Exhibit 10.4
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT dated this 11
th day
of June, 2008, (the “Effective Date”) is between MACUM
ENERGY, INC., a Montana corporation (“Macum”), with its
offices located at 730 Main Street, Suite 103, Billings, MT
59105; Harold & Eva Holden Living Trust dated 1995, Harold
& Eva Holden, Trustees, Box 1743, Billings, MT 59103; Winifred
Gas Partnership, 3015 Stanford Drive, Billings, MT 59102; Goodridge
Resources, Inc., 2049 Interlachen Drive, Billings, MT 59105;
Vincent T. Larsen, P.O. Box 2297, Billings, MT 59103;
Dr. David T. Larsen, 4815 Cranbrook Drive East, Colleyville,
TX 76034; Pic Productions, Inc., 3024 MacTavish Circle, Billings,
MT 59101; Stanley & Beverly Stott Living Trust dated 4/30/96,
Stanley & Beverly Stott, Trustees, 211 Glenhaven Drive,
Billings, MT 59105; and Faith Drilling Inc., P.O. Box 369 Chinook,
MT 59523.(collectively referred to herein as “Seller”),
and KYKUIT RESOURCES, LLC, an Ohio corporation, or its nominee
(“Buyer”), with its offices located at 8500 Station
Street, Suite 345, Mentor, Ohio 44060.
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell, and
Buyer desires to purchase, upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, all of Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to the following:
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All of Seller’s interest in, to and under approximately
34,971 acres of oil and gas leases located in Blaine and Fergus
Counties, Montana, including leasehold interests, mineral fee
interest, rights and interests attributable or allocable to the oil
and gas leases or leasehold interest by virtue of pooling,
unitization, communitization, and operating agreements, licensees,
permits and other agreements, all more particularly described on
Exhibit “A” hereto, together with identical undivided
interests in and to all the property and rights incident thereto
(collectively the “Leases”), including, but not limited
to, all rights in, to and under all agreements, product purchase
and sale contracts, including any and all past, present and future
take-or-pay claims, leases, permits, rights-of-way, easements,
licenses, farmouts, farmins, options, orders and other contracts or
agreements of similar nature in any way relating thereto; |
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All of Seller’s interest attributable to the Leases in
and to all of the wells described on Exhibit “B” (the
“Wells”), and all equipment, inventory, materials and
other personal property, fixtures and improvements on the Leases or
relating to the Wells as of the Closing Date, or used or obtained
in connection with the Leases or the Wells or with the production,
treatment, sale or disposal of hydrocarbons or waste produced
therefrom or attributable thereto, and all other appurtenances
thereunto belonging (the “Equipment”); |
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The pipeline facilities attributable to the Leases that are
identified on Exhibit “C” attached hereto (the
“Pipelines”); |
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All other leasehold interests, royalty and overriding royalty
interest owned by Seller in, to and under the Leases or
attributable to production therefrom attributable to the Leases as
of the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined); |
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All unitization, communitization, pooling, operating or
transportation agreements, and the units created thereby which
relate to the Leases, the Wells, or the Pipelines attributable to
the Leases, all of which are identified on Exhibit “D”
attached hereto; |
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All rights to claim revenues or gas resulting from any
underproduction attributable to Seller’s interest in the
Leases; and |
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All lease files, land files, well files, oil and gas sales
contracts files, gas processing files, division order files,
abstracts, title opinions, and all other books, files, maps, logs
and records, and all rights thereto, of Seller related to and
necessary to the realization of value by Buyer of any of the
property purchased hereunder (the “Records”). All of
Seller’s interest in the assets described in paragraphs
(i) through (vi) above is hereinafter collectively
referred to as the “Interests”. |
The Interests sold and assigned under
this Agreement do not include trade credits, accounts and notes
receivable, and adjustments or refunds (including without
limitation transportation tariff refunds, take-or-pay claims, and
audit adjustments) attributable to the property with respect to any
period before the Closing Date.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the above recitals and of the covenants and agreements herein
contained, Seller and Buyer agree as follows:
1.
Purchase and Sale . Subject to an upon all of the
terms and conditions herein set forth, Seller shall sell, transfer,
assign, convey and deliver the Interests to Buyer, and Buyer shall
purchase, receive, pay for an accept the Interests from Seller,
effective as of 12:01 a.m. of the day following the Closing
Date (as hereinafter defined). Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this Agreement, all costs, expenses and obligations
relating to the Interest which were incurred or accrue prior to the
Closing Date shall be paid and discharged by Seller; and all costs,
expenses and obligations relating to the Interests which were
incurred or accrue after the Closing Date shall be paid and
discharged by Buyer.
2.
Purchase Price .
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The purchase price for the Interests shall be Two Million Five
Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($2,500,000.00) (the
“Purchase Price”), subject to any applicable purchase
price adjustment as provided for herein; |
Seller and
Buyer agree that the Purchase Price has been calculated based upon
a purchase price for the Leases of Fifty Dollars ($50,00) per acre.
