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Exhibit 99.2 - Purchase and Sale Agreement
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT dated as of September 25, 2007
and
effective as of September 1, 2007, is made by and between
DIVERSITY PETROLEUM,
LP, a Texas limited partnership, LEWIS M. LINSON, an individual
resident of San
Diego County, California, HILL & HILL PETROLEUM, LLC, a
Georgia limited
liability company, ALVERA INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Texas limited
liability company,
COETAS RESOURCE DEV., L.P., a Texas limited partnership, RICHARD
S. CONEN, an
individual resident of Cook County, Illinois, BGK INVESTMENTS,
L.P., a Texas
limited partnership, RAMON U. SUAREZ, an individual resident of
Dallas County,
Texas, RAMON L. SUAREZ, an individual resident of Collier
County, Florida,
RANDAL SADLER, an individual resident of Rockwall County, Texas,
JANET SADLER,
an individual resident of Rockwall County, Texas, JAMES H.
THOMAS REVOCABLE
TRUST, a revocable trust organized under the laws of Oklahoma,
EDWARD N.
STRADER, an individual resident of Laramie County, Wyoming and
CAROL ANN
STRADER, an individual resident of Laramie County, Wyoming (each
a "Seller,"
and collectively, "Sellers") and STO PROPERTIES LLC, a Texas
limited liability
company ("Buyer").
WITNESETH:
WHEREAS, Sellers desire to sell, assign and convey to Buyer, and
Buyer
desires to purchase and accept, certain oil and gas properties
and related
assets located in the State of Texas;
WHEREAS, Sellers and Buyer deem it in their mutual best
interests to
execute and deliver this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Diversity is acting as Agent and Attorney-in-Fact for
all other
Sellers.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals and
the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein, Sellers and Buyer do
hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES
1.1 Certain Defined Terms. When used in this Agreement, the
following
terms shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in
this Section 1.1
or in the section, subsections or other subdivisions referred to
below:
"Agreement" shall mean this Agreement, as hereafter changed,
amended
or modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Claim Notice" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in
Section 8.2.
"Closing" and "Closing Date" shall have the meanings assigned
to
such terms in Section 6.1.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code, of 1986, as
amended
from time to time, and any successor statute thereto.
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"Common Stock" shall mean the membership interest of the
Buyer.
"Controlling Party" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section
8.3(c).
"Conveyance" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section
6.2(a).
"Diversity" shall mean Diversity Petroleum, LP, a Texas
limited
partnership, whether acting for its own account and/or as the
Agent and
Attorney-in-Fact for all other Sellers herein.
"Effective Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section
6.2(a).
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended, and all rules and regulations under such act.
"Indemnification Period" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in
Section
11.1.
"Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section
8.2.
"Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section
8.2.
"Initial Cash Purchase Price" shall have the meaning assigned to
such
term in Article III.
"Laws" shall mean any and all applicable laws, statutes,
codes,
ordinances, rules, regulations, decrees, orders, judgments,
permits, licenses,
or other authority issued or enacted by any governmental entity
or authority
with jurisdiction over the Properties and the Parties.
"Noncontrolling Party" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section
8.3(c).
"Oil and Gas Properties" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in
Article II.
"Parent" shall mean South Texas Oil Company, a Nevada
corporation.
"Parent Common Stock" shall mean shares of common stock, par
value $.001
per share, of Parent.
"Promissory Note" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in
Article III. "Properties" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term
in Article II.
"Property Obligations" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section
7.1.
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"Purchase Price" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in
Article III. "Restricted Stock" shall have the meaning assigned
to
such term in Article III. "SEC" shall mean the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and
all rules and regulations under such act.
1.2References, Titles and Construction.
(a) All references in this Agreement to articles, sections,
subsections and other subdivisions refer to corresponding
articles, sections,
subsections and other subdivisions of this Agreement unless
expressly provided
otherwise;
(b) Titles appearing at the beginning of any of such
subdivisions are
for convenience only and shall not constitute part of such
subdivisions and
shall be disregarded in construing the language contained in
such subdivisions;
(c) The words "this Agreement," "this instrument," "herein,"
"hereof,"
"hereby," "hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this
Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so
limited;
(d) Words in the singular form shall be construed to include
the
plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires.
