NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 (Unaudited)

NOTE 1 – GENERAL

Camber Energy, Inc. (“Camber” or the “Company”) is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, development, and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids from various known productive geological formations in Louisiana and Texas. Additionally, from the July 8, 2019 acquisition of Lineal Star Holdings, LLC (“Lineal”), until the divestiture of Lineal effective on December 31, 2019, each as discussed below, the Company, through Lineal, was involved in the oil and gas services industry.

On July 8, 2019, the Company acquired Lineal pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of the same date (the “Lineal Plan of Merger” and the merger contemplated therein, the “Lineal Merger” or the “Lineal Acquisition”), by and between Lineal, Camber, Camber Energy Merger Sub 2, Inc., Camber’s wholly-owned subsidiary, and the Members of Lineal (the “Lineal Members”). Lineal is a specialty construction and oil and gas services enterprise providing services to the energy industry. Pursuant to the Lineal Plan of Merger, Camber acquired 100% of the ownership of Lineal from the Lineal Members in consideration for newly issued shares of Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”) and Series F Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series F Preferred Stock”). See also “Note 11 – Lineal Merger Agreement and Divestiture”. On October 8, 2019, Lineal acquired an 80% interest in Evercon Energy LLC (“Evercon”). The acquisition required Lineal to assume certain liabilities and provide working capital for six months in the amount of $50,000 per month to Evercon. As part of the Lineal Divestiture, described below, Evercon was divested effective December 31, 2019.

On December 31, 2019, the Company entered into a Preferred Stock Redemption Agreement (the “Redemption Agreement”) by and between the Company and the prior owners of Lineal, whereby the Company redeemed the Company’s Series E and F Preferred Stock (the holders of such preferred stock, collectively, the “Preferred Holders”) issued in connection with the Lineal Merger. Pursuant to the Redemption Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2019, ownership of 100% of Lineal was transferred back to the Preferred Holders, and, all of the Series E Preferred Stock and Series F Preferred Stock of the Company outstanding were canceled through the redemption (the “Lineal Divestiture”). See also “Note 11 – Lineal Merger Agreement and Divestiture”.

Prior to the acquisition of Lineal, the Company sold a significant portion of its oil and gas production assets in Oklahoma to N&B Energy, LLC (“N&B Energy”) effective August 1, 2018. As part of the sale of its assets to N&B Energy, the Company also retained a 12.5% production payment (effective until a total of $2.5 million has been received) and a 3% overriding royalty interest, in its then existing Okfuskee County, Oklahoma assets; and an overriding royalty interest on certain other undeveloped leasehold interests, pursuant to an Assignment of Production Payment and Assignments of Overriding Royalty Interests. No payments were received in regard to any of the retained items noted above through September 30, 2020, and the filing date of these financial statements.

Camber retained its assets in Glasscock County and operated wells in Hutchinson County, Texas following the N&B Energy transaction until completion of the Settlement Agreement discussed below.

On January 31, 2020, the Company entered into a Compromise Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with PetroGlobe Energy Holdings, LLC (“PetroGlobe”), Signal Drilling, LLC (“Signal”), Petrolia Oil, LLC (“Petrolia”), Prairie Gas Company of Oklahoma, LLC (“PGCO”), and Canadian River Trading Company, LLC (“CRTC”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to pay PetroGlobe $250,000, of which $100,000 was due upon execution of the Settlement Agreement, which payment has been made, and $150,000 was paid to an escrow account, which was released by the Company upon the successful transfer of all wells and partnership interests of the Company’s prior wholly-owned subsidiary C E Energy LLC (“CE”) to PetroGlobe, which was completed on July 16, 2020. CE operates all of the wells and leases which we held prior to such transfer which are located in Hutchinson County, Texas. See also “Note 9 – Commitments and Contingencies” – “Legal Proceedings”.

On February 3, 2020, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Viking Energy Group, Inc. (“Viking”), which was amended and restated by an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into with Viking on August 31, 2020 (as amended to date, the “Merger Agreement”, and the merger contemplated therein, the “Merger”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), (a) each share of common stock of Viking (the “Viking Common Stock”)  issued and outstanding, other than certain shares owned by the Company, Viking and the subsidiary of the Company formed as part of the Merger (“Merger Sub”), will be converted into the right to receive the pro rata share (when including the Viking preferred stock conversion rights (defined below)) of 80% of the Company’s post-closing (excluding shares issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock of the Company)(the “exchange ratio”); and (b) each share of Viking preferred stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time will be converted into one share of Camber Series A Preferred Stock, which preferred stock will have the right to vote, and convert into, that number of shares of Camber common stock that its holder would have received in the Merger, had such holder fully converted the Viking preferred stock into Viking common stock immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Viking preferred stock conversion rights”).

Holders of Viking Common Stock will have any fractional shares of Company common stock after the Merger rounded up to the nearest whole share. The completion of the Merger is subject to certain closing conditions. A further requirement to the closing of the Merger was that the Company was required to have acquired 30% of Viking’s subsidiary Elysium Energy Holdings, LLC (“Elysium”) as part of a $9,200,000 investment in Viking’s Rule 506(c) offering, which transaction was completed on February 3, 2020 (25% and a $5 million investment) and June 22, 2020 (5% and a $4.2 million investment). See also “Note 5 – Plan of Merger and Investment In Unconsolidated Entity”.

On March 1, 2018, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Nevada to effect a 1-for-25 reverse stock split of all outstanding common stock shares of the Company. The reverse stock split was effective on March 5, 2018. The effect of the reverse stock split was to combine every 25 shares of outstanding common stock into one new share, with no change in authorized shares or par value per share. On December 20, 2018, the Company filed a Certificate of Change with the Secretary of State of Nevada to effect another 1-for-25 reverse stock split of the Company’s (a) authorized shares of common stock (from 500,000,000 shares to 20,000,000 shares); and (b) issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The reverse stock split was effective on December 24, 2018. The effect of the reverse stock split was to combine every 25 shares of outstanding common stock into one new share, with a proportionate 1-for-25 reduction in the Company’s authorized shares of common stock, but no change in the par value per share of the common stock. Effective on April 10, 2019, the Company filed, with the Secretary of State of Nevada, a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, from 20,000,000 shares to 250,000,000 shares. On July 3, 2019, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Nevada to effect another 1-for-25 reverse stock split of all outstanding common stock shares of the Company. The reverse stock split was effective on July 8, 2019. The effect of the reverse stock split was to combine every 25 shares of outstanding common stock into one new share, with no change in authorized shares (250,000,000 shares of common stock) or par value per share. On October 28, 2019, the Company filed a Certificate of Change with the Secretary of State of Nevada to effect a 1-for-50 reverse stock split of the Company’s (a) authorized shares of common stock (from 250,000,000 shares to 5,000,000 shares); and (b) issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The reverse stock split was effective on October 29, 2019. The effect of the reverse stock split was to combine every 50 shares of outstanding common stock into one new share, with a proportionate 1-for-50 reduction in the Company’s authorized shares of common stock, but with no change in the par value per share of the common stock. The result of the reverse stock split was to reduce, as of the effective date of the reverse stock split, the number of common stock shares outstanding from approximately 74.5 million shares to approximately 1.5 million shares (before rounding). Effective on April 16, 2020, Camber filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to increase its authorized shares of common stock to 25 million shares of common stock.

