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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 19 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

    

Authorized Shares of Common Stock:

 

On April 16, 2020, pursuant to the authorization and approval provided by the stockholders of the Company at the special meeting of stockholders held on April 16, 2020, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Nevada to increase its authorized shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, from 5 million shares to 25 million shares, which filing became effective on the same date.

 

On February 23, 2021, pursuant to the authorization and approval provided by the stockholders of the Company at the special meeting of stockholders held on February 23, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Nevada to increase its authorized shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, from 25 million shares to 250 million shares, which filing became effective on the same date.

 

On December 30, 2021, pursuant to the authorization and approval provided by the stockholders of the Company at the special meeting of stockholders held on December 30, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Nevada to increase its authorized shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, from 250 million shares to 1 billion shares, which filing became effective on the same date.

 

Consulting Agreements:

 

On February 15, 2020, the Company entered into a letter agreement (“Sylva Agreement”) with Sylva International LLC d/b/a SylvaCap Media (“SylvaCap”), pursuant to which SylvaCap agreed to act as the Company’s non-exclusive digital marketing service provider in consideration for an aggregate of 100,000 shares of restricted common stock (the “SylvaCap Shares”), which are fully-earned upon their issuance, and $50,000 per month during the term of the agreement, which was to end on June 15, 2020. On May 12, 2020, the Company entered into the first amendment to the Sylva Agreement. Pursuant to the amendment, the Company and SylvaCap extended the term of the letter agreement to October 19, 2020. The SylvaCap Shares were issued on May 15, 2020. 

 

On January 6, 2021, the Company entered into a letter agreement SylvaCap (the “2021 Sylva Agreement”), pursuant to which SylvaCap agreed to act as the Company’s non-exclusive digital marketing service provider in consideration for an aggregate of 275,000 shares of restricted common stock, which are fully-earned upon their issuance, and $50,000 per month during the term of the agreement, which was to end on December 31, 2021.On or about January 1, 2022, the Company and SylvaCap extended the term of the 2021 Sylva Agreement to June 30, 2022, and the Company agreed to issue SylvaCap an additional 150,000 shares of restricted common stock.  The monthly cash fee remained the same.

 

On or about January 11, 2021, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Agro Consulting, LLC (“Agro”) pursuant to which Agro agreed to provide services, including introductions to business development and acquisition opportunities, to the Company for a 4-month period ending May 11, 2021.  The Company agreed to pay Agro a consulting fee of $195,000, payable, at the Company’s option, in cash or shares of restricted common stock of the Company based on a share price equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on January 11, 2021.  The Company opted to pay $25,000 in cash and $170,000 in stock.  On or about February 25, 2021 the parties entered into an amending agreement to extend the term to November 15, 2021, in exchange for which the Company agreed to pay Agro a fee of $295,000, which the Company opted to pay $25,000 in cash and $270,000 in stock (based on the same stock price as per the original agreement).  On or about April 22, 2021 the parties entered into a second amending agreement to extend the term to March 15, 2022, in exchange for which the Company agreed to pay Agro a cash fee of $50,000 and issue to Agro 360,000 shares of restricted common stock.   On or about July 28, 2021 the parties entered into a third amending agreement to extend the term to August 31, 2022, in exchange for which the Company agreed to pay Agro a cash fee of $50,000 and issue to Agro 450,000 shares of restricted common stock.  

On or about April 22, 2021, the Company entered into a letter agreement with Regal Consulting LLC (“Regal”), pursuant to which Regal agreed to provide the Company with strategic consulting and business advisory services in consideration for warrants entitling Regal to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock (the “Regal Warrants”), and $20,000 per month during the term of the agreement, which was to end on October 22, 2021.  The Regal Warrants have a one-year term and an exercise price equal to closing price of the Company’s common stock on April 22, 2021.  On October 14, 2021, the Company entered into an amendment to the agreement to extend the term to April 22, 2022.   Pursuant to the amendment, the Company and SylvaCap extended the term of the letter agreement to October 19, 2020, and the Company agreed to issue Regal 5,000 shares of restricted common stock per month during the extended term.

 

Shares of Series A, Series B, Series E and Series F Convertible Preferred Stock:

 

The Company previously designated (a) 2,000 shares of preferred stock as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (November 2011); (b) 600,000 shares of preferred stock as Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (Amended and Restated on August 2016); (c) 50,000 shares of preferred stock as Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (July 2019); (d) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock as Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (July 2019); and (e) 16,750 shares of preferred stock as Series F Redeemable Preferred Stock (July 2019).