Pronouns in
masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall be construed to
include any other
gender;
(e) Unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise
provided
herein, the terms defined in this Agreement which refer to a
particular
agreement, instrument or document also refer to and include all
renewals,
extensions, modifications, amendments or restatements of such
agreement,
instrument or document, provided that nothing contained in this
subsection
shall be construed to authorize such renewal, extension,
modification,
amendment or restatement;
(f) Examples shall not be construed to limit, expressly or
by
implication, the matter they illustrate;
(g) The word "or" is not intended to be exclusive and the
word
"includes" and its derivatives means "includes, but is not
limited to" and
corresponding derivative expressions;
(h) No consideration shall be given to the fact or presumption
that
one party had a greater or lesser hand in drafting this
Agreement;
(i)All references herein to "$" or "dollars" shall refer to U.S.
Dollars;
and
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(j) The Exhibits listed on page (iii) are attached hereto.
Each
such Exhibit is incorporated herein by reference for all
purposes and
references to this Agreement shall also include such Exhibit
unless the
context in which used shall otherwise require.
ARTICLE II
PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND PURCHASED
Sellers agree to sell and Buyer agrees to purchase, for the
consideration
hereinafter set forth, and subject to the terms and provisions
herein
contained, the following described properties, rights and
interests:
(a) The properties described in Exhibit I attached hereto
and
made a part hereof for all purposes;
(b) Without limitation of the foregoing, all other right,
title
and interest (of whatever kind or character, whether legal or
equitable,
and whether vested or contingent) of each Seller in and to the
oil, gas
and other minerals in and under or that may be produced from the
lands
and wells described in Exhibit I hereto (including interests in
oil, gas
and/or mineral leases covering such lands and wells,
overriding
royalties, production payments and net profits interests in such
lands,
such leases and wells, and fee mineral interests, fee royalty
interests
and other interests in such oil, gas and other minerals),
whether such
lands be described in a description set forth in such Exhibit I
or be
described in such Exhibit I by reference to another instrument
(and
without limitation by any depth limitations that may be set
forth in such
Exhibit I or in any such instrument so referred to for
description), even
though such Seller's interest in such oil, gas and other
minerals may be
incorrectly described in, or omitted from, such Exhibit I;
(c) All rights, titles and interests of each Seller in and to,
or
otherwise derived from, all presently existing and valid oil,
gas and/or
mineral unitization, pooling, and/or communitization
agreements,
declarations and/or orders which are set forth on Exhibit I and
in and
to the properties covered and the units created thereby
(including all
units formed under orders, rules, regulations, or other official
acts of
any federal, state, or other authority having jurisdiction,
voluntary
unitization agreements, designations and/or declarations)
relating to the
properties described in paragraphs (a) and (b) above;
(d) All rights, titles and interests of Sellers in and to
all
presently existing and valid production sales (and sales
related)
contracts, operating agreements, and other agreements and
contracts which
are set forth on Exhibit I and which relate to any of the
properties
described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above, or which relate
to the
exploration, development, operation, or maintenance thereof or
the
treatment, storage, transportation or marketing of production
therefrom
(or allocated thereto);
(e) All rights, titles and interests of each Seller in and to
all
materials, supplies, machinery, equipment, improvements and
other real,
personal, or mixed property and fixtures (including but not by
way of
limitation, all wells, wellhead equipment, pumping units, pipe,
tubing,
flow lines, tanks, buildings, injection wells and related
facilities,
saltwater wells and related disposal facilities, compression
facilities,
separation, heating, treating and dehydration facilities,
gathering
systems, and other equipment), and all easements, rights of way,
surface
leases and other surface rights, all permits and licenses, and
all other
appurtenances being used or held for use in connection with, or
otherwise
related to, the exploration, development, operation or
maintenance of any
of the properties described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)
above, or the
gathering, treatment, storage, transportation or marketing of
production
therefrom (or allocated thereto); and
(f) All of Sellers' lease files, abstracts and title
opinions,
production records, well files, accounting records (but not
including
general financial accounting records), seismic records and
surveys,
gravity and other maps, electric and other logs, technical,
geological or
geophysical data and records, federal, state and local
governmental
filings with any governmental authority and other files,
documents and
records of every kind and description which relate to the
properties
described above.
The properties and interests specified in the foregoing
paragraphs (a), (b) and
(c) are herein sometimes collectively called the "Oil and Gas
Properties," and
the properties and interests specified in the foregoing
paragraphs (a), (b),
(c), (d), (e) and (f) are herein sometimes collectively called
the
"Properties."
