Exhibit 2.1
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
MANZANO, LLC
AND
MANZANO ENERGY PARTNERS II, LLC
AS SELLER
AND
PACIFIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
AS BUYER
January 11, 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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5
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Section
1.01
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Agreement
to Sell and Purchase
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5
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Section
1.02
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Assets
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5
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ARTICLE II
PURCHASE PRICE
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8
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Section
2.01
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Purchase
Price.
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8
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ARTICLE III
EFFECTIVE TIME
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8
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Section
3.01
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Ownership
of the Assets
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8
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ARTICLE IV TITLE
AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
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9
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Section
4.01
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Examination
Period
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9
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Section
4.02
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Special
Warranty of Title
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9
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Section
4.03
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Consents
to Assignment
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11
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Section
4.04
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Environmental
Review.
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11
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
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12
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Section
5.01
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Existence
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12
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Section
5.02
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Legal
Power
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12
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Section
5.03
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Execution
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12
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Section
5.04
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Brokers
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12
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Section
5.05
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Bankruptcy
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12
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Section
5.06
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Taxes
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12
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Section
5.07
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Environmental
Matters.
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13
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Section
5.08
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Violations
and Defaults.
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13
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Section
5.09
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Litigation.
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13
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Section
5.10
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Leases.
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14
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Section
5.11
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Oil
and Gas Operations.
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14
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Section
5.12
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Hydrocarbon
Sales Agreements.
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15
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Section
5.13
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Gas
Imbalances.
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16
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Section
5.14
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Preferential
Rights and Consents.
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16
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Section
5.15
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Materials
Provided to Buyer.
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16
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Section
5.16
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Operations.
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16
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Section
5.17
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Access.
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17
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Section
5.18
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Permits.
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17
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Section
5.19
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Expenses.
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17
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Section
5.20
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Bonds
and Letters of Credit.
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17
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Section
5.21
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Suspense
Accounts
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17
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ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
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17
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Section
6.01
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Existence
|
17
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Section
6.02
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Legal
Power
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17
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Section
6.03
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Execution
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18
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Section
6.04
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Brokers
|
18
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Section
6.05
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Bankruptcy
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18
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Section
6.06
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Litigation
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18
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ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS
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18
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Section
7.01
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Operation
of the Assets Prior to the Closing.
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18
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Section
7.02
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Operation
of the Assets After the Closing
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20
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Section
7.03
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Access
to Information.
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20
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Section
7.04
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Consents
and Operations.
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21
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Section
7.05
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Accounting.
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21
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Section
7.06
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Revenues, Costs and Expenses.
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21
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Section
7.07
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Seller's
Knowledge
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23
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Section
7.08
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Audit
Rights.
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23
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ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER
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23
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Section
8.01
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Representations
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24
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Section
8.02
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Performance
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24
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Section
8.03
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Pending
Matters
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24
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Section
8.04
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Purchase
Price
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24
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Section
8.05
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Execution
and Delivery of the Closing Documents
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24
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ARTICLE IX
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF BUYER
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24
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Section
9.01
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Representations
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24
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Section
9.02
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Performance
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25
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Section
9.03
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Pending
Matters
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25
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Section
9.04
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Execution
and Delivery of the Closing Documents
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25
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ARTICLE X THE
CLOSING
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25
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Section
10.01
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Time
and Place of the Closing
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25
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Section
10.02
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Adjustments
to Purchase Price at the Closing.
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25
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Section
10.03
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Pre-Closing
Statement
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25
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Section
10.04
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Post-Closing
Adjustments to Purchase Price.
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25
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Section
10.05
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Transfer
Taxes
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27
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Section
10.06
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Ad
Valorem and Similar Taxes
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27
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Section
10.07
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Actions
of Seller at the Closing.
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27
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Section
10.08
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Actions
of Buyer at the Closing.
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28
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Section
10.09
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Further
Cooperation.
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28
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ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
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28
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Section
11.01
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Right
of Termination
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28
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Section
11.02
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Effect
of Termination
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29
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Section
11.03
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Attorneys’
Fees, Etc.
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29
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ARTICLE XII
OBLIGATIONS AND INDEMNIFICATION
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29
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Section
12.01
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Seller’s
Retained Obligations
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29
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Section
12.02
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Buyer’s
Assumed Obligations
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30
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Section
12.03
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Buyer’s
Indemnification
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30
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Section
12.04
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Seller’s
Indemnification
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30
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ARTICLE XIII
LIMITATIONS ON REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; AND CASUALTY
LOSSES
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31
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Section
13.01
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Disclaimers
of Representations and Warranties
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31
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Section
13.02
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Survival
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32
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ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
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32
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Section
14.01
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Names
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32
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Section
14.02
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Recording
Expenses
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32
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Section
14.03
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Document
Retention
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32
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Section
14.04
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Entire
Agreement
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32
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Section
14.05
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Waiver
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33
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Section
14.06
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Construction
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33
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Section
14.07
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No
Third-Party Beneficiaries
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33
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Section
14.08
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Assignment
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33
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Section
14.09
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Governing
Law; Venue.
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33
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Section
14.10
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Notices
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34
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Section
14.11
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Severability
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34
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Section
14.12
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Survival.
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34
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Section
14.13
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Time
of the Essence
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35
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Section
14.14
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Counterpart
Execution
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35
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Section
14.15
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Interpretation.
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35
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Section
14.16
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Confidentiality.
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36
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Section
14.17
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Exclusivity.
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36
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A – Subject Interests
Exhibit
B – Wells and Interests
Exhibit
C – Personal Property
Exhibit
D – Contracts
Exhibit
E – Assignment and Bill of Sale
Schedule
5.21- Suspense Accounts
PURCHASE
AND SALE AGREEMENT
This
Purchase and Sale Agreement (this “
Agreement
”) is made and
entered into this 11th day of January, 2019, by and between
MANZANO, LLC,
a New Mexico
limited liability company,
and
MANZANO ENERGY PARTNERS II, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company (collectively "
Seller
");
and
PACIFIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
, a Nevada corporation (“
Buyer
”).
Buyer and Seller are collectively referred to herein as the
“
Parties
”,
and are sometimes referred to individually as a “
Party
.”
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller is
willing to sell to Buyer, and Buyer is willing to purchase from
Seller, the Assets (as hereinafter defined), all upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits derived and to
be derived from this Agreement by each Party, Seller and Buyer
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Assets
Section
1.01
Agreement
to Sell and Purchase
. Subject to and in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Buyer
agrees to purchase the Assets from Seller, and Seller agrees to
sell the Assets to Buyer as of the Effective Time.
Section
1.02
Assets
.
The term “
Assets
” shall mean,
except for the Excluded Assets (defined below), all of
Seller’s right, title and interest, whether legal or
equitable, in and to the following:
(a) the
oil, gas and/or mineral leases, described or referred to in
Exhibit A
attached hereto, together with all amendments, supplements,
renewals, extensions or ratifications thereof, all surface rights
and estates, and all oil, gas and/or mineral leasehold interests in
and to the lands described in
Exhibit A
attached hereto (the
“
Leases
”), and any and all
lands covered by the Leases (the “
Lands
”) and all Leases
and Lands related to the Wells (defined below) (collectively, the
“
Subject
Interests
,” or singularly, a “
Subject
Interest
”);
(b) all
reversionary, back-in, net profits, carried, convertible,
non-consent, operating rights and other interests in, incident to
or appurtenant to the Subject Interests or Wells;
(c) (i)
all rights to use and occupy the surface of and the subsurface
depths under the Subject Interests, insofar only as such rights
pertain to the Subject Interests; (ii) all rights in any pooled,
communitized or unitized acreage by virtue of any Subject Interest
being a part thereof, including all Hydrocarbons produced after the
Effective Time attributable to the Subject Interests or any such
pool or unit allocated to any such Subject Interest;
(d) all
wells located on the Lands or on lands with which the Subject
Interests may have been pooled, communitized or unitized (whether
producing, shut in or abandoned, and whether for production,
injection or disposal), including, without limitation, the wells
described in
Exhibit B
attached hereto
(such wells, together with the behind pipe, proved developed
nonproducing, proved undeveloped and unproved wells or well
locations identified on
Exhibit B
being collectively
called the “
Wells
”);
(e) all
easements, rights-of-way, surface leases, surface use agreements,
surface fee or other surface or subsurface interests and estates
related to or used or useful in connection with the Subject
Interests, but insofar only as they pertain to the Subject
Interests or the Wells (the “
Easements
”), including,
without limitation, the Easements described or referred to in
Exhibit A
attached hereto;
(f) all
permits, licenses, franchises, registrations, certificates,
exemptions, consents, approvals and other similar rights and
privileges related to or used or useful in connection with the
ownership or operation of the Subject Interests, the Wells or the
Easements, but insofar only as they pertain to the Subject
Interests or the Wells (the “
Permits
”);
(g) all
personal property, equipment, fixtures, inventory and improvements
located on or used or useful in connection with the Subject
Interests, the Wells or the Easements or with the production,
treatment, gathering, transportation, compression, sale, or
disposal of oil, gas or other hydrocarbons (collectively,
“
Hydrocarbons
”),
byproducts or waste produced therefrom or attributable thereto,
including, without limitation, wellhead equipment, pumps, pumping
units, Hydrocarbon measurement facilities, flowlines, gathering
systems, piping, pipelines, compressors, tanks, buildings,
treatment facilities, injection facilities, disposal facilities,
compression facilities, and other materials, supplies, equipment,
facilities and machinery, but only insofar as any of the foregoing
pertain to the Subject Interests, the Easements or the Wells
(collectively, the “
Personal Property
”)
including, without limitation, the Personal Property described or
referred to in
Exhibit C
attached
hereto;
(h) all
contracts, agreements and other written agreements including,
without limitation, all production sales contracts, term
assignments, farmout agreements, operating agreements, service
agreements, equipment leases, division orders, unit agreements, gas
gathering and transportation agreements, water disposal agreements
and other similar agreements, but only to the extent the same
relate to the Subject Interests, the Wells, the Easements, the
Permits, the Personal Property or the G&G Data (defined below)
(collectively, the “
Contracts
”) including,
without limitation, the Contracts described or referred to in
Exhibit D attached hereto;
(i) originals
of all books, records, files, muniments of title, reports and
similar documents and materials that relate to the foregoing
interests and that are in the possession or control of, or
maintained by, Seller, including, without limitation, all contract
files, title files, title records, title opinions, abstracts,
property ownership reports, well files, well logs, well tests,
maps, engineering data and reports, health, environmental and
safety information and records, regulatory records, accounting and
financial records, production records, tax records and operational
records, (the “
Records
”);
(j) (i)
all claims, rights and causes of action including, without
limitation, causes of action for breach of warranty, against third
parties, asserted and unasserted, known and unknown, but only to
the extent such claims, rights and causes of action affect the
value of any of the foregoing interests after the Effective Time,
and where necessary to give effect to the assignment of such
rights, claims and causes of action, Seller grants to the Buyer the
right to be subrogated to such rights, claims and causes of action;
and (ii) all claims, rights and causes of action including, without
limitation, causes of action for breach of warranty, against third
parties, asserted and unasserted, known and unknown, but only to
the extent such claims, rights and causes of action affect the
value of any of the foregoing interests before or on the Effective
Time but only to the extent that they relate to Assumed Obligations
for which Buyer is providing indemnity hereunder, and where
necessary to give effect to the assignment of such rights, claims
and causes of action, Seller grants to the Buyer the right to be
subrogated to such rights, claims and causes of
action;
(k) all
geological data (including, without limitation, raw data and
interpretive data whether in written or electronic form), insofar
only as it pertains to the Subject Interests, excluding, however,
any such data that is subject to contractual restriction requiring
the consent of any third party to its disclosure, for which Seller
is unable to obtain such consent after making a reasonable effort
to do so (the “
G&G
Data
”);
(l) all
rights and benefits arising from or in connection with any wellhead
gas imbalances or pipeline imbalances attributable to Hydrocarbons
produced from the Wells as of the Effective Time; and
(m) all
Hydrocarbons relating to the Assets in storage or existing in stock
tanks, pipelines and/or plants (including inventory).
SAVE
AND EXCEPT THE EXCLUDED ASSETS, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1.03,
BELOW.
Section
1.03
Excluded
Assets
. There is excepted and excluded from the Assets,
except as otherwise limited below, all of Seller’s right,
title and interest in and to the following (the “
Excluded
Assets
”):
(a)
all existing fee
mineral interests, royalty interests, overriding royalty interests
and all other non-cost-bearing interests owned by Seller in and to
the Leases or the Lands as of the Effective Time;
(b)
to the extent that
they do not relate to the Assumed Obligations for which Buyer is
providing indemnity hereunder, (i) all trade credits, accounts
receivable, notes receivable and other receivables attributable to
Seller’s interest in the Assets with respect to any period of
time prior to the Effective Time; (ii) all deposits, cash, checks
in process of collection, cash equivalents and funds attributable
to Seller's interest in the Assets with respect to any period of
time prior to the Effective Time; and (iii) all proceeds, benefits,
income or revenues accruing (and any security or other deposits
made) with respect to the Assets prior to the Effective Time, all
of the preceding regardless of when actually paid or received;
except, in each such case, to the extent related to the Assumed
Obligations;
(c)
all corporate,
financial, and tax records of Seller; however, Buyer shall be
entitled to receive copies of any tax or financial records which
directly relate to the Assets, or which are necessary for Buyer's
ownership, administration, or operation of the Assets;
(d)
all claims and
causes of action of Seller arising from acts, omissions or events,
or damage to or destruction of the Assets, occurring prior to the
Effective Time except to the extent directly related to the Assumed
Obligations;
(e)
all rights, titles,
claims and interests of Seller relating to the Assets prior to the
Effective Time (i) under any policy or agreement of insurance or
indemnity; (ii) under any bond; or (iii) to any insurance or
condemnation proceeds or awards, in each case except to the extent
directly related to the Assumed Obligations;
(f)
other than
Hydrocarbons relating to the Assets in storage or existing in stock
tanks, pipelines and/or plants, all Hydrocarbons produced from or
attributable to the Assets with respect to all periods prior to the
Effective Time, together with all proceeds from or of such
Hydrocarbons;
(g)
all claims of
Seller for refund of or loss carry forwards with respect to
production, windfall profit, severance, ad valorem or any other
taxes attributable to any period prior to the Effective Time, or
income or franchise taxes;
(h)
all
amounts
due or payable to
Seller as adjustments or refunds under any contracts or agreements
(including take-or-pay claims) affecting the Assets, respecting
periods prior to the Effective Time;
(i)
all amounts due or
payable to Seller as adjustments to insurance premiums related to
the Assets with respect to any period prior to the Effective
Time;
(j)
all of Seller's
proprietary computer software, patents, trade secrets, copyrights,
names, marks and logos;
ARTICLE II
Purchase Price
Section
2.01
Purchase Price
.
The
total consideration for the purchase, sale and conveyance of the
Assets to Buyer is $700,000.00, payable at the Closing by means of
a completed federal funds transfer to an account and in the amounts
designated in writing by Seller.
