transferred to the transferee and a new Warrant, in similar form, evidencing the remaining acquisition rights not transferred, to the Holder requesting the transfer.

 

(b)                                  Warrant Exchangeable for Different Denominations . The Holder may exchange this Warrant for a new Warrant or Warrants, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares, which may then be purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrants to be dated the date of such exchange and to represent the right to purchase such number of Warrant Shares as shall be designated by the Holder. The Holder shall surrender this Warrant with duly executed instructions regarding such re-certification of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder.

 

(c)                                   Restrictions on Transfers . This Warrant may not be transferred at any time without (i) registration under the Securities Act or (ii) an exemption from such registration and a written

 

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opinion of legal counsel addressed to the Company that the proposed transfer of the Warrant may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, which opinion will be in form and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

(d)                                  Permitted Transfers and Assignments .  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 4, the Holder may transfer, with or without consideration, this Warrant or any of the Warrant Shares (or a portion thereof) to the Holder’s Affiliates (as such term is defined under Rule 144 of the Securities Act) without obtaining the opinion from counsel that may be required by Section 4(c)(ii), provided, that the Holder delivers to the Company and its counsel certification, documentation, and other assurances reasonably required by the Company’s counsel to enable the Company’s counsel to render an opinion to the Company’s Transfer Agent that such transfer does not violate applicable securities laws.

 

5.                                       MUTILATED OR MISSING WARRANT CERTIFICATE

 

If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon request by the Holder, the Company will, at its expense, issue, in exchange for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, representing the right to acquire the equivalent number of Warrant Shares; provided , that, as a prerequisite to the issuance of a substitute Warrant, the Company may require satisfactory evidence of loss, theft or destruction as well as an indemnity from the Holder of a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant.

 

6.                                       PAYMENT OF TAXES

 

The Company will pay all transfer and stock issuance taxes attributable to the preparation, issuance and delivery of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares (and replacement Warrants) including, without limitation, all documentary and stamp taxes; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax in respect of the transfer of this Warrant, or the issuance or delivery of certificates for Warrant Shares or other securities in respect of the Warrant Shares to any person or entity other than to the Holder.

 

7.                                       FRACTIONAL WARRANT SHARES

 

No fractional Warrant Shares shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. Upon the full exercise of this Warrant, the Company, in lieu of issuing any fractional Warrant Share, shall round up the number of Warrant Shares issuable to nearest whole share.

 

8.                                       NO STOCK RIGHTS AND LEGEND

 

No holder of this Warrant, as such, shall be entitled to vote or be deemed the holder of any other securities of the Company that may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant, as such, the rights of a stockholder of the Company or the right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or give or withhold consent to any corporate action or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as

 

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provided herein), or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise (except as provide herein).

 

Each certificate for Warrant Shares initially issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, and each certificate for Warrant Shares issued to any subsequent transferee of any such certificate, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS . THESE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE HOLDER HAS, PRIOR TO SUCH SALE, FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF EXEMPTION, IN EITHER CASE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

9.                                       REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

The Holder shall be entitled to the registration rights with respect to the Warrant Shares set forth in, and subject to the conditions of, the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

10.                                NOTICES

 

All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications under this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed given to a party when (a) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (b) sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment; (c) received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, if to the registered Holder hereof; or (d) seven days after the placement of the notice into the mails (first class postage prepaid), to the Holder at the address, facsimile number, or e-mail address furnished by the registered Holder to the Company in accordance with the Subscription Agreement by and between the Company and the Holder or, if the registered Holder is not the original purchaser of this Warrant, then as provided in the Form of Assignment delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 4(a) in connection with the assignment of this Warrant to such Holder, or if to the Company, to it at:

 

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Hyperdynamics Corporation

12012 Wickchester Lane, Suite 475

Houston, TX 77079

Attn: Chief Financial Officer

Facsimile Number: +1-713-353-9421

Telephone Number: +1-713-353-9400

E-mail Address:              

 

(or to such other address, facsimile number, or e-mail address as the Holder or the Company as a party may designate by notice to the other party in accordance with this Section 10) with a copy to

 

CKR Law LLP

1330 Avenue of the Americas, 14 th  Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attn: Barrett S. DiPaolo

Facsimile Number: (212) 259-8200

Telephone Number: (212) 259-7300

E-mail Address: bdipaolo@ckrlaw.com

 

11.                                SEVERABILITY

 

If a court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of this Warrant invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Warrant will remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Warrant held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.

 

12.                                BINDING EFFECT

 

This Warrant shall be binding upon and inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns, the registered Holder or Holders from time to time of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares.

 

13.                                SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES

 

This Warrant shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the earlier of 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date or the date on which this Warrant has been exercised in full.

 

14.                                GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION

 

This Warrant will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law.  Subject to Section 15 below, each of the Company and the Holder hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in New York County, New York, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction

 

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contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

15.                                DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations (as the case may be) via facsimile or e-mail (i) within two (2) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Corporation or the Holder (as the case may be), or (ii) if no notice gave rise to such dispute, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted, then the Company shall within five (5) Business Days, submit in writing(a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder, or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent certified public accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations; provided that, if such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted by the Holder is determined to be incorrect, then the expense of the investment bank or the accountant shall be the responsibility of the Holder. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the parties thereto.

 

16.                                NOTICES OF RECORD DATE

 

Upon (a) any establishment by the Company of a record date of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution, or right or option to acquire securities of the Company, or any other right, or (b) any capital reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation, any transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, or any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, or the sale, in a single transaction, of a majority of the Company’s voting stock (whether newly issued, or from treasury, or previously issued and then outstanding, or any combination thereof), the Company shall mail to the Holder at least ten (10) Business Days, or such longer period as may be required by law, prior to the record date specified therein, a notice specifying (i) the date established as the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, option or right and a description of such dividend, option or right, (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or sale is expected to become effective and (iii) the date, if any, fixed as to when the holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other

 

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property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

17.                                RESERVATION OF SHARES

 

The Company shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, free from pre-emptive rights, such number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant shall from time to time be exercisable.  The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents, including but not limited to consents from the Company’s stockholders or Board of Directors or any public regulatory body, as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

18.                                HEADINGS

 

The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

19.                                AMENDMENT AND WAIVERS

 

Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

20.                                NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

This Warrant is not intended, and will not be construed, to create any rights in any parties other than the Company and the Holder, and no person or entity may assert any rights as third-party beneficiary hereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name: Raymond C. Leonard

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

(To be executed by the Holder of Warrant if such Holder desires to exercise Warrant)

 

To HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant and to purchase thereunder,                     full shares of Hyperdynamics Corporation common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant and delivery of $          (in cash as provided for in the foregoing Warrant) and any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to such Warrant.

 

The undersigned requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of:

 

 

(Please print name, address and social security or federal employer
identification number (if applicable))*

 

If the shares issuable upon this exercise of the Warrant are not all of the Warrant Shares which the Holder is entitled to acquire upon the exercise of the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the rights not so exercised be issued in the name of and delivered to:

 

 

(Please print name, address and social security or federal employer

identification number (if applicable))*

 

 

Name of Holder (print):

 

 

(Signature):

 

 

(By:)

 

 

(Title:)

 

 

Dated:

 

 


*                                          If Warrant Shares are to be issued in any name other than that of the registered Holder of the Warrant, then the Holder must include an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such issuance complies with all applicable securities laws.

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                                     hereby sells, assigns and transfers to each assignee set forth below all of the rights of the undersigned under the Warrant (as defined in and evidenced by the attached Warrant) to acquire the number of Warrant Shares set opposite the name of such assignee below and in and to the foregoing Warrant with respect to said acquisition rights and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant:

 

Name of Assignee
(and social security or federal employer
identification number (if applicable))

 

Address

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the total of the Warrant Shares are not all of the Warrant Shares evidenced by the foregoing Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the right to acquire the Warrant Shares not so assigned be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned.

 

 

Name of Holder (print):

 

 

(Signature):

 

 

(By:)

 

 

(Title:)

 

 

Dated:

 

 


Exhibit 10.1

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

Hyperdynamics Corporation

12012 Wickchester Lane, Suite 475

Houston, TX 77079

 

This Subscription Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) has been executed by the subscriber set forth on the signature page hereof (the “ Subscriber ”) in connection with the private placement offering (the “ Offering ”) of a minimum of $500,000 (the “ Minimum Offering ”) and a maximum of $2,000,000 of Units of securities (the “ Units ”), plus up to an additional $1,000,000 of Units to cover over-subscriptions (the “ Maximum Offering ”), issued by Hyperdynamics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), at a purchase price of $1,000 per Unit (the “ Purchase Price ”).  Each Unit consists of (i) one share of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, with a Stated Value of $1,040 per share (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”), and (ii) a warrant, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “ Warrant ”), representing the right to purchase two hundred twenty-three (223) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), exercisable from issuance until two (2) years after the initial Closing of the Offering at an exercise price of $3.50 per share.  Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of Common Stock (the “ Conversion Shares ”) at a conversion price and on the other terms set forth in the Certificate of Designations (as defined below).  The certificate of designations setting forth the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company establishing the Series A Preferred Stock and stating the number of authorized shares thereof and the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Certificate of Designations ”) shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

 

Each Subscriber who purchases Units in the Offering shall have an Option (as defined below) to purchase additional Units on the terms described in Section 22 below.  The terms Unit, Share, Conversion Share, Warrant and Warrant Share include all such securities purchased by a Subscriber pursuant to the Option.

 

The minimum subscription is $100,000 (100 Units).  The Company may accept subscriptions for less than $100,000 in its sole discretion.

 

The Units being subscribed for pursuant to this Agreement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).  The Offering is being made on a reasonable best efforts basis to “accredited investors,” as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D .. The Subscriber acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit  C hereto (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”).

 

Each closing of the Offering (including the Option Closing (as defined below)) ( a “ Closing ,” and the date on which such Closing occurs hereinafter referred to as the “ Closing Date ”) shall take place at the offices of CKR Law LLP, at 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019 (or such other place as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Placement Agent (as defined below)).

 

The initial Closing will not occur unless :

 

a.               funds deposited in escrow as described in Section 2(b) below equal at least the Minimum Offering, and corresponding documentation with respect to such amounts has been delivered by the Subscriber and other “Subscribers” under Subscription Agreements of like tenor with this Agreement (collectively, the “ Subscribers ”) as described in Section 2(a) below; and

 



 

b.               the other conditions set forth in Sections 7 and 8 shall have been satisfied.

 

Thereafter, the Company may conduct one or more additional Closings for the sale of the Units up to the Maximum Offering amount until the termination of the Offering, and then for the sale of Units upon any exercise of the Option.  Unless terminated earlier by the Company, the Offering shall continue until March 24, 2017, which date may be extended for up to 14 additional days, by the Company and the Placement Agent, without notice to any Subscriber, past, current or prospective (such date as so extended the “ Offering Termination Date ”).

 

Any written disclosure schedules or other written information documents delivered to the Subscriber prior to Subscriber’s execution of this Agreement, and any such document delivered to the Subscriber after Subscriber’s execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing of the Subscriber’s subscription hereunder, are collectively referred to as the “ Disclosure Materials .”

 

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

 

1.               Subscription.   The undersigned Subscriber hereby subscribes to purchase the number of Units set forth on the Omnibus Signature Page attached hereto, for the aggregate Purchase Price as set forth on such Omnibus Signature Page, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and on the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein.

 

2.               Subscription Procedure.   To complete a subscription for the Units, the Subscriber must fully comply with the subscription procedure provided in this Section on or before the Closing Date for Subscriber’s Units.

 

a.               Subscription Documents.   On or before the Closing Date, the Subscriber shall review, complete and execute the Omnibus Signature Page to this Agreement, the Investor Profile, Anti-Money Laundering Form and Accredited Investor Certification, each attached hereto following the Omnibus Signature Page (collectively, the “ Subscription Documents ”), and deliver the Subscription Documents to the Company’s attorneys, CKR Law LLP (“ CKR ”), at the address set forth under the caption “ How to subscribe for Units in the private offering of Hyperdynamics Corporation ” below.  Executed documents may be delivered to CKR by facsimile or electronic mail (e-mail), if the Subscriber delivers the original copies of the documents to CKR as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

b.               Purchase Price .   Simultaneously with the delivery of the Subscription Documents to CKR as provided herein, and in any event on or prior to the Closing Date, the Subscriber shall deliver to Delaware Trust Company, in its capacity as escrow agent (the “ Escrow Agent ”), under an escrow agreement among the Company, the Placement Agents (as defined below and the Escrow Agent (the “ Escrow Agreement ”), the full Purchase Price by certified or other bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, pursuant to the instructions set forth under the caption “ How to subscribe for Units in the private offering of Hyperdynamics Corporation ” below. Such funds will be held for the Subscriber’s benefit and will be returned promptly, without interest or offset, if this Subscription Agreement is not accepted by the Company or the Offering is terminated pursuant to its terms by the Company prior to the Closing.

 

c.                Company Discretion.   The Subscriber understands and agrees that the Company in its sole discretion reserves the right to accept or reject this or any other subscription for Units, in whole or in part, notwithstanding prior receipt by the Subscriber of notice of acceptance of

 

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this subscription.  The Company shall have no obligation hereunder until the Company shall execute and deliver to the Subscriber an executed copy of this Agreement.  If this subscription is rejected in whole, or the Offering is terminated, all funds received from the Subscriber will be returned without interest or offset, and this Agreement shall thereafter be of no further force or effect.  If this subscription is rejected in part, the funds for the rejected portion of this subscription will be returned without interest or offset, and this Agreement will continue in full force and effect to the extent this subscription was accepted.

 

3.                                       Placement Agent.   Katalyst Securities LLC, a broker-dealer licensed with FINRA, has been engaged on an exclusive basis as placement agent (the “ Placement Agent ”) for the Offering on a reasonable best efforts basis.  The Placement Agent and its sub-agents will be paid at each Closing from the proceeds in the Escrow Account, a cash commission of 9% of the gross Purchase Price paid by Subscribers in the Offering (including for Units acquired upon exercise of the Option) and will receive warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 7% of the number of Conversion Shares initially issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock contained in the Units sold in the Offering to Subscriber (including for Units acquired upon exercise of the Option), with a term of two (2) years after the initial Closing of the Offering, and at an exercise price of $3.00 per share (the “ Placement Agent Warrants ”).  Any sub-agent of the Placement Agent that introduces investors to the Offering will be entitled to share in the cash fees and Placement Agent Warrants attributable to those investors as described above, pursuant to the terms of an executed sub-agent agreement).  The Company will also pay certain expenses of the Placement Agent.