ARTICLE III
PURCHASE PRICE
In consideration of the sale of the Properties by Sellers to
Buyer, Buyer
shall pay to Sellers the following: (a) cash in the amount of
$7,500,000 (the
"Initial Cash Purchase Price") to be paid by wire transfer on
the Closing Date
pursuant to the wiring instructions set forth on Exhibit III,
(b)cash in the
total amount of $1,500,000 to be paid in immediately available
funds in twenty-
four monthly installments in the amount of $62,500 each
beginning thirty days
after the Closing Date, the obligations of which are captured in
a promissory
note, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit VI (the
"Promissory
Note"), and (c) 105,820 shares of Parent Common Stock as of the
Effective Date
representing an aggregate value of $1,000,000 (the "Restricted
Stock") which
shares shall be subject to a restriction on sale or transfer
(collectively, the
"Purchase Price").
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS
Each Seller jointly represents and warrants to Buyer that, as of
the date
of this Agreement, the statements set forth in this Article IV
are true and
correct in all material respects, except to the extent any
representation and
warranty speaks as of any other specific date, in which case
such
representation and warranty will have been true and correct in
all material
respects as of such date; provided, however, each Seller shall
only be liable
for such representations and warranties to the extent of such
Seller's
ownership interest in such Properties. Each of the entities
comprising any
Seller shall not be deemed to make, and shall not have any
liability or
obligations hereunder with respect to, any agreement, indemnity,
representation
or warranty made by any Seller that does not relate to such
entity or to any of
the Properties in which such entity owns an interest. The
Sellers further
acknowledge that the Buyer
has entered into this Agreement upon the basis of and in
reliance upon the
statements in this Agreement, in particular this Article IV:
4.1 Organization and Good Standing. As applicable, each Seller
is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws
of the
jurisdiction of its formation and has all requisite power and
authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its
business as
presently conducted and as planned to be conducted by such
Seller. As
applicable, each Seller is duly qualified or licensed to do
business and, where
applicable as a legal concept, is in good standing as a foreign
entity in each
jurisdiction in which the character of the properties it owns,
operates or
leases or the nature of its activities makes such qualification
or licensure
necessary.
4.2 Power and Authority. Each Seller has the requisite power
and
authority to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and
each other
agreement, instrument, or document executed or to be executed by
such Seller in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby to which it
is a party and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
The execution,
delivery, and performance by Sellers of this Agreement and each
other
agreement, instrument, or document executed or to be executed by
Sellers in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby to which
they are a party,
and the consummation by them of the transactions contemplated
hereby and
thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary action of
such Sellers.
4.3 Valid and Binding Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
executed
and delivered by each Seller and constitutes, and each other
agreement,
instrument, or document executed or to be executed by Sellers in
connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby to which they are a
party has been,
or when executed will be, duly executed and delivered by Sellers
and
constitutes, or when executed and delivered will constitute, a
valid and
legally binding obligation of Sellers, enforceable against them
in accordance
with their respective terms, except that such enforceability may
be limited by
(a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, and similar
Laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (b) equitable
principles which
may limit the availability of certain equitable remedies (such
as specific
performance) in certain instances.
4.4 Non-Contravention. Neither the execution, delivery, and
performance
by Sellers of this Agreement and each other agreement,
instrument, or document
executed or to be executed by Sellers in connection with the
transactions
contemplated hereby to which they are a party nor the
consummation by them of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do and will (a)
conflict with
or result in a violation of any provision of the charter, bylaws
or other
governing instruments of any Seller, (b) conflict with or result
in a violation
of any provision of, or constitute (with or without the giving
of notice or the
passage of time or both) a default under, or give rise (with or
without the
giving of notice or the passage of time or both) to any right of
termination,
cancellation, or acceleration under, any bond, debenture, note,
mortgage or
indenture, or any material lease, contract, agreement, or other
instrument or
obligation to which any Seller is a party or by which any Seller
or any of
their properties may be bound, (c) result in the creation or
imposition of any
lien or other encumbrance upon the properties of any Seller, or
(d) violate any
applicable Law, rule or regulation binding upon any Seller or
the Properties.
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4.5 Approvals. No consent, approval, order, or authorization of,
or
declaration, filing, or registration with, any court or
governmental agency or
of any third party is required to be obtained or made by any
Seller in
connection with the execution, delivery, or performance by
Sellers of this
Agreement, each other agreement, instrument, or document
executed or to be
executed by Sellers in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby to
which they are a party or the consummation by them of the
transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.