ARTICLE III
Effective Time
Section
3.01
Ownership
of the Assets
. If the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated in accordance with
the terms and provisions hereof, the ownership of the Assets shall
be transferred from Seller to Buyer on the Closing Date, but
effective for all purposes as of 12:01 a.m. MDT, on February 1,
2019 (the “
Effective
Time
”).
ARTICLE IV
Title and Environmental Matters
Section
4.01
Examination
Period
. Seller shall make
available for inspection and copying and shall permit Buyer and/or
its representatives to examine and copy, at all reasonable times
during normal business hours in Seller’s offices, the Leases,
the Easements, the Contracts, the Permits, the Records, the G&G
Data and all abstracts of title, title opinions, title files,
ownership maps, lease files, Contracts files, assignments, division
orders, operating and accounting records, agreements and other
materials pertaining to the Assets, insofar as same (a) pertain to
the Assets and (b) may now be in existence and in the possession or
control of Seller, subject to such restrictions on disclosure as
may exist under confidentiality agreements or other agreements
binding on Seller or such data (provided that Seller shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consent for disclosure
and copying).
Section
4.02
Special
Warranty of Title
. The documents to
be executed and delivered by Seller to Buyer transferring title to
the Assets as required hereby, including the Assignment and Bill of
Sale attached hereto as
Exhibit E
(the
“
Assignment
”), shall
provide for a special warranty of Good and Defensible Title to the
Assets.
The
term “Good and Defensible Title” shall mean such title
that:
(a) is
free and clear of all liens, defects, obligations and encumbrances,
except for Permitted Encumbrances
;
(b) with
respect to the Wells, entitles Seller to receive not less than the
net revenue interest, royalty interest, mineral interest and/or
overriding royalty interest set forth in
Exhibit A
or
Exhibit B
, as applicable, in
all hydrocarbons produced from the Well;
(c) with
respect to the Wells, obligates Seller to bear not more than the
working interest set forth in
Exhibit A
or
Exhibit B
, as applicable, in
the Assets without increase at any time during the productive life
or abandonment thereof unless there is a corresponding
proportionate increase in the applicable net revenue interest;
and
(d) with
respect to the
Wells,
Seller’s interest in the Assets is readily deducible from the
real property records of the county in which the Assets are
located.
The
term “
Permitted
Encumbrances
” shall mean any of the following matters
to the extent the same are valid and subsisting and affect the
Assets:
(a) the
Leases and Contracts set forth in
Exhibit A
and
Exhibit D
, to the extent
complete executed copies of the same (with all exhibits, schedules
and attachments) are included in the Records and the same do not
(i) operate to reduce the respective Net Revenue Interests of
Seller, or Buyer from and after the Effective Time, below those set
forth in
Exhibit B
,
(ii) increase the respective Working Interests of Seller, or Buyer
from and after the Effective Time, above those set forth in
Exhibit B
without a
corresponding increase in the subject Net Revenue Interests, and
(iii) delay or prevent timely drilling and development of the
Subject Interests or receipt of proceeds of Hydrocarbon production
therefrom, or materially interfere with, diminish or detract from
the operation, development, ownership or value of the affected
Asset;
(b) any
unfiled materialman’s, mechanics’, repairman’s,
employees’, contractors’, operators’ liens or
other similar liens or charges for liquidated amounts arising in
the ordinary course of business where payment of such amounts is
not delinquent, and (i) that Seller has agreed to retain or pay
pursuant to the terms hereof, or (ii) for which Seller is
responsible for paying or releasing at the Closing;
(c) any
current period liens for taxes and assessments affecting the Assets
that are not yet due or delinquent, to the extent Seller has agreed
to pay the same pursuant to the terms hereof or which are to be
prorated pursuant to the terms hereof;
(d) (i)
easements, rights-of-way, servitudes, permits, surface leases and
other rights in respect of surface operations, pipelines, grazing,
hunting, lodging, canals, ditches, reservoirs or the like, and (ii)
easements for streets, alleys, highways, pipelines, telephone
lines, power lines, railways and other similar rights-of-way on,
over or in respect of property owned or leased by Seller or over
which Seller owns rights-of-way, easements, permits or licenses, in
each case to the extent that they do not materially interfere with,
diminish or detract from the operation, development, ownership or
value of the affected Asset;
(e) all
royalties, overriding royalties, net profits interests, carried
interests, production payments, reversionary interests and other
burdens on or deductions from the proceeds of production created or
in existence as of the Effective Time, to the extent recorded and
disclosed by Seller to Buyer, provided that such matters do not
operate to reduce the respective Net Revenue Interests of Seller,
or Buyer from and after the Effective Time, below those set forth
in
Exhibit B
or increase the respective Working Interests of Seller, or Buyer
from and after the Effective Time, above those set forth in
Exhibit B
without a corresponding increase in the subject Net Revenue
Interests;
(f) preferential
rights to purchase or similar agreements with respect to which
(i) written waivers or consents are obtained from the
appropriate parties for the transactions contemplated hereby, or
(ii) required written notices have been given for the transactions
contemplated hereby to the holders of such rights and the
appropriate period for asserting such rights has expired without an
exercise of such rights;
(g) required
third party consents to assignments or similar agreements with
respect to which written waivers or consents are obtained from the
appropriate parties for the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(h) all
rights to consent by, required notices to, filings with, or other
actions by Governmental Authorities (defined below) in connection
with the sale or conveyance of oil and gas leases or interests
therein that are customarily obtained subsequent to such sale or
conveyance;
(i) rights
reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or
regulate any of the Assets and the applicable laws, rules, and
regulations of such Governmental Authorities; and
(k) liens
and encumbrances which are released at Closing pursuant to Section
10.07 hereof.
Section
4.03
Consents
to Assignment
. Seller shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents
from third parties to assign the Assets to Buyer prior to Closing
(other than governmental approvals that are customarily obtained
after Closing).
Section
4.04
Environmental
Review
.
(a) Buyer
shall have the right to conduct or cause its environmental
consultant (“
Buyer’s Environmental
Consultant
”) to conduct an environmental review of the
Assets prior to Closing (“
Buyer’s Environmental
Review
”). The cost and expense of Buyer’s
Environmental Review, if any, shall be borne solely by Buyer. Buyer
shall (and shall cause Buyer’s Environmental Consultants to):
(i) consult with Seller before conducting any work comprising
Buyer’s Environmental Review, (ii) perform all such work in a
safe and workmanlike manner and so as to not unreasonably interfere
with Seller’s operations, and (iii) comply with all
applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Seller will assist Buyer
in obtaining any third-party consents that are required in order to
perform any work comprising Buyer’s Environmental Review.
Seller shall have the right to have a representative or
representatives accompany Buyer and Buyer’s Environmental
Consultant at all times during Buyer’s Environmental Review,
and Buyer shall give Seller notice not less than 24 hours before
any visits by Buyer or Buyer’s Environmental Consultant to
the Assets.
(b) Unless
otherwise required by applicable law, Buyer shall (and shall cause
Buyer’s Environmental Consultant to) treat confidentially any
matters revealed by Buyer’s Environmental Review and any
reports or data generated from such review (the “
Environmental
Information
”), and unless required by law or
applicable judicial process Buyer shall not (and shall cause
Buyer’s Environmental Consultant to not) disclose any
Environmental Information to any Governmental Authority or other
third party (other than Buyer's officers, directors, attorneys,
accountants, lenders, financial advisors and equity holders)
without the prior written consent of Seller. Unless otherwise
required by law, Buyer may use the Environmental Information only
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
If Buyer, Buyer’s Environmental Consultant, or any third
party to whom Buyer has provided any Environmental Information
become legally compelled to disclose any of the Environmental
Information, Buyer shall provide Seller with prompt notice
sufficiently prior to any such disclosure so as to allow Seller to
file any protective order, or seek any other remedy, as it deems
appropriate under the circumstances.
ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties of Seller
Seller
represents and warrants to Buyer that:
Section
5.01
Existence
.
Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state of its formation. Seller has full legal
power, right and authority to carry on its business as such is now
being conducted and as contemplated to be conducted.
Section
5.02
Legal
Power
. Seller has the
legal power and right to enter into and perform this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not violate, nor be in conflict
with (a) any provision of Seller’s organizational documents;
(b) any material agreement or instrument to which Seller is a party
or by which Seller or the Assets are bound; or (c) any judgment,
order, ruling or decree applicable to Seller or the Assets, or any
law, rule or regulation applicable to Seller or the
Assets.
Section
5.03
Execution
.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby are duly and validly authorized by
all requisite action on the part of Seller. This Agreement
constitutes, and the documents to be executed and delivered by
Seller at the Closing will constitute, the legal, valid and binding
obligations of Seller, enforceable in accordance with their terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, debtor relief or similar laws affecting the rights
of creditors generally and general equitable
principles.
Section
5.04
Brokers
.
No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s
fee, or to any commission, based in any way on agreements,
arrangements or understandings made by or on behalf of Seller or
any affiliate of Seller for which Buyer has or will have any
liabilities or obligations (contingent or otherwise).
Section
5.05
Bankruptcy
.
There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or liquidation proceedings
pending, being contemplated by or to, the knowledge of Seller,
threatened against Seller.
Section
5.06
Taxes
.
Seller has paid and discharged all ad valorem, property,
production, severance, excise and other taxes and assessments based
on or measured by the ownership of the Assets, the production of
Hydrocarbons therefrom or the receipt of proceeds therefrom as are
due and payable. No taxing authority or agency, domestic or
foreign, has asserted or is now asserting or, to the knowledge of
Seller, threatening to assert against the Assets or Seller any
deficiency or claim for additional taxes or interest thereon or
penalties in connection therewith. Seller has not granted any
waiver of any statute of limitations with respect to, or any
extension of a period for the assessment of, any tax affecting the
Assets. None of the Assets are deemed by agreement or law to be
held by a partnership for federal and/or state income tax
purposes.
Section
5.07
Environmental Matters
.
To the
knowledge of Seller, (i) no environmental or physical
condition of any Asset violates any Environmental Laws, Lease,
Contract or other agreement in any material respect; and (ii)
no condition or event has occurred with respect to any Asset that,
with notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a
violation requiring action by Seller or, after Closing, Buyer to
remedy, stabilize, neutralize, clean up or otherwise alter the
environmental or physical condition of any such Asset. There are no
civil, criminal or administrative actions, lawsuits, demands,
litigation, claims or hearings pending, or to Seller’s
knowledge threatened, relating to an alleged breach of
Environmental Laws on or with respect to the Assets, and Seller has
not received any notice from any Governmental Authority or any
other person that the operation of any Asset is in violation of any
Environmental Laws or agreement or that Seller or any predecessor
in title of Seller is responsible (or potentially responsible) for
remedying, stabilizing, neutralizing or cleaning up any pollutants,
contaminants, or hazardous or toxic waste, substances or materials
at, on, or beneath any such Asset.
Section
5.08
Violations
and Defaults.
Seller is
not in violation of, or in default in any material respect under,
and no event has occurred that (with notice or the lapse of time or
both) could constitute a violation of or default under (a) any
applicable law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, writ, decree or
judgment of any Governmental Authority related to the Assets, or
(b) any Lease, Easement, Permit or Contract.
Exhibit D
contains a list of
all Contracts. With respect to the Contracts: (i) all Contracts are
in full force and effect and are the valid and legally binding
obligations of the parties thereto and are enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that
such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency and similar laws affecting creditor’s rights
generally, and by general equitable principles; (ii) Seller is not
in breach or default of any of its obligations under any Contract;
and (iii) neither Seller nor, to the best of Seller’s
knowledge, any other party to any Contract has given or threatened
to give notice of any action to terminate, cancel, rescind or
procure a judicial reformation of any Contract or any provision
thereof.
Section
5.09
Litigation
.
(a)
No litigation, arbitration, investigation or other proceeding of
any Governmental Authority or other party is pending or, to the
knowledge of Seller, threatened against Seller affecting the
Assets, nor, to the knowledge of Seller, are there any facts or
circumstances existing which could reasonably be expected to give
rise to any such litigation, arbitration, investigation or
proceeding; and (b) Seller is not subject to any outstanding
injunction, judgment, order, decree, settlement agreement,
conciliation agreement, letter of commitment, deficiency letter or
ruling affecting the Assets (other than routine oil and gas field
regulatory orders applicable generally to the oil and gas
industry). There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened against or
affecting Seller that questions the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section
5.10
Leases
.
Except
as specifically identified in
Exhibit A, all
of the Leases
are in full force and effect insofar as they cover the lands
described on
Exhibit
A
, as to those depths covered by such Leases, as specified
in the exhibits attached to this Agreement, and Seller is not in
default with respect to any of its material obligations under any
of the Leases. Seller has not received, either verbally or in
writing, any notice of default or breach under any of the Leases
which default or breach has not been cured or remedied to the
satisfaction of the applicable lessor.
The actual net mineral acres owned
by Seller in each Lease is at least the net mineral acres
represented in Exhibit A for such Lease.
The actual net mineral acres owned
by Seller in each Lease has no greater royalty and other burdens on
production (including overriding royalty interests) than as are of
record as of the date of this Agreement.
Section
5.11
Oil and Gas
Operations
.
The following
are true regarding oil and gas operations involving the
Assets:
(a) none
of the Wells have been produced in excess of their allowable such
that they are subject to being shut-in or to any overproduction
penalty, and Seller has not received any payment for Hydrocarbon
production from any Well which is subject to refund or recoupment
out of future production;
(b) there
have been no changes proposed to reduce the production allowable
for any Well;
(c) Seller
has complied with the provisions and requirements of all laws,
rules, regulations and Permits applicable to the Assets and all of
the Wells have been drilled and completed, operated, and produced
in accordance with good oil and gas field practices and in
compliance in all material respects with the applicable Leases and
Contracts, and applicable laws, rules, regulations and
Permits;
(e) proceeds
from the sale of Hydrocarbons produced from and attributable to the
Assets are being received by Seller in a timely manner and are not
being held in suspense for any reason;
(f) no
person has any call on, option to purchase, or similar rights with
respect to Hydrocarbon production attributable to the Assets for a
price less than the generally prevailing market price at the time
of production;
(g) all
royalties, overriding royalties, compensatory royalties and other
payments due from or in respect of Hydrocarbon production from the
Assets, have been or will be, prior to the Closing Date, properly
and correctly paid or provided for in all respects, except for
those for which Seller has a legal right to suspend;
(h) none
of the Wells have a payout balance which will result in a reduction
in Seller’s interest therein after payout occurs;
and
(i) all
of the Wells that have been drilled and completed have been drilled
and completed on lands currently covered by the Leases or on lands
properly pooled or unitized therewith.
Section
5.12
Hydrocarbon Sales
Agreements
.
