Exhibit 10.2
ASSET PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT
This Asset
Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made
and entered into effective this 31st day of December, 2008, by and
between Samurai Corp., a Texas corporation (“Seller”),
and ECCO Energy Corp., a Nevada corporation
(“Buyer”).
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS, Seller
desires to sell to Buyer, and Buyer desires to purchase from
Seller, the Assets (as defined in Section 1 hereof) in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE,
in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants and
conditions contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1.
Sale and Purchase of the Assets . On the
Closing Date (as defined in Section 11 hereof), Seller shall sell,
assign, convey and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and
acquire from Seller, as of the Effective Date (also as defined in
Section 11(a) hereof), all of Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to the following assets (Seller’s right,
title and interest in the following is collectively called the
“Assets”):
a.
Oil and Gas
Leases . The oil, gas and mineral leases and
the leasehold estates created thereby, described on Schedule 1(a)
hereto (undeveloped acreage) and 1(b) hereto (producing properties)
hereto (collectively, the “Leases”), insofar as the
Leases cover and relate to the land and depths described therein
(the “Lands”), together with corresponding interests in
and to all the property and rights incident thereto, including
pooled or unitized acreage by virtue of the Lands being a part
thereof, all production from the pool or unit allocated to any such
Lands, and all interests in any Wells (as defined in Section 1(b)
hereof) within the pool or unit associated with the
Lands;
b.
Wells
. All producing,
non-producing and shut-in oil and gas wells, injection wells and
water wells located on the Lands, or lands pooled or unitized
therewith, which wells are described in Schedule 1(b) hereto
(collectively, the “Wells”), and all personal property,
equipment, fixtures, pipelines and improvements located on and
appurtenant to the Lands or Wells insofar as they are used or were
obtained in connection with the operation of the Wells or Leases or
relate to the exploration for, development, production, treatment,
transportation, sale or disposal of hydrocarbons or water produced
therefrom or attributable thereto, but expressly not including any
vehicles nor any other property not affixed to one of the
Wells;
c.
Contracts . All right, title and interest
of Seller in and to all presently existing and valid operating
agreements, exploration agreements, farmout agreements, rights of
ways, easements, and other agreements and contracts which relate to
any of the Assets described above, or which relate to the
exploration, development, operation, or maintenance thereof or the
treatment, storage or transportation of production therefrom,
specifically including, but not limited to, such operating
agreements, exploration agreements, farmout agreements, and other
agreements and contracts.
d.
Records . All books, files, records, maps,
correspondence, studies, surveys, reports and other data in the
possession of Seller and relating to the Assets or copies thereof
(the “Records”).
2.
Purchase Price . The total purchase price
for the Assets shall be Two Million Six Hundred Fifty
Five Thousand Dollars ($2,655,000.00) payable as set forth in the
Promissory Note attached hereto and made a part hereof for all
purposes as Exhibit A. The parties agree that the Purchase Price
shall be allocated among the Assets in the manner described on
Schedule 2 hereto.
3.
Representations and Warranties of Seller
. Seller represents and warrants to Buyer as
follows:
a.
Organization
. Seller is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Texas and is qualified or registered
as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction where it is required to be
so qualified and registered except where the failure to so qualify
would not have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s
ownership, operation or value of the Assets.
b.
Authority
. Seller has full
power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform
Seller’s obligations under this Agreement. Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the performance by
Seller of its obligations hereunder will (i) violate Seller’s
Articles of Organization, (ii) violate or constitute a default
under any law, regulation, contract, agreement, consent decree or
judicial order by which Seller or any of its officers, members or
partners are bound or (iii) result in the creation of any Title
Defect upon the Assets.
c.
Enforceability
. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy or other
laws applicable generally to creditor’s rights and as limited
by general equitable principles. At the Closing, all
documents required hereunder to be executed and delivered by Seller
and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
Seller enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
except as limited by bankruptcy or other laws applicable generally
to creditor’s rights and as limited by general equitable
principles.
d.
Contracts
. Schedule 1(c) contains
a list of all material contracts affecting the Assets in
Seller’s possession or to which Seller is aware the Assets
are subject. Seller has received no notice of its
material default under any of such contracts. Such
contracts are in full force and effect and have not been modified
or amended to any material extent subsequent to the date
hereof.
e.
Litigation and
Claims . Except as described on Schedule
3(f), no claim, demand, filing, cause of action, administrative
proceeding, lawsuit or other litigation is pending or, to
Seller’s knowledge, threatened with respect to Seller or the
Assets that could now or hereafter materially adversely affect the
ownership, operation or value of the Assets.
f.
Finder’s
Fees. Seller has not incurred any
liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokers’ or
finders’ fees in respect to this transaction for which Buyer
shall have any responsibility whatsoever.
g.
