REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(this “
Agreement ”), dated as of December 29, 2006,
by and between TEKOIL & GAS CORPORATION , a
Delaware corporation, with principal offices located at 5036 Dr.
Phillips Blvd., Suite 232, Orlando, Florida 32819 (the “
Company ”), and MASTERS RESOURCES
LLC and MASTERS OIL & GAS LLC, both Texas limited
liability companies (referred to together as “
Buyer ”) with respective principal places of
business at 9801 Westheirner, Suite 1070, Houston, Texas 77042, and
each of Rich Holdings, LLC , a Texas limited
liability company, and John W. Barton ,
individually (collectively, “ Buyer’s
Designees ”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
A. In connection with the Subscription Agreement
by and between the parties of even date herewith (the “
Securities Purchase Agreement ”), the
Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of
the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue to the Buyer shares of
the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
“ Common Stock ”); and
B. The Company has agreed to provide certain
registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor
statute (collectively, the “ 1933 Act
”), and applicable state securities laws; and
C. Buyer has designated each of Buyer’s
Designees as the recipients of the Common Stock which is the
subject of this Agreement; and
D. Buyer and Buyer’s Designees agree to be
bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company, the Buyer and Buyer’s Designees
hereby agree as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS.
a. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
(i)
“ Investor
” means Buyer’s Designees and any transferee or
assignee thereof who agrees to become bound by the provisions of
this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 hereof.
(ii)
“ register
,” “ registered ,” and “
registration ” refer to a registration
effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or
Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415
under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering
securities on a continuous basis (“ Rule 415
”), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such
Registration Statement by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “ SEC ”).
(iii)
“ Registrable
Securities ” means the shares of Common Stock issued
to Buyer’s Designees under the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
(iv)
“ Registration
Period ” means the period commencing on the date on
which the Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement
is declared effective by the SEC and expiring on the date that (A)
the Investor may sell all of the Registrable Securities without
restriction pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, or
(B) the Investor has sold all of the Registrable
Securities.
(v)
“ Registration
Statement ” means a registration statement of the
Company under the 1933 Act.
b.
Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
a. Mandatory Registration . The Company
shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (or, if such form is unavailable for such a registration,
on such other form as is available for such a registration)
covering the resale of the Registrable Securities within 45 days of
the date of Closing. The Registration Statement (and each amendment
or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of
effectiveness thereof) shall be provided to and approved by
Buyer’s Designees and their counsel prior to its filing or
other submission, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.
The Company will use its reasonable efforts to cause such
Registration Statement to become effective within 120 days of
filing. In the event such Registration Statement does not become
effective within 180 days from the date of such filing, Investor
shall have the right to put (by written demand and tender) the
Registrable Securities or any portion thereof to the Company and
the Company shall be obligated to repurchase the same (free and
clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) at a purchase price
equal to the average per share trading price of the common stock of
the Company (on the principal exchange or quotation media on which
such common stock is traded or quoted) during the ten (10) day
trading period ending immediately prior to the date of such demand
and tender multiplied by the number of shares of common stock of
the Company comprising Registrable Securities and included in such
demand and tender, with payment and delivery to occur within ten
(10) business days following such demand.
b. Piggy-Back Registrations . If at any
time prior to filing a Registration Statement under this Agreement,
the Company shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement
relating to an offering for its own account or the account of
others under the 1933 Act of any of its equity securities (other
than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or their then equivalents relating to
equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any
acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable
in connection with stock option or other employee benefit plans),
the Company shall send to the Investor who is entitled to
registration rights under this Section 2 written notice of the
intended filing of such Registration Statement and, if within
twenty (20) days after receipt of such notice, the Investor shall
so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable
Securities the Investor requests to be registered, except that if,
in connection with any underwritten public offering for the account
of the Company the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall impose a
limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock which may be
included in the Registration Statement because, in such
underwriter(s)’ judgment, marketing or other factors dictate
such limitation is necessary to facilitate public distribution,
then the Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration
Statement only a limited portion of the Registrable Securities with
respect to which the Investor has requested inclusion hereunder,
such portion to be determined as hereinafter provided; provided
that no portion of the equity securities which the Company is
offering for its own account shall be excluded; provided ,
further that the Company shall be entitled to exclude
Registrable Securities to the extent necessary to avoid breaching
obligations existing prior to the date hereof to other stockholders
of the Company. Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall not
exclude any Registrable Securities unless the Company has first
excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of which are not
entitled to inclusion of such securities in such Registration
Statement or are not entitled to pro rata inclusion with the
Registrable Securities, and, after giving effect to the immediately
preceding clause, any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be
made pro rata with holders of other securities having the right to
include such securities in the Registration Statement other than
holders of securities entitled to inclusion of their securities in
such Registration Statement by reason of demand registration
rights. The obligations of the Company under this Section 2 may be
waived by the Investor. If an offering in connection with which the
Investor is entitled to registration under this Section 2. is an
underwritten offering, then if the Investor’s Registrable
Securities are included in such Registration Statement the Investor
shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, offer and sell such
Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering using the same
underwriter or underwriters and, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, on the same terms and conditions as other shares of
Common Stock included in such underwritten offering.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.
In connection with the registration of the
Registrable Securities, the Company shall have the following
obligations:
a. A Registration Statement filed pursuant to
this Agreement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and
prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.
b. The Company shall prepare and file with the
SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to the Registration Statement and the prospectus used
in connection with the Registration Statement as may be necessary
to keep the Registration Statement effective at all times during
the Registration Period, and, during the Registration Period,
comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the
disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by
the Registration Statement until such time as all of such
Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as
set forth in the Registration Statement.
c. The Company shall furnish to the Investor if
its Registrable Securities are included in the Registration
Statement and its legal counsel (i) promptly after the same is
prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC, or received
by the Company, one copy of the Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and prospectus and
each amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) such number of
copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and all
amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents as the
Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the
Investor.
d. As promptly as practicable after becoming
aware of such event, the Company shall notify the Investor of the
happening of any event, of which the Company has knowledge, as a
result of which the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and use its best efforts promptly to prepare a
supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement to correct
such untrue statement or omission, and deliver such number of
copies of such supplement or amendment to the Investor as the
Investor may reasonably request.
e. The Company shall use its best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of
effectiveness of a Registration Statement, and, if such an order is
issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest
possible moment and to notify the Investor if the Investor holds
Registrable Securities being sold (or, in the event of an
underwritten offering, the managing underwriters) of the issuance
of such order and the resolution thereof.
f. The Company shall hold in confidence and not
make any disclosure of information concerning the Investor provided
to the Company unless (i) the Company determines disclosure of such
information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities
laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid
or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered
pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a
court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such
information has been made generally available to the public other
than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement. The
Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such
information concerning the Investor is sought in or by a court or
governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means,
give prompt notice to the Investor and allow the Investor, at the
Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to
prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such
information.
g. The Company shall use its best efforts to
cause all the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration
Statement to be listed on the American Stock Exchange
and