SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) is made as of the 19th day of February
2009 by and between Zulu Energy Corp., a Colorado corporation (the
“ Company ”), and Europe Group Invest S.A., a
Panamanian corporation (the “ Purchaser
”).
Recitals
A. The Company and the Purchaser are executing
and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from
securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (the “ Securities Act
”) and Rule 506 of Regulation D as promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”)
under the Securities Act.
B. The Purchaser wishes to purchase, and the
Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in
this Agreement, 4,000,000 units in the aggregate with each “
Unit ” consisting of (i) one share (each a “
Share ”, and collectively, the “ Shares
”) of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “
Common Stock ”) and (ii) one warrant (each a “
Warrant ”, and collectively, the “
Warrants ”) to acquire one share of Common Stock (the
“ Warrant Shares ”).
The parties hereto, in consideration of the
premises and their mutual covenants and agreements herein set forth
and intending to be legally bound hereby, covenant and agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
ISSUE AND SALE OF SHARES AND
WARRANTS
1.1 Authorization and Issuance of the Shares
and Warrants . The Company has duly authorized the
offering of the Units to the Purchaser.
1.2 Purchase Price . Subject
to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein, the
Company shall sell to the Purchaser in exchange for $2,000,000
invested in the Company (the “ Purchase Price
”), and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company in
separate installments (as further described below) an aggregate of
4,000,000 Units at a purchase price of $0.50 per Unit with the
Units consisting of, in the aggregate, (i) 4,000,000 Shares and
(ii) Warrants to purchase 4,000,000 shares of Common
Stock. All dollar amounts set forth in this Agreement
represent United States Dollars.
1.3 Installment Payments . The
Purchaser shall pay the Purchase Price in twenty-one installments
(each an “ Installment Payment ” and,
collectively, the “ Installment Payments ”) and
the Company shall sell the Units in compliance with the Installment
Payment Dates and Installment Payment Amounts reflected on the
“ Installment Payment ” schedule attached hereto
as Schedule 1.3 ; provided, however, that the
Company and the Purchaser may modify the amount of any Installment
Payment at the request of the Company as described in
Section 1.3(a) below.
(a) Modification of Installment Payments
. The Company may request (a “ Modification
Request ”) that the Purchaser increase the amount of any
Installment Payment (other than the initial Installment Payment)
reflected on Schedule 1.3 by delivering a Modification
Request to the Purchaser for such increase no later than thirty
calendar days prior to the applicable Installment Payment Date
(reflected on Schedule 1.3 ) or as soon as practicable
in regard to the March 2009 Installment Payment. If a
Modification Request requests an increase of any particular
Installment Payment (above that reflected on
Schedule 1.3 ) in excess of $30,000 per month, such
Modification Request shall include a detailed use of proceeds to
explain the reasons for the submission the Modification Request to
the Purchaser. Following the receipt of such
Modification Request, the Purchaser shall respond to the Company
within two business days of such receipt whether the Purchaser
agrees to the terms of the Modification Request and to pay the
modified Installment Payment Amount. Unless the Company
specifies otherwise, contemporaneous with the payment of an
increased Installment Payment, the final Installment Payment(s) (as
reflected on Schedule 1.3 ) will be automatically decreased
in the corresponding amount to such increased
payment. If the Purchaser agrees to make a modified
Installment Payment pursuant to a Modification Request, Schedule
1.3 shall be automatically amended to reflect the modifications to
the applicable Installment Payment(s).
(b) Delivery of Installment Payments by
Purchaser . The Purchaser shall deliver to the
Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in United
States Dollars to the bank account in the United States reflected
below each Installment Payment (as modified, if applicable,
according to Section 1.3(a) above) on the applicable date
reflected on Schedule 1.3 . Following the initial
Installment Payment, each subsequent Installment Payment shall be
delivered to the Company on either the second or fourth Friday of
each Installment Payment’s respective month as reflected on
Schedule 1.3 .
(i) The Installment Payments shall be delivered
to the Company utilizing the following bank account
information:
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821 17th
Street, Denver, CO 80202
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(c) Delivery of the Securities by the
Company . The Company shall deliver, following
receipt of the applicable Installment Payment or Installment
Payments as identified on Schedule 1.3 , within ten
business days of the last day of an applicable month (i) a
certificate reflecting the number of Shares and (ii) a Warrant to
purchase the applicable number of shares of Common Stock to the
Purchaser comprising the Units reflected on Schedule 1.3
based on the amount of the Installment Payment or Installment
Payments paid by the Purchaser in a given month. By way
of example and for the avoidance of doubt, following the receipt by
the Company of the Installment Payments of $85,000 on March 13,
2009 and $85,000 on March 27, 2009, the Company shall issue by
April 14, 2009 (i.e. within ten business days of March 31, 2009)
340,000 Units to the Purchaser consisting of 340,000 Shares and one
Warrant to purchase 340,000 shares of Common Stock.