 

Effective May 15, 2020, due to the fact that no shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock or Series F Redeemable Preferred Stock were outstanding, the Board of Directors approved, and the Company filed, Certificate of Withdrawal of Certificate of Designations relating to such series of preferred stock with the Secretary of State of Nevada and terminated the designation of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Series F Redeemable Preferred Stock effective as of the same date. As a result, the only preferred stock which is currently designated by the Company is the Company’s Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Shares of Series C Preferred Stock:

 

Conversions of Series C Stock in 2020:

 

From April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, Discover converted 756 shares of Series C Preferred Stock into approximately 19,823,487 shares of common stock.

 

Sales of Series C Stock in 2020:

 

On and effective June 22, 2020, the Company and Discover entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “June 2020 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Discover purchased 630 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $6 million, at a 5% original issue discount to the $10,000 face value of such preferred stock (the “Face Value”). Pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, as long as Discover holds any shares of Series C Preferred Stock, the Company agreed that, except as contemplated in connection with the Merger, the Company would not issue or enter into or amend an agreement pursuant to which the Company may issue any shares of common stock, other than (a) for restricted securities with no registration rights, (b) in connection with a strategic acquisition, (c) in an underwritten public offering, or (d) at a fixed price. The Company also agreed that it would not issue or amend any debt or equity securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or including the right to receive, shares of common stock (i) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon or varies with, the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of common stock at any time after the initial issuance of the security or (ii) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of the security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the common stock.  

Additionally, provided that the Company has not materially breached the terms of the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, the Company may at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion, repurchase from Discover all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the agreement by paying to Discover 110% of the aggregate face value of all such shares.

 

The Company also agreed to provide Discover a right of first offer to match any offer for financing the Company receives from any person while the shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement are outstanding, except for debt financings not convertible into common stock, which are excluded from such right to match.

 

Finally, the Company agreed that if it issues any security with any term more favorable to the holder of such security or with a term in favor of the holder of such security that was not similarly provided to Discover, then the Company would notify Discover of such additional or more favorable term and such term, at Discover’s option, may become a part of the transaction documents with Discover.

 

The Company agreed pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement that if the Merger does not close by the required date approved by the parties thereto (as such may be extended from time to time), the Company is required, at Discover’s option, in its sole and absolute discretion, to immediately repurchase from Discover all then outstanding Series C Preferred Stock shares acquired by Discover pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, by paying to Discover 110% of the aggregate Face Value of all such shares (the “Repurchase Requirement”), which totals $6,930,000.

 

Finally, the Company agreed to include proposals relating to the approval of the June 2020 Purchase Agreement and the issuance of the shares of common stock upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, as well as an increase in authorized common stock to fulfill the Company’s obligations to issue such shares, at the meeting held to approve the Merger or a separate meeting in the event the Merger is terminated prior to shareholder approval, and to use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as soon as possible and in any event prior to December 31, 2020.

 

On June 22, 2020, the Company and Discover entered into an Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement (the “SPA Amendment”), pursuant to which Discover agreed to terminate the obligation set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement previously entered into between the Company and Discover on February 3, 2020, which contained a Repurchase Requirement substantially similar to the one contained in the June 2020 Purchase Agreement (as to the 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold to Discover on February 3, 2020), which would have required that the Company pay Discover an aggregate of $5,775,000 in connection with the redemption of the 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock the Company sold to Discover in the event the Merger was terminated.

 

 On December 11, 2020, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with Discover.  The transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement closed on December 11, 2020. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, as an accommodation to the Company, and in order to reduce the potential dilutive impact of the Series C Preferred Stock, by reducing the number of outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, the Investor exchanged 600 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, which had an aggregate face value of $6,000,000 (600 shares each with a face value of $10,000 per share), for a $6,000,000 secured Promissory.

 

Sales of Series C Stock in 2021:

 

On January 8, 2021, the Company issued, effective December 31, 2020, 1,890 shares of Series C Stock to EMC Capital Partners, LLC, and received 16,153,846 shares of Viking common stock as consideration.

 

                On or about July 9, 2021, Antilles Family Office, LLC purchased 1,575 shares of Series C Stock from the Company for $15 million.  

True-Up Issuances in 2021:

 

Between February 23, 2021 and June 17, 2021, the Company issued Discover 43,970,077 shares of common stock in connection with the shares of Series C Stock converted by Discover in 2020.  This “true-up” entitlement was a result of the price of the Company’s common stock being lower during the portion of the Measurement Period following the initial conversions than the low VWAP of the common stock during the portion of the Measurement Period prior to the initial conversions.

 

On September 1, 2021, the Company issued 10,360,076 shares of common stock to Discover in connection with a true-up notice from Discover.  The Company disputed the issuance but issued the shares on a without prejudice basis.  In October, 2021, as part of a forbearance arrangement entered into with Discover in connection with the Company not filing all reports required with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company acknowledged that all prior conversion notices issued by Discover were true and correct.

