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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) October 15, 2021 (October 13, 2021)

 

American Noble Gas, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-17204   20-3126437

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

15612 College Blvd.

Lenexa, KS 66219

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (913) 948-9512

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of exchange on which registered
   

 

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):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 
 

 

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

 

Effective as of 5:44 p.m. Eastern Time on October 14, 2021, Infinity Energy Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) changed its name to “American Noble Gas, Inc.” pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (as amended to date, the “Charter”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

Also, effective October 14, 2021, the Company amended and restated its Bylaws to reflect the change of its name described above.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the amendments to the Company’s Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws are not complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the descriptions of the additional changes to the Company’s Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws which were approved in the annual meeting of shareholders discussed in Item 5.07 below, together with the Articles of Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, a composite copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, a marked copy of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws indicating changes made to this document, as it existed immediately prior to the adoption of the amendment, is attached as Exhibit 3.3, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Company held its annual meeting of the shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. There were 13,222,427 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting approximately 58.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on August 24, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), and establishing a quorum. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of such voting are set forth below.

 

Proposal One: Election of Three Directors of the Company;

 

Name   Votes
For
    Votes
Withheld
    Broker
Non-Votes
 
Stanton E. Ross     12,224,764       35,141       962,522  
Leroy C. Richie     12,238,967       20,938       962,522  
Daniel F. Hutchins     12,242,206       17,699       962,522  

 

All nominees were duly elected.

 

Proposal Two: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, removing the provision providing that any action taken by the stockholders by written consent in lieu of a meeting requires that all of the Company’s stockholders entitled to vote on such action consent in writing thereto (the “Stockholder Written Consent Amendment Proposal”);

 

Votes
For
    Votes
Against/
Withheld
    Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
  12,216,109       43,084       712       962,522  

 

The Stockholder Written Consent Amendment Proposal was approved.

 

Proposal Three: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, increasing the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from 75,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares (the “Share Increase Proposal”);

 

Votes
For
    Votes
Against/
Withheld
    Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
  12,917,630       301,973       2,824       -0-  

 

The Share Increase Proposal was approved.

 

Proposal Four: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, changing the Company’s name to American Noble Gas, Inc. (the “Name Change Proposal”);

 

Votes
For
    Votes
Against/
Withheld
    Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
  13,091,528       24,784       106,115       -0-  

 

 
 

 

The Name Change Proposal was approved.

 

Proposal Five: Approval of the adoption of the Company’s 2021 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2021 Plan Proposal”);

 

Votes
For
    Votes
Against/
Withheld
    Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
  12,202,595       36,548       20,762       962,522  

 

The appointment of RBSM LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified.

 

Proposal Six: Ratification of the appointment of RBSM LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021;

 

Votes
For
    Votes
Against/
Withheld
    Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
  12,726,423       495,894       110       -0-  

 

The appointment of RBSM LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified.

 

Proposal Seven: Approval of a non-binding advisory proposal to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers (the “Say-on-Pay Proposal”);

 

Votes
For
    Votes
Against/
Withheld
    Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
  12,201,633       42,018       16,254       962,522  

 

The non-binding Say-on-Pay Proposal was approved.

 

Proposal Eight: Approval of a non-binding advisory proposal on the frequency of the stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation (the “Say-on-Pay Frequency Proposal”);

 

Votes For
One-Year
    Votes For Every
Two-years
    Votes For Every
Three years
    Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
  138,112       1,169,160       10,940,933       11,700       962,522  

 

The non-binding Say-on-Pay Frequency proposal for every three years was approved.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On October 13, 2021, the Company changed the address of its principal executive office to 15612 College Blvd., Lenexa, Kansas 66219.

 

Item 9.01 Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
Exhibit 3.1   Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Infinity Energy Resources, Inc. (Filed herewith.)
Exhibit 3.2   Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted effective October 14, 2021 (Filed herewith.)
Exhibit 3.3   Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted effective October 14, 2021. (marked copy) (Filed herewith.)
Exhibit 10.1   2021 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan. (Filed herewith.)

 

 
 

 

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.

 

Date: October 15, 2021 American Noble Gas, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Stanton E. Ross
  Name: Stanton E. Ross
  Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

INFINITY ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

 

Infinity Energy Resources, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation incorporated under and by virtue of the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL” does hereby certify that:

 

FIRST: Article 1 of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“The name of the corporation is American Noble Gas, Inc. (the “Company”)”

 

SECOND: Section 4.1(a) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(a) The total number of shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, the Company is authorized to issue is 500,000,000.”

 

THIRD: Article 7, Section 7.2 of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, is stricken and is hereby deleted in its entirety.

 

FOURTH: The holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation have voted in favor of the aforesaid amendments at an annual meeting of said Corporation’s stockholders duly called and held upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the DGCL.

 

FIFTH: The aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment of this 14th day of October, 2021.

