THIS CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS NOTE IS
CONVERTIBLE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AND THIS CONVERTIBLE NOTE, THE SECURITIES AND ANY
INTEREST THEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS, WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF
COUNSEL FOR THE LENDER, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THIS CORPORATION, IS AVAILABLE. THE
CONVERSION RIGHTS ATTACHED TO THIS CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE MAY
ONLY BE EXERCISED BY A PERSON WHO QUALIFIES AS AN "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR" PURSUANT TO RULE 501 OF REGULATION D OF THE SECURITIES
ACT.
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
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$250,000.00
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Midland, TX
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August 24 , 2009
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the
undersigned, Doral Energy Corp., a Nevada corporation (referred to
herein as the “Borrower”), with offices at 415 West
Wall, Suite 500, Midland, TX 79701, hereby unconditionally promises
to pay to the order of W.S. Oil & Gas Limited, its successors
and permitted assigns (the “Lender”), in lawful money
of the United States, at 2002 Bedford Drive, Midland, TX 79701, or
such other address as the Lender may from time to time designate,
the principal sum of Two Hundred Fifty-Thousand Dollars
($250,000.00) plus interest (the “Loan”). This Note
shall mature and become due and payable in full on or after
November 1, 2012 on demand by the holder (the “Maturity
Date”).
1.
Terms of Repayment . Subject to Section 1(c) of this
Note, Principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid by the
Borrower as follows:
(a)
Payments in the amount of $16,666.67 representing principal and
interest due shall be paid in twenty-four (24) equal monthly
payments with a first payment due November 1, 2009 and thereafter
on the first day of each month. Further, payments in the amount of
$8,333.33 representing principal and interest due that shall be
paid in twelve (12) equal monthly payments with a first payment due
November 1, 2011, with a final payment of interest and principal
due on the Maturity Date. Total payments due on this Note shall
equal Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500.000.00) .
(b) The
Borrower further agrees that, if any payment made by the Borrower
or any other person is applied to this Note and is at any time
annulled, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or
repaid, or the proceeds of any property hereafter pledged as
security for this Note is required to be returned by Lender to the
Borrower, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other party,
including,
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without
limitation, under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common
law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or
repayment, the Borrower’s liability hereunder (and any lien,
security interest or other collateral securing such liability)
shall be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such
payment had never been made, or, if prior thereto any such lien,
security interest or other collateral hereunder securing the
Borrower’s liability hereunder shall have been released or
terminated by virtue of such cancellation or surrender, this Note
(and such lien, security interest or other collateral) shall be
reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior cancellation or
surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or
otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower in respect to the
amount of such payment (or any lien, security interest or other
collateral securing such obligation).
(c) Notwithstanding
any other agreement between Borrower and Lender, pursuant to this
Note or otherwise, Borrower and Lender agree that Borrower will not
pay Lender any amount, including without limitation, any Principal
of or interest on this Note, until and after all amounts payable by
Borrower to Macquarie Bank Limited pursuant to any documentation
between the parties, has been indefeasibly paid in cash.
2.
Conversion .
(a) At
any time after an Event of Default (as defined below), the Lender
shall have the option to convert any remaining principal and
interest due on this Note into fully-paid and nonassessable shares
of the Borrower’s Common Stock valued at four times the
“Fair Market Value” (the “Conversion
Rate”). “ Fair Market Value ” on a date
shall be the average of the daily closing prices for the five (5)
consecutive trading days before such date excluding any trades
which are not bona fide arm’s length transactions. The
closing price for each day shall be (a) if such security is listed
or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, the
last sale price of such security, regular way, or the mean of the
closing bid and asked prices thereof if no such sale occurred, in
each case as officially reported on the principal securities
exchange on which such security are listed, or (b) if quoted on
NASDAQ or any similar system of automated dissemination of
quotations of securities prices then in common use the mean between
the closing high bid and low asked quotations of such security in
the over-the-counter market as shown by NASDAQ or such similar
system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities
prices, as reported by any member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange selected by the Lender, (c) if not quoted as described in
clause (b), the mean between the high bid and low asked quotations
for the shares as reported by NASDAQ or any similar successor
organization, as reported by any member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange selected by the Lender. If such security is quoted on a
national securities or central market system in lieu of a market or
quotation system described above, the closing price shall be
determined in the manner set forth in clause (a) of the preceding
sentence if bid and asked quotations are reported but actual
transactions are not, and in the manner set forth in clause (b) of
the preceding sentence if actual transactions are
reported.
(b) To
exercise any conversion, the holder of this Note shall surrender
the Note to the Borrower during usual business hours at the offices
of the Borrower, accompanied by a written notice in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A, Notice of Conversion, and made a part
hereof.