Proportional adjustments were made to the conversion and exercise prices of the Company’s outstanding convertible preferred stock, warrants, and stock options, and to the number of shares issued and issuable under the Company’s stock incentive plans in connection with each of the reverse splits described above. The reverse stock splits did not affect any stockholder’s ownership percentage of the Company’s common stock, except to the limited extent that the reverse stock splits resulted in any stockholder owning a fractional share. Fractional shares of common stock were rounded up to the nearest whole share based on each holder’s aggregate ownership of the Company. All issued and outstanding shares of common stock, conversion terms of preferred stock, options and warrants to purchase common stock and per share amounts contained in the financial statements, in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) TOPIC 4C, have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse splits for all periods presented.

A novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) was first identified in December 2019, and subsequently declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. As a result of the outbreak, many companies have experienced disruptions in their operations, workforce and markets served, including a significant reduction in the demand for petroleum-based products. The market for the Company’s oil and gas assets began being adversely impacted by the effects of COVID-19 in March of 2020 when circumstances surrounding, and responses to, the pandemic, including stay-at-home orders, began to materialize in North America. Due to the Company’s limited oil and gas production and the fact that all of the Company’s current properties are non-operated, the Company has yet to experience a significant adverse impact from COVID-19. However, the full extent of the COVID-19 outbreak and changes in demand for oil and the impact on the Company’s operations is uncertain. A prolonged disruption could have a material adverse impact on the financial results, assets (including requiring write-downs or impairments), and business operations of the Company.

NOTE 2 – LIQUIDITY AND GOING CONCERN CONSIDERATIONS

At September 30, 2020, the Company’s total current assets of $1.5 million were less than its total current liabilities of approximately $1.6 million, resulting in a working capital deficit of $0.1 million, while at March 31, 2020, the Company’s total current assets of $1.1 million were less than its total current liabilities of approximately $2.0 million, resulting in a working capital deficit of $0.9 million. The decrease in working capital deficit of $0.8 million is the result of the sale of the Series C Preferred Stock shares in June 2020.

Recent oil and gas price volatility as a result of geopolitical conditions and the global COVID-19 pandemic may have a negative impact on the Company’s financial position and results of operations. Negative impacts could include, but are not limited to, the Company’s inability to sell its oil and gas production, reduction in the selling price of the Company’s oil and gas, failure of a counterparty to make required payments, possible disruption of production as a result of worker illness or mandated production shutdowns or ‘stay-at-home’ orders, and access to new capital and financing.

The factors above raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue to operate as a going concern for the twelve months following the issuance of these financial statements. The Company believes that it may not have sufficient liquidity to meet its operating costs unless it can raise new funding, which may be through the sale of debt or equity or unless it closes the Viking Merger, which is the Company’s current plan, which Merger is anticipated to close in the first calendar quarter of 2021, and which required closing date is currently December 31, 2020. There is no guarantee though that the Viking Merger will be completed or other sources of funding will be available. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company has provided a discussion of significant accounting policies, estimates, and judgments in its March 31, 2020, Annual Report on Form 10-K. There have been no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies since March 31, 2020, which are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, operations, or cash flows.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Camber and all of its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable, net, include amounts due for oil and gas revenues from prior month production, accrued interest on the notes receivable due from Lineal and Viking and an estimate of amounts due from N&B Energy related to the September 2018 Asset Purchase Agreement entered into with N&B Energy. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the probable amount of credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable. At September 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, there were allowances for doubtful accounts of approximately $171,000 and $208,000, included in accounts receivable, and there were bad debts of $170,660 and $17,694, recognized for the six months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Notes Receivable

Notes receivable includes the $9,200,000, excluding adjustment for excess loss from equity method investment of $1,182,952, of notes from Viking as described in “Note 6 – Long-Term Notes Receivable” and “Note 5 – Plan of Merger and Investment In Unconsolidated Entity”, and two notes due from Lineal in the amounts of $1,539,719 and $800,000, respectively, net of reserves of $115,719 as more fully discussed in “Note 6 – Long-Term Notes Receivable” and “Note 11 – Lineal Merger Agreement and Divestiture”.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their useful lives. Amortization of the equipment under capital leases related to the Lineal operations was computed using the straight-line method over lives ranging from 3 to 5 years and is included in depreciation expense. Costs of maintenance and repairs were charged to expense when incurred.

Long-lived assets including intangible assets are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If an evaluation is required, the estimated future undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset are compared to the assets carrying amount to determine if an impairment of such asset is necessary. This evaluation, as well as an evaluation of our intangible assets, requires the Company to make long-term forecasts of the future revenues and costs related to the assets subject to review. Forecasts require assumptions about demand for the Company’s services and future market conditions. Estimating future cash flows requires significant judgment, and the Company’s projections may vary from the cash flows eventually realized. Future events and unanticipated changes to assumptions could require a provision for impairment in a future period. The effect of any impairment would be to expense the difference between the fair value (less selling costs) of such asset and its carrying value. Such an expense would be reflected in earnings. No impairments were deemed necessary for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

The Company accounts for its investment in unconsolidated entities under the equity method of accounting when it owns less than 50% of a controlling interest and cannot exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the entity. The investment is adjusted accordingly for dividends or distributions it receives and its proportionate share of earnings or losses of the entity. The current investment in unconsolidated entities is a 30% (25% from February 3, 2020, to June 25, 2020) interest in Elysium Energy Holdings, LLC, which, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elysium Energy, LLC, is involved in oil and gas exploration and production in the United States. The balance sheet of Elysium Holdings, LLC at September 30, 2020, included current assets of $2.3 million, total assets of $30.8 million, total liabilities of $34.9 million, and net liabilities of $(4.1) million. The balance sheet of Elysium Energy Holdings, LLC at March 31, 2020, included current assets of $4.0 million, total assets of $37.7 million, total liabilities of $34.0 million, and net assets of $3.7 million. The income statement of Elysium Energy Holdings, LLC for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, included total revenues of $4.0 million and $7.8 million and a net loss of $3.2 million and $7.5 million, respectively. See also “Note 5 – Plan of Merger and Investment In Unconsolidated Entity”.

