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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 21, 2012
 
Sagebrush Gold Ltd.
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
 
333-150462
 
26-0657736
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

1640 Terrace Way
Walnut Creek, California
 
94597
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (925) 930-0100
 
  
  (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:
 
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
Sale of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock
 
On February 21, 2011, Sagebrush Gold Ltd. (the “Company”) designated 1,000,000 shares of 9.0% Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”).  Each share of Series D Preferred Stock is convertible (together with accrued and unpaid dividends thereon) into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.40 per share, subject to equitable adjustments after such events as stock dividends, stock splits or fundamental corporate transactions, and subject to anti-dilution provisions. The holders of the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock do not have voting rights.  Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company’s business, each holder of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, for each share thereof a preferential amount in cash equal to $1.00.  All preferential amounts to be paid to the holders of Series D Preferred Stock in connection with such liquidation, dissolution or winding up shall be paid before the payment or distribution of any assets to the holders of (i) any other class or series of capital stock and (ii) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”).  The Certificate of Designation for the Series D Preferred Stock was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on February 21, 2012.
 
On February 23, 2012, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with two subscribers (the “Purchase Agreement”) and sold 1,000,000 shares of the Series D Preferred Stock and an aggregate of 8,750,000 warrants to acquire shares of  Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1,000,000 (the “Preferred Stock Purchase Price”). Frost Gamma Investment Trust (“FGIT”) purchased $600,000 of Series D Preferred Stock and received 600,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock and warrants (the “FGIT Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 5,250,000 shares of Common Stock. Michael Brauser (“Brauser”) purchased $400,000 of Series D Preferred Stock and received 400,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants (the “Brauser Warrants,” and together with the FGIT Warrants, the “Purchasers Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares of Common Stock.
 
All of the proceeds from the Preferred Stock Purchase Price was used to prepay (i) $800,000 of that certain senior secured convertible promissory note dated August 30, 2011 in the original principal amount of $6,400,000 (the “Platinum Note”) to Platinum Long Term Growth LLC (“Platinum”) and (ii) $200,000 of that certain senior secured convertible promissory note dated August 30, 2011 in the original principal amount of $1,600,000 (the “Lakewood Note,” and together with the Platinum Note, collectively the “Notes”) to Lakewood Group, LLC (“Lakewood,” and together with Platinum, each an “Assignor,” and collectively, the “Assignors”). The Assignors waived any prepayment penalty in connection with the application of the Preferred Stock Purchase Price as described above.
 
Assignment and Assumption and Note Modification Agreements
 
As previously reported on its Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2011,  pursuant to a letter agreement dated as of July 18, 2011, the Company and Gold Acquisition Corp. (collectively, the “Makers”) issued the Notes to the Assignors. Pursuant to a certain assignment and assumption agreement dated February 23, 2012, (the “Assignment and Assumption Agreement”), FGIT and Brauser ( Brauser and together with FGIT, collectively, the “Assignees”) acquired an aggregate of $4.0 million of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes from Assignors (the “Acquired Notes”).  After giving effect to the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the prepayment of the Notes with the Preferred Stock Purchase Price as described above, Platinum will retain $2,368,183.05 and Lakewood will retain $592,045.76 of the Original Notes (the “Remainder Notes,” and together with the Acquired Notes, the “New Notes”). The principal amount of Acquired Note issued to FGIT is $2,400,000.00 and the principal amount of the Acquired Note issued to Brauser is $1,600,000.
 