(a) none
of the Hydrocarbon Sales Agreements (defined below) will require as
of or after the Closing Date, Buyer to sell or deliver Hydrocarbons
for a price materially less than the generally prevailing market
price that would have been, or would be, received pursuant to an
arm’s-length contract for a term of one month with an
unaffiliated third-party purchaser;
(b) there
have been no claims from any third party for any price reduction or
increase or volume reduction or increase under any of the
Hydrocarbon Sales Agreements, and Seller has not made any claims
for any price reduction or increase or volume reduction or increase
under any of the Hydrocarbon Sales Agreements;
(c) to
the knowledge of Seller, payments for Hydrocarbons sold pursuant to
each Hydrocarbon Sales Agreement have been made (subject to
adjustment in accordance with such Hydrocarbon Sales Agreements) in
accordance with prices or price-setting mechanisms set forth in
such Hydrocarbon Sales Agreements;
(d) no
purchaser under any Hydrocarbon Sales Agreement has notified Seller
(or, to the knowledge of Seller, the operator of any Asset) of its
intent to cancel, terminate, or renegotiate any Hydrocarbon Sales
Agreement or has otherwise failed or refused to take and pay for
Hydrocarbons in the quantities and at the price set out in any
Hydrocarbon Sales Agreement, whether such failure or refusal was
pursuant to any force majeure, market out, or similar provisions
contained in such Hydrocarbon Sales Agreement or
otherwise;
(e) Seller
is not obligated in any Hydrocarbon Sales Agreement by virtue of
any prepayment, “take-or-pay” or similar provision, a
production payment, or any other arrangements to deliver
Hydrocarbons produced from an Asset at some future time without
then and thereafter receiving full payment therefor;
(f) the
Hydrocarbon Sales Agreements are of the type generally found in the
oil and gas industry, and do not, individually or in the aggregate,
contain unusual or unduly burdensome provisions;
(g) there
are no Hydrocarbon Sales Agreements pertaining to the Assets that
provide for a fixed price that cannot be cancelled at any time upon
ninety (90) days (or less) prior notice;
(h) the
Assets are not subject to any Hydrocarbon Sales Agreements or
gathering or transportation contracts which include provisions for
hedging, price risk management or other similar financial
arrangements or transactions which will affect or burden the Assets
from and after the Closing; and
(i) the
Assets are not subject to any written agreements relating to the
sale of crude oil.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “
Hydrocarbon Sales
Agreement
” means any sales, purchase or marketing
Contract that is currently in effect and under which Seller is a
seller of Hydrocarbons produced from the Assets (other than
“spot” sales agreements entered into in the ordinary
course of business with a term of three (3) months or less,
terminable by Seller without penalty on 30 days' notice or less,
and which provide for a price not less than the market price that
would be received pursuant to an arms-length contract for the same
term with an unaffiliated third party purchaser).
Section
5.13
Gas Imbalances
.
There
are no gas well or gas pipeline imbalances with respect to any of
the Wells or Subject Interests.
Section
5.14
Preferential Rights and
Consents
.
There are no
preferential rights to purchase or consents to assignment that are
applicable to the Assets and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section
5.15
Materials Provided to
Buyer
.
The historical
revenue, expense, production, accounting, financial and other data,
records and information relating to the Assets that has been and
will be provided by or on behalf of Seller to Buyer and
Buyer’s representatives pursuant to this Agreement has been
and will be true and correct in all material respects. In
connection with this Agreement or the documents furnished to Buyer
and Buyer’s representatives hereunder, Seller has not (i)
knowingly employed any device, scheme or artifice to mislead or
defraud Buyer, (ii) knowingly made any untrue statements of a
material fact or knowingly omitted any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or (iii) knowingly
engaged in any act, practice, or course of business which operates
or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon Buyer or any third
party.
Section
5.16
Operations
.
There are no (i)
authorizations for expenditures for drilling operations applicable
to the Assets in excess of $50,000 or for capital expenditures
applicable to any Asset in excess of $50,000 that have been
proposed by any party to be conducted on or after the date of this
Agreement, whether or not accepted by Seller or any other party, or
(ii) authorizations for expenditures in excess of $50,000 and
written commitments for drilling operations in excess of $50,000
applicable to the Assets or for other capital expenditures
applicable to any Asset in excess of $50,000 for which all of the
activities anticipated in such authorizations for expenditures or
commitments have not been completed by the date of this Agreement,
or (iii) no proposals are currently outstanding by Seller or other
working interest owners to drill additional wells, or to deepen,
plug back, rework existing Wells, or to conduct other operations
for which consent is required under the applicable operating
agreement or to conduct any other operations other than normal
operation of existing Wells on the Subject Interests.
Section
5.17
Access
.
Seller has a legal
right of access to all of the Leases and Wells, and following the
Closing Buyer will have a legal right of access to all of the
Leases and Wells.
Section
5.18
Permits
.
Seller possesses
all Permits required to be obtained for conducting its business
with respect of the Assets as presently conducted, and Seller has
not received written notice of any violations of the Permits that
remain uncured or that any Permit will not be renewed.
Section
5.19
Expenses
.
To the knowledge of
Seller, in the ordinary course of business, Seller has paid all
lease operating expenses, capital expenses, joint interest billings
and other costs and expenses attributable to the ownership and
operation of the Assets in a timely manner before becoming
delinquent, except such costs and expenses as are disputed in good
faith by Seller.
Section
5.20
Bonds and Letters of
Credit
.
There are no bonds,
letters of credit, guarantees or other similar commitments held by
Seller that are required by third parties in order for Seller to
own the Assets, and if operated by Seller or an affiliate of
Seller, to operate the Assets.
Section
5.21
Suspense
Accounts
.
Schedule 5.21
sets forth a true
and complete amount, as of January 1, 2019, of all third party
proceeds of production from the Assets being held in suspense by
Seller or any third party.
ARTICLE VI
Representations and Warranties of Buyer
Buyer
represents and warrants to Seller that:
Section
6.01
Existence
.
Buyer is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. Buyer has full
legal power, right and authority to carry on its business in the
State of New Mexico as such is now being conducted and as
contemplated to be conducted.
Section
6.02
Legal
Power
. Buyer has the
legal power and right to enter into and perform this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not violate, nor be in conflict
with (a) any provision of Buyer’s organizational documents,
(b) any material agreement or instrument to which Buyer is a
party or by which Buyer is bound; or (c) any judgment, order,
ruling or decree applicable to Buyer as a party in interest or any
law, rule or regulation applicable to Buyer.
Section
6.03
Execution
.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby are duly and validly authorized by
all requisite company action on the part of Buyer. This Agreement
constitutes, and the documents to be executed and delivered by
Buyer at the Closing will constitute, the legal, valid and binding
obligations of Buyer enforceable in accordance with their terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, debtor relief or similar laws affecting the rights
of creditors generally.
Section
6.04
Brokers
.
No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s
fee, or to any commission, based in any way on agreements,
arrangements or understandings made by or on behalf of Buyer or any
affiliate of Buyer for which Seller has or will have any
liabilities or obligations (contingent or otherwise).
Section
6.05
Bankruptcy
.
There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or liquidation proceedings
pending, being contemplated by or, to the knowledge of Buyer,
threatened against Buyer.
Section
6.06
Litigation
.
There is no suit, action, claim, investigation or inquiry by any
person or entity or by any administrative agency or Governmental
Authority and no legal, administrative or arbitration proceeding
pending or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened against Buyer or
any affiliate of Buyer that has materially affected or will
materially affect Buyer’s ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated herein.
ARTICLE VII
Covenants
Section
7.01
Operation of the Assets Prior to the
Closing
. From the date of this Agreement until Closing (the
“
Interim
Period
”), Seller shall:
(a) operate
the Assets in a good and workmanlike manner consistent with its
past practices, and in material compliance with all applicable
Leases, Contracts, laws, rules, regulations and
Permits;
(b) carry
on its business with respect to the Assets in substantially the
same manner as before execution of this Agreement;
(c) use
commercially reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and
effect all Leases;
(d) except
to the extent necessary or advisable to avoid forfeiture or
penalties, not enter into agreements to drill new wells or to
rework, plug back, deepen, plug or abandon any Well, nor commence
any drilling, reworking or completing or other operations on the
Assets which requires expenditures exceeding $50,000 (net to
Seller's interest) for each operation without providing a
non-consent election to Buyer as would be applicable under the
applicable operating agreement;
(e) use
commercially reasonable efforts to keep Buyer reasonably apprised
of any drilling, re-drilling or completion operations proposed or
conducted by Seller, or otherwise, with respect to the
Assets;
(f) not
voluntarily abandon any of the Wells other than as required
pursuant to the terms of a Lease or by applicable Law; provided
that Seller shall notify Buyer prior to such
abandonment;
(g) maintain
all Permits, bonds and guaranties affecting the Assets and will
make all filings that Seller is required to make under applicable
Law with respect to the Assets;
(h) maintain
the books of account and Records relating to the Assets in the
usual and ordinary manner, in accordance with its usual accounting
practices;
(i) not,
without the prior written consent of Buyer (which consent shall be
in Buyer’s sole discretion), (i) enter into any agreement or
arrangement transferring, selling or encumbering any of the Assets
(other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with
past practices, and solely for ordinary course sales of production,
inventory or salvage); (ii) grant any preferential or other right
to purchase or agree to require the consent of any third party not
otherwise required to consent to the transfer and assignment of the
Assets to Buyer; and (iii) incur or agree to incur any contractual
obligation or liability (absolute or contingent) with respect to
the Assets exceeding $50,000 (net to Seller’s pre-Closing
interest);
(j) not,
without the prior written consent of Buyer (which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), enter into any
new sales contracts or supply contracts which cannot be cancelled
upon ninety (90) days or less prior notice;
(k) to
the extent known to Seller, provide Buyer with written notice of
any claims, actions, causes of action or suit, litigation or
proceeding initiated against Seller or any third-party operator
which affect any of the Assets;
(l)
give prompt written
notice to Buyer of any notice of asserted default or violation
received or given by Seller under any Leases, Contracts, laws,
rules, regulations or Permits affecting any Asset;
(m) promptly
provide Buyer with copies of all AFE’s, drilling reports,
notices, demands, regulatory filings and notices and division
orders concerning the Assets;
(n) not,
without the prior written consent of Buyer, terminate, extend, or
materially amend, violate, breach or default under, any Material
Contract or Lease;
(o) not
waive, compromise or settle any material right or claim with
respect to any of the Leases or Wells;
(p) maintain
insurance coverage on the Assets in the amounts and coverages and
of the types presently in force;
(q) not,
without the prior written consent of Buyer, make any election (or
fail to make an election the result of which is) to go non-consent
or to not participate in any operation with respect to the
Assets;
(r) duly
and timely file all tax returns relating to the Assets that are
required to be filed prior to the Closing Date and will duly and
timely pay all taxes or assessments relating to the Assets that
become due and payable prior to the Closing Date;
(s) notify
Buyer if any Lease terminates promptly upon learning of such
termination;
(t) not
enter into or amend any Affiliate Contract applicable to the
Assets;
(u) give
Buyer the opportunity to discuss matters related to the Assets with
such officers, accountants, consultants and counsel of Seller as
Buyer deems reasonably necessary or appropriate for the purpose of
familiarizing itself with the Assets;
(v) cause
its employees to furnish Buyer with such financial and operating
data and other information with respect to the Assets as Buyer may
from time to time reasonably request; and
(x) not
enter into an agreement with respect to any of the foregoing that
it is not permitted to do under this
Section 7.01
.
Section
7.02
Operation
of the Assets After the Closing
. With respect to
all Assets operated by Seller or an affiliate of Seller, on the
Closing Date Seller will tender operations of such Assets to Buyer.
It is expressly understood and agreed that Seller shall not be
obligated to continue operating any of such Assets following the
Closing and Buyer hereby assumes full responsibility for operating
(or causing the operation of) all such Assets following the
Closing. Seller shall make its personnel available to Buyer prior
to the Closing as may be reasonably necessary to assist in the
transition to Buyer as the operator.
Section
7.03
Access to
Information
.
During the Interim
Period, Seller will give Buyer and Buyer's agents and
representatives, reasonable access to all of Records and Seller
agrees to cause its officers, employees and representatives to
furnish Buyer and Buyer's agents and representatives with such
financial and operating data and other information with respect to
the Assets as the Buyer, its agents and representatives may from
time to time reasonably request.
Section
7.04
Consents and
Operations
.
During the Interim
Period and subject to
Section 7.01
, Seller will use
its reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent or approval of
each person whose consent or approval is required in order to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
Seller will use its reasonable best efforts, to assist Buyer in
becoming the duly elected, appointed or successor operator of all
of the Assets presently operated by Seller or any of its
affiliates.
Section
7.05
Accounting
.
During
the Interim Period, Seller will cooperate with and assist Buyer in
the transition of the joint interest billing and revenue
disbursement accounting for the Assets.
Section
7.06
Revenues, Costs and
Expenses
.
(a)
"Earned" and
"incurred," as used in this Agreement, are to be interpreted in
accordance with GAAP and COPAS standards, as applicable.
Determination of whether Property Costs are attributable to the
period before or after the Effective Time for purposes of this
Agreement shall be based on when services are rendered, when the
goods are delivered, or when the work is performed. For
clarification, the date an item of work is ordered is not the date
of a transaction for settlement purposes in the Closing Statement,
but rather the date on which the item ordered is delivered to the
job site, or the date on which the work ordered is performed, is
the relevant date. For purposes of allocating Hydrocarbon
production (and accounts receivable with respect thereto), (i)
liquid Hydrocarbons are deemed to be "from or attributable to" the
Leases and Wells when they pass from the storage facilities into
which they are run and into the pipeline or the truck hauling them
off the Lands, and (ii) gaseous Hydrocarbons are deemed to be "from
or attributable to" the Leases and Wells when they pass through the
delivery point sales meters on the pipelines through which they are
transported. Seller may utilize reasonable interpolative procedures
to arrive at an allocation of Hydrocarbon production when exact
meter readings or gauging and strapping data is not available.
Asset taxes, right-of-way fees, insurance premiums and other
Property Costs that are paid periodically will be prorated based on
the number of days in the applicable period falling before and the
number of days in the applicable period falling at or after the
Effective Time, except that severance taxes will be prorated based
on the number of units actually produced, purchased or sold or
proceeds of sale, as applicable, before, and at or after, the
Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, all of the Asset taxes
that are allocated to periods prior to the Effective Time shall be
the obligation of Seller (being prorated as set forth above in this
Section 7.06
), and
all of the Asset taxes that are allocated to periods on or after
the Effective Time shall be the obligation of the Buyer (being
prorated as set forth above in this
Section 7.06
) and all
adjustments in respect of Asset taxes under this Agreement shall be
based on these respective obligations.
(b) Except
as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, Seller shall
remain entitled to all of the rights of ownership (including the
right to all production, proceeds of production, and other
proceeds) and shall remain responsible (by payment, through the
adjustments to the Purchase Price under this Agreement or
otherwise) for all Property Costs, in each case attributable to the
Assets for the period of time prior to the Effective Time. Except
as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, and subject to
the occurrence of Closing, Buyer shall be entitled to all of the
rights of ownership (including the right to all production,
proceeds of production, and other proceeds), and shall be
responsible for (by payment, through the adjustments to the
Purchase Price under this Agreement or otherwise) all Property
Costs, in each case attributable to the Assets for the period of
time commencing at the Effective Time.
