UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q


 

☒    QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2017September 30, 2018

 

☐    TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission File Number: 001-32508

 

CAMBER ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada20-2660243
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer 

Identification No.) 

 

4040 Broadway,1415 Louisiana, Suite 425, San Antonio,3500, Houston, Texas 78209

77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(713)-528-1881

(210) 998-4035

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging growth ☐ 

  

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. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐  No ☒

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Title of each class Number of Shares
 
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 93,160,904123,967,648 (as of February 9,November 13, 2018) which number does not include 1,600,000 shares which the Registrant is in the process of cancelling as described in greater detail below under Part II, Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAMBER ENERGY, INC.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
PART I.FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
PART I.FINANCIAL INFORMATION31
   
ITEM 1.Financial Statements31
   
 Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2017 (Unaudited)September 30, 2018 and March 31, 20172018 (Unaudited)31
   
 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and NineSix Months Ended December 31,September 30, 2018 and 2017 (Unaudited)2
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 20162017 (Unaudited)3
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)4
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited)5
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)6
ITEM 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2128
   
ITEM 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk2937
   
ITEM 4.Controls and Procedures3038
   
PART II.OTHER INFORMATION3139
   
ITEM 1.Legal Proceedings3139
   
ITEM 1A.Risk Factors3139
   
ITEM 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds3342
ITEM 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities45
ITEM 4.Mine Safety Disclosures45
ITEM 5.Other Information45
ITEM 6.Exhibits45
SIGNATURES46
   
ITEM 3.EXHIBIT INDEXDefaults Upon Senior Securities35
 
ITEM 4.Mine Safety Disclosures35
ITEM 5.Other Information35
ITEM 6.Exhibits35
SIGNATURES36
EXHIBIT INDEX3747

 

 


PART 1. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

CAMBER ENERGY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

  December 31,  March 31, 
  2017  2017 
ASSETS
Current Assets        
Cash $947,242  $705,234 
Restricted Cash  369,322   1,684,527 
Accounts Receivable  1,429,571   1,218,251 
Inventories     202,677 
Other Current Assets  447,321   119,995 
Total Current Assets  3,193,456   3,930,684 
         
Property and Equipment        
Oil and Gas Properties - Subject to Amortization  60,077,450   73,791,362 
Oil and Gas Properties - Not Subject to Amortization  23,267,973   28,947,400 
Other Property and Equipment  1,570   441,201 
Total Property and Equipment  83,346,993   103,179,963 
Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment  (68,492,131)  (67,398,804)
Total Property and Equipment, Net  14,854,862   35,781,159 
Other Assets  137,953   146,369 
Total Assets $18,186,271  $39,858,212 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT        
Current Liabilities        
Accounts Payable $3,418,819  $3,094,131 
Common Stock Payable  230,960   59,471 
Accrued Expenses  1,156,061   778,736 
Notes Payable, Net of Discount     1,229,021 
Current Portion of Long-Term Notes Payable, Net of Discount  35,958,029   43,052,628 
Total Current Liabilities  40,763,869   48,213,987 
         
Long-term Notes Payable, Net of Discount  223,253   145,695 
Asset Retirement Obligations  812,942   2,045,847 
Derivative Liability  743   21,662 
Total Liabilities  41,800,807   50,427,191 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
         
Stockholders’ Deficit        
Preferred Stock Series A, 2,000 Shares Authorized of $0.001 Par, -0- Shares Issued and Outstanding      
Preferred Stock Series B, 600,000 Shares Authorized of $0.001 Par, 408,508 and 552,000 Shares Issued and Outstanding, respectively  409   552 
Preferred Stock Series C, 500,000 Shares Authorized of $0.001 Par, 817 and 404 Shares Issued and Outstanding, respectively  1   1 
Common Stock, 500,000,000 Shares Authorized of $0.001 Par, 77,300,904 and 27,115,868 Shares Issued and Outstanding, respectively  77,301   27,116 
Additional Paid-in Capital  138,994,171   134,894,736 
Stock Dividends Distributable  1,795,519   598,650 
Accumulated Deficit  (164,481,937)  (146,090,034)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit  (23,614,536)  (10,568,979)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit $18,186,271  $39,858,212 

  September 30, March 31,
  2018 2018
ASSETS
Current Assets        
Cash $5,331,578  $760,317 
Restricted Cash  —     26,834 
Accounts Receivable  51,643   646,891 
Other Current Assets  119,570   228,733 
Total Current Assets  5,502,791   1,664,775 
         
Property and Equipment        
Oil and Gas Properties - Subject to Amortization  51,043,502   61,082,526 
Oil and Gas Properties - Not Subject to Amortization  28,013,365   28,016,989 
Other Property and Equipment  1,570   1,570 
Total Property and Equipment  79,058,437   89,101,085 
Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation and Amortization  (77,770,662)  (76,555,506)
Total Property and Equipment, Net  1,287,775   12,545,579 
Other Assets  198,519   57,510 
Total Assets $6,989,085  $14,267,864 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY/(DEFICIT)
Current Liabilities        
Accounts Payable $3,487,799  $2,972,261 
Common Stock Payable  —     200,000 
Accrued Expenses  578,568   1,140,730 
Notes Payable, Net of Discount  293,628   247,403 
Current Portion of Long-Term Notes Payable, Net of Discount  —     35,691,567 
Total Current Liabilities  4,359,995   40,251,961 
         
Asset Retirement Obligations  332,447   979,159 
Derivative Liability  5   5 
Total Liabilities  4,692,447   41,231,125 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
         
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)        
Preferred Stock Series A, 2,000 Shares Authorized of $0.001 Par, -0- Shares Issued and Outstanding  —     —   
Preferred Stock Series B, 600,000 Shares Authorized of $0.001 Par, 408,508 and 408,508 Shares Issued and Outstanding, respectively, Liquidation Preference of $10,212,700  409   409 
Preferred Stock Series C, 500,000 Shares Authorized of $0.001 Par, 1,683 and 1,132 Shares Issued and Outstanding, respectively, Liquidation Preference of $16,830,000  2   1 
Common Stock, 500,000,000 Shares Authorized of $0.001 Par, 73,850,733 and 5,758,970 Shares Issued and Outstanding, respectively  73,851   5,759 
Additional Paid-in Capital  149,306,871   141,424,282 
Stock Dividends Distributable  4,060,858   2,467,910 
Accumulated Deficit  (151,145,353)  (170,861,622)
Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)  2,296,638   (26,963,261)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) $6,989,085  $14,267,864 

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 


CAMBER ENERGY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  December 31,  December 31, 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Operating Revenues                
Crude Oil $222,702  $484,016  $897,952  $1,139,152 
Natural Gas  567,982   636,619   1,648,387   805,617 
Natural Gas Liquids  1,365,100   790,185   2,994,303   1,013,809 
Total Revenues  2,155,784   1,910,820   5,540,642   2,958,578 
Operating Expenses                
Lease Operating Expenses  1,194,629   1,298,475   3,642,733   2,074,999 
Severance and Property Taxes  113,778   89,606   277,580   165,174 
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization, and Accretion  436,776   1,286,684   1,443,765   1,946,366 
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties  1,875,000      4,025,374   48,990,520 
Loss on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties  3,851,461      3,850,266    
General and Administrative  2,767,610   1,310,119   5,480,803   3,009,540 
Total Operating Expenses  10,239,254   3,984,884   18,720,521   56,186,599 
Operating Loss  (8,083,470)  (2,074,064)  (13,179,879)  (53,228,021)
                 
Other Expense (Income)                
Interest Expense  943,356   1,457,827   5,106,697   2,384,716 
Other Expense (Income), Net  69,983   865,685   105,327   961,465 
Total Other Expenses  1,013,339   2,323,512   5,212,024   3,346,181 
                 
Net Loss $(9,096,809) $(4,397,576) $(18,391,903) $(56,574,202)
                 
Net Loss Per Common Share                
Basic and Diluted $(0.15) $(0.20) $(0.42) $(5.64)
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding, Basic and Diluted  61,439,605   21,782,632   43,531,601   10,039,130 

  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
  September 30, September 30,
  2018 2017 2018 2017
Operating Revenues                
Crude Oil $181,952  $217,211  $382,021  $675,250 
Natural Gas  266,430   457,389   739,943   1,080,405 
Natural Gas Liquids  361,084   807,453   1,382,198   1,629,203 
Total Revenues  809,466   1,482,053   2,504,162   3,384,858 
                 
Operating Expenses                
Lease Operating Expenses  747,374   1,345,209   2,159,041   2,448,104 
Severance and Property Taxes  44,495   78,938   127,255   163,802 
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization, and Accretion  136,726   434,948   463,926   1,006,989 
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties  224,309   1,375,000   755,966   2,150,374 
Gain on Sales of Oil and Gas Properties  (25,808,246)  —     (25,808,246)  —   
General and Administrative  952,201   1,264,255   2,835,250   2,713,193 
Total Operating Expenses  (23,703,141)  4,498,350   (19,466,808)  8,482,462 
Operating Income (Loss)  24,512,607   (3,016,297)  21,970,970   (5,097,604)
                 
Other Expense (Income)                
Interest Expense  1,268,811   3,231,778   2,234,107   4,163,341 
Other Expense (Income), Net  15,430   (1,959)  20,594   34,149 
Total Other Expenses  1,284,241   3,229,819   2,254,701   4,197,490 
                 
Net Income (Loss) $23,228,364  $(6,246,116) $19,716,269  $(9,295,094)
                 
Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share                
Basic $0.58  $(4.28)  0.79  $(7.25)
Diluted $0.16  $(4.28)  0.15  $(7.25)
                 
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding                
Basic  40,325,026   1,543,467   24,939,537   1,381,147 
Diluted  135,901,454   1,543,467   120,517,364   1,381,147 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


CAMBER ENERGY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

  Six Months Ended
  September 30,
  2018 2017
Cash Flows from Operating Activities        
Net Income (Loss) $19,716,269  $(9,295,094)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion  463,926   1,006,989 
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties  755,966   2,150,374 
Loss on Sale of Fixed Assets  —     9,595 
Gain on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties  (25,808,246)  (1,195)
Share-Based Compensation  343,629   9,632 
Amortization of Discount on Notes  1,298,275   601,783 
Change in Fair Value of Derivative Liability  —     (20,891)
Changes in Components of Working Capital and Other Assets:        
Accounts Receivable  595,248   166,111 
Other Current Assets  109,163   82,587 
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses  691,994   4,602,529 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities  (1,833,776)  (687,580)
         
Investing Cash Flows        
Cash Paid for Oil and Gas Property Development Costs  (2,482,788)  (661,442)
Proceeds from Sale Fixed Assets  —     10,069 
Cash Paid for (Proceeds from) Deposits  (141,009)  8,416 
Proceeds from Sale of Oil and Gas Properties  —     404,287 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  (2,623,797)  (238,670)
         
Financing Cash Flows        
Proceeds from Issuance of Notes Payable  —     150,000 
Principal Repayments of Notes Payable  —     (1,360,087)
Proceeds from Issuance of Series C Preferred Stock and Warrants  9,000,000   —   
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  9,000,000   (1,210,087)
         
(Decrease) Increase in Cash and Restricted Cash  4,542,427   (2,134,337)
Cash and Restricted Cash at Beginning of the Period  789,151   2,389,761 
Cash and Restricted Cash at End of the Period $5,331,578  $253,424 

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


CAMBER ENERGY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

  Nine Months Ended 
  December 31, 
  2017  2016 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities        
Net Loss $(18,391,903) $(56,574,202)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion  1,443,765   1,946,366 
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties  4,025,374   48,990,520 
Loss on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties  3,850,266    
Loss on Sale of Fixed Assets  6,503    
Gain on Settlement of Account Payable     (44,278)
Share-Based Compensation  963,280   86,484 
Amortization of Discount on Notes  867,017   1,423,203 
Change in Fair Value of Derivative Liability  (20,919)  (67,572)
Changes in Components of Working Capital and Other Assets:        
Accounts Receivable  (211,320)  (1,382,777)
Other Current Assets  (327,326)  (60,542)
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses  4,176,296   (595,328)
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities  (3,618,967)  (6,278,126)
         
Investing Cash Flows        
Cash Paid for Segundo Acquisition     (4,975,000)
Cash Paid for Oil and Gas Property Development Costs  (1,208,571)  (1,552,026)
Proceeds from Sale of Oil and Gas Properties  1,949,129    
Proceeds from Sale Fixed Assets  10,069    
Cash Paid for Other Property and Equipment  (1,570)  (17,001)
Cash Paid for Deposits     (62,653)
Proceeds from Deposits  8,416    
Net Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities  757,473   (6,606,680)
         
Financing Cash Flows        
Proceeds from Issuance of Notes Payable  150,000   43,140,000 
Principal Repayments of Notes Payable  (2,361,703)  (34,636,615)
Proceeds from Exercise of Warrants     4,072,500 
Proceeds from Issuance of Convertible Notes     150,000 
Cash Released from Restricted Cash  1,315,205   (2,398,929)
Proceeds from Issuance of Series C Preferred Stock and Warrants  4,000,000   5,000,000 
Stock Placement Fees Paid     (659,578)
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  3,103,502   14,667,378 
         
Increase in Cash  242,008   1,782,572 
Cash at Beginning of the Period  705,234   197,662 
Cash at End of the Period $947,242  $1,980,234 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


CAMBER ENERGY, INC.

 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 – GENERAL

 

Incorporated Camber Energy Inc. (“Camber” or the “Company”) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in Nevadathe development and acquisition of onshore properties in December 2003 underTexas. Subsequent to the name Panorama Investments Corp.sale of its assets in Oklahoma to N&B Energy, LLC (“N&B Energy”) effective August 1, 2018 (see further discussion in Note 2), Camber retained its assets in Glasscock County and operates in Hutchinson Counties, Texas. Additionally, as part of the N&B transaction, the Company changedalso retained a 12.5% production payment (effective until a total of $2.5 million has been received); a 3% overriding royalty interest in its nameexisting Okfuskee County, Oklahoma asset; andan overriding royalty interest on certain other undeveloped leasehold interests, pursuant to Lucas Energy, Inc. effective June 9, 2006an Assignment of Production Payment and effective January 4, 2017, the Company changed its name to Camber Energy, Inc.Assignments of Overriding Royalty Interests.

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Camber Energy, Inc. (“Camber” or the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in Camber’s annual report filed with the SEC on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2017.2018. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of operations for the interim periods presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Notes to the consolidated financial statements which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year 20172018 as reported in the Form 10-K have been omitted.

 

During August 2017,Effective on January 10, 2018, the Company relocated its corporate headquartersfiled with the Secretary of State of Nevada, a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock, $0.001 per value per share, from Houston, Texas200,000,000 shares to San Antonio, Texas.500,000,000 shares (the “Amendment”). The Amendment was previously approved by the Company’s stockholders at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders held on January 9, 2018.

 

The Company received notice on August 22, 2017, by the NYSE American (the “Exchange”) thatOn March 1, 2018, the Company was not in compliancefiled a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with certainthe Secretary of State of Nevada to effect a 1-for-25 reverse stock split of all outstanding common stock shares of the Exchange’s continued listing standards as set forth in Section 1007Company. The reverse stock split was effective on March 5, 2018. The effect of the NYSE American Company Guide (the “Company Guide”) for failingreverse stock split was to timely file its Form 10-Q forcombine each 25 shares of outstanding common stock into one new share, with no change in authorized shares or par value per share, and to reduce the period ended June 30, 2017, which filing was subsequentlynumber of common stock shares outstanding from approximately 103.5 million shares to approximately 4.1 million shares (prior to rounding). Proportional adjustments were made to the conversion and which delinquency was cured, on November 6, 2017.

The Company is also currently not in compliance with certain otherexercise prices of the NYSE American’s Listing Standards.Company’s outstanding convertible preferred stock, warrants and stock options, and to the number of shares issued and issuable under the Company’s stock incentive plans. The reverse stock split did not affect any shareholder’s ownership percentage of the Company’s common stock, will continue to be listed on the NYSE American while it attempts to regain compliance with the Listing Standards, subjectexcept to the Company’s compliance with other continued listing requirements, as describedlimited extent that the reverse stock split resulted in prior filings. The NYSE American notification does not affectany shareholder owning a fractional share. Fractional shares of common stock were rounded up to the Company’s business operations or its reporting obligations under the Securities and Exchange Commission regulations and rules and does not conflict with or cause an event of default under anynearest whole share based on each holder’s aggregate ownership of the Company’s material agreements.Company. All issued and outstanding shares of common stock, conversion terms of preferred stock, options and warrants to purchase common stock and per share amounts contained in the financial statements, in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) TOPIC 4C, have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse split for all periods presented.

 


NOTE 2 – LIQUIDITY AND GOING CONCERN CONSIDERATIONS

 

At DecemberSeptember 30, 2018, the Company's total current assets of $5.5 million exceeded its total current liabilities of $4.4 million, resulting in working capital of $1.1 million, while at March 31, 2017,2018, the Company’s total current liabilities of $40.8$40.3 million exceeded its total current assets of $3.2$1.7 million, resulting in a working capital deficit of $37.6 million, while at March 31, 2017, the Company’s total current liabilities of $48.2 million exceeded its total current assets of $3.9 million, resulting in a working capital deficit of $44.3$38.6 million. The $6.7$39.7 million decreaseincrease in the working capital deficit is primarily due to the settlementassignment of $9.4 million outstandingthe liabilities owed under the Rogers noteIBC Loan Agreement to N&B Energy in September 2018, as discussed below under “Note 2 - Liquidity and related accrued interest (as described below)Going Concern Considerations - Assumption Agreement”.

The Company has entered into the following transactions to address liquidity and going concern issues:

Vantage Agreement

On August 2, 2017, and effective June 13, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with Vantage Fund, LLC (“Vantage” and the “Vantage Agreement”), pursuant to which Vantage agreed to provide up to $6 million of funding to the Company, in the sole discretion of Vantage, with $400,000 provided in the initial tranche (the “Initial Tranche”). The consideration for the Initial Tranche of funding was the assignment to Vantage of all of the Company’s rights and ownership in its wholly-owned subsidiary Camber Permian II, LLC (“Camber Permian”) which included leaseholds and potential participation rights. The Vantage Agreement contained customary indemnification requirements.

Vantage also had the right pursuant to the Vantage Agreement to fund up to $300,000 of additional funding in the form of a convertible promissory note, secured by a second lien on the Company’s Jackrabbit project (the “Vantage Note”). The Vantage Note was to be subject to mutually acceptable terms, provided that such note would have a term of no more than 2 years, an annual interest rate of no less than 6% per annum, and a conversion price equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the day prior to funding. If funded, an additional condition to the Vantage Note was that Vantage or its assigns would have the right to acquire the Jackrabbit project at market price and a right of first refusal to purchase the Jackrabbit project upon any sale thereof.

The Company agreed to grant Vantage three-year warrants to purchase shares of common stock in connection with any funding, equal to the equivalent value of warrants (i.e., equal to the amount of funding provided), plus 20%, with an exercise price equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the day immediately prior to funding. In connection with the funding of the Initial Tranche, which occurred on August 2, 2017, the Company granted Vantage warrants to purchase 1,600,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.25 per share (the “Vantage Warrants”). The Company also agreed to register any of the shares issued upon exercise of the Vantage Warrants under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, within 30 days from the date of exercise thereof.

On August 2, 2017, and effective June 13, 2017, Vantage provided the Company the Initial Tranche funding, in exchange, the Company assigned all of our rights in Camber Permian to Vantage pursuant to an Assignment and granted Vantage the warrants to purchase 1,600,000 shares of common stock effective June 13, 2017.

On July 17, 2017, Vantage provided $120,000 to the Company under the Vantage Note and on July 20, 2017, Vantage provided $30,000 to the Company under the Vantage Note. Vantage was granted a second lien on the Jackrabbit property in connection with the financing.

On November 9, 2017, in connection with the sale of the Jackrabbit Acreage, the Company paid Vantage the full amount due on the Vantage Note of $150,000.

Stock and Securities Purchase Agreements with Institutional Investor

On April 6, 2016, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with an accredited institutional investor (the “Investor”), pursuant to which we sold and issued a redeemable convertible subordinated debenture, with a face amount of $530,000, initially convertible into 163,077 shares of common stock (subject to certain conversion premiums) at a conversion price equal to $3.25 per share and a warrant to initially purchase 1,384,616 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment thereunder) at an exercise price equal to $3.25 per share (the “First Warrant”). The Investor purchased the debenture at a 5.0% original issue discount in the amount of $500,000 and has exercised the First Warrant in full as described below for the sum of $4.5 million.