Revenue Recognition 

Exploration and Production Revenue

The Company’s revenue for its exploration and production operations are comprised entirely of revenue from exploration and production activities. The Company’s oil is sold primarily to marketers, gatherers, and refiners. Natural gas is sold primarily to interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines, direct end-users, industrial users, local distribution companies, and natural gas marketers. Natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) are sold primarily to direct end-users, refiners, and marketers. Payment is generally received from the customer in the month following delivery.

Contracts with customers have varying terms, including month-to-month contracts, and contracts with a finite term. The Company recognizes sales revenues for oil, natural gas, and NGLs based on the amount of each product sold to a customer when control transfers to the customer. Generally, control transfers at the time of delivery to the customer at a pipeline interconnect, the tailgate of a processing facility, or as a tanker lifting is completed. Revenue is measured based on the contract price, which may be index-based or fixed, and may include adjustments for market differentials and downstream costs incurred by the customer, including gathering, transportation, and fuel costs.

Revenues are recognized for the sale of the Company’s net share of production volumes. Sales on behalf of other working interest owners and royalty interest owners are not recognized as revenues.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. It defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

As of September 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, the significant inputs to the Company’s derivative liability and mezzanine equity calculations were Level 3 inputs.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

The Company does not believe that any recently issued effective pronouncements, or pronouncements issued but not yet effective, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated all transactions through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued for subsequent event disclosure consideration. 

NOTE 4 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Oil and Gas Properties

Camber uses the full cost method of accounting for oil and natural gas producing activities. Costs to acquire mineral interests in oil and natural gas properties, to drill and equip exploratory wells used to find proved reserves, and to drill and equip development wells including directly related overhead costs and related asset retirement costs are capitalized.

Under this method, all costs, including internal costs directly related to acquisition, exploration, and development activities are capitalized as oil and natural gas property costs on a country-by-country basis. Costs not subject to amortization consist of unproved properties that are evaluated on a property-by-property basis. Amortization of these unproved property costs begins when the properties become proved or their values become impaired. Camber assesses overall values of unproved properties, if any, on at least an annual basis or when there has been an indication that impairment in value may have occurred. Impairment of unproved properties is assessed based on management’s intention with regard to the future development of individually significant properties and the ability of Camber to obtain funds to finance its programs. If the results of an assessment indicate that the properties are impaired, the amount of the impairment is added to the capitalized costs to be amortized.

Sales of oil and natural gas properties are accounted for as adjustments to the net full cost pool with no gain or loss recognized unless the adjustment would significantly alter the relationship between capitalized costs and proved reserves. If it is determined that the relationship is significantly altered, the corresponding gain or loss will be recognized in the statements of operations.

Costs of oil and natural gas properties are amortized using the units of production method. Amortization expense calculated per equivalent physical unit of production amounted to $0.57 and $0.95 per barrel of oil equivalent for the six months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

All of Camber’s oil and natural gas properties are located in the United States. Costs being amortized at September 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, are as follows:

Impairments

For the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, the Company recorded no impairment.

Additions and Depletion

During the six months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, the Company incurred no costs for technical and other capital enhancements to extend the lives of the Company’s wells. Additionally, the Company recorded $4,871 and $6,572 of depletion for the six months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively. The Company recorded $2,164 and $2,572 of depletion for the three months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Leases

As part of the Lineal Acquisition, the Company acquired various operating and finance leases for sales and administrative offices, motor vehicles, and machinery and equipment. Due to the Redemption Agreement discussed in – “Note 1 – General” and below in “Note 11 – Lineal Merger Agreement and Divestiture”, the Company no longer owns the operating and finance leases that it had acquired in connection with the Lineal Acquisition.

Effective August 1, 2018, the Company entered into a month-to-month lease at 1415 Louisiana, Suite 3500, Houston, Texas 77002. The entity providing use of the space without charge is affiliated with the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. 

NOTE 5 – PLAN OF MERGER AND INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITY

Viking Plan of Merger and Related Transactions

On February 3, 2020, the Company and Viking entered into a Merger Agreement, which was amended and restated by an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into with Viking on August 31, 2020 (the Merger Agreement). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, (a) each share of common stock of Viking issued and outstanding, other than certain shares owned by the Company, Viking and the Company’s merger sub which will be merged with and into Viking, with Viking being the surviving entity in the merger (“Merger Sub”), will be converted into the right to receive the pro-rata share (when including the Viking preferred stock conversion rights) of 80% of the Company’s post-closing capitalization (excluding shares issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock of the Company); and (b) each share of Viking preferred stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time will be converted into one share of Camber Series A Preferred Stock, which preferred stock will have the right to vote, and convert into, that number of shares of Camber common stock that its holder would have received in the Merger, had such holder fully converted the Viking preferred stock into Viking common stock immediately prior to the Effective Time. Holders of Viking common stock will have any fractional shares of Company common stock after the Merger rounded up to the nearest whole share. The Merger Agreement can be terminated under certain circumstances, including by either Viking or the Company if the Merger has not been consummated on or before December 31, 2020, subject to certain exceptions.

A further requirement to the closing of the Merger was that the Company was required to have acquired 30% of Elysium as part of a $9,200,000 investment in Viking’s Rule 506(c) offering, which transaction was completed on February 3, 2020 (25% of Elysium and $5 million investment) and June 25, 2020 (5% of Elysium and $4.2 million investment), as discussed below. In the event of termination of the Merger Agreement, Camber is required, under certain circumstances described below, to return a portion of the Elysium interests to Viking:

*Assumes the payment of Secured Notes (defined below) within 90 days of the date of termination of the Merger Agreement and the Additional Payment (defined below) is made.

