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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 11, 2025

 

Permex Petroleum Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

British Columbia, Canada   001-41558   98-1384682

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2950 North Loop West, Suite 500
Houston Texas
  77092
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(713) 730-7797-8981

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On July 11, 2025, Permex Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) issued an aggregate of 2,000 convertible debenture units (the “Units”) to an accredited investor in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000. Each Unit consists of one 10% senior secured convertible debenture (a “Debenture”) in the principal amount of US$1,000 and 393 common share purchase warrants (the “Warrants”). Each Warrant is exercisable for a period of five years from the date of issuance for one common share of the Company (a “Share”) at an exercise price of US$2.54. As a result, the Company issued a convertible debenture with an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 and 786,000 share purchase warrants.

 

The Debenture will mature one-year from the date of issuance, or July 11, 2026 (“Maturity Date”). The Debenture bear simple interest at a rate of 10%, payable on the Maturity Date or the date on which all or any portion of the Debenture is repaid. Interest will be paid in cash, except upon the occurrence of a Conversion Event (as defined below) whereby the interest on the Debenture will be converted to Shares based on a conversion price of US$2.54 (the “Conversion Price”), subject Canadian Securities Exchange approval. The Debenture will rank senior to all other existing and future indebtedness of the Company and are secured by a general security agreement over certain assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of a Security Agreement dated July 11, 2025 (the “Security Agreement”).

 

At any time during the term of the Debenture, a holder thereof may elect to convert the outstanding principal and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon into Shares at the Conversion Price. The Debenture will automatically convert into Shares or if elected by the holder, cash at the Conversion Price in the event the Company completes a financing of Shares for aggregate gross proceeds of at least US$7,500,000 (“Conversion Event”).

 

In connection with the Private Placement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated July 11, 2025 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the holder of a Debenture pursuant to which the Company agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement covering the resale of the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Debenture and exercise of the Warrants within 120 days of the Closing Date, November 8, 2025 (the “Filing Date”) and to have such registration statement declared effective by the SEC the earlier of the (i) 30th calendar day after the Filing Date (or in the event of a full review, the 90th day following the Filing Date) and (ii) 5th Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such registration statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review.

 

The proceeds of the Private Placement are expected to be used for drilling and development, any future acquisition transactions the Company may engage in, and for general working capital purposes. No finders’ fees were paid in connection with the Private Placement.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Debenture, the Warrant, the Security Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Debenture, the Warrant, the Security Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

 

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Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth in Item 3.02 related to the Debentures is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

The information set forth in Item 3.02 related to the Debentures is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Units, the Debenture, the Warrants and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Debenture and/or the Warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state, and are being offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration under the Securities Act, afforded by Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On July 11, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Private Placement. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
4.1*   Debenture dated July 11, 2025
4.2   Warrant dated July 11, 2025 to purchase 786,000 common shares
10.1   Security Agreement dated July 11, 2025 between Permex Pertroleum Corporation and Kent Lindemuth
10.2   Registration Rights Agreement between Permex Petroleum Corporation and Kent Lindemuth
99.1   Press Release dated July 11, 2025
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

* Certain personal information in this Exhibit has been redacted pursuant to Item 601(a)(6) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally an unredacted copy of this Exhibit to the SEC upon request.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Permex Petroleum Corporation
   
July 16, 2025 By: /s/ Bradley Taillon
    Bradley Taillon
    Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE NOVEMBER 12, 2025.

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION (THE “ISSUER”) THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, (C) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IS AVAILABLE FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITIES, OR (D) IN ACCORDANCE WITH (1) RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR (2) ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PROVIDED THAT, IN THE CASE OF (D)(2) ABOVE OR IF OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THE ISSUER, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER, IS PROVIDED. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE GOOD DELIVERY IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA.

 

THIS CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE MAY NOT BE CONVERTED UNLESS THE CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF ANY SUCH STATE, OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE. “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” ARE AS DEFINED BY REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT.

 

PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION

 

10.00% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE

 

DEBENTURE  
CERTIFICATE NUMBER:CD2025-07-01 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: US$2,000,000.00

 

PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a corporation formed under the laws of the British Columbia (the “Borrower”), for value received, hereby acknowledges itself indebted and promises to pay to or to the order of Kent Lindemuth (hereinafter referred to as the “Debentureholder”), the principal amount of US$2,000,000.00 (the “Principal Amount”) in the manner hereinafter provided at the address of the Debentureholder, or at such other place or places as the Debentureholder may designate by notice in writing to the Borrower, on the Maturity Date, and to pay interest to the Debentureholder on the Principal Amount outstanding from time to time owing hereunder to the date of payment as hereinafter provided, both before and after maturity or demand, default and judgment.

 

In accordance with Section 3.1 of Schedule A attached hereto, upon the occurrence of a Conversion Event the Principal Amount shall be converted automatically into Common Shares at a price equal to the Conversion Price. At any time prior to the Maturity Date, the Debentureholder shall have the option, but not the obligation, to convert the entire Principal Amount and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, into Common Shares at the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 3.2 of Schedule A attached hereto.

 

In the event that this Debenture is not converted into Common Shares, then the outstanding Principal Amount owing together with any accrued and unpaid interest owing thereon and all other amounts now or hereafter payable hereunder (collectively, the “Obligations”) shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms hereof. This Debenture is issued subject to the terms and conditions appended hereto as Schedule A.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Debenture to be executed by a duly authorized officer.

 

DATED for reference July 11, 2025 (the “Effective Date”).

 

  permex petroleum corporation
   
  Per: /s/ Brad Taillon
  Name: Brad Taillon
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

(See terms and conditions attached hereto)

 

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Schedule A – Terms and Conditions for 10.00% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture

 

Article 1 – INTERPRETATION

 

Section 1.1 Definitions

 

In this Debenture, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(1) Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such term is used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Exchange Act;

 

(2) Applicable Securities Laws” means the securities laws of the United States, each of the applicable states of the United States, the securities laws of Canada and of any province or territory of Canada, if applicable, and the rules, regulations and policies of any United States or Canadian securities regulatory authority administering such securities laws, as the same shall be in effect from time to time;

 

(3) Business” means the business of the Borrower being an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas properties on private, state and federal land in the United States, primarily in the Permian Basin region of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico which includes the Midland – Central Basin and Delaware Basin;

 

(4) Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Dallas, Texas are authorized by law to close;

 

(5) Common Shares” means the common shares, no par value of the Borrower;

 

(6) Conversion Election Date” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 3.2;

 

(7) Conversion Event” means the completion by the Borrower of a Qualified Financing prior to the Maturity Date, where the price per Common Share sold in such Qualified Financing is equal to, or greater than, the Conversion Price;

 

(8) Conversion Price” means US$2.54, subject to adjustment as set forth herein;

 

(9) CSE” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 3.1;

 

(10) Debenture” means this 10.00% senior secured convertible debenture;

 

(11) Effective Date” shall have the attributed to on the signature page;

 

(12) Event of Default” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 6.1;

 

(13) Excess” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 2.3;

 

(14) Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

(15) Interest” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 2.3;

 

(16) Interest Payment Date” means the Maturity Date, or the date on which all or any portion of this Debenture is repaid;

 

(17) Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities;

 

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(18) Lock-Up Period” means the period commencing on the closing date of a Qualified Financing and terminating on the date that is the 180th calendar day after such date;

 

(19) Maturity Date” means July 11, 2026;

 

(20) Merger” means any transaction (whether by way of consolidation, amalgamation, merger, transfer, sale or lease) whereby all or substantially all of the Borrower’s assets would become the property of any other Person, or, in the case of any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger, of the continuing corporation or other entity resulting therefrom;

 

(21) Permitted Liens” means (a) liens for Taxes, fees, assessments, or other governmental charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested; (b) liens of landlords, warehouseman, processors, suppliers, materialmen, mechanics, carriers, or other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations which are not delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (which proceedings have the effect of preventing the enforcement of such lien) for which adequate reserves are being maintained; (c) liens which constitute banker’s liens, rights of set-off, or similar rights as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a bank or other financial institution (but only to the extent such banker’s liens, rights of set-off or other rights are in respect of customary service charges relative to such deposit accounts and other funds, and not in respect of any loans or other extensions of credit by such bank or other financial institution to Borrower); (d) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto; (e) cash deposits or pledges made (i) to secure the payment of worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, or other social security benefits or obligations, public or statutory obligations or (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in the foregoing clause (i); (f) judgement Liens arising solely as a result of the existence of judgements, orders or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default;, (g) the interests of lessors under operating leases and non-exclusive licensors under license agreements; (h) non-exclusive licenses of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, (i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods; and (j) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower in the ordinary course of business;

 

(22) Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof;

 

(23) Principal Trading Market” means, (i) if the Debentureholder elects to receive Common Shares upon conversion of this Debenture pursuant to The Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS) or the Debentureholder does make any election, the Trading Market relating to such exercise shall refer to the principal Trading Market in Canada, and (ii) if the Debentureholder elects to receive Common Shares upon conversion of this Debenture pursuant to The Depository Trust Company (DTC), the Trading Market relating to such exercise shall refer to the principal Trading Market in the United States;

 

(24) Purchase Agreement” means the agreement of even date herewith between Borrower and Debentureholder under which the Debentures and Warrants are being issued;

 

(25) Qualified Financing” a transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower issues and sells Common Shares to investors for aggregate gross proceeds of at least $7.5 million (excluding all proceeds from the incurrence of indebtedness that is converted into such capital stock, or otherwise cancelled in consideration for the issuance of such Common Shares) in an arms-length transaction with the principal purpose of raising capital;

 

(26) Registration Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10 hereof;

 

(27) SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

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(28) Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

(29) Security Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5 hereof;

 

(30) Subsidiary” means as to any Person, any corporation or other business entity in which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries owns, directly or indirectly, sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such entity, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries;

 

(31) Taxes” means any present or future income and other taxes, levies, rates, royalties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees, dues, duties, imposts and other charges of any nature whatsoever, together with any interest and penalties, additions to tax and other additional amounts, levied, assessed or imposed by any governmental authority;

 

(32) trading day” means a day on which the Trading Market is open for trading;

 

(33) Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Shares is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Canadian Securities Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange, OTC Pink, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing);

 

(34) “Transaction Documents” means this Debenture, the Warrants, the Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement;

 

(35) “Warrants” means share purchase warrants of the Borrower exercisable into one Common Share for a period of five years from the date of issuance at a price equal to US$2.54.

 

Section 1.2 Headings

 

The inclusion of headings in this Debenture is for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

Section 1.3 Currency

 

All amounts in this Debenture are stated and shall be paid in currency of the United States.

 

Section 1.4 Number, Gender and Persons

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular in number only shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing the use of gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders and words importing persons shall include individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, trusts, unincorporated organizations, governmental bodies and other legal or business entities.

 

Section 1.5 Severability

 

If any provision of this Debenture is determined by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such determination shall not impair or affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and each such provision shall be interpreted in such a manner as to render them valid, legal and enforceable to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law. Each provision of this Debenture is declared to be separate, severable and distinct.

 

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Section 1.6 Entire Agreement

 

This Debenture, including any schedules attached hereto, constitutes the entire agreement between the Borrower and the Debentureholder relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, representations, warranties, statements, promises, information, arrangements, understandings, conditions or collateral agreements, whether oral or written, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Article 2 – PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, INTEREST AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

 

Section 2.1 Repayment of Principal

 

Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Principal Amount outstanding on this Debenture, together with any accrued and unpaid interest owing thereon, shall be repaid by the Borrower to the Debentureholder in cash on the Maturity Date.

 

Section 2.2 Interest Payable

 

Interest on the Principal Amount outstanding under this Debenture shall be simple (not compounding) interest and shall begin to accrue on the Effective Date at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, calculated and payable on the Interest Payment Date. Interest under this Debenture shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.

 

Section 2.3 Maximum Interest

 

Regardless of any provision contained in this Debenture or any other related document, in no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all amounts that are contracted for, charged or received by a Debentureholder pursuant to the terms of this Debenture or any other related document and that are deemed interest under applicable law exceed the highest rate permissible under any applicable law (including resulting in an amount or at a rate that would result in the receipt by a Debentureholder of interest at a criminal rate, as the terms “interest” and “criminal rate” are defined under the Criminal Code (Canada)), which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto. No agreements, conditions, provisions or stipulations contained herein or in any other related documents or the exercise by a Debentureholder of the right to accelerate the payment or the maturity of all or any portion of the obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Debenture or the prepayment by the Borrower of any of its obligations under this Debenture, or the occurrence of any contingency whatsoever, shall entitle a Debentureholder to charge or receive, in any event, interest or charges, amounts, premiums or fees deemed interest by applicable law (such interest, charges, amounts, premiums and fees referred to collectively as “Interest”) in excess of the maximum rate allowable under applicable law and in no event shall the Borrower be obligated to pay Interest exceeding such maximum rate, and all agreements, conditions, or stipulations, if any, which may in any event or contingency whatsoever operate to bind, obligate or compel the Borrower to pay Interest exceeding the maximum rate allowable under applicable law shall be without binding force or effect, at law or in equity, to the extent only of the excess of Interest over such maximum rate. If any Interest is charged or received in excess of the maximum rate allowable under applicable law (“Excess”), the Borrower acknowledges and stipulates that any such charge or receipt shall be the result of an accident and bona fide error, and such Excess, to the extent received, shall be applied first to reduce the indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Debenture and the balance, if any, returned to the Borrower, it being the intent of the parties hereto not to enter into a usurious or other illegal relationship. For the purpose of determining whether or not any Excess has been contracted for, charged or received by a Debentureholder, all Interest at any time contracted for, charged or received from the Borrower in connection with this Debenture or any other related document shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread in equal parts throughout the full term of the Debenture.

 

Section 2.4 Method of Paying of Interest

 

The Borrower shall satisfy its obligation to pay interest on the Debenture on the Interest Payment Date, in cash, except upon the occurrence of a Conversion Event whereby the interest on the Debenture will be converted to Common Shares in accordance with Article 3 hereof.

 

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Section 2.5 Rank; Security

 

This Debenture will constitute a direct secured obligation of the Borrower. This Debenture will rank senior to all current debt of the Borrower, subject to statutory preferred exceptions and Permitted Liens, and in priority to all future unsecured indebtedness of the Borrower. The obligations of the Borrower under this Debenture are secured by those certain assets of the Borrower designated as “Collateral” under the executed copy of the Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrower and the Debentureholder, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined therein). Execution of the Security Agreement will occur at the time of the execution of this Debenture.