Compliance with
Laws. Seller has no actual knowledge, and
has not received any notice from any federal, state or municipal
authority that the Assets or Seller’s use thereof in its
business, are not in material compliance with all laws, rules,
regulations and permits relating to the Assets except for such
non-compliance and violations which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the
ownership, operation or value of the Assets. Seller will
promptly notify Buyer upon receipt of any such notice.
h.
Title
. Seller owns the Assets
free and clear of all liens and encumbrances (except as disclosed
in the Schedules hereto) arising by, through or under Seller;
provided however that Seller is not making any warranty as to the
accuracy of the working interests, net working interests, net
revenue interests or allocated values set forth on Schedule 1b or
Schedule 2. The Transfer Documents contemplated in Section 6(d)
shall be conveyed by Seller to Buyer with covenants of limited
warranty against claims and demands of all persons lawfully
claiming the same by, through, or under Seller, but not otherwise
related to the title to the Wells and Leases, subject to the
limitations of such warranty set forth in Section 13, but such
Transfer Documents shall be made without any warranty of title,
either express or implied, with respect to any personal property
and equipment, and with respect to such personal property and
equipment the Transfer Documents shall be made on an “as
is” “where is” basis with all faults.
i.
Environmental
Issues . To the best of its knowledge,
Seller has complied in all material respects with all Environmental
Laws (as defined below) and with the terms of all permits,
licenses, orders, decrees and agreements
thereunder. Seller is not aware of, and has not received
notice from any person or entity asserting or alleging (i) any
non-compliance with the Environmental Laws by Seller relating to
the operation and ownership of the Assets; (ii) any liability in
connection with the release, spill, discharge, storage, disposal or
presence of any pollutants, contaminations, chemicals, industrial,
toxic or hazardous substances or wastes, petroleum, petroleum
products or wastes and natural gas by-products, liquids or wastes
(collectively, “Hazardous Materials”), including but
not limited to liability under the federal Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act or similar
state “Superfund” laws, relating in any way to the
Assets; or (iii) the release, discharge or presence of any
Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any of the Assets
requiring cleanup or other remedial action pursuant to the
Environmental Laws. For purposes of this agreement,
Environmental Laws shall include the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 2980, as amended (42
U.S.C. & 6091 et. seq. ). The Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. & 6901
et. seq. ), The Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. & 466
et. seq. ), The Safe Drinking Water Act (14 U.S.C.
& 1401-1450), The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49
U.S.C. & 1401-7401 et. seq. ) as amended, The
Clean Air Act amendments of 1990, and any other applicable federal,
state or local law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
parties acknowledge that oil and gas assets of the nature of the
Assets routinely contain some quantities of oil, brine or other
materials and that the presence of such materials in such locations
and quantities as are routinely found on or near Appalachian Basin
oil and gas properties is not a violation of any warranty or other
provision of this Agreement.
j.
Financial Data
. To Seller’s knowledge, all
financial data provided by Seller to Buyer relating to the Assets
is true and accurate in all material respects.
k.
No AFE Items or Well
Abandonment . Seller has incurred no expenses,
and has made no commitments to make expenditures, in connection
with (and no other obligations or liabilities have been incurred
which would adversely affect) the ownership or operation of the
Assets since December 1, 2008, other than routine expenses incurred
in the normal operation of the same. Seller has not
abandoned any wells (or removed any material items of equipment,
except those replaced by items of equal suitability and value)
since December 1, 2008. No proposals are currently
outstanding (whether made by Seller or by any other party) to
deepen, plug back, or rework any existing wells, to conduct other
operations for which consent is required under the applicable
operating agreements, or to conduct any other operations other than
normal operation of existing wells constituting the
Assets.
l.
Gas Balancing. Take
or Pay. There is no well included within the definition
of the Assets with respect to which Seller and its predecessors in
title have collectively taken more (referred to herein as
“over-produced”) or less (referred to herein as
“under-produced”) production from such well than the
ownership of Seller and such predecessors in such property would
entitle Seller and such predecessors (absent any gas balancing
agreement or arrangement) to receive; there exist no gas balancing
arrangements or agreements whereby over production from wells not
located on the Assets can be balanced with production from the
Assets. Neither Seller, nor to Seller’s knowledge
any other party, has received prepayments (including, but not
limited to, payments for gas not taken pursuant to
“take-or-pay” arrangements) for any oil or natural gas
produced from the Assets (or other properties) as a result of which
the obligation exists to deliver oil or natural gas produced from
the assets after the Closing Date without then receiving payment
(or without then receiving full payment) therefor or to make
repayments in cash.
m.
Permits.