 

Conversions of Series C Stock in 2021:

 

From June 18, 2021 through December 31, 2021, Discover converted 1,575 shares of Series C Preferred Stock into approximately 174,218,536 shares of common stock.

 

From September 14, 2021 through December 31, 2021, EMC converted 97 shares of Series C Preferred Stock into approximately 12,443,320 shares of common stock.

 

Redemptions of Series C Stock in 2022:

 

On or about January 3, 2022, the Company purchased for cancellation 1,664 shares of Series C Stock held by EMC Capital Partners, LLC for a redemption price of $18,850,000.  

 

True-Up Issuances in 2022:

 

Between January 18, 2022 and February 22, 2022, the Company issued Discover 38,185,136 shares of common stock in connection with the shares of Series C Stock converted by Discover in 2021.  This “true-up” entitlement was a result of the price of the Company’s common stock being lower during the portion of the Measurement Period following the initial conversions than the low VWAP of the common stock during the portion of the Measurement Period prior to the initial conversions

 

Conversions of Series C Stock in 2022:

 

On or about January 4, 2022, EMC converted 129 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, entitling EMC to receive 16,548,332 shares of common stock, of which 2,052,507 shares of common stock were issued to EMC and the balance of 14,495,825 were issued on May 16, 2022. 

 

From February 23, 2022 through March 7, 2022, Discover converted 488 shares of Series C Preferred Stock into approximately 62,601,441 shares of common stock.  On May 16, 2022, Discover converted their remaining 30 shares of Series C Preferred Stock into 3,848,450 shares of common stock.

 

On May 16, 2022, Antilles converted 400 shares of Series C Preferred Stock into approximately 35,834,791 shares of common stock.

 

Outstanding Series C Stock

 

As of May 16, 2022, Discover no longer holds any Series C Preferred Stock and Antilles holds 1,175 shares of Series C Preferred Stock.  Based on applicable conversion metrics and entitlements set out in the COD, the Company estimates the number of common shares issuable to Antilles on the conversion of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be as follows:   

Common Shares Potentially Issuable to Antilles:

 

Antilles Family Office - Est. Common Share Calc.

 

 

 

Conversion Price for Preferred Stock

 

 

3.25

 

Camber Common Share Price

 

 

0.4503

 

Price for Calculating Conversion Premium (i.e. 85% of VWAP less $0.10)

 

$ 0.2828

 

Series C Pref Shares

 

 

1,175

 

Face value per share

 

$ 10,000

 

Total value

 

$ 11,750,000

 

Annual Conversion Premium

 

 

4,106,625

 

Total conversion Premium (7 years guaranteed)

 

$ 28,746,375

 

Underlying common shares for Face Value Portion

 

 

3,315,385

 

Underlying common shares for Conversion Premium

 

 

101,649,134

 

Total  Potential Shares

 

 

104,394,519

 

Less: Converted

 

 

 

 

Balance

 

 

104,394,519

 

 

Dealings with Viking Energy Group, Inc.

 

Amendments to and Termination of 2020 Merger Agreement:

 

On May 27, 2020, Viking and Camber entered into the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “First Amendment”) to amend the Merger Agreement to (i) modify the Camber Percentage (as defined below) adjustment mechanism to cap the aggregate Camber Percentage Increase (as defined below) or Camber Percentage Decrease (as defined below) at 5%; (ii) modify the events resulting in such adjustments; (iii) correct a prior error with such calculation which discussed Camber being required to have $4 million in cash at closing; and (iv) agree that neither party will raise capital from the other party’s existing shareholders without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

On June 15, 2020, Viking and the Company entered into a Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Second Amendment”) to amend the Merger Agreement to extend the date after which the Merger Agreement can be cancelled by either the Company or Viking, if not completed thereby, from June 30, 2020 to September 30, 2020.

 

On and effective June 22, 2020, the Company and Discover entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “June 2020 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Discover purchased 630 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $6 million, at a 5% original issue discount to the $10,000 face value of such preferred stock (the “Face Value”). Pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, as long as Discover holds any shares of Series C Preferred Stock, the Company agreed that, except as contemplated in connection with the Merger, the Company would not issue or enter into or amend an agreement pursuant to which the Company may issue any shares of common stock, other than (a) for restricted securities with no registration rights, (b) in connection with a strategic acquisition, (c) in an underwritten public offering, or (d) at a fixed price. The Company also agreed that it would not issue or amend any debt or equity securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or including the right to receive, shares of common stock (i) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon or varies with, the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of common stock at any time after the initial issuance of the security or (ii) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of the security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the common stock.   