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(c) As
promptly as practicable after the surrender of this Note by the
Lender, the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Lender, certificates for the full number of Shares issuable upon
conversion of this Note, in accordance with the provisions hereof,
together with a duly executed new Note of the Borrower in the form
of this Note for any principal amount not so converted. Such
conversion shall be deemed to have been made at the time that this
Note was surrendered for conversion and the notice specified herein
shall have been received by the Borrower.
(d) The
number of shares issuable upon conversion of this Note or repayment
by the Borrower in shares shall be proportionately adjusted if the
Borrower shall declare a dividend of capital stock on its capital
stock, or subdivide its outstanding capital stock into a larger
number of shares by reclassification, stock split or otherwise,
which adjustment shall be made effective immediately after the
record date in the case of a dividend, and immediately after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision. The number of shares
issuable upon conversion of this Note or any part thereof shall be
proportionately adjusted in the amount of securities for which the
shares have been changed or exchanged in another transaction for
other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property pursuant
to a merger, consolidation or other combination. The Borrower shall
promptly provide the holder of this Note with notice of any events
mandating an adjustment to the conversion ratio, or for any planned
merger, consolidation, share exchange or sale of the Borrower,
signed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of
Borrower.
3.
Restricted Securities. By accepting this Note, the
Lender hereby:
(a) Represents
and warrants to the Borrower as follows, and acknowledges that the
Borrower has relied upon such representations and warranties in
issuing this Note:
(i)
the Lender is an “accredited investor” as defined in
Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”),
(ii) Everett
Willard Gray, II, the Chief Executive Officer, Vice-Chairman and a
director of the Borrower, is the sole general partner of the
Lender, and that the Lender has been provided with such information
as it deems necessary for deciding whether or not to invest in the
Borrower’s securities,
(iii) the Lender is not
aware of any general solicitation or general advertising relating
to the offer and sale of this Note or the Note Shares,
(iv) this Note is, and
the Note Shares will be, acquired by the Lender for investment
purposes for the Lender’s own account, not as a nominee or
agent, and not with a view to the reoffer, resale or distribution
of any part thereof, and the Lender has no present intention of
selling, granting any participation in, assigning, transferring or
otherwise distributing the same, and the Lender does not have any
contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to
sell, transfer, assign, grant participations or
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otherwise distribute to such
person or any other person, with respect to this Note or the Note
Shares; and
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(b)
Agrees with the Borrower that:
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(i)
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this Note and the shares issuable
upon conversion of this Note (the “Note Shares”) have
been and will be issued pursuant to the exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by
Regulation D of the Securities Act based upon the representations
and warranties of the Lender contained herein,
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(ii)
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notwithstanding any other
provision in this Note to the contrary, neither this Note nor the
Note Shares may be offered, sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or
hypothecated unless there is an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act relating to such securities or there is an
available exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, and that the Borrower will refuse to register or
acknowledge any offer, sale, transfer, pledge, assignment or
hypothecation not made pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or not made pursuant to an
available exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, and
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(iii)
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this Note is, and the Note Shares
will be, restricted securities under the Securities Act, and all
certificates representing the Note Shares will be endorsed with a
legend substantially similar to the following, or such other legend
as the Borrower may deem advisable, in its sole discretion, to
ensure compliance with the Securities Act:
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“ THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "ACT"), AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN
RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
ACT. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE REOFFERED FOR SALE OR RESOLD OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THEY ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE
APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OR ARE EXEMPT FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION. ”
4.
Liability of the Borrower . The Borrower is
unconditionally, and without regard to the liability of any other
person, liable for the payment and performance of this Note and
such liability shall not be affected by an extension of time,
renewal, waiver, or modification of this Note or the release,
substitution, or addition of collateral for this Note. Each person
signing this Note consents to any and all extensions of time,
renewals, waivers, or modifications, as well as
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to release,
substitution, or addition of guarantors or collateral security,
without affecting the Borrower’s liabilities hereunder.
Lender is entitled to the benefits of any collateral agreement,
guarantee, security agreement or any other documents which may be
related to or are applicable to the debt evidenced by this Note,
all of which are collectively referred to as “Loan
Documents” as they now exist, may exist in the future, have
existed, and as they may be amended, modified, renewed, or
substituted.
5.