(c) After
the Parties’ agreement upon the final Closing Statement, (i)
if either Party receives monies belonging to the other Party,
including proceeds of production, then such amount shall, within
thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar month in which such
amounts were received, be paid over to the proper Party, (ii) if
either Party pays monies for Property Costs which are the
obligation of the other Party, then such other Party shall, within
thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar month in which the
applicable invoice and proof of payment of such invoice were
received, reimburse the Party which paid such Property Costs, (iii)
if a Party receives an invoice of an expense or obligation which is
owed by the other Party, such Party receiving the invoice shall
promptly forward such invoice to the Party obligated to pay the
same, and (iv) if an invoice or other evidence of an obligation is
received by a Party, which is partially an obligation of both
Seller and Buyer, then the Parties shall consult with each other,
and each shall promptly pay its portion of such obligation to the
obligee thereof.
(d)
"
Property Costs
" means (i) all
direct operating costs attributable to the ownership and operation
of the Assets (including, (A) costs of insurance relating
specifically to the Assets, (B) all royalties, overriding
royalties, production payments, nonparticipating royalties, net
profits interests and other similar burdens upon production, and
amounts payable to third party co-working interest owners, payable
on account of production from the Assets, and (C) Asset taxes and
severance taxes based upon or measured by the ownership or
operation of the Assets or the production of Hydrocarbons
therefrom, but excluding any other taxes) incurred in accordance
with the relevant operating or unit agreement, if any, (or in the
absence of a relevant operating agreement, in accordance with a
standard COPAS 2005 Accounting Procedure), (ii) all direct capital
expenditures incurred in the ownership and operation of the Assets
in the ordinary course of business and, where applicable, in
accordance with the relevant operating or unit agreement, if any,
(or in the absence of a relevant operating agreement, in accordance
with a standard COPAS 2005 Accounting Procedure) and (iii) overhead
costs charged to the Assets under the relevant operating agreement
or unit agreement.
Section 7.07 Seller's
Knowledge
.
If after the date
of this Agreement, Seller obtains knowledge of any fact which
results in any representation or warranty of Buyer contained herein
being inaccurate in any respect, Seller will promptly provide Buyer
with written notice thereof.
Section 7.08 Audit
Rights
.
Seller
shall (i) cooperate with Buyer and shall cause to be prepared and
delivered to Buyer the financial statements related to the
operations of the Assets in such form and covering such periods as
may be required by applicable securities laws to be filed by Buyer
or its affiliates with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a
result of or in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and (ii) make available to Buyer and its
representatives prior to and following the Closing any and all
existing information and documents in the possession of Seller that
Buyer may reasonably require to comply with Buyer’s tax and
financial reporting requirements and audits, including any filings
with any Governmental Authority and filings that may be required by
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of
1933 and/or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, Seller will use its commercially
reasonable efforts after execution of this Agreement and following
Closing to cooperate with the independent auditors chosen by Buyer
(“
Buyer’s
Auditor
”) in connection with their audit or review of
any revenue and expense records pertaining to the Assets that Buyer
or any of its affiliates requires to comply with their tax,
financial and other reporting requirements. Buyer’s
cooperation will include (i) full access to Seller’s
employees and representatives who were responsible for preparing or
maintaining the revenue and expense records and work papers and
other supporting documents used in the preparation of such
financial statements as may be required by Buyer’s Auditor to
perform an audit or conduct a review in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards or to otherwise verify such financial
statements; (ii) delivery of one or more customary representation
letters from Seller to Buyer’s Auditor that are reasonably
requested by Buyer to allow such auditors to complete an audit (or
review of any financial statements), and to issue an opinion
acceptable to Buyer’s Auditor with respect to an audit or
review of those revenue and expense records required pursuant to
this Section 7.08, and (iii) obtaining the consent of the
independent auditor of Seller that conducted any audit of such
financial statements to be named as an expert in any report filed
by Buyer with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Buyer will
reimburse Seller, within ten (10) Business Days after demand
therefor, for any reasonable out-of-pocket and overhead costs
incurred by Seller in complying with the provisions of this
Section
7.08
.
ARTICLE VIII
Conditions to Obligations of Seller
The
obligations of Seller to consummate the transaction provided for in
this Agreement are subject, at the option of Seller, to the
fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the
following conditions:
Section
8.01
Representations
.
The representations and warranties of Buyer in this Agreement that
are not qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all
material respects, and the representations and warranties of Buyer
in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality shall be true
and correct in all respects, in each case, at and as of the Closing
Date as though made on and as of such date, except that those
representations and warranties which address matters only as of a
particular date shall remain true and correct as of such
date.
Section
8.02
Performance
.
Buyer shall have performed all material obligations, covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed or complied
with by it at or prior to the Closing.
Section
8.03
Pending
Matters
. No suit, action
or other proceeding shall be pending or threatened that seeks to
restrain, enjoin or otherwise prohibit the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
8.04
Purchase
Price
. Buyer shall have
delivered to Seller the Purchase Price, as the same may be adjusted
hereunder, in accordance with the provisions of Article
II.
Section
8.05
Execution
and Delivery of the Closing Documents
. Buyer shall have
executed, acknowledged and delivered, as appropriate, to Seller all
closing documents described in
Section 10.08
.
ARTICLE IX
Conditions to Obligations of Buyer
The
obligations of Buyer to consummate the transaction provided for in
this Agreement are subject, at the option of Buyer, to the
fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the
following conditions:
Section
9.01
Representations
.
The representations and warranties of Seller in this Agreement that
are not qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all
material respects, and the representations and warranties of Seller
in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality shall be true
and correct in all respects, in each case, at and as of the Closing
Date as though made on and as of such date, except that those
representations and warranties which address matters only as of a
particular date shall remain true and correct as of such
date.
Section
9.02
Performance
.
Seller shall have performed all material obligations, covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed or complied
with by it at or prior to the Closing.
Section
9.03
Pending
Matters
. No suit, action
or other proceeding shall be pending or threatened that seeks to
restrain, enjoin, or otherwise prohibit the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
9.04
Execution
and Delivery of the Closing Documents
. Seller shall have
executed, acknowledged and delivered, as appropriate, to Buyer all
closing documents described in Section 10.07.
ARTICLE X
The Closing
Section
10.01
Time
and Place of the Closing
. If the conditions
referred to in Articles VIII and IX of this Agreement have been
satisfied, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the
“
Closing
”) shall take
place at the offices of Seller, 300 W. 2
nd
Street, Roswell, NM
88201, at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Zone Time on February 1, 2019 or
at such other time as the Parties might hereafter mutually agree in
writing (the “
Closing
Date
”).
Section
10.02
Adjustments to Purchase Price at the
Closing
.
(a) At
the Closing, the Purchase Price shall be increased by the following
amounts to the extent known:
(i) the
amount of all prepaid ad valorem, property or similar taxes and
assessments based upon or measured by ownership of the Assets,
insofar as such prepaid taxes are attributable to periods of time
after the Effective Time;
(ii) an
amount equal to all Property Costs paid by Seller that are
attributable to the Assets and attributable to the period of time
from and after the Effective Time;
(iii) unless
collected by Seller prior to Closing, the value of all merchantable
Hydrocarbons attributable to the Wells in storage as of the
Effective Time above the sales connection or upstream of the
applicable sales meter, such value to be the current market price
as of the date of this Agreement or the price paid, less taxes and
gravity adjustments deducted by the purchaser of such
Hydrocarbons;
(v) any
other amount provided for in this Agreement or agreed upon by Buyer
and Seller.
(b) At
the Closing, the Purchase Price shall be decreased by the following
amounts to the extent known:
(i) an
amount equal to all unpaid ad valorem, property, production,
severance and similar taxes and assessments based upon or measured
by the ownership of the Assets that are attributable to periods of
time prior to the Effective Time, which amounts shall, to the
extent not actually assessed, be computed based on such taxes and
assessments for the preceding tax year (such amount to be prorated
for the period of Seller’s and Buyer’s ownership before
and after the Effective Time);
(ii) an
amount equal to all revenues collected by Seller with respect to
the Assets and attributable to Hydrocarbons produced after the
Effective Time;
(iii) an
amount equal to all cash in, or attributable to, accounts in which
third party proceeds of production from the Assets are being held
in suspense by Seller (the “
Suspense Accounts
”), for
which Buyer has assumed responsibility under Section
12.02;
(iv) an
amount equal to all Property Costs paid by the Buyer that are
attributable to the Assets and attributable to the period of time
prior to the Effective Time; and
(v) any
other amount provided for in this Agreement or agreed upon by Buyer
and Seller.
(c) The
adjustments described in Sections 10.02(a) and (b) are hereinafter
referred to as the “
Purchase Price
Adjustments
.”
Section
10.03
Pre-Closing
Statement
. Not
later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Seller
shall prepare and deliver to Buyer a statement of the estimated
Purchase Price Adjustments taking into account the provisions of
this Agreement including
Section 7.06
and
Section 10.02
(the
“
Closing
Statement
”). Seller shall make available to Buyer in
Seller’s office all documents supporting the estimated
Purchase Price Adjustments. The Purchase Price paid by Buyer to
Seller at Closing shall be the Purchase Price, as adjusted by the
estimated Purchase Price Adjustments set forth in the Closing
Statement.
Section
10.04
Post-Closing Adjustments to Purchase
Price
.
(a) On
or before two (2) months after the Closing Date, Seller shall
prepare and deliver to Buyer a revised Closing Statement setting
forth the actual Purchase Price Adjustments. To the extent
reasonably required by Seller, Buyer shall assist in the
preparation of the revised Closing Statement. Seller shall provide
Buyer such data and information as Buyer may reasonably request
supporting the amounts reflected on the revised Closing Statement
in order to permit Buyer to perform or cause to be performed an
audit. The revised Closing Statement shall become final and binding
upon the parties on the sixtieth (60th) day following receipt
thereof by Buyer (the “
Final Settlement
Date
”).
(b) If
the amount of the Purchase Price as set forth on the Final
Statement (defined below) exceeds the amount of the estimated
Purchase Price paid at the Closing, then Buyer will pay to Seller
the amount by which the Purchase Price as set forth on the Final
Statement exceeds the amount of the estimated Purchase Price paid
at the Closing within five (5) Business Days after the Final
Settlement Date. If the amount of the Purchase Price as set forth
on the Final Statement is less than the amount of the estimated
Purchase Price paid at the Closing, then Seller will pay to Buyer
the amount by which the Purchase Price as set forth on the Final
Statement is less than the amount of the estimated Purchase Price
paid at the Closing within five (5) Business Days after the Final
Settlement Date.
Section
10.05
Transfer
Taxes
. All sales, use or
other taxes (other than taxes on gross income, net income or gross
receipts) and duties, levies or other governmental charges incurred
by or imposed with respect to the property transfers undertaken
pursuant to this Agreement shall be the responsibility of, and
shall be collected, remitted and paid by, Buyer.
Section
10.06
Ad
Valorem and Similar Taxes
. All ad valorem,
property, severance and similar taxes and assessments based upon or
measured by the value of the Assets shall be divided or prorated
between Seller and Buyer as of the Effective Time. Seller shall
retain responsibility for such taxes attributable to the period of
time prior to the Effective Time and Buyer shall assume
responsibility for the period of time from and after the Effective
Time.
Section
10.07
Actions of Seller at the
Closing
.
At the Closing,
Seller shall execute (where applicable) and deliver to Buyer the
following, all of which shall be in form and content reasonably
satisfactory to Buyer:
(a) the
Assignment in sufficient counterparts for filing in each filing
jurisdiction and such other instruments, including, without
limitation, appropriate State and Federal assignments as may be
reasonably necessary to convey the Assets to Buyer;
(b) letters
in lieu of transfer or division orders directing all purchasers of
Hydrocarbon production from the Subject Interests to make payment
of proceeds attributable to such production from and after the
Effective Time to Buyer;
(c) possession
of the Assets;
(g) a
Request for Taxpayer Identification and Certification on Form W-9
certifying Seller’s federal employer identification number
and a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status;
(g) appropriate
change of operator forms on those Assets operated by Seller or its
affiliates;
(h) any
other documents provided for herein or necessary or desirable to
effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
10.08
Actions of Buyer at the
Closing
.
At the Closing,
Buyer shall take possession of the Assets and execute (where
applicable) and deliver to Seller the following, all of which shall
be in form and content reasonably satisfactory to
Seller:
(a) the
Purchase Price, paid to Seller, as adjusted in accordance with this
Agreement, by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by
Seller;
(b) the
Assignment and any other documents provided for herein or necessary
or desirable to effectuate the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section
10.09
Further
Cooperation
.
(a) Seller
shall make the Records available to be picked up by Buyer at the
offices of Seller during normal business hours on the Closing Date
and on any date thereafter. Seller shall have the right to retain
copies of any of the Records and Seller shall have the rights
granted under Section 14.03.
(b) After
the Closing Date, each Party, at the request of the other and
without additional consideration, shall execute and deliver, or
shall cause to be executed and delivered, from time to time such
further instruments of conveyance and transfer and shall take such
other action as the other Party may reasonably request to convey
and deliver the Assets to Buyer and to accomplish the orderly
transfer of the Assets to Buyer in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement. After the Closing, the Parties will cooperate to have
all proceeds received attributable to the Assets be paid to the
proper Party hereunder and to have all expenditures to be made with
respect to the Assets be made by the proper Party
hereunder.
ARTICLE XI
Termination
Section
11.01
Right
of Termination
. This Agreement
may be terminated at any time at or prior to the
Closing:
(a) by
mutual written consent of Seller and Buyer;
(b) by
Seller on the Closing Date if the conditions set forth in Article
VIII have not been satisfied in all material respects by Buyer or
waived by Seller in writing by the Closing Date;
(c) by
Buyer on the Closing Date if the conditions set forth in Article IX
have not been satisfied in all material respects by Seller or
waived by Buyer in writing by the Closing Date;
(d) by
Buyer on or before the Closing for any reason or no
reason;
(e) by
Seller or Buyer if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before
February 8, 2019;
(f) by
Seller or Buyer if any Governmental Authority shall have issued an
order, judgment or decree or taken any other action challenging,
delaying, restraining, enjoining, prohibiting or invalidating the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
herein;
Section
11.02
Effect
of Termination
. In the event that
the Closing does not occur as a result of either Party exercising
its right to terminate pursuant to Section 11.01, except as to the
obligations of Buyer under Section 4.08, this Agreement shall be
null and void and no Party shall have any further rights or
obligations under this Agreement.
Section
11.03
Attorneys’
Fees, Etc.
If either
Party to this Agreement resorts to legal proceedings to enforce
this Agreement or relating to the provisions of this Agreement, the
prevailing Party, as determined in a final judgment not subject to
further appeal, in such proceedings shall be entitled to recover
all costs incurred by such Party, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, in addition to any other relief to which
such Party may be entitled.