 

4.                                       Representations and Warranties of the Company .  The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Subscriber, as of the date hereof and on each Closing Date after giving effect to the Merger (unless otherwise specified), the following:

 

a.               Organization and Qualification .  The Company and each of its subsidiaries is a corporation or other business entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and has the requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.  The Company and each of its subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).

 

b.               Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments .  (i) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Series A Preferred Stock, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and each of the other agreements and documents that are exhibits hereto or thereto or are contemplated hereby or thereby or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (the “ Transaction Documents ”) and to issue the shares of Series A Preferred Stock contained in the Units (the “ Shares ”) and the Warrants, and Conversion Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “ Warrant Shares ”), in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares, have been, or will be at the time of execution of such Transaction Document, duly

 

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authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors, and no further consent or authorization is, or will be at the time of execution of such Transaction Document, required by the Company, its respective Board of Directors or its stockholders, (iii) each of the Transaction Documents will be duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iv) the Transaction Documents when executed and delivered by the Company and each other party thereto will constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

c.                Capitalization .  The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 87,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”).  As of the date hereof, the Company has 21,801,536 shares of Common Stock and no shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the stock of each of the Company’s subsidiaries have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.  Except as set forth in the reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) on or prior to the date hereof and on or prior to the applicable Closing Date (the “ SEC Reports ”), no shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries will be subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) except as set forth in the SEC Reports there will be no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) there will be no outstanding debt securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than indebtedness as set forth in the SEC Reports, (iv) other than pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or as set forth in the SEC Reports, there will be no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act, (v) there will be no outstanding registration statements of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and there will be no outstanding comment letters from the SEC or any other regulatory agency; (vi) except as provided in this Agreement or as set forth in the SEC Reports, there will be no securities or instruments of the Company or any of its subsidiaries containing anti-dilution or similar provisions, including the right to adjust the exercise, exchange or reset price under such securities, that will be triggered by the issuance of the Units as described in this Agreement; and (vii) except as provided in this Agreement, no co-sale right, right of first refusal or other similar right will exist with respect to the Units (or will exist with respect to the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares) or the issuance and sale thereof. Upon request, the Company will make available to the Subscriber true and correct copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and in effect on the date hereof (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), and the Company’s By-laws, as amended and in effect on the date hereof (the “ By-laws ”), and the terms of all securities exercisable for Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto other than stock options issued to officers, directors, employees and consultants.

 

d.               Issuance of Securities .  The Shares and the Warrants are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and are free and clear of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.  Upon issuance of the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Shares, in accordance with the

 

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terms of the Certificate of Designations, the Conversion Shares will be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. Upon issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants, against payment therefor and in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.

 

e.                No Conflicts .  The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws (or equivalent constitutive document) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party, except for those which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including U.S. federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or any subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company or any subsidiary is bound or affected except for those which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except those which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of any term of or in default under its constitutive documents.  Except those which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of any term of or in default under any material contract, agreement, mortgage, indebtedness, indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or order or any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any subsidiary.  The business of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being conducted, and shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance, or regulation of any governmental entity, except for any violation which could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.  Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will require any notice, consent or waiver under any contract or instrument to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any subsidiary is bound or to which any of their assets is subject, except for any notice, consent or waiver the absence of which would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and would not adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.  All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding two sentences have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing.

 

f.                 Absence of Litigation .  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, claim, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation before or by any court, public board, governmental or administrative agency, self-regulatory organization, arbitrator, regulatory authority, stock

 

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market, stock exchange or trading facility (an “ Action ”) now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would (i) adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or (ii) have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

g.                Acknowledgment Regarding Subscriber’s Purchase of the Units .  The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Subscriber is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.  The Company further acknowledges that each Subscriber is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and any advice given by such Subscriber or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Subscriber’s purchase of the Units (and the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares).

 

h.               No General Solicitation .  Neither the Company, nor any of its “affiliates” As defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act), nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Units.

 

i.                   No Integrated Offering .  Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the Units or the securities contained therein under the Securities Act or cause this offering of the Units or the securities contained therein to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act.

 

j.                  Employee Relations .  Neither Company nor any subsidiary is involved in any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is any such dispute threatened.  Neither Company nor any subsidiary is party to any collective bargaining agreement.  The Company’s and/or its subsidiaries’ employees are not members of any union, and the Company believes that its and its subsidiaries’ relationship with their respective employees is good.

 

k.               Permits . The Company and its subsidiaries have all authorizations, approvals, clearances, licenses, permits, certificates or exemptions (including manufacturing approvals and authorizations, pricing and reimbursement approvals, labeling approvals, registration notifications or their foreign equivalent) issued by any regulatory authority or governmental agency (collectively, “ Permits ”) required to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted except to the extent that the failure to have such Permits would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company or its subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed in all material respects their obligations under each Permit, and, as of the date hereof, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred or condition or state of facts exists which would constitute a breach or default or would cause revocation or termination of any such Permit except to the extent that such breach, default, revocation or termination would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

l.                   Title .  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all of its real and personal property and assets, free and clear of

 

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any material restriction, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest or other charge, claim or encumbrance which would have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, with respect to properties and assets it leases, each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in material compliance with such leases and holds a valid leasehold interest free of any liens, claims or encumbrances which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

l.                   Financial Statements .  The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments. The pro forma financial information and the related notes, if any, included in the SEC Reports have been properly compiled and prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and fairly present in all material respects the information shown therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.

 

m.           SEC Reports . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material). The SEC Reports taken as a whole do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein (in the case of SEC Reports) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

n.               Rights of First Refusal .  Except as set forth in Sections 22 and 23 below, the Company is not obligated to offer the securities offered hereunder on a right of first refusal basis or otherwise to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former stockholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.

 

o.               Reliance .  The Company acknowledges that the Subscriber is relying on the representations and warranties made by the Company hereunder and that such representations and warranties are a material inducement to the Subscriber purchasing the Units.  The Company further acknowledges that without such representations and warranties of the Company made hereunder, the Subscribers would not enter into this Agreement.

 

p.               Material Changes .  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.p. attached hereto, since the respective date of the latest balance sheet included in the financial statements contained within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed herein or in the SEC Reports, (i) there have been no events, occurrences or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, (ii) there have not been any changes in the authorized capital, assets, financial condition, business or operations of the Company from that reflected in the financial statements contained within the SEC Reports except changes in the ordinary course of business which have not been, either individually or in the

 

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aggregate, materially adverse to the business, properties, financial condition or results of operations of the Company, (iii) neither the Company or any subsidiary has incurred any material liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the financial statements of the Company, as applicable, pursuant to GAAP or to be disclosed in the SEC Reports, (iv) neither the Company or any subsidiary has materially altered its method of accounting or the manner in which it keeps its accounting books and records, and (v) neither the Company or any subsidiary has declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock (other than in connection with repurchases of unvested stock issued to employees of the Company).

 

q.               Brokers’ Fees .  The Company does not have any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the payment of fees to the Placement Agent as described above.

 

r.                  Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements .  There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or any subsidiary and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its SEC Reports and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

s.                 Investment Company .  The Company is not required to be registered as, and is not an affiliate of, and immediately following the Closing will not be required to register as, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

t.                  Reliance .  The Company acknowledges that the Purchaser is relying on the representations and warranties made by the Company hereunder and that such representations and warranties are a material inducement to the Purchaser purchasing the Shares.  The Company further acknowledges that without such representations and warranties of the Company made hereunder, the Purchaser would not enter into this Agreement.

 

5.                                       Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Subscriber.  The Subscriber represents and warrants to, and agrees with,  the Company the following:

 

a.               The Subscriber, its advisers, if any, and its designated representatives, if any, have the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of its prospective investment in the Company, and have carefully reviewed and understand the risks of, and other considerations relating to, the purchase of Units and the tax consequences of the investment, and have the ability to bear the economic risks of the investment.

 

b.               The Subscriber is acquiring the Units, and upon conversion of the Shares, the Conversion Shares, and upon exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares, for investment for its own account and not with the view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof.  The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the Offering and sale of the Units, the Shares and the Warrants have not been, and the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares will not be, registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent as expressed herein.  The Subscriber further represents that it does not have

 

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any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participation to any third person with respect to any of the Units, the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares.  The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the offering of the Units pursuant to this Agreement will not be registered under the Securities Act nor under the state securities laws on the ground that the sale provided for in this Agreement and the issuance of securities hereunder is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.

 

c.                The Subscriber is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D as promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act, for the reason(s) specified on the Accredited Investor Certification attached hereto as completed by Subscriber, and Subscriber shall submit to the Company such further assurances of such status as may be reasonably requested by the Company. The Subscriber further acknowledges and understands that it is required to be an “accredited investor” at the time it exercises the Warrants.  The Subscriber resides in the jurisdiction set forth on the Subscriber’s Omnibus Signature Page affixed hereto.  The Purchaser has not taken any of the actions set forth in, and is not subject to, the disqualification provisions of Rule 506(d)(1) of the Securities Act.

 

d.               The Subscriber (i) if a natural person, represents that he or she is the greater of (A) 21 years of age or (B) the age of legal majority in his or her jurisdiction of residence, and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof; (ii) if a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company or partnership, or association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, represents that such entity was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Units, such entity is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is authorized by, and will not result in a violation of state law or its charter or other organizational documents, such entity has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof and to purchase and hold the Units, the execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such entity and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity; or (iii) if executing this Agreement in a representative or fiduciary capacity, represents that it has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement in such capacity and on behalf of the subscribing individual, ward, partnership, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity for whom the Subscriber is executing this Agreement, and such individual, partnership, ward, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity has full right and power to perform pursuant to this Agreement and make an investment in the Company, and represents that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement will not violate or be in conflict with any order, judgment, injunction, agreement or controlling document to which the Subscriber is a party or by which it is bound.

 

e.                The Subscriber understands that the Units are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Subscriber’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Subscriber set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Subscriber to acquire such securities.  The Subscriber further acknowledges and understands that the Company is

 

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relying on the representations and warranties made by the Subscriber hereunder and that such representations and warranties are a material inducement to the Company to sell the Units to the Subscriber.  The Subscriber further acknowledges that without such representations and warranties of the Subscriber made hereunder, the Company would not enter into this Agreement with the Subscriber.

 

f.                 The Subscriber understands that no public market now exists, and there never will be a public market for, the Units or the Warrants, that only a limited public market for the Company’s Common Stock exists and that there can be no assurance that an active public market for the Common Stock will exist or continue to exist.

 

g.                The Subscriber, its advisers, if any, and its designated representatives, if any, have received and reviewed information about the Company, including all Disclosure Materials, and have had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with the Company’s management.  The Subscriber understands that such discussions, as well as any Disclosure Material provided by the Company, were intended to describe the aspects of the Company’s business and prospects which the Company believes to be material, but were not necessarily a thorough or exhaustive description, and except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to the completeness of such information and makes no representation or warranty of any kind with respect to any information provided by any entity other than the Company.  Some of such information may include projections as to the future performance of the Company, which projections may not be realized, may be based on assumptions which may not be correct and may be subject to numerous factors beyond the Company’s control.  Additionally, the Subscriber understands and represents that it is purchasing the Units notwithstanding the fact that the Company may disclose in the future certain material information the Subscriber has not received, including (without limitation) financial statements of the Company a for the current or prior fiscal periods, and any subsequent period financial statements that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that it is not relying on any such information in connection with its purchase of the Units and that it waives any right of action with respect to the nondisclosure to it prior to its purchase of the Units of any such information.  Each Subscriber has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Units.

 

h.               The Subscriber acknowledges that the Company is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Subscriber (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and no investment advice has been given by the Company or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.  The Subscriber further represents to the Company that the Subscriber’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Subscriber and its representatives.

 

i.                   As of the Closing, all actions on the part of Subscriber, and its officers, directors and partners, if applicable, necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the performance of all obligations of the Subscriber hereunder and thereunder shall have been taken, and this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, assuming due execution by the parties hereto and thereto, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Subscriber, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to: (i) judicial principles limiting the availability of specific

 

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performance, injunctive relief, and other equitable remedies and (ii) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect generally relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.

 

j.                  Subscriber represents that neither it nor, to its knowledge, any person or entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with it, nor any person having a beneficial interest in it, nor any person on whose behalf the Subscriber is acting: (i) is a person listed in the Annex to Executive Order No. 13224 (2001) issued by the President of the United States (Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism); (ii) is named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control; (iii) is a non-U.S. shell bank or is providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank; (iv) is a senior non-U.S. political figure or an immediate family member or close associate of such figure; or (v) is otherwise prohibited from investing in the Company pursuant to applicable U.S. anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist and asset control laws, regulations, rules or orders (categories (i) through (v), each a “ Prohibited Subscriber ”). The Subscriber agrees to provide the Company, promptly upon request, all information that the Company reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable U.S. anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist and asset control laws, regulations, rules and orders. The Subscriber consents to the disclosure to U.S. regulators and law enforcement authorities by the Company and its affiliates and agents of such information about the Subscriber as the Company reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable U.S. anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist and asset control laws, regulations, rules and orders. If the Subscriber is a financial institution that is subject to the USA Patriot Act, the Subscriber represents that it has met all of its obligations under the USA Patriot Act. The Subscriber acknowledges that if, following its investment in the Company, the Company reasonably believes that the Subscriber is a Prohibited Subscriber or is otherwise engaged in suspicious activity or refuses to promptly provide information that the Company requests, the Company has the right or may be obligated to prohibit additional investments, segregate the assets constituting the investment in accordance with applicable regulations or immediately require the Subscriber to transfer the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and/or the Warrant Shares.  The Subscriber further acknowledges that the Subscriber will have no claim against the Company or any of its affiliates or agents for any form of damages as a result of any of the foregoing actions.

 

If the Subscriber is affiliated with a non-U.S. banking institution (a “ Foreign Bank ”), or if the Subscriber receives deposits from, makes payments on behalf of, or handles other financial transactions related to a Foreign Bank, the Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that: (1) the Foreign Bank has a fixed address, other than solely an electronic address, in a country in which the Foreign Bank is authorized to conduct banking activities; (2) the Foreign Bank maintains operating records related to its banking activities; (3) the Foreign Bank is subject to inspection by the banking authority that licensed the Foreign Bank to conduct banking activities; and (4) the Foreign Bank does not provide banking services to any other Foreign Bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not a regulated affiliate.