 

Section 2.6 Prepayment

 

Borrower shall have the right to prepay this Debenture at any time in whole or in part at any time without the consent of the Debentureholder and without penalty.

 

Article 3– CONVERSION

 

Section 3.1 Automatic Conversion

 

In the event of a Conversion Event, the entire Principal Amount and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall automatically, without any action on the part of the Debentureholder, convert into Common Shares at the Conversion Price (subject to adjustment as set forth herein). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that either (a) the Borrower determines in its sole discretion that the issuance of any of the Common Shares upon the conversion of the Principal Amount, any accrued and unpaid interest, or both, would violate any Applicable Securities Law or the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “CSE”) or any other applicable stock exchange on the date of the Conversion Event, or (b) the Debentureholder provides notice to the Borrower prior to the consummation of the Conversion Event that the Debentureholder would prefer to receive cash in lieu of Common Shares, then in each case the Debentureholder shall receive cash in lieu of the Common Shares the Debentureholder would have been otherwise entitled to receive. In particular, no Common Shares will be issued upon conversion of any accrued and unpaid interest in the event that such conversion would violate the policies of any applicable securities exchange, including but not limited to, the CSE, or the application of Section 2.3 hereof. Upon conversion of this Debenture pursuant to this Section 3.1 and the delivery of the Common Shares pursuant to Section 3.3 below, the Debentureholder will no longer be a holder of this Debenture and shall have no rights hereunder.

 

Section 3.2 Optional Conversion

 

At any time prior to the Maturity Date, the Debentureholder has the option, but not the obligation, to convert the entire Principal Amount and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, into Common Shares at the Conversion Price (subject to adjustment as set forth herein). In the event that the Borrower determines in its sole discretion that the issuance of any of the Common Shares upon the conversion of the Principal Amount, any accrued and unpaid interest, or both, would violate any Applicable Securities Law or the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “CSE”) or any other applicable stock exchange on the date the Debentureholder gives notice of their intention to convert the Debenture into Common Shares (the “Conversion Election Date”), the Debenture shall not be converted into Common Shares and shall continue to be outstanding. In particular, no Common Shares will be issued upon conversion of any accrued and unpaid interest in the event that such conversion would violate the policies of any applicable securities exchange, including but not limited to, the CSE, or the application of Section 2.3 hereof. Upon conversion of this Debenture pursuant to this Section 3.2 and the delivery of the Common Shares pursuant to Section 3.3 below, the Debentureholder will no longer be a holder of this Debenture and shall have no rights hereunder.

 

Section 3.3 Conversion Procedure

 

Upon a Conversion Event triggering the automatic conversion of this Debenture under Section 3.1 or upon the election by the Debentureholder to convert this Debenture pursuant to Section 3.2, Debentureholder shall surrender this Debenture (or a notice to the effect that the original Debenture has been lost, stolen or destroyed and an agreement acceptable to the Borrower whereby the Debentureholder agrees to indemnify the Borrower from any loss incurred by it in connection with this Debentureholder) at least one Business Day prior a Conversion Event, or in the case of an election by the Debentureholder to convert this Debenture pursuant to Section 3.2, on the Conversion Election Date. In connection with a Conversion Event, Debentureholder hereby agrees to execute and deliver to the Borrower all transaction documents entered into by other purchasers of the Common Shares issued in the applicable Qualified Financing, including, as applicable, a purchase agreement and any ancillary agreements, with customary representations and warranties and transfer restrictions. The Borrower shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the Debenture along with the other documentation required under this Section 3.3, issue and deliver to such Debentureholder a certificate or certificates (if certificated) for the number of Common Shares to which the Debentureholder shall be entitled upon conversion of their Debenture.

 

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Section 3.4 Adjustment of Conversion Price

 

The Conversion Price in effect at any date shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(1) If and whenever at any time prior to the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall:

 

(a)subdivide or re-divide the outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of Common Shares;

 

(b)reduce, combine or consolidate the outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of Common Shares;

 

(c)issue Common Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares) to the holders of all or substantially all of the outstanding Common Shares by way of stock dividend or other distribution;

 

(d)issue of rights, options or warrants to the holders of all or substantially all of Common Shares;

 

(e)make a distribution on its outstanding Common Shares payable in Common Shares or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares; or

 

(f)make a distribution to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Shares of any other class of shares, rights, options or warrants, evidences of indebtedness or assets,

 

then the Conversion Price in effect on the effective date of such subdivision, re-division, reduction, combination or consolidation or on the record date for such issue of Common Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares) by way of a stock dividend or other distribution, as the case may be, shall, in the case of the events referred to in Section 3.4(1)(a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) above, be decreased in proportion to the increase in the number of outstanding Common Shares resulting from such subdivision, re-division or dividend (including, in the case where securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares are issued, the number of Common Shares that would have been outstanding had such securities been converted into or exchanged for Common Shares on such effective or record date) or shall, in the case of the events referred to in Section 3.4(1)(b) above, be increased in proportion to the decrease in the number of outstanding Common Shares resulting from such reduction, combination or consolidation on such effective or record date. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event referred to in this Section 3.4(1) shall occur. Any such issue of Common Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares) by way of a stock dividend or other distribution shall be deemed to have been made on the record date for the stock dividend or other distribution for the purpose of calculating the number of outstanding Common Shares under Section 3.4(2) and (3); to the extent that any such securities are not converted into or exchanged for Common Shares prior to the expiration of the conversion or exchange right, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted effective as at the date of such expiration to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect based upon the number of Common Shares actually issued on the exercise of such conversion or exchange right.

 

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(2) If and whenever at any time prior to the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Common Shares entitling them, for a period expiring not more than forty-five (45) days after such date of issue (such period from the record date to the date of expiry being referred to in this Section 3.4(2) as the “Rights Period”), to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares) (such subscription price per Common Share (inclusive of any cost of acquisition of securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares in addition to any direct cost of Common Shares) being referred to in this Section 3.4(2) as the “Per Share Cost”), the Borrower shall give written notice to the Debentureholder with respect thereto (any of such events herein referred to as a “Rights Offering”), and the Debentureholder shall have fifteen (15) days after receipt of such notice to elect to convert any or all of the Principal Amount of this Debenture into Common Shares at the then applicable Conversion Price and otherwise on terms and conditions set out in this Debenture. The Conversion Price will be adjusted effective immediately after the end of the Rights Period to a price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the end of the Rights Period by a fraction:

 

(a)the numerator of which is the aggregate of:

 

(i)the number of Common Shares outstanding as of the record date for the Rights Offering; and

 

(ii)the number determined by dividing the product of the Per Share Cost and:

 

(A)where the event giving rise to the application of this Section 3.4(2) was the issue of rights, options or warrants to the holders of Common Shares under which such holders are entitled to subscribe for or purchase additional Common Shares, the number of Common Shares so subscribed for or purchased during the Rights Period, or

 

(B)where the event giving rise to the application of this Section 3.4(2) was the issue of rights, options or warrants to the holders of Common Shares under which such holders are entitled to subscribe for or purchase securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares, the number of Common Shares for which those securities so subscribed for or purchased during the Rights Period could have been exchanged or into which they could have been converted during the Rights Period,

 

by the Current Market Price (as hereinafter defined) of the Common Shares as of the record date for the Rights Offering; and

 

(b)the denominator of which is

 

(i)in the case described in subparagraph 3.4(2)(a)(ii)(A), the number of Common Shares outstanding, or

 

(ii)in the case described in subparagraph 3.4(2)(a)(ii)(B), the number of Common Shares that would be outstanding if all the Common Shares described in subparagraph 3.4(2)(a)(ii)(B) had been issued,

 

as at the end of the Rights Period.

 

Current Market Price” of the Common Shares at any date, means the average closing price per Common Share on the OTCQB, if the Common Shares are not quoted on the OTCQB, then the average closing price per Common Share on the stock exchange or over-the-counter market where the Common Shares are currently trading, for any 20 consecutive trading days selected by the Borrower commencing not later than 45 trading days and ending no later than five (5) trading days before such date; provided, or in the event that at any date the Common Shares are not quoted on the OTCQB or trading on any exchange or over-the-counter market, the current market price shall be as determined by the directors of the Borrower or, at the request of the Debentureholder, such firm of independent chartered accountants as may be selected by the directors of the Borrower, acting reasonably, and in good faith in their sole discretion for these purposes.

 

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If by the terms of the rights, options or warrants referred to in this Section 3.4(2), there is more than one purchase, conversion or exchange price per Common Share, the aggregate price of the total number of additional Common Shares offered for subscription or purchase, or the aggregate conversion or exchange price of the convertible securities so offered, will be calculated for purposes of the adjustment on the basis of

 

(c)the lowest purchase, conversion or exchange price per Common Share, as the case may be, if such price is applicable to all Common Shares which are subject to the rights, options or warrants, and

 

(d)the average purchase, conversion or exchange price per Common Share, as the case may be, if the applicable price is determined by reference to the number of Common Shares acquired.

 

To the extent that any adjustment in the Conversion Price occurs pursuant to this Section 3.4(2) as a result of the fixing by the Borrower of a record date for the distribution of rights, options or warrants referred to in this Section 3.4(2), the Conversion Price will be readjusted immediately after the expiration of any relevant exchange, conversion or exercise right to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect based upon the number of Common Shares actually issued and remaining issuable after such expiration, and will be further readjusted in such manner upon expiration of any further such right.

 

(3) If and whenever at any time prior to the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Common Shares of (i) shares of any class other than Common Shares (or other than securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares), or (ii) rights, options or warrants (other than rights, options or warrants referred to in Section 3.4(2)), or (iii) evidences of its indebtedness, or (iv) assets (other than dividends paid in the ordinary course) then, in each such case, the Borrower shall give written notice to the Debentureholder with respect thereto.

 

The Conversion Price will be adjusted effective immediately after such record date to a price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on such record date by a fraction:

 

(a)the numerator of which is:

 

(i)the product of the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date and the Current Market Price of the Common Shares on such record date; less

 

(ii)the aggregate fair market value (as determined by action by the directors of the Borrower, acting reasonably) to the holders of the Common Shares of such securities or property or other assets so issued or distributed in the Special Distribution; and

 

(b)the denominator of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price of the Common Shares on such record date.

 

(4) In the case of any reclassification of, or other change in, the outstanding Common Shares pursuant to a Merger, the Conversion Price in effect after the effective date of such Merger shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, in proportion to any decrease or increase in the number of outstanding Common Shares resulting from such Merger so that the Debentureholder, upon the conversion of the Debenture after the effective date of such Merger, will be entitled to receive the aggregate number of Common Shares which the Debentureholder would have been entitled to receive as a result of such Merger if, on the effective date thereof, the Debentureholder had been the registered holder of the number of Common Shares to which the Debentureholder would have acquired upon the conversion of the Debenture prior to the effective date of the Merger.

 

(5) In the case of any reclassification of, or other change in, the outstanding Common Shares (other than a change referred to in Sections 3.4(1), (2), (3) and (4) hereof), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted in such manner, if any, and at such time, as the Board of Directors of the Borrower determines to be appropriate on a basis consistent with the intent of this Section 3.4(5); provided that if at any time a dispute arises with respect to adjustments provided for in this Article 3, such dispute will be conclusively determined by the auditors of the Borrower or if they are unable or unwilling to act, by such other firm of independent chartered accountants as may be selected by action by the directors of the Borrower, acting reasonably, and any such determination will be binding on the Borrower and the Debentureholder. The Borrower will provide such auditors or accountants with access to all necessary records of the Borrower. If and whenever at any time after the date hereof there is a reclassification or redesignation of the Common Shares outstanding at any time or change of the Common Shares into other shares or into other securities (other than as set out in Sections 3.4(1), (2), (3) and (4), or a consolidation, amalgamation or Merger of the Borrower with or into any other corporation or other entity (other than a consolidation, amalgamation or Merger which does not result in any reclassification or redesignation of the outstanding Common Shares or a change of the Common Shares into other shares and other than as set forth in Section 3.4(4), or a transfer of the undertaking or assets of the Borrower as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to another corporation or other entity (any of such events being called a “Capital Reorganization”), the Debentureholder after the effective date of such Capital Reorganization, will be entitled to receive in lieu of the number of Common Shares to which the Debentureholder was theretofore entitled prior such Capital Reorganization, the aggregate number of shares, other securities or other property, if any, which the Debentureholder would have been entitled to receive as a result of such Capital Reorganization if, on the effective date thereof, the Debentureholder had been the registered holder of the number of Common Shares to which the Debentureholder would have received upon the conversion of the Debenture.

 

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(6) In any case in which this Section 3.4(6) shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event referred to herein, the Borrower may defer, until the occurrence of such event, issuing to the Debentureholder before the occurrence of such event, the additional Common Shares issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event before giving effect to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Borrower shall deliver to the Debentureholder an appropriate instrument evidencing the Debentureholder’s right to receive such additional Common Shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment and the right to receive any distributions made on such additional Common Shares declared in favour of holders of record of Common Shares on and after the Issue Date or such later date as the Debentureholder would, but for the provisions of this Section 3.4(6), have become the holder of such additional Common Shares pursuant to Section 3.4(2).

 

(7) The adjustments provided for in this Section 3.4(7) are cumulative and shall apply to successive subdivisions, redivisions, reductions, combinations, consolidations, distributions, issues or other events resulting in any adjustment under the provisions of this Section, provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Price then in effect; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 3.4(7) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.

 

Section 3.5 No Requirement to Issue Fractional Common Shares

 

The Borrower shall not be required to issue fractional Common Shares upon the conversion of the Debenture pursuant to this Article 3. If any fractional interest in a Common Share, would, except for the provisions of this Section 3.5, be deliverable upon the conversion of any amount hereunder, the number of Shares to be issued shall be rounded to the nearest whole Common Share.

 

Section 3.6 Certificate as to Adjustment

 

The Borrower shall from time to time, immediately after the occurrence of any event which requires an adjustment or readjustment as provided in Section 3.4(2), deliver an officer’s certificate to the Debentureholder specifying the nature of the event requiring the same and the amount of the adjustment necessitated thereby and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Subject to the dispute resolution procedure in subsection 3.4(5), such certificate shall be binding and determinative of the adjustment to be made, absent manifest error.