ARTICLE XII
Obligations and Indemnification
Section
12.01
Seller’s
Retained Obligations
. Provided that the
Closing occurs, Seller hereby retains all costs, expenses,
liabilities and obligations of Seller related, applicable or
attributable to (a) personal injury, property damage or death
claims related to the Assets which arise from circumstances
occurring prior to the Closing Date; (b) the incorrect payment or
nonpayment of royalties, rentals, shut-in payments, revenues and
other payments out of production attributable to the Assets prior
to the Closing Date, together with related fines, penalties and
interest including, without limitation, all fines, penalties and
interest with respect to the Suspense Accounts for all periods
prior to the Closing Date; (c) the incorrect payment or
nonpayment of ad valorem, property, severance, production,
franchise and similar taxes attributable to the Assets prior to the
Effective Time, together with related fines, penalties and
interest; (d) Property Costs attributable to the Assets for
periods of time prior to the Effective Time; (e) any offsite
disposal prior to the Closing Date by Seller or its affiliates of
any wastes, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous material or other
material or substances on, in or below any properties not included
in the Assets; (f) any suit, action, proceeding, lawsuit or
other litigation pending against Seller relating to the Assets as
of the Closing Date; (g) any disputes relating to the proper
billing or payment of joint interest billing accounts related to
the ownership or operation of the Assets prior to the Closing Date;
(h) ownership, operation or use of the Excluded Assets; (i) any and
all obligations and liabilities, or alleged or threatened
obligations and liabilities for environmental claims (including
claims arising from the presence of naturally occurring radioactive
material (NORM), asbestos, other hazardous substances and/or
environmental contaminants), environmental law violations, losses,
damages, costs, expenses, diminution in value, suits, causes of
action or any kind or character, with respect to the Assets in
existence on the Closing Date or arising from events occurring
prior to the Closing Date (“Pre-Effective Time Environmental
Matters”) and (j) any gross negligence or willful
misconduct of Seller or its affiliates to the extent related to the
ownership or operation of the Assets and arising from events
occurring prior to the Closing Date (collectively, the
“
Retained
Obligations
”).
Section
12.02
Buyer’s
Assumed Obligations
. Provided that the
Closing occurs, except to the extent Seller has an indemnity
obligation under Section
12.04
and except for the
Retained Obligations, Buyer hereby assumes all duties, obligations
and liabilities of every kind and character with respect to the
Assets or the ownership or operation thereof that arise from or
that have arisen from the ownership, operation or use of the Assets
on or after the Effective Time (the “
Assumed
Obligations
”).
Section
12.03
Buyer’s
Indemnification
.
PROVIDED THAT THE CLOSING OCCURS, EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT SELLER HAS AN INDEMNITY OBLIGATION UNDER SECTION 12.04,
BUYER SHALL RELEASE, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS SELLER,
ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS, OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, REPRESENTATIVES, MEMBERS,
SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
(COLLECTIVELY, THE “
SELLER
INDEMNITEES
”) FROM AND
AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES, LOSSES, CAUSES OF
ACTION, COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
INVOLVING THEORIES OF NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY AND INCLUDING
COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES) (“
LOSSES
”)
AS A RESULT OF, ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATED TO THE ASSUMED
OBLIGATIONS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY THE
SOLE, JOINT, COMPARATIVE OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT
LIABILITY OF ANY OF THE SELLER INDEMNITEES EXCLUDING ANY SELLER
INDEMNITEE’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT
.
Section
12.04
Seller’s
Indemnification
.
PROVIDED THAT THE CLOSING OCCURS, SELLER SHALL
RELEASE, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS BUYER, ITS AFFILIATES,
AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, MEMBERS, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES AND
SUBSIDIARIES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “
BUYER
INDEMNITEES
”) FROM AND
AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES AS A RESULT OF, ARISING OUT OF, OR
RELATED TO (A) THE RETAINED OBLIGATIONS,
OR (B) ANY INACCURACY OR BREACH OF ANY
REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT OF SELLER CONTAINED IN THIS
AGREEMENT THAT SURVIVES THE CLOSING, IN EACH CASE, REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY THE SOLE, JOINT, COMPARATIVE OR
CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY OF ANY OF THE BUYER
INDEMNITEES EXCLUDING ANY BUYER INDEMNITEE’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE
OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT
.
ARTICLE XIII
Limitations on Representations and Warranties; and Casualty
Losses
Section
13.01
Disclaimers
of Representations and Warranties
. The express
representations and warranties of Seller contained in this
Agreement and the Assignment are exclusive and are in lieu of all
other representations and warranties, express, implied or
statutory.
EXCEPT FOR THE
EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS OF SELLER IN THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE
ASSIGNMENT,
BUYER
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SELLER HAS NOT MADE, AND SELLER HEREBY EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS AND NEGATES, AND BUYER HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES, ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AT COMMON LAW, BY
STATUTE OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO (a) PRODUCTION RATES, RECOMPLETION
OPPORTUNITIES, DECLINE RATES, OR THE QUALITY, QUANTITY OR VOLUME OF
THE RESERVES OF HYDROCARBONS, IF ANY, ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ASSETS,
AND (b) THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR MATERIALITY OF ANY
INFORMATION, DATA OR OTHER MATERIALS (WRITTEN OR ORAL) NOW,
HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER FURNISHED TO BUYER BY OR ON BEHALF OF
SELLER.
EXCEPT FOR THE
EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS OF SELLER IN THIS AGREEMENT,
SELLER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS AND
NEGATES, AND BUYER HEREBY WAIVES, AS TO PERSONAL PROPERTY,
EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY, MACHINERY AND FIXTURES CONSTITUTING A PART OF
THE ASSETS (i) ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
(ii) ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, (iii) ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF CONFORMITY TO
MODELS OR SAMPLES OF MATERIALS, (iv) ANY RIGHTS OF PURCHASERS UNDER
APPROPRIATE STATUTES TO CLAIM DIMINUTION OF CONSIDERATION OR RETURN
OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, (v) ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF
FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, AND (vi) ANY AND
ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES EXISTING UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IT BEING THE
EXPRESS INTENTION OF BUYER AND SELLER THAT THE PERSONAL PROPERTY,
EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY, MACHINERY AND FIXTURES INCLUDED IN THE ASSETS
SHALL BE CONVEYED TO BUYER, AND BUYER SHALL ACCEPT SAME, AS IS,
WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND IN THEIR PRESENT CONDITION AND STATE
OF REPAIR AND BUYER REPRESENTS TO SELLER THAT BUYER WILL MAKE OR
CAUSE TO BE MADE SUCH INSPECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PERSONAL
PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY, MACHINERY AND FIXTURES AS BUYER
DEEMS APPROPRIATE. SELLER AND BUYER AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT
REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW TO BE EFFECTIVE, THE DISCLAIMERS OF
CERTAIN WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION ARE
“CONSPICUOUS” DISCLAIMERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY
APPLICABLE LAW, RULE OR ORDER.
Section
13.02
Survival
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 14.12, the representations,
warranties, covenants and obligations of the Parties under this
Agreement shall survive the Closing.
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
Section
14.01
Names
.
As soon as reasonably possible after the Closing, but in no event
later than 180 days after the Closing, Buyer shall remove the names
of Seller and its affiliates, and all variations thereof, from all
of the Assets and make the requisite filings with, and provide the
requisite notices to, the appropriate federal, state or local
agencies to place the title or other indicia of ownership,
including operation of the Assets, in a name other than the name of
the Seller or any of its affiliates, or any variations
thereof.
Section
14.02
Recording
Expenses
. Buyer shall pay
all recording fees arising from the recordation of the Assignment
and the other documents delivered at Closing. Each Party shall be
solely responsible for all expenses, including due diligence
expenses, incurred by it in connection with this transaction, and
neither Party shall be entitled to any reimbursement for such
expenses from the other Party.
Section
14.03
Document
Retention
. As used in this
Section 14.03, the term “
Documents
” shall mean all
files, documents, books, records and other data delivered to Buyer
by Seller pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (other than
those that Seller has retained either the original or a copy of),
including, but not limited to: financial and tax accounting
records; land, title and division of interest files; contracts;
engineering and well files; and books and records related to the
operation of the Assets prior to the Closing Date. Buyer shall
retain and preserve the Documents for a period not less than the
shorter of (i) the date on which substantially all of the Assets
are sold or otherwise transferred by Buyer to an unaffiliated third
party or (ii) three (3) years following the Closing Date (or for
such longer period as may be required by law or governmental
regulation), and shall allow Seller or its representatives to
inspect the Documents at reasonable times and upon reasonable
notice during regular business hours during such time period.
Seller shall have the right during such period to make copies of
the Documents at Seller's expense.
Section
14.04
Entire
Agreement
. This Agreement,
executed by the Parties, the documents to be executed hereunder,
and the exhibits attached hereto constitute the entire agreement
between the Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and
supersede all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and
discussions, whether oral or written, of the Parties pertaining to
the subject matter hereof. No supplement, amendment, alteration,
modification or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless
executed in writing by the Parties and specifically referencing
this Agreement.
Section
14.05
Waiver
.
Unless it is a waiver which is deemed to have been made
automatically at the expiration of a time limit under this
Agreement, any waiver must be in writing executed by the waiving
party and no waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement
shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other
provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver
constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly
provided.
Section
14.06
Construction
.
The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall
not be considered a part of or affect the construction or
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. The Parties
acknowledge that they have participated jointly in the negotiation
and drafting of this Agreement and as such the Parties agree that
if an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises
hereunder, this Agreement shall not be construed more strictly
against one Party than another on the grounds of
authorship.
Section
14.07
No
Third-Party Beneficiaries
. Except as
provided in Sections 12.03 and 12.04, nothing in this Agreement
shall provide any benefit to any third party or entitle any third
party to any claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind,
it being the intent of the Parties that this Agreement shall
otherwise not be construed as a third-party beneficiary
contract.
Section
14.08
Assignment
.
Until Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
neither Party may assign or delegate any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the
other Party, and any assignment made without such consent shall be
void
provided that the
Buyer may on notice to the Seller assign its rights or obligations
hereunder to an affiliated entity prior to Closing. Except as
otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors, assigns and legal representatives. If Closing
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement occurs, as
provided herein, the terms of this Section 14.08 shall no longer
apply, and Buyer shall be entitled to convey all or any portion of
the Assets acquired without the prior written consent of the
Seller.
Section
14.09
GOVERNING LAW; VENUE; JURY
WAIVER
.
THIS AGREEMENT, THE
OTHER DOCUMENTS DELIVERED PURSUANT HERETO AND THE LEGAL RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS
OF LAW, RULE OR PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER CONSTRUCTION OF THIS
AGREEMENT AND SUCH OTHER DOCUMENTS TO THE LAWS OF ANOTHER
JURISDICTION. ALL OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENT TO THE EXERCISE OF
JURISDICTION
IN PERSONAM
BY
THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO FOR ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER DOCUMENTS EXECUTED PURSUANT TO OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH
RESPECT TO, ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN CONNECTION WITH, OUT
OF, RELATED TO OR FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER DOCUMENTS
EXECUTED PURSUANT TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
EXCLUSIVELY LITIGATED IN COURTS HAVING SITES IN ROOSEVELT COUNTY,
NEW MEXICO. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY A
JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
Section
14.10
Notices
.
Any notice, communication, request, instruction or other document
required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and
delivered in person or sent by U.S. Mail postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, overnight courier or electronic mail to the
addresses of Seller and Buyer set forth below. Any such notice
shall be effective only upon receipt.
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Manzano
Energy Partners II, LLC
And/or
Manzano, LLC
300 W.
2
nd
Street
Roswell,
New Mexico 88201
Attention:
Mr. Michael G. Hanagan
Email:
mike@manzanoenergy.com
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Buyer:
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Addressed
to:
Pacific
Energy Development Corporation
1250
Wood Branch
Houston,
Texas 77079
Attention:
J. Douglas Schick
Email:
dschick@Pedevco.com
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Either
Party may, by written notice so delivered to the other Party,
change its address for notice purposes hereunder.
Section
14.11
Severability
.
If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public
policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall
nevertheless remain in full force and effect and the Parties shall
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to affect
their original intent as closely as possible in an acceptable
manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are
fulfilled to the extent possible.
Section
14.12
Survival.
The
representations and warranties of Seller set forth in
Sections 5.06 through 5.26 hereof shall survive the Closing
for a period of twelve (12) months. All other representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement
shall survive the Closing indefinitely, except that Seller will
have no liability to Buyer for any claim for indemnification for
Pre-Effective Time Environmental Matters under this Agreement
unless, Buyer notifies Seller of the claim specifying the factual
basis of that claim in reasonable detail to the extent then known
by Buyer on or before five (5) years from the Closing
Date.
Section
14.13
Time
of the Essence
. Time shall be of
the essence with respect to all time periods and notice periods set
forth in this Agreement.
Section
14.14
Counterpart
Execution
. This Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each counterpart
hereof shall be effective as to each party that executes the same
whether or not all of such parties execute the same counterpart. If
counterparts of this Agreement are executed, the signature pages
from various counterparts may be combined into one composite
instrument for all purposes. All counterparts together shall
constitute only one Agreement, but each counterpart shall be
considered an original. If this Agreement or any document executed
in connection with it is transmitted by facsimile machine,
electronic mail or other electronic transmission, it will be
treated for all purposes as an original document. Additionally, the
signature of any party on this document transmitted by way of a
facsimile machine or electronic mail will be considered for all
purposes as an original signature.
Section
14.15
Interpretation.
This
Agreement shall be deemed and considered for all purposes to have
been jointly prepared by the Parties, and shall not be construed
against any one Party (nor shall any inference or presumption be
made) on the basis of who drafted this Agreement or any particular
provision hereof, who supplied the form of Agreement, or any other
event of the negotiation, drafting or execution of this Agreement.
Each Party agrees that this Agreement has been purposefully drawn
and correctly reflects its understanding of the transaction that it
contemplates. In construing this Agreement, the following
principles will apply:
(a)
A defined term has
its defined meaning throughout this Agreement and in each Exhibit
and Schedule to this Agreement, regardless of whether it appears
before or after the place where it is defined.
(b)
If there is any
conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the main body
of this Agreement and the provisions of any Appendix, Exhibit or
Schedule hereto, the provisions of this Agreement shall take
precedence. If there is any conflict between the provisions of any
of the Assignment
or
other transaction documents attached to this Agreement as an
Exhibit and the provisions of any Assignment and other transaction
documents actually executed by the parties, the provisions of
transaction documents actually executed shall take
precedence.
(c)
The Exhibits and
Schedules referred to herein are hereby incorporated and made a
part of this Agreement for all purposes by such
reference.
(d)
The omission of
certain provisions of this Agreement from the
Assignment
does not
constitute a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and
the Assignment, and will not effect a merger of the omitted
provisions. To the fullest extent permitted by law, all provisions
of this Agreement are hereby deemed incorporated into the
Assignment by reference.
(e)
The word
“includes” and its derivatives means “includes,
but not limited to” and corresponding derivative
meanings.
(f)
The Article,
Section, Exhibit and Schedule references in this Agreement refer to
the Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement.
The headings and titles in this Agreement are for convenience only
and shall have no significance in interpreting or otherwise affect
the meaning of this Agreement.
(g)
The plural shall be
deemed to include the singular, and vice versa.
(h)
As used in this
Agreement, the phrases “to Seller’s knowledge,”
“to the knowledge of Seller,” and similar phrases shall
mean to the actual or constructive knowledge of any officer or
employee of Seller actively involved in the management or operation
of any of the Assets, in each case, after due inquiry.
Section
14.16
Confidentiality.