 

k.               The Subscriber or its duly authorized representative realizes that because of the inherently speculative nature of businesses of the kind conducted and contemplated by the Company, the Company’s financial results may be expected to fluctuate from month to month and from period to period and will, generally, involve a high degree of financial and market risk that could result in substantial or, at times, even total losses for investors in securities of the Company. The Subscriber has carefully read the risk factors and other information (including

 

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the financial statements of the Company) included in the SEC Reports. The Subscriber has carefully considered such risk factors before deciding to invest in the Shares.

 

l.                   The Subscriber has adequate means of providing for its current and anticipated financial needs and contingencies, is able to bear the economic risk for an indefinite period of time and has no need for liquidity of the investment in the Units and could afford complete loss of such investment.

 

m.           The Subscriber is not subscribing for Units as a result of or subsequent to any advertisement, article, notice or other communication, published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television, radio, or the internet, or presented at any seminar or meeting, or any solicitation of a subscription by a person not previously known to the Subscriber in connection with investments in securities generally.

 

n.               The Subscriber acknowledges that no U.S. federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon the Units, the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares or made any finding or determination as to the fairness, suitability or wisdom of any investments therein.

 

o.               Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Subscriber has not directly or indirectly, nor has any individual or entity acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Subscriber, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Subscriber first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other individual or entity representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Subscriber that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Subscriber’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Subscriber’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Shares covered by this Agreement. Other than to other individuals or entities party to this Agreement, such Subscriber has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Short Sales ” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).

 

p.               The Subscriber agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants and to perform all obligations thereby imposed upon it.

 

q.               The Subscriber is aware that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares and other activities with respect to such shares by the Subscriber.

 

r.                  All of the information concerning the Subscriber set forth herein, and any other information furnished by the Subscriber in writing to the Company or the Placement Agent for use in

 

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connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or which is set forth herein is true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement, and, if there should be any material change in such information prior to the admission of the undersigned to the Company, the Subscriber will immediately furnish revised or corrected information to the Company.

 

s.                 (For ERISA plans only)   The fiduciary of the ERISA plan (the “ Plan ”) represents that such fiduciary has been informed of and understands the Company’s investment objectives, policies and strategies, and that the decision to invest “plan assets” (as such term is defined in ERISA) in the Company is consistent with the provisions of ERISA that require diversification of plan assets and impose other fiduciary responsibilities.  The Subscriber fiduciary or Plan (a) is responsible for the decision to invest in the Company; (b) is independent of the Company or any of its affiliates; (c) is qualified to make such investment decision; and (d) in making such decision, the Subscriber fiduciary or Plan has not relied primarily on any advice or recommendation of the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

6.                                       Transfer Restrictions .  The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees as follows:

 

a.               The Units, the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares have not been registered for sale under the Securities Act, in reliance on the private offering exemption in Section 4(a)(2) thereof; other than as expressly provide in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company does not currently intend to register the Units, the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act at any time in the future; and the undersigned will not immediately be entitled to the benefits of Rule 144 with respect to the Units, the Conversion Shares, the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

b.               The Subscriber understands that there are substantial restrictions on the transferability of the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares (collectively, the “ Securities ”) that the certificates representing the Securities shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (or in the case of the Warrants, as shown on the form of Warrant attached hereto) (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such certificates or other instruments):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER SUCH SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION EXISTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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In addition, if any Subscriber is an affiliate of the Company certificates evidencing the Shares issued to such Subscriber may bear a customary “Affiliates” legend.

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped, if (a) such Shares are sold pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act, or (b) such holder delivers to the Company an opinion of counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Company, that a disposition of the Securities is being made pursuant to an exemption from such registration and that the Securities, after such transfer, shall no longer be “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144.

 

7.               Conditions to Company’s Obligations at Closing.   The Company’s obligation to complete the sale and issuance of the Units and deliver the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Warrants to each Subscriber, individually, at each Closing (other than the Option Closing) shall be subject to the following conditions to the extent not waived by the Company:

 

a.               Receipt of Payment .  The Company shall have received payment, by certified or other bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the full amount of the Purchase Price for the number of Units being purchased by such Subscriber at such Closing.

 

b.               Representations and Warranties .  The representations and warranties made by the Subscriber in Section 5 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects as of, and as if made on, the date of this Agreement and as of such Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date (except in each case to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified). The Subscriber shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by them on or prior to such Closing Date.

 

c.                Receipt of Executed Documents .  Such Subscriber shall have executed and delivered to the Company the Omnibus Signature Page, the Investor Profile, Anti-Money Laundering Form and Accredited Investor Certification.

 

d.               Minimum Offering .  The initial Closing shall be at least for the number of Units in the Minimum Offering at the Purchase Price.

 

e.                Certificate of Designations . The Certificate of Designations shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

f.                 Judgments.   No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

8.               Conditions to Subscribers’ Obligations at Closing.   Each Subscriber’s obligation to accept delivery of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Warrants and to pay for the Units at each Closing (other than the Option Closing) shall be subject to the following conditions to the extent not waived by the Placement Agents on behalf of the Subscribers:

 

a.               Representations and Warranties Correct .  The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to

 

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Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) as of, and as if made on, the date of this Agreement and as of such Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and in all material respects correct as of such earlier date (except in each case to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified). The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by it on or prior to such Closing Date.

 

b.               Receipt of Executed Transaction Documents .  The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Placement Agent the Registration Rights Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.

 

c.                Minimum Offering .  The initial Closing shall be at least for the number of shares of Common Stock in the Minimum Offering at the Purchase Price.

 

d.               Certificate of Designations . The Certificate of Designations shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

e.                Judgments .  No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

9.                                       No Liens on Production Sharing Contract.  The Company covenants to and agrees with the Subscriber that until the date that is twelve (12) months following the initial Closing, it will not create or allow to be created any security interest, lien, charge or other encumbrance on any of its or any of its subsidiaries’ rights under or interests in the Hydrocarbon Production Sharing Contract between SCS Corporation Ltd. and the Republic of Guinea, dated September 22, 2006, as amended to date or hereafter (the “ PSC ”), that secures the repayment of indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for money borrowed.

 

10.                                Indemnification.   The Subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Placement Agent and any other broker, agent or finder engaged by the Company for the Offering, and their respective directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling person, from and against all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs, fees and expenses whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation commenced or threatened) based upon or arising out of the Subscriber’s actual or alleged false acknowledgment, representation or warranty, or misrepresentation or omission to state a material fact, or breach by the Subscriber of any covenant or agreement made by the Subscriber, contained herein or in any other any other documents delivered by the Subscriber to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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11.                                Revocability; Binding Effect.   The subscription hereunder (excluding an exercise of the Option) may be revoked prior to the Closing thereon, provided that written notice of revocation is sent and is received by the Company or either of the Placement Agent at least two Business Days prior to the Closing on such subscription.  The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement shall survive the death or disability of the Subscriber and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.  If the Subscriber is more than one person, the obligations of the Subscriber hereunder shall be joint and several and the agreements, representations, warranties and acknowledgments herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon each such person and such person’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

12.                                Modification.   This Agreement shall not be modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom any such modification or waiver is sought to be enforced.

 

13.                                Immaterial Modifications to the Registration Rights Agreement.   The Company may, at any time prior to the initial Closing, amend the Registration Rights Agreement if necessary to clarify any provision therein, without first providing notice or obtaining prior consent of the Subscriber.

 

14.                                Third-Party Beneficiary.   The Placement Agent shall be an express third-party beneficiary of the representations and warranties included in this Agreement. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 10 and this Section.

 

15.                                Notices.   Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered against receipt to the party to whom it is to be given (a) if to the Company, at the address set forth above, with a copy to CKR Law LLP, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Barrett S. DiPaolo, facsimile +1-212-259-8200 or (b) if to the Subscriber, at the address set forth on the Omnibus Signature Page hereof (or, in either case, to such other address as the party shall have furnished in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section).  Any notice or other communication given by certified mail shall be deemed given at the time of certification thereof, except for a notice changing a party’s address which shall be deemed given at the time of receipt thereof.

 

16.                                Assignability.   This Agreement and the rights, interests and obligations hereunder are not transferable or assignable by the Subscriber, and the transfer or assignment of the Units, the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares shall be made only in accordance with all applicable laws.

 

17.                                Applicable Law .   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to the principles thereof relating to the conflict of laws.

 

18.                                Arbitration.   The parties agree to submit all controversies to arbitration in accordance with the provisions set forth below and understand that:

 

a.               Arbitration shall be final and binding on the parties.

 

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b.               The parties are waiving their right to seek remedies in court, including the right to a jury trial.

 

c.                Pre-arbitration discovery is generally more limited and different from court proceedings.

 

d.               The arbitrator’s award is not required to include factual findings or legal reasoning and any party’s right to appeal or to seek modification of rulings by arbitrators is strictly limited.

 

e.                The panel of arbitrators will typically include a minority of arbitrators who were or are affiliated with the securities industry.

 

f.                 All controversies which may arise between the parties concerning this Agreement shall be determined by arbitration pursuant to the rules then pertaining to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in New York City, New York.  Judgment on any award of any such arbitration may be entered in the Supreme Court of the State of New York or in any other court having jurisdiction of the person or persons against whom such award is rendered.  Any notice of such arbitration or for the confirmation of any award in any arbitration shall be sufficient if given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  The parties agree that the determination of the arbitrators shall be binding and conclusive upon them. The prevailing party, as determined by such arbitrators, in a legal proceeding shall be entitled to collect any costs, disbursements and reasonable attorney’s fees from the other party.  Prior to filing an arbitration, the parties hereby agree that they will attempt to resolve their differences first by submitting the matter for resolution to a mediator, acceptable to all parties, and whose expenses will be borne equally by all parties.  The mediation will be held in the County of New York, State of New York, on an expedited basis.  If the parties cannot successfully resolve their differences through mediation, the matter will be resolved by arbitration.  The arbitration shall take place in the County of New York, State of New York, on an expedited basis.

 

19.                                Blue Sky Qualification.   The purchase of Units under this Agreement is expressly conditioned upon the exemption from qualification of the offer and sale of the Units from applicable federal and state securities laws.  The Company shall not be required to qualify this transaction under the securities laws of any jurisdiction and, should qualification be necessary, the Company shall be released from any and all obligations to maintain its offer, and may rescind any sale contracted, in the jurisdiction.

 

20.                                Use of Pronouns.   All pronouns and any variations thereof used herein shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person or persons referred to may require.

 

21.                                Confidentiality.   The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that any information or data the Subscriber has acquired from or about the Company or may acquire in the future, not otherwise properly in the public domain, including, without limitation, the Disclosure Materials, was received in confidence.  The Subscriber agrees not to divulge, communicate or disclose, except as may be required by law or for the performance of this Agreement, or use to the detriment of the Company or for the benefit of any other person, or misuse in any way, any confidential information of the Company, including any scientific, technical, trade or business secrets of the Company and any scientific, technical, trade or business materials that are treated by the Company as confidential or proprietary, including, but not limited to, internal personnel and financial information of the Company or its affiliates, the manner and methods of conducting the business of the Company or its affiliates and confidential information obtained by or given to the

 

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Company about or belonging to third parties.  The Subscriber understands that the Company may rely on Subscriber’s agreement of confidentiality to comply with the exemptive provisions of Regulation FD under the Securities Act of 1933 as set forth in Rule 100(a)(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation FD.  In addition, the Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that the United States securities laws generally prohibit any person who is in possession of material nonpublic information about a public company such as the Company from purchasing or selling securities of such company.  The provisions of this Section are in addition to and not in replacement of any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and the Subscriber.

 

22.                                Option.

 

a.               Upon the SEC Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), each Subscriber who previously purchased Units in the Offering (an “ Option Holder ”) shall have an option to purchase such Option Holder’s pro rata share of 3,000 additional Units (the “ Additional Units ”) at the Purchase Price on the terms set forth in this Section (the “ Option ”).

 

b.               The Company shall send to each Option Holder within three (3) Business Days after the SEC Effective Date a written notice (the “ First Option Notice ”). The First Option Notice shall set forth the SEC Effective Date and the number of Additional Units such Option Holder has the Option to purchase (such Option Holder’s “ Initial Option Amount ”), which shall be a percentage of the total number of Additional Units equal to (i) the total number of Units previously purchased by such Option Holder divided by (ii) the total number of Units previously sold by the Company; and the First Option Notice shall include a copy of this Section.  Each Option Holder wishing to exercise its Option on all or part of its Initial Option Amount shall so notify the Company in writing within seven (7) Business Days after the Company’s transmittal of the First Option Notice (a “ First Option Exercise Notice ”). If First Option Exercise Notices for fewer that the total number of Additional Units are received by the Company, it shall within three (3) Business Days after receipt of all First Option Exercise Notices send to each Option Holder that theretofore submitted a First Option Exercise Notice a second written notice (the “ Second Option Notice ”) setting forth the number of Additional Units such Option Holder has the Option to purchase in addition to the number of Units elected in such Option Holder’s First Option Exercise Notice (such Option Holder’s “ Second Option Amount ”), which shall be a percentage of the total number of Additional Units that were not elected to be purchased in all First Option Exercise Notices equal to (i) the total number of Units previously purchased by such Option Holder plus the number of Units such Option Holder elected to purchase in its First Option Exercise Notice divided by (ii) the total number of Units previously sold by the Company plus the number of Additional Units elected to be purchased in all First Option Exercise Notices.  Each Option Holder receiving a Second Option Notice wishing to exercise his Option on all or part of his Second Option Amount shall so notify the Company in writing within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s transmittal of the Second Option Notice (a “ Second Option Exercise Notice ”).

 

c.                The Closing for all Additional Units elected to be purchased in all First Option Exercise Notices and all Second Option Exercise Notices shall occur on the thirtieth (30 th ) day (or if not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (the “ Option Closing Date ”).  On or prior to the Closing Date, each Option Holder that exercised the Option in the manner specified above shall deliver to the Company the full Purchase Price for all Units elected by such Option Holder in its First Option Exercise Notice and, if any, Second Option Exercise Notice, by certified or other bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Escrow Agent as provided in Section 2b.

 

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d.               The Company’s obligation to complete the sale and issuance of the Additional Units on the Option Closing Date and deliver the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Warrants contained therein to each exercising Option Holder, individually, shall be subject to the following conditions to the extent not waived by the Company:

 

i.                   Receipt of Payment .  The Company shall have received payment, by certified or other bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the full amount of the Purchase Price for the number of Additional Units being purchased by such Subscriber at such Closing.