The Merger Agreement provides that the Secured Notes (defined below) will be forgiven in the event the Merger closes, and the Secured Notes will be due 90 days after the date that the Merger Agreement is terminated by any party for any reason, at which time an additional payment shall also be due to the Company and payable by Viking in an amount equal to (i) 115.5% of the original principal amount of the Secured Notes, minus (ii) the amount due to the Company pursuant to the terms of the Secured Notes upon repayment thereof (the “Additional Payment”) is due.

A required condition to the entry into the Merger was that the Company loan Viking $5 million, pursuant to the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement, which was entered into on February 3, 2020 (the “1^st SPA”). On February 3, 2020, the Company and Discover Growth Fund, an institutional investor (“Discover”), entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which Discover purchased 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock of the Company, for $5 million, at a 5% original issue discount to the $10,000 face value of such preferred stock. Pursuant to the 1^st SPA, the Company made a $5 million loan to Viking (using funds raised from the sale of the Series C Preferred Stock shares to Discover), which was evidenced by a 10.5% Secured Promissory Note (the “1^st Secured Note”). On June 25, 2020, the Company advanced an additional $4.2 million to Viking in consideration for, among other things, an additional 10.5% Secured Promissory Note in the principal amount of $4.2 million (the “2^nd Secured Note” and together with the 1^st Secured Note, the “Secured Notes”).

The Secured Notes accrue interest at the rate of 10.5% per annum, payable quarterly, and are due and payable on February 3, 2022. The notes include standard events of default, including certain defaults relating to the trading status of Viking’s common stock and change of control transactions involving Viking. The Secured Notes can be prepaid at any time with prior notice as provided therein, and together with a pre-payment penalty equal to 10.5% of the original amount of the Secured Notes. The Secured Notes are secured by a security interest, pari passu with the other investors in Viking’s Secured Note offering (subject to certain pre-requisites) in Viking’s 70% ownership of Elysium and 100% of Ichor Energy Holdings, LLC. Additionally, pursuant to a separate Security and Pledge Agreement, Viking provided Camber a security interest in the membership, common stock, and/or ownership interests of all of Viking’s existing and future, directly owned or majority-owned subsidiaries, to secure the repayment of the Secured Notes.

The Secured Notes are convertible into common shares of Viking at a conversion price of $0.24 per share at any time after March 4, 2020, and before the 15th day after Viking’s common stock has traded at an average daily price of at least $0.55 for 15 consecutive business days (at which point the Secured Notes are no longer convertible), provided that the Company is restricted from converting any portion of the Secured Notes into Viking’s common stock if upon such conversion the Company would beneficially own more than 4.99% of Viking’s common stock (which percentage may be increased or decreased, with 61 days prior written notice to Viking, provided that such percentage cannot under any circumstances be increased to greater than 9.99%).

On and effective June 22, 2020, the Company and Discover entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “June 2020 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Discover purchased 630 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $6 million, at a 5% original issue discount to the $10,000 face value of such preferred stock (the “Face Value”). Provided that the Company has not materially breached the terms of the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, the Company may at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion, repurchase from Discover all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the agreement by paying to Discover 110% of the aggregate face value of all such shares. 

The Company agreed pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement that if the Merger does not close by the required date approved by the parties thereto (as such may be extended from time to time), the Company is required, at Discover’s option, in its sole and absolute discretion, to immediately repurchase from Discover all then outstanding Series C Preferred Stock shares acquired by Discover pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, by paying to Discover 110% of the aggregate Face Value of all such shares (the “Repurchase Requirement”), which totals $6,930,000. The Repurchase Requirement was terminated in connection with the parties’ entry into the Exchange Agreement in December 2020, discussed below under “Note 18—Subsequent Events”.

On June 22, 2020, the Company and Discover entered into an Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement (the “SPA Amendment”), pursuant to which Discover agreed to terminate the obligation set forth in the February 2020 Stock Purchase Agreement previously entered into between the Company and Discover on February 3, 2020, which contained a Repurchase Requirement substantially similar to the one contained in the June 2020 Purchase Agreement (as to the 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold to Discover on February 3, 2020), which would have required that the Company pay Discover an aggregate of $5,775,000 in connection with the redemption of the 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock the Company sold to Discover in the event the Merger was terminated. 

Investment in Unconsolidated Entity

The Company accounts for its investment in unconsolidated entities under the equity method of accounting when it owns less than 50% of a controlling interest and does not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the entity. The Company owns 30% of Elysium as of September 30, 2020 (25% from February 3, 2020, to June 25, 2020), as discussed above, and accounts for such ownership under the equity method of accounting. The investment is adjusted accordingly for dividends or distributions it receives and its proportionate share of earnings or losses of the entity. Elysium is involved in oil and gas exploration and production in the United States. The balance sheet of Elysium at September 30, 2020, included current assets of $2.3 million, total assets of $30.8 million, total liabilities of $34.9 million, and net liabilities of $(4.1) million. The balance sheet of Elysium at March 31, 2020, included current assets of $4.0 million, total assets of $37.7 million, total liabilities of $34.0 million, and net assets of $3.7 million. Additionally, the income statement for Elysium for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, included total revenues of $4.0 million and $7.8 million and a net loss of $3.2 million and $7.5 million, respectively.

The carrying value of the notes receivable was reduced by $1,182,952, as the Company’s share of losses from Elysium for the six months ended September 30, 2020. In accordance with ASC 323-10-35, the losses from Elysium exceeded the equity investment of the Company which was used to reduce the related notes receivable balance. If the losses were to exceed the notes receivable balance, no additional losses would be recorded for the equity investment. 

The table below shows the changes in the investment in the unconsolidated entity for the six-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

As discussed in Note 11, the Lineal notes are unsecured. Due to the impact of COVID-19 on its operations, Lineal notified the Company that it currently has insufficient liquidity to make scheduled interest payments due under the notes. The Company is in negotiations with Lineal to restructure the notes receivable and an allowance has been applied to the principle and accrued interest of these notes (discussed further below) subject to completion of the negotiations. The Company performed an analysis of Lineal notes to estimate their value as of September 30, 2020. The Company analyzed information received from Lineal including Lineal’s financial statements, which calculated the value of the notes and discounted the expected future payments due thereunder using a standard discounted cash flow model for the principal and accrued interest to the maturity date from September 30, 2020. The Company applied a discount of 15% based on factors in the Lineal notes to determine a valuation as of September 30, 2020.

Based on this analysis, the Company recorded a total allowance of $170,660 to reduce the reported value of the Lineal notes and accrued interest, fully reserving the current interest due of $54,941 with the remainder of $115,719 applied as an allowance to the principal value of the notes as of September 30, 2020.