 

Section 3.7 Shareholder of Record

 

For all purposes, on the Issue Date the Debentureholder shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Common Shares into which the Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid interest of this Debenture (or a portion thereof) is converted in accordance with Sections 3.1 or 3.2.

 

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Section 3.8 Agreement to Lock-Up

 

(1) The Debentureholder will not during the Lock-Up Period (a) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Shares received upon the conversion of this Debenture; or (b) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Shares received upon the conversion of this Debenture, whether any such transaction described in clause (a) or (b) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

(2) The provisions of Section 3.8(1) do not apply to transfers of Common Shares received upon the conversion of this Debenture (a) by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or an immediate family member of the Debentureholder; or (b) by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order or as required by a divorce settlement (provided, however, that such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value); or (c) with respect to Debentureholder that is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity, transfers to its shareholders, members, partners or trust beneficiaries as part of a distribution, or to any corporation, partnership or other entity that is its Affiliate (provided, however, that the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Section 3.8 prior to such transfer, and such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value).

 

(3) In order to enforce the Lock-Up Period, the Borrower may (a) impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Common Shares received upon conversion of this Debenture until the end of the Lock-Up Period and (b) stamp, imprint or notate the Common Shares received upon conversion of the Debenture with the following legend:

 

(a)

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE, INCLUDING A LOCK-UP PERIOD, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CERTAIN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE RECORD OWNER OF THESE SHARES AND THE COMPANY, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY.”

 

Section 3.9 Resale and Conversion Restrictions, Legending and Disclosure

 

By its acceptance hereof the Debentureholder acknowledges that this Debenture and the Common Shares issuable upon conversion hereof will be subject to certain resale restrictions under applicable securities laws, and the Debentureholder agrees to comply with all such restrictions and laws. The Debentureholder further acknowledges and agrees that all certificates representing securities issued will bear the legends substantially in the form set forth on the face page hereof, where required, as well as any legends required by all Applicable Securities Laws. If at any time after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of this Debenture shall be “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, the Borrower shall file and cause to be declared effective a registration statement on Form S-1 (or on Form S-3 if then available) registering for resale such securities along with the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants. The parties hereby agree that concurrently herewith they shall enter into a registration rights agreement setting forth the registration obligations described in this Section 3.9 (“Registration Rights Agreement”). The Debentureholder acknowledges that the Borrower will be required to provide to the applicable securities regulatory authorities the identity and other personal information of the Debentureholder and its principals and the Debentureholder hereby agrees thereto.

 

Article 4 – RIGHTS OF DEBENTUREHOLDER

 

Section 4.1 Distribution on Dissolution, Etc.

 

Upon any sale, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or distribution of the assets of the Borrower upon any dissolution or winding-up or total liquidation of the Borrower, whether in bankruptcy, liquidation, re-organization, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceedings or upon an assignment to or for the benefit of creditors of the Borrower or otherwise any payment or distribution of assets of the Borrower, whether in cash, property or security, shall be paid or delivered by the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee of or for the benefit of creditors or other liquidating agent of the Borrower making such payment or distribution, directly to the holder of this Debenture or their representatives, to the extent necessary, to pay all obligations pursuant to this Debenture in full.

 

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Section 4.2 Certificate Regarding Creditors

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Borrower referred to in this Article 4 the Debentureholder shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee of or for benefit of creditors or other liquidating agent of the Borrower making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Debentureholder, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, and other indebtedness of the Borrower, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 4.

 

Section 4.3 Rights of Debentureholder Reserved

 

Nothing contained in this Article 4 or elsewhere in this Debenture is intended to or shall impair, as between the Borrower and the Debentureholder, the obligation of the Borrower, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Debentureholder the Principal Amount and interest on the Debenture, as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, nor shall anything herein prevent the Debentureholder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Debenture.

 

Section 4.4 Payment of Debenture Permitted

 

Nothing contained in this Debenture shall:

 

(a)prevent the Borrower from making payments of the Principal Amount, interest and other amounts to the Debentureholder when due under this Debenture as herein provided;

 

(b)prevent the conversion of this Debenture into Common Shares as herein provided or as otherwise permitted according to law, including in connection with a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, or other arrangement with creditors, of the Borrower; and

 

(c)prevent the redemption of this Debenture by the Borrower as herein provided or as otherwise permitted according to law.

 

Article 5– COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER

 

The Borrower covenants and agrees that:

 

(1) Payment Obligations. The Borrower shall duly and punctually pay all principal, interest and other amounts owing to the Debentureholder promptly when by it hereunder;

 

(2) Performance of Covenants. The Borrower shall promptly perform and satisfy all covenants and obligations to be performed by it under the Transaction Documents at the times and places and in the manner provided for herein;

 

(3) Maintain Corporate Existence. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall maintain its corporate existence, and preserve its rights, powers, licenses and privileges which are necessary or material to the conduct of its business, and not materially change the nature of its Business other than expanding its Business to the production of cannabis-containing beverages and related products;

 

(4) Notice of Event of Default. The Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a responsible officer of the Borrower becoming aware, give notice to the Debentureholder of the existence of any Event of Default; and

 

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(5) Share Capital. The Borrower shall:

 

(a)cause the Common Shares issuable in connection with a Conversion Event, to be duly issued and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof; and

 

(b)ensure that all Common Shares which shall be issued in connection with a Conversion Event be issued as fully paid and non-assessable.

 

Article 6– EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

Section 6.1 Events of Default

 

(1) Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default under this Debenture (each an “Event of Default”):

 

(a)the Principal Amount owing hereunder shall not be paid when due;

 

(b)if the Borrower fails to pay when due any interest or other amount owing by the Borrower to the Debentureholder and the default is not remedied by the Borrower within ten (10) Business Days of notice of default by the Debentureholder;

 

(c)the Borrower fails to issue the Common Shares in respect of the Principal Amount in connection with the Conversion Event, if such failure continues for a period of ten (10) Business Days;

 

(d)if the Borrower fails to make any payment or to observe, perform or comply with any term, covenant, condition or obligation of the Borrower contained in any Transaction Document or is otherwise in default of any of the provisions contained herein (other than referred in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 6.1) and such default, if capable of being remedied, is not remedied within twenty (20) Business Days after the Borrower receives written notice of such default from the Debentureholder;

 

(e)any representation or warranty of the Borrower in any Transaction Document proves to be untrue in any material respect;

 

(f)a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction is entered adjudging the Borrower as bankrupt or insolvent;

 

(g)if the Borrower shall generally fail to pay, or admit in writing its inability or unwillingness to pay, debts as they become due or if a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction is entered adjudging the Borrower a bankrupt or insolvent;

 

(h)if the Borrower shall apply for, consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or other custodian for the Borrower or for a substantial part of the property thereof, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

 

(i)if the Borrower shall in the absence of an application referred to in Section 6.1(1)(h), consent or acquiescence, become subject to the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or other custodian for the Borrower or for a substantial part of the property thereof, or have a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied or enforced on or against a substantial part of the property of the Borrower unless being actively contested in good faith through legal proceedings by the Borrower; or

 

(j)if the Borrower shall permit or suffer to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect of the Borrower and, if any such case or proceeding is not commenced by the Borrower, such case or proceeding, if contested by the Borrower is not dismissed within thirty (30) days; there is an expropriation of all or substantially all of the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(2) If an Event of Default described in (h), (i) or (j) shall occur, the entire unpaid Principal Amount of this Debenture, and any accrued and unpaid interest on this Debenture shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Debentureholder. Immediately upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in (h), (i) or (j), or upon failure to pay this Debenture on the Maturity Date, the Debentureholder, upon notice to the Borrower, may proceed to protect, enforce, exercise and pursue any and all rights and remedies available to the Debentureholder under this Debenture, or at law or in equity.

 

(3) If any other Event of Default shall occur for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, and be continuing for at least thirty (30) Business Days after the Borrower receives written notice of such default from the Debentureholder, the Debentureholder may by notice to the Borrower declare all or any portion of the outstanding Principal Amount of this Debenture and any accrued and unpaid interest on this Debenture to be due and payable, whereupon the full unpaid amount of this Debenture which shall be so declared due and payable shall be and become immediately due and payable without further notice, demand or presentment.

 

Article 7 – MUTILATION, LOSS, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF DEBENTURE CERTIFICATE

 

In case this Debenture certificate shall become mutilated or be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Borrower, shall issue and deliver, a new replacement Debenture certificate upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Debenture certificate or, in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture certificate, in lieu of and in substitution for the same. In the case of loss, theft or destruction, the applicant for a substituted Debenture certificate shall furnish to the Borrower such evidence of the loss, theft or destruction of the Debenture certificate as shall be satisfactory to the Borrower in its discretion and shall also furnish an indemnity and surety bond satisfactory to the Borrower in its discretion. The applicant shall pay all reasonable expenses incidental to the issuance of any substituted Debenture certificate.

 

Article 8 – GENERAL

 

Section 8.1 Taxes, etc.

 

All payments made by the Borrower to the Debentureholder under this Debenture shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for or on account of, any Taxes now or hereafter imposed by any official body in any jurisdiction. If any Taxes are required to be withheld or deducted from any amounts payable by the Borrower to the Debentureholder hereunder, the Borrower shall:

 

(a)within the time period for payment permitted by applicable law, pay to the appropriate governmental body the full amount of such Taxes and any additional Taxes in respect of the payment required under Section 8.1(b) hereof and make such reports and filings in connection therewith in the manner required by applicable law; and

 

(b)pay to the Debentureholder an additional amount which (after deduction of all Taxes incurred by reason of the payment or receipt of such additional amount) will be sufficient to yield to the Debentureholder the full amount which would have been received by it had no deduction or withholding been made.

 

Upon the request of the Debentureholder, the Borrower shall furnish to the Debentureholder the original or a certified copy of a receipt for (or other satisfactory evidence as to) the payment of each of the Taxes (if any) payable in respect of such payment. If the Debentureholder receives a refund of any Taxes with respect to which the Borrower has paid any additional amount under this Section 8.1, the Debentureholder shall pay over such refund to the Borrower. Nothing herein is intended to require payment by the Borrower to or for the Debentureholder in respect of any Taxes payable by the Debentureholder in respect of Taxes on the Debentureholders’ own income, capital, capital gains, dividends, or other earnings realized pursuant to payments made pursuant to the terms of this Debenture.

 

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Section 8.2 Notice

 

Any demand, notice, direction or other communication to be made or given hereunder (in each case, “Communication”) shall be in writing and shall be made or given by personal delivery, by courier, by facsimile or email transmission, or sent by registered mail, charges prepaid, addressed to the respective parties as follows:

 

(a)if to the Borrower:

 

Permex Petroleum Corporation 

1700 Post Oak Boulevard, 2 Blvd Place, Suite 600 

Houston, Texas 77056 

Attention: Brad Taillon 

Email: [email protected]

 

(b)if to the Debentureholder:

 

Kent Lindemuth 

4350 NW Green Hills Place 

Topeka, KS 66618, USA 

Attention: Kent Lindemuth 

E-mail: [email protected]

 

or to such other address or email number as any party may from time to time designate in accordance with this Section. Any Communication made by personal delivery or by courier shall be conclusively deemed to have been given and received on the day of actual delivery thereof or if such day is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day thereafter. Any Communication made or given by email on a Business Day before 4:00 p.m. (local time of the recipient) shall be conclusively deemed to have been given and received on such Business Day and otherwise shall be conclusively deemed to have been given and received on the first Business Day following the transmittal thereof. Any Communication that is mailed shall be conclusively deemed to have been given and received on the fifth Business Day following the date of mailing but if, at the time of mailing or within five Business Days thereafter, there is or occurs a labour dispute or other event that might reasonably be expected to disrupt delivery of documents by mail, any Communication shall be delivered or transmitted by any other means provided for in this Section.

 

Section 8.3 Merger of Borrower

 

By its acceptance hereof, each of the Borrower and the Debentureholder acknowledges and agrees that in the event a Merger occurs, then all references herein to the Borrower shall extend to and include the entity resulting therefrom or which thereafter will carry on the business of the Borrower.

 

Section 8.4 Amendments

 

This Debenture may not be amended or otherwise modified except by an instrument in writing executed by the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 8.5 Waivers

 

The Debentureholder shall not, by any act, delay, omission or otherwise, be deemed to have expressly or impliedly waived any of its rights, powers and/or remedies unless such waiver shall be in writing and executed by an authorized officer of the Debentureholder. Any such waiver shall be enforceable only to the extent specifically set forth therein. A waiver by the Debentureholder of any right, power and/or remedy on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any such right, power and/or remedy which the Debentureholder would otherwise have on any future occasion, whether similar in kind or otherwise.

 

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Section 8.6 Transfer of Debenture

 

This Debenture shall not be transferable except with the written consent of the Borrower. No transfer of this Debenture shall be valid unless made in accordance with applicable laws, including Applicable Securities Laws. If the Debentureholder intends to transfer this Debenture or any portion thereof, it shall provide notice to the Borrower of its intention of such transfer. Upon approval of such transfer by the Borrower and the surrender by the Debentureholder of this Debenture, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the applicable transferee a new Debenture registered in the name of the transferee. If less than the full Principal Amount of this Debenture is transferred, the Debentureholder shall be entitled to receive, in the same manner, a new Debenture certificate registered in its name evidencing the portion of the Principal Amount of this Debenture not so transferred. Prior to registration of any transfer of this Debenture, the Debentureholder and the applicable transferee shall be required to provide the Borrower with necessary information and documents, including certificates and statutory declarations, as may be required to be filed under applicable laws.

 

Section 8.7 Release and Discharge

 

If the Debentureholder is converted into Common Shares pursuant to Article 3 hereof or if the Borrower pays all of the Obligations in full to the Debentureholder, the Debentureholder shall release this Debenture and the Borrower shall be, and shall be deemed to have, discharged of all its obligations under this Debenture. The Debentureholder shall then, at the request of the Borrower execute and deliver all such releases and further assurances as may be reasonably required in this regard.

