EXHIBIT 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) is dated as of March 25, 2009, among
Mexoro Minerals Ltd. (the “ Company ”),
and OHAG Holdings Ltd. (including its successors and assigns) the
“ Purchaser ”.
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”) and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company
desires to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser
desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as
more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual
covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and
valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
. In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
indicated in this Section 1.1:
“ Ayub Guarantee ” shall mean
that Affiliate Guarantee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
G .
“ Closing ” means the closing
of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“ Closing Date ” means the
Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been
executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all
conditions precedent to (i) the Purchaser’s obligations to
pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s
obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
waived.
“ Commission ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Stock ” means the
common stock of the Company, no par value per share, and any other
class of securities into which such securities may hereafter have
been reclassified or changed into.
“ Common Stock Equivalents ”
means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would
entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights,
options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise
entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“ Company Counsel ” means
FMC.
“ Conversion Price ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Debentures.
“Debenture” means the convertible debenture agreement, dated
the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchaser, in the form
of Exhibit A attached hereto.
“ Escrow Shares ” has the
meaning set out in Section 2.1.
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Funds Escrow Agent ” shall
mean FMC.
“ Funds Escrow Agreement ”
shall mean the escrow agreement concerning the transfer of funds,
dated the date hereof, between the Company, Purchaser and the
Escrow Agent, in the form of Exhibit D attached
hereto.
“ Person ” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“ Proceeding ” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as
a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“ MRT Purchase Agreement ”
means the Purchase Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the
Company and the Purchaser, in the form of Exhibit E attached
hereto.
“ Securities ” means the
Debentures, warrants, the Underlying Shares, the Escrow Shares and
the Initial Shares.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Security Agreements ” means
the Mexoro General Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, among
the Company and the Purchaser, in the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto and the Sunburst General Security Agreement, in the
form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
“ Shares Escrow Agent ” shall
mean Sanders Ortoli Vaughn-Flam Rosenstadt LLP.
“ Shares Escrow Agreement ”
shall mean the escrow agreement concerning the Escrow Shares, dated
the date hereof, between the Company, Purchaser and the Escrow
Agent, in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
“ Short Sales ” shall include
all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation
SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the
location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common
Stock).
“ FMC ” shall mean Fraser
Milner Casgrain LLP, 100 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5X
1B2, Canada.
“ Subscription Amount ”
means, as to the Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the
Debentures and warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and
next to the heading “Subscription Amount”, in United
States Dollars and in immediately available funds.
“ Trading Day ” means a day
on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
“ Trading Market ” means the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital
Market, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange,
the Nasdaq National Market, the OTC Bulletin Board or the Pink
Sheets.
“ Transaction Documents ”
means this Agreement, the Funds Escrow Agreement, the Shares Escrow
Agreement, the Debenture and the Security Agreements and any other
documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
“ Underlying Shares ” means
the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or
redemption of the Debentures and upon exercise of the warrants in
accordance with the terms of the Debentures.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing
. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of
FMC, or such other location as the parties shall mutually
agree. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein, concurrent with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto:
(a) the Company agrees to sell, and the
Purchaser agrees to purchase $250,000 of Debentures. The
Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow Agent via wire transfer or a
certified check immediately available funds equal to its
Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser
its Debenture and the other items set forth in Section 2.2 issuable
at the Closing;
(b) subject to Section 2.4(a) of this Agreement,
the Company shall deliver a certificate in OHAG’s name
representing 250,000 of the Company’s common stock (the
“Initial Shares”), which certificate shall contain the
common legends pertaining to securities sold in reliance of the
exemptions from the Securities Act of 1933 provided by Regulation D
and/or Regulation S and shall record the ownership of those shares
of common stock on its books (or instruct its transfer agent to
record such ownership; and
(c) the Company shall place a
certificate in the name of OHAG representing 2,250,000 of its
common shares into escrow (the “Escrow Shares”) with
the Shares Escrow Agent. The Parties hereto agree that
if (i) the Lender does exercise its right to notify Minera Rio
Tinto that it will not sell the Debenture pursuant to Section 4 of
the MRT Purchase Agreement and (ii) none of Minera Rio Tinto, the
Company or Mario Ayub purchase the Debenture from the Lender under
the MRT Purchase Agreement, then the Shares Escrow Agent is hereby
instructed to release the Escrow Shares to the
Lender. Such release shall be irrevocable and if the
receipt of the Escrow Shares is not sufficient to cover the amount
of the Debenture or any other obligations owing to the Lender under
this or the MRT Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be liable for
the difference in the value of the Escrow Shares and the Debenture
and any amounts owed under other obligations owing to the Lender
under this or the MRT Purchase Agreement.
.
(a) On or prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement
duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a Debenture duly
executed by the Company with a principal amount equal to such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, registered in the name of
such Purchaser; and
(iii) the Security
Agreements, duly executed by the Company;
(iv) the Funds Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(v) the Shares Escrow
Agreement;
(vi) the Escrow Shares
(to be delivered to the Shares Escrow Agent); and
(vii) the MRT Purchase
Agreement, duly executed by MRT and the Company; and
(viii) the Ayub
Guarantee, duly executed by Mario Ayub.
(b) On or prior to the
Closing Date, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Company (except as noted) the following:
(i) this Agreement
duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) the Security
Agreements, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(iii) the Funds Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(iv) the Shares Escrow
Agreement;
(v) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount (cash Subscription Amounts to
be delivered to the Escrow Agent); and
(vi) the MRT Purchase
Agreement, duly executed by Purchaser.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in
all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained
herein;
(ii) all obligations,
covenants and agreements of the Purchaser required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
and
(iii) the delivery by
the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The obligations of
the Purchaser hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in
all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) all obligations,
covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
and
(iii) the delivery by
the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement.
(a) Within 30 days of
Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a
certificate representing 250,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock, which shall contain no legends or restrictions on
transfer and shall be free of all liens or encumbrances of any kind
(“Replacement Shares”). Upon receipt of such
Replacement Shares, the Escrow Agent shall inform OHAG of such
receipt and OHAG shall return the Initial Shares to the Escrow
Agent. Upon receipt by the Escrow Agent of the Initial Shares and
Replacement Shares, the Escrow Agent shall promptly deliver the
Replacement Shares to OHAG and the Initial Shares to the Company
without further instructions from either party.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company . T
Except as
set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure
schedules delivered to the Purchasers concurrently herewith (the
“Disclosure Schedules”) which Disclosure Schedules
shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth below to each
PurchasTTTT he Company
makes the representations and warranties set forth below to the
Purchaser:
(a) Organization
and Qualification . The Company is an entity duly
incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on
its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the
provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents. Each of the Company and the subsidiaries is
duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a
foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes
such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have
or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse
effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any
Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results
of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s
ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or
(iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect ”) and no
Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking,
limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such
power and authority or qualification.
(b) Authorization;
Enforcement . The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by
all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further
action is required by the Company, its board of directo