NOTE 7 – ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

The following table presents the reconciliation of the beginning and ending aggregate carrying amounts of long-term legal obligations associated with the future retirement of oil and natural gas properties for the six-month periods ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Camber has short-term obligations of $25,766 and $30,277 related to the plugging liabilities at September 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, respectively.

NOTE 8 – DERIVATIVE LIABILITY 

The Company has determined that certain warrants the Company has issued contain provisions that protect holders from future issuances of the Company’s common stock at prices below such warrants’ respective exercise prices and these provisions could result in modification of the warrants’ exercise price based on a variable that is not an input to the fair value of a “fixed-for-fixed” option as defined under FASB ASC Topic No. 815 - 40. The warrants granted to Ironman PI Fund II, LP contain anti-dilution provisions that provide for a reduction in the exercise price of such warrants in the event that future common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock) is issued (or becomes contractually issuable) at a price per share (a “Lower Price”) that is less than the exercise price of such warrant at the time. The amount of any such adjustment is determined in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement and depends upon the number of shares of common stock issued (or deemed issued) at the Lower Price and the extent to which the Lower Price is less than the exercise price of the warrant at the time. The warrants expired on April 21, 2019.

Activities for derivative warrant instruments during the six months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019 were as follows: 

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had 2,693 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, which shares of preferred stock are convertible into common stock of the Company pursuant to their terms. Such preferred stock is convertible into more shares of common stock than the Company currently has authorized. Typically this would require the common stock equivalents to be considered tainted derivative instruments, and the Company to record a derivative liability for the aggregate fair value of the tainted securities; However, the Series C Preferred Stock designation provides that the Company will not be required to settle any conversion in cash, and requires the company to use its best efforts to obtain shareholder approval to increase the authorized common shares to a sufficient number to allow for share settlement of the conversion. If the Company is unable to obtain shareholder approval to increase the authorized common shares, the Series C Preferred Stockholder would be required to wait until approval is obtained and has no other recourse under the terms of the corrected designation. See “Note 13 – Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)” for further discussion.

Additionally, as of September 30, 2020, the Company had 2 outstanding stock options and warrants to purchase 36 shares outstanding which were exercisable for shares of the Company’s commons stock. As of September 30, 2020, the Company did not have sufficient authorized shares of common stock to satisfy any exercise requests and the common stock equivalents are considered to be tainted derivative instruments. The Company evaluated the fair value of these tainted options and warrants and noted that the related fair values are de minimus based, primarily, on the exercise prices.

NOTE 9 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  

Office Lease. Information regarding the Company’s office space is disclosed in greater detail above under “Note 4 - Property and Equipment –Leases”, above.

Lineal (which as of December 31, 2019, has been completely divested in connection with the Lineal Divestiture discussed in “Note 1 – General” and “Note 11 – Lineal Merger Agreement and Divestiture”) has the usual liability of contractors for the completion of contracts and the warranty of its work. In addition, Lineal acts as the prime contractor on a majority of the projects it undertakes and is normally responsible for the performance of the entire project, including subcontract work. Management is not aware of any material exposure related thereto which has not been provided for in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Legal Proceedings. From time to time suits and claims against Camber arise in the ordinary course of Camber’s business, including contract disputes and title disputes. Camber records reserves for contingencies when information available indicates that a loss is probable, and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.

Maranatha Oil Matter

In November 2015, Randy L. Robinson, d/b/a Maranatha Oil Co. sued the Company in Gonzales County, Texas (Cause No. 26160). The plaintiff alleged that it assigned oil and gas leases to the Company in April 2010, retaining a 4% overriding royalty interest and 50% working interest and that the Company failed to pay such overriding royalty interest or royalty interest. The interests relate to certain oil and gas properties which the Company subsequently sold to Nordic Oil USA in April 2013. The petition alleges causes of actions for breach of contract, failure to pay royalties, non-payment of working interest, fraud, fraud in the inducement of contract, money had and received, constructive trust, violation of theft liability act, continuing tort, and fraudulent concealment. The suit seeks approximately $100,000 in amounts alleged owed, plus pre-and post-judgment interest. The Company has filed a denial to the claims and intends to vehemently defend itself against the allegations.

PetroGlobe Energy Holdings, LLC and Signal Drilling, LLC

In March 2019, PetroGlobe and Signal sued the Company in the 316^th Judicial District of Hutchinson County, Texas (Cause No. 43781). The plaintiffs alleged causes of action relating to negligent misrepresentation; fraud and willful misconduct; gross negligence; statutory fraud; breach of contract; and specific performance, in connection with a purchase and sale agreement entered into between the parties in March 2018, relating to the purchase by plaintiffs of certain oil and gas assets from the Company, and a related joint venture agreement. The lawsuit seeks in excess of $600,000 in damages, as well as pre- and post-judgment interest, court costs and attorneys’ fees, and punitive and exemplary damages. Additionally, a portion of the revenues from the properties in contention are being held in suspense as a result of the lawsuit. On October 31, 2019, the Company brought counterclaims against PetroGlobe and Signal, and Petrolia Oil, LLC, and Ian Acrey, including bringing claims for causes of actions including declaratory judgment (that PetroGlobe and certain other plaintiffs represented that a lease and related wells were free of all agreements and rights in favor of third parties and provided a special warranty of title pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement); breach of contract (in connection with the purchase and sale agreement); statutory fraud; common law fraud (against Mr. Acrey and other plaintiffs); fraud by non-disclosure (against Mr. Acrey and other plaintiffs); negligent misrepresentation (against Mr. Acrey and other plaintiffs); breach of fiduciary duty (against Mr. Acrey and other plaintiffs) and seeking attorney’s fees and pre- and post-judgment interest.

On May 30, 2019, the Company received a Severance Order from the Texas Railroad Commission (the “TRC”) for noncompliance with TRC rules, suspending the Company’s ability to produce or sell oil and gas from its Panhandle leases in Hutchinson County, Texas, until certain well performance criteria were met. Subsequent to that date, the Company followed TRC procedures in order to regain TRC compliance for the Panhandle wells.

On January 31, 2020, the Company entered into a Compromise Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with PetroGlobe Energy Holdings, LLC (“PetroGlobe”), Signal Drilling, LLC (“Signal”), Petrolia Oil, LLC (“Petrolia”), Prairie Gas Company of Oklahoma, LLC (“PGCO”), and Canadian River Trading Company, LLC (“CRTC”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to pay PetroGlobe $250,000, of which $100,000 was due upon execution of the Settlement Agreement, which payment has been made, and $150,000 was paid to an escrow account, which release was subject to approval by the Company upon the successful transfer of all wells and partnership interests of the Company’s current wholly-owned subsidiary CE to PetroGlobe, which occurred on July 16, 2020.