 

  /s/ Stanton E. Ross
  Stanton E. Ross
  Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, INC.

 

As Amended and Restated October 14, 2021

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1

 

OFFICES

 

The registered office of American Noble Gas, Inc. (the “Company”) in the State of Delaware will be as provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Incorporation”). The Company will have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting will be held on the date and at the time fixed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

2.2 Special Meetings. Except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders may be called by those persons specified in the Certificate of Incorporation and shall be called by the Secretary of the Company upon the written request of stockholders owning of record 25% or more of the capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. Any such written request shall set forth the purpose of the proposed meeting and shall include all relevant information contemplated by Section 2.5. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to those matters properly set forth in the written request and as to which all information required pursuant to Section 2.5 has been timely provided.

 

2.3 Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, will be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, either personally or by mail, prepaid telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, cablegram or overnight courier, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice will be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the stock records of the Company.

 

 

 

 

2.4 Waiver. Attendance of a stockholder of the Company, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting, whether annual or special, will constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A written waiver of notice of any such meeting signed by a stockholder or stockholders entitled to such notice, whether before, at or after the time for notice or the time of the meeting, will be equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purposes of, any meeting need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

 

2.5 Notice of Business to be Transacted at Meetings of Stockholders. No business may be transacted at any meeting of stockholders, including the nomination or election of persons to the Board of Directors, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) with respect to an annual meeting or a special meeting called by any of the persons specified in Section 7.1 of the Certificate of Incorporation, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by any stockholder of the Company (1) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.5 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (2) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before a meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Company.

 

(a) To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Company not less than ninety days nor more than one hundred twenty days prior to the date of the meeting; provided, however, that (1) in the event that public disclosure of the date of the meeting is first made less than one hundred days prior to the date of the meeting, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public disclosure of the date of the meeting was made and (2) the foregoing notwithstanding, with respect to a special meeting called at the written request of stockholders pursuant to Section 2.2, any notice submitted by a stockholder making the request must be provided simultaneously with such request.

 

(b) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary regarding any business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Company which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such business before the meeting.

 

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(c) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary regarding nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must set forth (a) as to each proposed nominee, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Company which are owned beneficially or of record by the nominee and (iv) any other information relating to the nominee that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice, (i) the name and record address of such stockholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Company which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (v) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

 

(d) No business shall be conducted at any meeting of stockholders, and no person nominated by a stockholder shall be eligible for election as a director, unless proper notice was given with respect to the proposed action in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. Determinations of the chairman of the meeting as to whether those procedures were complied with in a particular case shall be final and binding.

 

2.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the holders of not less than a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, present in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum, and the act of the majority of such quorum will be deemed the act of the stockholders, except with respect to the election of directors. If a quorum is not present at any meeting, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice if the time and place are announced at the meeting, until a quorum will be present. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting will be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

2.7 Procedure. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at every meeting of the stockholders may be determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall be the chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his or her absence, the most senior officer of the Company present at the meeting.

 

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2.8 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is (i) signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and (ii) delivered to the Company in accordance with Section 228(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

(b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered to the Company, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Company in the manner prescribed in this Section 2.8(b). A telegram, cablegram, electronic mail or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for purposes of this Section to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(l) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

(c) Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

 

(d) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing (including by electronic mail or other electronic transmission as permitted by law). If the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the General Corporation Law of Delaware if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders, that written notice and written consent have been given as provided in Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Number. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors will be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

3.2 Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of the stockholders, provided a quorum is present, and no notice of such meeting will be necessary in order to legally constitute the meeting. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors will be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

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3.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time, at any place and for any purpose by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, or by a majority of the Board of Directors.

 

3.4 Notice of Meetings. Notice of regular meetings of the Board of Directors need not be given. Notice of every special meeting of the Board of Directors will be given to each director at his usual place of business or at such other address as will have been furnished by him for such purpose. Such notice will be properly and timely given if it is (a) deposited in the United States mail not later than the third calendar day preceding the date of the meeting or (b) personally delivered, telegraphed, sent by facsimile transmission or communicated by telephone at least twenty-four hours before the time of the meeting. Such notice need not include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any such meeting.

 

3.5 Waiver. Attendance of a director at a meeting of the Board of Directors will constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A written waiver of notice signed by a director or directors entitled to such notice, whether before, at, or after the time for notice or the time of the meeting, will be equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

3.6 Quorum. Except as may be otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the presence of a majority of the directors then in office will be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, and the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be deemed the act of the Board of Directors. Less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting of the Board of Directors from time to time without notice.

 

3.7 Participation in Meetings by Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation will constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

3.8 Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee. Any such consent may be in counterparts and will be effective on the date of the last signature thereon unless otherwise provided therein.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COMMITTEES

 

4.1 Designation of Committees. The Board of Directors may establish committees for the performance of delegated or designated functions to the extent permitted by law, each committee to consist of one or more directors of the Company. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member.