To the extent Seller is
the operator of an Asset, to the best of its knowledge Seller has
all material governmental licenses and permits necessary or
appropriate to own and operate the Asset as presently being owned
and operated, and such licenses, permits and filings are in full
force and effect (and are transferable by Seller), and Seller has
not received written notice of any material violations in respect
of any such licenses or permits. To the extent that
Seller is not the operator of an Asset, to the best of
Seller’s knowledge, the operator of the Asset has all
material governmental licenses and permits necessary or appropriate
to own and operate the Asset as presently being owned and operated,
and such licenses, permits and filings are in full force and
effect, and Seller has not received written notice of any material
violations in respect of any such licenses or permits.
n.
No Material Adverse
Change . Since the
date of this Agreement, to the best of Seller’s knowledge
there shall have been no material adverse changes in the conditions
of any of the Assets except normal production, depreciation of
equipment through ordinary wear and tear and other events or
conditions approved in writing by Buyer on the Closing
Date.
4.
Representations and Warranties of Buyer
. Buyer represents and warrants to Seller as
follows:
a.
Organization
. Buyer is a Nevada
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state of Nevada.
b.
Authority and
Ability . Buyer has full power and authority
and has taken all requisite action, corporate or otherwise, to
authorize Buyer to carry on Buyer’s business as presently
conducted, to enter into this Agreement, to purchase the Assets on
the terms described in this Agreement and to perform its
obligations under this Agreement. Neither the execution
and delivery of this Agreement nor the performance by Buyer of its
obligations hereunder will (i) violate Buyer’s Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws or (ii) violate or constitute a default
under any law, regulation, contract, agreement, consent decree or
judicial order by which Buyer or any of its directors, officers or
shareholders are bound. Buyer has the financial ability and
available credit to be able to perform all of its obligations under
this Agreement.
c.
Enforceability
. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered on behalf of Buyer and constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation of Buyer enforceable in
accordance with its terms except as limited by bankruptcy or other
laws applicable generally to creditor’s rights and as limited
by general equitable principles. At the Closing, all
documents required hereunder to be executed and delivered by Buyer
shall be duly authorized, executed and delivered and shall
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Buyer
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as
limited by bankruptcy or other laws applicable generally to
creditor’s rights and as limited by general equitable
principles.
d.
Status of Buyer
. Buyer represents that
by reason of its knowledge and experience in the evaluation,
acquisition, and operation of oil and gas properties, Buyer has
performed, or will perform before Closing, a due diligence review
of the Assets and will have evaluated the merits and risks of
purchasing the Assets from Seller and has formed an opinion as to
the value and purchase of the Assets based solely on Buyer’s
knowledge and experience and not on any representations or
warranties by Seller except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement Buyer is acquiring the Assets for its own
account and without a view to the distribution thereof within the
meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
e.
Finder’s
Fees . Buyer has not incurred any
liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokers’ or
finders’ fees in respect to this transaction for which Seller
shall have any responsibility whatsoever.
a.
Conduct of Business Pending
Closing . Seller covenants that from the date
hereof to the Closing Date, Seller will:
i.
Ordinary Course of Business,
etc . Not
(A) act in any manner with respect to the Assets other than in the
normal, usual and customary manner, consistent with prior practice;
(B) dispose of, encumber or relinquish any of the Assets (other
than in the ordinary course of business or as a result of the
expiration of Leases or other agreements or contracts that Seller
has no right or option to renew); (C) waive, compromise or settle
any material right or claim with respect to any of the Assets; (D)
commit to or make capital or workover expenditures with respect to
the Assets in an amount which exceeds $10,000 without Buyer's
consent, except when required by an emergency when there shall have
been insufficient time to obtain advance consent; (E) abandon any
Well unless required to do so by a governmental or regulatory
agency or (F) modify or terminate any Lease or other material
agreement or contract.
ii.
Permits, etc
. Cooperate with Buyer
in the notification of all applicable governmental regulatory
authorities of the transactions contemplated hereby and cooperate
with Buyer in obtaining the issuance by each such authority of such
permits, licenses and authorizations as may be necessary for Buyer
to own and operate the Assets following the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
iii.
Preferential Rights and
Consents . Use commercially reasonable
efforts, consistent with industry practices in transactions of this
type, to identify, with respect to all material Assets, (i) all
Pref Rights and requirements that Consents be obtained which would
be applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) the
names and addresses of parties holding such rights; in attempting
to identify such Pref Rights and Consents, and the names and
addresses of such parties holding the same, Seller shall in no
event be obligated to go beyond its own records. Seller will
request from the parties so identified (and in accordance with the
documents creating such Pref Rights and Consents), execution of
Consents and/or waivers of Pref Rights so identified.
b.
Access
. Seller, shall afford to
Buyer and its authorized representatives reasonable access, at
Buyer’s sole risk and expense, from the date hereof until the
Closing Date during normal business hours, to (i) the Assets
operated by Seller, provided, however, that Buyer shall indemnify
and hold harmless Seller from and against any and all Damages (as
defined in Section 14 hereo