Also on April 6, 2016, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with the Investor, pursuant to which the Company agreed, subject to certain conditions, to issue up to 527 shares of Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) at a 5% original issue discount, convertible into 1,618,462 shares of common stock (subject to certain conversion premiums) at a conversion price of $3.25 per share, and a warrant to initially purchase 1,111,112 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.50 per share (the “Second Warrant”). Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Second Warrant and 53 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were sold and issued for $500,000 on September 2, 2016, and the remaining 474 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were sold and issued for $4.5 million on November 17, 2016.

On October 7, 2016, the Investor exercised the First Warrant in full and was due 1,384,616 shares of common stock upon exercise thereof and an additional 2,542,735 shares of common stock in consideration for the conversion premium due thereon. A total of 810,000 shares were issued to the Investor on October 7, 2016, with the remaining shares being held in abeyance until such time as it would not result in the Investor exceeding its beneficial ownership limitation (4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock). The Company received gross proceeds of $4,500,000 from the exercise of the First Warrant and paid placement agent fees of $427,500 for services rendered in connection with the First Warrant. Pursuant to the terms of the First Warrant, the number of shares due in consideration for the conversion premium increases as the annual rate of return under the First Warrant increases, including by 10% upon the occurrence of certain triggering events (which had occurred by the October 7, 2016 date of exercise), to 17% per annum upon the exercise of the First Warrant. Additionally, as the conversion rate for the conversion premium is currently 85% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price during the measuring period, less $0.10 per share of common stock not to exceed 85% of the lowest sales prices on the last day of such period less $0.10 per share, the number of shares issuable in connection with the conversion premium increases as the trading price of our common stock decreases, and the trading price of our common stock has decreased since the date the First Warrant was exercised, triggering a further reduction in the conversion price of the conversion premium and an increase in the number of shares due to the Investor in connection with the conversion of the amount owed in connection with the conversion premium. Additionally, pursuant to the interpretation of the Investor, the measurement period for the calculation of the lowest daily volume weighted average price currently continues indefinitely.

On October 5, 2017, the Company and the Investor entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “October 2017 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company may receive aggregate consideration of $16 million, subject to certain conditions set forth therein.

Under the terms of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, (1) the Investor purchased 212 shares of Series C Preferred Stock on the closing date of the agreement, October 4, 2017 (the “Initial Closing”), for $2 million, and agreed, subject to certain closing conditions set forth in the agreement, to purchase (2) 106 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the Initial Closing (which closing occurred on November 21, 2017); (3) 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the second closing (which closing occurred on December 27, 2017); (4) 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the third closing (which closing occurred on January 30, 2018); (5) 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the fourth closing; (6) 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $5,000,000, 30 days after the fifth closing; and (7) 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $5,000,000, 30 days after the sixth Closing. Conditions to closing the sale of the additional shares of Series C Preferred Stock described above include, that except with regard to the first four closings described above, the Company’s common stock is required to be listed for and currently trading on the NYSE American market or a higher trading market; the Company is required to be in compliance with all requirements to maintain such listing and there cannot be any notice of any suspension or delisting with respect to the trading of the shares of common stock on such trading market; except with regard to the first four closings only, the Company is required to have duly authorized shares of common stock reserved for issuance to Investor in an amount equal to three times the number of shares sufficient to immediately issue all shares of common stock potentially issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock sold to Investor under the October 2017 Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Conversion Shares”) and any other agreements with Investor; except with regard to the initial closing only, the Company is required to obtain approval and listing of all Conversion Shares on the NYSE American; for the second through fifth closings only, (i) an aggregate dollar trading volume of at least $10 million must have traded on NYSE American during regular trading hours, from the trading day after the immediately prior closing until the trading day immediately before the relevant closing, but expressly excluding all volume traded on any days that the Investor is prevented or delayed from reselling shares of common stock (“Excluded Days”); and (ii) the Company’s common stock is required to have a volume weighted average price on the NYSE American for the prior trading day of at least $0.15 per share of common stock; and with respect to the final two closings, an aggregate dollar trading volume of at least $50 million must have traded on NYSE American during regular trading hours, from the trading day after the immediately prior to each of the closings from the prior funding until the trading day immediately before the relevant closing, but expressly excluding all volume traded on any Excluded Days, and if any such conditions are not met on the date initially set for such closing, each closing will occur as soon thereafter as they are met, if ever. The closing of the additional sales of Series C Preferred Stock as described above are subject to closing conditions which may not be met timely, if at all, and as such, we may not ever sell any additional shares of Series C Preferred Stock under the October 2017 Purchase Agreement.

The Company used and plans to use the proceeds from the sale of the Series C Preferred Stock for working capital, workovers on existing wells, acquisition of additional workovers, drilling and completion of additional wells, repayment of vendor balances and payments to International Bank of Commerce (“IBC”), in anticipation of regaining compliance.

Pursuant to the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, as long as the Investor holds any shares of Series C Preferred Stock, the Company agreed that it would not issue or enter into or amend an agreement pursuant to which it 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; or 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 October 2017 Purchase Agreement, it may at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion, repurchase from Investor all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the agreement by paying to Investor 110% of the aggregate face value of all such shares.


The Company also agreed to provide the Investor a right of first offer to match any offer for financing we receive from any person while the shares of Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the October 2017 Purchase Agreement are outstanding, except for debt financings not convertible into common stock, which are excluded from such right to match.

The conversion premium under the Series C Preferred Stock is payable and the dividend rate under the Series C Preferred Stock is adjustable. Specifically, the conversion rate of such premiums and dividends equals 95% of the average of the lowest 5 individual daily volume weighted average prices during the Measuring Period, not to exceed 100% of the lowest sales prices on the last day of the Measuring Period, less $0.05 per share of common stock, unless a triggering event has occurred, in which case the conversion rate equals 85% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price during the Measuring Period, less $0.10 per share of common stock not to exceed 85% of the lowest sales prices on the last day of such the Measuring Period, less $0.10 per share. The “Measuring Period” is the period beginning, if no trigger event has occurred, 30 trading days, and if a trigger event has occurred, 60 trading days, before the applicable notice has been provided regarding the exercise or conversion of the applicable security, and ending, if no trigger event has occurred, 30 trading days, and if a trigger event has occurred, 60 trading days, after the applicable number of shares stated in the initial exercise/conversion notice have actually been received into the Investor’s designated brokerage account in electronic form and fully cleared for trading (subject to certain extensions described in the applicable securities, which have been triggered to date). Triggering events are described in the designation of the Series C Preferred Stock, but include items which would typically be events of default under a debt security, including filing of reports late with the Commission.

The Series C Preferred Stock has a maturity date that is seven years after the date of issuance and, if the Series C Preferred Stock has not been wholly converted into shares of common stock prior to such date, we may redeem the Series C Preferred Stock on such date by repaying to the investor in cash 100% of the Face Value plus an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon. 100% of the Face Value, plus an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon, automatically becomes payable in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up by us.

The Company is currently restricted from issuing any other preferred stock (other than the Series B Preferred Stock) that is pari passu or senior to the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to any rights for a period of one year after the earlier of such date (i) a registration statement is effective and available for the resale of all shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock, or (ii) Rule 144 under the Securities Act is available for the immediate unrestricted resale of all shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock.

Even with the Company entering into the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, the Company’s current financial situation raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months following the issuance of these financial statements. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, the financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of assets and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Asset Purchase Agreement

On December 30, 2015, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) to acquire, from twenty-three different entities and individuals (the “Sellers”), working interests in producing properties and undeveloped acreage (the “Acquisition”), which acquisition transaction was completed on August 25, 2016. The assets acquired include varied interests in two largely contiguous acreage blocks in the liquids-rich Mid-Continent region. In connection with the closing of the acquisition, the Company assumed approximately $30.6 million of commercial bank debt, issued 13,009,664520,387 shares of common stock to certain of the Sellers, issued 552,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock to one of the Sellers and its affiliate, and paid $4,975,000 in cash to certain of the Sellers. The effective date of the Acquisition was April 1, 2016.

Pursuant to a Letter Agreement the Company entered into, at the closing of the Acquisition, with RAD2 Minerals, Ltd. (“RAD2”), one of the Sellers, which is owned and controlled by Richard N. Azar II, who was appointed as the Company’s Chairman on August 26, 2016, serving as the Company’s Chairman until May 16, 2017, provided that Mr. Azar continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors and was appointed asformer Chief Executive Officer of the Company on June 2, 2017,and former director. RAD2 agreed to accept full financial liability for any and all deficiencies between the “Agreed Assets Value” set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement of $80,697,710, and the mutually agreed upon value of the assets delivered by the Sellers at the closing of the Acquisition, up to an aggregate of $1,030,941 (as applicable, the “Deficiency”). The Company accepted additional oil and gas producing properties and two salt water disposal facilities from the Sellers with an approximate value of $1.0 million to resolve this Deficiency. RAD2 is one of the Sellers, which is owned and controlled by Richard N. Azar II, who was appointed as our Chairman on August 26, 2016, serving as Chairman until May 16, 2017, provided that Mr. Azar continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company on June 2, 2017.

The Asset Purchase Agreement between the Sellers and the Company relating to the Acquisition included the requirement that, following the closing, the parties undertake an accounting/true-up of expenses attributable to the assets acquired by the Company and revenue generated from such assets. A dispute has arisenarose between the Sellers and the Company as to the time period which the Company was to be responsible for the payment of expenses and was to receive the revenue from such assets prior to the closing of the transaction. Specifically, the Company believesbelieved that the agreements provideprovided for it to be responsible for all expenses associated with the assets, and to receive all revenue generated from the assets, from April 1, 2016, the effective date of the Asset Purchase Agreement, through the closing date, August 25, 2016. The Sellers on the other hand, which include entities owned by Richard N. Azar, II, the Company’s then interim Chief Executive Officer, have argued that the Company was only responsible for expenses, and was only due to receive revenue from the assets, beginning on the closing date, August 25, 2016. The difference in the amounts claimed due to the Company from the parties currently variesvaried from a high of $1,121,718, which the Company alleges it isalleged was due, to a low of $342,298, which the Sellers allege thatalleged was due. On July 12, 2018, the Company entered into a Compromise Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with Segundo Resources, LLC”), which is due. The parties continueowned and controlled by Mr. Azar (“Segundo” and the “Segundo Settlement”), in partial consideration for N&B Energy agreeing to discussenter into the issues raised and to work towards a mutually acceptable settlement; however, dueSale Agreement (discussed below). Pursuant to the continuing dispute, for the purposesSegundo Settlement, Segundo surrendered 15,237 shares of common stock valued at $76.25 per share as of the attached financial statements,effective date of the closing of the acquisition contemplated by the December 31, 2015 Asset Purchase Agreement (which closing effective date was April 1, 2016) for cancellation (which cancellation occurred in October 2018), and released the Company has recorded a receivablefrom any and all claims which Segundo previously alleged were owed under the terms of $1,121,718the December 31, 2015 Asset Purchase Agreement. The Company and Segundo also provided each other full releases in connection with an allowance of $779,420 for a net balance of $342,298. It is possible that any settlement may not result in any funds being paidthe December 31, 2015 Asset Purchase Agreement and Segundo agreed to indemnify the Company and hold it harmless against any settlement may result inclaims made by the return of shares toother sellers under the Company for cancellation.

Rogers Loan and Promissory Note

At December 31, 2017, the Company had settled the $7.5 million Letter Loan Agreement originally entered into with Louise H. Rogers (“Rogers”) on August 13, 2013 (the “Rogers Loan”). No amortization of debt discount was recorded during the nine-month periods ending December 31, 2017 and 2016. See Note 6 “Notes Payable and Debenture” for further details.2015 Asset Purchase Agreement. 


 

Loan Agreement with International Bank of Commerce (“IBC”)

As discussed in “Note 6 – Notes Payable and Debenture”, the Company borrowed $40 million from International Bank of Commerce (“IBC” or “IBC Bank”) effective August 25, 2016. The proceeds of the loan were used to repay and refinance approximately $30.6 million of indebtedness owed by certain of the Sellers to IBC as part of the closing of the Acquisition. As of June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2017,2018, the Company was not in compliance with certain covenants of the loan agreement, including requiring the Company to maintain a net worth of $30 million, the Company was in default of the terms of the loan, and the balance of the loan due to IBC of $37.4$36.9 million (less unamortized debt issuance costs of approximately $1.5$1.3 million), was recognized as a short-term liability on the Company’s balance sheet as of June 30, 2018 and March 31, 20172018. The Company also recognized approximately $0 and December$39,000 in accrued interest as of September 30, 2018 and March 31, 2017.2018, respectively related to this note. As discussed below, in September 2018, the Company assigned all of the obligations and liability under the IBC Bank documents to N&B Energy.


The

On April 6, 2016, the Company entered into extension agreementsa Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with IBC, in or around December 2017 and January 2018. Notwithstanding the extensions,an accredited institutional investor (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Company is stillsold and issued a redeemable convertible subordinated debenture, with a face amount of $530,000, initially convertible into 6,523 shares of common stock (subject to certain conversion premiums) at a conversion price equal to $3.25 per share and a warrant to initially purchase 55,385 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment thereunder) at an exercise price equal to $81.25 per share (the “First Warrant”). The Investor purchased the debenture at a 5.0% original issue discount in defaultthe amount of $500,000 and has exercised the First Warrant in full as described below for the sum of $4.5 million. Additionally, the Investor has fully converted the debenture as of the date of this filing.

Also on April 6, 2016, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with the Investor, pursuant to which the Company agreed, subject to certain conditions, to issue up to 527 shares of Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) at a 5% original issue discount, convertible into 1,621,539 shares of common stock (subject to certain conversion premiums) at a conversion price of $3.25 per share, and a warrant to initially purchase 44,444 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $112.50 per share (the “Second Warrant”). Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Second Warrant and 53 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were sold and issued for $500,000 on September 2, 2016, and the remaining 474 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were sold and issued for $4.5 million on November 17, 2016.

In July and August 2016, RAD2 advanced the Company an aggregate of $350,000. Also, in August 2016, two other Sellers advanced the Company an aggregate of $200,000 ($100,000 each). These advances did not accrue interest and had no stated maturity date. Additionally, in August 2016, RAD2 loaned the Company $1.5 million pursuant to a promissory note. The promissory note did not accrue interest for the first month it was outstanding and accrued interest at the rate of 5% per annum thereafter until paid in full. The Company repaid the promissory note in full and all amounts advanced by RAD2 and the two other Sellers in October 2016.

On October 7, 2016, the Investor exercised the First Warrant in full and was due 55,385 shares of common stock upon exercise thereof and an additional 101,709 shares of common stock in consideration for the conversion premium due thereon. A total of 32,400 shares were issued to the Investor on October 7, 2016, with the remaining shares being held in abeyance until such time as it would not result in the Investor exceeding its beneficial ownership limitation (4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock), provided that all of such shares due to the Investor upon the exercise of the First Warrant have been issued to date. The Company received gross proceeds of $4,500,000 from the exercise of the First Warrant and paid placement agent fees of $427,500 for services rendered in connection with the First Warrant. Pursuant to the terms of the First Warrant, the number of shares due in consideration for the conversion premium increased as the annual rate of return under the IBC loan,First Warrant increased, including by 10% upon the entire amountoccurrence of certain triggering events (which had occurred by the October 7, 2016 date of exercise), to 17% per annum upon the exercise of the IBC loan may be acceleratedFirst Warrant.

An aggregate of 4,417,911 shares of common stock were issued to the Investor in connection with the exercise of the Warrant during fiscal 2017 (200,000), fiscal 2018 (3,909,500), and IBC may take action308,411 shares were issued in April 2018. The First Warrant has been fully-exercised and extinguished to enforcedate.


N&B Energy Asset Disposition Agreement

On July 12, 2018, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Sale Agreement”), as seller, with N&B Energy, as purchaser, which entity is affiliated with Richard N. Azar II, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former director, and Donnie B. Seay, the Company’s former director. Pursuant to the Sale Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to N&B Energy a substantial portion of its remedies underassets, including all of the loan agreement. The IBC loan is secured by substantiallyassets acquired pursuant to the terms of the December 31, 2015 Asset Purchase Agreement with Segundo and certain other more recent acquisitions, other than the production payment and overriding royalty interests discussed below (the “Assets”). In consideration for the Assets, N&B Energy agreed to pay the Company $100 in cash, to assume all of the Company’s assetsobligations and ifdebt owed under its outstanding loan agreement with IBC wereBank, which had a then outstanding principal balance of approximately $36.9 million and Segundo agreed to foreclose on our assets it would have a material adverse effect on our operations and may force us to seek bankruptcy protection. See Note 6 “Notes Payable and Debenture” for further details.enter into the Segundo Settlement, described below.

Dreeben Loan

IBC Bank Standstill Agreement

On November 9, 2017,August 3, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement in connection with the saleloan (the “Standstill Agreement”) with IBC Bank, which was effective August 1, 2018. Among other terms, described below, the Standstill Agreement was entered into to provide the Company sufficient time to close the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement. Pursuant to the Standstill Agreement:

(a)The Company confirmed that certain defaults had occurred under the terms of the Real Estate Lien Note dated August 25, 2016 (the “Note”) in the original principal amount of $40,000,000 (which had an outstanding principal balance of approximately $36.9 million), entered into pursuant to the Loan Agreement dated August 25, 2016 (the “Loan Agreement” and together with the Note, and the other documents entered into evidencing, documenting and securing the Loan, the “Loan Documents”);

(b)The Company, on behalf of it and its representatives, provided IBC Bank a release of all claims which it and such parties may have had as of the date of the Standstill Agreement;

(c)The Company agreed to certain venue requirements in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding the Company may file or have filed against it in the future, agreed to waive certain automatic stays provided under applicable bankruptcy law and confirmed IBC Bank’s security interests;

(d)IBC Bank agreed to stand still and not take any action to collect the indebtedness evidenced by the Loan Documents, prior to the earlier of (i) September 30, 2018, unless the closing date of the Sale Agreement is required to be extended due to no fault of the Company, due to the regulatory requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or NYSE American, in which case such date shall be automatically extended to no later than October 31, 2018, unless extended by both parties; or (ii) a default of the conditions of the stand still as set forth in the Standstill Agreement (collectively, the “Standstill Date”);


(e)The Company agreed to certain conditions to the standstill, including:

(i)Depositing all funds in excess of $5,000 with IBC Bank by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 (the “Deadline”);

(ii)The Company pledging to IBC Bank prior to the Deadline, 87.5% of all of the Company’s right, title and interest to its assets located in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma and all wells, leasehold, mineral and surface interest, personal property, and all other property or assets located on or associated with said field owned by the Company that were recently purchased from Orion Energy (with the remaining 12.5% to be pledged to IBC Bank prior to the closing date of the Sale Agreement);

(iii)Paying all of IBC Bank’s expenses and reasonable attorney fees in connection with the Note prior to the Deadline;

(iv)Paying the June 2018 interest on the Note prior to the Deadline;

(v)Paying the July 2018 interest on the Note prior to the Deadline;

(vi)Agreeing to certain covenants and restrictions regarding the assets securing the Loan Documents during the stand still period; and

(vii)Confirming that during the stand still period, the per annum interest rate of the Note will be 3% above the New York Prime Rate, subject to a floor of 5.5% per annum, with a beginning interest rate of 8% per annum.

(f)IBC Bank agreed to allow the Company to undertake the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement, subject to the terms of the Standstill Agreement;

(g)IBC Bank agreed, that if the Company was ready, willing and able to close the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement, but N&B Energy was not ready to close such transaction, on or before the Standstill Date (as extended), that it could surrender the assets planned to be sold pursuant to the Sale Agreement to IBC Bank (which may be undertaken pursuant to a foreclosure of such assets); and

(h)That upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement or the surrender of such assets proposed to be sold pursuant to such Sale Agreement to IBC Bank (as discussed in (g) above), IBC Bank would pursue only the assets sold/surrendered, N&B Energy (if applicable) and the guarantors of the debt; enter into a novation and release in favor of the Company; and not pursue the Company for any deficiency in the amounts due under the Loan Documents, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Standstill Agreement.