 

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4.2 Committee Powers and Authority. Except to the extent otherwise required by law, the Board of Directors may provide, by resolution or by amendment to these bylaws, that a committee may exercise all the power and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1 Number. The officers of the Company will be appointed or elected by the Board of Directors. The officers will be a chief executive officer, a president, such number, if any, of executive vice presidents as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, such number, if any, of vice presidents as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, a secretary, such number, if any, of assistant secretaries as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and a treasurer. Any person may hold two or more offices at the same time.

 

5.2 Additional Officers. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it may deem appropriate.

 

5.3 Term of Office; Resignation. All officers, agents and employees of the Company will hold their respective offices or positions at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors with or without cause. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his resignation to the chief executive officer, the president, or to the secretary, and acceptance of such resignation will not be necessary to make it effective unless the notice so provides. Any vacancy occurring in any office will be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

5.4 Duties. The officers of the Company will perform the duties and exercise the powers as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Directors or the president and chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

6.1 Certificates. The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of stock in certificated or uncertificated form. Each stockholder of the Company, upon written request, will be entitled to a certificate or certificates signed by or in the name of the Company by (a) the chief executive officer or the president and (b) the secretary or an assistant secretary, certifying the number of shares of stock of the Company owned by such stockholder. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.

 

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6.2 Registered Stockholders. The Company will be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock of the Company as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, will not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it has actual or other notice thereof, except as provided by law.

 

6.3 Cancellation of Certificates. All certificates surrendered to the Company will be canceled and, except in the case of lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, no new certificates will be issued until the former certificate or certificates for the same number of shares of the same class of stock have been surrendered and canceled.

 

6.4 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact in a form acceptable to the Board of Directors by the person claiming the certificate or certificates to be lost, stolen or destroyed. In its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance of any such new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may require that the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or such person’s legal representative, give the Company and its transfer agent or agents, registrar or registrars a bond in such form and amount as the Board of Directors may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Company and its transfer agent or agents, registrar or registrars on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

7.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year for the Company will end on the 31st of December of each year.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

AMENDMENTS

 

8.1 Amendments. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting of the stockholders duly called for that purpose by a majority vote of the shares represented and entitled to vote at such meeting. Subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation and these bylaws, the Board of Directors may amend these bylaws or enact such other bylaws as in their judgment may be advisable for the regulation of the conduct of the affairs of the Company.

 

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Exhibit 3.3

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

INFINITY ENERGY RESOURCESAMERICAN NOBLE GAS, INC.

 

Adopted April 29, 2005As Amended and Restated October 14, 2021

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1

 

OFFICES

 

The registered office of Infinity Energy ResourcesAmerican Noble Gas, Inc. (the “Company”) in the State of Delaware will be as provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Incorporation”). The Company will have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting will be held on the date and at the time fixed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

2.2 Special Meetings. Except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders may be called by those persons specified in the Certificate of Incorporation and shall be called by the Secretary of the Company upon the written request of stockholders owning of record 25% or more of the capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. Any such written request shall set forth the purpose of the proposed meeting and shall include all relevant information contemplated by Section 2.5. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to those matters properly set forth in the written request and as to which all information required pursuant to Section 2.5 has been timely provided.

 

2.3 Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, will be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, either personally or by mail, prepaid telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, cablegram or overnight courier, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice will be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the stock records of the Company.

 

 

 

 

2.4 Waiver. Attendance of a stockholder of the Company, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting, whether annual or special, will constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A written waiver of notice of any such meeting signed by a stockholder or stockholders entitled to such notice, whether before, at or after the time for notice or the time of the meeting, will be equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purposes of, any meeting need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

 

2.5 Notice of Business to be Transacted at Meetings of Stockholders. No business may be transacted at any meeting of stockholders, including the nomination or election of persons to the Board of Directors, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) with respect to an annual meeting or a special meeting called by any of the persons specified in Section 7.1 of the Certificate of Incorporation, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation Company (1) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.5 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (2) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before a meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the CorporationCompany.

 

(a) To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation Company not less than ninety days nor more than one hundred twenty days prior to the date of the meeting; provided, however, that (1) in the event that public disclosure of the date of the meeting is first made less than one hundred days prior to the date of the meeting, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public disclosure of the date of the meeting was made and (2) the foregoing notwithstanding, with respect to a special meeting called at the written request of stockholders pursuant to Section 2.2, any notice submitted by a stockholder making the request must be provided simultaneously with such request.

 

(b) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary regarding any business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation Company which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such business before the meeting.