4.6 Pending Litigation. There are no pending suits, actions, or
other
proceedings in which any Seller is a party that would prevent or
otherwise
adversely affect the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, or the performance of
obligations
contemplated hereby.
4.7 Compliance with Laws, Judgments and Governmental
Authorizations. As
it relates to the Properties, none of the Sellers have received
at any time in
the last five years any written communication from any
governmental authority
regarding any actual, alleged or potential violation of, or
failure to comply
with, any Law, judgment or governmental authorization, or any
actual, alleged
or potential obligation on the part of the Sellers to undertake,
or to bear all
or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any
nature.
4.8 Solvency. None of the Sellers are insolvent, and none will
be
rendered insolvent by any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
As used in this section, "insolvent" means that the sum of the
debts and other
probable liabilities of any Seller exceeds the present fair
saleable value of
such Seller's assets. The cash available to each Seller, after
taking into
account all other anticipated uses of the cash, will be
sufficient to pay all
its liabilities and judgments promptly in accordance with their
terms.
4.9 Special Limited Warranty of Title. Each Seller does hereby
bind
itself, and its successors and assigns, to warrant and forever
defend title to
the Properties unto Buyer, and its successors and assigns,
against every claim
to, and every person claiming an interest in, the Oil and Gas
Properties and to
any other Properties or any part thereof by, through and under
such Seller, but
not otherwise. Pursuant to this special limited warranty of
title, each Seller
represents that the working interest and net revenue interest
for each of the
Oil and Gas Properties conveyed hereunder shall be the same as
the working
interest and net revenue interest attributable to such Seller as
set forth in
Exhibit I hereto.
4.10 Shares Restricted. Each Seller understands, acknowledges
and agrees
that that the shares of Parent Common Stock delivered by Parent
pursuant to
Article III are "restricted securities" under applicable federal
securities
laws and that the Securities Act and the rules of the SEC
provide in substance
that Sellers may dispose of the Restricted Stock only pursuant
to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption
therefrom. Each
Seller acknowledges that Parent does not intend to file a
registration
statement with the SEC. The certificates evidencing the
Restricted Stock will
bear a legend which clearly sets forth this restriction. Each
Seller
understands that it may not at any time demand the purchase by
Parent of any of
such Seller's shares of Restricted Stock. The Restricted Stock
shall bear the
following or similar legend:
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"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THESE
SHARES MAY
NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE
ABSENCE OF
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH SECURITIES ACT OR
ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO SOUTH TEXAS OIL COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION
IS NOT
REQUIRED."
The foregoing legend will also be placed on any certificate
representing
securities issued subsequent to the original issuance of the
Restricted Stock
as a result of any transfer of such shares or any stock
dividend, stock split,
or other recapitalization as long as the Restricted Stock have
not been
transferred in such manner to justify the removal of the legend
therefrom:
"THE HOLDER OF THIS SHARE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT PART OF
THE
CONSIDERATION PAID TO SUCH HOLDER AS PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE
PAID PURSUANT
TO THE TERMS OF THAT CERTAIN PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT DATED
AS OF SEPTEMBER
25, 2007 (THE "PURCHASE AGREEMENT") SHALL CONSIST OF RESTRICTED
STOCK AND,
ACCORDINGLY: (1) THAT SELLER WILL NOT SELL, ASSIGN, PLEDGE,
GIVE, TRANSFER OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF THE SHARES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, OR MAKE
ANY OFFER OR
ATTEMPT TO DO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION OF THE
SHARES UNDER THE ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR IN A
TRANSACTION
WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION PROVISIONS OF THE ACT AND
ALL APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS; AND (2) THAT SOUTH TEXAS OIL COMPANY AND ANY
TRANSFER AGENT
FOR THE SHARES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO GIVE EFFECT TO ANY
PURPORTED TRANSFER
OF ANY OF THE SHARES EXCEPT UPON COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS AND
NOT BEFORE A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN (18) MONTHS FROM THE CLOSING
DATE (AS DEFINED
IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT)."
4.11 Bastrop II Leases. Each Seller hereby declares that it has
no right,
title or interest in or to the oil and gas leasehold interests
and other oil
and gas interests of any kind, whether legal, contractual, or
equitable, actual
or contingent, in and to the Properties listed on Exhibit IV
attached hereto
or made a part hereof. In the event it is established that any
Seller currently
has or pre
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