First Amendment to Sale Agreement

Also on August 3, 2018, the Company and N&B Energy entered into a First Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement (the “First Amendment”), which amended the terms of the Jackrabbit Acreage,Sale Agreement to (a) modify, clarify and replace certain of the exhibits to the original Sale Agreement, including the terms of the overriding royalty interests and production payment agreed to be granted to the Company repaid Mr. Dreebenas part of such Sale Agreement; (b) amend the full amountSale Agreement to remove the requirement that the Company obtain shareholder approval prior to the closing of such Sale Agreement; and (c) include a deadline of August 31, 2018 for N&B Energy’s due ondiligence under the short-term promissory noteSale Agreement.


Additionally, in order to avoid the significant time required to file a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, clear comments with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hold a meeting and obtain shareholder approval, and because such shareholder approval was not required pursuant to applicable law or the rules of $1,050,000. See Note 4 “Property and Equipment” and Note 6 “Notes Payable and Debenture” for further details.the NYSE American, the Company’s management determined to not seek shareholder approval, but to instead seek a third-party opinion as to the fairness of the transaction to the Company’s shareholders.

 

Loan from Non-Related IndividualSecond Amendment to Sale Agreement

 

On November 9, 2017,September 24, 2018, the Company, N&B Energy and CE Operating, LLC, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (“CE Operating”), entered into a Second Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Second Amendment”), which amended the terms of the Sale Agreement. Pursuant to the Second Amendment, the Company, N&B Energy and CE Operating agreed (a) to clarify that all of the representations of the Company made in the Sale Agreement relating to portions of the Assets held in the name of CE Operating shall be deemed made by CE Operating and not the Company and that CE Operating shall be deemed a party to the Sale Agreement, solely in order to make such representations; and (b) to extend the deadline for closing the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement to September 26, 2018, or such other date as the Company and N&B shall agree upon in writing.

Assumption Agreement

On September 26, 2018, the Company entered into an Assumption Agreement (the “Assumption Agreement”) with IBC Bank; CE Operating; N&B Energy, which entity is affiliated with Richard N. Azar, II, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former director (“Azar”), and Donnie B. Seay, the Company’s former director (“Seay”); Azar; RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., an entity owned and controlled by Azar (“RAD2”); Seay; and DBS Investments, Ltd., an entity owned and controlled by Seay. Azar, Seay, RAD2, and DBS are collectively referred to as the “Guarantors”.

Pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, N&B Energy agreed to assume all of the Company’s liabilities and obligations owed to IBC Bank under the Loan Documents, the amount due under and in connection which was secured by (a) an Oil and Gas Mortgage, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production (Oklahoma) dated August 25, 2016, covering all of the Company’s right, title and interest in and to certain oil, gas and mineral leases and/or minerals, mineral interests and estates located in Lincoln, Payne, and Logan Counties, Oklahoma; (b) an Oil and Gas Mortgage, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production (Oklahoma) dated August 1, 2018, covering all of the Company’s right, title, and interest in and to certain oil, gas, and mineral leases and/or mineral interests and estates located in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma (collectively, the “Orion Interests”); and (c) the Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement and Financing Statement dated as of August 25, 2016, covering the Company’s mineral interests located in Glasscock County, Texas (collectively, the “West Texas Properties”).

Additionally, pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, IBC Bank approved the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement and the assumption by N&B Energy of all of the amounts and liabilities which the Company owed to IBC Bank (the “IBC Obligations”) and N&B Energy agreed to assume all of the IBC Obligations. Finally, pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, IBC Bank released and forever discharged the Company and CE Operating and each of their current and former officers, directors, and shareholders, from all covenants, agreements, obligations, claims and demands of any kind, whether in law or at equity, which IBC Bank then had, arising out of or related to the amounts which the Company owed to IBC Bank under the Note, Loan Agreement or mortgages and/or under such documents or agreements, and further agreed to release the lien which IBC Bank then held on the West Texas Properties.

N&B Energy Sale Agreement Closing

On September 26, 2018, the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement closed and N&B Energy assumed all of the IBC Obligations (pursuant to the Assumption Agreement described above) and paid the Company $100 in cash, and the Company transferred ownership of the Assets to N&B Energy.


Notwithstanding the sale of the Assets, the Company retained its assets in Glasscock County and Hutchinson Counties, Texas and also retained a 12.5% production payment (effective until a total of $2.5 million has been received); a 3% overriding royalty interest in its existing Okfuskee County, Oklahoma asset; and retained an overriding royalty interest on certain other undeveloped leasehold interests, pursuant to an Assignment of Production Payment and Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interests.

The effective date of the Sale Agreement is August 1, 2018. The Assets were assigned “as is” with all faults.

As a result of the Assumption Agreement and the Sale Agreement, the Company reduced its liabilities by $37.9 million and its assets by approximately $12.1 million.

The following table summarizes the net assets sold and gain recognized in connection with the sale of the Jackrabbit Acreage, the Company repaid the non-related individual the full amount due on the short-term promissory note of $263,158. See Note 4 “PropertyAssumption Agreement and Equipment” and Note 6 “Notes Payable and Debenture” for further details.Sale Agreement:

 Transaction Summary
Assumption of IBC Loan $36,943,617 
Assumption of ARO Liability  699,536 
Assumption of Capital Lease Obligations and Other  287,074 
Cash Received at Closing  100 
Oil and Gas Properties Transferred  (12,122,081)
Total Gain on Sale $25,808,246 

Sale of Jackrabbit Acreage

On November 9, 2017, the Company (through its subsidiary, Camber Permian LLC) and NFP Energy LLC (“NFP”), its joint venture partner, sold oil and gas properties totaling approximately 2,452 acres in Gaines County, Texas, to Fortuna Resources Permian, LLC (“Fortuna”). With the proceeds from the sale, the Company paid the 1st lien holders including Alan Dreeben and 2nd lien holder Vantage Fund, LLC, thus reducing its liabilities by $1,518,924 and paid NFP $662,072, to terminate the joint venture agreement. See Note 4 “Property and Equipment” for further details.

NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The Company has provided a discussion of significant accounting policies, estimates and judgments in its March 31, 20172018 Annual Report on Form 10-K. There have been no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies since March 31, 2017.2018 which are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, operations or cash flows.

 

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial statements to conform them with the current year presentation.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

In August 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. The new standard requires management to assess the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Disclosures are required if there is substantial doubt as to the Company’s continuation as a going concern within one year after the issue date of financial statements. The standard provides guidance for making the assessment, including consideration of management’s plans which may alleviate doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. ASU 2014-15 is effective for years ending after December 15, 2016. The Company has adopted this standard for the year ending March 31, 2017, and management has concluded that there is substantial doubt as to the Company’s continuation as a going concern within one year after the issue date of the financial statements.

2014-09,Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”)(Topic 606)”, which supersedes nearly all existingthe revenue recognition requirements and industry-specific guidance under GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 isRevenue Recognition (Topic 605). Topic 606 requires an entity to recognize revenuesrevenue when it transfers promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which anthe entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five- step process to achieve this core principle and, in doing so, more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than are required under existing GAAP. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The standard is required to beCompany adopted Topic 606 on April 1, 2018, using either the full retrospective approach, with all prior periods presented adjusted, or the modified retrospective approach, with a cumulative adjustmentmethod applied to retained earnings on the opening balance sheet. The Company will adopt the new standard utilizingcontracts that were not completed as of April 1, 2018. Under the modified retrospective approach.method, prior period financial positions and results will not be adjusted. The cumulative effect adjustment recognized in the opening balances included no significant changes as a result of this adoption. While the Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU2019 net earnings to have a material impact on its financial statements. However, we anticipate the new standard will result in more robust footnote disclosures. We cannot currently determine the extent of the new footnote disclosures as further clarification is needed forbe materially impacted by revenue recognition timing changes, Topic 606 requires certain practices commonchanges to the industry. We will continuepresentation of revenues and related expenses beginning April 1, 2018. Refer to evaluate the impacts that future contracts may have.Note 9 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers for additional information.

 

In FebruaryNovember 2016, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2016-02, aan Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) amending the presentation of restricted cash within the consolidated statements of cash flows. The new lease standard requiring lesseesguidance requires that restricted cash be added to recognize lease assetscash and lease liabilities for most leases classified as operating leases under previous U.S. GAAP. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted.cash equivalents on the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company will be requiredadopted this ASU on April 1, 2018 on a retrospective basis with the following impacts to useour consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended September 30, 2017:

  Previously Reported  Adjustment  As Revised 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities $306,999  $(1,517,086) $(1,210,087)

As of September 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, the Company had restricted cash of $0 and $26,834 related to the loan agreement with IBC bank.


Following is a modified retrospective approach for leases that exist or are entered into after the beginningsummary of the earliest comparative period in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its consolidated financial statements.cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash:

  September 30,
2018
   March 31,
2018
   September 30, 2017 
Cash $5,331,578   $760,317   $85,983 
Restricted cash – current      26,834    167,441 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $5,331,578   $787,151   $253,424 

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230). ASU 2016-15 seeks to reduce the existing diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this ASU on April 1, 2018 and the adoption did not have a significant impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years,the FASB issued ASU 2017-01,Business Combinations: Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which amends the current definition of a business. Under ASU 2017-01, to be considered a business, an acquisition would have to include an input and a substantive process that together significantly contributes to the ability to create outputs. ASU 2017-01 further states that when substantially all of the fair value of gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single asset (or a group of similar assets), the assets acquired would not represent a business. The new guidance also narrows the definition of the term “outputs” to be consistent with how it is described in Topic 606,Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The changes to the definition of a business will likely result in more acquisitions being accounted for as asset acquisitions. The guidance is effective for the annual period beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluatingadopted this ASU on April 1, 2018 and the provisions of ASU 2016-15 and assessingadoption did not have a significant impact to the impact, if any, it may have on its statement ofCompany’s consolidated cash flows.financial statements.

  

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, “Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting”, which provides guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in Topic 718. ASU 2017-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted, including adoption in any interim period for which financial statements have not yet been issued. The Company is currently evaluatingadopted this ASU on April 1, 2018 and the adoption did not have a significant impact of adopting this standard on itsto the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 The Company does not believe that any other recently issued effective pronouncements, or pronouncements issued but not yet effective, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 4 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Oil and Gas Properties

 

Camber uses the full cost method of accounting for oil and natural gas producing activities. Costs to acquire mineral interests in oil and natural gas properties, to drill and equip exploratory wells used to find proved reserves, and to drill and equip development wells including directly related overhead costs and related asset retirement costs are capitalized.

 

Under this method, all costs, including internal costs directly related to acquisition, exploration and development activities are capitalized as oil and natural gas property costs on a country-by-country basis. Costs not subject to amortization consist of unproved properties that are evaluated on a property-by-property basis. Amortization of these unproved property costs begins when the properties become proved or their values become impaired. Camber assesses overall values of unproved properties, if any, on at least an annual basis or when there has been an indication that impairment in value may have occurred. Impairment of unproved properties is assessed based on management’s intention with regard to future development of individually significant properties and the ability of Camber to obtain funds to finance their programs. If the results of an assessment indicate that the properties are impaired, the amount of the impairment is added to the capitalized costs to be amortized.

 


Sales of oil and natural gas properties are accounted for as adjustments to the net full cost pool with no gain or loss recognized, unless the adjustment would significantly alter the relationship between capitalized costs and proved reserves. If it is determined that the relationship is significantly altered, the corresponding gain or loss will be recognized in the statements of operations.

 

Costs of oil and natural gas properties are amortized using the units of production method. Amortization expense calculated per equivalent physical unit of production amounted to $5.67$4.45 and $13.81$5.75 per barrel of oil equivalent for the ninesix months ended December 31,September 30, 2018 and 2017, and 2016, respectively.

 

All of Camber’s oil and gas properties are located in the United States. Below are the components of Camber’s oil and gas properties recorded at:

 

  December 31,
2017
  March 31,
2017
 
Oil and gas properties subject to amortization $58,590,496  $72,318,163 
Oil and gas properties not subject to amortization  23,267,973   28,947,400 
Capitalized asset retirement costs  1,486,954   1,473,199 
Total oil and gas properties  83,345,423   102,738,762 
Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment  (68,492,131)  (67,036,915)
Net capitalized costs $14,853,292  $35,701,847 

 September 30,
2018
 March 31,
2018
Oil and gas properties subject to amortization $50,882,371  $60,760,056 
Oil and gas properties not subject to amortization  28,013,365   28,016,989 
Capitalized asset retirement costs  161,130   322,470 
Total oil and gas properties  79,056,866   89,099,515 
Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization  (77,770,225)  (76,555,320)
Net capitalized costs $1,286,641  $12,544,195 

  

For the ninesix months ended December 31, 2017,September 30, 2018, the Company recorded impairments totaling $4,025,374,$755,966, all if which represented $3,925,000were due to lease expirationsexpirations.

Capital Leases

During March and $100,374 related to an impairment of proved properties based on the quarterly ceiling test. The Company wrote off an additional $412,000 of leasehold costs related to leases that were not renewed. In addition, for the nine months ended December 31, 2017,April 2018, the Company capitalized approximately $1,000,000 attributable to intangible and tangible completion costs.

Rogers Transaction

The cure period on the Rogers Loan expired on September 11, 2017, and as of such date, all principal, interest and unpaid costs thereunder were immediately due and payable (which totaled approximately $9.4 million as of the date of acceleration which amount included $2.1 million of default interest). Prior to the default, CATI Operating, LLC (“CATI”) had not recorded interest due on the note based on its earlier agreements. As a result of the default, demand and acceleration, CATI recorded the default interest demand of $2.1 million in the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. In September 2017, Rogers foreclosed on the assets of CATI which secured the note. On October 3, 2017, the trustee of those assets, for the benefit of the lender, sold these assets in public auction foreclosure sales which took place in Gonzales County and Karnes County, Texas. The proceeds from the foreclosure sales of approximately $3.5 million were applied against the outstanding indebtedness.

On December 15, 2017, CATI entered into a Release of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Fixture Filing (the “Release”) with Rogers. Pursuant to the Release, the Company completed a transaction in which CATI provided Rogers,purchased certain equipment pursuant to an Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest (the “Royalty Assignment”), with an overriding royalty (equal to 0.01 of 8/8ths of all oil and gas) on CATI’s remaining leasehold and Rogers released CATI from all remaining indebtedness owed.capital leases. The Release, which was filed in various counties in Texas on January 22, 2018 and January 23, 2018, discharged approximately $9.4 million in principal and interest outstanding and owed to Rogers, according to Rogers. The effective date of the Release was December 15, 2017. Additionally, the remaining leasehold and ownership of CATI was assigned to Arkose Lease Partners, L.L.C., a third party (“Arkose”), pursuant to an Assignment of Membership Interest (the “Assignment”), dated November 1, 2017, in exchange for Arkose’s assumption of all plugging and abandonment liabilities of CATI. See Note 6 “Notes Payable and Debenture” for further details. See further discussion of accounting for the Rogers Transaction in Note 6.

Vantage Transaction

On August 2, 2017 and effective June 13, 2017, Vantage provided us the Initial Tranche funding, we assigned all of our rights in Camber Permian to Vantage pursuant to an Assignment (the “Assignment”), and we granted Vantage the Vantage Warrant. See Note 2 “Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations” for further details. The book value of the Camber Permian rightsequipment was $114,500.

Sale of Jackrabbit Acreage

On November 9, 2017approximately $575,000, and effective November 1, 2017, the Company and NFP Energy LLC (“NFP”) its joint venture partner sold its 90% ownership positionsuch amount is included in oil and gas properties totaling approximately 2,452 acres in Gaines County, Texas, to Fortuna Resources Permian (“Fortuna”), for $1,000 per acre or an aggregate of $2,206,718 payable to the Company. The Company paid NFP $662,072, to terminate the joint venture agreement and the property sold had a net book valuecorresponding current liability of $1,544,843. The transaction resulted in a $314,002 gain whichapproximately $387,000 is included in Loss on Saleaccrued expenses as of OilJune 30, 2018. The effective borrowing rate is approximately 35%, and Gas Properties onall obligations were due by December 2018. In conjunction with the income statement. This acreage, partassignment of the Company’s “Jackrabbit” acreage, targetedliabilities owed under the San Andres formationIBC Loan Agreement to N&B Energy in the Permian Basin.  Additionally, the Company and NFP jointly terminated their venture.  With the proceeds from the sale, the Company paid the first lien holders including Alan Dreeben (a former director of the Company) and second lien holder Vantage, thus reducing its liabilities by approximately $1,525,000. The Company maintains a 90% ownership position in the remaining approximately 1,200 acres in the area.


Segundo Transaction

On August 25, 2016, the Company completed the Acquisition and acquired working interests in producing properties and undeveloped acreage from the Sellers (seeSeptember 2018, as discussed under “Note 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations”). The assets acquired include varied interests in two largely contiguous acreage blocks in the liquids-rich Mid-Continent region.

As consideration for the AcquisitionConsiderations – Assumption Agreement” all of the acquired assets,remaining obligations were assumed by the Company assumed approximately $30.6 million of commercial bank debt, issued 13,009,664 shares of common stock to certain of the Sellers valued at the grant date fair value, issued 552,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock to one of the Sellers and its affiliate (see “Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity”) valued at the grant date fair value, and paid $4,975,000 in cash to certain of the Sellers. The effective date of the Acquisition was April 1, 2016.

The following tables summarize the purchase price and allocation of the purchase price to the net assets acquired in connection with the Acquisition:

Purchase Price on August 25, 2016: Consideration Given 
Fair value of common stock issued $49,176,530 
Fair value of Series B Preferred Stock issued  14,898,038 
Assumption of debt  30,595,256 
Cash at Closing  4,975,000 
Total purchase price $99,644,824 

  Net Assets Acquired 
Accounts receivable $635,482 
Total current assets acquired  635,482 
     
Oil and gas properties  50,774,684 
Total assets acquired  51,410,166 
     
Asset retirement obligations  (755,862)
Total liabilities acquired  (755,862)
     
Net assets acquired  50,654,304 
     
Impairment of oil and gas properties  48,990,520 
     
Total Purchase Price $99,644,824 

The proceeds from the $40 million loan from IBC were as follows:

  Use of
Proceeds
 
Assumption of debt $30,595,256 
Cash funding (paid at closing)  4,975,000 
Loan Commitment fee (paid at closing)  200,000 
Lien Payoff (paid at closing)  72,657 
Restricted cash (received at closing)  3,360,000 
Cash (received at closing)  797,087 
Debt payable after closing $40,000,000 

purchaser. 

Other Property and Equipment

 

In February 2014, the Company purchased a field office for approximately $50,000 which is used to provide local operational support for its properties in the Eagle FordEagleford and Austin Chalk areas. The land upon which the field office resides was initially leased by the Company over a three-year term beginning in January 2014 through December 2016, for yearly lease amounts of $7,200 and $7,800, and $8,400 over the three-year term, respectively. In January 2017, the Company renewed the lease on a year-to-year basis for $7,200. The field office was transferred as a part of the Release with Rogers. See Note“Note 6 “Notes– Notes Payable and Debenture” for further details.

 

Office Lease

 

On July 27, 2015, the Company moved its corporate headquarters from 3555 Timmons Lane, Suite 1550, Houston, Texas 77027 to 450 Gears Road, Suite 780, Houston, Texas 77067 in connection with the expiration of the Company’s prior office space lease. The Company entered into a sublease on approximately 3,300 square feet of office space that expired on January 31, 2016 and had a base monthly rent of approximately $5,000 of which it had paid four months in advance as well as a $5,000 security deposit. For the proceeding months, the Company paid month-to-month rent until it was able to move into its new office suite. On April 1, 2016, the Company entered into a lease agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to lease 4,439 square feet of office space at 450 Gears Road, Houston, Harris County, Texas 77067 (Suite 860, versus Suite 780 as was leased previously). The lease had a 65-month term (through August 2021), and commenced on April 1, 2016. The monthly rental cost under the lease was -$0- for the month of April 2016, and $7,676 for the months of May 2016 through April 2017, plus as applicable, its pro rata share of operating expenses and taxes which exceed the total operating expenses and taxes of the property for the first year of the lease. On March 31, 2017, the Company amended its lease at 450 Gears Road to expand to a total of 6,839 square feet, commencing on May 1, 2017. The amendment extended the lease period to November 2021.