 

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(c) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary regarding nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must set forth (a) as to each proposed nominee, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation Company which are owned beneficially or of record by the nominee and (iv) any other information relating to the nominee that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice, (i) the name and record address of such stockholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation Company which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (v) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

 

(d) No business shall be conducted at any meeting of stockholders, and no person nominated by a stockholder shall be eligible for election as a director, unless proper notice was given with respect to the proposed action in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. Determinations of the chairman of the meeting as to whether those procedures were complied with in a particular case shall be final and binding.

 

2.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the holders of not less than a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, present in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum, and the act of the majority of such quorum will be deemed the act of the stockholders, except with respect to the election of directors. If a quorum is not present at any meeting, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice if the time and place are announced at the meeting, until a quorum will be present. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting will be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

2.7 Procedure. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at every meeting of the stockholders may be determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall be the chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his or her absence, the most senior officer of the Company present at the meeting.

 

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2.8 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is (i) signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and (ii) delivered to the Company in accordance with Section 228(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

(b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered to the Company, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Company in the manner prescribed in this Section 2.8(b). A telegram, cablegram, electronic mail or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for purposes of this Section to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(l) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

(c) Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

 

(d) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing (including by electronic mail or other electronic transmission as permitted by law). If the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the General Corporation Law of Delaware if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders, that written notice and written consent have been given as provided in Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Number. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors will be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

3.2 Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of the stockholders, provided a quorum is present, and no notice of such meeting will be necessary in order to legally constitute the meeting. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors will be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

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3.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time, at any place and for any purpose by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, or by a majority of the Board of Directors.

 

3.4 Notice of Meetings. Notice of regular meetings of the Board of Directors need not be given. Notice of every special meeting of the Board of Directors will be given to each director at his usual place of business or at such other address as will have been furnished by him for such purpose. Such notice will be properly and timely given if it is (a) deposited in the United States mail not later than the third calendar day preceding the date of the meeting or (b) personally delivered, telegraphed, sent by facsimile transmission or communicated by telephone at least twenty-four hours before the time of the meeting. Such notice need not include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any such meeting.

 

3.5 Waiver. Attendance of a director at a meeting of the Board of Directors will constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A written waiver of notice signed by a director or directors entitled to such notice, whether before, at, or after the time for notice or the time of the meeting, will be equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

3.6 Quorum. Except as may be otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the presence of a majority of the directors then in office will be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, and the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be deemed the act of the Board of Directors. Less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting of the Board of Directors from time to time without notice.

 

3.7 Participation in Meetings by Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation will constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

3.8 Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee. Any such consent may be in counterparts and will be effective on the date of the last signature thereon unless otherwise provided therein.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COMMITTEES

 

4.1 Designation of Committees. The Board of Directors may establish committees for the performance of delegated or designated functions to the extent permitted by law, each committee to consist of one or more directors of the Company. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member.

 

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4.2 Committee Powers and Authority. Except to the extent otherwise required by law, the Board of Directors may provide, by resolution or by amendment to these bylaws, that a committee may exercise all the power and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1 Number. The officers of the Company will be appointed or elected by the Board of Directors. The officers will be a chief executive officer, a president, such number, if any, of executive vice presidents as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, such number, if any, of vice presidents as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, a secretary, such number, if any, of assistant secretaries as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and a treasurer. Any person may hold two or more offices at the same time.

 

5.2 Additional Officers. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it may deem appropriate.

 

5.3 Term of Office; Resignation. All officers, agents and employees of the Company will hold their respective offices or positions at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors with or without cause. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his resignation to the chief executive officer, the president, or to the secretary, and acceptance of such resignation will not be necessary to make it effective unless the notice so provides. Any vacancy occurring in any office will be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

5.4 Duties. The officers of the Company will perform the duties and exercise the powers as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Directors or the president and chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

6.1 Certificates. The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of stock in certificated or uncertificated form. Each stockholder of the Company, upon written request, will be entitled to a certificate or certificates signed by or in the name of the Company by (a) the chief executive officer or the president and (b) the secretary or an assistant secretary, certifying the number of shares of stock of the Company owned by such stockholder. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.

 

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6.2 Registered Stockholders. The Company will be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock of the Company as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, will not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it has actual or other notice thereof, except as provided by law.

 

6.3 Cancellation of Certificates. All certificates surrendered to the Company will be canceled and, except in the case of lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, no new certificates will be issued until the former certificate or certificates for the same number of shares of the same class of stock have been surrendered and canceled.

 

6.4 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact in a form acceptable to the Board of Directors by the person claiming the certificate or certificates to be lost, stolen or destroyed. In its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance of any such new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may require that the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or such person’s legal representative, give the Company and its transfer agent or agents, registrar or registrars a bond in such form and amount as the Board of Directors may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Company and its transfer agent or agents, registrar or registrars on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

7.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year for the Company will end on the 31st of December of each year.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

AMENDMENTS

 

8.1 Amendments. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting of the stockholders duly called for that purpose by a majority vote of the shares represented and entitled to vote at such meeting. Subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation and these bylaws, the Board of Directors may amend these bylaws or enact such other bylaws as in their judgment may be advisable for the regulation of the conduct of the affairs of the Company.