1.4 Warrants . Each Warrant
issued as part of a Unit shall have an exercise price of $0.50 per
share of Common Stock, a two-year exercise period from the date of
issuance and be immediately exercisable following the amendment of
the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended,
increasing the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to
an amount determined in good faith by the Company in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A .
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE COMPANY
As a material inducement to the Purchaser to
enter into this Agreement and purchase the Units, the Company
hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
2.1 Legality . The Company has
the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver the Shares, the Warrants
and the Warrant Shares (collectively, the “ Securities
”). This Agreement and the issuance, sale and
delivery of the Securities hereunder and the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action by the Company. This
Agreement when duly executed and delivered by the Company will
constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by general equitable principles, bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, or
other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.
2.2 Proper Organization . The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions where the
failure to be so qualified would have a materially adverse effect
on its business, taken as whole.
2.3 No Legal Proceedings
. There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by
any court or any governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign,
threatened, against or affecting the Company, or any of its
properties or assets, which might result in any material adverse
change in the condition (financial or otherwise) or in the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company, or
which might materially and adversely affect the properties or
assets thereof.
2.4 Company Indebtedness . The
indebtedness and financial obligations of the Company as of the
date of this Agreement consist of (i) trade payables of
approximately $800,000 and (ii) $1,500,000 owed to Swansi Holdings
Corp. (“Swansi”) pursuant to the Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated December 19, 2007, between the Company and
Swansi.
2.5 No Advertisement or General
Solicitation . The sale of the Units has not been
advertised through any article, notice or other communication
published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar media or broadcast
over television or radio; or through any seminar or meeting whose
attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general
advertising.
2.6 SEC Reports . The Company
has filed reports during fiscal year 2008 with the SEC including
without limitation the following: (i) an Annual Report on Form
10-KSB, as amended, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007,
(ii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended
March 31, 2008, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008 respectively,
(iii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed, and (iv) a Preliminary
Proxy Statement filed by the Company with the SEC on November 17,
2008 (collectively, the “ SEC Reports
”). All of the SEC Reports are available for
review by the Purchaser at the SEC’s website:
www.sec.gov.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE PURCHASER
As a material inducement to the Company to enter
into this Agreement and sell the Units, the Purchaser represents
and warrants to the Company as follows:
3.1 Purchase Entirely for Its Own Account
. This Agreement is made with the Purchaser in reliance
upon its representation to the Company that the Shares and the
Warrants will be acquired for investment for each Purchaser’s
own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with any agreement
for the resale or distribution of any part
thereof. Subject to the immediate preceding sentence,
nothing contained herein shall be deemed a representation or
warranty by each Purchaser to hold any of the Securities for any
period of time.
3.2 Disclosure of Information
. The Purchaser has had the opportunity to ask questions
of, and receive answers from officers and directors of the Company,
and to obtain additional information regarding the Company and this
offering. Neither such inquiries nor any other
investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Purchaser or their
representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect the
Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and
completeness of the information provided by the Company and the
Company’s representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement.
3.3 Accredited Investor . The
Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as that term is
defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the
Securities Act by virtue of being (the Purchaser shall indicate
with an “X” all applicable responses):
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A small
business investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under the Small Business Investment Company Act
of 1958 ,
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A business
development company as defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940 ,
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A national or
state-chartered commercial bank, whether acting in anindividual or
fiduciary capacity,
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An insurance
company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities
Act,
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An investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940
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An employee
benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 , where the investment
decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21)
of such Act, which is either a bank, insurance company, or
registered investment advisor, or an employee benefit plan which
has total assets in excess of $5,000,000,
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A private
business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of
the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 ,
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An organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
, a corporation or a partnership with total assets in excess of
$5,000,000,
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A natural
person (as opposed to a corporation, partnership, trust or other
legal entity) whose net worth, or joint net worth together with
his/her spouse, exceeds $1,000,000,
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Any trust, with
total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific
purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is
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