Seller
agrees that any facts, information know-how, processes, trade
secrets, customer lists or confidential matters that relate in any
way to the Assets or the transaction contemplated hereby shall be
maintained in confidence and shall not be divulged by Seller or its
affiliates to any party unless and until they shall become public
knowledge (other than by disclosure in breach of this Section
14.16) or as required by applicable laws, including applicable
securities laws and regulations; provided, before Seller or any of
its affiliates discloses any of the foregoing as may be required by
applicable laws, such person shall give Buyer reasonable advance
notice to the extent practicable and give Buyer an opportunity to
take such reasonable actions to minimize the required disclosure.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Buyer or Seller shall have
the right to disclose any information related by this Agreement to
the extent required by existing contracts or applicable
laws.
Section
14.17
Exclusivity
.
Until
the earlier of Closing or the termination of this Agreement, Seller
agrees that it will not permit any person acting on behalf of
Seller or any affiliates of Seller, including, without limitation,
any employees, other equity holders or advisors, to directly or
indirectly entertain any proposals or offers from, or conduct any
negotiations, discussions or exchange of information with, any
other person with respect to the sale of any of the Assets, the
issuance or sale of any equity securities, debt securities or
assets or any merger, joint venture or other disposition or
transfer of control of all or any portion of Seller, that would
result in the sale, assignment or transfer of the Assets. If Seller
or any affiliates of Seller are approached by or receive any
offers, inquiries or other communications from any third party
regarding any of the aforementioned types of transactions or
activities, such party agrees to inform Buyer promptly
thereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller and Buyer have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
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SELLER:
MANZANO, LLC
By:
/s/ Michael G.
Hanagan
Michael G. Hanagan,
Managing Member
MANZANO ENERGY PARTNERS II, LLC
By: Manzano, LLC, its Manager
By:
/s/ Michael G.
Hanagan
Michael G. Hanagan,
Managing Member
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BUYER:
PACIFIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
By:
/s/ J. Douglas
Schick
J. Douglas Schick, President
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EXHIBIT A
SUBJECT INTERESTS
- redacted -
EXHIBIT B
WELLS and INTERESTS
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EXHIBIT C
PERSONAL PROPERTY
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EXHIBIT D
CONTRACTS
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EXHIBIT E
ASSIGNMENT AND BILL OF SALE
THIS
ASSIGNMENT AND BILL OF SALE (this “
Assignment
”), effective
as of 7:00 a.m. on February 1, 2019 (the “
Effective Time
”), is made
by
MANZANO, LLC,
a New
Mexico limited liability company,
and
MANZANO ENERGY PARTNERS II, LLC
, a
Delaware limited liability company (“
Assignor
”),
to
PACIFIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
, a Nevada corporation (“
Assignee
”),
whose address is 200 N. Loraine, Suite 1100, Midland, Texas
79701.
ARTICLE I
Granting
and Habendum
For Ten
Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt, and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Assignor
does hereby grant, bargain, sell, transfer, convey, set over,
assign and deliver unto Assignee and its successors and assigns,
effective for all purposes as of the Effective Time and subject to
the matters set forth herein, the Assets. The term
“
Assets
” shall mean,
except for the Excluded Assets (defined below), all of
Assignor’s right, title and interest, whether legal or
equitable, in and to the following:
(a) the
oil, gas and/or mineral leases, described or referred to in
Exhibit A
attached hereto, together with all amendments, supplements,
renewals, extensions or ratifications thereof, all surface rights
and estates, and all oil, gas and/or mineral leasehold interests in
and to the lands described in
Exhibit A
attached hereto (the
“
Leases
”), and any and all
lands covered by the Leases (the “
Lands
”) and all Leases
and Lands related to the Wells (defined below) (collectively, the
“
Subject
Interests
,” or singularly, a “
Subject
Interest
”);
(b) all
reversionary, back-in, net profits, carried, convertible,
non-consent, operating rights and other interests in, incident to
or appurtenant to the Subject Interests or Wells;
(c) (i)
all rights to use and occupy the surface of and the subsurface
depths under the Subject Interests, insofar only as such rights
pertain to the Subject Interests; (ii) all rights in any pooled,
communitized or unitized acreage by virtue of any Subject Interest
being a part thereof, including all Hydrocarbons produced after the
Effective Time attributable to the Subject Interests or any such
pool or unit allocated to any such Subject Interest;
(d) all
wells located on the Lands or on lands with which the Subject
Interests may have been pooled, communitized or unitized (whether
producing, shut in or abandoned, and whether for production,
injection or disposal), including, without limitation, the wells
described in
Exhibit B
attached hereto
(such wells, together with the behind pipe, proved developed
nonproducing, proved undeveloped and unproved wells or well
locations identified on
Exhibit B
being collectively
called the “
Wells
”);
(e) all
easements, rights-of-way, surface leases, surface use agreements,
surface fee or other surface or subsurface interests and estates
related to or used or useful in connection with the Subject
Interests, but insofar only as they pertain to the Subject
Interests or the Wells (the “
Easements
”), including,
without limitation, the Easements described or referred to in
Exhibit A
attached hereto;
(f) all
permits, licenses, franchises, registrations, certificates,
exemptions, consents, approvals and other similar rights and
privileges related to or used or useful in connection with the
ownership or operation of the Subject Interests, the Wells or the
Easements, but insofar only as they pertain to the Subject
Interests or the Wells (the “
Permits
”);
(g) all
personal property, equipment, fixtures, inventory and improvements
located on or used or useful in connection with the Subject
Interests, the Wells or the Easements or with the production,
treatment, gathering, transportation, compression, sale, or
disposal of oil, gas or other hydrocarbons (collectively,
“
Hydrocarbons
”),
byproducts or waste produced therefrom or attributable thereto,
including, without limitation, wellhead equipment, pumps, pumping
units, Hydrocarbon measurement facilities, flowlines, gathering
systems, piping, pipelines, compressors, tanks, buildings,
treatment facilities, injection facilities, disposal facilities,
compression facilities, and other materials, supplies, equipment,
facilities and machinery, but only insofar as any of the foregoing
pertain to the Subject Interests, the Easements, or the Wells
(collectively, the “
Personal Property
”),
including, without limitation, the Personal Property described or
referred to in
Exhibit C
attached
hereto;
(h) all
contracts, agreements and other written agreements described in
Exhibit C
attached
hereto, and all other contracts and agreements, including, without
limitation, all production sales contracts, farmout agreements,
operating agreements, service agreements, equipment leases,
division orders, unit agreements, gas gathering and transportation
agreements, water disposal agreements and other similar agreements,
but only to the extent the same relate to the Subject Interests,
the Wells, the Easements, the Permits, the Personal Property or the
G&G Data (defined below) (collectively, the “
Contracts
”) including,
without limitation, the Contracts described or referred to in
Exhibit D
attached hereto;
(i) originals
of all books, records, files, muniments of title, reports and
similar documents and materials that relate to the foregoing
interests and that are in the possession or control of, or
maintained by, Assignor, including, without limitation, all
contract files, title files, title records, title opinions,
abstracts, property ownership reports, well files, well logs, well
tests, maps, engineering data and reports, health, environmental
and safety information and records, regulatory records, accounting
and financial records, production records, tax records and
operational records, provided that (i) if Assignor does not possess
originals of the foregoing, Assignor shall provide copies of any of
the foregoing, or (ii) if any of the foregoing pertain to
properties not comprising the Subject Interests or the Wells,
Assignor may provide copies of any of the foregoing (the
“
Records
”);
(j) (i)
all claims, rights and causes of action including, without
limitation, causes of action for breach of warranty, against third
parties, asserted and unasserted, known and unknown, but only to
the extent such claims, rights and causes of action affect the
value of any of the foregoing interests after the Effective Time,
and where necessary to give effect to the assignment of such
rights, claims and causes of action, the Assignor grants to the
Assignee the right to be subrogated to such rights, claims and
causes of action; and (ii) all claims, rights and causes of action
including, without limitation, causes of action for breach of
warranty, against third parties, asserted and unasserted, known and
unknown, but only to the extent such claims, rights and causes of
action affect the value of any of the foregoing interests before or
on the Effective Time but only to the extent that they relate to
Assumed Obligations for which Assignee is providing indemnity
hereunder, and where necessary to give effect to the assignment of
such rights, claims and causes of action, Assignor grants to the
Assignee the right to be subrogated to such rights, claims and
causes of action;
(k) all
geological data (including, without limitation, raw data and
interpretive data whether in written or electronic form), insofar
only as it pertains to the Subject Interests, excluding, however,
any such data that is subject to contractual restrictions requiring
the consent of third parties to its disclosure, for which Assignor
has been unable to obtain such consent after making reasonable
efforts to do so (the “
G&G
Data
”);
(l) all
rights and benefits arising from or in connection with any wellhead
gas imbalances or pipeline imbalances attributable to Hydrocarbons
produced from the Wells as of the Effective Time; and
(m) all
Hydrocarbons relating to the Assets in storage or existing in stock
tanks, pipelines and/or plants (including inventory).
SAVE
AND EXCEPT, there is excepted and excluded from the Assets, all of
Assignor’s right, title and interest in and to the following
(the “
Excluded
Assets
”):
(a)
all existing fee
mineral interests, royalty interests, overriding royalty interests
and all other non-cost-bearing interests owned by Assignor in and
to the Leases or the Lands as of the Effective Time;
(b)
to the extent that
they do not relate to the Assumed Obligations for which Assignee is
providing indemnity pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement,
(i) all trade credits, accounts receivable, notes receivable and
other receivables attributable to Assignor’s interest in the
Assets with respect to any period of time prior to the Effective
Time; (ii) all deposits, cash, checks in process of collection,
cash equivalents and funds attributable to Assignor's interest in
the Assets with respect to any period of time prior to the
Effective Time; and (iii) all proceeds, benefits, income or
revenues accruing (and any security or other deposits made) with
respect to the Assets prior to the Effective Time, all of the
preceding regardless of when actually paid or received; except, in
each such case, to the extent related to the Assumed
Obligations;
(c)
all corporate,
financial, and tax records of Assignor; however, Assignee shall be
entitled to receive copies of any tax or financial records which
directly relate to the Assets, or which are necessary for
Assignee's ownership, administration, or operation of the
Assets;
(d)
all claims and
causes of action of Assignor arising from acts, omissions or
events, or damage to or destruction of the Assets, occurring prior
to the Effective Time except to the extent directly related to the
Assumed Obligations;
(e)
all rights, titles,
claims and interests of Assignor relating to the Assets prior to
the Effective Time (i) under any policy or agreement of insurance
or indemnity; (ii) under any bond; or (iii) to any insurance or
condemnation proceeds or awards, in each case except to the extent
directly related to the Assumed Obligations;
(f)
Other than
Hydrocarbons relating to the Assets in storage or existing in stock
tanks, pipelines, and/or plants, all Hydrocarbons produced from or
attributable to the Assets with respect to all periods prior to the
Effective Time, together with all proceeds from or of such
Hydrocarbons;
(g)
all claims of
Assignor for refund of or loss carry forwards with respect to
production, windfall profit, severance, ad valorem or any other
taxes attributable to any period prior to the Effective Time, or
income or franchise taxes;
(h)
all amounts due or payable to Assignor as
adjustments or refunds under any contracts or
agreements
(including take-or-pay claims) affecting the Assets, respecting
periods prior to the Effective Time;
(i)
all amounts due or payable to Assignor as
adjustments to insurance premiums related to
the Assets with
respect to any period prior to the Effective Time;
(j)
all of
Assignor’s proprietary computer software, patents, trade
secrets, copyrights, names, marks and logos; and
(k)
all of Assignor's
leased or owned automobiles and trucks.
TO HAVE
AND TO HOLD the Assets, together with all and singular the rights,
privileges, contracts and appurtenances, in any way appertaining or
belonging thereto, unto Assignee, its successors and assigns,
forever, subject to the matters set forth herein.
ARTICLE II
Special Warranty of Title and Disclaimers
Section
2.01
Special Warranty of
Title
. Assignor hereby agrees to warrant and forever defend
Good and Defensible Title to the Assets unto Assignee, to the
extent of the interests set forth on
Exhibit B
attached hereto,
against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the
same or any part thereof, by, through or under Assignor, but not
otherwise; subject, however, to the Permitted Encumbrances (as such
term is defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement described below)
and the other matters set forth herein.
Section
2.02
Disclaimer
.
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT OR
THIS ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ASSIGNOR HAS NOT MADE,
AND ASSIGNOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS AND NEGATES, AND ASSIGNEE
HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES, ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS,
IMPLIED, AT COMMON LAW, BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO (a)
PRODUCTION RATES, RECOMPLETION OPPORTUNITIES, DECLINE RATES, OR THE
QUALITY, QUANTITY OR VOLUME OF THE RESERVES OF HYDROCARBONS, IF
ANY, ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ASSETS, (b) THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR
MATERIALITY OF ANY INFORMATION, DATA OR OTHER MATERIALS (WRITTEN OR
ORAL) NOW, HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER FURNISHED TO ASSIGNEE BY OR ON
BEHALF OF ASSIGNOR, AND (c) THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF THE
ASSETS. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS OF ASSIGNOR SET
FORTH IN THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, ASSIGNOR EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS AND NEGATES, AND ASSIGNEE HEREBY WAIVES, AS TO PERSONAL
PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY, MACHINERY AND FIXTURES CONSTITUTING
A PART OF THE ASSETS (i) ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, (ii) ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, (iii) ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF
CONFORMITY TO MODELS OR SAMPLES OF MATERIALS, (iv) ANY RIGHTS OF
PURCHASERS UNDER APPROPRIATE STATUTES TO CLAIM DIMINUTION OF
CONSIDERATION OR RETURN OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, (v) ANY IMPLIED OR
EXPRESS WARRANTY OF FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN,
AND (vi) ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES EXISTING UNDER APPLICABLE
LAW, IT BEING THE EXPRESS INTENTION OF ASSIGNEE AND ASSIGNOR THAT
THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY, MACHINERY AND FIXTURES
INCLUDED IN THE ASSETS SHALL BE CONVEYED TO ASSIGNEE, AND ASSIGNEE
SHALL ACCEPT SAME, AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND IN THEIR
PRESENT CONDITION AND STATE OF REPAIR AND ASSIGNEE REPRESENTS TO
ASSIGNOR THAT ASSIGNEE HAS MADE OR CAUSED TO BE MADE SUCH
INSPECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PERSONAL PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT,
INVENTORY, MACHINERY AND FIXTURES AS ASSIGNEE DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
ASSIGNOR AND ASSIGNEE AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY
APPLICABLE LAW TO BE EFFECTIVE, THE DISCLAIMERS OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION ARE “CONSPICUOUS”
DISCLAIMERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW, RULE OR
ORDER.
Section
2.03
Subrogation
.
Assignor assigns and grants to Assignee all rights, claims and
causes of action under title or warranties of title given or made
by Assignor’s predecessors in interest (other than affiliates
of Assignor) with respect to the Subject Interests, and Assignee is
specifically subrogated to all rights which Assignor may have
against such predecessors in interest with respect to the Subject
Interests, to the extent Assignor may legally transfer such rights
and grant such subrogation.
ARTICLE III
Miscellaneous
Section
3.01
Construction
.
