SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
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Dated as of March 10,
2009
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ARTICLE
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AMENDMENTS TO
THE AGREEMENT
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Definitions
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Sale and
Purchase.
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The
Notes
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Anti-Dilution.
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ARTICLE
II
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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Incorporation
of Representations and Warranties from the Agreement
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Use of
Proceeds
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No Adjustment
to Conversion Price
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Capital
Stock
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Brokers and
Finders
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Financial
Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities
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Private
Offering
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ARTICLE
III
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE Purchaser
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Incorporation
of Representations and Warranties from the Agreement
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ARTICLE
IV
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO 2009 ADDITIONAL NOTES CLOSINGS
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Conditions to
the Company’s Obligations
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Conditions to
Purchaser’s Obligations
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ARTICLE
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Reference to
and Effect on the Agreement and the Initial Notes
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Registration
Rights Agreement
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Governing
Law
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Expenses
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Headings
Descriptive
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Counterparts
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THIRD AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIRD AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of March 10, 2009 (this “Third Amendment”), by
and among PURE BIOFUELS CORP., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), and PLAINFIELD PERU I LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“LLC1”), and PLAINFIELD PERU
II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LLC2”
and together with LLC1, the
“Purchaser”). Capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the same meanings herein as set forth
in the Agreement (as defined below).
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS, the Company entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2007 (as amended by a
First Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March
26, 2008 and a Second Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement
dated as of November 24, 2008, the “Agreement”), by and
among the Company, LLC 1 and LLC 2 for the purchase of $19,005,897
aggregate principal amount of 10%/12% Senior Convertible PIK
Election Notes due 2012, Common Stock and warrants to purchase
shares of Common Stock;
WHEREAS, to obtain funds to make equity
contributions to the Borrowers (as defined below) to enable the
Borrowers to pay interest with respect to the Loans (as
such term is defined under the Loan Agreement, dated as of
September 12, 2007, among Pure Biofuels de Peru S.A.C. and Palma
Industrial S.A.C., as borrowers (the “Borrowers”), the
Company, as guarantor, and Plainfield Special Situations Master
Fund Limited, as the lender and administrative agent and the other
parties thereto, as amended) (i) during the period extending from
and including February 1, 2009 to and including February 28, 2009
(the “February Deferred Interest”), the Company
desires, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to
issue and sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, to purchase additional
10%/12% Senior Convertible PIK Election Notes due 2012 in an
aggregate principal amount of $283,214.29, convertible into
944,047.63 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment) (the
“February 2009 Deferred Interest Additional Notes”) and
(ii) during the period extending from and including March 1, 2009
to and including March 31, 2009 (the “March Deferred
Interest”), the Company desires, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, to issue and sell to Purchaser, and
Purchaser desires, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, to purchase additional 10%/12% Senior Convertible PIK
Election Notes due 2012 in an aggregate principal amount of
$313,558.68, convertible into 1,045,195.60 shares of Common Stock
(subject to adjustment) (the “March 2009 Deferred Interest
Additional Notes” and together with the February 2009
Deferred Interest Additional Notes, the “2009 Deferred
Interest Additional Notes”);
WHEREAS, to obtain funds to make equity
contributions to the Borrowers to enable the Borrowers to pay
certain general corporate obligations, the Company also desires,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to issue and
sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, to purchase an additional $2,200,000
aggregate principal amount of 10%/12% Senior Convertible PIK
Election Notes due 2012, convertible into 55,000,000 shares of
Common Stock (subject to adjustment) (the “2009 General
Obligation Additional Notes”); and
WHEREAS, Section 11.1 of the Agreement provides
that the Company and the Required Holders may, with certain
exceptions, amend the Agreement with the written consent of the
Company and the Required Holders.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to
be legally bound, hereby agree as follows.
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS TO THE
AGREEMENT
SECTION 1.1. Definitions
. Clause (a) of Article I of the Agreement is hereby
amended by inserting the following definitions in appropriate
alphabetical order:
“ 2009 Additional Notes ”
means the 10%/12% Senior Convertible PIK Election Notes due 2012
issued by the Company on each of the First 2009 Additional Notes
Closing Date, the March 2009 Deferred Interest Additional Notes
Closing Date and the Second 2009 Additional Notes Closing Date
(such term to include any such notes issued in substitution
therefor pursuant to Section 12 of the Agreement and any notes
issued in kind as interest pursuant to the terms of the 2009
Additional Notes).
“ 2009 General Obligation Additional
Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of the
Third Amendment.
“ February 2009 Deferred Interest
Additional Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble of the Third Amendment.
“ First 2009 Additional Notes
Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(a) of
this Agreement.
“ First 2009 Additional Notes Closing
Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(a) of
this Agreement.
“ First 2009 Additional Notes Purchase
Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7 of this
Agreement.
“ March 2009 Deferred Interest
Additional Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble of this Agreement.
“ March 2009 Deferred Interest
Additional Notes Closing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8(c) of this Agreement.
“ March 2009 Deferred Interest
Additional Notes Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.8(c) of this Agreement.
“ March 2009 Deferred Interest
Additional Notes Purchase Price ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.7 of this Agreement.
“ Material Agreements ” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.23 of the Loan
Agreement and as set forth on Schedule 8.23 of the Loan Agreement,
as Schedule 8.23 of the Loan Agreement is updated by Schedule 2.1
to the Third Amendment.
“ Notes ” means the Initial
Notes, the Additional Notes, the 2009 Additional Notes and any
notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 12 of the
Agreement and any notes issued in kind as interest pursuant to the
terms of the Notes.