 
 

 
 
Pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Makers agreed not make any payment of principal or interest on the New Notes in amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts outstanding on the Acquired Notes or the Remainder Notes at any applicable time.    So long as any Remainder Note remains outstanding, the Makers also agreed not enter into any financing, exchange or other transaction of any nature with any Assignee or its affiliates unless each Assignor shall have been granted the right to participate in such financing, exchange or other transaction on the same terms offered to Assignees or their affiliates.   The Makers are required to deliver the New Notes to the applicable Assignor or Assignee within five (5) days after the execution and delivery date of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
 
On February 23, 2012, the Company entered into those certain Note Modification Agreements, (the “Note Modification Agreements”) with the Assignees and Assignors, respectively, to extend the Maturity Date (as defined in each of the New Notes) to February 23, 2014, the definition of Commencement Date (as defined in each of the New Notes) to February 23, 2013 and to eliminate the prepayment penalty at the Prepayment Price (as defined in Section 1.3 of the New Notes) other than in connection with an Event of Default in connection with a failure of the Company to fully honor any conversion request pursuant to Section 2.1(e) or Section 2.1(l) of the New Notes.
 
The Assignees entered into their Note Modification Agreement in consideration for their purchase of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock and the Purchasers Warrants pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Assignors entered into their Note Modification Agreement in exchange for (i) the issuance to Platinum of warrants (the “Platinum Warrants”)  to purchase an aggregate of 4,144,320  shares of Common Stock, (ii) the issuance to Lakewood of warrants (the “Lakewood Warrants” and, together with the Platinum Warrants and the Purchasers Warrants, collectively the “Warrants”)  to purchase an aggregate of 1,036,080 shares of Common Stock, (iii) the issuance of 1,600,000 shares of the Common Stock to Platinum  (the “Platinum Shares”), and (iv) the issuance of 400,000 shares of Common Stock  to Lakewood (the “Lakewood Shares,” and together with the Platinum Shares, collectively, the “Shares”). Any prepayment of any New Note shall require the consent of the holder of such New Note.
 
The Warrants may be exercised at any time, in whole or in part, at an exercise price of $0.40 per share.  The Warrants may be exercised until the fifth anniversary of their issuance.   The Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis at any time.
 
Item 3.02
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
 
See Item 1.01 above. Each party that will receive Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, a New Note, Warrants and/or Shares in connection with the transactions described above is an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) were offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) and Regulation D (Rule 506) under the Securities Act of 1933 and corresponding provisions of state securities laws.
 
 
 

 
 
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
On February 23, 2012, a majority of the Company’s outstanding voting capital stock have authorized by written consent, in lieu of a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders, that the Company effect a reverse stock split at a ratio not less than two-for-one and not greater than fifteen-for-one, with the exact ratio to be set and the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to be filed at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Item 8.01               Other Events.

On February 21, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the transactions described above.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The press release stated that “Each share of Series D preferred stock is exercisable at $0.40 per share, accrues a cumulative 9% dividend, and is convertible into 1 share of Sage Common Stock.” In actuality, as stated above, each share of Series D Preferred Stock is convertible (together with accrued and unpaid dividends thereon) into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.40 per share, subject to equitable adjustments after such events as stock dividends, stock splits or fundamental corporate transactions, and subject to anti-dilution provisions.
 
Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
(d) The following exhibits are filed with this report:
 
Exhibit
   
Number
 
  3.1
 
Description
 
Series D Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation
 
10.1
 
10.2
 
10.3
 
10.4
 
10.5
 
10.6
 
10.7
 
99.1
 
 
 
Stock Purchase Agreement
 
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
 
Form of Acquired Note
 
Form of Remainder Note
 
Assignor Note Modification Agreement
 
Assignee Note Modification Agreement
 
Form of Warrant
 
Press Release
 
 
 

 
 
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.
 
 
Date: February 24, 2012
 
 
Sagebrush Gold Ltd.
 
     
       
 
By:  
/S/David Rector
 
   
Name: David Rector
 
   
Title:   President
 
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
   
Number
 
  3.1
 
Description
 
Series D Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation
 
10.1
 
10.2
 
10.3
 
10.4
 
10.5
 
10.6
 
10.7
 
99.1
 
 
Stock Purchase Agreement
 
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
 
Form of Acquired Note
 
Form of Remainder Note
 
Assignor Note Modification Agreement
 
Assignee Note Modification Agreement
 
Form of Warrant
 
Press Release