On July 16, 2020, the Company completed all of the requirements of the Settlement Agreement and assigned PetroGlobe all of its right, title, and interest in all wells, leases, royalties, minerals, equipment, and other tangible assets associated with specified wells and properties, located in Hutchinson County, Texas, the $150,000 held in escrow was released to PetroGlobe and the Settlement Agreement transactions closed. As a result of the transfers, the Company no longer owns CE, and no longer has any interest in or any liabilities related to the Hutchinson County, Texas wells.

The Company recognized a net settlement cost of $204,842 included on the statement of operations for the year ended March 31, 2020, in connection with the settlement. All provisions of the settlement were finalized, and the $150,000, held in escrow pending final approvals, was released on July 16, 2020.

The Company released the parties to the Settlement Agreement, including Ian Acrey, individually, as well as their officers, directors, or members from any claims asserted in the lawsuit, and the parties to the Settlement Agreement along with Ian Acrey, individually, released the Company, its officers, directors, shareholders and affiliate corporations from any claims asserted in the lawsuit. The Company did not release any claims or causes of action against N&B Energy, LLC, Sezar Energy, LLP related to Richard Azar, or any of their affiliates, or predecessors, or successors.

The parties filed a motion and order to dismiss the lawsuit with prejudice shortly after the execution of the Settlement Agreement.

Apache Corporation

In December 2018, Apache Corporation (“Apache”) sued Camber, Sezar Energy, L.P., and Texokcan Energy Management Inc., in the 129th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas (Cause 2018-89515). Apache alleged causes of action for Breach of Contract, Money Had & Received and Conversion, relating to amounts Apache alleged it was owed under a joint operating agreement. Apache is seeking $656,908 in actual damages, exemplary damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, court costs, and other amounts to which it may be entitled. Camber filed a general denial to the claims and asserted the affirmative defense of failure to mitigate. On July 13, 2020, Apache filed a Second Amended Petition against Camber, Sezar, Texokcan, N&B Energy, LLC, and Richard N. Azar, II alleging Breach of Contract, Defaults under a Joint Operating Agreement, Money Had & Received and Conversion, relating to amounts Apache allegedly overpaid Sezar and Azar and Unjust Enrichment. On October 26, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with Apache to obtain a release of all liability (both parties provided mutual releases) for $20,000 and dismissed the litigation against the Company, which was recorded in accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2020.

N&B Energy

On September 12, 2019, N&B Energy filed a petition in the District Court for the 285^th Judicial District of Bexar County, Texas (Case #2019CI11816). Pursuant to the petition, N&B Energy raises claims against the Company for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, money had and received and disgorgement, in connection with $706,000 which it alleges it is owed under the July 2018 Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and N&B Energy (the “Sale Agreement”), for true-ups and post-closing adjustments associated therewith. The petition seeks amounts owed, pre- and post-judgment interest, and attorney’s fees. On October 21, 2020, the arbitrator issued an Interim Stage II Order granting an award that acknowledged the claims of both parties that resulted in an arbitration award in favor of N&B Energy of approximately $52,000, which was recorded in accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2020.

Service Agreements

In connection with the entry into the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger with Viking, on August 31, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors entered into Past Service Payment and Success Bonus Agreements with each non-executive member of the Board of Directors, and each of Louis G. Schott, our Interim Chief Executive Officer and Robert Schleizer, our Chief Financial Officer (collectively, the “Merger Compensation Agreements”). Pursuant to such agreements: each non-executive director, and each officer, of the Company, is to receive, contingent upon closing the Merger, a payment of $100,000 in consideration for past services provided to the Company through the date of the Merger as a member of the Board of Directors/officer, and $50,000 as a success bonus for the Company’s successful completion of the Merger, contingent on such non-executive director/officer’s, continued service to the Company at the same level of service he is currently performing, through the effective date of the Merger.

Additionally on August 31, 2020, the Company entered into first amendments to the letter agreements the Company had previously entered into with Fides Energy LLC, an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Schott (“Fides”) and BlackBriar Advisors LLC, an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Schleizer (“BlackBriar”), to provide that (a) Mr. Schott, through Fides, will continue to provide services to the Company for a period of six months following the closing of the Merger, on similar terms as set forth in such original letter agreement, except in a non-executive capacity and that the Company will reimburse Mr. Schott for the costs of his and his family’s health insurance through such six month term; and (b) Mr. Schleizer, through BlackBriar, will continue to provide services to the Company for a period of three months following the closing of the Merger, on similar terms as set forth in such original letter agreement, except in a non-executive capacity and for total consideration of $30,000 per month (compared to $40,000 per month currently).

NOTE 11 – LINEAL MERGER AGREEMENT AND DIVESTITURE

Merger Agreement

On July 8, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into and closed the transactions contemplated by, the Lineal Plan of Merger, by and between the Company, Camber Energy Merger Sub 2, Inc., the Company’s then newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, Lineal, and the Lineal Members. Pursuant to the Lineal Plan of Merger, the Company acquired 100% of the ownership of Lineal from the Lineal Members in consideration for newly issued shares of Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Series F Redeemable Preferred Stock. 

Divestiture

On December 31, 2019, the Company entered into and closed the transactions contemplated by the Preferred Stock Redemption Agreement (the “Redemption Agreement”), by and between the Company, Lineal, and the holders of the Company’s Series E Preferred Stock and Series F Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Holders”), pursuant to which, the Company redeemed the Company’s Series E and F Preferred Stock issued in connection with the Lineal Merger and ownership of 100% of Lineal was transferred back to the Preferred Holders, and all of the Series E Preferred Stock and Series F Preferred Stock of the Company outstanding were canceled through the redemption (the “Lineal Divestiture”).