“ Second 2009 Additional Notes
Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(b) of
this Agreement.
“ Second 2009 Additional Notes Closing
Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(b) of
this Agreement.
“ Second 2009 Additional Notes Purchase
Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7 of this
Agreement.
“ Third Amendment ” means the
Third Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March
10, 2009, by and among the Company and Purchaser.
In addition, the definition of “
Conversion Price ” in clause (a) of Article I of this
Agreement is replaced with the following definition:
“ Conversion Price ” means
$0.30 for the Notes, subject to adjustments set forth in Section
3.6 of this Agreement; provided, however, that “Conversion
Price” means $0.04 for the 2009 General Obligation Additional
Notes, subject to adjustments set forth in Section 3.6 of this
Agreement.
SECTION 1.2. Sale and
Purchase . Article II of the Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting a new Section 2.7 and 2.8 as follows:
SECTION 2.7. 2009 Additional Notes;
Agreement to Sell and to Purchase; Purchase
Price. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, the Company agrees to issue and sell to Purchaser,
and Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, (a) on the First
2009 Additional Notes Closing Date, $1,283,214.29 in aggregate
principal amount of the 2009 Additional Notes for a purchase price
of $1,283,214.29 (the “First 2009 Additional Notes Purchase
Price”), (b) on the Second 2009 Additional Notes Closing
Date, $1,200,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 2009
Additional Notes for a purchase price of $1,200,000 (the
“Second 2009 Additional Notes Purchase Price”) and (c)
on the March 2009 Deferred Interest Additional Notes Closing Date,
$313,558.68 in aggregate principal amount of the 2009 Additional
Notes for a purchase price of $313,558.68 (the “March 2009
Deferred Interest Additional Notes Purchase
Price”).
SECTION 2.8. Additional Notes
Closing. (a) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of
the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the purchase and sale
of $1,000,000 in principal amount of 2009 General Obligation
Additional Notes and the February 2009 Deferred Interest Additional
Notes (the “First 2009 Additional Notes Closing”) shall
take place at the offices of White & Case LLP, counsel to
Purchaser, at 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, on
March 10, 2009 or on such other date as the parties shall mutually
agree upon (the “First 2009 Additional Notes Closing
Date”).
At the First 2009 Additional Notes
Closing:
(i) Purchaser
shall deliver an amount equal to the First 2009 Additional Notes
Purchase Price via wire transfer of immediately available funds to
such bank account as the Company shall have designated not later
than 4 p.m. EDT on the First 2009 Additional Notes Closing
Date.
(ii) The
Company shall deliver to Purchaser against payment of the First
2009 Additional Notes Purchase Price, a certificate or certificates
representing the 2009 Additional Notes being purchased by Purchaser
pursuant to Section 2.7, which shall be in definitive form and
registered in the name of Purchaser or its nominee or designee and
in a single certificate or in such other denominations as Purchaser
shall have requested;
(b) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the purchase and sale of
$1,200,000 in principal amount of 2009 General Obligation
Additional Notes (the “Second 2009 Additional Notes
Closing”) shall take place at the offices of White & Case
LLP, counsel to Purchaser, at 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, New York, on such date as the parties shall mutually agree
upon (the “Second 2009 Additional Notes Closing
Date”).
(i) Purchaser
shall deliver an amount equal to the Second 2009 Additional Notes
Purchase Price via wire transfer of immediately available funds to
such bank account as the Company shall have designated not later
than 4 p.m. EDT on the Second 2009 Additional Notes Closing
Date.
(ii) The
Company shall deliver to Purchaser against payment of the Second
2009 Additional Notes Purchase Price, a certificate or certificates
representing the 2009 Additional Notes being purchased by Purchaser
pursuant to Section 2.7, which shall be in definitive form and
registered in the name of Purchaser or its nominee or designee and
in a single certificate or in such other denominations as Purchaser
shall have requested; and
(c) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the purchase and sale of
the March 2009 Deferred Interest Additional Notes (the “March
2009 Deferred Interest Additional Notes Closing”) shall take
place at the offices of White & Case LLP, counsel to Purchaser,
at 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, on April 1,
2009 or on such other date as the parties shall mutually agree upon
(the “March 2009 Deferred Interest Additional Notes Closing
Date”).
(i) Purchaser
shall deliver an amount equal to the March 2009 Deferred Interest
Additional Notes Purchase Price via wire transfer of immediately
available funds to such bank account as the Company shall have
designated not later than 4 p.m. EDT on the March 2009 Deferred
Interest Additional Notes Closing Date.
(ii) The
Company shall deliver to Purchaser against payment of the March
2009 Deferred Interest Additional Notes Purchase Price, a
certificate or certificates representing the 2009 Additional Notes
being purchased by Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.7, which shall
be in definitive form and registered in the name of Purchaser or
its nominee or designee and in a single certificate or in such
other denominations as Purchaser shall have requested.
SECTION 1.3. The Notes
. Section 3.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting a new paragraph at the end thereof as follows:
The Company will authorize the issuance of (a)
$1, 283,214.29 aggregate principal amount of the 2009 Additional
Notes to be issued on the First 2009 Additional Notes Closing Date,
(b) $1,200,000 aggregate principal amount of 2009 Additional Notes
to be issued on the Second 2009 Additional Notes Closing Date, (c)
$313,558.68 aggregate principal amount of the March 2009 Deferred
Interest Additional Notes to be issued on the March 2009 Deferred
Interest Additional Notes Closing Date and (d) any Notes to be
issued in kind as interest. The 2009 Additional Notes
shall