In August 2017, the Company ceased its use of this office space and moved its headquarters to 4040 Broadway, Suite 425, San Antonio, Texas. The Company iswas committed to the remaining lease payments for the Houston office space for approximately $346,000 assuming an early termination of the lease on July 31, 2019.2019, and has recently settled these amounts pursuant to a settlement agreement discussed below. The Company recorded monthly rent expense associated with the Houston lease through August 2017. In accordance with the accounting guidance in ASC 420-10-25-13 regarding exit or disposal cost obligations, as of August 2017, the Company recorded rent expense, within general and administrative expense, and accrued a liability of $302,289, which represents the fair value of costs that will continue to be incurred during the remaining term of the Houston lease without economic benefit to the Company. As of DecemberSeptember 30, 2018 and March 31, 2017,2018, the carrying amount of the liability of $302,289 and $302,289, respectively, was included in accrued expenses onCurrent Liabilities in the Company’s balance sheet.Consolidated Balance Sheets. In addition, the Company wrote-off $189,533 of mostly fully depreciated property and equipment that was not re-located to the San Antonio headquarters, resulting in a loss of $3,368.$3,368 which was recognized as a loss during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. In October 2018, the Company entered into a settlement with its prior landlord as described below under “Note 8 – Commitments and Contingencies – Legal Proceedings – MidFirst”.

 

Effective October 1, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to sublease space on a month-to-month basis in San Antonio, Texas at 4040 Broadway, Suite 425, from RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Azar, the Company’s former Interim Chief Executive Officer, who resigned as Interim CEO effective May 25, 2018 and resigned as a member of the Board of Directors on June 21, 2018. Monthly rent for October through December 2017 was $5,000 per month, increasing to $7,500 per month effective January 2018. The agreement was subsequently modified to have a month-to-month term at $2,500 per month, effective July 1, 2018.

Effective August 1, 2018, the Company terminated its month-to-month lease with RAD2 and entered into a month-to-month lease at 1415 Louisiana, Suite 3500 Houston, Texas 77002. The entity which has provided the use of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer is providing this space without charge to the Company.

NOTE 5 – ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

 

The following table presents the reconciliation of the beginning and ending aggregate carrying amounts of long-term legal obligations associated with the retirement of oil and gas property and equipment for the nine-monthsix-month periods ended December 31,September 30, 2018 and 2017, and 2016, respectively.

 

  2017  2016 
Carrying amount at beginning of period $2,045,847  $1,179,170 
Accretion  81,600   70,714 
Acquisition of oil and gas properties     755,862 
Dispositions  (1,328,260   
Change in estimate  13,755    
Carrying amount at end of period $812,942  $2,005,746 

 2018 2017
Carrying amount at beginning of period $979,159  $2,045,847 
Accretion  4,725   70,200 
Dispositions  (699,536)  —   
Change in estimate  48,099   (9,945)
Carrying amount at end of period $332,447  $2,106,102 

  

Camber does not have any short-term asset retirement obligations as of December 31, 2017September 30, 2018 and March 31, 2017.2018.

 


NOTE 6 – NOTES PAYABLE AND DEBENTURE

 

The Company’s notes payable and debenture consisted of the following:

 

  December 31,
2017
  March 31,
2017
 
Note Payable - Rogers $  $6,883,697 
Note Payable - Dreeben     1,050,000 
Note Payable - Non-Related Individual     263,158 
Debenture  495,000   530,000 
Note Payable -Vantage      
Note Payable - IBC  37,443,308   38,324,527 
   37,938,308   47,051,382 
Unamortized debt discount  (1,757,026)  (2,624,038)
Total Notes Payable and Debenture  36,181,282   44,427,344 
Less current portion of long-term debt  (35,958,029)  (44,281,649)
Long-term portion $223,253  $145,695 
  September 30,
2018
  March 31,
2018
 
Debenture $495,000  $495,000 
Note Payable – IBC     36,943,617 
   495,000   37,438,617 
Unamortized debt discount  (201,372)  (1,499,647)
Total Notes Payable and Debenture   293,628   35,938,970 
Less current portion  (293,628)  (35,938,970)
Long-term portion $  $ 

 

Rogers Loan and Promissory Note

At December 31, 2017, the Company had no liability under the $7.5 million Letter Loan Agreement originally entered into with Rogers on August 13, 2013.

Additionally, per a prior amendment, the Company transferred all of its oil and gas interests and equipment to our then newly formed wholly-owned Texas subsidiary, CATI which clarified that following the transfer, Rogers had no right to foreclose upon the Company (at the Nevada corporate parent level) upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Rogers Loan, and that instead Rogers would only take action against CATI and its assets and required Rogers to release all UCC and other security filings on the Company (provided that Rogers is allowed to file the same filings on CATI and its assets). Subsequently, the Company assigned all of its oil and gas interests and equipment to CATI pursuant to an Assignment and Bill of Sale dated December 16, 2015.

On February 1, 2017, the Company agreed to extend the maturity date of the Rogers Loan from January 31, 2017 to April 30, 2017. As consideration, the Company paid $9,000 to Rogers and $9,000 to Robertson Global Credit, LLC (“Robertson”), the servicer of the loan. In April 2017, the maturity date was extended again until July 31, 2017. As consideration, the Company paid $9,000 to Ms. Rogers and $9,000 to Robertson. The Company failed to pay the amount due to Rogers on July 31, 2017.

On August 25, 2017, the Company received a notice that its wholly-owned subsidiary CATI had defaulted on the maturity payment of its loan with Rogers, which matured on July 31, 2017. The letter stated that CATI was indebted to Rogers in an amount of $8.9 million, which includes all principal and interest (of which $2.1 million was default interest) through August 25, 2017. The letter further asserted additional interest of $3,577 per day as well as other unpaid fees totaling $18,162 plus interest on those fees. The default notice further stated that the default in failing to pay the fees must be cured by September 5, 2017 and the default on the principal and interest payment must be cured by September 11, 2017.

The cure period on the Rogers Loan expired on September 11, 2017, and as of such date, all principal, interest and unpaid costs thereunder were immediately due and payable (which totaled approximately $9.4 million as of the date of acceleration which amount included $2.1 million of default interest). Prior to the default, CATI had not recorded interest due on the note based on its earlier agreements. As a result of the default, demand and acceleration, CATI recorded the default interest demand of $2.1 million in the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. In September 2017, Rogers foreclosed on the assets of CATI which secured the note. On October 3, 2017, the trustee of those assets, for the benefit of the lender, sold these assets in public auction foreclosure sales which took place in Gonzales County and Karnes County, Texas. The proceeds from the foreclosure sales of approximately $3.5 million were applied against the outstanding indebtedness.


On December 15, 2017, CATI entered into a Release of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Fixture Filing (the “Release”) with Rogers. Pursuant to the Release, the Company completed a transaction in which CATI provided Rogers, pursuant to an Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest (the “Royalty Assignment”), with an overriding royalty (equal to 0.01 of 8/8ths of all oil and gas) on CATI’s remaining leasehold and Rogers released CATI from all remaining indebtedness owed. The Release, which was filed in various counties in Texas on January 22, 2018 and January 23, 2018, discharged approximately $9.4 million in principal and interest outstanding and owed to Rogers, according to Rogers. The effective date of the Release was December 15, 2017. Additionally, the remaining leasehold and ownership of CATI was assigned to Arkose Lease Partners, L.L.C., a third party (“Arkose”), pursuant to an Assignment of Membership Interest (the “Assignment”), dated November 1, 2017, in exchange for Arkose’s assumption of all plugging and abandonment liabilities of CATI.

The following table summarizes the loss on the Rogers foreclosure on the assets of CATI, Release with Rogers, and assignment to Arkose:

Forgiveness of existing secured loan $6,866,371 
Forgiveness of accrued interest  2,565,705 
Transfer of ARO liability  1,328,260 
Transfer of oil and gas properties  (14,664,571)
Transfer of other assets  (261,227)
Loss on transaction $(4,165,462)

Dreeben Note

On June 27, 2016, the Company entered into an amended and restated short-term promissory note, amending and restating the note originally entered into with Mr. Dreeben on March 28, 2016 evidencing an additional $100,000 borrowed on June 13, 2016, plus a $10,000 original issue discount on such loan amount and extending the maturity date of the note to August 31, 2016.

On August 31, 2016, the Company paid Mr. Dreeben the full amount due on the short-term promissory note of $385,000.

On January 31, 2017, the Company borrowed $1,000,000 from Alan Dreeben, one of the Company’s then directors, pursuant to a short-term promissory note. The short-term promissory note had a principal balance of $1,050,000 (the $1,000,000 principal amount borrowed plus a $50,000 original issue discount), accrued interest at 6% per annum and had a maturity date of January 31, 2018, with standard and customary events of default. As additional consideration for Mr. Dreeben agreeing to make the loan, the Company issued Mr. Dreeben 40,000 shares of restricted common stock in August 2017. The fair value of the restricted shares was $30,000 based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the issuance date. The fair value of the shares was recorded as additional debt discount.

On November 9, 2017, in connection with the sale of the Jackrabbit Acreage, the Company repaid Mr. Dreeben the full amount due on the short-term promissory note of $1,050,000. See Note 4 “Property and Equipment” for further details.

Vantage Funding

On July 17, 2017, Vantage provided $120,000 to the Company under the Vantage Note and on July 20, 2017, Vantage provided $30,000 to the Company under the Vantage Note. Vantage was granted a second lien on the Jackrabbit property in connection with the financing. On November 9, 2017, in connection with the sale of the Jackrabbit Acreage, the Company paid Vantage the full amount due on the Vantage Note of $150,000. See Note 2 “Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations” for further details. 

Non-Related Individual Note

On March 9, 2017, the Company borrowed $250,000 from a non-related individual pursuant to a short-term promissory note. The short-term promissory note has a principal balance of $263,158 (the $250,000 principal amount borrowed plus a $13,158 original issue discount), accrues interest at 6% per annum and has a maturity date of March 9, 2018 and contains standard and customary events of default. On November 9, 2017, in connection with the sale of the Jackrabbit Acreage, the Company paid the non-related individual the full amount due on the short-term promissory note of $263,158. See Note 4 “Property and Equipment” for further details.

Debenture

 

On April 6, 2016, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with the Investor, pursuant to which the Company issued a redeemable convertible subordinated debenture, (the “Debenture”), with a face value of $530,000, initially convertible into 163,077 shares of common stock at a conversion price equal to $3.25 per share and warrants to initially purchase 1,384,61655,385 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment thereunder) at an exercise price equal to $3.25$81.25 per share (the “First Warrant”). The Investor purchased the debenture at a $30,000 original issue discount for the sum of $500,000 and agreed that it would exercise the First Warrant, upon satisfaction of certain conditions, for the sum of $4.5 million, which warrant was exercised in October 2016. The debenture matures in seven years and accrues interest at a rate of 6.0% per annum. Due to the recent decline in the price of ourthe Company’s common stock and that a trigger event occurred on June 30, 2016 as a result of the delay in filing ourof its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2016, the premium rate on the debenture increased from 6% to 34% and the conversion discount became 85% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price during the measuring period (60 days prior to and 60 days after the last date that the Investor receives the last of the shares due), less $0.10 per share of common stock not to exceed 85% of the lowest sales price on the last day of such period less $0.10 per share.

 

As the fair value of the warrants issued in connection with the debenture exceedsexceeded the $530,000 value of the debenture, the Company fully discounted the entire debenture and will amortize the discount over the term of the debenture. The discount is being amortized through interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the debenture.

 

On August 23, 2017, the Investor converted $35,000 of the principal amount of the Debenture into an aggregate of 1,754,71170,189 shares of common stock, which included 10,770431 shares for conversion of principal (at $3.25$81.25 per share) and 1,743,94169,758 shares for premiums.

 

Loan AgreementOn April 20, 2018, the Investor was issued 141,982 shares of common stock as a result of true-ups in connection with IBCthe August 23, 2017 conversion of the Debenture.

 

As of DecemberSeptember 30, 2018 and March 31, 2017,2018, the Company was not in compliancehad a convertible subordinated debenture with certain covenants of the loan agreement with IBC, including requiring the Company to maintain a net worth of $30 million, and the balance of the loan due to IBC$293,628 and $247,403, respectively (net of $37.4 million (less unamortized debt issuance costsdiscount of approximately $1.5 million)$201,372 and $247,597, respectively), waswhich is recognized as a short-term liability on the Company’s balance sheetsheets as of DecemberSeptember 30, 2018 and March 31, 2017.2018, respectively. The Company has also recognized approximately $239,000$422,104 and $388,183 in accrued interest as of DecemberSeptember 30, 2018 and March 31, 2017.2018, respectively.

On October 31, 2018, the Investor converted the entire $495,000 of principal owed under the terms of the debenture, into an aggregate of 20,037,653 shares of common stock, including 152,308 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the principal amount thereof (at a conversion price of $3.25 per share), and 19,885,345 shares in connection with conversion premiums due thereon (at a conversion price, as calculated as provided in such debenture, of $0.0609 per share). A total of 2,500,000 of such shares were issued to the Investor in connection with the conversion (an additional 3,272,000 shares were issued on November 5, 2018) and the remaining shares were held in abeyance subject to the Investor’s 9.99% ownership limitation, to be issued from time to time, at the request of the Investor.


Loan Agreement with International Bank of Commerce (“IBC” or “IBC Bank”)

On August 25, 2016, the Company, as borrower, and Azar, Seay, Richard E. Menchaca, RAD2, DBS Investments, Ltd. (“DBS”, controlled by Seay) and Saxum Energy, LLC (“Saxum”, which is controlled by Mr. Menchaca), as guarantors, all of which were directly or indirectly Sellers), and IBC Bank, as lender, entered into a Loan Agreement.

Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, IBC Bank loaned the Company $40 million, evidenced by a Real Estate Lien Note in the amount of $40 million. The Company was required to make monthly payments under the note equal to the greater of (i) $425,000; and (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s monthly net income. The note accrued annual interest at 2% above the prime rate then in effect, subject to a minimum interest rate of 5.5% per annum. The note was due and payable on August 25, 2019. Payments under the note were subject to change as the interest rate changes in order to sufficiently amortize the note in 120 monthly installments. The Company had the right, from time to time and without penalty to prepay the note in whole or in part, subject to the terms thereof.

The proceeds of the loan were used to repay and refinance approximately $30.6 million of indebtedness owed by certain of the Sellers, to IBC Bank (including an aggregate of $18.3 million owed by RAD2 and another entity controlled by Azar, $9.8 million owed by DBS, and $2.1 million owed by Mr. Menchaca), as well as to pay the $4.975 million due to the Sellers at closing. Another $3.36 million was used to fund a sinking fund required by IBC Bank, as discussed below, to pay principal on the note.

The amount owed under the note was secured by a Security Interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets and properties, pursuant to three Security Agreements. Also, each of the guarantors guaranteed the repayment of a portion of the Loan Agreement pursuant to a Limited Guaranty Agreement. Additionally, in connection with the parties’ entry into the Loan Agreement and to further secure amounts due thereunder, certain of the guarantors pledged shares of common stock which they received at the closing of the Acquisition to IBC Bank, with RAD2 pledging 124,824 shares of common stock; DBS pledging 37,437 shares of common stock; and Saxum pledging 26,936 shares of common stock.

The Company agreed to pay IBC Bank a loan finance charge of $400,000 in connection with its entry into the Loan Agreement, with half due on the date the Company entered into the Loan Agreement and half due on or before the 180th day following the date of the Loan Agreement. As further consideration for agreeing to the terms of the Loan, the Company agreed to issue IBC Bank 15,612 shares of common stock. The Company recognized a $2.8 million note discount related to these transactions and other debt issuance costs and will amortize the discount and debt issuance costs over the term of the note.

On September 8, 2017, the Company received a Notice of Default and Opportunity to Cure (the “Notice”) from IBC, stating that the Company was in default under its loan due to failing to make a required $425,000 loan payment on August 25, 2017 (the “Payment Default”). The Notice was also sent to the guarantors under the Loan Agreement. The Notice also cited the Company for several covenant defaults including exceeding a cap on monthly general and administrative expenses; falling below $30 million of net worth; failing to comply with certain post-closing covenants regarding the assignment of certain oil and gas interests, the execution of certain supplemental mortgages and the completion of certain curative title requirements; failing to pay costs and expenses required pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement; failing to meet the requirements of a cash flow test as described in greater detail in the Loan Agreement; and exceeding the loan to value determination provided for in the Loan Agreement. In order to cure the Payment Default described in the Notice, the Company was required to pay $425,000, as well as any attorney’s fees and/or late fees as determined by IBC, on or before September 18, 2017, which amount was not paid and to cure the covenant defaults, which covenant defaults were not cured.

 


Pursuant to extension agreements entered into with IBC, in or around December 2017 and January 2018, (a) IBC agreed to waive the Company’s obligation to make the August 30, 2017, $425,000 monthly principal payment originally due under the IBC loan; (b) the Company confirmed the amount outstanding under the IBC loan ($37,443,308 as of each extension); (c) IBC agreed that interest only payments would be due on September 30, 2017, October 30, 2017, November 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017, with principal payments of $425,000 per month to begin thereafter, which principal payments were not made; (d) the parties agreed that the amounts owed to IBC were payable on demand, provided that if no demand was made, such amounts would be payable by way of monthly payments of $425,000 of principal, plus accrued interest, with the remaining amount owed to IBC due at maturity (August 25, 2019); (e) that the amount owed to IBC will accrue interest at the rate of 2% per annum above the prime rate, subject to a floor of 5.5% (currently 6.25% per annum); (f) if the Company fails to make any payment due to IBC within 10 days of its due date, IBC is due a late payment of 5% of the amount past due (subject to a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $1,500 per late payment); and (g) the Company and the guarantors of the IBC loan released IBC from any claims against IBC as of the date of each of such extensions.

 

NotwithstandingAs of September 30, 2018, the amounts owed to IBC Bank were assumed by N&B Energy pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, described above extensions, the Company is still in default under the IBC loan, the entire amount of the IBC loan may be accelerated“Note 2 – Liquidity and IBC may take action to enforce its remedies under the loan agreement. The IBC loan is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and if IBC were to foreclose on our assets it would have a material adverse effect on our operations and may force us to seek bankruptcy protection.Going Concern Considerations – Assumption Agreement”.

 

NOTE 7 – DERIVATIVESDERIVATIVE LIABILITY 

The Company has determined that certain warrants the Company has issued contain provisions that protect holders from future issuances of the Company’s common stock at prices below such warrants’ respective exercise prices and these provisions could result in modification of the warrants’ exercise price based on a variable that is not an input to the fair value of a “fixed-for-fixed” option as defined under FASB ASC Topic No. 815 - 40. The warrants granted in April 2014 contain anti-dilution provisions that provide for a reduction in the exercise price of such warrants in the event that future common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock) is issued (or becomes contractually issuable) at a price per share (a “Lower Price”) that is less than the exercise price of such warrant at the time. The amount of any such adjustment is determined in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement and depends upon the number of shares of common stock issued (or deemed issued) at the Lower Price and the extent to which the Lower Price is less than the exercise price of the warrant at the time.

 

Activities for derivative warrant instruments during the ninesix months ended December 31,September 30, 2018 and 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

 

 2017 2016  2018 2017 
Carrying amount at beginning of period $21,662 $126,960  $5  $21,662 
Change in fair value  (20,919)  (67,572          (20,891)
Carrying amount at end of period $743 $59,388  $5 $771 

 

The fair value of the derivative warrants was calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model. Variables used in the Black Scholes pricing model as of December 31, 2017September 30, 2018 include (1) discount rate of 1.76%2.59%, (2) expected term of 1 year,0.56 years, (3) expected volatility of 141.35%227.10%, and (4) zero expected dividends. Variables used in the Black-Scholes pricing model as of December 31, 2016September 30, 2017 include (1) discount rate of 1.20%1.47%, (2) expected term of 2 years, (3) expected volatility of 179.29%162.52%, and (4) zero expected dividends.

 

As of December 31, 2017,September 30, 2018, the significant inputs to the Company’s derivative liability calculation were Level 3 inputs.

  

NOTE 8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 The Company entered into multiple office lease agreements, see detail under “Note 4 – Property and Equipment – Office Leases”.

The Company’s oil and gas lease acreage is subject to expiration if the Company does not drill and hold such acreage by production or exercise options to extend such leases. At March 31, 2018, the Company had 423 acres of unproved lease acreage that is set to expire during fiscal year 2019 unless drilled or otherwise extended by the Company. During the six months ended September 30, 2018, leases for 245 unproved acres expired and a resulting impairment of approximately $755,966 was recognized, leaving 178 acres remaining.


Legal Proceedings.From time to time suits and claims against Camber arise in the ordinary course of Camber’s business, including contract disputes and title disputes. Camber records reserves for contingencies when information available indicates that a loss is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. 

 

Office LeaseMidFirst

 

In August 2017, the Company ceased its use of this office space and moved its headquarters to 4040 Broadway, Suite 425, San Antonio, Texas. The Company is committed to the remaining lease payments for the Houston office space for approximately $346,000, assuming an early termination of the lease on July 31, 2019. The Company recorded monthly rent expense associated with the Houston lease through August 2017. In accordance with the accounting guidance in ASC 420-10-25-13 regarding exit or disposal cost obligations, as of August 2017, the Company recorded rent expense, within general and administrative expense, and accrued a liability of $302,289, which represents the fair value of costs that will continue to be incurred during the remaining term of the Houston lease without economic benefit to the Company. As of December 31, 2017, the carrying amount of the liability of $302,289 was included in accrued expenses on the Company’s balance sheet. In addition, the Company wrote-off $189,533 of mostly fully depreciated property and equipment that was not re-located to the San Antonio headquarters resulting in a loss of $3,368.

Effective October 1, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to sublease space on a month to month basis in San Antonio, Texas from RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Azar, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Monthly rent for October through December 2017 was $5,000 per month increasing to $7,500 per month effective January 2018.

Consulting Contracts

On October 4, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with a digital marketing advisor pursuant to which the advisor agreed to create original content with the goal of increasing public awareness about the Company and the Company agreed to pay the advisor (a) $20,000 per month beginning in October 2017 and ending on February 28, 2018, (b) $50,000 per month thereafter through October 4, 2018, the end of the term of the agreement, and (c) 3,750,000 shares of restricted common stock, with 2.5 million shares issued in November 2017 and the remainder due on May 1, 2018. 


On October 4, 2017, the Company entered into a consultingconfidential settlement agreement with a third party consultant which consultant agreed to provide investor relationsMidFirst Bank, its prior landlord and public relations servicessettled all claims relating to the Company. As consideration pursuant to the agreement, the Company issued the consultant 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock with piggy-back registration rights in November 2017.

On November 13, 2017, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with another third party consulting company whereby the consulting company agreed to act as the Company’s Interim Vice President of Strategy. As consideration pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to pay (a) a non-refundable installment of $150,000 upon the execution of the agreement,prior office space lease. See also “Note 4 – Property and (b) beginning on February 1, 2018, the Company will pay $50,000 per month on the first of each month.Equipment” for further discussion.

 

Legal ProceedingsMaranatha Oil Matter

 

From time to time,In November 2015, Randy L. Robinson, d/b/a Maranatha Oil Co. sued the Company may become party to litigation or other legal proceedingsin Gonzales County, Texas (Cause No. 26160). The plaintiff alleged that it considersassigned oil and gas leases to bethe Company in April 2010, retaining a part4% overriding royalty interest and 50% working interest and that the Company failed to pay such overriding royalty interest or royalty interest. The interests relate to certain oil and gas properties which the Company subsequently sold to Nordic Oil USA in April 2013. The petition alleges causes of actions for breach of contract, failure to pay royalties, non-payment of working interest, fraud, fraud in the ordinary courseinducement of its business.contract, money had and received, constructive trust, violation of theft liability act, continuing tort and fraudulent concealment. The suit seeks approximately $100,000 in amounts alleged owed, plus pre-and post-judgment interest. The Company is not currently involved in any legal proceedings that it believes could reasonably be expectedhas filed a denial to have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations. The Company may become involved in material legal proceedings in the future.claims.

 

Rubenstein Matter

 

On September 28, 2017, Aaron Rubenstein, a purported shareholder of the Company’s common stock, filed a lawsuit against the Company (as nominal defendant) and Richard N. Azar II, itsit’s then Chief Executive Officer and director (who has since resigned from both positions), RAD2 Management, LLC, RAD2 Minerals, Ltd. and Segundo Resources, LLC, each an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Azar, in the United States District Court, Western District of Texas (Case No. 5:17-cv-962-FB).  The suit seeks the recovery (for the benefit of the Company) of alleged short-swing profits from Mr. Azar and his related entities under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act relating to various transactions involving Series B Preferred Stock of the Company in November 2016 and January 2017. Mr. Azar deniesdenied the existence of any short-swing profits and filed a denial with the court. The Company also filed a denial with the court.

The parties are currently in discussions regarding a settlement of the plaintiff’s claims. Following the date of this filing the Company anticipates entering into a settlement agreement and that the plaintiff will file a dismissal of the plaintiff’s claims with the court.

 

Petroflow Matter

 

In October 2017, the Company agreed to pay directly and reimburse entities owned in part by Alan Dreeben, a former director of the Company, for legal fees and settlement payments expended in connection with the defense ofPetroflow Energy Corporation v. Sezar Energy, L.P. and Brittany Energy, LLC, Case No. 16-CV-700-TCK;TLW, In the United States District Court – N.D. OK. The Company was the beneficiary through the release of interest in disputed lease interests from Petroflow to the Company that provides the Company with complete control over those properties to renew expired leases and to have 100% of the drilling rights related to those properties. Sezar Energy and Brittany Energy have assigned any interests they may have had in conjunction with litigation in exchange for the Company making the agreed settlement payments of $475,000 plus direct payments and reimbursement of the legal costs paid on behalf of the defendants by Mr. Dreeben. Total legal fees expended by such entities totaled $392,043, and the Company reimbursed such fees by issuing Mr. Dreeben 1,960,21878,409 shares of common stock with a value of $0.20 per share in November 2017. In addition, the Company directly paid legal fees and settlement payments totaling $378,694.$567,633. The total expense related to the Petroflow matter of $770,737$959,676 is included in General and Administrative expense on the income statement.statement of operations during the year ended March 31, 2018.


Segundo Settlement Agreement

Also on July 12, 2018, the Company entered into a Compromise Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with Segundo described in greater detail above under “Note 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations – Segundo Settlement Agreement”.

 

NOTE 9 – REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS

Change in Accounting for Revenue from Oil and Gas Operations

The Company adopted ASU 2014-09,“Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)”, on April 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method applied to contracts that were not completed as of April 1, 2018. Refer to “Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for additional information.

Exploration and Production

There were no significant changes to the timing or valuation of revenue recognized for sales of production from exploration and production activities.

Disaggregation of Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The following table disaggregates revenue by significant product type for the three and six months ended September 30, 2018:

   Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended  
    September 30, 2018    September 30, 2018 
Oil sales $181,952  $382,021 
Natural gas sales  266,430   739,943 
Natural gas liquids sales           361,084   1,382,198 
Total revenue from customers $809,466  $2,504,162 

There were no significant contract liabilities or transaction price allocations to any remaining performance obligations as of September 30, 2018 or March 31, 2018.

NOTE 10 – INCOME TAXES

 

The Company has estimated that its effective tax rate for U.S. purposes will be zero for the 2019 and 2018 fiscal years as a result of net losses and 2017 fiscal year and consequently,a full valuation allowance against the net deferred tax assets. Consequently, the Company has recorded no provision or benefit for income taxes for the three and ninesix months ended December 31, 2017September 30, 2018 and 2016.2017.

 

NOTE 1011 – STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICITEQUITY (DEFICIT)

Common Stock

On January 10, 2018, the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares.

On August 23, 2017, the Investor converted $35,000 of the principal amount of the Debenture into an aggregate of 70,189 shares of common stock, which included 431 shares for conversion of principal (at $81.25 per share) and 69,758 shares for premiums.


On April 20, 2018, the Investor was issued 141,982 shares of common stock as a result of true-ups in connection with the August 23, 2017 conversion of the Debenture.

On October 4, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with a digital marketing advisor pursuant to which the advisor agreed to create original content with the goal of increasing public awareness about the Company and the Company agreed to pay the advisor (a) $20,000 per month beginning in October 2017 and ending on February 28, 2018, (b) $50,000 per month thereafter through October 4, 2018, the end of the term of the agreement, and (c) 150,000 shares of restricted common stock, with 100,000 shares payable within 15 days of the parties’ entry into the agreement and the remainder due on May 1, 2018. As of September 30, 2018, the remaining shares were issued and the obligation was settled in full.  

As of March 31, 2018, the 408,508 outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock had accrued an aggregate of $606,764 in dividends. The Company paid the dividends by way of the issuance of an aggregate of 1,753 shares of its common stock to the preferred shareholders in May 2018, pursuant to the terms of the designation (which provides that the Shares shall be based on a value of $87.50 per share). The beneficial owners of the Series B Preferred Stock as of March 31, 2018, were Richard N. Azar, II, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former director, and Alan Dreeben, the Company’s former director.

As of June 30, 2018, the 408,508 outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock had accrued an aggregate of $606,764 in dividends. The Company paid the dividends by way of the issuance of an aggregate of 1,753 shares of its common stock to the preferred shareholders in September 2018, pursuant to the terms of the designation (which provides that the Shares shall be based on a value of $87.50 per share). The beneficial owners of the Series B Preferred Stock as of June 30, 2018, were Richard N. Azar, II, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former director, and Alan Dreeben, the Company’s former director.

As of September 30, 2018, the 408,508 outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock had accrued $153,191 in dividends. The Company plans to pay the dividends by way of the issuance of an aggregate of 1,753 shares of its common stock to the preferred shareholders pursuant to the terms of the designation (which provides that the Shares shall be based on a value of $87.50 per share). The beneficial owners of the Series B Preferred Stock as of September 30, 2018, were Richard N. Azar, II, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former director, and Alan Dreeben, the Company’s former director. To date, the accrued dividend outstanding as of September 30, 2018 has not been paid.

On October 7, 2016, the Investor exercised the First Warrant in full and was due 55,385 shares of common stock upon exercise thereof and an additional 101,710 shares of common stock in consideration for the conversion premium due thereon. A total of 32,400 shares were issued to the Investor on October 7, 2016, with the remaining shares being held in abeyance until such time as it would not result in the Investor exceeding its beneficial ownership limitation (4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock). The Company received gross proceeds of $4,500,000 from the exercise of the First Warrant and paid placement agent fees of $427,500 for services rendered in connection with the First Warrant. Pursuant to the terms of the First Warrant, the number of shares due in consideration for the conversion premium increases as the annual rate of return under the First Warrant increases, including by 10% upon the occurrence of certain triggering events (which had occurred by the October 7, 2016 date of exercise), to 17% per annum upon the exercise of the First Warrant. Additionally, as the conversion rate for the conversion premium is currently 85% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price during the measuring period, less $0.10 per share of common stock not to exceed 85% of the lowest sales prices on the last day of such period less $0.10 per share, the number of shares issuable in connection with the conversion premium increases as the trading price of the Company’s common stock decreases, and the trading price of the Company’s common stock has decreased since the date the First Warrant was exercised, triggering a further reduction in the conversion price of the conversion premium and an increase in the number of shares due to the Investor in connection with the conversion of the amount owed in connection with the conversion premium. An aggregate of 4,417,911 shares of common stock were issued to the Investor in connection with the exercise of the Warrant during fiscal 2017 (200,000), fiscal 2018 (3,909,500), and 308,411 shares were issued in April 2018. The First Warrant has been fully-exercised and extinguished to date.


The following summarizes the Company’s common stock activity during the six-month period ended September 30, 2018:  

     Common Shares 
  Amount(a)  Per Share  Issued and
Outstanding Shares
 
Balance at March 31, 2018          5,758,970 
Preferred Stock Series C Conversion(b)        67,587,868 
Preferred Stock Series B Dividends  2,183   0.62   3,502 
Warrants – Abeyance(b)        308,411 
Issuance of Common Stock for settlement of consulting agreement        50,000 
Issuance of Common Stock of Prior Conversion of Convertible Notes        141,982 
Balance at September 30, 2018          73,850,733 

(a)Net proceeds or fair value on grant date, as applicable.

(b)Shares previously held in abeyance until such time as it would not result in the investor exceeding its beneficial ownership limitation (4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock).

 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On April 19, 2016, the holder of ourthe Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, agreed to convert all 500 shares of ourtheir outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into 20,000800 shares of ourthe Company’s common stock (a conversion ratio of 40:1.6:1 as provided in the original designation of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock adjusted for the Company’s 1:25 reverse stock split effective on July 25, 2015)2015 and the Company’s 1:25 reverse stock split effective March 5, 2018), which conversion was completed on April 25, 2016. The Company paid the holder $20,000 in connection with such conversion in order to comply with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement that required that no shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock be outstanding at the closing. As of DecemberSeptember 30, 2018, and March 31, 2017,2018, respectively, the Company had no Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued or outstanding.

 

Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On September 1, 2016, as consideration for the closing of the Acquisition, the Company issued an aggregate of 552,000 shares of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, which had a total value of $13,800,000 based on the $25 per Series B Preferred Stock share par value. The preferred shares were issued to RAD2 (200,000 shares) and Segundo Resources, LLC (an affiliate of RAD2) (352,000 shares) on behalf of and for the benefit of RAD2.

 

The Company’s Series B Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference of $25 per share. The Series B Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder at any time following the original issuance date, into common stock at a rate of approximately 7.14:0.2857:1 (originally issuable into an aggregate of 3,942,857157,714 shares of common stock if fully converted), at the option of the holder thereof, or automatically as to 25% of the Series B Preferred Stock shares if ourthe Company’s common stock trades above $6.125$153.13 per share for at least 20 consecutive trading days, and trades with at least 75,0003,000 shares of average volume per day during such period; an additional 50% of the Series B Preferred Stock shares if ourthe Company’s common stock trades above $7.00$175.00 per share for at least 20 consecutive trading days, and trades with at least 75,0003,000 shares of average volume per day during such period; and as to the remaining Series B Preferred Stock shares, if ourthe Company’s common stock trades above $7.875$196.88 per share for at least 20 consecutive trading days, and trades with at least 75,0003,000 shares of average volume per day during such period. Each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote per share on all stockholder matters. The Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable at any time by the Company upon the payment by the Company of the face amount of the Series B Preferred Stock ($25 per share) plus any and all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon.


The Company has the option, exercisable from time to time after the original issue date, to redeem all or any portion of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock by paying each applicable holder, an amount equal to the original issue price multiplied by the number of Series B Preferred shares held by each applicable holder plus the accrued dividends.

 

During the year ended March 31, 2017, the Company issued a stock dividend on the Series B Preferred Stock consisting of 82,674 shares of the Company’s common stock. Due to the fact that the Company is in an accumulated deficit position, the Company recognized a charge to additional paid in-capital of $83 based on the par value of the common stock issued.

On June 19, 2017, a holder of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock converted 143,492 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock into 1,024,943 shares of common stock of the Company.

As of December 31, 2017, theSeptember 30, 2018, there were 408,508 outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock had accrued an aggregate of $453,573 in quarterly dividends ($153,191 each for the quarters ended June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017). The Company paid the accrued dividends on February 5, 2018, by way of the issuance of an aggregate of 131,313 shares of our common stock to the preferred shareholders pursuant to the terms of the designation (which provides that the Shares shall be based on a value of $3.50 per share).

The 408,508 shares of Series B Preferred Stockoutstanding, which have the following features:

 

 a liquidation preference senior to all of the Company’s common stock;

 a dividend, payable quarterly, at an annual rate of six percent (6%) of the original issue price until such Series B Preferred Stock is no longer outstanding either due to conversion, redemption or otherwise; and

 voting rights on all matters, with each share having 11/25th of one vote.

 

As the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible at any time following the original issuance date into common stock at a rate of approximately 7.14:0.2857:1, the Company recognized a fair value measurement of $14,898,038 for the Series B Preferred Stock, which is based on the 552,000 preferred shares originally issued times the conversion rate of approximately 7.14,0.2857, times the price of the Company’s common stock of $3.78$94.50 per share at the date of the closing of the Acquisition on August 25, 2016.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2018, the Company issued a stock dividend on the Series B Preferred Stock consisting of 1,751 shares (with fair value $833 based on a share price of $0.50 per share at September 30, 2018) of the Company’s common stock. Due to the fact that the Company is in a retained deficit position, the Company recognized a charge to additional paid in-capital of $881 and stock dividends distributable but not issued based on the par value of the common stock issued. During the quarter ended September 30, 2018, the Company issued 1,751 shares to settle a stock dividend accrued on Series B Preferred Stock.

 

Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On April 6, 2016, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with the Investor, pursuant to which it agreed, subject to certain conditions, to sell 527 shares of Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock (with a face value of $5.26 million) at a 5% original issue discount of $263,000, convertible into 1,618,46264,738 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $3.25 per share, and a warrant to purchase 1,111,11244,444 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.50$112.50 per share (the “Second Warrant”).

 

On September 2, 2016, the Second Warrant and 53 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were issued for $526,450 ($500,000, net cash proceeds to Camber) after the Acquisition (as defined and described in “Note 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations”) closed. The prorated share of the $263,000 discount ($26,450) was recorded as reduction to interest expense.additional paid in capital. On November 17, 2016, the remaining 474 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were issued for $4,736,550 ($4,500,000, net cash proceeds to the Company)Camber) and the Company paid placement agent and legal fees of $514,000 for services rendered in connection with the issuance. The Company also recognized $236,550 of the remaining 5% original issue discount, which was recorded as reduction to interest expenseadditional paid in capital.

On October 5, 2017, the Company and the Investor entered into the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which (1) the Investor purchased 212 shares of Series C Preferred Stock on the closing date of the agreement, October 4, 2017 (the “Initial Closing”), for $2 million, and agreed, subject to certain closing conditions set forth in the agreement, agreed to purchase (2) 106 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the Initial Closing (which closing occurred on November 21, 2017); (3) 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the second closing (which closing occurred on December 27, 2017); (4) 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the third quarterclosing (which closing occurred on January 30, 2018); (5) 105 shares of fiscal 2017.Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the fourth closing; (6) 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $5,000,000, 30 days after the fifth closing; and (7) 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $5,000,000, 30 days after the sixth Closing.


On October 5, 2017, the Company and the Investor entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement, amended on March 2, 2018 (as amended, the “October 2017 Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, pursuant to the terms thereof, 1,684 shares of our Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) for $16 million (a 5% original issue discount to the face value of such shares), subject to certain conditions set forth therein.

On March 2, 2018, the Company and the Investor entered into an amendment to the October 2017 Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which the Investor (a) waived any and all Trigger Events (as defined in the certificate of designation of the Series C Preferred Stock (the “Designation”)) that had occurred prior to March 2, 2018, (b) agreed that all calculations provided for in the Designation would be made as if no such Trigger Event had occurred, and (c) waived any right to receive any additional shares of common stock based upon any such Trigger Event, with respect to all shares of Series C Preferred Stock, other than any which have already been converted.

During the year ended March 31, 2018, the Company sold the Investor an aggregate of 633 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $6 million under the terms of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement. 


The Investor also agreed, pursuant to the amendment, that the conversion rate of conversion premiums pursuant to the Designation would remain 95% of the average of the lowest 5 individual daily volume weighted average prices during the applicable Measuring Period (as defined in the Designation), not to exceed 100% of the lowest sales prices on the last day of the Measuring Period, less $0.05 per share of common stock, unless a triggering event has occurred, and that such $0.05 per share discount would not be adjusted in connection with the Company’s previously reported 1-for-25 reverse stock split affected on March 5, 2018.

 

The holder of the Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to cumulative dividends through maturity, which initially totaled 6% per annum, and are adjustable to up to 34.95% per annum, based on certain triggering events and the trading price of the Company’s common stock. The interest rate on the Series C Preferred Stock issued prior to October 5, 2017stock, and which currently total 34.95% per annum, and the interest rate on the Series C Preferred Stock issued after October 5, 2017 currently totals 24.95% per annum, with such interest,payable in each case, payablefull through maturity upon redemption, conversion, or maturity, and when, as and if declared by ourthe Company’s Board of Directors in its discretion. The Series C Preferred Stock ranks senior to the common stock and pari passu with respect to ourthe Company’s Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

The Series C Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of common stock at any time at the option of the holder, or at the Company’s option if certain equity conditions (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) are met. Upon conversion, the Companywe will pay the holder of the Series C Preferred Stock being converted an amount, in cash or stock at itsthe Company’s sole discretion, equal to the dividends that such shares would have otherwise earned if they had been held through the maturity date (7 years), and issue to the holder such number of shares of common stock equal to $10,000 per share of Series C Preferred Stock (the “Face Value”) multiplied by the number of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock divided by the conversion rate ($3.25 per share).

 

The conversion premium under the Series C Preferred Stock is payable and the dividend rate under the Series C Preferred Stock is adjustable on the same terms and conditions as accrued interest is payable and adjustable under the Debenture. The Series C Preferred Stock has a maturity date that is seven years after the date of issuance and, if the Series C Preferred Stock has not been wholly converted into shares of common stock prior to such date, we may redeem the Series C Preferred Stock on such date by repaying to the holder in cash 100% of the Face Value plus an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon. 100% of the Face Value, plus an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon, automatically becomes payable in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up by us.

 

The following summarizesDuring the three and six-month periods ended September 30, 2018, the Company sold 735 and 945 shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the October 2017 Purchaser Agreement, for total consideration of $7 million and $9 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, there were 1,683 and 1,132 shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding, respectively.

During the three and six-month periods ended September 30, 2018, the Investor converted 143 and 394 shares of the Series C Preferred Stock convertedstock with a face value of $1.43 million and $3.94 million and was issued 440,002 and 1,212,326 shares of common stock and additional shares of common stock in dividend premium shares of 8,533,610 and 17,184,686, respectively and true ups on those and prior conversions for an aggregate of a total of 67,587,868 shares issued during the ninesix months ended December 31 2017:September 30, 2018.

 

Date  Number of Shares Converted  Face Value  Common Stock Due  Additional Dividend Premium Shares  Total Common Stock 
April 11, 2017   10  $100,000   30,770   1,243,772   1,274,542 
    10  $100,000   30,770   1,243,772   1,274,542 


As of DecemberSeptember 30, 2018 and March 31, 2017,2018, the Company accrued common stock dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock based on the then 24.95%34.95% and 34.95%24.95% premium dividend rate per the 2016 and 2017 Stock Purchase Agreement, respectively, as described above, as applicable.above. The Company recognized a total charge to additional paid-in capital and stock dividends distributable but not issued of $1,771,532$1,419,800 and $1,928,084 related to the stock dividend declared but not issued.

Due toissued for the decline in the price of the Company’s common stocksix month period ended September 30, 2018 and the trigger event that occurred on June 30, 2016 as a result of the delay in filing our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2016, the dividend premium rate increased from 6% to 30% and the conversion discount became 85% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price during the measuring period, less $0.10 per share of common stock not to exceed 85% of the lowest sales prices on the last day of such period less $0.10 per share. A total of 1,067,600 shares were issued to the Investor on December 23, 2016.2018, respectively.

 

As of December 31, 2016, the Company accrued common stock dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock based on the then 30% premium dividend rate described above. The Company recognized a charge to additional paid-in capital and stock dividends distributable but not issued of $750,000 related to the stock dividend declared but not issued.

During the year ended March 31, 2017, the Investor converted 123 shares of the Series C Preferred stock with a face value of $1.2 million and was issued 378,464 shares of common stock and additional shares of common stock in dividend premium shares of 5,605,393 for an aggregate of a total of 5,693,857 shares issued.

On October 5, 2017, the Company and the Investor entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “October 2017 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company may receive aggregate consideration of $16 million, subject to certain conditions set forth therein. See “Note 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations – “Stock and Securities Purchase Agreements with Institutional Investor” for a description of the Series C Preferred Stock purchased or to be purchased by the Investor.

On October 5, 2017, in connection with the entry into the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, the Investor purchased 212 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $2 million (the “Initial Closing”). On November 21, 2017, pursuant to the terms of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, we sold the Investor an additional 106 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1 million (the “Second Closing”). On December 27, 2017, pursuant to the terms of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, we sold the Investor an additional 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1 million (the “Third Closing”). On January 30, 2018, pursuant to the terms of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, we sold the Investor an additional 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1 million (the “Fourth Closing”).

See discussion of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement with the Investor in Note 2.

Common Stock

The following summarizes the Company’s common stock activity during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017:

     Common Shares 
  Amount (a)  Per Share  Issued and Outstanding Shares 
Balance at March 31, 2017          27,115,868 
Preferred Stock Series B Conversion $399,728  $0.39   1,024,943 
Preferred Stock Series C Conversion (b)        10,243,718 
Preferred Stock Series B Dividends  34,837   0.59   59,146 
Warrant Conversion - Abeyance (c)        31,545,154 
Consulting Services  560,000   0.16   3,500,000 
Litigation Settlement  313,635   0.16   1,960,218 
Note Conversion  35,000   0.02   1,754,711 
Share-Based Compensation (d)  23,573   0.50   47,146 
Dreeben Note Shares  30,000   0.75   40,000 
Third Party Lender Note Shares  5,900   0.59   10,000 
Balance at December 31, 2017          77,300,904 
(a)Net proceeds or fair value on grant date, as applicable.
(b)Shares previously held in abeyance until such time as it would not result in the investor exceeding its beneficial ownership limitation (4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock).
(c)Shares issued from the October 7, 2016 exercise of warrants resulting from an increase in the conversion premium.
(d)For the year ended March 31, 2017, Camber issued 22,131 shares of its common stock with an aggregate grant date fair value of $72,035, which were valued based on the trading value of Camber’s common stock on the date of grant. Also, on December 31, 2016, the Company agreed to award an additional 19,010 shares of its common stock with an aggregate grant fair value of $23,573, which were valued based on the trading value of Camber’s common stock on the date of grant. Those common stock awards had yet to be physically issued as of March 31, 2017 and therefore, were recognized as accrued common stock payable on the March 31, 2017 balance sheet. The shares were awarded according to the employment agreement with an officer and as additional compensation for other officers and managerial personnel. These common stock awards were issued during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017.


Warrants

On August 2, 2017, and effective June 13, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with Vantage pursuant to which Vantage agreed to provide up to $6 million of funding to the Company, at the sole discretion of Vantage. The initial tranche consisted of $400,000 received on June 12, 2017, in exchange for the assignment to Vantage of all of the Company’s rights and ownership in its wholly-owned subsidiary Camber Permian II, LLC (“Camber Permian”) which included leaseholds and potential participation rights and warrants to purchase 1,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The fair value of the warrants was determined to be $284,305 as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing model. Variables used in the Black Scholes model as of June 12, 2017 include (1) discount rate of 1.78% (2) expected term of 5 years, (3) expected volatility of 135.42%, and (4) zero expected dividends.


During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017, the Vantage Warrants were granted (in August 2017, as described above), and warrants to purchase 41,300 shares of common stock originally issued in April 2012 expired. No other warrants were issued or were cancelled.

During the year ended March 31, 2017, warrants to purchase 1,384,616 shares of common stock were granted in connection with the Company’s sale of the debenture noted in “Note 6 – Note Payables and Debenture” and warrants to purchase 1,111,112 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.50 per share were granted in connection with our sale of 53 shares of Series C Preferred Stock noted above. The Company also granted warrants to purchase 124,285 shares of common stock in connection with the sale of convertible notes. No warrants were cancelled during the year ended March 31, 2017, other than warrants to purchase 100,420 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $71.50 per share which expired unexercised on July 4, 2016.

 

On October 7, 2016, the Investor exercised the First Warrant in full and was due 1,384,61655,385 shares of common stock upon exercise thereof and an additional 2,542,735101,709 shares of common stock in consideration for the conversion premium due thereon. A total of 810,00032,400 shares were issued to the Investor on October 7, 2016, with the remaining shares being held in abeyance until such time as it would not result in the Investor exceeding its beneficial ownership limitation (4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock). The Company received gross proceeds of $4,500,000 from the exercise of the First Warrant and paid placement agent fees of $427,500 for services rendered in connection with the First Warrant. Pursuant to the terms of the First Warrant, the number of shares due in consideration for the conversion premium increases as the annual rate of return under the First Warrant increases, including by 10% upon the occurrence of certain triggering events (which had occurred by the October 7, 2016 date of exercise), to 17% per annum upon the exercise of the First Warrant. Additionally, as the conversion rate for the conversion premium is currently 85% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price during the measuring period, less $0.10 per share of common stock not to exceed 85% of the lowest sales prices on the last day of such period less $0.10 per share, the number of shares issuable in connection with the conversion premium increases as the trading price of ourthe Company’s common stock decreases, and the trading price of ourthe Company’s common stock has decreased since the date the First Warrant was exercised, triggering a further reduction in the conversion price of the conversion premium and an increase in the number of shares due to the Investor in connection with the conversion of the amount owed in connection with the conversion premium. Additionally, pursuant to the interpretation of the Investor, the measurement period for the calculation of the lowest daily volume weighted average price currently continues indefinitely.

 

AsAn aggregate of February 12, 2018, a total of 52,395,1544,417,911 shares of common stock had beenwere issued to the Investor in connection with the exercise of the Warrant during fiscal 2017 (200,000), 2018 (3,909,500), and 308,411 shares were issued in April 2018. The First Warrant of the approximately 110,447,753 shares which are due (58,052,599 shares remainhas been fully-exercised and extinguished to be issued to the Investor, which shares are currently held in abeyance until such time as it would not result in the Investor exceeding its beneficial ownership limitation (4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock)) as of February 8, 2018 (subject to increases as the value of our common stock decreases). In the nine months ended December 31, 2017, 31,545,154 shares of common stock were issued and subsequent to December 31, 2017, 15,580,000 shares of common stock were issued.

Additionally, warrants to purchase 66,668 shares of common stock issued in connection with an equity raise completed in April 2014, contained a weighted average anti-dilutive provision in which the exercise price of the warrants are adjusted downward based on any subsequent issuance or deemed issuance of common stock or convertible securities by the Company for consideration less than the then exercise price of such warrants. As a result of the anti-dilution rights, the exercise price of the warrants was adjusted to $3.59 per share, in connection with an automatic adjustment to the exercise price due to the Acquisition. As of December 31, 2017, the fair value of the derivative liability associated with the 66,668 warrants was $771 compared to $21,662 at March 31, 2017. Therefore, the $20,891 change in the derivative liability fair value was recorded as other income on the consolidated statement of operations.date.

 

At DecemberSeptember 30, 2018 and March 31, 2017, 11,1952018, outstanding warrants had an intrinsic value of $1,231.$0 and $232, respectively. The intrinsic value is based upon the difference between the market price of Camber’s common stock on the date of exercise and the grant price of the stock options. These warrants were initially issued in connection with the Rogers Loan on August 13, 2013, and the exercise price was lowered from $33.75 to $0.01 per share on August 12, 2015.

 

The following is a summary of the Company’s outstanding warrants at December 31, 2017:September 30, 2018:

 

Warrants Outstanding  Exercise Price ($)  Expiration Date  Intrinsic Value at
December 31, 2017
 
11,000(1)  37.50   April 4, 2018   $ 
2,000(2)  37.50   May 31, 2018    
11,195(3)  0.01   August 13, 2018   1,231 
66,668(4)  3.59   April 21, 2019    
124,285(5)  1.50   April 21, 2021    
1,600,000(6)  0.25   June 12, 2022    
1,815,148          $1,231 
Warrants  Exercise  Expiration  

Intrinsic Value at

 
Outstanding  Price ($)  Date  September 30, 2018 
 2,667(1)  61.50   April 21, 2019    
 4,972(2)  37.50   April 21, 2021    
 64,000(3)  6.25   June 12, 2022    
 1,000,000(4)  0.39   May 24, 2023    
 1,071,639          $ 

 
(1)Warrants issued in connection with the issuance of certain notes in April 2013, of which the outstanding principal and interest was paid in full on August 16, 2013. The warrants were exercisable on the grant date (April 4, 2013) and remain exercisable until April 4, 2018.
(2)Warrants issued in connection with the issuance of certain notes in May 2013, of which the outstanding principal and interest was paid in full on August 16, 2013. The warrants were exercisable on the grant date (May 31, 2013) and remain exercisable until May 31, 2018.
(3)Warrants issued in connection with the Rogers Loan. The warrants were exercisable on the grant date (August 13, 2013) and remain exercisable until August 13, 2018. The exercise price was lowered to $0.01 per share on August 12, 2015.
(4)Warrants issued in connection with the sale of units in the Company’s unit offering in April 2014. The Warrants became exercisable on April 21, 2014 and will remain exercisable thereafter until April 21, 2019.

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(5)(2)Warrants issued in connection with the sale of convertible notes. The warrants were exercisable on the grant date (April 26, 2016) and remain exercisable until April 26, 2021.
 (6)(3)Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Tranche of the funding from Vantage. The warrants were exercisable on the grant date (June 12, 2017) and remain exercisable until June 12, 2022.
(4)Warrants issued in connection with the Severance Agreement with Richard Azar. The warrants were exercisable on the grant date (May 25, 2018) and remain exercisable until May 24, 2023.

 

On October 4, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with a digital marketing advisor pursuant to which the advisor agreed to create original content with the goal of increasing public awareness about the Company and the Company agreed to pay the advisor (a) $20,000 per month from October 2017 through February 28, 2018, (b) $50,000 per month thereafter through October 4, 2018, the end of the term of the agreement, and (c) 3,750,000 shares of restricted common stock, with 2.5 million shares payable within 15 days of the parties’ entry into the agreement and the remainder due on May 1, 2018.

On October 4, 2017, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a third-party consultant which consultant agreed to provide investor relations and public relations services to the Company. As consideration pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to issue the consultant 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock with piggy-back registration rights.

Stock Purchase Agreement

On October 5, 2017, the Company and the Investor entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement described in greater detail above under Note 2 “Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations” – “Stock and Securities Purchase Agreements with Institutional Investor”.

Under the terms of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, (1) the Investor purchased 212 shares of Series C Preferred Stock on the closing date of the agreement, October 4, 2017 (the “Initial Closing”), for $2 million, and agreed, subject to certain closing conditions set forth in the agreement, to purchase (2) 106 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the Initial Closing (which closing occurred on November 21, 2017); (3) 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the second closing (which closing occurred on December 27, 2017); (4) 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the third closing (which closing occurred on January 30, 2018); (5) 105 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after the fourth closing; (6) 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $5,000,000, 30 days after the fifth closing; and (7) 525 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $5,000,000, 30 days after the sixth Closing, none of which closings, except as discussed above, have occurred to date.

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation

Effective on January 10, 2018, the Company filed, with the Secretary of State of Nevada, a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock, $0.001 per value per share, from 200,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares.


NOTE 1112 – SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

 

Camber measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award over the vesting period.

 

Stock Options

 

As of December 31,September 30, 2018 and 2017, and 2016, the Company had 7,92078 and 19,920 stock options outstanding with a weighted average exercise price of $25.49$1,294 and $35.38, respectively.

 

Of the Company’s outstanding options, no options were exercised.exercised or forfeited during the three months ended September 30, 2018. Additionally, no stock options were granted during the three and ninesix months ended December 31, 2017. During three and nine months ended December 31, 2017, 18,000 stock options expired.September 30, 2018. Compensation expense related to stock options during the three-month periodsperiod ended December 31,September 30, 2018 and 2017 and 2016 was $1,605$0 and $4,816, respectively. Compensation expense related to stock options during the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 was $11,238 and $14,449, respectively.

 

Options outstanding and exercisable at December 31,September 30, 2018 and 2017 and 2016 had no intrinsic value, respectively. The intrinsic value is based upon the difference between the market price of Camber’s common stock on the date of exercise and the grant price of the stock options.

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company hasSeptember 30, 2018, there was no remaining unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to all non-vested stock options.

 

The following tabulation summarizes the remaining terms of the options outstanding:

 

Exercise Price ($)  Remaining Life (Yrs.)  Options Outstanding  Options Exercisable 
25.49   2.8   7,920   7,920 
    Total   7,920   7,920 
Exercise  Remaining  Options  Options 
Price ($)  Life (Yrs.)  Outstanding  Exercisable 
 1,294   2.0   78   78 
     Total   78   78 

 

NOTE 13 – INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

The calculation of earnings (loss) per share for the three and six months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was as follows:

 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 September 30, September 30,
 2018 2017 2018 2017
Numerator:        
Net Income (loss) $23,228,366  $(6,246,116) $19,716,269  $(9,295,094)
Less preferred dividends  (896,182)  (358,723)  (1,595,178)  (717,958)
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders $22,332,184  $(6,604,839) $18,121,091  $(10,013,052)
                 
Denominator                
Weighted average share – basic  40,325,026   1,543,467   24,939,537   1,381,147 
Income (loss) per share – basic $0.58  $(4.28) $0.79  $(7.25)
                 
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents                
Options/warrants  —     —     1,399   —   
Convertible debenture  20,037,653   —     20,037,653   —   
Preferred C shares  75,538,775   —     75,538,775   —   
                 
Denominator                
Total Weighted average shares – diluted  135,901,454   1,543,467   120,517,364   1,381,147 
Income (loss) per share – diluted $0.16  $(4.28) $0.15  $(7.25)


NOTE 1214 – SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

Net cash paid for interest and income taxes was as follows:

 

 Nine Months Ended
December 31,
  Six Months Ended September 30, 
 2017 2016  2018  2017 
Interest $4,278,788  $1,115,528  $842,520  $1,115,528 
Income taxes $ $  $  $ 

 


Non-cash investing and financing activities included the following:

 

  Nine Months Ended
December 31,
  Nine Months Ended
December 31,
 
  2017  2016 
Reduction in Accounts Payable for Payments Made on Previously Accrued Capital Expenditures $4,402  $242,957 
Net Assets and Liabilities Transferred in Rogers Transaction $11,018,385  $ 
Asset Retirement Obligations from Segundo Acquisition $  $755,862 
Issuance of Common Stock for Segundo Acquisition $  $49,176,530 
Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock for Segundo Acquisition $  $14,898,038 
Notes Payable Assumed for Segundo Acquisition $  $30,595,256 
Accounts Receivable Assumed for Segundo Acquisition $  $635,482 
Debt discounts on Notes Payable $  $48,000 
Debt discounts on Notes Payable, Long-Term Notes Payable $  $3,376,900 
Issuance of Restricted Common Stock for Dreeben Loan $35,000  $48,000 
Stock Dividends Distributable but not Issued $1,231,704  $ 
Conversion of Convertible Notes to Common Stock $35,000  $1,445,669 
Conversion of Preferred Stock to Common Stock $1,025  $1,093,900 
Issuance of Common Stock for Common Stock Payable $59,473  $ 
Change in Estimate for Asset Retirement Obligation $13,755  $ 
Write-off of Unproved Leasehold Costs $412,708  $ 
Issuance of Stock Dividends $34,837  $ 

  Six Months Ended
September 30, 2018
  Six Months Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Changes in Accounts Payable for Payments Made on Previously Accrued Capital Expenditures $451,543 $4,395 
Change in Estimate for Asset Retirement Obligation  48,099   9,945 
Settlement of common stock payable 200,000  —  
Debt discounts on Notes Payable $ —  $49,529 
Debt discounts on Notes Payable, Long-Term Notes Payable $ —  $502,341 
Issuance of Restricted Common Stock for Dreeben Loan $ —  $35,900 
Stock Dividends Distributable but not Issued $1,595,178  $717,958 
Conversion of Convertible Notes to Common Stock $142  $35,000 
Conversion of Preferred Stock to Common Stock $ 67,588  $1,025 
Issuance of common stock for common stock payable $ —  $59,473 
Reversal of oil and gas property $ —  $412,708 
Issuance of stock dividends $2,231  $34,837 
Issuance of Common Stock for Dividends $ —  $358,723 
Warrants Issued in Abeyance  308    

 

NOTE 1315 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

See various subsequent events disclosed in Note 2 “Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations”, Note 6 “Notes Payable and Debenture” and Note 10 “Stockholders’ Deficit.”Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock

 

InFrom October 1, 2018 to November 7, 2018, the Investor was issued an aggregate of 50,028,006 shares of common stock in connection with the departuretrue ups associated with prior conversions of Mr. Anthony C. SchnurSeries C Preferred Stock; and as Chief Executive Officer and director of November 7, 2018, was not due any additional shares in connection with true ups.

October 2018 Stock Purchase Agreement

On October 29, 2018, the Company effective June 2, 2017,and the CompanyInvestor entered into a SeveranceStock Purchase Agreement and Release with Mr. Schnur (the “Release”“October 2018 Purchase Agreement”), whereby (i) his employment agreement with the Company was terminated, (ii) he entered into a mutual release with the Company; (iii) the Company agreed to issue him 120,000Investor purchased 369 shares of unregisteredSeries C Preferred Stock for $3.5 million.   The Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the October 2018 Purchase Agreement have substantially similar terms as those sold pursuant to the October 2017 Purchase Agreement described in Note 11 above. 


Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock

In October 2018, Richard N. Azar II, both on his own behalf and on behalf of the entities which he beneficially owned, converted all 364,508 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock which he beneficially owned into an aggregate of 104,146 shares of common stock, (to be issued in installments of 10,000 per month)(the “Settlement Shares”) andwhich 12,419 shares of newly converted common stock (along with a monthly cash paymenttotal of $14,000 for twelve months; and (iv) he was granted reimbursement of the payment of his COBRA premiums through (a) the one year anniversary of the termination or (b) until he is eligible2,818 shares previously beneficially owned by Mr. Azar) were immediately cancelled pursuant to participate in the health insurance plan of another employer, whichever is sooner, and provided that the amount of such health benefits shall reduce his monthly cash payment. On January 11, 2018, and effective as of the original date of the Release, the Company and Mr. Schnur entered into a First Amendment to Severance Agreement and Release (the “Release Amendment”), whereby the terms of the Release were changed to provide for among other things,Segundo Settlement, described above under “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Note 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations – Segundo Settlement”.

Conversion of Debenture

On October 31, 2018, the paymentInvestor converted the entire $495,000 of $49,000 on or before January 12, 2018; $15,000 on or beforeprincipal owed under the 15th of each month from February 2018 to July 2018; and $19,000 on or before August 15, 2018, and further provided for the issuanceterms of the entire amount of the Settlement Shares within five days of the later of the date the Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of the Settlement Shares and the date the NYSE American approved the issuance of such shares. The Settlement Shares were issued on January 30, 2018.

On or around February 8, 2018, we entereddebenture, into an Extension and/or Modification and Release Agreement Commercial Indebtedness, effective December 30, 2017 (the “December 2017 Extension”)aggregate of 20,037,653 shares of common stock, described above under “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Note 6 – Notes Payable”, as borrower, with each of the Pledgers, as pledgors and IBC, as lender. Pursuant to the December 2017 Extension, IBC agreed that an interest only payment would be due beginning on January 30, 2018, with principal payments of $425,000 per month to begin thereafter, which principal payments wereshares have not made; the parties agreed that the amounts owed to IBC were payable on demand, provided if no demand was provided, such amounts would be payable by way of monthly payments of $425,000 of principal, plus accrued interest, with the remaining amount owed to IBC due at maturity (August 25, 2019); that the amount owed to IBC will accrue interest at the rate of 2% per annum above the prime rate, subject to a floor of 5.5% (currently 6.5% per annum); if we fail to make any payment due to IBC within 10 days of its due date, IBC is due a late payment of 5% of the amount past due (subject to a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $1,500 per late payment); and we and the Pledgors released IBC from any claims we had against IBCbeen issued as of the date of each of such releases. this report.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements are generally located in the material set forth below under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” but may be found in other locations as well. For a more detailed description of the risks and uncertainties involved, the following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with management’s discussion and analysis contained in Camber’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 20172018, as filed with the SEC on July 2, 2018, and related discussion of our business and properties contained therein.

 

These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. You should not unduly rely on these statements. Factors, risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements which include, among others:

 

 the availability of funding and the terms of such funding;
   
 our ability to integrate and realize the benefits from future acquisitions that we may complete;

 our growth strategies;

anticipated trends in our business;

 our ability to repay outstanding loans and satisfy our outstanding liabilities;

 our liquidity and ability to finance our exploration, acquisition and development strategies;

 market conditions in the oil and gas industry;

 the timing, cost and procedure for future acquisitions;

the impact of government regulation;

 estimates regarding future net revenues from oil and natural gas reserves and the present value thereof;

 legal proceedings and/or the outcome of and/or negative perceptions associated therewith;

 planned capital expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof);

 increases in oil and gas production;

 changes in the market price of oil and gas;

 changes in the number of drilling rigs available;

 the number of wells we anticipate drilling in the future;

 estimates, plans and projections relating to acquired properties;

 the number of potential drilling locations; and

 our financial position, business strategy and other plans and objectives for future operations.

 


We identify forward-looking statements by use of terms such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “hope,” “plan,” “believe,” “predict,” “envision,” “intend,” “continue,” “potential,” “should,” “confident,” “could” and similar words and expressions, although some forward-looking statements may be expressed differently. You should be aware that our actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. You should consider carefully the statements under the “Risk Factors” section of this report and other sections of this report which describe factors that could cause our actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, and the following factors:

 

 the possibility that our future acquisitions may involve unexpected costs;

 the volatility in commodity prices for oil and gas;

 the accuracy of internally estimated proved reserves;

 the presence or recoverability of estimated oil and gas reserves;

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 the ability to replace oil and gas reserves;

 the availability and costs of drilling rigs and other oilfield services;
   

risks inherent in natural gas and oil drilling and production activities, including risks of fire, explosion, blowouts, pipe failure, casing collapse, unusual or unexpected formation pressures, environmental hazards, and other operating and production risks;
   
 delays in receipt of drilling permits;
   
 risks relating to the availability of capital to fund drilling operations that can be adversely affected by adverse drilling results, production declines and declines in natural gas and oil prices;
   
 risks relating to unexpected adverse developments in the status of properties;
   
 risks relating to the absence or delay in receipt of government approvals or other third party consents;
   
 risks relating to governmental regulations regarding hydraulic fracturing and the disposition/disposal of produced water;
   
 environmental risks;
   
 exploration and development risks;
   
 competition;
   
 the inability to realize expected value from acquisitions;
   
 the availability and cost of alternative fuel sources;
   
 our ability to maintain the listing of our common stock on the NYSE American;
   
 our limited market capitalization;
   
 our ability to meet the covenants in our loan agreements and the consequences of not meeting such covenants;
  
 the ability of our management team to execute its plans to meet its goals; and
   
 other economic, competitive, governmental, legislative, regulatory, geopolitical and technological factors that may negatively impact our businesses, operations and pricing.

 

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or the date of any document incorporated by reference in this report. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 


Review of Information and Definitions

 

This information should be read in conjunction with the interim unaudited financial statements and the notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2017.2018.

 

Certain capitalized terms used below and otherwise defined below, have the meanings given to such terms in the footnotes to our consolidated financial statements included above under Part“Part I - Financial Information” -Information” –Item 1. Financial Statements”.

 

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the Company,“Company,we,“we,us,“us,our,“our,Camber“Camber”, and Camber“Camber Energy, Inc.” refer specifically to Camber Energy, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

In addition, unless the context otherwise requires and for the purposes of this report only:

 

BblExchange Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

“Bbl” refers to one stock tank barrel, or 42 U.S. gallons liquid volume, used in this report in reference to crude oil or other liquid hydrocarbons;

 

BoeSEC” or the “Commission” refers to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

“Boe” barrels of oil equivalent, determined using the ratio of one Bbl of crude oil, condensate or natural gas liquids, to six Mcf of natural gas;

 

Exchange Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

McfMcf” refers to a thousand cubic feet of natural gas;

 


SECSEC” or the “Commission” refers to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; and

 

Securities ActAct” refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Overview

 

Camber Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation, is an independent oil and natural gas company based in San Antonio,Houston, Texas. We are engaged in the acquisition, development and sale of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids from various known productive geological formations, including from the Hunton formation in Lincoln, Logan and Payne Counties, in central Oklahoma; the Cline shale and upper Wolfberry shale in Glasscock County, Texas; and recentlyTexas as well as its productive zones in connection with our entry into the Horizontal San Andres play on the Central Basin Platform of the Permian BasinPanhandle in WestHutchinson County, Texas announced on January 3, 2017. Incorporated in Nevada in December 2003 under the name Panorama Investments Corp., the Company changed its name to Lucas Energy, Inc. effective June 9, 2006 and effective January 4, 2017, the Company changed its name to Camber Energy, Inc.

 

Our primary value drivers are our reserves which must be developed to unlock their full potential. We believe the market conditions driving us toward the need for a larger entity of greater size and financial mass are even more essential in the current environment. In order to develop the significant reserves at our disposal and to better position the Company in the future, we believe that we must become, or become part of, a larger organization with ample cash flow and greater access to capital. Measures such as return on equity, liquidity and stock multiples have led us to conclude that the market, in general, views small-cap and mid-cap exploration and production companies as having greater potential than microcaps. The larger companies tend to have access to more favorable debt financing, receive greater analyst coverage, trade with greater liquidity and consequently, often have higher share prices. We


Currently, we are actively conductingcontinuing to evaluate and conduct workovers and subject to raising the balance of the funds due in connection with the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, which is subject to certain closing conditions described herein,moving forward, the Company intends to drill wells, acquire producing/non producingnon-producing properties at value prices and participate in joint ventures with industry partners with the goal of enhancing production and cash flow.

The Company continues to evaluate its current assets including potential dispositions if there is also executing on an aggressive growth strategy by buildingpotential to increase its net worth. Concurrently, the Company is working to build on the remaining platform and technical capacity created by our recent asset acquisitions described below. We seekintend to create a growth company capable of delivering on the long-expected conversion of reserves to production, continued long-term acreage development,growth and sustainable shareholder value.

Our website address is http://www.camber.energy. Our fiscal year ends on the last day of March of each year.The information on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by referenceinto this report and should not be considered a part of this report. We refer to the twelve-month periods ended March 31, 20182019 and March 31, 20172018 as our 2019 Fiscal Year and 2018 Fiscal Year, and 2017 Fiscal Year, respectively.

As of December 31, 2017,September 30, 2018, the Company had leasehold interests (working interests) covering approximately 13,776 net acres underlying a total of 56,436 gross acres in its two core regions, Central Oklahoma and West Texas. In Central Oklahoma the Company had 13,5673,488 / 55,24719,822 (net / gross) acres, most of which was acquired pursuant to the Acquisition (defined under Liquidity and Going Concern Consideration). Approximately 97% of the Central Oklahoma acreage is held by production (“HBP”). In West Texas, the Company had 209 /2,253 (net / gross) acres. Approximately 9% of this acreage is productive from the Cline and Wolfberry formations acquired pursuant to the Segundo transaction.formations. The remaining West Texas acreage is acquiredconsists of leasehold covering approximately 478.125 / 637.5 (net / gross) acres and wellbores located onin the Central Basin Platform of the Permian Basin,Panhandle in Hutchinson County, Texas, which was announcedacquired by the Company as part of its entry in the emerging Horizontal San Andres play.earlier this year.

On August 2, 2017, and effective June 13, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with Vantage Fund, LLC (“Vantage” and the “Vantage Agreement”), pursuant to which Vantage agreed to provide up to $6 million of funding to the Company, in the sole discretion of Vantage, with $400,000 provided in the initial tranche (the “Initial Tranche”). The consideration for the Initial Tranche of funding was the assignment to Vantage of all of the Company’s rights and ownership in its wholly-owned subsidiary Camber Permian II, LLC (“Camber Permian”) which included leaseholds and potential participation rights. The Vantage Agreement contained customary indemnification requirements. On July 17, 2017, Vantage provided $120,000 to the Company under the Vantage Note and on July 20, 2017, Vantage provided $30,000 to the Company under the Vantage Note. Vantage was granted a second lien on the Jackrabbit property in connection with the financing. On November 9, 2017, in connection with the sale of the Jackrabbit Acreage, the Company paid Vantage the full amount due on the Vantage Note of $150,000.

The cure period on the Rogers Loan expired on September 11, 2017, and as of such date, all principal, interest and unpaid costs thereunder were immediately due and payable (which totaled approximately $9.4 million as of the date of acceleration which amount included $2.1 million of default interest). Prior to the default, CATI had not recorded interest due on the note based on its earlier agreements. As a result of the default, demand and acceleration, CATI recorded the default interest demand of $2.1 million in the three month period ended December 31, 2017. In September 2017, Rogers foreclosed on the assets of CATI which secured the note. On October 3, 2017, the trustee of those assets, for the benefit of the lender, sold these assets in public auction foreclosure sales which took place in Gonzales County and Karnes County, Texas. The proceeds from the foreclosure sales of approximately $3.5 million were applied against the outstanding indebtedness.

On December 15, 2017, CATI entered into a Release of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Fixture Filing (the “Release”) with Rogers. Pursuant to the Release, the Company completed a transaction in which CATI provided Rogers, pursuant to an Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest (the “Royalty Assignment”), with an overriding royalty (equal to 0.01 of 8/8ths of all oil and gas) on CATI’s remaining leasehold and Rogers released CATI from all remaining indebtedness owed. The Release, which was filed in various counties in Texas on January 22, 2018 and January 23, 2018, discharged approximately $5.8 million in principal and interest outstanding and owed to Rogers, according to Rogers. The effective date of the Release was December 15, 2017. Additionally, the remaining leasehold and ownership of CATI was assigned to Arkose Lease Partners, L.L.C., a third party (“Arkose”), pursuant to an Assignment of Membership Interest (the “Assignment”), dated November 1, 2017, in exchange for Arkose’s assumption of all plugging and abandonment liabilities of CATI of approximately $1.8 million.

As of December 31, 2017,September 30, 2018, Camber was producing an average of approximately 86942 net barrels of oil equivalent per day (Boepd)(“Boepd”) from over 10020 active well bores. The ratio between the gross and net production varies due to varied working interests and net revenue interests in each well. Our production sales totaled 158,555106,283 barrels of oil equivalent, net to our interest, for the ninesix month period ended December 31, 2017. September 30, 2018.

At December 31, 2017,September 30, 2018, Camber’s total estimated proved producing reserves were 5.98577 million barrels of oil equivalent (“Boe”), of which 3,383,500298 million barrels (“BblsBbls”) were crude oil and NGL (“Bbls”) reserves, and 15.62,432 billion cubic feet (“BcfBcf”) were natural gas reserves. Approximately 97%3% of the barrel of oil equivalent (“BoeBoe”) was proved producing. With the closing of our asset acquisition in August 2016, the Company acquired estimated proved reserves of 6.3 million Boe, of which 0.2 million Bbls were crude oil reserves, 14.8 billion Bcf were natural gas reserves and 3.7 million Bbls were natural gas liquids. Approximately 72% of Boe was proved producing.


As of December 31, 2017,September 30, 2018, Camber had no employees.employees, but utilizes independent contractors on an as-needed basis.

On May 1, 2017,July 12, 2018, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, which closed on September 26, 2018, described in greater detail above under “Part I. Financial Information – Item 1. Financial Statements – Note 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations – N&B Energy Asset Disposition Agreement”, “First Amendment to Sale Agreement”, “Second Amendment to Sale Agreement”, “Assumption Agreement”, and “N&B Energy Sale Agreement Closing”. Pursuant to the Sale Agreement and Assumption Agreement, the Company entered intotransferred a service agreement (the “Service Agreement”), with Enerjex Resources (“Enerjex”) to outsource the managementsignificant portion of its back-office functionsassets to N&B Energy in consideration for a fixed monthly fee. UnderN&B Energy assuming all of its debt owed to IBC Bank.

Notwithstanding the termssale of the Service Agreement, EnerjexAssets, the Company retained its assets in Glasscock County and Hutchinson Counties, Texas, and also retained a 12.5% production payment (effective until a total of $2.5 million has been received); a 3% overriding royalty interest in its existing Okfuskee County, Oklahoma asset; and an overriding royalty interest on certain other undeveloped leasehold interests, pursuant to an Assignment of Production Payment and Assignments of Overriding Royalty Interests.

The Company’s current plans are to continue to develop and maintain our existing assets and look for similar opportunities to maximize the Company’s return for its shareholders. We will be responsible for performing all back-office services for theevaluating acquisition and development opportunities adjacent to these assets as well as in basins with similar levels of risk. The Company including all data entryis also evaluating strategic growth opportunities with other assets and bookkeeping, financial reporting, management reporting, reserve reporting, SEC compliance, audits, filings, and any other services requiredentities to maintainincrease the Company’s good standing with all local, state, and federal laws. Enerjex will not be responsible for any field operations, including drilling, operating or maintaining any wells or leases, of the Company under the terms of the Service Agreement. Enerjex will receive a fee of $150,000 per month for services rendered, plus any pre-approved out of pocket travel expenses. The monthly fee may be reducedmass to the extent the Company retains employees to perform certain of the functions contemplated to be performed by Enerjex. Effective December 4, 2017, Enerjex and the Company mutually agreed to terminate the Service Agreement.ultimately enhance long-term shareholder value. 


On November 9, 2017, the Company (through its subsidiary, Camber Permian LLC) and NFP Energy LLC (“NFP”), its joint venture partner, sold oil and gas properties totaling approximately 2,452 acres in Gaines County, Texas, to Fortuna Resources Permian, LLC (“Fortuna”), for $1,000 per acre or an aggregate of $2,206,718 payable to the Company (with $245,213 payable to NFP), pursuant to the terms of a letter agreement (the “Sale Agreement”) and an Assignment, Bill of Sale and Conveyance to Fortuna, both dated November 9, 2017 and effective November 1, 2017. This acreage, part of the Company’s “Jackrabbit” acreage, targeted the San Andres formation in the Permian Basin. Additionally, the Company and NFP jointly terminated their venture. With the proceeds from the sale, the Company paid the 1st lien holders, including Alan Dreeben (a former director of the Company), and 2nd lien holder Vantage, thus reducing its liabilities by $1,518,924 and paid NFP $662,072 to terminate the joint venture agreement. The Company maintains a 90% ownership position in the remaining 1,100 acres in the area. The net proceeds from the sale to the Company totaled $25,914. The Company entered into a nonbinding letter of intent in November 2017, to acquire a 95% net working interest position in 3,220 net acres in Yoakum County, Texas, within a 6,000 acre area of mutual interest (“AMI”) in the Permian Basin. The Company intends to enter into an agreement with a joint venture partner within the (“AMI”) with the plan to initiate a drilling program on this acreage, targeting the San Andres formation, during the first half of 2018, subject to the transaction closing by year end. This transaction did not close and the letter of intent was terminated.

Broadly, Camber is targeting acquisitions in the southwest United States, inclusive of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, which represent a vast array of oil and gas deposits. As we consider producing properties, we plan to prioritize those with cash flow returns near our current assets that can substantially improve our bottom line. In addition, we will evaluate the property to determine whether it conforms to our experience and technical expertise. Specifically, we prefer relatively shallow (less than 10,000 feet) formations that require horizontal drilling techniques and significant surface infrastructure management, and we are currently evaluating several opportunities to expand our asset acreage. The ultimate success of each transaction will be significantly dependent upon arriving at acceptable terms and the availability of capital, which may not be available on favorable terms, if at all. 

While actively pursuing specific exploration and development activities in the Mid-Continent area, we may not be able to close future acquisitions for a variety of reasons, new drilling opportunities may not be identified and any new drilling opportunities identified may not be successful if drilled. We have recently made significant strides in improving production from our existing fields where our barrel of oil equivalent per day rates have risen from 850 barrels of oil equivalent per day (Boe/d) in September 2016, our first month of operating the Oklahoma property, to a December 2016 rate of 1,054 Boe/d. Continued improvement in these rates should result in increased revenue and cash flow. Production rates should increase as well from new production which is expected to ramp up in early 2018, subsequent to the completion of drilling activities we plan to complete in early 2018, funding permitting.

Industry Segments

CamberOur operations are all crude oil and natural gas exploration and production related.

Operations and Oil and Gas Properties

Weoperate and invest in areas that are known to be productive, with a reasonably established production history, in order to decrease geological and exploratory risk. WithThe Company has certain interests in wells producing from the closing of the Acquisition in October 2016, the Company acquired over 13,000 net acres in producing fields located primarily in the Mid-Continent region of Oklahoma including Payne, LincolnWolfberry and Logan Counties, along with a small amount of interest in production locatedCline formations in Glasscock County, Texas. The Mid-Continent assets produce from a liquids-rich, gas reservoir known as the Hunton formation. These properties include interests

Additionally, in four different fields, of which one is operated by Camber and the other three are non-operated. The Glasscock County, Texas properties produce oil and gas primarily from the Wolfberry, Cline and Fusselman formations and are all non-operated. In addition, the Company owns 1,000 net acres and operations in the emerging Horizontal San Andres play in the Central Basin Platform area of the Permian Basin (as described in greater detail below). We intend to expand our footprint in the Central Basin Platform and with a JV partner, begin drilling in this area during endMarch 2018, funding permitting.