In the event that, due to a due diligence defect, Seller purchases
more or less than 34,971 acres at Closing, the Purchase Price shall
be adjusted up or down accordingly.
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The Purchase Price, as adjusted, shall be paid by Purchaser as
follows: |
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Within five (5) business days after receiving a fully
executed copy of this Agreement from Seller, Buyer shall pay a
deposit in the amount of Fifty |
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Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($50,000.00) (the “Initial
Deposit”) to Seller as an earnest money deposit, to be
credited against the Purchase Price at Closing. The Initial Deposit
shall be nonrefundable except in the event of a Seller’s
Default, as defined herein, in which case Seller shall return the
Initial Deposit to Buyer within three (3) business days after
Buyer notifies Seller of its termination pursuant to Section 24(b)
hereof. |
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The balance of the Purchase Price shall be paid in immediately
available funds to Seller on the Closing Date. |
3.
Definitions . As used herein, the term:
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“Defensible Title” shall mean, as to the Interest,
such title held by Seller, that subject to and except for Permitted
Encumbrances (as hereinafter defined); |
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Entitles Seller to receive not less than the “Net Revenue
Interest” as set forth in Exhibit “F” of all oil,
gas and associated liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons produced, saved
and marketed from the Interests; |
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Obligates Seller to bear costs and expenses relating to the
maintenance, development, and operation of all wells located on the
Interests in an amount not greater than the “Working
Interests” set forth in Exhibit “F”; and is free
and clear of any and all encumbrances, liens and defects. |
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The term “Permitted Encumbrances”, as used herein,
shall mean: |
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Lessors’ royalties, overriding royalties, and
reversionary interests if the net cumulative effect of such burdens
does not operate to reduce the Net Revenue Interest of any Interest
to less than the Net Revenue Interest set forth in Exhibit
“F”; |
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Sales contracts covering oil, gas or associated liquid or
gaseous hydrocarbons, all of which are identified on Exhibit
“G” attached hereto; |
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Any required third party consents to assignments and similar
agreements with respect to which waivers or consents are obtained
from the appropriate parties, all of which are identified on
Exhibit “H” attached hereto; |
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Liens for taxes or assessments not due or not delinquent on
Closing; |
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All rights to consent by, required notices to, filings with, or
other actions by governmental agencies in connection with the sale
or conveyance of oil and gas leases or interests therein or sale of
production therefrom if the same are prudently obtained subsequent
to such sale or conveyance; |
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Easements, rights-of-way, servitudes, permits, surface leases,
and other rights of public record with respect of surface
operations on or over any of |
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the Interests which do not operate to interfere with current or
proposed operations on the Interests; and |
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Any Title Defects or other defects that are expressly waived by
Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
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The term “Title Defect”, as used herein, shall
mean: |
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Any encumbrance, encroachment, irregularity, defect in or
objection to Seller’s title to the Interests (expressly
excluding Permitted Encumbrances) that renders Seller’s title
to the Interests less than Defensible Title; |
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Seller is in default under some material provision of a lease,
farmout agreement or other contract or agreement affecting the
Interests which could interfere with the operation, value or use
thereof, prevent Seller from receiving the proceeds of production
attributable to Seller’s interest therein; or result in
cancellation of Seller’s interest therein; |
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Any provision or obligation affecting the Interests contained
in any contract or agreement disclosed in the Records which is not
customary to currently accept oil and gas industry standards and
requires an extraordinary expenditure in connection with the
acquisition, exploration, development or operation of the Interests
or would materially diminish the Net Revenue Interest set forth on
Exhibit “F”, or materially increase the Working
Interest set forth on Exhibit “F”. |
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The term “Due Diligence Defect” shall mean
(i) any Title Defect(s), and (ii) any other condition which
Buyer discovers in its Due Diligence Review Period which renders
the Interests unfit for Buyer’s intended use for any reason
whatsoever in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion. |
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The term “Environmental Defect” shall mean a
violation (i) of any environmental or work place safety
statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency
having jurisdiction over the Interests and (ii) to which
remedial or corrective action either is required or would be
undertaken by a prudent operator. |
4.
Due Diligence Investigation . From and after the
Effective Date of this Agreement and continuing for a period of
thirty (30) days (the “Original Due Diligence Review
Period “), Seller will make available to Buyer for
examination and copying any of the Records as Buyer may request,
including, but not limited to, engineering and geological data,
reports, maps, electric logs, mud logs, production logs, well
records relating to the Interests, files relating to claims against
or relating to the Interests, and information relating to the
physical condition of the Interests and the land adjoining the
Interest, including, if any, results of any water or soil testing,
NORM and PCB evaluations, and all other records of Seller connected
with the Interests which are necessary or desirable in order for
Buyer to conduct a due diligence review (the “Due Diligence
Investigation”). In the event that Seller fails to provide
any documents requested by Buyer as part of its due diligence
review, then the Due Diligence Review Period shall be
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automatically extended by the number of days of Seller’s
delay. Buyer may extend the Due Diligence for an additional fifteen
(15) days upon written notice to Seller delivered prior to the
expiration of the Original Due Diligence Period. If Buyer exercises
its right to extend the Due Diligence Period, then the Original Due
Diligence Period and the fifteen (15) day extension period
shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Due
Diligence Review Period”.
5.
Due Diligence Defects and Remedies . Buyer shall
notify Seller in writing of any Due Diligence Defect within twenty
(20) days after the end of the Due Diligence Review Period.
Such notice shall contain a detailed description of each due
Diligence Defect. Any matters that may otherwise constitute a Due
Diligence Defect but that are not specifically and timely raised in
writing by Buyer shall be deemed to have been waived, provided,
however, that Seller shall be required to remove all monetary liens
encumbering the Interests prior to Closing regardless of whether
Buyer timely objects to the same in writing.
Upon receipt of such notice from
Buyer, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
correct any Due Diligence Defect prior to Closing, other than
monetary liens which must be satisfied by Seller prior to Closing.
In the event Seller determines it is unwilling to correct a Due
Diligence Defect, Seller shall so notify Buyer in writing within
fifteen (15) days of receipt of notice from Buyer of such Due
Diligence Defect.
In the event Seller declines to
correct any Due Diligence Defect and that Due Diligence Defect is
not waived by Buyer, then the parties shall meet to attempt to
determine a mutually agreeable reduction in the Purchase Price to
reflect the reduced value of the Interests as a result of the Due
Diligence Defect. In the event that, despite the parties’
good faith negotiations, no agreement as to an adjustment to the
Purchase Price can be reached, then either party may terminate this
Agreement as provided in Section 22 hereof.
6.
Conditions of Closing by Buyer . The obligation of
Buyer to close is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
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Buyer shall have completed its Due Diligence Investigation and
shall not have terminated this Agreement as a result of any Due
Diligence Defect pursuant to Section 5 hereof; |
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Seller shall have obtained and delivered to Buyer all
prerequisite waivers of preferential rights of purchase and all
necessary consents for transfer of the Interests; |
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The representations of Seller contained in Section 8 shall
be true on and as of closing; |
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Seller shall have performed in all material respects all of its
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement; |
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Prior to Closing, there shall not have been a material adverse
change in the Interests, in the reasonable opinion of Buyer, taken
as a whole, excepting depletion due to normal production and
depreciation of equipment through ordinary wear and tear; |
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Prior to or at Closing, neither Seller nor Buyer shall have
knowledge of any bona fide suit, action or other proceeding or
investigation before any court or before any governmental agency or
submission by any governmental agency of information relating to
the subject matter of the transaction contemplated under this
Agreement or any other bona fide material claim or demand, pending
(1) in which the consummation of this Agreement or the
transaction contemplated hereby may be restrained, prohibited,
invalidated, set aside or delayed in whole or in part, or
(2) in which damages are sought in connection with the
consummation of this Agreement. Buyer has specifically acknowledges
that it has been made aware of the following lawsuit: CV
00-039-6F-DWM; |
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All actions to be taken by Seller in connection with
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and all
certificates, opinions, instruments, and other documents required
to effect the transactions contemplated hereby will be satisfactory
in form and substance to Buyer; and |
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Prior to Closing, Buyer shall have obtained all material
permits, licenses or consents required by any governmental
authority or other entity. |
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Conditions of Closing by Seller . The obligation of
Seller to close is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
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[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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The representations of Buyer contained in Section 9 hereof
are true on and as of Closing. |
8.
Representations of Seller . Each Seller jointly and
severally represents to Buyer that to the best of his/her/its
knowledge:
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Macum is a corporation validity existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Montana and is duly qualified to own
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now being
conducted; |
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Each Seller has the requisite power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
by each Seller and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized; |
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This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each
Seller and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each
Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof,
subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights. No
other act, approval or proceeding on the part of any Seller or any
other party is required to authorize the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by any Seller or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby; |
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With regard to each Seller that is a corporation or other
entity, this Agreement, and the execution and delivery hereof by
each such Seller, does not and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not conflict with or result in a breach of
the charter or bylaws of any such Seller or any other governing
documents of any such Seller; |
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This Agreement, and the execution and delivery hereof by each
Seller, does not and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not violate, or conflict with, or
constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition
of any security interest, lien or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of any Seller under any mortgage, indenture or agreement to
which it is a party or by which the Interests are bound, which
violation, conflict or default might adversely affect the ability
of any Seller to perform its obligation under this Agreement, or
(ii) violate and statute or law or any judgment, decree,
order, writ, injunction, regulation or rule of any court or
governmental authority, which violation might adversely affect the
ability of any Seller to perform its obligations under this
Agreement; |
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The Leases are in full force and effect, enforceable on their
terms, and comply with all regulatory requirements and laws,
ordinances, statutes and regulations and convey good and marketable
title to the mineral rights described therein, and are fre |
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