Representations and Warranties . The Borrower
represents and warrants as follows: (i) the Borrower is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Nevada; (ii) the execution, delivery
and performance by the Borrower of this Note are within the
Borrower's powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary
action, and do not contravene (A) the Borrower's certificate of
incorporation or bylaws or (B) (x) any law or (y) any agreement or
document binding on or affecting the Borrower, (iii) no
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any governmental authority, regulatory body or third
person is required for the due execution, delivery and performance
by the Borrower of this Note; (iv) this Note constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against
the Borrower in accordance with its terms except as enforcement
hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and
subject to the applicability of general principles of equity; (v)
the Borrower has all requisite power and authority to own and
operate its property and assets and to conduct its business as now
conducted and proposed to be conducted and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; (vi) the Borrower is duly
qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or
leased by it, or in which the transaction of its business makes
such qualification necessary; (vi) there is no pending or, to the
Borrower 's knowledge, threatened action or proceeding affecting
the Borrower before any governmental agency or arbitrator which
challenges or relates to this Note or which may otherwise have a
material adverse effect on the Borrower; (viii) after giving effect
to the transactions contemplated by this Note, the Borrower is
Solvent; (ix) the Borrower is not in violation or default of any
provision of (A) its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, each
as currently in effect, or (B) any instrument, judgment, order,
writ, decree or contract, statute, rule or regulation to which the
Borrower is subject, and (x) this Note is validly issued, free of
any taxes, liens, and encumbrances related to the issuance hereof
and is not subject to preemptive right or other similar right of
members of the Borrower, and (xi) the Borrower has taken all
required action to reserve for issuance such number of shares of
Common Stock as may be issuable from time to time upon conversion
of this Note.
6.
Covenants . So long as any principal or interest is
due hereunder and shall remain unpaid, the Borrower will, unless
the Lender shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a)
Maintain and preserve its existence, rights and
privileges;
(b) Give
written notice to Lender upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
(as defined below) or any event but for the giving of notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default within
five (5) Business Days of such event;
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(c) Not
use the proceeds from the issuance of this Note in any way for any
purpose that entails a violation of, or is inconsistent with,
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States of America;
(d) Comply
in all material respects with all applicable laws (whether federal,
state or local and whether statutory, administrative or judicial or
other) and with every applicable lawful governmental order (whether
administrative or judicial);
(e) Not
redeem or repurchase any of its capital stock without
Lender’s prior written consent;
(f) Not
prepay any indebtedness, except for indebtedness to Macquarie Bank
Limited and trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of the
Borrower's business; and
(g) Not
take any action which would impair the rights and privileges of
this Note set forth herein or the rights and privileges of the
holder of this Note.
7.
Events of Default . Each and any of the following
shall constitute a default and, after expiration of a grace period,
if any, shall constitute an “Event of Default”
hereunder:
(a)
the nonpayment of principal and interest, late charges or any other
costs or expenses promptly when due of any amount payable under
this Note or the nonpayment by the Borrower of any other obligation
to the Lender;
(b)
an Event of Default under this Note (other than a payment default
described above), or any other failure of the Borrower to observe
or perform any present or future agreement of any nature whatsoever
with Lender, including, without limitation, any covenant set forth
in this Note;
(c)
if Borrower shall commence any case, proceeding or other action:
(i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic
or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with
respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent,
or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, liquidation,
dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its
debts; or (ii) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any
substantial part of its property, or the Borrower shall make a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (iii) there
shall be commenced against the Borrower any case, proceeding or
other action of a nature referred to above or seeking issuance of a
warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process
against all or any substantial part of its property, which case,
proceeding or other action results in the entry of any order for
relief or remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a
period of sixty (60) days; or (iii) the Borrower shall take any
action indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in,
or in furtherance of, any of the acts set forth; or (iv) the
Borrower shall generally not, or shall be unable to, pay its debts
as they become due or shall admit in writing its inability to pay
its debts;
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(d) any
representation or warranty made by the Borrower or any other person
or entity under this Note or under any other Loan Documents shall
prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when
made;
(e) an
event of default or default shall occur and be continuing for more
than six (6) months under any other material agreement, document or
instrument binding upon the Borrower including, without limitation,
any instrument for borrowed money in excess of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000) (whether or not any such event of default or
default is waived by the holder thereof), provided that any such
event of default or default existing as of the initial date of this
Note shall not be deemed an Event of Default until or unless it
persists for six (6) months from the initial date of this
Note;
(f)
the entry of any judgment against Borrower or any of its property
for an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) that
remains unsatisfied for thirty (30) days;
(g)
the sale of all or substantially all of the assets, or change in
ownership or the dissolution, liquidation, merger, consolidation,
or reorganization of Borrower without the Lender’s prior
written consent; or
(h)
the Borrower’s shares of Common Stock are suspended from
trading or delisted from trading on the Over the Counter Bulletin
Board.
8.
Lender’s Rights Upon Default . Upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default, the Lender may, at its sole and
exclusive option, do any or all of the following, either
concurrently or separately: (a) accelerate the maturity of this
Note and demand immediate payment in full, whereupon the
outstanding principal amount of the Note and all obligations of
Borrower to Lender, together with accrued interest thereon and
accrued charges and costs, shall become immediately due and payable
without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived; and (b) exercise all
legally available rig