 

ii.                Representations and Warranties .  The representations and warranties made by the Option Holder in Section 5 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date(except in each case to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) on such Option Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date. The Subscriber shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by them on or prior to such Closing Date.

 

iii.             Judgments.   No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

e.                Each Option Holder’s obligation to accept delivery of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Warrants and to pay for the Additional Units at on the Option Closing Date shall be subject to the following conditions to the extent not waived by the Placement Agent on behalf of the Option Holders:

 

i.                   Representations and Warranties Correct .  The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) on such Option Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and in all material respects correct as of such earlier date (except in each case to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified). The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by it on or prior to such Closing Date.

 

ii.                Judgments .  No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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23.                                Right of First Refusal.

 

a.               In the event that, after the Offering Termination Date and prior to the date that is nine (9) months following the initial Closing, the Company determines to offer for sale or to accept an offer to purchase any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (or class or series of Preferred Stock having the same terms) (the “ Additional Series A Preferred Stock ”), each Subscriber who previously purchased Units in the Offering (a “ ROFR Holder ”) shall have an option to purchase such ROFR Option Holder’s pro rata share of Additional Series A Preferred Stock on the same terms and conditions on which the Additional Series A Preferred Stock is proposed to be issued, as set forth in this Section (the “ ROFR ”).

 

b.               The Company shall send to each ROFR Holder a written notice (the “ First ROFR Notice ”). The First ROFR Notice shall set forth the material terms of the proposed sale of Additional Series A Preferred Stock and the number of Additional Series A Preferred Stock such ROFR Holder has the ROFR to purchase (such ROFR Holder’s “ Initial ROFR Amount ”), which shall be a percentage of the total number of Additional Series A Preferred Stock proposed to be sold equal to (i) the total number of Units previously purchased by such ROFR Holder divided by (ii) the total number of Units previously sold by the Company; and the First ROFR Notice shall include a copy of this Section.  Each ROFR Holder wishing to exercise its ROFR on all or part of its Initial ROFR Amount shall so notify the Company in writing within ten (10) Business Days after the Company’s transmittal of the First ROFR Notice (a “ First ROFR Exercise Notice ”). If First ROFR Exercise Notices for fewer that the total number of Additional Series A Preferred Stock are received by the Company, it shall within three (3) Business Days after receipt of all First ROFR Exercise Notices send to each ROFR Holder that theretofore submitted a First ROFR Exercise Notice a second written notice (the “ Second ROFR Notice ”) setting forth the number of Additional Series A Preferred Stock such ROFR Holder has the ROFR to purchase in addition to the number of Units elected in such Subscriber’s First ROFR Exercise Notice (such ROFR Holder’s “ Second ROFR Amount ”), which shall be a percentage of the total number of Additional Series A Preferred Stock that were not elected to be purchased in all First ROFR Exercise Notices equal to (i) the total number of Units previously purchased by such ROFR Holder plus the number of shares of Additional Series A Preferred Stock such ROFR Holder elected to purchase in its First ROFR Exercise Notice divided by (ii) the total number of Units previously sold by the Company plus the number of shares of Additional Series A Preferred Stock elected to be purchased in all First ROFR Exercise Notices.  Each ROFR Holder receiving a Second ROFR Notice wishing to exercise its ROFR on all or part of his Second ROFR Amount shall so notify the Company in writing within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s transmittal of the Second ROFR Notice (a “ Second ROFR Exercise Notice ”).

 

c.                If the total shares of Additional Series A Preferred Stock elected to be purchased in all First ROFR Exercise Notices and all Second ROFR Exercise Notices is less than the total number set forth in the First ROFR Notice, the Company may sell the excess shares to persons other than ROFR Holders, but only on substantially the same terms as set forth in the First ROFR Notice.  ROFR Holders who have elected to purchase shares of Additional Series A Preferred Stock shall execute the subscription and other related agreements for the sale of the Additional Series A Preferred Stock, the closing of which shall occur as provided in such documents.

 

24.                                No Short Selling .  The Subscriber agrees that during the period of nine (9) months following the first Closing Date, the Subscriber will not, directly or indirectly, effect or agree to effect any Short Sale with respect to any shares of Common Stock, whether or not against the box, establish

 

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any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) with respect to any shares of Common Stock, borrow or pre-borrow any shares of Common Stock, or grant any other right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to shares of the Common Stock, or, in each case, with respect to any security that includes, is convertible into or exercisable for or derives any significant part of its value from shares of the Common Stock or otherwise seek to hedge the Subscriber’s position in the Common Stock.

 

25.                                Miscellaneous.

 

a.               This Agreement, together with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrant and any confidentiality agreement between the Purchaser and the Company, constitute the entire agreement between the Subscriber and the Company with respect to the Offering and supersede all prior oral or written agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof.  The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be waived, or consent for the departure therefrom granted, only by a written document executed by the party entitled to the benefits of such terms or provisions.

 

b.               The representations and warranties of the Company and the Subscriber made in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and delivery of the Common Stock and the Warrants contained in the Units for a period of twelve (12) months following the Closing Date.

 

c.                Each of the parties hereto shall pay its own fees and expenses (including the fees of any attorneys, accountants, appraisers or others engaged by such party) in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated.

 

d.               This Agreement may be executed in one or more original or facsimile or by an e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument and which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile transmission or in .pdf format shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the parties transmitted by facsimile or by e-mail of a document in pdf format shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

e.                Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and, if for any reason any provision or provisions hereof are determined to be invalid or contrary to applicable law, such invalidity or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect the remaining portions of this Agreement.

 

f.                 Paragraph titles are for descriptive purposes only and shall not control or alter the meaning of this Agreement as set forth in the text.

 

g.                The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that there may be multiple Closings for the Offering.

 

h.               The Subscriber hereby agrees to furnish the Company such other information as the Company may request prior to the Closing with respect to its subscription hereunder.

 

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i.                   The representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchaser made in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the delivery of the Shares for a period of twelve (12) months following the first Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

26.                                Omnibus Signature Page.   This Agreement is intended to be read and construed in conjunction with the Registration Rights Agreement.  Accordingly, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, it is hereby agreed that the execution by the Subscriber of this Agreement, in the place set forth on the Omnibus Signature Page below, shall constitute agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof and the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, with the same effect as if each of such separate but related agreement were separately signed.

 

27.                                Public Disclosure.   Neither the Subscriber nor any officer, manager, director, member, partner, stockholder, employee, affiliate, affiliated person or entity of the Subscriber shall make or issue any press releases or otherwise make any public statements or make any disclosures to any third person or entity with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and will not make or issue any press releases or otherwise make any public statements of any nature whatsoever with respect to the Company without the Company’s express prior approval.  The Company has the right to withhold such approval in its sole discretion.

 

28.                                Potential Conflicts.                                     The Placement Agent, its sub-agents, legal counsel to the Placement Agents, CKR and/or their respective affiliates, principals, representatives or employees may now or hereafter own shares of the Company.

 

29.                                Independent Nature of Each Purchaser’s Obligations and Rights .  For avoidance of doubt, the obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any other Subscription Agreement. Nothing contained herein and no action taken by the Purchaser shall be deemed to constitute the Purchaser as a partnership, an association, a joint venture, or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Subscription Agreements. The Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this Subscription Agreement as of the      day of       , 2017.

 

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Raymond C. Leonard

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

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How to subscribe for Units in the private offering of

Hyperdynamics Corporation:

 

1.               Date and Fill in the number of Units being purchased and complete and s ign the Omnibus Signature Page .

 

2.               Initial the Accredited Investor Certification in the appropriate place or places.

 

3.               Complete and sign the Investor Profile .

 

4.               Complete and sign the Anti-Money Laundering Information Form .

 

5.               Fax or email all forms and then send all signed original documents to:

 

CKR LAW LLP

1330 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Facsimile Number:  212.259.8200

Telephone Number:  212.259.7300

Attn:

E-mail address:

 

6.               If you are paying the Purchase Price by check , a certified or other bank check for the exact dollar amount of the Purchase Price for the number of Shares you are purchasing should be made payable to the order of “Delaware Trust Company], as Escrow Agent for Hyperdynamics Corporation , Acct. # 79-2938” and should be sent directly to Delaware Trust Company, 2711 Centerville Road, One Little Falls Centre, Wilmington, DE 19808, Attn:  Alan R. Halpern .

 

Checks take up to 5 business days to clear. A check must be received by the Escrow Agent at least 6 business days before the closing date.

 

7.               If you are paying the Purchase Price by wire transfer , you should send a wire transfer for the exact dollar amount of the Purchase Price for the number of Shares you are purchasing according to the following instructions :

 

 

Bank:

PNC Bank
300 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19899

 

ABA Routing #:

031100089

 

SWIFT CODE:

PNCCUS33

 

Account Name:

Delaware Trust Company

 

Account #:

5605012373

 

Reference:

“FFC: Hyperdynamics Corporation, Acct. # 79-2938 — [INSERT SUBSCRIBER’S NAME]

 

Delaware Trust Contact:

Alan R. Halpern

 

Thank you for your interest,

 

Hyperdynamics Corporation

 



 

OMNIBUS SIGNATURE PAGE TO

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, desiring to: (i) enter into the Subscription Agreement, dated as of                 ,(1) 2017 (the “ Subscription Agreement ”), between the undersigned, Hyperdynamics Corporation , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the other parties thereto, in or substantially in the form furnished to the undersigned, (ii) enter into the Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), among the undersigned, the Company and the other parties thereto, in or substantially in the form furnished to the undersigned, and (iii) purchase the Shares of the Company’s securities as set forth in the Subscription Agreement and below, hereby agrees to purchase such Shares from the Company and further agrees to join the Subscription Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement as a party thereto, with all the rights and privileges appertaining thereto, and to be bound in all respects by the terms and conditions thereof.  The undersigned specifically acknowledges having read the representations section in the Subscription Agreement entitled “Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Subscriber” and hereby represents that the statements contained therein are complete and accurate with respect to the undersigned as a Subscriber.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Subscriber hereby executes this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Dated:                            , 2017

 

 

 

X

$ 1,000

 

=

$

 

 

Number of Units

 

Purchase Price per Unit

 

Total Purchase Price

 

 

SUBSCRIBER (individual)

 

SUBSCRIBER (entity)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

Name of Entity

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Print Name

 

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Print Name:

 

Signature (if Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common)

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Address of Principal Residence:

 

Address of Executive Offices:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security Number(s):

 

IRS Tax Identification Number:

 

 

 

                                                                

 

                                                                

 

 

 

Telephone Number:

 

Telephone Number:

 

 

 

                                                                

 

                                                                

 

 

 

Facsimile Number:

 

Facsimile Number:

 

 

 

                                                                

 

                                                                

 

 

 

E-mail Address:

 

E-mail Address:

 

 

 

                                                                

 

                                                                

 


(1) Will reflect the Closing Date.  Not to be completed by Purchaser.

 



 

Hyperdynamics Corporation

 

ACCREDITED INVESTOR CERTIFICATION

 

For Individual Investors Only

(all Individual Investors must INITIAL where appropriate):

 

Initial          

 

I have a net worth of at least US$1 million either individually or through aggregating my individual holdings and those in which I have a joint, community property or other similar shared ownership interest with my spouse. (For purposes of calculating your net worth under this paragraph, (a)  your primary residence shall not be included as an asset ; (b) indebtedness secured by your primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of your primary residence at the time of your purchase of the securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of your purchase of the securities exceeds the amount outstanding sixty (60) days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of your primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (c) indebtedness that is secured by your primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of your primary residence at the time of your purchase of the securities shall be included as a liability.)

 

 

 

Initial          

 

I have had an annual gross income for the past two (2) years of at least US$200,000 (or US$300,000 jointly with my spouse) and expect my income (or joint income, as appropriate) to reach the same level in the current year.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

I am a director or executive officer of Hyperdynamics Corporation.

 

For Non-Individual Investors (Entities)

(all Non-Individual Investors must INITIAL where appropriate):

 

Initial          

 

The investor certifies that it is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or business trust that is 100% owned by persons who meet at least one of the criteria for Individual Investors set forth above (in which case each such person must complete the Accreditor Investor Certification for Individuals above as well the remainder of this questionnaire).

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The investor certifies that it is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or business trust that has total assets of at least US$5 million and was not formed for the purpose of investing the Company.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The investor certifies that it is an employee benefit plan whose investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary (as defined in ERISA §3(21)) that is a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment advisor.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The investor certifies that it is an employee benefit plan whose total assets exceed US$5,000,000 as of the date of this Agreement.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The undersigned certifies that it is a self-directed employee benefit plan whose investment decisions are made solely by persons who meet at least one of the criteria for Individual Investors.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The investor certifies that it is a U.S. bank, U.S. savings and loan association or other similar U.S. institution acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The undersigned certifies that it is a broker-dealer registered pursuant to §15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The investor certifies that it is an organization described in §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code with total assets exceeding US$5,000,000 and not formed for the specific purpose of investing in the Company.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The investor certifies that it is a trust with total assets of at least US$5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of investing in the Company, and whose purchase is directed by a person with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such person is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The investor certifies that it is a plan established and maintained by a state or its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for the benefit of its employees, and which has total assets in excess of US$5,000,000.

 

 

 

Initial          

 

The investor certifies that it is an insurance company as defined in §2(13) of the Securities Act of 1933, or a registered investment company.

 



 

Hyperdynamics Corporation

 

INVESTOR PROFILE
(Must be completed by Investor)

 

Section A - Personal Investor Information

 

Investor Name(s):                                               

 

Individual executing Profile or Trustee:                                               

 

Social Security Numbers / Federal I.D. Number:                                               

 

 

 

 

Date of Birth:                                   

Marital Status:                                           

Joint Party Date of Birth:                 

Investment Experience (Years):                 

Annual Income:                                

Liquid Net Worth:                                

 

Net Worth*:                                

 

Tax Bracket:

o

15% or below

o

25% - 27.5%

o

Over 27.5%

 

Home Street Address:                                               

 

Home City, State & Zip Code:                                               

 

Home Phone:                  

Home Fax:             

Home Email:              

 

Employer:                                               

 

Employer Street Address:                                               

 

Employer City, State & Zip Code:                                               

 

Bus. Phone:                   

Bus. Fax:                         

Bus. Email:                  

 

Type of Business:                                                         

 

Outside Broker/Dealer:                                               

 

Section B — Certificate Delivery Instructions

 

o Please deliver certificate to the Employer Address listed in Section A.

 

o Please deliver certificate to the Home Address listed in Section A.