The captions in this Assignment are for convenience only and shall
not be considered a part of or affect the construction or
interpretation of any provision of this Assignment. Assignor and
Assignee acknowledge that they have participated jointly in the
negotiation and drafting of this Assignment and as such they agree
that if an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises
hereunder, this Assignment shall not be construed more strictly
against one party than another on the grounds of
authorship.
Section
3.02
No Third-Party
Beneficiaries
. Nothing in this Assignment shall provide any
benefit to any third party or entitle any thirty party to any
claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind, it being the
intent of the parties hereto that this Assignment shall otherwise
not be construed as a third-party beneficiary
contract.
Section
3.03
Assignment
.
This Assignment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.
Section
3.04
Governing Law
.
This Assignment, other documents delivered pursuant hereto and the
legal relations between the parties hereto shall be governed and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas,
without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws that would
result in the application of the laws of another
jurisdiction.
Section
3.05
Counterpart
Execution
. This Assignment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and each counterpart hereof shall be effective as to
each party that executes the same whether or not all of such
parties execute the same counterpart. If counterparts of this
Assignment are executed, the signature pages from various
counterparts may be combined into one composite instrument for all
purposes. All counterparts together shall constitute only one
Assignment, but each counterpart shall be considered an
original.
Section
3.06
Recording
. To
facilitate the recording or filing of this Assignment, the
counterpart to be recorded in a given county may contain only that
portion of the exhibits that describes Assets located in that
county. In addition to filing this Assignment, the parties hereto
shall execute and file with the appropriate authorities, whether
federal, state or local, all forms or instruments required by
applicable law to effectuate the conveyance contemplated hereby.
Said instruments shall be deemed to contain all of the exceptions,
reservations, rights, titles and privileges set forth herein as
fully as though the same were set forth in each such instrument.
The interests conveyed by such separate assignments are the same,
and not in addition to the Assets conveyed herein.
Section
3.07
Purchase and Sale
Agreement
. This Assignment is made subject to all of the
terms and conditions of that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement
dated January 11, 2019, by and between Assignor and Assignee (the
“
Purchase and Sale
Agreement
”). Any capitalized term used but not defined
in this Assignment shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase
and Sale Agreement. The terms and provisions of the Purchase and
Sale Agreement are incorporated herein for all purposes. In the
event of a conflict between the terms and provisions herein and the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, the terms and provisions of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement shall prevail.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Assignment is executed by the parties on the
dates of their respective acknowledgments below, but shall be
effective for all purposes as of the Effective Time.
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ASSIGNOR:
MANZANO, LLC
By: ________________________________
Michael G. Hanagan, Managing Member
MANZANO ENERGY PARTNERS II, LLC
By:Manzano, LLC,
its Manager
By:________________________________
Michael G. Hanagan, Managing Member
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ASSIGNEE:
PACIFIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
By:
J. Douglas Schick, President
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This
instrument was acknowledged before me this 11
th
day of January,
2019, by Michael G. Hanagan for Manzano, LLC, on its own behalf and
as Manager of Manzano Energy Partners II, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, on behalf of said limited liability
company.
STATE OF
___________________
§
COUNTY OF
_________________
§
This
instrument was acknowledged before me this ________ day of
__________________, 2019, by J. Douglas Schick, President of
Pacific Energy Development Corporation, a _______________________,
on behalf of said limited liability company.
Notary
Public, State of _________________
EXHIBIT A
Attached to that certain Assignment, Bill of Sale and Conveyance
dated effective February 1, 2019, by and between Manzano, LLC and
Manzano Energy Partners II, LLC, as Assignor, and
Pacific Energy Development Corporation, as Assignee
OIL AND GAS
LEASES
:
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EXHIBIT B
Attached to that certain Assignment, Bill of Sale and Conveyance
dated effective February 1, 2019, by and between Manzano, LLC and
Manzano Energy Partners II, LLC, as Assignor, and
Pacific Energy Development Corporation, as Assignee
WELLS
:
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EXHIBIT C
Attached to that certain Assignment, Bill of Sale and Conveyance
dated effective February 1, 2019, by and between Manzano, LLC and
Manzano Energy Partners II, LLC, as Assignor, and
Pacific Energy Development Corporation, as Assignee
PERSONAL PROPERTY:
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EXHIBIT D
Attached to that certain Assignment, Bill of Sale and Conveyance
dated effective February 1, 2019, by and between Manzano, LLC and
Manzano Energy Partners II, LLC, as Assignor, and
Pacific Energy Development Corporation, as Assignee
CONTRACTS
:
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SCHEDULE 5.21
SUSPENSE ACCOUNTS
Attached to that certain Assignment, Bill of Sale and Conveyance
dated effective February 1, 2019, by and between Manzano, LLC and
Manzano Energy Partners II, LLC, as Assignor, and
Pacific Energy Development Corporation, as Assignee
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THIS NOTE, AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS NOTE (THE “
SECURITIES
”) HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
UNTIL (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “
ACT
” OR THE
“
SECURITIES
ACT
”) SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT THERETO
OR (ii) RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT REGISTRATION UNDER
THE ACT IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROPOSED TRANSFER
NOR IS IN VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS
LEGEND SHALL BE ENDORSED UPON ANY NOTE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS
NOTE AND ANY SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE
(EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BELOW).
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
CN-8
|
Effective January 11, 2019
|
NOW THEREFORE FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
the
undersigned,
PEDEVCO Corp.
, a Texas corporation (the
“
Borrower
”),
hereby promises to pay to the order of
SK Energy, LLC
and assigns
(“
Holder
”),
the principal amount of
Fifteen
Million Dollars and No Cents (US $15,000,000)
(the
“
Principal
”),
in lawful money of the United States of America, which shall be
legal tender, bearing interest and payable as provided herein. This
Convertible Promissory Note (this “
Note
”
or “
Promissory
Note
”)
has
an effective date of January 11, 2019 (the “
Effective
Date
”). This Note is entered into to evidence the loan
of the Principal to the Borrower on the Effective Date (the
“
Loan
”).
The payment of any amounts due to the Holder under this Note is
expressly subordinated and deferred until full payment and
satisfaction of that certain Promissory Note, dated June 25, 2018,
in the amount of $7.7 million, issued by the Company to SK Energy,
LLC, as the same may be amended or modified in accordance with its
terms (the “
Senior
Note
”), unless otherwise waived or permitted by SK
Energy, LLC, provided, however, nothing in the Senior Note or this
Note shall restrict Holder from exercising its Holder Conversion
Option (as defined below) as set forth, and in accordance with, the
provisions set forth herein.
1.
Interest
(“
Interest
”)
shall accrue on the Principal amount of this Note then outstanding
at the rate of eight and one-half percent (8.5%) per annum (the
“
Interest
Rate
”), compounded monthly at the rate of
1/12
th
of
such annual interest per month, on the last day of each calendar
month (“
Monthly
Interest
”). The Monthly Interest shall accrue and be
payable on the Maturity Date, if not paid prior to such Maturity
Date, or converted into Shares (as defined in
Section 2
) as provided
herein.
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2.
Holder’s
Option to Convert This Note Into Shares
.
(a)
At any time
following (i) the NYSE Approval Date (as defined below) and (ii)
prior to the payment in full by the Borrower of this Note, subject
to the provisions of
Section 2
, below, Holder shall
have the option to convert the Principal (or any portion thereof)
and accrued Interest (or any portion thereof), into
shares
(the
“
Shares
”)
of common stock of the Borrower (“
Common
Stock
”), at the applicable Conversion Price (the
“
Holder Conversion
Option
”), which shall apply for the conversion of
Principal and all accrued Interest (each a “
Conversion
”).
The “
Conversion
Price
” shall equal $1.50 per share.
(b)
In order to
exercise this Holder Conversion Option, the Holder shall provide
the Borrower a written notice of its intentions to exercise this
Holder Conversion Option, which notice shall set forth the amount
of this Promissory Note to be converted, the applicable Principal
and Interest to be converted and the calculation of the applicable
Conversion Price, which shall be in the form of
Exhibit A
, attached hereto
(“
Notice of
Conversion
”). Within ten (10) business days of the
Borrower’s receipt of the Notice of Conversion (reflecting
Conversion Price confirmed by the Borrower), the Borrower shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder, written
confirmation that the Shares have been issued in the name of the
Holder. If the Borrower reasonably believes that there is an error
in Holder’s calculation of the Shares issuable in connection
with the Notice of Conversion or the Conversion Price provided for
therein, or another issue with the conversion, the Borrower shall
not be obligated to honor such defective Notice of Conversion and
shall promptly notify Holder of such errors. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required
to physically surrender this Note to the Borrower until the Holder
has converted the entire amount of this Note, in which case, the
Holder shall surrender this Note to the Borrower for cancellation
within three (3) business days of the date the final Notice of
Conversion is delivered to the Borrower. Partial conversions of
this Note shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding
Principal amount of this Note. The Holder and the Borrower shall
maintain records showing the actual Principal Amount of this Note,
provided that absent manifest error, the Borrower’s records
shall control.
(c) In
the event of the exercise of the Holder Conversion Option, Holder
shall cooperate with the Borrower to promptly take any and all
additional actions required to make Holder a stockholder of the
Borrower including, without limitation, in connection with the
issuance of the Shares and providing the Borrower or its legal
counsel or Transfer Agent, representations as to financial
condition, investment intent and sophisticated investor status of
such Holder as may be reasonably requested or required. The
Borrower shall at all times take any and all additional actions as
are necessary to maintain the required authority to issue the
Shares to the Holder, in the event the Holder exercises its rights
under the Holder Conversion Option.
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(d) Following
the effective time of any Conversion, all rights of any Holder with
respect to the amount of this Note converted, will terminate,
except only for the rights of any such Holder to receive
certificates (if applicable) for the number of Shares which this
Note has been Converted.
3.
General
Provisions Relating to the Shares and
Conversions
.
(a)
Conversion
calculations pursuant to
Section 2
, shall be rounded to
the nearest whole share of Common Stock.
(b)
If the Borrower at
any time or from time to time on or after the Effective Date
effects a subdivision of its outstanding Common Stock, the
Conversion Price then in effect immediately before that subdivision
shall be proportionately decreased, and conversely, if the Borrower
at any time or from time to time on or after the Effective Date
combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares, the Conversion Price then in effect immediately
before the combination shall be proportionately
increased.
(c)
Unless the Holder
provides the Borrower a valid legal opinion within five (5) days of
the date the Conversion Notice is received that such Shares can be
issued free of restrictive legend, the Shares shall be issued with
a standard Rule 144 restrictive legend.
(d)
No Shares shall be
issued by the Borrower hereunder unless or until the additional
listing of such Shares has been approved by the NYSE American (the
date of such NYSE American approval as used herein shall be the
“
NYSE Approval
Date
”).
(e)
At any time this
Note is held by SK Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, or its assigns, or any affiliate (as such term is defined
and/or interpreted under the rules and regulations of the
Securities Act (as defined in
Section 15
)) of SK Energy LLC
(collectively, “
SK
Energy
”), the applicable portion of this Note shall
not be convertible by the applicable Holder pursuant to the Holder
Conversion Option during any time that, and only to the extent
that, the number of Shares to be issued to Holder upon such
Conversion, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock, if
any, that such applicable Holder otherwise beneficially owns
(outside of this Note, and not including any other securities of
the Borrower held by Holder having a provision substantially
similar to this paragraph) at the time of such Conversion, would
exceed 49.9% (the “
SK
Energy
Maximum
Percentage
”) of (A) the number of shares of Common
Stock of the Borrower; or (B) the voting rights of the security
holders of the Borrower; outstanding immediately after giving
effect to the issuance of the Shares upon Conversion of this Note
held by the Holder, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“
SK
Energy
Beneficial
Ownership Limitation
”).
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(f)
At any time this
Note is
not
held or
beneficially owned by (i) SK Energy; (ii) any officer of the
Borrower; (iii) any director of the Borrower; or (iv) any person
which at the time of obtaining beneficial ownership (as defined in
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) beneficially owns
more than 9.99% of the Borrower’s outstanding Common Stock or
voting stock (each of (ii) through (iv) above, a
“
Borrower
Affiliate
”), the applicable portion of this Note shall
not be convertible by the applicable Holder pursuant to the Holder
Conversion Option during any time that, and only to the extent
that, the number of Shares to be issued to such applicable Holder
upon such Conversion, when added to the number of shares of Common
Stock, if any, that the applicable Holder otherwise beneficially
owns (outside of this Note, and not including any other securities
of the Borrower held by Holder having a provision substantially
similar to this paragraph) at the time of such Conversion, would
exceed 4.99% (the “
Non-Affiliate
Maximum Percentage
” and together with the SK Energy
Maximum Percentage, as applicable, the “
Maximum
Percentage
”) of (A) the number of shares of Common
Stock of the Borrower; or (B) the voting rights of the security
holders of the Borrower; outstanding immediately after giving
effect to the issuance of Shares upon Conversion of this Note held
by the Holder, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“
Non-Affiliate
Beneficial
Ownership Limitation
” and together with the SK Energy
Beneficial Ownership Limitation, as applicable, the
“
Beneficial
Ownership Limitation
”).
(g)
For the sake of
clarity, at any time that this Note or any portion hereof shall be
beneficially owned by a Borrower Affiliate (other than SK Energy),
no Maximum Percentage or Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall
apply to this Note while beneficially owned (as defined in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by such Borrower
Affiliate (other than SK Energy), provided that the Maximum
Percentage and Beneficial Ownership Limitation, each as applicable,
shall automatically apply to such Note or portion thereof, at any
time this Note or the applicable portion thereof, is transferred,
sold or assigned to such non-Borrower Affiliate, effective
immediately upon such transfer, sale or assignment.
4.
All past-due
Principal and Interest shall bear interest at the lesser of (a) the
rate of ten percent (10%) per annum; and (b) the Maximum Rate,
until paid in full (the “
Default
Rate
”).
5.
The
“
Maturity
Date
” of this Note shall be the earlier of (a) January
11, 2022; and (b) the date that the Holder has effected an
Acceleration as described in
Section 16
, below.
6.
Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder the Principal
amount of this Note and any accrued Interest thereon shall bear
interest at the Default Rate.
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7.
This
Note may be prepaid in whole or in part, at any time and from time
to time, without premium or penalty, with such payments to be
applied as described in
Section 8
below.
8.
All
payments made by Borrower under this Note will be applied: (i)
first, to late charges, costs of collection or enforcement, and
similar amounts due, if any, under the Note; (ii) second, to
Interest that is due and payable under this Note, if any; and (iii)
third, the remainder to Principal due and payable under this
Note.
9.
If
any payment of Principal or Interest on this Note shall become due
on a non-Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day. “
Business
Day
” means a day other than (i) a Saturday, (ii) a
Sunday or (iii) a day on which commercial banks in the City of
Houston, Texas are authorized or required to be closed for
business.
10.
This
Note shall be binding upon Borrower and inure to the benefit of
Holder and Holder’s respective successors and assigns. Each
holder of this Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be
bound by all of the provisions of this Note. Holder may assign this
Note or any of its rights, interests or obligations to this Note to
another party with the prior written approval of Borrower, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed,
provided that the Borrower may require such subsequent holder to
consent to and to agree to the assumption of the terms and
conditions of this Note.