The Redemption Agreement also provided for (a) the entry by Lineal and the Company into a new unsecured promissory note in the amount of $1,539,719, the outstanding amount of the July 2019 Lineal Note together with additional amounts loaned by Camber to Lineal through December 31, 2019 (the “December 2019 Lineal Note”); (b) the unsecured loan by the Company to Lineal on December 31, 2019, of an additional $800,000, entered into by Lineal in favor of the Company on December 31, 2019 (“Lineal Note No. 2”); and (c) the termination of the prior Lineal Plan of Merger and Funding Agreement entered into in connection therewith (pursuant to which all funds previously held in a segregated account for future Lineal acquisitions, less amounts loaned pursuant to Lineal Note No. 2, were released back to the Company). The December 2019 Lineal Note and Lineal Note No. 2, accrue interest, payable quarterly in arrears, beginning on March 31, 2020, and continuing until December 31, 2021, when all interest and principal is due, at 8% and 10% per annum (18% upon the occurrence of an event of default), respectively. As of September 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, $54,941 and $53,747, respectively, of interest related to the December 2019 Lineal Note and Lineal Note No. 2 was accrued and included in the consolidated balance sheets in Accounts Receivable. The $54,941 of accrued interest has been fully reserved as of September 30, 2020.

The divestiture resulting from the Redemption Agreement qualified as a discontinued operation in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). As a result, operating results and cash flows related to the Lineal operations have been reflected as discontinued operations in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and consolidated statements of cash flows for the three and six months ended September 30, 2019.

The net consideration received for the divestiture was as follows:

The fair value of the instruments immediately prior to the divestiture was determined using an income valuation approach to estimate cash flows of the acquired business, analysis of the terms and rights of each class of equity instrument issued by the Company, and an assessment of the probability of the various scenarios that could occur depending on the outcome of the required stockholder vote to approve the Lineal Merger, which did not move forward, and the impact each scenario would have on the capital structure of the Company. Immediately prior to the Lineal Disposition, the Company recognized a gain on the change in fair value of the Series E and F Preferred Shares of $3,018,000, included within net loss from discontinued operations.

The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities of Lineal which were transferred from the Company to the Preferred Holders, together with Lineal, as part of the Redemption agreement:

As a result of the above, the Company recognized a loss on the disposal of the Lineal operations of $2,706,628 included within net loss from discontinued operations.

Components of amounts reflected in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations related to discontinued operations are presented in the following table for the three and six months ended September 30, 2019.

NOTE 12 - INCOME TAXES

The Company has estimated that its effective tax rate for U.S. purposes will be zero percent for the 2020 and 2019 fiscal years as a result of net losses and a full valuation allowance against the net deferred tax assets. Consequently, the Company has recorded no provision or benefit for income taxes for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively. The tax liability of $3,000 as shown on the balance sheet as of September 30, 2020, relates to the Company’s potential Oklahoma franchise tax liability and is not related to income tax.

NOTE 13 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Common Stock

During the six months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued 176,514 shares of restricted common stock to service providers in consideration for investor relations and marketing services. The Company recognized $209,502, based on the grant date fair value of the Company’s common stock, in share-based compensation expense in current and prior periods corresponding to the issuance of these shares, of which $36,502, was recognized during the three and six months ended September 30, 2020.

Included in such 176,514 shares of common stock were 175,000 shares issued to Sylva International LLC d/b/a SylvaCap Media (“SylvaCap”). On February 15, 2020, the Company entered into a letter agreement with SylvaCap, pursuant to which SylvaCap agreed to act as the Company’s non-exclusive digital marketing service provider in consideration for an aggregate of 100,000 shares of restricted common stock, which are fully-earned upon their issuance, and $50,000 per month during the term of the agreement, which was to end on June 15, 2020. On May 19, 2020, the Company entered into a first amendment to the SylvaCap agreement. Pursuant to the amendment, the Company and SylvaCap extended the term of the letter agreement to October 19, 2020. The 100,000 shares were issued on May 15, 2020. On August 31, 2020, the parties entered into a second amendment to the agreement. Pursuant to the amendment, the parties agreed to amend the engagement agreement to increase the stock fee payable thereunder to 175,000 shares of common stock of the Company and to provide for the agreement to remain in place until the earlier of (a) October 19, 2020; and (b) the closing of the Company’s currently contemplated merger with Viking. SylvaCap also made representations regarding its financial condition and investing knowledge pursuant to the amendment in order for the Company to confirm that an exemption from registration exists for the issuance of the shares.

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

On August 31, 2020, the Board of Directors approved the designation of 28,092 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), which were designated with the Secretary of State of Nevada on August 31, 2020 (the “Series A Designation”).

The Series A Preferred Stock has substantially similar rights as the Series C Preferred Stock of Viking (as amended), as adjusted for the exchange ratio of the Merger. Specifically, each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock will vote an aggregate of (a) 4,900 voting shares, multiplied by (b) the exchange ratio of the Merger, on all stockholder matters, voting together with the Company’s common stock as a single class (which voting rights will equal the same voting rights that would have applied had the Series C Preferred Stock of Viking been fully converted into Viking common stock immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger)(described herein as the “voting shares”); will receive, upon the occurrence of a liquidation of the Company, the same amount of consideration that would have been due if such shares of Series A Preferred Stock had been converted into common stock of the Company immediately prior to such liquidation; and provide rights for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to convert, at the option of the holder thereof, into a number of shares of Company common stock equal to (a) 4,900 shares, multiplied by (b) the exchange ratio of the Merger (which will equal the number of shares of Company common stock which would have been issuable to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock of Viking in the Merger, had such Series C Preferred Stock been converted into common stock of Viking immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger)(described herein as the “conversion shares”).

Such Series A Preferred Stock does not have any redemption rights and shares equally in any dividends authorized by the Board of Directors for distribution to common stockholders, on an as-converted basis.

The Series A Designation also provides that such number of voting shares and conversion shares as calculated as discussed above, shall be updated by the Company following the Merger, without any required approval of the holders of such Series A Preferred Stock, to include the actual numerical value of such voting shares and conversion shares, upon closing of the Merger.

No shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be issued by the Company until or unless the Merger closes.

Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

On February 3, 2020, the Company sold 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for total proceeds of $5 million. In the event the Merger Agreement entered into with Viking in February 2020 is terminated for any reason, we (until June 22, 2020, when such terms were amended) were required to redeem the 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock at a 110% premium, in an aggregate amount equal to $5,775,000. Because of the requirement to redeem such 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock in the event the Merger Agreement is terminated, which termination is partially outside the control of the Company, such 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock is classified as temporary equity on the March 31, 2020 balance sheet. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable. Subsequent to March 31, 2020, on June 22, 2020, the Company and Discover terminated the obligation for Camber to redeem the 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock upon termination of the Merger Agreement; and provided that a new obligation exists in connection with the required redemption of 630 shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold on June 22, 2020, for total proceeds of $6 million, which have a redemption value of $6,930,000. As such, while the prior redemption obligation for the 525 Series C Preferred Stock shares in connection with the February 2020 sale of Series C Preferred Stock was removed from temporary equity on the September 30, 2020 balance sheet, the $6,000,000 of total proceeds received on June 22, 2020, in connection with the sale of the 630 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, is included in temporary equity on the September 30, 2020 balance sheet.