 

Section 8.8 Successors and Assigns

 

This Debenture shall enure to the benefit of the Debentureholder and its successors and assigns, and shall be binding upon the Borrower and its successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 8.9 Time

 

Time shall be of the essence of this Debenture.

 

Section 8.10 Governing Law

 

This Debenture shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. The Borrower and, by its acceptance hereof, the Debentureholder each hereby irrevocably submit and attorn to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Texas in connection with this Debenture.

 

Section 8.11 Consent to Jurisdiction

 

SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E) OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF DALLAS AND CITY OF DALLAS. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS DEBENTURE, THE BORROWER, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY (A) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS BY THE DEBENTUREHOLDER OR ANY AGENT IN RESPECT OF RIGHTS UNDER ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT GOVERNED BY LAWS OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE TEXAS OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY COLLATERAL SUBJECT THERETO); (B) WAIVES (I) JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF COURTS IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT MAY BE ENTITLED TO BRING SUIT BY REASON OF ITS PRESENT OR FUTURE DOMICILE OR OTHERWISE AND (II) ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE BORROWER AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.2; (D) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (C) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE BORROWER IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (E) AGREES THAT THE DEBENTUREHOLDER RETAINS THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT.

 

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Section 8.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS DEBENTURE, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 10.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER WILL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS DEBENTURE MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

 

Section 8.13 SEVERABILITY

 

In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid, legal and enforceable provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as reasonably possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

Section 8.14 COUNTERPARTS

 

This Debenture may be executed in any number of counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Debenture by facsimile, emailed pdf. or other electronic transmission that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

 

Section 8.15 ELECTRONIC EXECUTION

 

The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in this Debenture and any other Transaction Document shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Debentureholder to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.

 

Section 8.16 Further Assurances

 

The Borrower shall forthwith, at its own expense and from time to time, do or file, or cause to be done or filed, all such things and shall execute and deliver all such documents, agreements, opinions, certificates and instruments reasonably requested by the Debentureholder or its counsel as may be necessary or desirable to complete the transactions contemplated by this Debenture and carry out its provisions and intention.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE NOVEMBER 12, 2025.

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ACQUIRING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION (THE “COMPANY”) THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY; (B) FOLLOWING REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT; (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, IN THE CASE OF PARAGRAPH (C) OR (D), THE SELLER FURNISHES TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT. THE PRESENCE OF THIS LEGEND MAY IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF THE HOLDER HEREOF TO EFFECT “GOOD DELIVERY” OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ON A CANADIAN STOCK EXCHANGE.

 

COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT

 

PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION

 

Warrant Certificate Number: WA2025-07-01  
   
Warrant Shares: 786,000 Issue Date: July 11, 2025

 

THIS COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, Kent Lindemuth or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the Issue Date and prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the five year anniversary of the Issue Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Permex Petroleum Corporation, a British Columbia corporation (the “Company”), up to 786,000 common shares of the Company (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Common Shares” or the “Warrant Shares”). The purchase price of one Common Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). This Warrant and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon its exercise have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or the securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

Section 1. Intentionally Deleted

 

 
 

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Issue Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed copy, submitted, delivered or mailed (including by facsimile or PDF copy submitted by email to the offices of the Company at #500 – 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8, Canada, email: [email protected], or, if such address is changed after the date of issuance, the then current head office address of the Company, and received by the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix 1 (the “Notice of Exercise”) with the payment of the Exercise Price to follow. The Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) by wire transfer, bank draft or certified check drawn on a United States or Canada bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days (as defined below) of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within two (2) Trading Days of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be US$2.54, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c) Cashless Exercise. At any time after the Effective Date, this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the United States federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
     
  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
     
  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

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If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Rule 144(d)(3)(ii) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

Principal Trading Market” means, (i) if the Holder elects to receive Warrant Shares upon an exercise of this Warrant pursuant to CDS or the Holder does make any election, the Trading Market relating to such exercise shall refer to the principal Trading Market in Canada, and (ii) if the Holder elects to receive Warrant Shares upon an exercise of this Warrant pursuant to DTC, the Trading Market relating to such exercise shall refer to the principal Trading Market in the United States. For the avoidance of doubt, the Principal Trading Market may change from time to time and the Holder may elect to receive its Warrant Shares for each exercise of the Warrant via CDS or DTC despite choosing a different settlement platform for prior exercises.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the Principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Shares is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Canadian Securities Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Principal Trading Market on which the Common Shares then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX and not the Principal Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Shares are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per Common Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a Common Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Subscribers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

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d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, on or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the applicable and fully complete Notice of Exercise and received payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price in cash by wire transfer in immediately available funds, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Notice of Exercise to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). Following the Effective Date (as defined below) or at any time if this Warrant does not contain any restrictive legends relating to securities laws of the United States, as long as the Company receives the Aggregate Exercise Price in immediately available funds by wire transfer on or before 1PM Eastern Time on the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Notice of Exercise has been delivered to the Company, then the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares on or before the close of business on the earlier of (i) the third (3rd) Trading Day and (ii) the Standard Settlement Period, in each case following the delivery of the Notice of Exercise. In the event that the Company does not receive the Aggregate Exercise Price in immediately available funds by wire transfer on or before 1PM Eastern Time on the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Notice of Exercise has been delivered to the Company, if the Company receives the Aggregate Exercise Price on or before 1PM Eastern Time on the second (2nd) trading day following the delivery of the Notice of Exercise then the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares on the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the delivery of the Notice of Exercise, OR if the Company receives the Aggregate Exercise Price on or before 1PM Eastern Time on the third (3rd) trading day following the delivery of the Notice of Exercise then the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares on the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the delivery of the Notice of Exercise, OR if the Company receives the Aggregate Exercise Price on or before 1PM Eastern Time on the Fourth (4th) trading day following the delivery of the Notice of Exercise then the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares on the sixth (6th) Trading Day following the delivery of the Notice of Exercise, (the “Share Delivery Date”). The Company shall, provided that (a) if the Transfer Agent is a participant in the depositary services of CDS Clearing and Depositary Services Inc. (or its nominee) (“CDS”) and the Holder elects to receive such Warrant Shares via CDS, then credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with CDS or (b) if the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and the Holder elects to receive such Warrant Shares via DTC, then credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system. Prior to the Effective Date, if and only if this Warrant contains a restrictive legend relating to the securities laws of the United States, the first Share Delivery Date for purposes of the foregoing shall commence on the seventh (7th) Trading Day following the delivery of the Notice of Exercise, and such Warrant Shares will be issued in certificated form directly by the Transfer Agent. The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via CDS or DTC, if any, including without limitation for same day processing. Solely for purposes of Regulation SHO of U.S. securities laws, upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed to have become the holder of record and beneficial owner of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s CDS or DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If the Company does not receive the Aggregate Exercise Price by 1PM Eastern Time within four (4) Trading Days from the date the Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, then the original Notice of Exercise will be cancelled and the Company will no longer be under an obligation to deliver shares pursuant to the Notice of Exercise. Subject to the terms hereof, the Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination. While this Warrant is outstanding, the Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that its transfer agent (a) as long as any Common Shares trade in Canada, participates in CDS, and (b) as long as any Common Shares trade in the United States, participates in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program. In addition to the foregoing rights, if the Company fails to deliver the applicable number of Warrant Shares upon an exercise by the applicable Share Delivery Date, then the Holder shall have the right to rescind such exercise in whole or in part and retain and/or have the Company return, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Notice of Exercise, provided that the rescission of an exercise shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments pursuant to this Section 2(d)(i). If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Share on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the applicable Principal Trading Market with respect to the Common Shares as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Standard Settlement Period will not apply during the period in which the Canadian Securities Exchange, or such other Canadian stock exchange, remains the Company’s Principal Trading Market. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement registering the Warrant Shares with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and to seek effectiveness of such registration statement as soon as practicable after filing; the date that such registration statement is declared effective by the Commission is referred to herein as the “Effective Date.”

 

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ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv. Legend. The Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants represented hereby shall bear legends substantially in the following form:

 

UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE NOVEMBER 12, 2025.

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ACQUIRING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION (THE “COMPANY”) THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY; (B) FOLLOWING REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT; (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, IN THE CASE OF PARAGRAPH (C) OR (D), THE SELLER FURNISHES TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT. THE PRESENCE OF THIS LEGEND MAY IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF THE HOLDER HEREOF TO EFFECT “GOOD DELIVERY” OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ON A CANADIAN STOCK EXCHANGE

 

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provided, that the legend may be removed by delivery to the registrar and transfer agent and the Company of an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

v. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Share Delivery Date (the “Exercise Failure”), and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Common Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Common Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of Common Shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of Common Shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice, indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver Common Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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vi. No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

vii. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Warrant Transfer Form, as attached hereto as Appendix 3, duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

viii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, an “Affiliate” has the meaning given to such term under Rule 405 of the U.S. Securities Act, and the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Common Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Share Equivalents (as defined below)) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding Common Shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of Common Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Common Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding Common Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% (or, upon the election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any Warrants, 9.99%) of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant. “Common Share Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Company’s subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Shares.

 

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Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its Common Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Common Shares(which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Common Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Common Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of Common Shares any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date thereof in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Share Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Shares (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Common Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Common Shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.

 

d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (or any Subsidiary), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Shares or 50% or more of the voting power of the Common Shares (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of Common Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Common Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Common Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to Common Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the Common Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall be added to the term “Company” under this Warrant (so that from and after the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, each and every provision of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally), and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally with the Company, may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company herein.

 

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e) [Reserved].

 

f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Common Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

g) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by mail, facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Shares is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by mail, facsimile or email to the Holder at its last address, facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice on SEDAR and via a Current Report on Form 8-K if applicable. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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h) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the applicable principal Trading Market in the United States, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, regulatory and legal requirements and approval by the Company, and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant, substantially in the form attached hereto as Appendix 2, duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the original Issue Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

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d) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) or 2(d)(v) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

 

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Trading Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Shares a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any Trading Market upon which the Common Shares may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

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Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

e) Jurisdiction. This Warrant Certificate is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered and the Holder does not utilize a cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws in the United States of America and Canada.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

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h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Shares or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Bradley Taillon
  Name: Bradley Taillon
  Title: CEO

 

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APPENDIX 1 TO WARRANT CERTIFICATE

WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

 

The undersigned directs that the Common Shares hereby subscribed for be issued and delivered to it as follows:

 

NAME   ADDRESS   NO. OF SHARES
         
         
         

 

Please issue said Common Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

_______________________________

 

If applicable, the Common Shares shall be delivered to the benefit of the holder and deposited through The Depository Trust Company’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, in accordance with the following information:

 

Broker/DTC Participant Name:____________________________________

 

Broker/Participant DTC Number:___________________________________

 

DWAC Control Number:_________________________________________

 

Contact Name:_________________________________________________

 

Contact Number:_______________________________________________

 

If applicable, the Common Shares shall be delivered to the benefit of the holder and deposited through CDS Clearing and Depositary Services Inc. to the following Deposit ID:

 

_______________________________

 

As at the time of exercise hereunder, the undersigned represents, warrants and certifies that the undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in NI 45-106, by virtue of satisfying one or more of the categories of an “accredited investor” set forth in such national instrument, and (check one):

 

☐ (A) the undersigned holder (i) is exercising the Warrant for its own account, and (ii) is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) by virtue of meeting one or more of the categories of an “accredited investor” set forth in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act; OR

 

☐ (B) the Common Shares to be issued have been registered under an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act, or undersigned holder has delivered to the Company and the Company’s transfer agent an opinion of counsel (which will not be sufficient unless it is from counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Company) or such other evidence satisfactory to the Company to the effect that with respect to the Common Shares to be delivered upon exercise of the Warrant, an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable securities laws of any state of the United States is available.

 

Note: Unless there is an effective registration statement registering the Common Shares, all Common Shares delivered will be “restricted securities” under the U.S. Securities Act, will be subject to transfer restrictions under the U.S. Securities Act and any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and will bear a legend to such effect.

 

 

 

 

If the undersigned has indicated that the undersigned and, if applicable, the beneficial purchaser is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D by marking box (A) above, the undersigned additionally represents, warrants and acknowledges to the Company as follows:

 

  1. the undersigned has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Common Shares, and the undersigned is able to bear the economic risk of loss of his or her entire investment;
     
  2. funds representing the subscription price for the Common Shares which will be advanced by the undersigned to the Company upon exercise of the Warrant will not represent proceeds of crime for the purposes of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (the “PATRIOT Act”), and the undersigned acknowledges that the Company may in the future be required by law to disclose the undersigned’s name and other information relating to this exercise form and the undersigned’s subscription hereunder, on a confidential basis, pursuant to the PATRIOT Act. No portion of the subscription price to be provided by the undersigned (i) has been or will be derived from or related to any activity that is deemed criminal under the laws of the United States of America, or any other jurisdiction, or (ii) is being tendered on behalf of a person or entity who has not been identified to or by the undersigned, and it shall promptly notify the Company if the undersigned discovers that any of such representations ceases to be true and provide the Company with appropriate information in connection therewith;
     
  3. there may be material tax consequences to the undersigned of an acquisition or disposition of the Common Shares; and
     
  4. the Company gives no opinion and makes no representation with respect to the tax consequences to the undersigned under United States, state, local or foreign tax law of the undersigned’s acquisition or disposition of such Common Shares; in particular, no determination has been made whether the Company will be a “passive foreign investment company” (commonly referred to as a “PFIC”) within the meaning of Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code.

 

In the absence of instructions to the contrary, the securities or other property will be issued in the name of or to the holder hereof and will be sent by first class mail to the last address of the holder appearing on the register maintained for the Warrant.

 

DATED the ___________ day of___________________, 20____.

 

(Signature of Warrantholder)

 

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Instructions:

 

1. The registered holder may exercise its right to receive Common Shares by completing this form and surrendering this form together with payment of the aggregate Exercise Price, by certified cheque, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the Company’s name set out above or, if such name is changed after the Issue Date, the Company’s then current name, to the head office of the Company, and such other documents set out within the Warrant.
   
2. If the Warrant Exercise Form indicates that the Common Shares are to be issued to a person or persons other than the registered holder of the Warrant Certificate, the signature of such holder of the Warrant Exercise Form must be guaranteed by an authorized officer of a chartered bank, trust company or medallion guaranteed by an investment dealer who is a member of a recognized stock exchange.