 

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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

American Noble Gas, Inc.

2021 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan

 

1. Purposes.

 

(a) Background. This 2021 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan was adopted on August 14, 2021 by the Board of Directors, subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders. Options granted under the Plan prior to the stockholders’ approval will be effective upon approval of the stockholders as of their respective dates of grant.

 

(b) Eligible Award Recipients. The persons eligible to receive Awards are all employees (including executive officers) and directors of the Company or any of its affiliates, as well as consultants, professionals and service providers who provide services to the Company are eligible to participate in the 2021 Plan.

 

(c) Available Awards. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible recipients may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of the following: (i) Incentive Stock Options, (ii) Nonqualified Stock Options, and (iii) rights to acquire restricted stock.

 

(d) General Purpose. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of the group of persons eligible to receive Awards, to secure and retain the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

2. Definitions.

 

(a) “Affiliatemeans any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company.

 

(b) “Awardmeans any right granted under the Plan, including an Option, and a right to acquire restricted Common Stock.

 

(c) “Award Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of an Award (other than an Option) evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Award grant.

 

(d) “Boardmeans the board of directors of the Company.

 

(e) “Codemeans the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(f) “Committeemeans a pre-existing or newly formed committee of members of the Board appointed by the Board in accordance with subsection 3(c).

 

(g) “Common Stock means the shares of the Company’s common stock par value $0.001 and other rights with respect to such shares.

 

(h) “Companymeans American Noble Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(i) “Continuous Service means that the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee or Director is not interrupted or terminated. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or Option Agreement, as applicable, the Participant’s Continuous Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee or Director or a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee or Director. The Board, in its sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave.

 

 
 

 

(j) “Covered Employee means the Company’s chief executive officer and the four (4) other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under the Exchange Act, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(k) “Directormeans a member of the Board of the Company.

 

(l) “Disabilitymeans the Participant’s inability, due to illness, accident, injury, physical or mental incapacity or other disability, to carry out effectively the duties and obligations to the Company and its Affiliates performed by such person immediately prior to such disability for a period of at least six (6) months, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Board.

 

(m) “Dollarsor $ means United States dollars.

 

(n) “Employeemeans any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. Service as a Director or payment of a director’s fee by the Company or an Affiliate alone shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(o) “Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(p) “Fair Market Value means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange, or traded on the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market or the OTCQB or other public marketplace, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in Common Stock if such stock is traded on more than one such exchange or market) on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported by such exchange or market or such other source as the Board reasonably deems reliable.

 

(ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

(q) “Incentive Stock Option means an option designated as an incentive stock option in an Option Agreement and that is granted in accordance with the requirements of, and that conforms to the applicable provisions of, Section 422 of the Code.

 

(r) “Independent Director means (i) a Director who satisfies the definition of Independent Director or similar definition under the applicable stock exchange or Nasdaq rules and regulations upon which the Common Stock is traded from time to time and (ii) a Director who either (A) is not a current employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), was not an officer of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” at any time and is not currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an “affiliated corporation” for services in any capacity other than as a Director or (B) is otherwise considered an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(s) “Nonqualified Stock Option means an option that is not designated in an Option Agreement as an Incentive Stock Option or was not granted in accordance with the requirements of, and does not conform to the applicable provisions of, Section 422 of the Code.

 

(t) “Officermeans a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(u) “Optionmeans an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(v) “Option Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant.

 

 
 

 

(w) “Optionholdermeans a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.

 

(x) “Participantmeans a person to whom an Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Award.

 

(y) “Planmeans this American Noble Gas, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.

 

(z) “Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.

 

(aa) “Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(bb) “Ten Percent Stockholder means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent corporation or any subsidiary corporation, both as defined in Section 424 of the Code.

 

3. Administration.

 

(a) Administration by Board. The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in subsection 3(c). The Board may, at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion, rescind some or all of such delegation.

 

(b) Powers of Board. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(i) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Awards; when and how each Award shall be granted; what type or combination of types of Award shall be granted; the provisions of each Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Common Stock pursuant to an Award; and the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which an Award shall be granted to each such person.

 

(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan, Awards granted under it, Option Agreements and Award Agreements, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for their administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Option Agreement or Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

 

(iii) To amend the Plan, an Award, an Award Agreement or an Option Agreement as provided in Section 12, provided that, the Board shall not amend the Fair Market Value of an Award or extend the term of an Option or Award without obtaining the approval of the stockholders if required by the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed.