During the six months ended September 30, 2020, the Company sold 630 shares of Series C Preferred Stock to Discover in consideration for $6 million. During the six months ended September 30, 2019, the Company sold no shares of Series C Preferred Stock.

During the six months ended September 30, 2020, Discover converted 756 shares of the Series C Preferred Stock with a face value of $7,560,000, and a total of 19,823,486 shares of common stock were issued, which includes additional shares for conversion premiums and true-ups in connection with those conversions through September 30, 2020. During the six months ended September 30, 2019, Discover converted 2 shares of the Series C Preferred Stock and Discover Growth Fund LLC, which purchased shares of Series C Preferred Stock from the Company in December 2018 and subsequently transferred all its remaining shares to Discover who also converted 1 share of Series C Preferred Stock, with an aggregate face value of $30,000, and a total of 1,472,517 shares of common stock were issued, which includes additional shares for conversion premiums and true-ups in connection with those conversions through September 30, 2019.

As of September 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, the Company accrued common stock dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock based on the then 24.95% premium dividend rate. The Company recognized a total charge to additional paid-in capital and stock dividends distributable but not issued of $3,331,975 and $3,771,941 related to the stock dividend declared but not issued for the six months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

As of September 30, 2020, a total of 15,348 shares of common stock related to prior conversions of Series C Preferred Stock are held in abeyance subject to the Company increasing its authorized and unissued shares of common stock.

On December 14, 2020, the Company, with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, and the sole holder of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, filed certificate of corrections with the Secretary of State of Nevada to correct the original designation of the Series C Preferred Stock and the first amended and restated designation thereof, to correct certain errors which were identified in such designations, which failed to clarify, in error, that (A) the failure of any holder of Series C Preferred Stock to receive the number of shares of common stock due upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock within five trading days of any conversion notice, and any halt or suspension of trading of the Company’s common stock on its then applicable trading market or by any U.S. governmental agency, for 10 or more consecutive trading days, should not have been ‘deemed liquidation events’ under the Series C Preferred Stock designation, unless such events were due to the occurrence of an event that is solely within the control of the Company; (B) the Company was not required to redeem any shares of Series C Preferred Stock for cash solely because the Company does not have sufficient authorized but unissued shares of common stock to issue upon receipt of a notice of conversion or upon a maturity conversion (where the remaining shares of Series C Preferred Stock convert into common stock of the Company automatically on the seven year anniversary date of the Series C Preferred Stock)(a “Maturity Conversion”); and (C) that a Maturity Conversion is only required to occur to the extent that the Company has sufficient authorized but unissued shares of common stock available for issuance upon conversion in connection therewith. The corrections were made solely to match the agreements to the original intent of the parties. The parties determined the corrections were needed because without such corrections, under ASC480-10- S99-3A5 and ASC 480-10-S99-3A3(f), the non-corrected designations could have required the Series C Preferred Stock to be classified as temporary equity due to the foregoing events being outside the Company’s control. The embedded conversion meets the requirements to be considered permanent equity as stipulated under ASC 815-40-25, under an assessment of the option as a freestanding instrument, as the option requires net share settlement and the issuer has the choice to settle in cash if it wishes.

The corrections were effective as of the original filing dates with the Secretary of State of Nevada of the Company’s original Series C Preferred Stock designation (August 25, 2016) and the Company’s first amended and restated Series C Preferred Stock designation (July 8, 2019), subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Nevada Revised Statutes. The corrections corrected the designations to reflect the original intentions of the parties and to conform such designations to the way the Series C Preferred Stock had been accounted for in practice since its original designation/issuance.

Also on December 14, 2020, the Company, with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, and the sole holder of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, filed a second amended and restated designation of the Series C Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of Nevada, which was effective upon filing (the “Second Amended and Restated Designation”), which amended the first amended and restated designation of the Series C Preferred Stock (as corrected), to include the right of the Company to redeem all (but not less than all) of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to 110% of the face value of such preferred stock ($10,000 per share), at the Company’s option, at any time, in the event the Company is not in default of any of the terms of any Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which such applicable shares of Series C Preferred Stock were sold; (b) update the conversion price of the face amount ($10,000 per share) of the Series C Preferred Stock in connection with the Company’s prior 1-for-50 reverse stock split (i.e., to confirm the change in such conversion price from $3.25 per share to $165.50 per share), which had no effect on the conversion rate of conversion premiums due under the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock, and which conversion price was already being reflected in prior conversion notices after the date of such reverse split; (c) formally amend the measurement period for the calculation of the conversion of conversion premiums due under the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock to begin on the later of February 3, 2020 or, if no trigger event (as described in the designation of the Series C Preferred Stock) has occurred, 30 trading days, and if a trigger event has occurred 60 trading days, before the date of an applicable conversion notice, which had previously been agreed to contractually by the parties (i.e., the beginning of each future measurement period for conversions made after February 3, 2020, will extend back to February 3, 2020); and (d) update the references in the designation to the “Merger” which had previously referred to the Company’s combination with Lineal Star Holdings, LLC, which transaction was rescinded and terminated effective December 31, 2019, to refer to the planned merger with Viking Energy Group, Inc., which has the effect of the Viking merger being approved by the holder of the Series C Preferred Stock and not being a ‘deemed liquidation event’ under the Second Amended and Restated Designation.

NOTE 14 – SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Camber measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award over the vesting period.

Stock Options

As of September 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, the Company had 2 stock options outstanding with a weighted average exercise price of $40,429,700. The options expire in October 2020.

Of the Company’s outstanding options, no options were exercised or forfeited during the six months ended September 30, 2020. Additionally, no stock options were granted during the six months ended September 30, 2020. Compensation expense related to stock options during the six-month periods ended September 30, 2020, and 2019 was $0.

Options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, had no intrinsic value. The intrinsic value is based upon the difference between the market price of Camber’s common stock on the date of exercise and the grant price of the stock options.

As of September 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, there was no remaining unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to all non-vested stock options. 

Options outstanding and exercisable as of September 30, 2020: