Exhibit 10.1
PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT ("Agreement")
is made and entered into by and between SPQR Energy, Inc., a Texas
corporation with offices at 19607 Piney Place Ct., Houston, Texas
77094, its parent and affiliates (hereinafter collectively referred
to as “Seller”) and Exobox Technologies Corp., a Nevada
corporation with offices at 2121 Sage Road, Suite 200, Houston,
Texas 77056 ("Buyer"), effective the 22nd day of October,
2009.
W I T N E S S E T
H:
That Seller desires to sell to Buyer and Buyer
desires to purchase from Seller on the terms set forth in this
Agreement those certain oil and gas interests and associated assets
described herein. Accordingly, in consideration of the
mutual promises contained herein, the mutual benefits to be derived
by each party hereunder and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and
agreed to, Buyer and Seller agree as follows:
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SALE AND
PURCHASE OF ASSETS
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Seller shall
sell, transfer, assign, and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall
purchase and receive all of Seller's right, title, and interest in
and to the Assets set forth on Exhibit “A” attached
hereto.
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The transfer of
the Assets shall occur and be made at Closing (as hereinafter
defined in Section 9.2.1), and title to the Assets shall be made
effective as of the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined in
Section 2.2). Seller and Buyer shall execute such
additional documents as may be necessary to transfer the interests
herein sold and purchased on the records of any purchaser of
hydrocarbons produced from or allocable to the Assets.
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Conveyancing
Instruments . The Assets to be conveyed by Seller
to Buyer pursuant to Section 1.1.1 shall be conveyed subject to the
express conditions, warranties and limitations contained in this
Agreement. The Assets to be transferred to Buyer
pursuant to Section 1.1.1 shall be transferred pursuant to an
Assignment and Bill of Sale.
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PURCHASE
PRICE AND EFFECTIVE DATE
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Purchase
Price . As
consideration for the sale of the Assets, Buyer shall pay to Seller
or its respective designee the purchase price set forth in Exhibit
“B” attached hereto.
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Effective
Date of Sale . The effective date of the sale of
the Assets described in Section 1.1, hereof, shall be as of 5:00
p.m. on October 22, 2009, Central Time Zone (the "Effective
Date”).
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ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES AND
INDEMNIFICATION .
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Abandonment
Obligations . Seller shall continue to operate
the Assets on behalf of Buyer after Closing pursuant to an industry
standard operating agreement and shall continue to be responsible
for timely and fully satisfying all Abandonment Obligations (as
defined below) associated with the Assets. As used
herein, the term “Abandonment Obligations” shall mean
and include all obligations associated with and liability for (i)
the plugging and abandonment of the Wells, (ii) the removal of
structures, facilities, foundations, wellheads, tanks, pipelines,
flowlines, pumps, compressors, separators, heater treaters, valves,
fittings and equipment and machinery of any nature located on or
used in connection with the Assets, and (iii) the
clearance, restoration and remediation of the surface and cleanup
of the lands covered by the Leases associated with the
Assets.
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Contract
Obligations . Seller’s affiliates shall
continue to serve as the Operator for the Assets on and after the
Effective Date, and shall observe and comply with all covenants,
terms, and provisions, express or implied, contained in the Assumed
Contracts and Buyer, subject to and conditioned upon the occurrence
of the closing, as of the Effective Date, hereby assumes and agrees
to be responsible for all obligations of Seller accruing under such
Assumed Contracts on or after the Effective Date. If any
agreement or contract which is not an Assumed Contract and which
materially affects the value of the Assets is discovered by Buyer
or brought to Buyer’s attention by a third party after
Closing, Seller and Buyer shall negotiate to resolve the assignment
of rights and the assumption of obligations under such agreement or
contract. In the event the parties are unable to agree,
then the matter shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with
provisions of Section 10.3. Seller shall retain all obligations and
liabilities under any such disputed contract during the pendency of
arbitration.
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Buyer’s General Indemnification
. Buyer shall indemnify,
defend and hold Seller, its directors, officers, employees, agents
and representatives and affiliated or parent companies (which
additional parties are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Seller’s Parties”) harmless from any and all
Claims (as hereinafter defined) arising out of, related to or
connected with Buyer’s ownership of the Assets on or after
the Effective Date, or arising out of any of the obligations or
liabilities assumed by Buyer hereunder. As used in any
provision of this Agreement, “Claims” shall
mean all liabilities, losses, costs, damages, fees and expenses
(including, without limitation, expenses associated with
investigation of claims, testing, assessment and remedial actions),
penalties, fines, obligations, judgments, costs of investigation,
attorney’s fees, expert’s fees and disbursements of any
kind or of any nature whatsoever, claims, actions, causes of
action, demands, filings, investigations, and all costs of any
administrative proceedings, arbitrations, settlements, mediations,
suits or other legal proceedings.
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Assumption and Indemnification of Environmental
Risk and Environmental Liabilities by Buyer
. Buyer shall assume
full responsibility for, and shall comply with and perform all
environmentally-related duties and obligations with respect to the
Assets for periods of time from and after the Effective Date and
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller from and against
any and all Claims under any Environmental Law (hereafter defined)
with respect to the Assets for periods of time from and after the
Effective Date. The term “Environmental Law”
here and in Section 4.6 means the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, 29 U.S.C.A. §651, et seq .; the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §6901, et
seq .; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §9601, et seq .; the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.A. §1251 et seq .; the Clean
Air Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §7401, et seq .; the Safe Drinking
Water Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §3001, et seq .; the Toxic
Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §2601 et seq .; the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C.A. §2701 et seq .;
and all rules, regulations and orders adopted under the foregoing
statutes applicable to any waste material, produced water, tank
bottoms, sludge, or constituents thereof, radioactive materials, or
hazardous substances on or included with the Assets or the
presence, disposal, release or threatened release of all waste
material, produced water, tank bottoms, sludge, or constituents
thereof, radioactive materials, or hazardous substances on,
included with, or from the Assets into the atmosphere or in or upon
land or any water course or body of water, whether above or below
the ground, and all other federal, state and local environmental
and oil and gas laws and regulations, as well as all acts, laws,
and regulations amendatory or supplemental thereto.
As of the Effective Date, Seller
represents that it not aware of any breach of any Environmental Law
pertaining to the Assets.
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Nothing
contained in this section 3 shall act as a release or waiver of
Seller for any acts or conditions in existence prior to the
Effective Date.
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Buyer expressly
acknowledges and agrees that Claudio R. Roman has acted solely in
his capacity as President and CEO of Seller, and not individually,
with respect to this transaction and has no personal
responsibility, involvement or liability for this matter in his
individual capacity.
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Payment of
Taxes . All real estate,
occupation, ad valorem, Equipment taxes and charges on any of the
Assets, whether past, present or future, known or unknown, matured
or unmatured, shall be prorated between Buyer and Seller as of the
Effective Date. Buyer shall be responsible for all oil
and gas production taxes, severance taxes, windfall profits taxes,
and any other similar taxes applicable to the Assets arising after
the Effective Date. Both of the parties believe that the sale of
the Assets is one occasional sale exempt from sales or use
taxes. In the event that any such taxes would be
assessed against the transaction, however, Buyer assumes the sole
risk and responsibility therefor and shall be solely responsible
for all such taxes.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Seller's
Representations and Warranties . Seller represents and warrants to
Buyer that, as of the date hereof and as of Closing, the
following statements are accurate:
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Formation . Seller is a corporation duly
organized and validly existing, in good standing, under the laws of
the State of Texas. Seller has the corporate power and authority to
own the Assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and to
enter into and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.
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Authorization . The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on behalf of Seller and Seller is not subject to any charter,
by-law, lien, or encumbrance of any kind, agreement,
instrument, order, or decree of any court or governmental body
(other than any governmental approval required) which would prevent
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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No
Brokers . Seller is not a party to, or in any
way obligated under, nor does Seller have any knowledge of, any
contract or outstanding claim for the payment of any broker's or
finder's fee in connection with the origin, negotiation, execution,
or performance of this Agreement for which Buyer will have any
liability.