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX 2 TO WARRANT CERTIFICATE

WARRANT TRANSFER FORM

 

TO: PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION (the “Company”)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, subject to receipt of prior written approval of the Company, the undersigned (the “Transferor”) hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto (name) _____________________ (the “Transferee”) of (residential address) ___________________________________________________________________________, the right to purchase _________ (no. of Warrants) Common Shares of the Company pursuant to the Warrant registered in the name of the undersigned represented by the within Warrant certificate, and irrevocably appoints the Company as the attorney of the undersigned to transfer the said securities on the register of transfers for the said Warrant, with full power of substitution.

 

The Transferor hereby certifies that (check either A or B):

 

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(A) the transfer of the Warrant is being completed pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), in which case the Transferor has delivered or caused to be delivered by the Transferee a written opinion of U.S. legal counsel acceptable to the Company to the effect that the transfer of the Warrant is exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act; or
     

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(B) the transfer of the Warrant is being made outside the United States in reliance on Rule 904 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act, and certifies that:
     
    (1) the Transferor is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act, except any officer or director who is an affiliate solely by virtue of holding such position) of the Company or a “distributor”, as defined in Regulation S, or an affiliate of a “distributor”;
       
    (2) the offer of such securities was not made to a person in the United States and at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States, or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believe that the Transferee was outside the United States;
       
    (3)

neither the Transferor nor any affiliate of the Transferor nor any person acting on their behalf engaged in any directed selling efforts (as defined under

Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act) in connection with the offer and sale of the Warrant;

       
    (4) the sale is bona fide and not for the purpose of “washing off” the resale restrictions imposed because the Warrant is a “restricted security” (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the U.S. Securities Act);
       
    (5) the Transferor does not intend to replace the securities sold in reliance on Rule 904 of the U.S. Securities Act with fungible unrestricted securities; and
       
    (6) the contemplated sale is not a transaction, or part of a series of transactions which, although in technical compliance with Regulation S, is part of a plan or a scheme to evade the registration provisions of the U.S. Securities Act.

 

DATED this day of ____, 20__ .    
     
     
    (Signature of Transferor)
Signature Guaranteed    
(only if the Warrant is registered in the name of someone other than the Transferor)    

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The Warrant and the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant shall only be transferable in accordance with applicable laws. The Warrant may only be exercised in the manner required by the certificate representing the Warrant and the Warrant Exercise Form attached thereto. Any Common Shares acquired pursuant to this Warrant shall be subject to applicable hold periods and any certificate representing such Common Shares will bear restrictive legends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Security Agreement”), is entered into as of July 11, 2025, among PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada (the “Borrower”; together with each other Person joined as a “Obligor” to this Security Agreement, individually an “Obligor” and collectively the “Obligors”) and KENT LINDEMUTH, in its capacity as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the holders of the Debentures (as defined herein) (individually a “Debentureholder” and collectively the “Debentureholders”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the 10.00% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures dated as of the date hereof and issued by the Borrower to the Debentureholders (as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Debentures”), the Debentureholders have agreed to extend credit upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution and delivery of the Debentures, the Borrower has agreed to execute and deliver this Security Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Debentureholders and the other Secured Parties; and

 

WHEREAS, each Obligor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the making of the credit extensions under the Debentures; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Debentures, and the following terms which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code from time to time in effect in the State of New York (the “UCC”) are used herein as so defined: Accession, Account, As-Extracted Collateral, Chattel Paper, Deposit Account, Document, Electronic Chattel Paper, Equipment, Farm Product, Fixture, General Intangible, Goods, Instrument, Inventory, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Right, Manufactured Home, Payment Intangible, Proceeds, Securities Account, Software and Supporting Obligation. As used in this Security Agreement and the Debentures,

 

Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Collateral Agent, any Debentureholder, nor any of their respective Affiliates shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Obligor.

 

 

 

 

Bankruptcy Code” means the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.

 

Commercial Tort Claims” has the meaning set forth in the UCC, except that it refers only to such claims that have been asserted in judicial proceedings or are subject to an arbitration.

 

Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.

 

Copyrights” means all United States, and foreign copyrights (including community designs), including copyrights in software and databases, whether registered or unregistered, and, with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications therefor including the registrations and applications referred to on Schedule 4(h) attached hereto (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with this Security Agreement), (ii) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, (iii) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof, and (iv) all proceeds of the foregoing, including licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit.

 

Excluded Property” means, collectively, (i) any permit or license or any Contractual Obligation entered into by any Obligor (A) that prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than the Borrower and its Affiliates which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation by such Obligor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Obligation or any equity interests related thereto or (B) to the extent that any applicable law thereto prohibits the creation of a Lien thereon, but only, with respect to the prohibition in (A) and (B), to the extent, and for as long as, such prohibition is not terminated, waived or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC, any other law or any principle of equity (it being expressly acknowledged and agreed that “Excluded Property” shall not include the proceeds thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC notwithstanding such prohibition), (iii) any “intent to use” Trademark applications for which a statement of use has not been filed (but only until such statement is filed), (iv) governmental licenses, state or local franchises, charters and authorizations and any other property and assets to the extent that the Collateral Agent may not validly possess a security interest therein under, or such security interest is restricted by, applicable laws (including, without limitation, rules and regulations of any governmental authority or agency) or the pledge or creation of a security interest in which would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization, other than to the extent such prohibition or limitation is rendered ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition (but excluding proceeds of any such governmental license), or otherwise require consent thereunder (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law), (v) any motor vehicles, aircraft and other property or assets subject to certificates of title, and letter of credit rights less than $50,000 in the aggregate (in each case, except if the perfection of the security interest in such property may be accomplished solely by filing a UCC financing statement), (vi) all Real Property owned in fee, other than any Real Property in value in excess of $500,000, and (vii) any assets with respect to which Collateral Agent has determined by written notice to Borrower that the cost of obtaining a Lien in such assets is excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby; provided, however, “Excluded Property” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property).

 

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Intellectual Property” means, collectively, the Copyrights, the Patents, the Trademarks, and the IP Licenses.

 

IP Ancillary Rights” means, with respect to any Intellectual Property, as applicable, all foreign counterparts to, and all divisionals, reversions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, renewals and extensions of, such Intellectual Property and all income, royalties, proceeds and liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted under or with respect to any of the foregoing or otherwise with respect to such Intellectual Property, including all rights to sue or recover at law or in equity for any past, present or future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof, and, in each case, all rights to obtain any other IP Ancillary Right.

 

IP Licenses” means all Contractual Obligations (and all related IP Ancillary Rights), whether written or oral, granting any right, title and interest in or relating to any Intellectual Property.

 

Mortgage” means a security instrument (whether designated as a deed of trust or a mortgage or by any similar title) granting a security interest in real property executed and delivered by any Obligor, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit D or Exhibit E, as the context may require, in each case with such changes thereto as may be recommended by Collateral Agent’s local counsel based on local laws or customary local mortgage or deed of trust practices.

 

Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of each Obligor, including obligations from time to time owed to the Collateral Agent and the Debentureholders (or any one of them individually) or any other Person required to be indemnified, under any Transaction Document, whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in a bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in each case, with respect to such Obligor, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Obligor for such interest in the related proceeding), premium, payments for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise.

 

Patents” means all United States and foreign patents and certificates of invention, or similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including: (i) each patent and patent application referred to on Schedule 4(h) attached hereto (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with this Security Agreement), (ii) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, (iv) all inventions and improvements described therein, (v) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof, (vi) all licenses, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit arising therefrom, and (vii) all proceeds of the foregoing, including licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit.

 

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Real Property” means any estates or interests in real property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Obligor and the improvements thereto.

 

Trademarks” means all United States, state, territorial and provincial and foreign trademarks (including, to the extent constituting a trademark or service mark, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names and internet domain names), service marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, trade dress and general intangibles of a like nature, all registrations and applications for any of the foregoing including: (i) the registrations and applications referred to on Schedule 4(h) attached hereto (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with this Security Agreement), (ii) all extensions or renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the foregoing, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and future infringement or dilution of any of the foregoing or for any injury to goodwill, and (v) all proceeds of the foregoing, including licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit.

 

Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Collateral Agent and the Debentureholders.

 

2. Grant of Security Interest in the Collateral.

 

(a) To secure the prompt payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise, of the Obligations, each Obligor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in any and all right, title and interest of such Obligor in and to the following, whether now owned or existing or owned, acquired, or arising hereafter (collectively, the “Collateral”):

 

  (i) all Chattel Paper (including Electronic Chattel Paper);
     
  (ii)  all Commercial Tort Claims;
     
  (iii) all Copyrights;
     
  (iv)   all Documents;
     
  (v) all Equipment;
     
  (vi) all Fixtures;
     
  (vii)   all General Intangibles;

 

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  (viii) all Goods;
     
  (ix) all Instruments;
     
  (x)  all Inventory;
     
  (xi)   all Investment Property;
     
  (xii)   all IP Licenses;
     
  (xiii) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

 

(xiv)  all agreements, contracts, leases or licenses now or hereafter entered into by an Obligor, as such agreements may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time (collectively, the “Assigned Agreements”), including without limitation, (A) all rights of an Obligor to receive moneys due and to become due under or pursuant to the Assigned Agreements, and (B) to the extent permitted pursuant to applicable law, (x) all rights of an Obligor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect to the Assigned Agreements, (y) claims of an Obligor for damages arising out of or for breach of or default under the Assigned Agreements and (z) the right of an Obligor to terminate the Assigned Agreements, to perform thereunder and to compel performance and otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder;

 

  (xv)   all Patents;
     
  (xvi) all Payment Intangibles;
     
  (xvii)   all Securities Accounts;
     
  (xviii) all Software;
     
  (xix) all Supporting Obligations;
     
  (xx)   all Trademarks;

 

(xxi) all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, computer programs, tapes, disks, and related data processing software (owned by such Obligor or in which it has an interest) that at any time evidence or contain material information relating to any Collateral or are otherwise reasonably necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon;

 

(xxii) all other personal property of any kind or type whatsoever owned by such Obligor; and

 

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(xxiii) to the extent not otherwise included, all Accessions, Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing.

 

(b) The Obligors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby acknowledge and agree that the security interest created hereby in the Collateral (i) constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the Obligations, whether now existing or hereafter arising and (ii) is not to be construed as a present assignment of any Intellectual Property.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral shall exclude any and all Excluded Property.

 

3. Provisions Relating to Accounts, Contracts and Agreements.

 

(a) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each of the Obligors shall remain liable under each of its Accounts, material contracts and material agreements to observe and perform the material conditions and material obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise to each such Account or the terms of such contract or agreement. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to such Account, contract or agreement pursuant hereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of an Obligor under or pursuant to any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), contract or agreement, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times, except in the case of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.

 

(b) Collateral Agent may curtail or terminate the Obligors right to collect the Accounts at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default upon notice thereof from the Collateral Agent to the Obligors (which may be concurrent). If required by the Collateral Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, any payments of Accounts, when collected by the Obligors (i) shall be forthwith (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) deposited by the Obligors in a collateral account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Collateral Agent for the account of the Secured Parties only as provided in Section 12 hereof, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by the Obligors in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties.

 

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4. Representations and Warranties. Each Obligor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

 

(a) Chief Executive Office; Books & Records; Legal Name; State of Formation. No Obligor has in the four (4) months preceding the Effective Date changed its name, or been party to a merger, consolidation or other change in structure not disclosed on Schedule 4(a) attached hereto.

 

(b) Ownership. Subject to Permitted Liens, each Obligor is the legal and beneficial owner of its Collateral and, subject to Section 2(d), has the right to pledge the same hereunder.

 

(c) Security Interest/Priority. This Security Agreement creates a valid security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral of such Obligor and, when properly perfected by filing, obtaining possession, the granting of control to the Collateral Agent or otherwise (in each case, to the extent otherwise required by this Security Agreement), shall constitute a valid, perfected security interest in such Collateral (prior to all other Liens on such Collateral except for Permitted Liens), to the extent such security interest can be perfected by (i) filing, obtaining possession, the granting of control or otherwise under the UCC or (ii) by filing an appropriate notice with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens.

 

(d) Consents. Except for (i) the filing or recording of UCC financing statements, (ii) the filing of appropriate notices with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the United States Copyright Office, (iii) obtaining possession or otherwise obtaining control to perfect the Liens created by this Security Agreement, and (iv) compliance with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or comparable state law (in each case, to the extent otherwise required by this Security Agreement), no consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority and no consent of any other Person (including, without limitation, any stockholder, member or creditor of such Obligor) is required (A) for the grant by such Obligor of the security interest in the Collateral granted hereby or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Security Agreement by such Obligor or (B) for the perfection of such security interest or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights and remedies provided for in this Security Agreement, in each case except (x) as may be required in connection with the disposition of Investment Property by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally and (y) for consents and authorizations that have been obtained or given (as applicable).

 

(e) Types of Collateral. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, none of the Collateral consists of, or is the Proceeds of, As-Extracted Collateral, Farm Products, Manufactured Homes or standing timber (as such term is used in the UCC).

 

(f) Inventory. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, no Inventory, to the extent they are not Excluded Property of an Obligor is held by a third party (other than an Obligor) pursuant to consignment, sale or return, sale on approval or similar arrangement.

 

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(g) Intellectual Property.

 

(i) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, the Obligors and their Subsidiaries own, or have the legal right to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the Obligors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to conduct their business (collectively, “Active IP”).

 

(ii) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4(h) attached hereto or as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, all registrations with and applications to governmental authorities in respect of such Active IP are valid and in full force and effect.

 

(iii) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, (A) none of the Obligors is in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would be in default) under any license to use its Active IP; (B) no claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any such Active IP or the validity or effectiveness of any such Active IP, nor do the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries know of any such claim; and (C) to the knowledge of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries, the use of such Active IP by any of the Obligors or any of its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person.

 

(iv) Except as set forth in Schedule 4(h) attached hereto, for Permitted Liens or as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, all Active IP of each Obligor is valid, subsisting, unexpired, has not been abandoned and, to the knowledge of such Obligor, enforceable, and each Obligor is legally entitled to use its Active IP.

 

(v) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, no holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any governmental authority which would limit, cancel or question the validity of any Active IP of the Obligors, except for decisions made in the ordinary course of Patent and Trademark prosecution.