Additionally, provided that the Company has not materially breached the terms of the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, the Company may at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion, repurchase from Discover all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the agreement by paying to Discover 110% of the aggregate face value of all such shares.

 

The Company also agreed to provide Discover a right of first offer to match any offer for financing the Company receives from any person while the shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement are outstanding, except for debt financings not convertible into common stock, which are excluded from such right to match.

 

Finally, the Company agreed that if it issues any security with any term more favorable to the holder of such security or with a term in favor of the holder of such security that was not similarly provided to Discover, then the Company would notify Discover of such additional or more favorable term and such term, at Discover’s option, may become a part of the transaction documents with Discover.

 

The Company agreed pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement that if the Merger does not close by the required date approved by the parties thereto (as such may be extended from time to time), the Company is required, at Discover’s option, in its sole and absolute discretion, to immediately repurchase from Discover all then outstanding Series C Preferred Stock shares acquired by Discover pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, by paying to Discover 110% of the aggregate Face Value of all such shares (the “Repurchase Requirement”), which totals $6,930,000.

 

Finally, the Company agreed to include proposals relating to the approval of the June 2020 Purchase Agreement and the issuance of the shares of common stock upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the June 2020 Purchase Agreement, as well as an increase in authorized common stock to fulfill the Company’s obligations to issue such shares, at the meeting held to approve the Merger or a separate meeting in the event the Merger is terminated prior to shareholder approval, and to use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as soon as possible and in any event prior to December 31, 2020.

 

On June 22, 2020, the Company and Discover entered into an Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement (the “SPA Amendment”), pursuant to which Discover agreed to terminate the obligation set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement previously entered into between the Company and Discover on February 3, 2020, which contained a Repurchase Requirement substantially similar to the one contained in the June 2020 Purchase Agreement (as to the 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold to Discover on February 3, 2020), which would have required that the Company pay Discover an aggregate of $5,775,000 in connection with the redemption of the 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock the Company sold to Discover in the event the Merger was terminated.

 

On June 25, 2020, the Company and Viking entered into a Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, which (i) provided for the entry into the June 2020 SPA (defined below)

 

On June 25, 2020, the Company loaned Viking an additional $4.2 million, pursuant to the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement, which was entered into on the same date (the “June 2020 SPA”). The $4.2 million loan was evidenced by a 10.5% Secured Promissory Note (the “June 2020 Secured Note” and together with the February 2020 Secured Note, the “Secured Notes”), the repayment of which was secured by the terms of a Security and Pledge Agreement. The June 2020 Secured Note has substantially similar terms as the February 3, 2020 10.5% Secured Note discussed under “Note 6 – Plan of Merger and Investment in Unconsolidated Entity“, and substantially similar security obligations of Viking in connection therewith.   

As additional consideration for the Company making the loan to Viking, Viking assigned the Company an additional 5% of Elysium pursuant to the terms of an Assignment of Membership Interests dated June 25, 2020, which brings the Company’s current total ownership of Elysium up to 30%.

 

December 23, 2020 Transaction:

 

On December 23, 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Viking, pursuant to which Camber acquired (“Camber’s Acquisition”) 26,274,510 shares of Viking common stock (“Camber’s Viking Shares”), which constituted 51% of the total outstanding common stock of Viking, in consideration of (i) Camber’s payment of $10,900,000 to Viking (the “Cash Purchase Price”), and (ii) cancellation of $9,200,000 in promissory notes issued by Viking to Camber (“Camber’s Viking Notes”). Pursuant to the purchase agreement, Viking is obligated to issue additional shares of Viking common stock to Camber to ensure that Camber shall own at least 51% of the common stock of Viking through July 1, 2022.

 

In connection with Camber’s Acquisition, the Company and Viking terminated their previous merger agreement, dated August 31, 2020, as amended, and the Company assigned its membership interests in one of Viking’s subsidiaries, Elysium Energy Holdings, LLC, to Viking. Also in connection with Camber’s Acquisition, effective December 23, 2020, the Company (i) borrowed $12,000,000 from an institutional investor; (ii) issued the investor a promissory note in the principal amount of $12,000,000, accruing interest at the rate of 10% per annum and maturing December 11, 2022 (the “Camber Investor Note”); (iii) granted the Investor a first-priority security interest in Camber’s Viking Shares and Camber’s other assets pursuant to a pledge agreement and a general security agreement, respectively; and (iv) entered into an amendment to the Company’s $6,000,000 promissory note previously issued to the investor dated December 11, 2020 (the “Additional Camber Investor Note”), amending the acceleration provision of the note to provide that the note repayment obligations would not accelerate if the Company increased its authorized capital stock by March 11, 2021 (and the Company increased its authorized capital stock in February 2021 as required). In order to close Camber’s Acquisition, effective December 23, 2020, Viking entered into a Guaranty Agreement, guaranteeing repayment of the Camber Investor Note and the Additional Camber Investor Note.

 

On December 23, 2020, the Camber Investor Note was funded, and the Company and Viking closed Camber’s Acquisition, with the Company paying the Cash Purchase Price to Viking and cancelling Camber’s Viking Notes, as additional consideration. In exchange, Viking issued 26,274,510 shares of its common stock to Camber, representing 51% of Viking’s total outstanding common shares, the Viking Shares. At the closing, James Doris and Frank Barker, Jr., Viking’s CEO and CFO, were appointed the CEO and CFO of Camber, and Mr. Doris was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of Camber.

 

Extinguishment of $18.9 million Promissory Note:

 

On January 8, 2021, the Company entered into another purchase agreement with Viking pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire an additional 16,153,846 shares of Viking common stock (the “Shares”) in consideration of (i) the Company issuing 1,890 shares of Camber’s Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock to EMC Capital Partners, LLC (“EMC”), one of the Viking’s lenders which held a secured promissory note issued by Viking to EMC in the original principal amount of $20,869,218 in connection with the purchase of oil and gas assets on or about February 3, 2020 (the “EMC Note”); and (ii) EMC considering the EMC Note paid in full and cancelled pursuant to the Cancellation Agreement described below.

 

Simultaneously, on January 8, 2021, Viking entered into a Cancellation Agreement with EMC (the “Cancellation Agreement”) pursuant to which Viking agreed to pay $325,000 to EMC, and EMC agreed to cancel and terminate in the EMC Note and all other liabilities, claims, amounts owing and other obligations under the Note. At the same time, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with EMC pursuant to which (i) the Company agreed to issue 1,890 shares of Camber’s Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock to EMC, and (ii) EMC agreed to enter into the Cancellation Agreement with Viking to cancel the EMC Note.   

February 2021 Merger Agreement with Viking:

 

On February 15, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Viking. The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, a newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Camber (“Merger Sub”) will merge with and into Viking (the “Merger”), with Viking surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share: (i) of common stock, of Viking (the “Viking Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than shares owned by Camber, Viking and Merger Sub, will be converted into the right to receive one share of common stock of the Company; and (ii) of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of Viking (the “Viking Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into the right to receive one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company (the “Camber Series A Preferred Stock”). Each share of Camber Series A Preferred Stock will convert into 890 shares of common stock of Camber (subject to a beneficial ownership limitation preventing conversion into Camber common stock if the holder would be deemed to beneficially own more than 9.99% of the Company’s common stock), will be treated equally with the Company’s common stock with respect to dividends and liquidation, and will only have voting rights with respect to voting: (a) on a proposal to increase or reduce the Company’s share capital; (b) on a resolution to approve the terms of a buy-back agreement; (c) on a proposal to wind up Camber; (d) on a proposal for the disposal of all or substantially all of Camber’s property, business and undertaking; (f) during the winding-up of Camber; and/or (g) with respect to a proposed merger or consolidation in which Camber is a party or a subsidiary of Camber is a party. Holders of Viking Common Stock and Viking Preferred Stock will have any fractional shares of Camber common stock or preferred stock after the Merger rounded up to the nearest whole share.

 

At the Effective Time, each outstanding Viking equity award, will be converted into the right to receive the merger consideration in respect of each share of Viking Common Stock underlying such equity award and, in the case of Viking stock options, be converted into vested Camber stock options based on the merger exchange ratio calculated as provided above (the “Exchange Ratio”).

 

The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that effective as of the Effective Time, James A. Doris, the current Chief Executive Officer of both the Company and Viking, shall continue to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer following the Effective Time. The Merger Agreement provides that, as of the Effective Time, the Combined Company will have its headquarters in Houston, Texas.

 

The Merger Agreement also provides that, during the period from the date of the Merger Agreement until the Effective Time, each of Viking and the Company will be subject to certain restrictions on its ability to solicit alternative acquisition proposals from third parties, to provide non-public information to third parties and to engage in discussions with third parties regarding alternative acquisition proposals, subject to customary exceptions. Viking is required to hold a meeting of its stockholders to vote upon the adoption of the Merger Agreement and, subject to certain exceptions, to recommend that its stockholders vote to adopt the Merger Agreement. The Company is required to hold a meeting of its stockholders to approve the issuance of Viking Common Stock and Viking Preferred Stock in connection with the Merger (the “Merger Share Issuances”).

 

The completion of the Merger is subject to customary conditions, including (i) adoption of the Merger Agreement by the Company’s stockholders and approval of the Merger Share Issuances by the Company’s stockholders, (ii) receipt of required regulatory approvals, (iii) effectiveness of a registration statement on Form S-4 for the Company’s common stock to be issued in the Merger (the “Form S-4”), and (iv) the absence of any law, order, injunction, decree or other legal restraint preventing the completion of the Merger or making the completion of the Merger illegal. Each party’s obligation to complete the Merger is also subject to certain additional customary conditions, including (i) subject to certain exceptions, the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party, (ii) subject to certain exceptions, performance by the other party of its obligations under the Merger Agreement, and (iii) the absence of any material adverse effect on the other party, as defined in the Merger Agreement.

 

Additional closing conditions to the Merger include that in the event the NYSE American determines that the Merger constitutes, or will constitute, a “back-door listing” or “reverse merger”, the Company (and its common stock) would be required to qualify for initial listing on the NYSE American, pursuant to the applicable guidance and requirements of the NYSE as of the Effective Time.    

The Merger Agreement can be terminated (i) at any time with the mutual consent of the parties; (ii) by either the Company or Viking if any governmental consent or approval required for closing is not obtained, or any governmental entity issues a final non-appealable order or similar decree preventing the Merger; (iii) by either Company or Viking if the Merger shall not have been consummated on or before August 1, 2021; (iv) by the Company or Viking, upon the breach by the other of a term of the Merger, which is not cured within 30 days of the date of written notice thereof by the other; (v) by Company or Viking is unable to obtain the affirmative vote of its stockholders for approval of the Merger; (vi) by Viking if Company is unable to obtain the affirmative vote of its stockholders required pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement; and (vii) by Company or Viking if there is a willful breach of the Merger Agreement by the other party thereto.

 

The Merger Agreement contains customary indemnification obligations of the parties and representations and warranties.

 

As of the date hereof, neither Viking nor Camber has advised of its intention to terminate the Merger Agreement.

 

July, 2021 Transaction

 

On July 29, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Viking to acquire an additional 27,500,000 shares of Viking common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $11,000,000.  The proceeds from the transaction were used by Viking to (i) acquire an approximate 60.5% interest Simson-Maxwell, Ltd, a Canadian company engaged in the manufacture and supply of industrial engines, power generation products, services and custom energy solutions; (ii) acquire a license of a patented carbon-capture system for exclusive use in Canada and for a specified number of locations in the United States; and (iii) for general working capital purposes.

 

December 2021 Financing Transactions

 

$1,000,000 Loan:

 

On or about December 9, 2021, the Company received $1,000,000 from Discover and in connection therewith executed and delivered the following in favor of Discover: (i) a promissory note dated on or about December 8, 2021 in the principal amount of $1,052,631.58, representing a 5% original issue discount (the “Investor Note”), accruing interest at the rate of 10% per annum and maturing March 8, 2022; (ii) a Security Agreement-Pledge granting the Investor a first-priority security interest in Camber’s common shares of Viking Energy Group, Inc.; and (iii) a general security agreement granting the Investor a first-priority security interest in Camber’s other assets. Discover may convert amounts owing under the Investor Note into shares of common stock of Camber at a fixed price of $1.25 per share, subject to beneficial ownership limitations. The Investor Note was paid in full by the Company on January 4, 2022.

 

$25,000,000 Loan:

 

On December 31, 2021, Discover loaned the Company $25,000,000 pursuant to a loan agreement dated on or about December 24, 2021 (the “Loan”).  Features of the Loan include: (i) a maturity date of January 1, 2027; (ii) an interest rate equal to the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate, and payable at maturity: (iii) an original issue discount equal to 5%; and (iv) a conversion feature entitling the Investor to convert all or part of the principal amount of the Loan into shares of common stock of the Company at a price equal to $1.50 per share, subject to a 9.99% beneficial ownership limitation.  The Loan is secured by a first-priority security interest in the Company’s assets, including a pledge of the shares of common stock owned by the Company in Viking.  The Loan is also supported by a Guaranty from Viking.

 

The Company also executed a Warrant Agreement in favor of Discover entitling Discover to purchase up to 50,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of ten dollars ($10.00) per share for the first 25,000,000 shares, and twenty dollars ($20.00) per share for the remaining 25,000,000 shares. The Warrant Agreement will have a term of five years.

 

Amendments to Promissory Notes:

 

Effective December 24 2021, Camber and Discover executed amendments to previously issued Promissory Notes by the Company in favor of Discover, pursuant to which:

 

(i)

the Maturity Date of each of the Promissory Notes was extended from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2027;

 

 

 

 

(ii)

the conversion price was increased from $1.25 to $1.50 per share of common stock; and

 

 

 

 

(iii)

the interest rate was decreased from 10% per annum to the WSJ Prime Rate.

 

Sale of Series G Preferred Stock:

 

On December 30, 2021, Antilles Family Office, LLC (“Antilles”)agreed to purchase from the Company 10,544 shares of newly designated Series G redeemable convertible preferred stock (the “Series G Preferred Stock”), having a face value of $10,000 per share, for an aggregate price of $100,000,000 (the “Purchase Price”), representing at a 5% original issue discount.  The Purchase Price was paid by Antilles via payment of $5,000,000 in cash on December 31, 2021, and the execution and delivery of four Promissory Notes (each a “Note” and collectively, the “Notes”) from Antilles in favor of Company, each in the amount of $23,750,000 and payable by Antilles to the Company on March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022, September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2022, respectively.There are 2,636 shares of Series G Preferred Stock associated with each Note, and Antilles may not convert the shares of preferred stock associated with each Note into shares of common stock or sell any of the underlying shares of common stock (the “Conversion Shares”) unless that Note is paid in full by Antilles.  The Company may in its sole discretion redeem the 2,636 shares of Series G Preferred Stock associated with each Note by paying Antilles $1,375,000 as full consideration for such redemption. Also, Antilles may offset the then outstanding balance of each Note against the 2,636 shares of Series G Preferred Stock associated with that Note by electing to cancel the 2,636 shares as full consideration for cancellation of the Note in the event of a breach or default of any of the transaction documents by the Company.

 

On December 31, 2021, the Company also executed and delivered a Warrant Agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) in favor of Antilles entitling Antilles to purchase up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price of $2.00 per share for the first 50,000,000 shares and an exercise price of $4.00 per share for the remaining 50,000,000 shares. The Warrant Agreement has a term of five years.

 

The Company agreed to use its best efforts to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as promptly as practicable, and in any event within 30 days after the date on which the Company files all reports required to be filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 registering the delayed and continuous resale of all Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, subject to any limitations imposed by applicable securities laws as to the number of Conversion Shares and/or Warrant Shares that are eligible for registration, and to use best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Act as promptly as practicable and in any event within 60 days after filing. No Registration Statement will be declared effective unless the Investor pays for the particular tranche of shares of Series G Preferred Stock in full.

 

Partial Redemption of Series G Preferred Stock

 

On March 10, 2022, the Company paid Antilles $1,375,000 and redeemed the 2,636 shares of Series G Preferred Stock associated with the Note due March 31, 2022, thereby canceling such Note and reducing the number of shares of Series G Preferred Stock outstanding from 10,544 to 7,908. As mentioned above, Antilles may not convert any of the remaining shares of preferred stock associated with any remaining Note into shares of common stock or sell any of the underlying shares of common stock unless that Note is paid in full by Antilles, and the Company may redeem the shares of Series G Preferred Stock associated with each Note by paying Antilles $1,375,000 as full consideration for such redemption.

 

Terms of Series G Stock

 

The rights, entitlements and other characteristics of the Series G Preferred Stock are set out in the Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Powers, Rights and Limitations of Series G Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock filed by the Company with the State of Nevada on December 30, 2021 (the “COD”).

 

Pursuant to the COD, the Series G Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of common stock at any time at the option of the holder at a price per share of common stock equal to one cent above the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the issuance of such shares of Series G Preferred Stock, or as otherwise specified in the Stock Purchase Agreement, subject to adjustment as otherwise provided in the COD. Upon conversion, the Company will pay the holders of the Series G Preferred Stock being converted a conversion premium equal to the amount of dividends that such shares would have otherwise earned if they had been held through the maturity date.  

The Series G Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, rank: (a) senior to the Company’s common stock; (b) junior to the Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, (c) senior to the Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Series F Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, as such may be designated as of the date of this Designation, or which may be designated by the Company after the date of this Designation; (d) senior, pari passu or junior with respect to any other series of Preferred Stock, as set forth in the Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Powers, Rights and Limitations with respect to such Preferred Stock; and (d) junior to all existing and future indebtedness of the Company.

 

Except as prohibited by applicable law or as set forth herein, the holders of shares of Series G Preferred Stock will have the right to vote together with holders of common stock and Series C Preferred on all matters other than: (i) the election of directors; (ii) and any shareholder proposals, including proposals initiated by any holder of shares of Series G Preferred Stock), in each instance on an as-converted basis, subject to the beneficial ownership limitation in the COD even if there are insufficient shares of authorized common stock to fully convert the shares of Series G Preferred Stock into common stock.

 

Commencing on the date of the issuance of any such shares of Series G Preferred Stock, each outstanding share of Series G Preferred Stock will accrue cumulative dividends at a rate equal to 10.0% per annum, subject to adjustment as provided in the COD, of the Face Value. Dividends will be payable with respect to any shares of Series G Preferred Stock upon any of the following: (a) upon redemption of such shares in accordance with the COD; (b) upon conversion of such shares in accordance with the COD; and (c) when, as and if otherwise declared by the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

Dividends, as well as any applicable Conversion Premium payable hereunder, will be paid in shares of common stock valued at (i) if there is no Material Adverse Change (“MAC”) as at the date of payment or issuance of common shares for the Conversion Premium, as applicable, (A) 95.0% of the average of the 5 lowest individual daily volume weighted average prices of the common stock on the Trading Market during the applicable Measurement Period, which may be non-consecutive, less $0.05 per share of common stock, not to exceed (B) 100% of the lowest sales price on the last day of such Measurement Period less $0.05 per share of common stock, or (ii) during the time that any MAC is ongoing, (A) 85.0% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price during any Measurement Period for any conversion by Holder, less $0.10 per share of common stock, not to exceed (B) 85.0% of the lowest sales price on the last day of any Measurement Period, less $0.10 per share of common stock.

 

On the Dividend Maturity Date, the Corporation may redeem any or all shares of Series G Preferred Stock by paying Holder, in registered or unregistered shares of common stock valued at an amount per share equal to 100% of the Liquidation Value for the shares redeemed, and the Corporation will use its best efforts to register such shares.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

On October 29, 2021, a Class Action Complaint (i.e. C.A.No.4:21-cv-03574) was filed against the Company, its CEO and CFO by Ronald E. Coggins, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Camber Energy, Inc., et al.; in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, pursuant to which the Plaintiffs are seeking to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by them as a result of the defendants’ violations of federal securities laws.  The defendants deny the allegations contained in the Class Action Complaint, and have engaged Baker Botts L.L.P. to defend the action.

 

On or about April 18, 2022, the Company was made aware of a Shareholder Derivative Complaint filed with the District Court in Clark County, Nevada (Case No.: A-22-848486-B) against the Company and its directors.  The allegations contained in the Complaint are similar to those in the above-noted Class Action Complaint.  The defendants deny the allegations contained in the Class Action Complaint, and have engaged Baker Botts L.L.P. to defend the action. 

 

Effective as of April 18, 2022, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Discover and Antilles (collectively the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to settle claims asserted by the Investors in the Verified Complaint filed by the Investors against the Company in the United States District Court (the “Court”) for the Southern District of Texas (Case No. 4:22-cv-755) on or about March 9, 2022, which complaint alleged that the Company breached its Stock Purchase Agreements with the Investors, pursuant to which the Investors had purchased shares of Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Series G Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company (collectively the “Preferred Stock”), by failing to timely file all reports required to be filed by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

Conditioned upon the Court approving the Settlement Agreement, the Company and its transfer agent are required to issue “free-trading” shares of Company common stock to the Investors without restrictive legend pursuant to the conversion terms in the Certificates of the Designation governing the Preferred Stock. The Investors and the Company are required to jointly request a stipulated order (a) finding that (i) under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) that the exchange of Preferred Stock for shares of Company common stock provided for in the Settlement Agreement is fair, (ii) the shares of Company common stock issued upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock previously purchased by the Investors are not required to be registered under the Securities Act, and (iii) the Investors are not required to register as dealers pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act; (b) requiring 500,000,000 shares of Company common stock to be reserved for issuance on conversion of all shares Preferred Stock currently held by the Investors, or which the Investors are entitled to acquire under their purchase agreements; and (c) requiring the immediate issuance of free-trading shares of Company common stock on delivery of a conversion request regarding shares of Preferred Stock. On April 18, 2022, the parties submitted that stipulated order to the Court for approval. No payments are due to the Investors pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, and the number of shares of common stock to be issued to the Investors upon conversion of the Preferred Stock will be calculated pursuant to the terms of the applicable Certificate of Designation, the terms of which have not been modified by the Settlement Agreement. On or about May 12, 2022, the Court approved the Settlement Agreement.

 

The Stock Purchase Agreements between the Investors and the Company remain in full force and effect, as do the Promissory Notes executed and delivered by Antilles Family Office, LLC (“Antilles”) in favor of the Company (the “Antilles Notes”). Among other things, (i) Antilles shall not be entitled to sell or convert any Series G Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock unless Antilles has paid all amounts owing under the Antilles Notes, and (ii) the Company is still entitled to redeem the remaining Series G Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreements and/or Antilles Notes.