 

(iv) To reprice any Options granted under the Plan by lowering the exercise price of an Option after it is granted, canceling an Option at a time when its exercise price exceeds the Fair Market Value of the stock underlying the Option, in exchange for another Option or Award, as well as any other action that is treated as a repricing under generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(v) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.

 

 
 

 

(c) Delegation to Committee.

 

(i) General. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan and its powers and duties thereunder to a Committee or Committees, and the term “Committee” shall apply to any person or persons to whom such authority has been delegated. Upon such delegation, the Committee shall have the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be deemed to include the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under this Plan, except respecting matters under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or Section 162(m) of the Code, or any rules or regulations issued thereunder, which are required to be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.

 

(ii) Committee Composition. A Committee shall consist solely of two (2) or more Independent Directors. Within the scope of its authority, the Board or the Committee may (1) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Independent Directors the authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are either (a) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Award or (b) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or (2) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Independent Directors or to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer the authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(d) Effect of Board’s Decision; No Liability. All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith shall not be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons. No member of the Board or the Committee or any person to whom duties hereunder have been delegated shall be liable for any action, interpretation or determination made in good faith, and such persons shall be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement consistent with applicable law and in the manner provided in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as the same may be amended from time to time, or as otherwise provided in any agreement between any such member and the Company.

 

4. Stock Subject to the Plan.

 

(a) Stock Reserve. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards shall not exceed in the aggregate five million (5,000,000) shares of Common Stock.

 

(b) Reversion of Stock to the Stock Reserve. If any Award shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under such Award shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

 

(c) Source of Stock. The Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued stock or reacquired stock, bought on the market or otherwise.

 

5. Eligibility.

 

(a) Eligibility for Specific Awards. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees and Directors.

 

(b) Ten Percent Stockholders. A Ten Percent Stockholder shall not be granted an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant.

 

6. Option Provisions.

 

Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan. Each Option and Option Agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options at the time of grant, and, if certificates are issued, a separate certificate or certificates will be issued for the shares of Common Stock purchased on exercise of each type of Option. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical.

 

 
 

 

(a) Provisions Applicable to All Options.

 

(i) Consideration. The purchase price of the shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid as follows: (a) in cash or by certified or official bank check, payable to the order of the Company, in the amount (the “Purchase Price”) equal to the exercise price of the Option multiplied by the number of shares plus payment of all taxes applicable upon such exercise; (b) with shares owned by the Optionholder having a Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised equal to the Purchase Price plus payment in cash of all taxes applicable upon such exercise, with the prior approval of the Board; (c) by surrendering to the Company the right to acquire a number of shares having an aggregate value such that the amount by which the Fair Market Value of such shares exceeds the aggregate exercise price is equal to the Purchase Price plus payment in cash of all taxes applicable upon such exercise, with the prior approval of the Board; (d) any combination of the foregoing; or (e) a manner acceptable to the Board.

 

(ii) Vesting Generally. An Option may (A) vest, and therefore become exercisable, in periodic installments that may, but need not, be equal, or (B) be fully vested at the time of grant. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions, if any, of individual Options may vary. The provisions of this subsection 6(a)(ii) are subject to any Option Agreement provisions governing the minimum number of Common Stock as to which an Option may be exercised.

 

(iii) Termination of Continuous Service. Unless otherwise provided in the Option Agreement, in the event an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionholder’s death, Disability, retirement or as a result of a Change of Control), all Options held by the Optionholder shall immediately terminate; provided, however, that an Option Agreement may provide that if an Optionholder’s Continuous Service is terminated for reasons other than for cause, all vested Options held by such person shall continue to be exercisable until the earlier of the expiration date of such Option or ninety (90) days after the date of such termination. All such vested Options not exercised within the period described in the preceding sentence shall terminate.

 

(iv) Disability or Death of Optionholder. Unless otherwise provided in the Option Agreement, in the event of an Optionholder’s Disability or death, all unvested Options shall immediately terminate, and all vested Options held by such person shall continue to be exercisable for twelve months after the date of such Disability or death. All such vested Options not exercised within such twelve-month period shall terminate.

 

(v) Retirement. Unless otherwise provided in the Option Agreement, in the event of the Optionholder’s retirement, all unvested Options shall automatically vest on the date of such retirement and all Options shall be exercisable for the earlier of twelve (12) months after such retirement date or the expiration date of such Options. All such Options not exercised within the period described in the preceding sentence shall terminate.

 

(b) Provisions Applicable to Incentive Stock Options.

 

(i) Term. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, no Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was granted. Further, no grant of an Incentive Stock Option shall be made under this Plan more than ten (10) years after the date the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company.

 

(ii) Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, the exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted.

 

(iii) Transferability of an Incentive Stock Option. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder.

 

 
 

 

(iv) Incentive Stock Option $100,000 Limitation. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or an Option Agreement, the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an Optionholder in any calendar year, under the Plan or any other option plan of the Company or its Affiliates, shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). For this purpose, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be determined as of the time an Option is granted. The Options or portions thereof which exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options.

 

(c) Provisions Applicable to Nonqualified Stock Options.

 

(i) Exercise Price of a Nonqualified Stock Option. The exercise price of each Nonqualified Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted.

 

(ii) Transferability of a Nonqualified Stock Option. A Nonqualified Stock Option shall be transferable, if at all, to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the Option Agreement does not provide for transferability, then the Nonqualified Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder.

 

7. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS.

 

Each restricted stock Award agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such restrictions, terms and conditions, if any, as the Board shall deem appropriate and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan. The terms and conditions of restricted stock Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate restricted stock Award Agreements need not be identical, but each restricted stock Award Agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i) Consideration. A restricted stock Award may be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered, or for future services to be rendered, to the Company or an Affiliate for its benefit.

 

(ii) Vesting. Common Stock awarded under the restricted stock Award Agreement may (A) be subject to a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board or (B) be fully vested at the time of grant.

 

(iii) Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service. Unless otherwise provided in the restricted stock Award Agreement, in the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates prior to a vesting date set forth in the restricted stock Award Agreement, any unvested restricted stock Award shall be forfeited and automatically transferred to and reacquired by the Company at no cost to the Company, and neither the Participant nor his or her heirs, executors, administrators or successors shall have any right or interest in the restricted stock Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise provided in the restricted stock Award agreement, in the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of (A) being terminated by the Company for reasons other than for cause, (B) death, (C) Disability, (D) retirement, or (E) a Change of Control (subject to the provisions of Section 11(c) hereof), then any unvested restricted stock Award shall vest immediately upon such date. “Change of Control” shall mean one or more persons acting individually or as a group (i) acquires sufficient additional stock to constitute more than fifty percent (50%) of (A) the total fair market value of all Common Stock issued and outstanding or (B) the total voting power of all shares of capital stock authorized to vote for the election of directors; (ii) acquires, in a twelve (12) month period, thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the voting power of all shares of capital stock authorized to vote for the election of directors, or alternatively a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment was not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board; or (iii) acquires, during a twelve (12) month period, more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the Company’s assets. The foregoing shall not apply to (i) any transaction involving any stockholder that individually or as a group owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Common Stock on the date the 2021 Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders, until such time as such stockholder first owns less than forty percent (40%) of the total outstanding Common Stock, or (ii) any transaction undertaken for the purpose of reincorporating the Company under the laws of another jurisdiction, if such transaction does not materially affect the beneficial ownership of the Company’s capital stock.

 

(iv) Transferability. Rights to acquire Common Stock under the restricted stock Award Agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the restricted stock Award Agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the restricted stock Award Agreement remain subject to the terms of the restricted stock Award Agreement.

 

 
 

 

8. Availability of Stock.

 

Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 4(a), during the terms of the Awards, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such Awards.

 

9. Use of Proceeds from Stock.

 

Proceeds from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Awards shall constitute general funds of the Company.

 

10. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Exercise of Awards. Awards shall be exercisable at such times, or upon the occurrence of such event or events as the Board shall determine at or subsequent to grant. Awards may be exercised in whole or in part. Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of an Award shall be paid for in full at the time of such purchase.

 

(b) Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting. The Board shall have the power to accelerate the time at which an Award may first be exercised or the time during which an Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Award stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

 

(c) Stockholder Rights.

 

(i) Options. Unless otherwise provided in and upon the terms and conditions in the Option Agreement, no Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any Common Stock subject to an Option unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of, and has exercised, the Option pursuant to its terms.

 

(ii) Restricted Stock. Unless otherwise provided in and upon the terms and conditions in the restricted stock Award Agreement, the Recipient will have the right to vote the Shares and to receive any cash dividends. However, stock dividends, stock rights or others securities issued with respect to the Shares shall subject to the same restrictions as exist regarding the original Shares.

 

(d) No Employment or other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Award was granted, or any other capacity, or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate with or without notice and with or without cause (i) the employment of an Employee or an Affiliate or (ii) the service of a Director of the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(e) Withholding Obligations. If the Company has or will have a legal obligation to withhold the taxes related to the grant, vesting or exercise of the Award, such Award may not be granted, vested or exercised in whole or in part, unless such tax obligation is first satisfied in a manner satisfactory to the Company. To the extent provided by the terms of an Award Agreement or Option Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under an Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Participant by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment in Dollars; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold Common Stock from the Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant as a result of the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the Award, provided, however, that no shares of Common Stock are withheld with a value exceeding the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered Common Stock.

 

 
 

 

(f) Listing and Qualification of Stock. This Plan and the grant and exercise of Awards hereunder, and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Common Stock under such Awards, shall be subject to all applicable United States federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and any other laws applicable to the Company, and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required. The Company, in its discretion, may postpone the issuance or delivery of Common Stock upon any exercise of an Award until completion of any stock exchange listing, or the receipt of any required approval from any stock exchange or other qualification of such Common Stock under any United States federal or state law rule or regulation as the Company may consider appropriate, and may require any individual to whom an Award is granted, such individual’s beneficiary or legal representative, as applicable, to make such representations and furnish such information as the Board may consider necessary, desirable or advisable in connection with the issuance or delivery of the Common Stock in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

 

(g) Non-Uniform Determinations. The Board’s determinations under this Plan (including, without limitation, determinations of the persons to receive Awards, the form, term, provisions, amount and timing of the grant of such Awards and of the agreements evidencing the same) need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under this Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.

 

11. Adjustments Upon Changes in Stock.

 

(a) Capitalization Adjustments. If any change is made in the Common Stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Award, without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of stock, exchange of stock, change in corporate structure or other transaction), the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to subsection 4(a) and the maximum number of securities subject to award to any person pursuant to subsection 5(c), and the outstanding Awards will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and price per stock of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Awards. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction “without receipt of consideration” by the Company.)

 

(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then all outstanding Awards shall terminate immediately prior to such event.

 

(c) Asset Sale, Merger, Consolidation or Reverse Merger. In the event of a Change of Control (as defined below), any unvested Awards shall vest immediately prior to the closing of the Change of Control, and the Board shall have the power and discretion to provide for the Participant’s election alternatives regarding the terms and conditions for the exercise of, or modification of, any outstanding Awards granted hereunder, provided, however, such alternatives shall not affect the then current exercise provisions without such Participant’s consent. The Board may provide that Awards granted hereunder must be exercised in connection with the closing of such transaction, and that if not so exercised such Awards will expire. Any such determinations by the Board may be made generally with respect to all Participants, or may be made on a case-by-case basis with respect to particular Participants. For the purpose of this Plan, a “Change of Control” shall have occurred in the event one or more persons acting individually or as a group (i) acquires sufficient additional stock to constitute more than fifty percent (50%) of (A) the total Fair Market Value of all Common Stock issued and outstanding or (B) the total voting power of all shares of capital stock authorized to vote for the election of directors; (ii) acquires, in a twelve (12) month period, thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the voting power of all shares of capital stock authorized to vote for the election of directors, or alternatively a majority of the members of the board is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment was not endorsed by a majority of the members of the board; or (iii) acquires, during a twelve (12) month period, more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the Company’s assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 11(c) shall not apply to (i) any transaction involving any stockholder that individually or as a group owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Common Stock on the date this Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders, until such time as such stockholder first owns less than forty percent (40%) of the total outstanding Common Stock, or (ii) any transaction undertaken for the purpose of reincorporating the Company under the laws of another jurisdiction, if such transaction does not materially affect the beneficial ownership of the Company’s capital stock.

 

 
 

 

12. Amendment of the Plan and Awards.

 

(a) Amendment of Plan. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, Rule 16b-3 or any applicable Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements.

 

(b) Stockholder Approval. The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit any other amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers.

 

(c) Contemplated Amendments. It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith.

 

(d) No Impairment of Rights. Rights under any Award granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless the Participant consents in writing.

 

(e) Amendment of Awards. Subject to Section 3(b)(iii), the Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more Awards; provided, however, that the rights under any Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless the applicable Participant consents in writing.

 

13. Termination or Suspension of the Plan.

 

(a) Plan Term. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the stockholders of the Company. No Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

(b) No Impairment of Rights. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations under any Award granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the Participant.

 

(c) Savings Clause. This Plan is intended to comply in all aspects with applicable laws and regulations. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Plan shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under applicable law or regulation, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be deemed null and void; however, to the extent permissible by law, any provision which could be deemed null and void shall first be construed, interpreted or revised retroactively to permit this Plan to be construed in compliance with all applicable laws so as to foster the intent of this Plan.

 

14. Effective Date of Plan.

 

The Plan shall not become effective unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. No Awards may be grated before the effective date and no further Awards may be granted under the 2021 Plan after such date of termination. In addition, in the event that the stockholders of the Company do approve the 2021 Plan within twelve (12) months of such effective date, the 2021 Plan shall become void and of no force or effect. The Board may terminate, suspend or amend the Plan at any time without stockholder approval except to the extent that stockholder approval is required to satisfy applicable requirements imposed by (a) Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange or any successor rule or regulation; or (b) the rules of any exchange on or through which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or traded. If the 2021 Plan is terminated, whether by automatic termination on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary, or for any other reason provided under the 2021 Plan, notwithstanding such termination, all Awards granted prior to such termination shall continue until they are terminated by their respective terms.

 

15. Choice of Law.

 

The law of the state of Nevada shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to such state’s conflict of laws rules.

 

(The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors on August 14, 2021).