11.
No
provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of
Borrower to pay the Principal of and Interest on this Note at the
times, places and rates, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
12.
Borrower
will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence,
rights and
franchises
and comply with all laws applicable to Borrower, except where the
failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on Borrower.
13.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Note or any other agreement
entered into in connection herewith, whether now existing or
hereafter arising and whether written or oral, it is agreed that
the aggregate of all Interest and any other charges constituting
interest, or adjudicated as constituting interest, and contracted
for, chargeable or receivable under this Note or otherwise in
connection with this loan transaction, shall under no circumstances
exceed the Maximum Rate.
14.
Borrower
represents and warrants to Holder as follows
:
(a)
The execution and
delivery by Borrower of this Note (i) are within Borrower’s
power and authority, and (ii) have been duly authorized by all
necessary action.
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(b)
This Note is a
legally binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against
Borrower in accordance with the terms hereof, except to the extent
that (i) such enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting
generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights, and (ii) the
availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive or
other equitable relief is subject to the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefore may be brought.
(c)
The Shares, when
issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this
Note, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and will be free and clear of any pledges, liens and
encumbrances, other than restrictions on transfer under this Note
and applicable securities laws of any state or other
jurisdiction.
15.
Holder
represents and warrants to the Borrower, and agrees, as follows
(collectively the “
Representations
”):
(A)
The
execution and delivery by the Holder of this Note (i) are within
the Holder’s corporate power and authority, and (ii) have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action. Further,
the undersigned is a duly authorized representative of the Holder
who has been authorized by a resolution of the governing body of
the Holder to exercise any and all documents necessary to
effectuate the purchase of this Note.
(B)
This
Note and any Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of this are
being acquired by Holder for its own account for investment and not
with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution
thereof.
(C)
Holder
acknowledges that it is an “
accredited
investor
” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of
Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“
Act
”
or the “
Securities
Act
”).
(D)
Holder
has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters and is capable of evaluating the risks and merits of
Holder’s investment in the Note and where applicable the
Shares; Holder believes that Holder has received or had access to
all information Holder considers necessary or appropriate to make
an informed investment decision with respect to this Note (and
where and if applicable, the Shares), including the opportunity ask
the Borrower or its officers any questions it has regarding the
Borrower or the Note; and Holder is able financially to bear the
risk of losing Holder’s full investment in this Note and
where applicable, the Shares.
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(e)
Holder has not
become aware of and has not been offered the Note by any form of
general solicitation or advertising, including, but not limited to,
advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published
in any newspaper, magazine, or other similar media or television or
radio broadcast or any seminar or meeting where, to such
Holder’s knowledge, those individuals that have attended have
been invited by any such or similar means of general solicitation
or advertising.
(F)
The
Holder understands that the Note and the Shares are being offered
to it in reliance on specific exemptions from or non-application of
the registration requirements of federal and state securities laws
and that the Borrower is relying upon the truth and accuracy of the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and
understandings of the Holder set forth herein in order to determine
the applicability of such exemptions and the suitability of Holder
to acquire the Note and Shares. All information which Holder has
provided to the Borrower concerning the Holder’s financial
position and knowledge of financial and business matters is correct
and complete as of the date hereof, and if there should be any
material change in such information, the Holder will immediately
provide Borrower with such information.
(G)
Holder
understands that this Note and any Shares issuable upon the terms
hereof have not been registered under the Securities Act or
registered or qualified under any securities laws of any state or
other jurisdiction, are “
restricted
securities,
” and cannot be resold or otherwise
transferred unless they are registered under the Securities Act,
and registered or qualified under any other applicable securities
laws, or an exemption from such registration and qualification is
available. Prior to any proposed transfer of this Note, subject to
the terms and conditions of this Note or any Shares, Holder shall,
among other things, give written notice to the Borrower of its
intention to effect such transfer, identifying the transferee and
describing the manner of the proposed transfer and, if requested by
the Borrower, accompanied by (i) investment representations by the
transferee similar to the Representations and (ii) an opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the Borrower to the effect that the
proposed transfer may be effected without registration under the
Securities Act and without registration or qualification under
applicable state or other securities laws. Each certificate issued
to evidence the Shares shall bear a legend as follows:
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities act. The
securities have been acquired for investment and may not be sold,
transferred, pledged or hypothecated unless (i) they shall have
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and any applicable
state securities act, or (ii) the corporation shall have been
furnished with an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to counsel for
the corporation, that registration is not required under any such
acts.”
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16.
If
an Event of Default (as defined herein) occurs (unless all Events
of Default have been cured or waived by the Holder),
the
Holder, may, by written notice to the Borrower, declare the
Principal amount then outstanding of, and the accrued Interest and
all other amounts payable on, this Note to be immediately due and
payable (an “
Acceleration
”)
(provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described
in
Section 16(c)
below, the Principal amount then outstanding of, and the accrued
Interest and all other amounts payable on, this Note shall
immediately be due and payable) and can take any and all other
actions provided for under applicable law. The following events
and/or any other Events of Default defined elsewhere in this Note
are “
Events of
Default
” under this Note, unless waived in writing by
the Holder:
(A)
Borrower
shall fail to pay, when and as due, the Principal, Interest or any
other amount payable hereunder (including, the Shares), and such
failure has continued for ten (10) days from the date that the
Holder has provided the Borrower written notice of such failure;
or
(B)
Borrower
shall have breached in any material respect any covenant, term or
conditions in this Note, and, with respect to breaches capable of
being cured, such breach shall not have been cured within ten (10)
days from the date that the Holder has provided the Borrower
written notice of such breach; or
(C)
Borrower
shall: (i) become insolvent or take any action which constitutes
its admission of inability to pay its debts as they mature; (ii)
make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, file a petition in
bankruptcy, petition or apply to any tribunal for the appointment
of a custodian, receiver or a trustee for it or a substantial
portion of its assets; (iii) commence any proceeding under any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt,
dissolution or liquidation or statute of any jurisdiction, whether
now or hereafter in effect; (iv) have filed against it any such
petition or application in which an order for relief is entered or
which remains undismissed for a period of ninety (90) days or more;
(v) indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any
such petition, application, proceeding or order for relief or the
appointment of a custodian, receiver or trustee for it or a
substantial portion of its assets; or (vi) suffer any such
custodianship, receivership or trusteeship to continue undischarged
for a period of ninety (90) days or more; or
(D)
Borrower
shall take any action authorizing, or in furtherance of, any of the
foregoing.
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In case
any one or more Events of Default shall occur and be continuing,
the Holder, may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of the
Holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate
proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement
contained herein or for an injunction against a violation of any of
the terms hereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise. In case of a default in
the payment of any Principal of or premium, if any, or Interest on
this Note, Borrower will pay to the Holder such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the reasonable cost and expenses of
collection, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements. No course of
dealing and no delay on the part of the Holder in exercising any
right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or
otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies.
No right, power or remedy conferred by this Note upon the Holder
shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to
herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity,
by statute or otherwise.
17.
Except
as expressly provided otherwise in this Note, Borrower and every
endorser or guarantor, if any, of this Note waive presentment,
demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Note, and assent to any extension or
postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence, to any
substitution, exchange or release of collateral available to the
Holder, if any, and to the addition or release of any other party
or person primarily or secondarily liable.
18.
If
from any circumstance any holder of this Note shall ever receive
Interest or any other charges constituting interest, or adjudicated
as constituting interest, the amount, if any, which would exceed
the Maximum Rate shall be applied to the reduction of the Principal
amount owing on this Note, and not to the payment of interest; or
if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid balance of Principal
hereof, the amount of such excessive interest that exceeds the
unpaid balance of Principal hereof shall be refunded to Borrower.
In determining whether or not the interest paid or payable exceeds
the Maximum Rate, to the extent permitted by applicable law (i) any
non-Principal payment shall be characterized as an expense, fee or
premium rather than as Interest; and (ii) all Interest at any time
contracted for, charged, received or preserved in connection
herewith shall be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread in
equal parts during the period of the full stated term of this Note.
The term “
Maximum
Rate
” shall mean the maximum rate of interest allowed
by applicable federal or state law.
19.
It
is the intention of the parties hereto that the terms and
provisions of this Note are to be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Texas, except as such laws may
be preempted by any federal law controlling the rate of Interest
which may be charged on account of this Note. The parties hereby
consent and agree that, in any actions predicated upon this Note,
venue is properly laid in Texas and that the Circuit Court in and
for Harris County, Texas, shall have full subject matter and
personal jurisdiction over the parties to determine all issues
arising out of or in connection with the execution and enforcement
of this Note.
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20.
The
term “
Borrower
”
as used herein in every instance shall include Borrower’s
successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, including
all subsequent grantees, either voluntarily by act of Borrower or
involuntarily by operation of law and shall denote the singular
and/or plural and the masculine and/or feminine and natural and/or
artificial persons, whenever and wherever the contexts so requires
or properly applies. The term “
Holder
”
as used herein in every instance shall include Holder’s
successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, as well as
all subsequent assignees and endorsees of this Note, either
voluntarily by act of the parties or involuntarily by operation of
law (subject in each case to
Section 21
hereof). Captions
and paragraph headings in this Note are for convenience only and
shall not affect its interpretation. As used herein, words in the
singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa, and
words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as
the context requires.
21.
If
and whenever this Note shall be assigned and transferred, or
negotiated, including transfers to substitute or successor
trustees, in each case subject to the terms of this Note,
applicable law and the availability of an exemption from
registration for such transfer, which shall be confirmed by the
Holder by the Holder providing the Borrower a legal opinion for
such transfer, which opinion shall be reasonably accepted by the
Borrower, the holder hereof shall be deemed the “
Holder
”
for all purposes under this Note.
22.
Anything
else in this Note to the contrary notwithstanding, in any action
arising out of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to collect from the non-prevailing party all of its
attorneys’ fees. For the purposes of this Note, the party who
receives or is awarded a substantial portion of the damages or
claims sought in any proceeding shall be deemed the
“
prevailing
”
party and attorneys’ fees shall mean the reasonable fees
charged by an attorney or a law firm for legal services and the
services of any legal assistants, and costs of litigation,
including, but not limited to, fees and costs at trial and
appellate levels.
23.
If
any term or other provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or
incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy,
all other conditions and provisions of this Note shall nevertheless
remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal
substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected
in any manner adverse to any party. Upon such determination that
any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of
being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to
modify this Note so as to affect the original intent of the parties
as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that
transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent
possible.
24.
Neither
this Note nor any term hereof may be amended or waived orally or in
writing, except that any term of this Note may be amended and the
observance of any term of this Note may be waived (either generally
or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively), upon the approval of the Borrower and the written
consent of the Holder.
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25.
The
Note constitutes the entire agreement of the parties regarding the
matters contemplated herein, or related thereto, and supersedes all
prior and contemporaneous agreements, and understandings of the
parties in connection therewith.
26.
This
Note and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in
connection with this Note, and any amendments hereto or thereto,
may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Any such counterpart, to
the extent delivered by means of a facsimile machine or by .pdf,
.tif, .gif, .jpeg or similar attachment to electronic mail (any
such delivery, an “
Electronic
Delivery
”) shall be treated in all manner and respects
as an original executed counterpart and shall be considered to have
the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed
version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party,
each other party shall re execute the original form of this Note
and deliver such form to all other parties. No party shall raise
the use of Electronic Delivery to deliver a signature or the fact
that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or
communicated through the use of Electronic Delivery as a defense to
the formation of a contract, and each such party forever waives any
such defense, except to the extent such defense relates to lack of
authenticity.
27.
Each
party herein expressly represents and warrants to all other parties
hereto that (a) before executing this Note, said party has fully
informed itself of the terms, contents, conditions and effects of
this Note; (b) said party has relied solely and completely upon its
own judgment in executing this Note; (c) said party has had the
opportunity to seek and has obtained the advice of its own legal,
tax and business advisors before executing this Note; (d) said
party has acted voluntarily and of its own free will in executing
this Note; and (e) this Note is the result of arm’s length
negotiations conducted by and among the parties and their
respective counsel.
28.
All
notices, approvals, consents, requests, and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered (i) by
personal delivery, or (ii) by national overnight courier service,
or (iii) by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested,
or (iv) via facsimile transmission, with confirmed receipt, or (v)
via email. Notice shall be effective upon receipt except for notice
via fax (as discussed above). Such notices shall be sent to the
applicable party or parties at the address specified on the
signature page hereof, subject to notice of changes thereof from
any party with at least ten (10) business days’ notice to the
other parties. Rejection or other refusal to accept or the
inability to deliver because of changed address of which no notice
was given shall be deemed to be receipt of the notice as of the
date of such rejection, refusal or inability to
deliver.
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follows.]
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF
, Borrower has duly
executed this Promissory Note as of
January 11,
2019
, with an Effective Date as
provided above.
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“
Borrower
”
PEDEVCO
Corp.
Its:
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
Printed
Name:
Clark R.
Moore
Address
for Notice:
1250
Wood Branch Park Dr., Suite 400
Houston, Texas
77079
Attn:
Clark R. Moore
Email:
cmoore@pacificenergydevelopment.com
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“
Holder
”
SK Energy, LLC
Printed Name:
Simon G.
Kukes
Position with
Entity (if Holder is an entity):
CEO and
Owner
If held jointly, joint holder:
By:_________________________
Printed
Name:________________________
Address
for Notice:
SK
Energy, LLC
5100
Westheimer Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77056
Attn:
Dr. Simon Kukes
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EXHIBIT A
Conversion Election Form
____________,
20__
Re:
Conversion of Convertible Promissory Note CN-8
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
You are
hereby notified that, pursuant to, and upon the terms and
conditions of that certain Convertible Promissory Note CN-8 of
PEDEVCO Corp. (the “
Company
”)
dated January 11, 2019 in the amount of $15,000,000 (the
“
Note
”
– certain capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
given to such terms in the Note), held by us, we hereby elect to
exercise our Holder Conversion Option (as such term in defined in
the Note), in connection with $__________ of the amount currently
owed under the Note (including $___________ of Principal and
$_________ of accrued Interest), effective as of the date of this
writing, which amount will convert into __________ shares of the
common stock of the Company (the “
Conversion
”),
respectively, based on Conversion Price of $___________ (as defined
in the Note). Please issue certificate(s) for the applicable
securities issuable upon the Conversion, in the name of the person
provided below. The Conversion will not cause us to exceed the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation. We hereby re-confirm and
re-certify the Representations in connection with, and as of the
date of, this notice.
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Very
truly yours,
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___________________________
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Name:_______________________
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If on behalf of Entity:
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Entity
Name:______________
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Signatory’s
Position with Entity:
_____________________________
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If held jointly:
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Joint Holder:___________________
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Name:________________________
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Please
issue certificate(s) for common stock as follows:
Name______________________________________________
Address______________________________________________
Social
Security No./EIN of Shareholder
______________________________________
Please
send the certificate(s) evidencing the common stock
to:
Attn:___________________________________________
Address:________________________________________
__________________,
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