 

(vi) No action or proceeding is pending seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of any Active IP of the Obligors which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor.

 

(h) Documents, Instruments and Chattel Paper. All Documents, Instruments and Chattel Paper describing, evidencing or constituting material Collateral are, to the Obligors’ knowledge, complete, valid, and genuine in all material respects.

 

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(i) Equipment. With respect to each Obligor’s Equipment, such Obligor has good and marketable title thereto except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor.

 

5. Covenants. Each Obligor covenants that, so long as any of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) remain outstanding or any Transaction Document is in effect, such Obligor shall:

 

(a) Perfection of Security Interest by Filing, Etc. Execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent and/or file such agreements, assignments or instruments (including affidavits, notices, reaffirmations, amendments and restatements of existing documents, and any document as may be necessary if the law of any jurisdiction other than New York becomes or is applicable to the Collateral or any portion thereof, in each case, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request; provided, that no such filings shall be required in any jurisdiction outside of the United States) and do all such other things as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case (i) to assure to the Collateral Agent its security interests hereunder is perfected (to the extent such perfection is required hereunder), including (A) such financing statements (including continuation statements) or amendments thereof or supplements thereto or other instruments as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request in order to perfect and maintain the security interests granted hereunder in accordance with the UCC and any other personal property security legislation in the appropriate state(s), (B) with regard to Copyrights, a Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Copyrights for filing with the United States Copyright Office in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, (C) with regard to Patents, a Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto and (D) with regard to Trademarks, a Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Trademarks for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, (ii) to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) to otherwise protect and assure the Collateral Agent of its rights and interests hereunder to the extent otherwise required under this Security Agreement. Each Obligor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to prepare and file such financing statements (including continuation statements) or amendments thereof or supplements thereto or other instruments as the Collateral Agent may from time to time deem reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to perfect and maintain the security interests granted hereunder in accordance with the UCC, including, without limitation, any financing statement that describes the Collateral as “all personal property” or “all assets” of such Obligor or that describes the Collateral in some other manner as the Collateral Agent deems reasonably necessary or advisable.

 

(b) Perfection of Security Interest by Possession. If (i) any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral with a value in excess of $250,000 individually, or $500,000 in the aggregate for all such Collateral, shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, (ii) any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral with a value in excess of $250,000 individually, or $500,000 in the aggregate for all such Collateral, shall be or become evidenced by any Document, (iii) any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral with a value in excess of $250,000 individually, or $500,000 in the aggregate for all such Collateral, shall be or become evidenced by any Chattel Paper or (iv) any Collateral shall consist of Investment Property in the form of certificated securities, promptly notify the Collateral Agent of the existence of such Collateral and deliver such Instrument, Chattel Paper, Document or Investment Property to the Collateral Agent, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no additional actions shall be required in order to perfect any security interest in any foreign Investment Property.

 

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(c) Reserved.

 

(d) Other Liens. Defend its interests in the material Collateral against the claims and demands of all other parties claiming an interest therein (other than those holding a Permitted Lien with a priority that is senior to that of the Collateral Agent’s Lien) and keep the Collateral free from all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party authorizes any Obligor to, and no Obligor shall, sell, exchange, transfer, assign, lease or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any interest therein, except as permitted under the Debenture.

 

(e) Preservation of Collateral. Keep all material Collateral useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and obsolescence excepted), except as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor.

 

(f) Collateral Held by Warehouseman, Bailee, etc. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default upon notice thereof from the Collateral Agent to the Obligors (which may be concurrent), if any Collateral in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate, or greater than $250,000 individually is at any time in the possession or control of a warehouseman, bailee or any agent or processor of such Obligor, (i) notify the Collateral Agent of such possession, (ii) upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, notify such Person of the Collateral Agent’s security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties in such Collateral.

 

(g) Covenants Relating to Inventory. Maintain, keep and preserve its Inventory to the extent they are not Excluded Property in good salable condition at its own cost and expense, except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor.

 

(h) Covenants Relating to Copyrights.

 

(i) With respect to each Copyright that is necessary to the normal conduct of the business of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as otherwise determined by such Obligor in its reasonable business judgment, as permitted under the Debentures or as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, (A) not do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby such Copyright may become invalidated, (B) not do any act, or knowingly omit to do any act, whereby such Copyright becomes injected into the public domain; (C) take all necessary steps as it shall deem appropriate under the circumstances to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of each such Copyright owned by an Obligor including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal where necessary; and (D)  take such actions as such Obligor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Copyright, including, where appropriate, the bringing of suit for infringement, seeking injunctive relief and seeking to recover any and all damages for such infringement.

 

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(i) Covenants Relating to Patents and Trademarks.

 

(i) With respect to each Trademark that is necessary to the normal conduct of the business of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as otherwise determined by such Obligor in its reasonable business judgment, as permitted under the Debentures or as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, (A) continue to use such Trademark in order to maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (B) maintain as in the past the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (C) employ such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration, (D) not adopt or use any mark which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, shall obtain a perfected security interest in such mark pursuant to this Security Agreement, and (E) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any such Trademark may become invalidated.

 

(ii) With respect to each Patent that is necessary to the normal conduct of the business of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as otherwise determined by such Obligor in its reasonable business judgment, as permitted under the Debentures or as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any such Patent may become abandoned or dedicated to the public.

 

(iii) [Reserved].

 

(iv) With respect to each Patent or Trademark that is necessary to the normal conduct of the business of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as otherwise determined by such Obligor in its reasonable business judgment, as permitted under the Debentures or as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor, take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each application, to obtain the relevant registration and to maintain each registration of such Patents and such Trademarks, including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.

 

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(v) With respect to each Patent or Trademark that is necessary to the normal conduct of the business of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, if such Patent or Trademark is of material economic value, promptly after it learns that any such Patent or Trademark included in the Collateral is materially infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, take such actions as such Obligor shall deem appropriate under the circumstances in its reasonable business judgment to protect such Patent or Trademark, including, where appropriate, the bringing of suit for infringement, seeking injunctive relief and seeking to recover any and all damages for such infringement.

 

(j) New Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Solely with respect to Intellectual Property owned by the Obligors or their Subsidiaries, within 30 days upon formation of acquisition thereof, provide the Collateral Agent with (i) a listing of all applications for registration, if any, for new Patents or Trademarks (together with a listing of application numbers), which new applications and issued registrations or letters shall be subject to the terms and conditions hereunder, and (ii) (A) with respect to United States registered Copyrights or Copyrights with respect to which an application is pending, a duly executed Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Copyrights, (B) with respect to United States registered Patents or Patents with respect to which an application is pending, a duly executed Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents, (C) with respect to United States registered Trademarks or Trademarks, to the extent they are not Excluded Property, with respect to which an application is pending, a duly executed Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Trademarks or (D) such other duly executed documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in a form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and suitable for recording to evidence the security interest of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in the Copyright, Patent or Trademark which is the subject of such new application, and the goodwill and General Intangibles of such Obligor relating thereto or represented thereby. For the avoidance of doubt, no filings shall be required to be made on Intellectual Property in any foreign jurisdiction.

 

(k) [Reserved].

 

(l) Commercial Tort Claims; Notice of Litigation. (i) Provide to the Collateral Agent within 30 days written notification of any and all such material Commercial Tort Claims having a value in excess of $250,000 of the Obligors and (ii) upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver such statements, documents and notices and do and cause to be done all such things as may be reasonably required by the Collateral Agent, or required by law, including all things which may from time to time be necessary under the UCC to fully create, preserve, perfect and protect the priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in any material Commercial Tort Claims having a value in excess of $250,000.

 

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(m) Real Property; Fixtures. Upon the acquisition of any ownership fee interest in Real Property having a fair market value in excess of $1,500,000, each Obligor will promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days (or such longer period as agreed to by Agent in writing in its sole discretion) of acquisition) notify Collateral Agent of the acquisition of such Real Property and will grant to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Debentureholders, a first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens or purchase money Liens) Mortgage on each fee interest in Real Property now or hereafter owned by such Obligor and shall deliver such other documentation and opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, in connection with the grant of such Mortgage as Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in, including title insurance policies, financing statements, fixture filings and environmental audits and such Obligor shall pay all recording costs, intangible taxes and other fees and costs (including reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection therewith. Each Obligor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all of the Collateral shall remain personal property regardless of the manner of its attachment or affixation to real property.

 

(n) Regulatory Approvals. Promptly after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default upon notice thereof from the Collateral Agent to the Obligors (which may be concurrent), and at its expense, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all applications, certificates, instruments, registration statements, and all other documents and papers the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and as may be required by law to acquire the consent, approval, registration, qualification or authorization of any other Person deemed reasonably necessary or appropriate for the effective exercise of any of the rights under this Security Agreement.

 

(o) Insurance. Insure the Collateral of such Obligor as set forth in, and to the extent required by, the Debentures except where failure to do so could not be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Obligor. All proceeds derived from insurance on the Collateral shall be subject to the security interest of the Collateral Agent hereunder.

 

6. License of Intellectual Property. The Obligors hereby assign, transfer and convey to the Collateral Agent, effective solely upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the nonexclusive right and license to use all Intellectual Property owned or used by any Obligor that relate to the Collateral and any other collateral granted by the Obligors as security for the Obligations, together with any goodwill associated therewith, all to the extent necessary to enable the Collateral Agent to use, possess and realize on the Collateral and to enable any successor or assign to enjoy the benefits of the Collateral. This right and license shall inure to the benefit of all successors, assigns and transferees of the Collateral Agent and its successors, assigns and transferees, whether by voluntary conveyance, operation of law, assignment, transfer, foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise. Such right and license is granted free of charge, without requirement that any monetary payment whatsoever be made to the Obligors. Notwithstanding anything in this Security Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, in no event shall Collateral Agent be permitted to license any Patent after the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default.

 

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7. Special Provisions Regarding Inventory. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Security Agreement, each Obligor may, unless and until an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Collateral Agent instructs such Obligor otherwise, without further consent or approval of the Collateral Agent, use, consume, sell, lease and exchange its Inventory in the ordinary course of its business, whereupon, in the case of such a sale or exchange, the security interest created hereby in the Inventory so sold or exchanged (but not in any Proceeds arising from such sale or exchange) shall cease immediately without any further action on the part of the Collateral Agent.

 

8. Performance of Obligations; Advances by Collateral Agent. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during continuation thereof, resulting from the failure of any Obligor to perform any of the covenants and agreements contained herein, the Collateral Agent may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, perform or cause to be performed the same and in so doing may expend such sums as the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem advisable in the performance thereof, including, without limitation, the payment of any insurance premiums, the payment of any taxes, a payment to obtain a release of a Lien or potential Lien, expenditures made in defending against any adverse claim and all other expenditures which the Collateral Agent may make for the protection of the security interest hereof or may be compelled to make by operation of law. All such sums and amounts so expended shall be repayable by the Obligors on a joint and several basis promptly upon timely notice thereof and demand therefor, and shall constitute additional Obligations unless such actions taken by the Collateral Agent result from gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. No such performance of any covenant or agreement by the Collateral Agent on behalf of any Obligor, and no such advance or expenditure therefor, shall relieve the Obligors of any default under the terms of this Security Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. The Collateral Agent may make any payment hereby authorized in accordance with any bill, statement or estimate procured from the appropriate public office or holder of the claim to be discharged without inquiry into the accuracy of such bill, statement or estimate or into the validity of any tax assessment, sale, forfeiture, tax lien, title or claim except to the extent such payment is being contested in good faith by an Obligor in appropriate proceedings and against which adequate reserves are being maintained and except in the event of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on behalf of the Collateral Agent.

 

9. Events of Default.

 

The occurrence of an event which under the Debentures would constitute an Event of Default shall be an event of default hereunder (an “Event of Default”).

 

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10. Remedies.

 

(a) General Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during continuation thereof, the Collateral Agent shall have for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in addition to the rights and remedies provided herein, in the Transaction Documents or by law (including, but not limited to, levy of attachment, garnishment and the rights and remedies set forth in the UCC of the jurisdiction applicable to the affected Collateral), the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC (regardless of whether the UCC is the law of the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted and regardless of whether the UCC applies to the affected Collateral), and further, the Collateral Agent may, with or without judicial process or the aid and assistance of others, but subject to the last sentence of clause (c) below, (i) enter on any premises on which any of the Collateral may be located and, without resistance or interference by the Obligors, take possession of the Collateral, (ii) dispose of any Collateral on any such premises, (iii) require the Obligors to assemble and make available to the Collateral Agent at the expense of the Obligors any Collateral at any place and time designated by the Collateral Agent which is reasonably convenient to both parties, (iv) remove any Collateral from any such premises for the purpose of effecting the sale or other disposition thereof, and/or (v) without demand and without advertisement, notice, hearing or process of law, all of which each of the Obligors hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by law, at any place and time or times, sell and deliver any or all Collateral held by or for it at public or private sale, by one or more contracts, in one or more parcels, for cash, upon credit or otherwise, at such prices and upon such terms as the Collateral Agent deems advisable, in its sole discretion (subject to any and all mandatory legal requirements). Neither the Collateral Agent’s compliance with any applicable state or federal law in the conduct of such sale, nor its disclaimer of any warranties relating to the Collateral, shall be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of such sale. To the extent the rights of notice cannot be legally waived hereunder, each Obligor agrees that any requirement of reasonable notice shall be met if such notice is personally served on or mailed, postage prepaid, to the Borrower in accordance with the notice provisions of Section 8.2 of the Debentures at least ten (10) days before the time of sale or other event giving rise to the requirement of such notice. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale or other disposition of the Collateral regardless of notice having been given. To the extent permitted by law, any Secured Party may be a purchaser at any such sale. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Obligors hereby waives all of its rights of redemption with respect to any such sale. Subject to the provisions of applicable law, the Collateral Agent may postpone or cause the postponement of the sale of all or any portion of the Collateral by announcement at the time and place of such sale, and such sale may, without further notice, to the extent permitted by law, be made at the time and place to which the sale was postponed, or the Collateral Agent may further postpone such sale by announcement made at such time and place.

 

(b) Remedies Relating to Accounts. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuation thereof, whether or not the Collateral Agent has exercised any or all of its rights and remedies hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to enforce any Obligor’s rights against any account debtors and obligors on such Obligor’s Accounts. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the extent reasonably required by the Collateral Agent, each Obligor agrees to execute any document or instrument, and to take any action, necessary under applicable law (including the Federal Assignment of Claims Act) in order for the Collateral Agent to exercise its rights and remedies (or be able to exercise its rights and remedies at some future date) with respect to any Accounts of such Obligor where the account debtor is a Governmental Authority. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall have no liability or responsibility to any Obligor for acceptance of a check, draft or other order for payment of money bearing the legend “payment in full” or words of similar import or any other restrictive legend or endorsement or be responsible for determining the correctness of any remittance except in the case of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.

 

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(c) Access. In addition to the rights and remedies hereunder, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuation thereof, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to enter and remain upon the various premises of the Obligors without cost or charge to the Collateral Agent, and use the same, together with materials, supplies, books and records of the Obligors for the purpose of collecting and liquidating the Collateral, or for preparing for sale and conducting the sale of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure, auction or otherwise. In addition, the Collateral Agent may remove Collateral, or any part thereof, from such premises and/or any records with respect thereto, in order to effectively collect or liquidate such Collateral. If the Collateral Agent exercises its right to take possession of the Collateral, each Obligor shall also at its expense perform any and all other steps reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to preserve and protect the security interest hereby granted in the Collateral, such as placing and maintaining signs indicating the security interest of the Collateral Agent, appointing overseers for the Collateral and maintaining inventory records. Notwithstanding the foregoing and clause (a)(i) above, the Collateral Agent acknowledges and agrees that any right provided in such clause (a)(i) or this clause (c) to enter and remain upon any premises of any Obligor that is leased from a third party landlord shall be subject to any rights or restrictions contained in the applicable lease for such premises and any rights of the landlord under applicable law.

 

(d) Nonexclusive Nature of Remedies. Failure by the Collateral Agent to exercise any right, remedy or option under this Security Agreement, any other Transaction Document or as provided by law, or any delay by the Collateral Agent in exercising the same, shall not operate as a waiver of any such right, remedy or option. No waiver hereunder shall be effective unless it is in writing, signed by the party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced and then only to the extent specifically stated. To the extent permitted by law, neither the Collateral Agent, the Secured Parties, nor any party acting as attorney for the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties, shall be liable hereunder for any acts or omissions or for any error of judgment or mistake of fact other than their gross negligence or willful misconduct hereunder. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties under this Security Agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy which the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties may have.

 

(e) [Reserved].

 

(f) Deficiency. In the event that the proceeds of any sale, collection or realization are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Obligors shall be jointly and severally liable for the deficiency, together with the costs of collection and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency. Any surplus remaining after the full payment and satisfaction of the Obligations shall be returned to the Obligors or to whomsoever a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine to be entitled thereto.

 

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(g) Other Security. To the extent that any of the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral (including, without limitation, real and other personal property and securities owned by an Obligor), or by a guarantee, endorsement or property of any other Person, then the Collateral Agent shall have the right to proceed against such other property, guarantee or endorsement upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, and the Collateral Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to determine which rights, security, Liens, security interests or remedies the Collateral Agent shall at any time pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any of them or any of the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ rights or the Obligations under this Security Agreement or under any other of the Transaction Documents.

 

11. Rights of the Collateral Agent.

 

(a) Power of Attorney. Each Obligor hereby designates and appoints (effective after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and each of its designees or agents, as attorney-in-fact of such Obligor, irrevocably and with power of substitution, with authority to take any or all of the following actions upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default:

 

(i) to demand, collect, settle, compromise, adjust and give discharges and releases concerning the Collateral of such Obligor, all as the Collateral Agent may reasonably determine in respect of such Collateral;

 

(ii) to commence and prosecute any actions at any court for the purposes of collecting any Collateral and enforcing any other right in respect thereof;

 

(iii) to defend, settle, adjust or compromise any action, suit or proceeding brought with respect to the Collateral and, in connection therewith, give such discharge or release as the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably appropriate;

 

(iv) to endorse checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, money orders, bills of lading, warehouse receipts or other instruments or documents evidencing payment, shipment or storage of the goods giving rise to the Collateral of such Obligor, or securing or relating to such Collateral, on behalf of and in the name of such Obligor;

 

(v) to sell, assign, transfer, make any agreement in respect of, or otherwise deal with or exercise rights in respect of, any Collateral or the goods or services which have given rise thereto, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes;

 

(vi) to adjust and settle claims under any insurance policy relating to the Collateral;

 

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(vii) to execute and deliver and/or file all assignments, conveyances, statements, financing statements, continuation financing statements, security agreements, affidavits, notices and other agreements, instruments and documents that the Collateral Agent may determine necessary in order to perfect and maintain the security interests and Liens granted in this Security Agreement and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated herein;

 

(viii) to institute any foreclosure proceedings that the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate;

 

(ix) to execute any document or instrument, and to take any action, necessary under applicable law (including the Federal Assignment of Claims Act) in order for the Collateral Agent to exercise its rights and remedies (or to be able to exercise its rights and remedies at some future date) with respect to any Account of an Obligor where the account debtor is a Governmental Authority; and

 

(x) to do and perform all such other acts and things as the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem to be necessary, proper or convenient in connection with the Collateral.

 

This power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for so long as any of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) remain outstanding or any Transaction Document is in effect. The Collateral Agent shall be under no duty to exercise or withhold the exercise of any of the rights, powers, privileges and options expressly or implicitly granted to the Collateral Agent in this Security Agreement, and shall not be liable for any failure to do so or any delay in doing so except if failure to do so or delay in doing so results from gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any act or omission or for any error of judgment or any mistake of fact in its individual capacity or its capacity as attorney-in-fact except acts or omissions resulting from its gross negligence or willful misconduct. This power of attorney is conferred on the Collateral Agent solely to perfect, protect, preserve and realize upon its security interest in the Collateral.

 

(b) Assignment by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may from time to time assign the Obligations or any portion thereof and/or the Collateral or any portion thereof to a successor Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Debentures, and the assignee shall be entitled to all of the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent under this Security Agreement in relation thereto.

 

(c) The Collateral Agent’s Duty of Care. Other than the exercise of reasonable care to assure the safe custody of the Collateral while being held by the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty or liability to preserve rights pertaining thereto, it being understood and agreed that the Obligors shall be responsible for preservation of all rights in the Collateral, and the Collateral Agent shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Collateral upon surrendering it or tendering the surrender of it to the Obligors. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property, which shall be no less than the treatment employed by a reasonable and prudent agent in the industry, it being understood that the Collateral Agent shall not have responsibility for taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any of the Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties agree not to create a security interest for the benefit of its creditors in any Collateral in its possession or control. In the event of a public or private sale of Collateral pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up, repair or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale.

 

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12. Application of Proceeds. After the exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Debentures (or after the extensions of credit (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts under the Transaction Documents shall automatically become due and payable in accordance with the terms of such Section), any proceeds of the Collateral, when received by the Collateral Agent or any of the Secured Parties in cash or its equivalent, will be applied in reduction of the Obligations in the order set forth in the Debentures, and each Obligor irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of such payments and proceeds and acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and reapply any and all such proceeds in the Collateral Agent’s sole discretion, notwithstanding any entry to the contrary upon any of its books and records.

 

13. [Reserved].

 

14. Continuing Agreement.

 

(a) This Security Agreement shall be a continuing agreement in every respect and shall remain in full force and effect so long as any of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) remain outstanding or any Transaction Document is in effect. Upon such payment and termination, this Security Agreement shall be automatically terminated and all of the Liens and security interests granted hereunder shall be automatically released and the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall, upon the request and at the expense of the Obligors, forthwith execute and/or deliver all UCC termination statements and/or other documents reasonably requested by the Obligors evidencing such termination and release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all indemnities provided hereunder or under the Debenture shall survive termination of this Security Agreement.

 

(b) Any of the Collateral sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Obligor to a Person in a transaction permitted by the Debenture, shall be transferred free of the security interest created hereby on such Collateral, and such security interest shall automatically terminate upon such permitted disposition. The Collateral Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Obligor, shall execute and deliver to such Obligor all releases or other documents reasonably requested by such Obligor to evidence such release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral.

 

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(c) This Security Agreement shall continue to be effective or be automatically reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, in whole or in part, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent conveyance or otherwise under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, all as though such payment had not been made; provided that in the event that payment of all or any part of the Obligations is rescinded or must be restored or returned, all reasonable costs and expenses (including without limitation any reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party in defending and enforcing such reinstatement shall be deemed to be included as a part of the Obligations.

 

15. Amendments; Waivers; Modifications. None of the terms or provisions of this Secured Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in writing by the Borrower and the Collateral Agent; provided, however, that schedules to this Security Agreement may be supplemented in each case duly executed by each Obligor directly affected thereby.

 

16. Successors in Interest. This Security Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall be binding upon each Obligor, its successors and assigns and shall inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and their successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that no party hereto may assign its rights or delegate its duties hereunder except as permitted by the Debentures.

 

17. Notices. All notices required or permitted to be given under this Security Agreement shall be in conformance with Section 8.2 of the Debenture.

 

18. Counterparts. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which where so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Security Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. Delivery of executed counterparts of the Security Agreement by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as an original and shall constitute a representation that an original shall be delivered upon the request of the Collateral Agent.

 

19. Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections hereof are provided for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning, construction or interpretation of any provision of this Security Agreement.

 

20. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Electronic Execution. THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The terms of Sections 8.11, 8.12 and 8.15 of the Debentures are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.

 

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21. Severability. If any provision of this Security Agreement is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall be construed without giving effect to the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.

 

22. Entirety. This Security Agreement and the other Transaction Documents represent the entire agreement of the parties hereto and thereto, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any, including any commitment letters or correspondence relating to this Security Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated herein and therein.

 

23. Survival. All representations and warranties of the Obligors hereunder shall survive the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

24. Joint and Several Obligations of Obligors.

 

(a) Each of the Obligors is accepting joint and several liability hereunder in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Debentureholders under the Debentures, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each of the Obligors and in consideration of the undertakings of each of the Obligors to accept joint and several liability for the obligations of each of them.

 

(b) Each of the Obligors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the other Obligors with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations, it being the intention of the parties hereto that all the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of each of the Obligors without preferences or distinction among them.

 

(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, in any other of the Transaction Documents, to the extent the obligations of a Guarantor shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including, without limitation, because of any applicable state or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers) then the obligations of such Obligor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that is permissible under applicable law (whether federal or state and including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code).

 

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Each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER: PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION,
     
  By: /s/ Bradley Taillon
  Name: Bradley Taillon
  Title: CEO

 

[Signature Page to Security Agreement (Permex)]

 

 

 

 

Collateral Agent: 
   
  /s/ Kent Lindemuth
  KENT LINDEMUTH

 

[Signature Page to Security Agreement (Collateral Agent)]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 4(a)

 

NAME CHANGES/CHANGES IN

CORPORATE STRUCTURE

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 4(h)

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

(A) Copyrights

 

None.

 

(B) Copyright Licenses

 

None.

 

(C) Patents

 

None.

 

(D) Patent Licenses

 

None.

 

(E) Trademarks

 

None.

 

(F) Trademark Licenses

 

None.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF]

 

NOTICE

 

OF

 

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

IN

 

COPYRIGHTS

 

Pursuant to the Security Agreement dated as of July 11, 2025 (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), by and among the Obligors party thereto (each an “Obligor” and collectively, the “Obligors”) and [__], as Collateral Agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the secured parties referenced therein (the “Secured Parties”), the undersigned Obligor has granted a continuing security interest in the copyrights and copyright applications shown on Schedule 1 attached hereto (the “Copyrights”) to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and the undersigned hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in, any and all right, title and interest of such Obligor in and to the Copyrights.

 

The Obligors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby acknowledge and agree that the security interest in the Copyrights (i) may only be terminated in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement and (ii) is not to be construed as an assignment of any Copyright. In the event of a conflict between this Notice (defined below) and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.

 

THIS NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (this “Notice”) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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  [OBLIGOR]
     
  By:       
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Acknowledged and Accepted:  
     
[__],  
as Collateral Agent  
     
By:    
Name:    
Title:               

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1

Registered Copyrights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

[FORM OF]

 

NOTICE

 

OF

 

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

IN

 

PATENTS

 

Pursuant to the Security Agreement dated as of July 11, 2025 (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), by and among the Obligors party thereto (each an “Obligor” and collectively, the “Obligors”) and [__], as Collateral Agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the secured parties referenced therein (the “Secured Parties”), the undersigned Obligor has granted a continuing security interest in the patents, and patent applications shown on Schedule 1 attached hereto (the “Patents”) to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and the undersigned hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in, any and all right, title and interest of such Obligor in and to the Patents.

 

The Obligors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby acknowledge and agree that the security interest in the Patents (i) may only be terminated in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement and (ii) is not to be construed as an assignment of any Patent. In the event of a conflict between this Notice (defined below) and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.

 

THIS NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (this “Notice”) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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  [OBLIGOR]
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:       

 

Acknowledged and Accepted:  
     
[__],  
as Collateral Agent  
     
By:    
Name:    
Title:               

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1

Patents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

[FORM OF]

 

NOTICE

 

OF

 

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

IN

 

TRADEMARKS

 

Pursuant to the Security Agreement dated as of July 11, 2025 (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), by and among the Obligors party thereto (each an “Obligor” and collectively, the “Obligors”) and [__], as Collateral Agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the secured parties referenced therein (the “Secured Parties”), the undersigned Obligor has granted a continuing security interest in the trademarks and trademark applications shown on Schedule 1 attached hereto (the “Trademarks”) to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and the undersigned hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in, any and all right, title and interest of such Obligor in and to the Trademarks; provided that, in no event shall Trademarks include any “intent-to-use” trademark applications prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under applicable federal law.

 

The Obligors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby acknowledge and agree that the security interest in the Trademarks (i) may only be terminated in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement and (ii) is not to be construed as an assignment of any Trademark. In the event of a conflict between this Notice (defined below) and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.

 

THIS NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN TRADEMARKS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (this “Notice”) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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  [OBLIGOR]
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:       

 

Acknowledged and Accepted:  
     
[__],  
as Collateral Agent  
     
By:    
Name:    
Title:              

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1

Registered Trademarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

[FORM OF]

 

MORTGAGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

[FORM OF]

 

DEED OF TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 11, 2025, between Permex Petroleum Corporation, a company incorporated under the laws of British Columbia (the “Company”), and each of the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Senior Secured Convertible Debentures, each dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Debenture”).

 

The Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:

 

1.  Definitions.

 

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Debenture shall have the meanings given such terms in the Debenture As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such term is used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Shares” means the common shares, no par value in the capital of the Company.

 

Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 30th calendar day following the date that the Company files the Initial Registration Statement (the “Trigger Date”), (or in the event of a “full review” by the Commission, the 90th calendar day following the Trigger Date) and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the 30th calendar day following the date on which an additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder (or, in the event of a “full review” by the Commission, the 90th calendar day following the date such additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder); provided, however, that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above; provided, further, if such Effectiveness Date falls on a day that is not a Trading Day, then the Effectiveness Date shall be the next succeeding Trading Day.

 

 

 

 

Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Filing Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, 120 calendar days from the date of this Agreement, or with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities.

 

Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.

 

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Proceeding” means an action, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

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Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the Common Shares issued or issuable to the Purchasers pursuant to the conversion of the Debenture; (b) all Warrant Shares then issued and issuable to the Purchasers upon exercise of the Warrants (assuming on such date the Warrants are exercised in full without regard to any exercise limitations therein), (c) any additional Common Shares issued and issuable to the Purchasers in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Warrants (in each case, without giving effect to any limitations on exercise set forth in the Warrants) and (d) any securities issued or then issuable to the Purchasers upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder in accordance with such effective Registration Statement or (b) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (c) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (assuming that such securities were at no time held by any Affiliate of the Company, as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel to the Company).

 

Registration Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

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Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Security Holding Confirmation” means a request from the Company to the Purchaser, which request will not be sent more frequently than semi-annually following a warrant exercise, in which the Purchaser confirms whether or not they continue to be a Holder of Common Shares issued pursuant to an exercise of the Warrants.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Shares is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Canadian Securities Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transfer Agent” means TSX Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the Company and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Warrants” means share purchase warrants of the Company exercisable into one Common Share for a period of five years from the date of issuance at a price equal to $4.08.

 

Warrant Shares” means the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants.

 

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2.  Shelf Registration.

 

(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-1 (except if the Company is then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on Form S-3) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least 85% in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A and substantially the “Selling Stockholder” section attached hereto as Annex B; provided, however, that no Holder shall be required to be named as an “underwriter” without such Holder’s express prior written consent. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed under this Agreement (including, without limitation, under Section 3(c)) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of (i) the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144 or (ii) the date that all registerable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold without the volume or manner of sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders, or (iii) the date that is 30 days after the date that the Company requests a Security Holding Confirmation and has not received an affirmative response from at least one Holder or (iv) the date that is five years from the date of this agreement (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Trading Day. The Company shall contemporaneously notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall by 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Failure to so notify the Holder within one (1) Trading Day of such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(d).

 

(b) Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the staff of the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company shall promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the staff of the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the staff of the Commission, on Form S-1 (or Form S-3 if available) or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e), with respect to filing on Form S-1 or other appropriate form; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the staff of the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the staff of the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the staff of the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows:

 

a.First, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any securities to be included other than Registrable Securities;

 

b.Second, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that some Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Warrant Shares held by such Holders); and

 

c.Third, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by the Common Shares on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Common Shares held by such Holders).

 

In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least five (5) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by the staff of the Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.

 

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(d) If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files the Initial Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a) herein, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)) or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within ten Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review, or (iii) prior to the effective date of a Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the staff of the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within twenty calendar days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the staff of the Commission that such amendment is required in order for such Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (iv) a Registration Statement registering for resale all of the Registrable Securities is not declared effective by the Commission by the Effectiveness Date of the Initial Registration Statement, or (v) after the effective date of a Registration Statement, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of fifteen (15) calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clauses (i) and (iv), the date on which such Event occurs, and for the purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such ten Trading Day period is exceeded, and for purposes of clause (iii) the date which such twenty calendar day period is exceed, and for purposes of clause (v) the date on which such ten (10) or fifteen (15) calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded as applicable, being referred to as “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of 2.0% multiplied by the principal amount of the Debenture acquired by the Holder in the offering of securities of the Company to which this Agreement relates. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within ten (10) calendar days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 10% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Company be permitted to name any Holder or affiliate of a Holder as any underwriter without the prior written consent of such Holder.

 

3.  Registration Procedures.

 

In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

 

(a) Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which any Holder shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.

 

(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that, the Company shall excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

 

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(c) If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of Common Shares then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.

 

(d) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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 (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided, however, in no event shall any such notice contain any information which would constitute material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(e) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

 

(f) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.

 

(g) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).

 

(h) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that, the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(i) If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.

 

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(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an 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 under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(j) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(d), for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period.

 

(k) Otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder.

 

(l) Intentionally Omitted.

 

(m) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.

 

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4.  Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Shares is then listed for trading, and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 

5.  Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Shares), investment advisors and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(b). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holders in accordance with Section 6(e).

 

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(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder’s information provided in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or the proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a selling Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

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(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that, the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

 

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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that, the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

 

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

 

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.

 

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6.  Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(d).

 

(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of 51% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (for purposes of clarification, this includes any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security), provided that, if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Holder (or group of Holders), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Holder (or group of Holders) shall be required. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 6(c). No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

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(d) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Debenture.

 

(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder to transferees of Registrable Securities.

 

(f) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

(g) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

(h) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Debenture.

 

(i) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

 

(j) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

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(k) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

(l) Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Holders are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or transactions. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Holder, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Holder, solely, and not between the Company and the Holders collectively and not between and among Holders.

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Bradley Taillon
  Name: Bradley Taillon
  Title: CEO

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO rEGISTRATION rIGHTS aGREEMENT OF

PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION

 

Name of Holder: Kent Lindemuth

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: /s/ Kent Lindemuth

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: Kent Lindemuth

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: N/A

  

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]

 

 

 

 

Annex A

 

Plan of Distribution

 

Each Selling Stockholder (the “Selling Stockholders”) of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the principal Trading Market in the United States or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:

 

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

privately negotiated transactions;

 

settlement of short sales;

 

in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;

 

through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

a combination of any such methods of sale; or

 

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.

 

 

 

 

In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.

 

The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (iii) [DATE]1. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common shares for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the common shares by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

 

 

1Insert the date which is five years from the date of the Registration Rights Agreement

 

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Annex B

 

SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

 

The common shares being offered by the selling shareholders are those previously issued to the selling shareholders, and those issuable to the selling shareholders, upon exercise of the warrants. For additional information regarding the issuances of those common shares and warrants, see “Private Placement Common Shares and Warrants” above. We are registering the common shares in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the common shares and the warrants, the selling shareholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

 

The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the common shares by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of common shares beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of the common shares and warrants, as of ________, 2025, assuming exercise of the warrants held by the selling shareholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises.

 

The third column lists the common shares being offered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders.

 

In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling shareholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the sum of (i) the number of common shares issued to the selling shareholders in the [__________________], and (ii) the maximum number of common shares issuable upon exercise of the related warrants, determined as if the outstanding warrants were exercised in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, each as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in the registration right agreement, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the warrants. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Under the terms of the warrants, a selling shareholder may not exercise the warrants to the extent such exercise would cause such selling shareholder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of common shares which would exceed [4.99%] [/9.99%] of our then outstanding common shares following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination common shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants which have not been exercised . The number of shares in the second column does not reflect this limitation. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

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Name of Selling Shareholder  

Number of Common

Shares Owned Prior to

Offering

 

Maximum Number of

Common Shares to be

Sold Pursuant to this

Prospectus

 

Number of Common

Shares Owned After

Offering

             
             

 

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Annex C

 

PERMEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION

 

Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire

 

The undersigned beneficial owner of common shares (the “Registrable Securities”) of Permex Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Stockholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.

 

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The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1.Name.

 

(a)Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder

 

   
   

 

(b)Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:

 

   
   

 

(c)Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):

 

   

 

2. Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:

 

 
 
 
 
 
Telephone:
 
Fax:
 
 
Email:
 
Contact Person:
 

 

3. Broker-Dealer Status:

 

(a)Are you a broker-dealer?

 

                                                          Yes ☐               No ☐

 

(b)If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?

 

                                                         Yes ☐               No ☐

 

Note:If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

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(c)Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

                                                         Yes ☐               No ☐

 

(d)If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

                                                         Yes ☐               No ☐

 

Note:If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

4. Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the conversion of the Debenture or the exercise of the Warrants.

 

(a)Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder:

 

   
   

 

7

 

 

5. Relationships with the Company:

 

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

State any exceptions here:

 

   
   

 

The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any material inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective; provided, that the undersigned shall not be required to notify the Company of any changes to the number of securities held or owned by the undersigned or its affiliates.

 

By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

Date:   Beneficial Owner:
       
      By:  
    Name:  
      Title:  

 

PLEASE EMAIL A .PDF COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO:

 

  1) [    ], and
     
  2) [    ]

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Permex Petroleum Announces Closing of US$2,000,000 Private Placement of Convertible Debentures

 

VANCOUVER, BC, July 11, 2025 – Permex Petroleum Corporation (CSE: OIL) (FSE: 75P) (“Permex” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that, further to its press releases dated July 4, 2025, the Company has closed a private placement (the “Offering”) of convertible debenture units of the Company (the “Units”) for gross proceeds of US$2,000,000.

 

Pursuant to the Offering, the Company issued 2,000 Units to a single arm’s length subscriber, with each Unit consisting of one convertible debenture (a “Debenture”) in the principal amount of US$1,000 and 393 common share purchase warrants (each, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant is exercisable for a period of five years from the date of issuance for one common share of the Company (a “Share”) at an exercise price of US$2.54.

 

The Debentures will mature (the “Maturity Date”) one-year from the date of issuance. The Debentures bear simple interest at a rate of 10%, payable on the Maturity Date or the date on which all or any portion of the Debenture is repaid. Interest will be paid in cash or Shares based on a conversion price of US$2.54 (the “Conversion Price”), subject to the approval of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “Exchange”).

 

At any time during the term of the Debentures, a holder of Debentures may elect to convert the outstanding principal and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon into Shares at the Conversion Price. The Debentures will automatically convert into Shares, or if elected by the holder, cash, at the Conversion Price in the event the Company completes a financing of Shares for aggregate gross proceeds of at least US$7,500,000. Any conversion of the Debentures which would exceed certain dilution thresholds is subject to the appropriate approvals, including shareholder approval if required by the policies of the CSE.

 

The proceeds of the Offering are expected to be used for general working capital purposes. No finders’ fees were paid in connection with the Offering.

 

The Units offered in the Offering have been and will be offered only to persons who either qualify as an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or who are located outside of the United States and are not a “U.S. person” as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act. All securities issued pursuant to the Offering and underlying securities will be subject to a four-month hold period from the date of issuance pursuant to applicable Canadian securities laws, in addition to such other restrictions as may apply under the U.S. Securities Act and other applicable securities laws of jurisdictions outside of Canada.

 

None of the securities offered in the Offering have been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or under any U.S. state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or any applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in the United States or any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This news release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the U.S. Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

Early Warning Disclosure under Canadian Securities Laws

 

Pursuant to the Offering, Kent Lindemuth acquired 2,000 Units for aggregate consideration of US$2,000,000. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Lindemuth owned US$3,000,000 principal amount of Previous Debentures and 1,569,000 share purchase warrants, representing 75.24% of the issued and outstanding Shares on a partially-diluted basis assuming the exercise of Mr. Lindemuth’s Previous Debentures and warrants into Shares. Immediately following the acquisition of the Units in the Offering, Mr. Lindemuth now owns US$5,000,000 principal amount of Debentures and 2,355,000 Warrants, representing 81.71% of the issued and outstanding Shares on a partially-diluted basis assuming the exercise of Mr. Lindemuth’s Debentures and Warrants into Shares. The Units were acquired by Mr. Lindemuth for investment purposes. Mr. Lindemuth may acquire additional securities of the Company, including on the open market or through private acquisitions, or sell securities of the Company, including on the open market or through private dispositions, in the future depending on market conditions, reformulation of plans and/or other relevant factors.

 

This disclosure is issued pursuant to National Instrument 62-103 - The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues, which also requires an early warning report to be filed with the applicable securities regulators containing additional information with respect to the foregoing matters. A copy of the early warning reports will be filed by Mr. Lindemuth in accordance with applicable securities laws and will be available on the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

 

About Permex Petroleum Corporation

 

Permex Petroleum (CSE: OIL) (FSE: 75P) is a uniquely positioned junior oil & gas company with assets and operations across the Permian Basin of West Texas and the Delaware Sub-Basin of New Mexico. The Company focuses on combining its low-cost development of Held by Production assets for sustainable growth with its current and future Blue-Sky projects for scale growth. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Permex Petroleum US Corporation, is a licensed operator in both states, and owns and operates on private, state and federal land. For more information, please visit www.permexpetroleum.com.

 

Contact Information

 

Permex Petroleum Corporation

 

Brad Taillon

Chief Executive Officer

(713) 730-7797

 

Renmark Financial Communications USA Inc.

 

Henri Perron, CPIR: [email protected]

Tel.: (416) 644-2020 or (212)-812-7680

www.renmarkfinancial.com

 

 

 

 

Cautionary Disclaimer Statement:

 

Neither Canadian Securities Exchange, nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in their respective policies) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains both “forward-looking information” and “forward -looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws that is intended to be covered by the safe harbours created by those laws. “Forward-looking information” and “forward looking statements” each include statements that use forward-looking terminology such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “potential” or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking information and forward looking statements include, without limitation, the use of proceeds from the Offering and the filing of an early warning report.

 

Neither forward-looking information or forward-looking statements are a guarantee of future performance and are each based upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management at the date the statements are made, including without limitation, that: the subscriber under the Offering will file an early warning report; there will be no changes in the Company’s business plans; and that the Company will be able to use the proceeds from the Offering as anticipated. Furthermore, such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements involve a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual plans, intentions, activities, results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future plans, intentions, activities, results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements, including without limitation: the inability to use the proceeds from the Offering as expected; that the subscriber under the Offering may not file an early warning report; recent market volatility; and the state of the financial markets for the Company’s securities.

 

Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, forward-looking information or financial outlook that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. We seek safe harbor.