EXHIBIT 10.53
AmerAlia,
Inc.
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9233 Park
Meadows Dr., Suite 431
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Lone Tree,
CO 80124
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Telephone:
(720) 876 2373 Facsimile: (720) 876 2374
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[FORM OF LETTER TO
CREDITORS]
October 13,
2008
[Name &
Address of Creditor]
Dear
[Creditor]
Introduction
We are writing
to offer you the opportunity to subscribe for shares of AmerAlia
Common Stock in consideration for the cancellation of our
obligations to you. We estimate as at October 15, 2008
these obligations will be approximately:
[Included here a summary of
obligations owed]
On September
25, 2008 we entered into a Restructuring Agreement (the
“Agreement”) with the Sentient Entities. We
expect the restructuring transaction pursuant to the Agreement will
close late in October and anticipate AmerAlia will become
substantially debt free and own 18% of its subsidiary, Natural Soda
Holdings (“Holdings”). Sentient will
exchange all its existing loans to Holdings and its 53.5% ownership
of Natural Soda (“NSI”) for the other 82% of
Holdings. Holdings will then own all of NSI, the
operating subsidiary.
As you will see
below, we are offering you the opportunity to subscribe for shares
of AmerAlia Common Stock at $0.36 per share in consideration for
the cancellation of any outstanding obligations that we owe to
you. This is the same price that Sentient is
paying.
We anticipate
that AmerAlia will have approximately up to 70 million shares
outstanding after the closing of the restructuring transaction and
that Sentient will own between 55% and 77% of our
equity. The exact amount of Sentient’s ownership
will depend on the level of subscriptions for AmerAlia Common Stock
by note holders and creditors. We believe that following
the restructuring transaction, we will have only one other holder
of AmerAlia Common Stock that beneficially owns in excess of 5% if
a trust affiliated with one of our directors accepts this offer for
a sufficient amount of the obligations due to it.
Under the
Agreement, in addition to converting its loans for shares of
AmerAlia and Holdings, Sentient will subscribe $11,880,000 to
purchase 33,000,000 shares. This subscription will be
reduced to the extent that holders of our Series A Debenture
Secured Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) subscribe for
AmerAlia shares for the principal and interest owed to
them.
After the
repayment of the Notes (whether through conversion into shares or
cash repayment) we will have approximately $6.5 million in cash
which we are obliged to use as follows:
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for the payment
of withholding taxes,
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to reserve
$2,880,000 for the expected capital contribution to Holdings (our
share of the $16 million discussed below) and
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for an
additional cash reserve of $1,000,000.
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Any remaining
cash, subject to limitations, will be used to pay
creditors. We anticipate that after the repayment of the
Notes at closing, our remaining obligations will total
approximately $4.7 million. We cannot use cash to pay
all remaining creditors as that would cause us to fail to meet our
obligation to reserve $3.88 million in cash. We would
not be able to close the restructuring transaction and our future
would become very uncertain and perilous.
The executive
officers and directors of AmerAlia are owed significant obligations
for past service and loans to AmerAlia. As part of the
restructuring transaction, they will convert some of their Notes
and obligations into AmerAlia shares and will have the opportunity
to receive cash for at least a portion of their outstanding
obligations. They will receive AmerAlia shares on the
same terms we are offering to other note holders and
creditors.
We need
creditors holding at least $2,100,000 of these remaining
obligations to subscribe for shares of AmerAlia Common Stock so
that we will have at least $1,000,000 of net working capital at
closing.
Any
subscriptions we receive will be accepted only if we close the
restructuring transaction pursuant to the Agreement. If
there are insufficient subscriptions to enable us to close then all
AmerAlia’s obligations will remain outstanding.
A full
description of the Agreement is included in our Current Report on
Form 8-K dated September 25, 2008 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. A complete copy of the Agreement is
included as an exhibit to the filing.
Our objective
is to be a profitable natural products company through our
ownership of natural sodium leases and water rights. We
currently produce various grades of sodium bicarbonate recovered
from our naturally occurring nahcolite resource using solution
mining. Our efforts to improve our business performance
are based on three objectives:
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being a low
cost producer of all grades of sodium bicarbonate,
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increasing our
market penetration of the North American market and
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increasing the
price at which we sell our product.
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We believe that
NSI is now the second largest supplier of sodium bicarbonate in
North America. We have invested heavily in our
production capacity, particularly our cavities which are the source
of both our natural sodium bicarbonate and our strategic low cash
cost of production advantage over our competitors.
In addition to
the development of the sodium bicarbonate business, Holdings and
NSI own and have developed significant water rights. The
water rights are used in the operation of the sodium bicarbonate
business. NSI has entered into an agreement to sell up
to one hundred and twenty (120) acre feet of water per year to
Shell Frontier Oil & Gas, Inc. through December 31, 2011, with
specific options for renewal. Holdings and NSI intend to
continue to develop the water rights and evaluate their
use.
Holding’s
and NSI’s sodium leases are situated in an area that is
receiving extensive interest and publicity for the prospective
development of its oil shale resources. While we do not
own rights to the oil shale Holdings and/or NSI intend to apply for
a lease to develop the oil shale if appropriate regulations are
promulgated and approved by the federal government.
Our business
activities are comprehensively described in our reports to the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”).
During fiscal
year ended June 30, 2008, we had the following unaudited operating
revenues and expenses for the periods shown:
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Qtr ended
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Totals
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Sept. 30, 2007
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Dec. 31, 2007
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March 31, 2008
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June 30, 2008
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FY2008
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$
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4,212,711
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$
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4,308,294
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$
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4,847,006
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$
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4,579,789
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$
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17,947,800
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3,441,720
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3,754,237
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4,317,371
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4,631,043
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16,144,371
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770,991
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554,057
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529,635
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(51,254
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)
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1,803,429
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Benefits to
AmerAlia on Completion of the Restructuring
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Sentient is an
independent private equity investment firm specializing in the
global resources industry. We believe that as a major
share
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