 

o Please deliver certificate to the following address:                         

 

Section C — Form of Payment — Check or Wire Transfer

 

o Check payable to Delaware Trust Company, as Escrow Agent for Hyperdynamics Corporation, ACCT# 79-2938

 

o Wire funds from my outside account according to Section 2(b) of the Subscription Agreement.

 

o The funds for this investment are rolled over, tax deferred from            within the allowed 60-day window.

 

Please check if you are a FINRA member or Affiliate of a FINRA member firm:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Signature

 

Date

 


*                              For purposes of calculating your net worth in this form, (a)  your primary residence shall not be included as an asset ; (b) indebtedness secured by your primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of your primary residence at the time of your purchase of the securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of your purchase of the securities exceeds the amount outstanding sixty ( 60 ) days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of your primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (c) indebtedness that is secured by your primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of your primary residence at the time of your purchase of the securities shall be included as a liability.

 



 

ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING REQUIREMENTS

 

The USA PATRIOT Act

 

The USA PATRIOT Act is designed to detect, deter, and punish terrorists in the United States and abroad.  The Act imposes new anti-money laundering requirements on brokerage firms and financial institutions.  Since April 24, 2002 all brokerage firms have been required to have new, comprehensive anti-money laundering programs.

 

To help you understand these efforts, we want to provide you with some information about money laundering and our steps to implement the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

What is money laundering?

 

Money laundering is the process of disguising illegally obtained money so that the funds appear to come from legitimate sources or activities.  Money laundering occurs in connection with a wide variety of crimes, including illegal arms sales, drug trafficking, robbery, fraud, racketeering, and terrorism.

 

How big is the problem and why is it important?

 

The use of the U.S. financial system by criminals to facilitate terrorism or other crimes could well taint our financial markets.  According to the U.S. State Department, one recent estimate puts the amount of worldwide money laundering activity at $1 trillion a year.

 

What are we required to do to eliminate money laundering?

 

Under rules required by the USA PATRIOT Act, our anti-money laundering program must designate a special compliance officer, set up employee training, conduct independent audits, and establish policies and procedures to detect and report suspicious transaction and ensure compliance with such laws.  As part of our required program, we may ask you to provide various identification documents or other information.  Until you provide the information or documents we need, we may not be able to effect any transactions for you.

 



 

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING INFORMATION FORM

The following is required in accordance with the AML provision of the USA PATRIOT ACT.

(Please fill out and return with requested documentation.)

 

INVESTOR NAME:                                                                                                                                                         

 

LEGAL ADDRESS:                                                                                                                                                         

 

SSN# or TAX ID# OF INVESTOR:                                                                                                                              

 

YEARLY INCOME:                                                                                                                                                         

 

NET WORTH:                                                                                                                                                                        *

 


* For purposes of calculating your net worth in this form, (a)  your primary residence shall not be included as an asset ; (b) indebtedness secured by your primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of your primary residence at the time of your purchase of the securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of your purchase of the securities exceeds the amount outstanding sixty ( 60 ) days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of your primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (c) indebtedness that is secured by your primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of your primary residence at the time of your purchase of the securities shall be included as a liability.

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE(S) (FOR ALL INVESTORS):                                                                                     

 

ADDRESS OF BUSINESS OR OF EMPLOYER:                                                                                     

 

FOR INVESTORS WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS: AGE:                                                                                     

 

FOR INVESTORS WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS: OCCUPATION:                                                                                     

 

FOR INVESTORS WHO ARE ENTITIES: TYPE OF BUSINESS:                                                                                     

 

IDENTIFICATION & DOCUMENTATION AND SOURCE OF FUNDS:

 

1.                                       Please submit a copy of non-expired identification for the authorized signatory(ies) on the investment documents, showing name, date of birth, address and signature.  The address shown on the identification document MUST match the Investor’s address shown on the Investor Signature Page.

 

Current Driver’s License

or

Valid Passport

or

Identity Card

 

( Circle one or more)

 

 

 

2.                                       If the Investor is a corporation, limited liability company, trust or other type of entity, please submit the following requisite documents: (i) Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, Certificate of Formation, Operating Agreement, Trust or other similar documents for the type of entity; and (ii) Corporate Resolution or power of attorney or other similar document granting authority to signatory(ies) and designating that they are permitted to make the proposed investment.

 

3.                                       Please advise where the funds were derived from to make the proposed investment:

 

Investments

Savings

Proceeds of Sale

Other

 

(Circle one or more)

 

 

Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

Print Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Title (if applicable):

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Warrant

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Certificate of Designations

 



 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 


Exhibit 10.2

 

FORM OF

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into effective as of             , 2017, among Hyperdynamics Corporation , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), each of the persons who have executed omnibus or counterpart signature page(s) hereto (each, a “ Subscriber ” and, collectively, the “ Subscribers ”), and the persons or entities identified on Schedule 1 hereto holding Placement Agent Warrants (collectively, the “ Brokers ”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS , the Company has offered and sold in compliance with Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act to accredited investors in a private placement offering (the “ Offering ”) Units consisting of a total of up to 3,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (as defined below) (the “ Offering Shares” ), and warrants exercisable for the purchase of a total of up to 891,429 (subject to rounding for fractions) shares of Common Stock (as defined below) at an exercise price of $3.50 per share (the “ Offering Warrants ”) pursuant to Subscription Agreements entered into by and between the Company and each of the accepted subscribers for Offering Shares and Offering Warrants in the Offering (the “ Subscription Agreements ”); and

 

WHEREAS , at any time subsequent to the SEC Effective Date (as defined below) through and including the thirtieth (30th) day thereafter, subscribers can purchase up to an additional 3,000 Offering Shares (the “ Additional Offering Shares ”) and Offering Warrants to purchase up to an additional 891,429 (subject to rounding for fractions) shares of Common Stock (the “ Additional Offering Warrants ”); and

 

WHEREAS , the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock on the terms and conditions set forth in the Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Stock;

 

WHEREAS , the Company has agreed to enter into a registration rights agreement with each of the Subscribers to the Offering who purchased Offering Shares and Offering Warrants, granting such Subscribers certain registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable to such Subscribers upon (i) the conversion of the Offering Shares and the Additional Offering Shares; and (ii) the exercise of the Offering Warrants and Additional Offering Warrants; and

 

WHEREAS , the Company has agreed to enter into a registration rights agreement with each of the Brokers who hold Placement Agent Warrants, granting such Subscribers certain registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable to such Brokers upon the exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants;

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants, and conditions set forth herein, the parties mutually agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Certain Definitions .  Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings ascribed to them in the Subscription Agreement.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

Approved Market ” means OTC Markets Group, the OTC Bulletin Board, The Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE Amex (in any listing or quotation tier of any of the foregoing).

 

Blackout Period ” means, with respect to a registration, a period during which the Company, in the good faith judgment of its board of directors, determines (because of the existence of, or in anticipation of, any acquisition, financing activity, or other transaction involving the Company, or the unavailability for reasons beyond the Company’s control of any required financial statements, disclosure of information which is in its best interest not to publicly disclose, or any other event or condition of similar significance to the Company) that the registration and distribution of the Registrable Securities to be covered by such registration statement, if any, or the filing of an amendment to such registration statement in the circumstances described in Section 4(g), would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders, in each case commencing on the day the Company notifies the Holders that they are required, because of the determination described above, to suspend offers and sales of Registrable Securities and ending on the earlier of (1) the date upon which the material non-public information resulting in the Blackout Period is disclosed to the public or ceases to be material and (2) such time as the Company notifies the selling Holders that sales pursuant to such Registration Statement or a new or amended Registration Statement may resume; provided, however, that no Blackout Period shall extend for a period of more than fifteen (15) consecutive Trading Days (except for a Blackout Period arising from the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to update the prospectus therein to include the information contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which Blackout Period may extend for the amount of time reasonably required to respond to comments of the staff of the Commission (the “ Staff ”) on such amendment).

 

Business Day ” means any day of the year, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks in the State of New York are required or authorized to close.

 

Commission ” means the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $ 0.001 per share, of the Company and any and all shares of capital stock or other equity securities of: (i) the Company which are added to or exchanged or substituted for the Common Stock by reason of the declaration of any stock dividend or stock split, the issuance of any distribution or the reclassification, readjustment, recapitalization or other such modification of the capital structure of the Company; and (ii) any other corporation, now or hereafter organized under the laws of any state or other governmental

 

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authority, with which the Company is merged, which results from any consolidation or reorganization to which the Company is a party, or to which is sold all or substantially all of the shares or assets of the Company, if immediately after such merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale, the Company or the stockholders of the Company own equity securities having in the aggregate more than 50% of the total voting power of such other corporation.

 

Effective Date ” means the date of the initial closing of the Offering.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Family Member ” means (a) with respect to any individual, such individual’s spouse, any descendants (whether natural or adopted), any trust all of the beneficial interests of which are owned by any of such individuals or by any of such individuals together with any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the estate of any such individual, and any corporation, association, partnership or limited liability company all of the equity interests of which are owned by those above described individuals, trusts or organizations and (b) with respect to any trust, the owners of the beneficial interests of such trust.

 

Holder ” means (i) each Subscriber or any of such Subscriber’s respective successors and Permitted Assignees who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from a Subscriber or from any Permitted Assignee, and (ii) each Broker or any of such Broker’s respective successors and Permitted Assignees who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from an Broker or from any Permitted Assignee.

 

Majority Holders ” means, at any time, Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.

 

Permitted Assignee ” means (a) with respect to a partnership, its partners or former partners in accordance with their partnership interests, (b) with respect to a corporation, its stockholders in accordance with their interest in the corporation, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, its members or former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company, (d) with respect to an individual party, any Family Member of such party, (e) an entity that is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with a transferor, or (f) a party to this Agreement.

 

Piggyback Registration ” means, in any registration of Common Stock referenced in Section 3(c), the right of each Holder to include the Registrable Securities of such Holder in such registration.

 

Placement Agent Warrants ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

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The terms “ register ,” “ registered ,” and “ registration ” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.

 

Registrable Securities ” means (a) the Shares but excluding any otherwise Registrable Securities that (i) have been sold or otherwise transferred other than to a Permitted Assignee, (ii) may be sold under the Securities Act without volume limitations either pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act or otherwise during any ninety (90) day period, or (iii) are at the time subject to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

 

Registration Default Period ” means the period during which any Registration Event occurs and is continuing.

 

Registration Effectiveness Date ” means the date that is one hundred thirty-five (135) calendar days after the Effective Date.

 

Registration Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)                                  the Company fails to file with the Commission the Registration Statement on or before the Registration Filing Date;

 

(b)                                  the Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission on or before the Registration Effectiveness Date;

 

(c)                                   after the SEC Effective Date, the Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize the prospectus therein to resell the Registrable Securities for a period of more than fifteen (15) consecutive Trading Days, excluding Blackout Periods permitted herein, and as excused pursuant to Section 3(a);

 

(d)                                  after the SEC Effective Date, the Registrable Securities, if issued and outstanding, are not listed or included for quotation on an Approved Market, or trading of the Common Stock is suspended or halted on the Approved Market, which at the time constitutes the principal markets for the Common Stock, for more than three (3) full, consecutive Trading Days; provided, however, a Registration Event shall not be deemed to occur if all or substantially all trading in equity securities (including the Common Stock) is suspended or halted on the Approved Market for any length of time;

 

(e)                                   after the SEC Effective Date, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) places a “chill” (i.e., a restriction placed by DTC on one or more of DTC’s services, such as limiting a DTC participant’s ability to make a deposit or withdrawal of the security at DTC) on the Common Stock;

 

(f)                                    after the SEC Effective Date, the Common Stock is otherwise not eligible for trading through DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer program or Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian program; or

 

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(g)                                   after the SEC Effective Date, the Company fails to file with the Commission when due (after giving effect to any extension of a due date for filing pursuant to Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) an Annual Report on Form 10-K or a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Registration Filing Date ” means the date that is forty-five (45) calendar days after the Effective Date.

 

Registration Statement ” means the registration statement that the Company is required to file pursuant to Section 3(a) of this Agreement to register the Registrable Securities.

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.

 

Rule 145 ” means Rule 145 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.

 

Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute promulgated in replacement thereof, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

SEC Effective Date ” means the date the Registration Statement is first declared effective by the Commission.

 

Series A Preferred Stock ” means the 1% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and any and all shares of capital stock or other equity securities of: (i) the Company which are added to or exchanged or substituted for the Series A Preferred Stock by reason of the declaration of any stock dividend or stock split, the issuance of any distribution or the reclassification, readjustment, recapitalization or other such modification of the capital structure of the Company; and (ii) any other corporation, now or hereafter organized under the laws of any state or other governmental authority, with which the Company is merged, which results from any consolidation or reorganization to which the Company is a party, or to which is sold all or substantially all of the shares or assets of the Company, if immediately after such merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale, the Company or the stockholders of the Company own equity securities having in the aggregate more than 50% of the total voting power of such other corporation.

 

Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the Holders upon conversion or exercise of the Offering Shares, Additional Offering Shares, Offering Warrants,

 

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Additional Offering Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants, and any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable at any time on or after the Effective Date and prior to the second (2 nd ) anniversary of the SEC Effective Date with respect to such shares of Common Stock upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing.

 

Trading Day ” means any day on which such national securities exchange, the OTC Markets Group or such other securities market or quotation system, which at the time constitutes the principal securities market for the Common Stock, is open for general trading of securities.

 

2.                                       Term .  This Agreement shall terminate with respect to each Holder on the earlier of: (i) the second (2 nd ) anniversary of the SEC Effective Date, (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities held by such Holder are transferred (other than to a Permitted Assignee), (iii) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities have been sold or (iv) the date otherwise terminated as provided herein.

 

3.                                       Registration .

 

(a)                                  Registration on Form S-1 .  The Company shall file with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1, or any other form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the resale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities, and the Company shall (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to make the initial filing of the Registration Statement no later than the Registration Filing Date, (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective no later than the Registration Effectiveness Date and (iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement effective for a period of two (2) years commencing on the SEC Effective Date or for such shorter period ending on the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities have been transferred other than to a Permitted Assignee and (ii) the date as of which all of the Holders may sell all of the Registrable Securities without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable (the “ Effectiveness Period ”); provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section, or keep such registration effective pursuant to the terms hereunder, in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities under the securities laws of such jurisdiction or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance, in each case where it has not already done so.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Staff of the Commission should limit the number of Registrable Securities that may be sold pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company may remove from the Registration Statement such number of Registrable Securities as specified by the Staff on behalf of all of the Holders first from the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, on a pro rata basis among the Holders thereof, and second from the other Registrable Securities, on a pro rata basis among the Holders thereof.  In such event, the Company

 

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shall give the Holders prompt notice of the number of Registrable Securities excluded therefrom. No liquidated damages shall accrue or be payable to any Holder pursuant to Section 3(b) with respect to any Registrable Securities that are excluded by reason of the Staff limiting the number of Registrable Securities that may be sold pursuant to a registration statement. No shares of Common Stock or other securities other than the Registrable Securities will be included in the Registration Statement.

 

(b)                                  Liquidated Damages .  If a Registration Event occurs, then the Company will make payments to each Holder of Registrable Securities, as liquidated damages to such Holder by reason of the Registration Event, a cash sum calculated at a rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum of: (i) the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder for the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, or (ii) $3.00 per share of Registrable Securities issued and issuable to such Holder upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, but in each case of (i) and (ii), only with respect to such Holder’s Registrable Securities that are affected by such Registration Event and only for the period during which such Registration Event continues to affect such Registrable Securities (or in the case of paragraph (g) under the definition of Registration Event, the period until such report is filed with the Commission) .  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of liquidated damages that must be paid by the Company pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the applicable foregoing amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii) in the preceding sentence with respect to such Holder’s Registrable Securities that are affected by all Registration Events in the aggregate.  Each payment of liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be due and payable in arrears within five (5) days after the end of each full 30-day period of the Registration Default Period until the termination of the Registration Default Period and within five (5) days after such termination.  The Registration Default Period shall terminate upon the earlier of such time as the Registrable Securities that are affected by the Registration Event cease to be Registrable Securities or (i) the filing of the Registration Statement in the case of clause (a) of the definition of Registration Event, (ii) the SEC Effective Date in the case of clause (b) of the definition of Registration Event, (iii) the ability of the Holders to effect sales pursuant to the Registration Statement in the case of clause (c) of the definition of Registration Event, and (iv) the listing or inclusion and/or trading of the Common Stock on an Approved Market, as the case may be, in the case of clause (d) of the definition of Registration Event.  The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be payable in lawful money of the United States.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be liable for the payment of liquidated damages described in this Section 3(b) for any delay in registration of Registrable Securities that would otherwise be includable in the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 solely as a result of a comment received from the Staff requiring a limit on the number of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement in order for such Registration Statement to be able to avail itself of Rule 415, or, with respect to a Holder, if such Holder fails to provide to the Company information concerning the Holder and manner of distribution of the Holder’s Registrable Securities that is required by SEC Rules to be disclosed in a registration statement utilized in connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities.

 

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(c)                                   Other Limitations . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(b) above, if (i) the Commission does not declare the Registration Statement effective on or before the Registration Effectiveness Date, or (ii) the Commission allows the Registration Statement to be declared effective at any time before or after the Registration Effectiveness Date, subject to the withdrawal of certain Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement, and the reason for (i) or (ii) is the Commission’s determination that (x) the offering of any of the Registrable Securities constitutes a primary offering of securities by the Company, (y) Rule 415 may not be relied upon for the registration of the resale of any or all of the Registrable Securities, and/or (z) a Holder of any Registrable Securities must be named as an underwriter, the Holders understand and agree that in the case of (ii) the Company may (notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein) reduce, on a pro rata basis, in the manner provided above, the total number of Registrable Securities to be registered on behalf of each such Holder, and in the case of (i) or (ii) the Holder shall not be entitled to liquidated damages with respect to the Registrable Securities not registered for the reason set forth in (i) or so reduced on a pro rata basis as set forth above.

 

(d)                                  Piggyback Registration .  If, after the SEC Effective Date and until the second (2 nd ) anniversary thereof, the Company shall determine to register for sale for cash any of its Common Stock, for its own account or for the account of others (other than the Holders), other than (i) a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans or securities issued or issuable to employees, consultants (to the extent the securities owned or to be owned by such consultants could be registered on Form S-8 (or its then equivalent form) or any of their Family Members (including a registration on Form S-8 (or its then equivalent form)), (ii) a registration relating solely to a Securities Act Rule 145 transaction or a registration on Form S-4 (or its then equivalent form) in connection with a merger, acquisition, divestiture, reorganization or similar event, or (iii) a transaction relating solely to the sale of debt or convertible debt instruments, then the Company shall promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof (the “ Registration Rights Notice ”) (and in no event shall such notice be given less than twenty (20) calendar days prior to the filing of such registration statement), and shall, subject to Section 3(e), include as a Piggyback Registration all of the Registrable Securities (including any Registrable Securities that are removed from the Registration Statement as a result of a requirement by the Staff) specified in a written request delivered by the Holder thereof within ten (10) calendar days after delivery to the Holder of such written notice from the Company.  However, the Company may, without the consent of such Holders, withdraw such registration statement prior to its becoming effective if the Company or such other selling stockholders have elected to abandon the proposal to register the securities proposed to be registered thereby.  The right contained in this paragraph may be exercised by each Holder only with respect to two (2) qualifying registrations.

 

(e)                                   Underwriting .  If a Piggyback Registration is for a registered public offering that is to be made by an underwriting, the Company shall so advise the Holders as part of the Registration Rights Notice.  In that event, the right of any Holder to Piggyback Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein.  All Holders proposing to sell any of their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with

 

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the Company and any other stockholders of the Company selling their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Company or such other selling stockholders, as applicable.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3(e), if the underwriter or the Company determines that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock or the amount of other securities to be underwritten, the underwriter may exclude some or all Registrable Securities from such registration and underwriting.  The Company shall so advise all Holders (except those Holders who failed to timely elect to include their Registrable Securities through such underwriting or have indicated to the Company their decision not to do so), and indicate to each such Holder the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting, if any. The number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders as follows:

 

(i)                                      If the Piggyback Registration was initiated by the Company, the number of shares that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated first to the Company and then, subject to obligations and commitments existing as of the date hereof, to all persons exercising piggyback registration rights (including the Holders) who have requested to sell in the registration on a pro rata basis according to the number of shares requested to be included therein; and

 

(ii)                                   If the Piggyback Registration was initiated by the exercise of demand registration rights by a stockholder or stockholders of the Company, then the number of shares that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated first to such selling stockholders who exercised such demand to the extent of their demand registration rights, and then, subject to obligations and commitments existing as of the date hereof, to the Company and then, subject to obligations and commitments existing as of the date hereof, to all persons exercising piggyback registration rights (including the Holders) who have requested to sell in the registration on a pro rata basis according to the number of shares requested to be included therein.

 

No Registrable Securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the underwriter’s marketing limitation shall be included in such registration.  If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw such Holder’s Registrable Securities therefrom by delivering a written notice to the Company and the underwriter.  The Registrable Securities so withdrawn from such underwriting shall also be withdrawn from such registration; provided , however , that, if by the withdrawal of such Registrable Securities, a greater number of Registrable Securities held by other Holders may be included in such registration (up to the maximum of any limitation imposed by the underwriters), then the Company shall offer to all Holders who have included Registrable Securities in the registration the right to include additional Registrable Securities pursuant to the terms and limitations set forth herein in the same proportion used above in determining the underwriter limitation.

 

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(f)                                    Limitation on Filing Other Registration Statements.  The Company shall not file any other registration statements under the Securities Act until the SEC Effective Date , other than (i) a registration statement (including a registration statement on Form S-8 (or its then equivalent form)) relating solely to employee benefit or incentive plans approved by the Company’s board of directors or securities issued or issuable to employees, consultants (to the extent the securities owned or to be owned by such consultants could be registered on Form S-8 (or its then equivalent form)) or any of their Family Members pursuant to such a plan, or (ii) a registration statement on Form S-4 (or its then equivalent form) in connection with a merger, acquisition, divestiture, reorganization or similar event.

 

4.                                       Registration Procedures .  The Company will keep each Holder reasonably advised as to the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement.  At its expense with respect to the Registration Statement, the Company will:

 

(a)                                  prepare and file with the Commission with respect to the Registrable Securities, a Registration Statement in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain effective for the Effectiveness Period;

 

(b)                                  not name any Holder in the Registration Statement as an underwriter without that Holder’s prior written consent;

 

(c)                                   if the Registration Statement is subject to review by the Commission, promptly respond to all comments and diligently pursue resolution of any comments to the satisfaction of the Commission;

 

(d)                                  prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period;

 

(e)                                   furnish, without charge, to each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) a reasonable number of copies of such Registration Statement (including any exhibits thereto other than exhibits incorporated by reference), each amendment and supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request, (ii) such number of copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 of the Securities Act) as such Holders may reasonably request, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and (iii) such other documents as such Holder may reasonably require to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder, but only during the Effectiveness Period; provided that the Company shall have no obligation to furnish any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system;

 

(f)                                    use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such registration under such other applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement reasonably

 

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requests and as may be necessary for the marketability of the Registrable Securities (such request to be made by the time the applicable Registration Statement is deemed effective by the Commission) and do any and all other acts and things necessary to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided , that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;

 

(g)                                   as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, the disposition of which requires delivery of a prospectus relating thereto under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event, which comes to the Company’s attention, that will after the occurrence of such event cause the prospectus included in such Registration Statement, if not amended or supplemented, to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and the Company shall promptly thereafter prepare and furnish to such Holder a supplement or amendment to such prospectus (or prepare and file appropriate reports under the Exchange Act) so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, unless suspension of the use of such prospectus otherwise is authorized herein or in the event of a Blackout Period, in which case no supplement or amendment need be furnished (or Exchange Act filing made) until the termination of such suspension or Blackout Period; provided that any and all information provided to the Holder pursuant to such notification shall remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law;

 

(h)                                  comply, and continue to comply during the Effectiveness Period, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement;

 

(i)                                      as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities being offered or sold pursuant to the Registration Statement of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of the Registration Statement;

 

(j)                                     use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be quoted on the OTC Markets Group or such other principal securities market or quotation system on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed or traded or quoted;

 

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(k)                                  provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a single entity, for the shares of Common Stock at all times;

 

(l)                                      cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities being offered pursuant to the Registration Statement to issue and deliver, or cause its transfer agent to issue and deliver, certificates representing Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement within a reasonable time after the delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Securities to the transfer agent or the Company, as applicable, and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts as the Holders may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Holders may request;

 

(m)                              during the Effectiveness Period, refrain from bidding for or purchasing any Common Stock or any right to purchase Common Stock or attempting to induce any person to purchase any such security or right if such bid, purchase or attempt would in any way limit the right of the Holders to sell Registrable Securities by reason of the limitations set forth in Regulation M of the Exchange Act; and

 

(n)                                  take all other commercially reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate the disposition by the Holders of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement during the term of this Agreement; provided , however , the Company is not obligated under this clause (n) to expend any of the Company’s funds, other than the costs and expenses specifically required under Section 6 of this Agreement.

 

5.                                       Obligations of the Holders .

 

(a)                                  Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 4(g) hereof or of the commencement of a Blackout Period, such Holder shall discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(g) hereof or notice of the end of the Blackout Period, and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies (including, without limitation, any and all drafts), other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

(b)                                  The Holders of the Registrable Securities shall provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any registration statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3(a) and/or 3(d) of this Agreement and in connection with the Company’s obligation to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws, including a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex A (a “ Selling Securityholder Questionnaire ”) or any update thereto not later than three (3) Business Days following a request therefor from the Company.

 

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(c)                                   Each Holder, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Holder has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

6.                                       Registration Expenses .  The Company shall pay all expenses in connection with any registration obligation provided herein, including, without limitation, all registration, filing, stock exchange fees, printing expenses, all fees and expenses of complying with applicable securities laws, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company (but not for the Holders)and of the Company’s independent accountants; provided , that, in any underwritten registration, the Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts, selling commissions or transfer taxes attributable to the Registrable Securities being sold by the Holders thereof, which underwriting discounts, selling commissions and transfer taxes shall be borne by such Holders.  Additionally, in an underwritten offering, all selling stockholders and the Company shall bear the expenses of the underwriter pro rata in proportion to the respective amount of shares each is selling in such offering. Except as provided in this Section 6 and Section 8 of this Agreement, the Company shall not be responsible for the expenses of any attorney or other advisor employed by a Holder.

 

7.                                       Assignment of Rights .  No Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement to any party without the prior written consent of the Company; provided , however , that any Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement without such consent to a Permitted Assignee as long as (a) such transfer or assignment is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws; (b) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to become bound by and subject to the terms of this Agreement; and (c) such Holder notifies the Company in writing of such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred or assigned.  The Company may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of any other party hereto.

 

8.                                       Indemnification .

 

(a)                                  In the event of the offer and sale of Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, the Company shall, and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder, its directors, officers, partners, and each other person, if any, who controls or is under common control with such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, and expenses to which the Holder or any such director, officer, partner or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement prepared and filed by the Company under which Registrable Securities were registered

 

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under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and the Company shall reimburse the Holder, and each such director, officer, partner and controlling person for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided , however , that the indemnity obligation of the Company under this  Section 8(a) to any Holder shall in no event exceed the net proceeds from the Offering received by the Company from such Holder (or Holder’s predecessor-in-interest); and provided further , that the Company shall not be liable in any such case (i) to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, or liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon (x) an untrue statement in or omission from such registration statement, any such preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by a Holder or its representative to the Company for use in the preparation thereof or (y) the failure of a Holder to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Section 5 hereof respecting the sale of Registrable Securities; or (ii) if the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) who purchased the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof did not receive a copy of an amended preliminary or final prospectus or the final prospectus (or the final prospectus as amended or supplemented) at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Securities to such person because of the failure of such Holder to so provide such amended preliminary or final prospectus and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact made in such preliminary or final prospectus was corrected in the amended preliminary or final prospectus (or the final prospectus as amended or supplemented). Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Holders, or any such director, officer, partner or controlling person and shall survive the transfer of such shares by the Holder.

 

(b)                                  As a condition to including Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, each Holder agrees to be bound by the terms of this Section 8 and to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, each of its directors, officers, partners, legal counsel and accountants and each underwriter, if any, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director or officer or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in any registration statement, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement thereto or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is included or omitted in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by the Holder or its representative to the Company for use in the preparation thereof,

 

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and such Holder shall reimburse the Company, and such Holders, directors, officers, partners, legal counsel and accountants, persons, underwriters, or control persons, each such director, officer, and controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending, or settling any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, or proceeding; provided , however , that the indemnity obligation of a Holder under this Section 8(b) shall in no event exceed the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder as a result of the sale of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement, except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct.  Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person and shall survive the transfer by any Holder of such shares.

 

(c)                                   Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a claim referred to in this Section 8 (including any governmental action), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the indemnifying party of the commencement of such action; provided , that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under this Section, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice.  In case any such action is brought against an indemnified party, unless in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such indemnified party a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist or the indemnified party may have defenses not available to the indemnifying party in respect of such claim, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof, unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties arises in respect of such claim after the assumption of the defenses thereof or the indemnifying party fails to defend such claim in a diligent manner, other than reasonable costs of investigation.  Neither an indemnified nor an indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action or proceeding effected without its consent.  No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement, which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, and without limiting any of the rights set forth above, in any event any party shall have the right to retain, at its own expense, counsel with respect to the defense of a claim. Each indemnified party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an indemnifying party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.

 

(d)                                  If an indemnifying party does not or is not permitted to assume the defense of an action pursuant to Section 8(c) or in the case of the expense reimbursement obligation set

 

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forth in Sections 8(a) and 8(b), the indemnification required by Sections 8(a) and 8(b) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or expenses, losses, damages, or liabilities are incurred.

 

(e)                                   If the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the proportionate relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other (determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission), or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law or provides a lesser sum to the indemnified party than the amount herein provided, then in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the proportionate relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, but also the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No indemnified party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any indemnifying party who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with an underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

(g)                                   Other Indemnification .  Indemnification similar to that specified in this Section (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation or governmental authority other than the Securities Act.

 

9.                                       Rule 144 .  For a period of at least two (2) years following the Effective Date, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to timely file all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to such sections, it will prepare and furnish to the Holders and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Holders to sell shares of Common Stock under Rule 144.

 

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10.                                Independent Nature of Each Holder’s Obligations and Rights .  The obligations of each Holder under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder, and each Holder shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder under this Agreement.  Nothing contained herein and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute such Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture, or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

11.                                Miscellaneous .

 

(a)                                  Governing Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the State of New York, both substantive and remedial, without regard to New York conflicts of law principles. Any judicial proceeding brought against any of the parties to this Agreement or any dispute arising out of this Agreement or any matter related hereto shall be brought in the courts of the State of New York, New York County, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party to this Agreement accepts the jurisdiction of such courts. The foregoing consent to jurisdiction shall not be deemed to confer rights on any person other than the parties to this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Remedies .  In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Successors and Assigns .  Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, Permitted Assignees, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.

 

(d)                                  No Inconsistent Agreements .  The Company has not entered, as of the date hereof, and shall not enter, on or after the date of this Agreement, into any agreement with respect to its securities that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herewith, except as specifically provided in this Agreement, any action by the Company which could have the effect of diminishing the value of any Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, the issuance of additional stock or other securities, the granting of registration rights to others, and actions in connection with the operation of the business of the Company, shall not by itself, absent bad faith, be deemed an impairment of the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement.

 

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(e)                                   Entire Agreement .  This Agreement and the documents, instruments and other agreements specifically referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof.

 

(f)                                    Notices, etc .  All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications which are required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing will be deemed given to a party (a) on the date of delivery, if delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (b) the date of transmission if sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment if such notice or communication is delivered prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Trading Day, or the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Trading Day; (c) the date received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested; or (d) seven days after the placement of the notice into the mails (first class postage prepaid), to the party at the address, facsimile number, or e-mail address furnished by the such party,

 

if to the Company, to:

 

Hyperdynamics Corporation

12012 Wickchester Lane, Suite 475

Houston, TX 77079

Attention: CEO

Facsimile: +1-713-353-9421

 

with copy to:

 

CKR Law LLP

1330 Avenue of the Americas, 14 th  Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Barrett S. DiPaolo

Facsimile: +1-212-259-8200

 

if to a Subscriber, to:

 

the address set forth on such Subscriber’s Omnibus Signature Page hereto; or

 

if to a Broker, to:

 

such Broker at the address set forth on the Broker’s signature page hereto;

 

or at such other address as any party shall have furnished to the other parties in writing in accordance with this Section 11(f).

 

(g)                                   Delays or Omissions .  No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Holder, upon any breach or default of the Company under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such Holder nor shall it be construed to be a waiver

 

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of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereunder occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Holder of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any Holder of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to any holder, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

(h)                                  Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and with respect to any Subscriber, by execution of an Omnibus Signature Page to this Agreement and the Subscription Agreement, each of which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an e-mail, which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or e-mail of a .pdf signature page were an original thereof.

 

(i)                                      Severability .  In the case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(j)                                     Amendments .  Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended at any time and from time to time, and particular provisions of this Agreement may be waived, with and only with an agreement or consent in writing signed by the Company and the Majority Holders. The Holders acknowledge that by the operation of this Section, the Majority Holders may have the right and power to diminish or eliminate all rights of the other Holders under this Agreement.

 

[ Company Signature Page Follows ]

 

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This Registration Rights Agreement is hereby executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

THE COMPANY:

 

 

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Raymond C. Leonard

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

SUBSCRIBERS

 

See Omnibus Signature Pages to the Subscription Agreement

 

BROKER (INDIVIDUAL):

 

BROKER (ENTITY):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print Name

 

Print Name of Entity

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Signature

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

All Brokers: Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

Annex A

 

Hyperdynamics Corporation

 

Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire

 

The undersigned beneficial owner of Registrable Securities of Hyperdynamics Corporation , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement (the “ Registration Statement ”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) to which this document is annexed.  A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.  Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “ Selling Securityholder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.

 

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1. Name:

 

 

 

(a)

Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (holder of record) (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

(c)

If you are not a natural person, full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone:

 

 

Fax:

 

 

Email:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact

 

Person:

 

 

 

3.  Broker-Dealer Status:

 

 

 

 

(a)

Are you a broker-dealer?

 

 

 

Yes   o             No   o

 

 

 

 

(b)

If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?

 

 

 

Yes   o             No   o

 

 

 

 

Note:

If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

 

(c)

Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

 

 

Yes   o             No   o

 

 

 

 

(d)

If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

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Yes   o             No   o

 

 

Note:

If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

4.  Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Securityholder:

 

 

 

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company.

 

 

 

(a)           Please list the type (common stock, warrants, etc.) and amount of all securities of the Company (including any Registrable Securities) beneficially owned(1) by the Selling Securityholder:

 

 

 

 

5.  Relationships with the Company:

 

 

 

 

Except as set forth below, neither you nor (if you are a natural person) any member of your immediate family, nor (if you are not a natural person) any of your affiliates(2), officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

 

 

State any exceptions here:

 

 

 

 


(1)     Beneficially Owned :   A “beneficial owner” of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares (i)  voting power , including the power to direct the voting of such security, or (ii)  investment power , including the power to dispose of, or direct the disposition of, such security.  In addition, a person is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of a security of which such person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days, including, but not limited to, any right to acquire such security: (i) through the exercise of any option, warrant or right, (ii) through the conversion of any security or (iii) pursuant to the power to revoke, or the automatic termination of, a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement.

 

It is possible that a security may have more than one “beneficial owner,” such as a trust, with two co-trustees sharing voting power, and the settlor or another third party having investment power, in which case each of the three would be the “beneficial owner” of the securities in the trust.  The power to vote or direct the voting, or to invest or dispose of, or direct the investment or disposition of, a security may be indirect and arise from legal, economic, contractual or other rights, and the determination of beneficial ownership depends upon who ultimately possesses or shares the power to direct the voting or the disposition of the security.

 

The final determination of the existence of beneficial ownership depends upon the facts of each case.  You may, if you believe the facts warrant it, disclaim beneficial ownership of securities that might otherwise be considered “beneficially owned” by you.

 

(2)     Affiliate :   An “affiliate” is a company or person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls you, or is controlled by you, or is under common control with you.

 

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6.  Method of Distribution:

 

 

 

 

Describe below Holder’s intended method of distribution.

 

 

 

The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.

 

By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 6 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.  The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

BENEFICIAL OWNER (individual)

 

BENEFICIAL OWNER (entity)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

Name of Entity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print Name

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature (if Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common)

 

Print Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

PLEASE E-MAIL OR FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED SELLING SECURITYHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:

 

CKR Law LLP

1330 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention:

Facsimile: (212) 259-8200

E-mail Address:

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

[FORM OF WARRANT]

 

Warrant Certificate No.           

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS . SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE HOLDER HAS, PRIOR TO SUCH SALE, FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF EXEMPTION, IN EITHER CASE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

Effective Date:          , 2017

Expiration Date:           , 2019

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Hyperdynamics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), for value received on the Effective Date set forth above, hereby issues to                            (the “ Holder ”) this Warrant (the “ Warrant ”) to purchase                shares (as from time to time adjusted as hereinafter provided) (each such share a “ Warrant Share ” and all such shares being the “ Warrant Shares ”) of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined below), at the Exercise Price (as defined below), as adjusted from time to time as provided herein, on or before the Expiration Date set forth above, all subject to the following terms and conditions.

 

This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants of like tenor being issued to Subscribers in the Company’s private offering (the “ Offering ”) of units consisting of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions described in the Subscription Agreement entered into by and between the Company and each Subscriber set forth on the signature pages affixed thereto (the “ Subscription Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings ascribed to them in the Subscription Agreement.

 

As used in this Warrant,

 

(i)                                      Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York, New York, are authorized or required by law or executive order to close;

 



 

(ii)                                   Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share, including any securities issued or issuable with respect thereto or into which or for which such shares may be exchanged for, or converted into, pursuant to any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization or other similar event;

 

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

 

(iv)                               Exercise Price ” means $3.00 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein;

 

(v)                                  Trading Day ” means any day on which the primary national or regional stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or if not so listed, the OTC Markets, if quoted thereon, is open for the transaction of business; and

 

(vi)                               Affiliate ” means any person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a person, as such terms are used and construed in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).

 

1.                                       DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

(a)                                  Exercise Period .  The Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part on any Business Day on or before 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date, at which time this Warrant shall become void and of no value.

 

(b)                                  Exercise Procedures .

 

(i)                                      While this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable in accordance with Section 1(a), the Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part at any time and from time to time by:

 

(A)                                delivery to the Company of a duly completed and executed copy of the notice of exercise attached as Exhibit A (the “ Notice of Exercise ”);

 

(B)                                surrender of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder; and

 

(C)                                payment of the then-applicable Exercise Price per share multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares being purchased upon exercise of the Warrant (such amount, the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) made in the form of cash, or by certified check,

 

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wire transfer, bank draft or money order payable in lawful money of the United States of America.

 

(ii)                                   Upon the exercise of this Warrant in compliance with the provisions of this Section 1(b), and except as limited pursuant to Section 1(b)(iii), the Company shall promptly issue and cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate for the Warrant Shares purchased by the Holder.  Each exercise of this Warrant shall be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “ Date of Exercise ”) that the conditions set forth in Section 1(b) have been satisfied, as the case may be.  Upon delivery of each of the items set forth in Section 1(b)(i), the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares.

 

(iii)                                Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(b), the Holder may not exercise this Warrant if and to the extent that such exercise would require the Company to issue a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, less all amounts of Common Stock that have been reserved for issue upon the conversion or exercise of all outstanding Common Stock Equivalents.  If the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to permit the Holder to exercise this Warrant, then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary stockholder consent to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to permit such Holder to exercise this Warrant pursuant to Section 1(b)(i).

 

(c)                                   Partial Exercise .  This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for part only of the number of Warrant Shares referenced by this Warrant; provided, that any such partial exercise must be for an integral number of Warrant Shares. If this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue, at its expense, a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, referencing such reduced number of Warrant Shares that remain subject to this Warrant.

 

(e)                                   Disputes .  In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 15.

 

2.                                       ISSUANCE OF WARRANT SHARES

 

(a)                                  The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, be (i) duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable, and (ii) free from all liens, charges and security interests, with the exception of claims arising through the acts or omissions of any Holder and except as arising from applicable Federal and state securities laws.

 

(b)                                  The Company shall register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose in the name of the record holder of such Warrant from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner thereof

 

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for the purpose of any exercise thereof, any distribution to the Holder thereof and for all other purposes.

 

(c)                                   The Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, 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 to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all action necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder to exercise this Warrant, or against impairment of such rights.

 

3.                                       ADJUSTMENTS OF EXERCISE PRICE, NUMBER AND TYPE OF WARRANT SHARES

 

(a)                                  General . The Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 3(a); provided , that notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment if and to the extent that such adjustment would require the Company to issue a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, less all amounts of Common Stock that have been reserved for issue upon the conversion or exercise of all outstanding or Common Stock Equivalents.  If the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to make any adjustment, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary stockholder consent to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to make such an adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(a).

 

(i)                                      Subdivision or Combination of Stock . In case the Company shall at any time subdivide (whether by way of stock dividend, stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately increased, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined (whether by way of stock combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately decreased.  The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(a)(i).

 

(ii)                                   Dividends in Stock, Property, Reclassification . If at any time, or from time to time, the holders of Common Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall have received or become entitled to receive, without payment therefor:

 

(A)                                any Common Stock Equivalents, or any rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing by way of dividend or other distribution, or

 

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(B)                                additional stock or other securities or property (including cash) by way of spin-off, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar corporate rearrangement (other than shares of Common Stock issued as a stock split or adjustments in respect of which shall be covered by the terms of Section 3(a)(i) above),

 

then and in each such case, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares to be obtained upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted proportionately, and the Holder hereof shall, upon the exercise of this Warrant, be entitled to receive, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, and without payment of any additional consideration therefor, the amount of stock and other securities and property (including cash in the cases referred to above) that such Holder would hold on the date of such exercise had such Holder been the holder of record of such Common Stock as of the date on which holders of Common Stock received or became entitled to receive such shares or all other additional stock and other securities and property.  The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(a)(ii) .

 

(iii)                                Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale . If any recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital stock of the Company, or any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other transaction shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other assets or property (an “ Organic Change ”), then lawful and adequate provisions shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable assuming the full exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant. In the event of any Organic Change, appropriate provision shall be made by the Company with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof. To the extent necessary to effect the foregoing provisions, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder executed and mailed or delivered to the registered Holder hereof at the last address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder may be entitled to purchase. If there is an Organic Change, then the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear on the books and records of the Company, at least 10 calendar days before the effective date of the Organic Change, a notice stating the date on which such Organic Change is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares for securities, cash, or other property delivered upon such Organic Change; provided , that the

 

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failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during the 10-day period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.  In any event, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall be deemed to assume such obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets even in the absence of a written instrument assuming such obligation to the extent such assumption occurs by operation of law.

 

(b)                               Adjustment of Exercise Price upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock .  In the event the Company shall at any time prior to the Expiration Date issue Additional Shares of Common Stock, as defined below, without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue, then the Exercise Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price (calculated to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be (1) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue plus (2) the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received or to be received by the Company for the total number of Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued would purchase at such Exercise Price; and (B) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue plus the number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued; provided that, (i) for the purpose of this Section 3(b), all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding immediately prior to such issue shall be deemed to be outstanding, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon conversion or exchange of such outstanding Common Stock Equivalents shall be determined without giving effect to any adjustments to the conversion or exchange price or conversion or exchange rate of such Common Stock Equivalents resulting from the issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock that is the subject of this calculation.  For purposes of this Warrant, “ Additional Shares of Common Stock ” shall mean all shares of Common Stock and all Common Stock Equivalents issued by the Company after the Effective Date, other than: (i) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalent outstanding on the Effective Date; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants or the Placement Agent Warrants; (iii) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on shares of Common Stock that is covered by Sections 3(a)(i) through 3(a)(iii) above; (iv) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued in a registered public offering under the Securities Act; (v) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable pursuant to the acquisition of another entity or business by the Company by merger, purchase of substantially all of the assets or other reorganization or pursuant to a joint venture or technology license agreement, but not including a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; (vi) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable to officers, directors and employees of, or consultants to, the Company pursuant to stock grants, option plans, purchase plans or other employee stock incentive programs or arrangements approved by the Board of Directors, or upon exercise of options or warrants granted to such parties pursuant to any such plan or arrangement; (vii) any securities issued or issuable by the Company pursuant to the Subscription Agreements; and (viii) securities

 

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issued to financial institutions, institutional investors or lessors in connection with credit arrangements, equipment financings, lease arrangements or similar transactions, in the aggregate not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time.

 

(c)                                   Certificate as to Adjustments . Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 3, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each Holder of this Warrant a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a like certificate setting forth: (i) such adjustments and readjustments; and (ii) the number of shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

(d)                                  Certain Events . If any event occurs as to which the other provisions of this Section 3 are not strictly applicable but the lack of any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, then the Company’s Board of Directors will, in good faith and subject to applicable law, make an appropriate adjustment to protect the rights of the Holder; provided , that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(d) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 3.

 

4.                                       TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF WARRANT AND WARRANT SHARES

 

(a)                                  Registration of Transfers and Exchanges . Subject to Section 4(c), upon the Holder’s surrender of this Warrant, with a duly executed copy of the Form of Assignment attached as Exhibit B , to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder, the Company shall register the transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant. Upon such registration of transfer, the Company shall issue a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing the acquisition rights transferred to the transferee and a new Warrant, in similar form, evidencing the remaining acquisition rights not transferred, to the Holder requesting the transfer.

 

(b)                                  Warrant Exchangeable for Different Denominations . The Holder may exchange this Warrant for a new Warrant or Warrants, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares, which may then be purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrants to be dated the date of such exchange and to represent the right to purchase such number of Warrant Shares as shall be designated by the Holder. The Holder shall surrender this Warrant with duly executed instructions regarding such re-certification of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder.

 

(c)                                   Restrictions on Transfers . This Warrant may not be transferred at any time without (i) registration under the Securities Act or (ii) an exemption from such registration and a written

 

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opinion of legal counsel addressed to the Company that the proposed transfer of the Warrant may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, which opinion will be in form and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

(d)                                  Permitted Transfers and Assignments .  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 4, the Holder may transfer, with or without consideration, this Warrant or any of the Warrant Shares (or a portion thereof) to the Holder’s Affiliates (as such term is defined under Rule 144 of the Securities Act) without obtaining the opinion from counsel that may be required by Section 4(c)(ii), provided, that the Holder delivers to the Company and its counsel certification, documentation, and other assurances reasonably required by the Company’s counsel to enable the Company’s counsel to render an opinion to the Company’s Transfer Agent that such transfer does not violate applicable securities laws.

 

5.                                       MUTILATED OR MISSING WARRANT CERTIFICATE

 

If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon request by the Holder, the Company will, at its expense, issue, in exchange for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, representing the right to acquire the equivalent number of Warrant Shares; provided , that, as a prerequisite to the issuance of a substitute Warrant, the Company may require satisfactory evidence of loss, theft or destruction as well as an indemnity from the Holder of a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant.

 

6.                                       PAYMENT OF TAXES

 

The Company will pay all transfer and stock issuance taxes attributable to the preparation, issuance and delivery of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares (and replacement Warrants) including, without limitation, all documentary and stamp taxes; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax in respect of the transfer of this Warrant, or the issuance or delivery of certificates for Warrant Shares or other securities in respect of the Warrant Shares to any person or entity other than to the Holder.

 

7.                                       FRACTIONAL WARRANT SHARES

 

No fractional Warrant Shares shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. Upon the full exercise of this Warrant, the Company, in lieu of issuing any fractional Warrant Share, shall round up the number of Warrant Shares issuable to nearest whole share.

 

8.                                       NO STOCK RIGHTS AND LEGEND

 

No holder of this Warrant, as such, shall be entitled to vote or be deemed the holder of any other securities of the Company that may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant, as such, the rights of a stockholder of the Company or the right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or give or withhold consent to any corporate action or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as

 

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provided herein), or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise (except as provide herein).

 

Each certificate for Warrant Shares initially issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, and each certificate for Warrant Shares issued to any subsequent transferee of any such certificate, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS . THESE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE HOLDER HAS, PRIOR TO SUCH SALE, FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF EXEMPTION, IN EITHER CASE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

9.                                       REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

The Holder shall be entitled to the registration rights with respect to the Warrant Shares set forth in, and subject to the conditions of, the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

10.                                NOTICES

 

All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications under this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed given to a party when (a) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (b) sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment; (c) received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, if to the registered Holder hereof; or (d) seven days after the placement of the notice into the mails (first class postage prepaid), to the Holder at the address, facsimile number, or e-mail address furnished by the registered Holder to the Company in accordance with the Subscription Agreement by and between the Company and the Holder or, if the registered Holder is not the original purchaser of this Warrant, then as provided in the Form of Assignment delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 4(a) in connection with the assignment of this Warrant to such Holder, or if to the Company, to it at:

 

Hyperdynamics Corporation

12012 Wickchester Lane, Suite 475

 

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Houston, TX 77079

Attn: Chief Financial Officer

Facsimile Number: +1-713-353-9421

Telephone Number: +1-713-353-9400

E-mail Address:

 

(or to such other address, facsimile number, or e-mail address as the Holder or the Company as a party may designate by notice to the other party in accordance with this Section 10) with a copy to

 

CKR Law LLP

1330 Avenue of the Americas, 14 th  Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attn: Barrett S. DiPaolo

Facsimile Number: (212) 259-8200

Telephone Number: (212) 259-7300

E-mail Address: bdipaolo@ckrlaw.com

 

11.                                SEVERABILITY

 

If a court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of this Warrant invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Warrant will remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Warrant held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.

 

12.                                BINDING EFFECT

 

This Warrant shall be binding upon and inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns, the registered Holder or Holders from time to time of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares.

 

13.                                SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES

 

This Warrant shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the earlier of 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date or the date on which this Warrant has been exercised in full.

 

14.                                GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION

 

This Warrant will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law.  Subject to Section 15 below, each of the Company and the Holder hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in New York County, New York, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of

 

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any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

15.                                DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations (as the case may be) via facsimile or e-mail (i) within two (2) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Corporation or the Holder (as the case may be), or (ii) if no notice gave rise to such dispute, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted, then the Company shall within five (5) Business Days, submit in writing(a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder, or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent certified public accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations; provided that, if such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted by the Holder is determined to be incorrect, then the expense of the investment bank or the accountant shall be the responsibility of the Holder. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the parties thereto.

 

16.                                NOTICES OF RECORD DATE

 

Upon (a) any establishment by the Company of a record date of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution, or right or option to acquire securities of the Company, or any other right, or (b) any capital reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation, any transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, or any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, or the sale, in a single transaction, of a majority of the Company’s voting stock (whether newly issued, or from treasury, or previously issued and then outstanding, or any combination thereof), the Company shall mail to the Holder at least ten (10) Business Days, or such longer period as may be required by law, prior to the record date specified therein, a notice specifying (i) the date established as the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, option or right and a description of such dividend, option or right, (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or sale is expected to become effective and (iii) the date, if any, fixed as to when the holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

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17.                                RESERVATION OF SHARES

 

The Company shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, free from pre-emptive rights, such number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant shall from time to time be exercisable.  The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents, including but not limited to consents from the Company’s stockholders or Board of Directors or any public regulatory body, as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

18.                                HEADINGS

 

The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

19.                                AMENDMENT AND WAIVERS

 

Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

20.                                NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

This Warrant is not intended, and will not be construed, to create any rights in any parties other than the Company and the Holder, and no person or entity may assert any rights as third-party beneficiary hereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Raymond C. Leonard

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

(To be executed by the Holder of Warrant if such Holder desires to exercise Warrant)

 

To HYPERDYNAMICS CORPORATION:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant and to purchase thereunder,                     full shares of Hyperdynamics Corporation common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant and delivery of $          (in cash as provided for in the foregoing Warrant) and any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to such Warrant.

 

The undersigned requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of:

 

 

(Please print name, address and social security or federal employer
identification number (if applicable))*

 

If the shares issuable upon this exercise of the Warrant are not all of the Warrant Shares which the Holder is entitled to acquire upon the exercise of the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the rights not so exercised be issued in the name of and delivered to:

 

 

(Please print name, address and social security or federal employer

identification number (if applicable))*

 

 

Name of Holder (print):

 

 

(Signature):

 

 

(By:)

 

 

(Title:)

 

 

Dated:

 

 


*                                          If Warrant Shares are to be issued in any name other than that of the registered Holder of the Warrant, then the Holder must include an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such issuance complies with all applicable securities laws.

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                                     hereby sells, assigns and transfers to each assignee set forth below all of the rights of the undersigned under the Warrant (as defined in and evidenced by the attached Warrant) to acquire the number of Warrant Shares set opposite the name of such assignee below and in and to the foregoing Warrant with respect to said acquisition rights and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant:

 

Name of Assignee
(and social security or federal employer
identification number (if applicable))

 

Address

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the total of the Warrant Shares are not all of the Warrant Shares evidenced by the foregoing Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the right to acquire the Warrant Shares not so assigned be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned.

 

 

Name of Holder (print):

 

 

(Signature):

 

 

(By:)

 

 

(Title:)

 

 

Dated:

 

 


Exhibit 99.1

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

 

Contacts:

 

 

 

Ray Leonard

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

713-353-9445

 

 

 

Jack Lascar

 

Dennard-Lascar Associates

 

713-529-6600

 

Hyperdynamics Announces $680,000 in Gross Proceeds

from Convertible Preferred Stock Offering

 

HOUSTON , March 21, 2017 — Hyperdynamics Corporation (OTCQX: HDYN) (“Hyperdynamics” or the “Company”), announced today the closing of a private placement offering (the “Offering”) in which it sold 680 units of securities for aggregate proceeds of $680,000, before deducting placement agent fees and expenses. Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock with a Stated Value of $1,040 per share, and a two-year warrant representing the right to purchase 223 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.50 per share. The units were offered at a price of $1,000 per Unit.

 

Hyperdynamics CEO, Ray Leonard, commented, “I would like to thank all investors who participated in the Offering. This capital will be used to fund various activities related to the preparation for the drilling of the Fatala well. We believe this new capital raise will provide confidence to our business partners and the Guinea Government in Hyperdynamics’s commitment to the project objectives.”

 

Katalyst Securities acted as placement agent for the Offering, on a reasonable best efforts basis.

 

Summary of Key Terms

 

·                   Investors in the Offering will have an option to purchase their pro rata share of up to an aggregate of $3,000,000 in additional Units following the effective date of the registration statement referred to below.

 

·                   Cumulative dividends are payable on the Stated Value of the Series A Preferred Stock at the rate of 1% per annum, payable in our Common Stock upon conversion or in cash in the case of a redemption.

 

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·                   Shares of Series A Preferred Stock are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, in cash, at a price per share equal to 115% of the Stated Value plus 115% of accrued but unpaid dividends.

 

·                   In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive an amount equal to 115% of the Stated Value plus any accrued but unpaid dividends.

 

·                   The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of registering the resale by the investors of the shares of Common Stock resulting from the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and the exercise of the warrants.

 

·                   The Series A Preferred Stock is convertible in whole or in part, into shares of our Common Stock at any time after the earlier of (i) the date such registration statement is declared effective or (ii) six months after the closing date.  If no conversion has taken place within 9 months of the closing date, the Series A Preferred Stock, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends, will automatically convert into shares of Common Stock.  The conversion price is the lesser of (i) $2.75 per share; or (ii) 80% of the lowest closing price during 21 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately prior to the conversion date, subject to a floor of $0.25 per share, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances.

 

·                   Except in certain limited circumstances affecting the rights of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock or as required by law, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not have voting rights.

 

·                   The Company has agreed that until the date that is 12 months following the closing date, it will not create or allow to be created any security interest, lien, charge or other encumbrance on any of its or any of its subsidiaries’ rights under or interests in the Hydrocarbon Production Sharing Contract between SCS Corporation Ltd. and the Republic of Guinea, that secures the repayment of indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for money borrowed.

 

The offer and sale of the foregoing securities was made in a transaction not involving a public offering and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or applicable state securities laws. The Offering was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D thereunder. The Units were sold to “accredited investors,” as defined in Regulation D.  Accordingly, the securities may not be reoffered or resold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws.

 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state.

 

About Hyperdynamics

 

Hyperdynamics is an emerging independent oil and gas exploration company that is exploring for oil and gas offshore the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. To find out more, visit our website at www.hyperdynamics.com.

 



 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Statements in this press release that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements that are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should,” “will,” “would” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.  Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated, including, without limitation, our ability to raise additional funding as required to execute our exploration and development program, our dependence on a single exploration asset, our lack proved reserves, our lack of operating revenue, dependence on joint development partners, the high operating risks of developing oil and gas resources, weather conditions and natural disasters, political conditions in the regions in which we operate or propose to operate, fluctuations in prices of oil and natural gas, the threat of terrorism, and general economic conditions.  These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Investors should the carefully review the risk factor disclosure and other information, including the Company’s financial statements and the notes thereto, set forth in the reports and other documents the Company files with the SEC available at www.sec.gov.

 

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