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Asset
Value . As of
the Effective Date, Seller warrants and guarantees that the Assets
shall have a minimum fair market value of at least $22,500,000. The
term “fair market value” as used herein means the
Present Value Discounted by 10% as used by the NYMEX (PV10). In the
event that the fair market value of the Assets as of the Effective
Date is determined to be less than $22,500,000 pursuant to the
third party Reserve Report provided by Seller and acceptable to
Buyer, then the parties agree that the purchase Price for the
Assets shall be adjusted accordingly and the parties shall execute
such documents as are reasonably necessary to accomplish such
adjustment. Seller further represents and warrants that there is no
pending or threatened environmental claim or dispute under any
Environmental Law and to the best of Seller’s good faith
knowledge and belief, none is likely to occur as a result of all
facts known to Seller about the Assets.
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Buyer's
Representations and Warranties . Buyer represents and warrants to
Seller that, as of the date hereof and as of Closing, the following
statements are accurate:
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Formation . Buyer is a corporation duly
organized and validly existing, in good standing, under the laws of
the State of Nevada and is or will be prior to Closing, duly
qualified to carry on its business in each of the states in which
it is required to be qualified and has the corporate power and
authority to own its property and to carry on its business as now
conducted and to enter into and to carry out the terms of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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Authorization . The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on behalf of Buyer and Buyer is not subject to any charter, by-law,
lien or encumbrance of any kind, agreement, instrument, order
or decree of any court or governmental body which would prevent
consummation of the actions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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No
Brokers . Buyer is not a party to, or in any
way obligated under, nor does Buyer have any knowledge of, any
contract or outstanding claim for the payment of any broker's or
finder's fee in connection with the origin, negotiation, execution,
or performance of this Agreement for which Seller will have any
liability.
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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY BY SELLER
. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN
THIS AGREEMENT, SELLER MAKES THIS SALE OF THE ASSETS TO BUYER
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE ASSETS, INCLUDING
ABSENCE OF VICES OR DEFECTS (WHETHER APPARENT OR LATENT, KNOWN OR
UNKNOWN, EASILY DISCOVERABLE OR HIDDEN), FITNESS FOR ANY ORDINARY
USE, OR FITNESS FOR ANY INTENDED USE OR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, EVEN
FOR RETURN OR REDUCTION OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR OTHERWISE, IT
BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT BUYER TAKES THE ASSETS "AS IS" AND "WHERE
IS". IN ADDITION, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS
AGREEMENT, BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SELLER HAS MADE NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDITION OF THE ASSETS, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO ABSENCE
OF VICES OR DEFECTS (WHETHER APPARENT OR LATENT, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN,
EASILY DISCOVERABLE OR HIDDEN), FITNESS FOR ANY ORDINARY USE,
FITNESS FOR ANY INTENDED USE OR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TAX
CONSEQUENCES, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION. IN ADDITION, EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, SELLER MAKES NO
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR
OTHERWISE, AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY DATA, REPORTS,
RECORDS, PROJECTIONS, INFORMATION OR MATERIALS NOW, HERETOFORE OR
HEREAFTER FURNISHED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO BUYER IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS SALE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE QUALITY, QUANTITY OR
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF THE ASSETS OR ANY OTHER MATTERS
CONTAINED IN THE DATA OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS FURNISHED OR MADE
AVAILABLE TO BUYER BY SELLER, ITS AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OR
EMPLOYEES. ANY AND ALL SUCH DATA, RECORDS, REPORTS,
PROJECTIONS, INFORMATION AND OTHER MATERIALS FURNISHED BY SELLER OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO BUYER ARE PROVIDED TO BUYER AS A
CONVENIENCE, AND EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT,
SHALL NOT CREATE OR GIVE RISE TO ANY LIABILITY OF OR AGAINST
SELLER.
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