On January 3, 2017, Camber entered into a Lease Acquisition and Participation Agreement (“Acquisition”) with a privately held, Houston, Texas-based oil and gas holding company (“Partner”) whereby we acquired a leasehold position in the Permian Basin in Texas, consisting of 16,300 gross, 3,600 net, mineral acres in consideration for $1.43 million, and formed an area of mutual interest (the Jackrabbit project).

We have steered the Company to a strategic path leveraging on our expanding technical and operational “dewatering” expertise. Since closingcompleted the acquisition of working interests in certain leases, wells and equipment located in the Segundo Hunton dewatering assetsTexas panhandle and a 75% ownership of two partnerships that owned certain leases, wells and equipment in August 2016, the Company has soughtsame fields, for a total purchase price of $250,000, payable in three tranches, from an opportunity to expand its dewatering expertise to another productive formation. As a simplified explanation, dewatering occurs in formations with high water saturations, greater than 50%. The oil and gas resides in pore spaces of conventional subsurface rock formations andentity which is held in placecontrolled by Ian Acrey who serves as the pressurized water. By producing the water (dewatering), the pressure holding the hydrocarbon in place is lowered, the hydrocarbon expands, and transitions from a residual state to a mobile state, allowing for commercial production. This concept is now being used throughout the Mid-Continent to produce large quantities of oil and gas, and has recently been applied with increasing success to the San Andres formation in West Texas.

The San Andres formation, the targetoperating manager of our most recent purchase, is foundoperations through a different entity. A payment of $85,000 was due at relatively shallow depths (4,500’)closing; $85,000 was due thirty days after closing and has similar attributes to$80,000 was due sixty days after closing. Camber earned 25% of the Company’s dewatering Hunton play in Oklahoma. Camber believes that it has certain advantages in initiatingworking interest at the closing and earned an additional 25% of the working interest at each of the two subsequent closings. The seller retained a development program25% carried working interest in the San Andres. Bothassets. The acquisition includes 49 non-producing well bores, 5 saltwater disposal wells and the Huntonrequired infrastructure and San Andres are carbonates with relatively high water saturations where theequipment necessary to support future hydrocarbon production profile appears to be optimized by a dewatering and depressurizing process. Camber plans to use the twenty-plus year technical evolution and knowledgeas well as approximately 500 net leasehold acres in Hutchinson County, Texas. At least 33 of the Hunton to the San Andres formation of the Permian Basin to produce oil and gas through the dewatering process and expects to grow its initial 3,600-acre position moving forward, funding permitting. While commodity prices have rebounded from their lows and service costs have declined, the drilling of new wells continues to require constant economic viability evaluation. Camber has assessed its portfolio of opportunities and is currently performing workovers on acquired wells while assessing additional opportunities to acquire temporarily abandoned or underproducing assets in the MidContentent and Central Basin Platform, funding permitting.are now producing.

Financing

Our growth plan includes the development and enhancement of existing production, in addition to the drilling of new wells on our acreage. It also includes material acquisitions of leasehold or production in new areas. Our San Andres initiative is a prime example of us moving into a new area where the required expertise fits our technical capabilities. Our third initiative for growth is the acquisition of production and acreage near our existing operations. By pursuing adjacent or nearby properties, we plan to expand our acreage footprint and capitalize on cost efficiencies. Camber plans to work diligently to grow its operations by considering strategic acquisitions that are near the region or location of our current assets, offer attractive production and cash flow returns, and/or conform to the Company’s technical proficiencies. All of the planned growth initiatives described above are subject to us having sufficient funding to complete such initiatives and cash on hand to support our operations and pay our debts as they become due.


Broadly, Camber is targeting acquisitions in the southwest United States, inclusive of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, which represent a vast array of oil and gas deposits. As we consider producing properties, we plan to prioritize those with cash flow returns near our current assets that can substantially improve our bottom line. In addition, we will evaluate the property to determine whether it conforms to our experience and technical expertise. Specifically, we prefer relatively shallow (less than 10,000 feet) formations that require horizontal drilling techniques and significant surface infrastructure management, and we are currently evaluating several opportunities to expand our asset acreage. The ultimate success of each transaction will be significantly dependent upon arriving at acceptable terms and the availability of capital, which may not be available on favorable terms, if at all.

While actively pursuing specific exploration and development activities in the Mid-Continent area, we may not be able to close future acquisitions for a variety of reasons, new drilling opportunities may not be identified and any new drilling opportunities identified may not be successful if drilled. We have recently made significant strides in improving production from our existing fields where our barrel of oil equivalent per day rates have risen from 850 barrels of oil equivalent per day (Boe/d) in September 2016, our first month of operating the Oklahoma property, to a December 2016 rate of 1,054 Boe/d. Continued improvement in these rates should result in increased revenue and cash flow. Production rates should increase as well from new production which is expected to ramp up in early 2018, subsequent to the completion of drilling activities we plan to complete in early 2018, funding permitting.

Financing

A summary of our financing transactions, recent funding agreement with Vantage, the Rogers Loan (which has now been satisfied)agreements and other recentmaterial funding transactions can be found under Part“Part I. Financial InformationItem 1. Financial StatementsNote 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern ConsiderationsConsiderations”, Vantage Agreement”, “Stock and Securities Purchase Agreements with Institutional Investor”, “Asset Purchase Agreement”, “Rogers Loan and Promissory Note”, “Loan Agreement with International Bank of Commerce (“IBC”)”, “Dreeben Loan”, “Loan from Non-Related Individual” and “Sale of Jackrabbit Acreage”, and “Part I. Financial Information” – “Item 1. Financial Statements” - “Note“Note 6 – Note Payables and DebentureDebenture”, “Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) and “Note 15 – Subsequent Events”, above.

Additionally, dueIn addition to the transactions noted above, Camber is continuing to review and evaluate potential financing transactions, through the sale of debt or equity in order to fulfill our current obligations and capital structure and the nature of oil and gas interests, i.e., that rates of production generally decline over time as oil and gas reserves are depleted, if we are unable to obtain the necessary financing to drill additional wells and develop our proved undeveloped reserves (“PUDs”); coupled with the low commodity prices over the last twelve months,requirements, which we believe, that our revenuesif finalized and completed, will continue to decline over time. Therefore, we may be forced to scale back our business plan, sell assets to satisfy outstanding debts or take other remedial steps which may include seeking bankruptcy protection.

ensure the future viability of the Company.

Our limited cash position and significant liabilities raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months following the issuance of thethese financial statements included herein.statements. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, the financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of assets and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Recent Events:

On November 9, 2017, the Company (through its subsidiary, Camber Permian LLC) and NFP, its joint venture partner, sold oil and gas properties totaling approximately 2,452 acres in Gaines County, Texas, to Fortuna, for $1,000 per acre or an aggregate of $2,206,718 payable to the Company (with $245,213 payable to NFP), pursuant to the terms of Sale Agreement and an Assignment, Bill of Sale and Conveyance to Fortuna, both dated November 9, 2017 and effective November 1, 2017. This acreage, part of the Company’s “Jackrabbit” acreage, targeted the San Andres formation in the Permian Basin. Additionally, in connection with the sale, the Company and NFP jointly terminated their venture.

With the proceeds from the sale, the Company paid the 1st lien holders including Alan Dreeben and 2nd lien holder Vantage Fund, LLC, thus reducing its liabilities by $1,518,924 and paid NFP $662,072, to terminate the joint venture agreement. The Company maintains a 90% ownership position in the remaining 1,100 acres in the area. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale, after payment of the amounts above, totaled $25,914.

On December 15, 2017, CATI entered into a Release of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Fixture Filing (the “Release”) with Rogers. Pursuant to the Release, the Company completed a transaction in which CATI provided Rogers, pursuant to an Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest (the “Royalty Assignment”), with an overriding royalty (equal to 0.01 of 8/8ths of all oil and gas) on CATI’s remaining leasehold and Rogers released CATI from all remaining indebtedness owed. The Release, which was filed in various counties in Texas on January 22, 2018 and January 23, 2018, discharged approximately $5.8 million in principal and interest outstanding and owed to Rogers, according to Rogers. The effective date of the Release was December 15, 2017. Additionally, the remaining leasehold and ownership of CATI was assigned to Arkose Lease Partners, L.L.C., a third party (“Arkose”), pursuant to an Assignment of Membership Interest (the “Assignment”), dated November 1, 2017, in exchange for Arkose’s assumption of all plugging and abandonment liabilities of CATI.

Effective on January 10, 2018, the Company filed, with the Secretary of State of Nevada, a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock, $0.001 per value per share, from 200,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares.


In connection with the departure of Mr. Anthony C. Schnur as Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company effective June 2, 2017, the Company entered into a Severance Agreement and Release with Mr. Schnur (the “Release”), whereby (i) his employment agreement with the Company was terminated, (ii) he entered into a mutual release with the Company; (iii) the Company agreed to issue him 120,000 shares of unregistered common stock (to be issued in installments of 10,000 per month)(the “Settlement Shares”) and a monthly cash payment of $14,000 for twelve months; and (iv) he was granted reimbursement of the payment of his COBRA premiums through (a) the one year anniversary of the termination or (b) until he is eligible to participate in the health insurance plan of another employer, whichever is sooner, and provided that the amount of such health benefits shall reduce his monthly cash payment. On January 11, 2018, and effective as of the original date of the Release, the Company and Mr. Schnur entered into a First Amendment to Severance Agreement and Release (the “Release Amendment”), whereby the terms of the Release were changed to provide for among other things, the payment of $49,000 on or before January 12, 2018; $15,000 on or before the 15th of each month from February 2018 to July 2018; and $19,000 on or before August 15, 2018, and further provided for the issuance of the entire amount of the Settlement Shares within five days of the later of the date the Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of the Settlement Shares and the date the NYSE American approved the issuance of such shares. The Settlement Shares were issued on January 30, 2018.

On December 1, 2017, we, entered into two Extension and/or Modification and Release Agreement Commercial Indebtedness, one effective September 30, 2017 and the other effective October 30, 2017 (the “September and October 2017 Extensions”), as borrower, with Richard N. Azar, II (the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and director), Donnie B. Seay (the Company’s director), Richard E. Menchaca, RAD2 Minerals, Ltd. (owned and controlled by Mr. Azar), DBS Investments, Ltd. (controlled by Mr. Seay), and Saxum Energy, LLC, as pledgers (collectively, the “Pledgors”), and IBC.

On January 29, 2018, the Company entered into another Extension and/or Modification and Release Agreement Commercial Indebtedness with the Pledgors and IBC, effective November 30, 2017 (the “November 2017 Extension” and together with the September and October 2017 Extensions, the “Extensions”).

Pursuant to the Extensions, the Company confirmed the amount outstanding under the $40 million August 25, 2016 loan agreement with IBC ($37,443,308 as of each Extension); IBC agreed that an interest only payment would be due beginning on (a) October 30, 2017 (in connection with the September 2017 Extension), with principal payments of $425,000 per month to begin thereafter, which principal payments were not made, (b) November 30, 2017 (in connection with the October 2017 Extension), with principal payments of $425,000 per month to begin thereafter, which principal payments were not made, and (c) December 30, 2017 (in connection with the November 2017 Extension), with principal payments of $425,000 per month to begin thereafter, which principal payments were not made; the parties agreed that the amounts owed to IBC were payable on demand, provided if no demand was provided, such amounts would be payable by way of monthly payments of $425,000 of principal, plus accrued interest, with the remaining amount owed to IBC due at maturity (August 25, 2019); that the amount owed to IBC will accrue interest at the rate of 2% per annum above the prime rate, subject to a floor of 5.5% (currently 6.25% per annum); if we fail to make any payment due to IBC within 10 days of its due date, IBC is due a late payment of 5% of the amount past due (subject to a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $1,500 per late payment); and we and the Pledgors released IBC from any claims we had against IBC as of the date of each of such releases.

On or around February 8, 2018, we entered into an Extension and/or Modification and Release Agreement Commercial Indebtedness, effective December 30, 2017 (the “December 2017 Extension”), as borrower, with each of the Pledgers, as pledgors and IBC, as lender. Pursuant to the December 2017 Extension, IBC agreed that an interest only payment would be due beginning on January 30, 2018, with principal payments of $425,000 per month to begin thereafter, which principal payments were not made; the parties agreed that the amounts owed to IBC were payable on demand, provided if no demand was provided, such amounts would be payable by way of monthly payments of $425,000 of principal, plus accrued interest, with the remaining amount owed to IBC due at maturity (August 25, 2019); that the amount owed to IBC will accrue interest at the rate of 2% per annum above the prime rate, subject to a floor of 5.5% (currently 6.5% per annum); if we fail to make any payment due to IBC within 10 days of its due date, IBC is due a late payment of 5% of the amount past due (subject to a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $1,500 per late payment); and we and the Pledgors released IBC from any claims we had against IBC as of the date of each of such releases. 

Market Conditions and Commodity Prices

 

Our financial results depend on many factors, particularly the price of natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil and our ability to market our production on economically attractive terms. Commodity prices are affected by many factors outside of our control, including changes in market supply and demand, which are impacted by weather conditions, inventory storage levels, basis differentials and other factors. As a result, we cannot accurately predict future commodity prices and, therefore, we cannot determine with any degree of certainty what effect increases or decreases in these prices will have on our production volumes or revenues. In addition to production volumes and commodity prices, finding and developing sufficient amounts of natural gas and crude oil reserves at economical costs are critical to our long-term success. We expect prices to remain volatile for the remainder of the year. For information about the impact of realized commodity prices on our crude oil revenues, refer to Results“Results of OperationsOperations” below.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations for the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended December 31,September 30, 2018 and 2017 and 2016 should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. As used below, the abbreviations “Bbls” stands for barrels, “NGL” stands for natural gas liquids, “Mcf” for thousand cubic feet and “Boe” for barrels of oil equivalent. Natural gas equivalents are determined using a ratio of 6 Mcf of natural gas to 1 Bbl of crude oil or NGLs (“Natural Gas Liquids”) based on 42 gallons to 1 Bbl of crude oil. The majority of the numbers presented below are rounded numbers and should be considered as approximate.

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2017September 30, 2018 vs. Three Months Ended December 31, 2016September 30, 2017

 

We reported a net lossincome for the three months ended December 31, 2017,September 30, 2018 of $9.1$23.2 million, or $(0.15)$0.58 per share of common stock. For the same period a year ago, we reported a net loss of $4.4$(6.2) million or $(0.20)$(4.25) per share of common stock. As discussed in more detail below, our net lossincome increased by $4.7$29.2 million, primarily due to the $4.2sale which closed in September 2018.

The following table sets forth the operating results and production data for the periods indicated:

  

Three Months Ended

September 30,

  Increase  % Increase  
  2018  2017  (Decrease)  (Decrease) 
Sale Volumes:                
Crude Oil (Bbls) 2,706 4,771   (2,065)  (43)%
Natural Gas (Mcf)  100,652   174,837   (74,185)  (42)%
NGL (Gallons)  517,563   1,400,508   (882,945)  (63)%
Total (Boe)(1)  31,804   67,256   (35,452)  (53)%
                 
Crude Oil (Bbls per day)  29   52   (23)  (44)%
Natural Gas (Mcf per day)  1,094   1,900   (806)  (42)%
NGL (Gallons per day)  5,626   15,223   (9,597)  (63)%
Total (Boe per day)(1)  346   731   (385)  (53)%
                 
Average Sale Price:                
Crude Oil ($/Bbl) $67.25 $45.53  $21.72   48%
Natural Gas ($/Mcf)  2.65   2.62   0.03   1%
NGL ($/Bbl)  29.30   24.21   5.09   21%
                 
Net Operating Revenues:                
Crude Oil $181,952 $217,211  $(35,259)  (16)%
Natural Gas  266,430   457,389   (199,959)  (42)%
NGL  361,084   807,453   (446,369)  (55)%
Total Revenues $809,466 $1,482,053  $(672,587)  (45)%

(1)Assumes 6 Mcf of natural gas equivalents and 42 gallons of NGL to 1 barrel of oil, respectively.


Operating and Other Expenses

The following table summarizes our production costs and operating expenses for the periods indicated:

 Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Increase % Increase
 2018 2017 (Decrease) (Decrease)
Direct lease operating expense $582,065  $788,945  $(206,880)  (26)%
Workovers expense  1,506   58,146   (56,640)  (97)%
Other  163,803   498,118   (334,315)  (67)%
Lease Operating Expenses $747,374  $1,345,209  $(597,835)  (44)%
                 
Severance and Property Taxes  44,495   78,938   (34,443)  (44)%
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion  136,726   434,948   (298,222)  (69)%
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties  224,309   1,375,000   (1,150,691)  (84)%
                 
General and Administrative (“G&A”)  952,201   1,259,438   (307,237)  (24)%
Share-Based Compensation  —     4,817   (4,817)  (100)%
Total G&A Expense $952,201  $1,264,255  $(312,054)  (25)%
                 
Interest Expense  1,268,811   3,231,788   (1,962,977)  (61)%
Gain on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties  25,808,246   —     25,808,246   100%
Other Expense (Income), Net  15,430   (1,959)  17,389   (888)%

Lease Operating Expenses

There was a decrease in lease operating expense of approximately $0.6 million losswhen comparing the current quarter to the prior year quarter. The decrease is primarily due to the sale closed in September 2018.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion (DD&A)

DD&A decreased for the current quarter as compared to the prior year's quarter by approximately $0.3 million primarily related to the decrease in total depreciable assets caused by the sale closed in September 2018.

Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties

Impairment expense of $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, compared to prior year’s period by $1.4 million decreased primarily due to fewer leasehold expirations during the current quarter.

General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses and Share-Based Compensation

G&A expenses decreased by approximately $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, compared to the prior year’s period. The decrease was due primarily lower costs due to sale closed in September 2018. 

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2018 decreased by approximately $2.0 million when compared to the three-month period ended September 30, 2017, due to the assignment of the IBC loan related to the sale closed in September 2018.  

Gain on the Release with RogersSale of Oil and the impairmentGas Properties

The gain on sale of $1.9 million oil and gas properties duringwas $25.8 million for the quarterthree months ended December 31, 2017.September 30, 2018 compared to $0 for the same three-month period ended September 30, 2017 due to the sale closed in September 2018.

Other Expense (Income), Net

Other expense (income), net, for the three months ended September 30, 2018 increased by $17,389, compared to the same period ended September 30, 2017, primarily due to an increase in other miscellaneous receipts.

Six Months Ended September 30, 2018 vs. Six Months Ended September 30, 2017

We reported net income for the six months ended September 30, 2018 of $19.7 million, or $0.79 per share of common stock. For the same period a year ago, we reported a net loss of $(9.3) million or $(7.25) per share of common stock. As discussed in more detail below, the change was due to sale closed in September 2018.


The following table sets forth the operating results and production data for the periods indicated:

 

  Three Months Ended
December 31,
  Increase  % Increase 
  2017  2016  (Decrease)  (Decrease) 
Sale Volumes:                
Crude Oil (Bbls)  4,219   9,591   (5,372)  (56%)
Natural Gas (Mcf)  202,690   234,484   (31,794  (14%)
NGL (Gallons)  1,715,733   1,802,608   (86,875  (5%)
Total (Boe) (1)  78,851   91,591   (12,740  (14%)
                 
Crude Oil (Bbls per day)  46   104   (58)  (56%)
Natural Gas (Mcf per day)  2,203   2,549   (346  (14%)
NGL (Gallons per day)  18,649   19,594   (945  (5%)
Total (Boe per day) (1)  857   995   (138  (14%)
                 
Average Sale Price:                
Crude Oil ($/Bbl) $52.79  $50.47  $2.32   5%
Natural Gas ($/Mcf)  2.80   2.71   0.09   3%
NGL ($/Bbl)  0.80   0.44   0.36   82%
                 
Net Operating Revenues:                
Crude Oil $222,702  $484,016  $(261,314)  (54%)
Natural Gas  567,982   636,619   (68,637  (11%)
NGL  1,365,100   790,185   574,915   73%
Total Revenues $2,155,784  $1,910,820  $244,964   13%

  

Six Months Ended

September 30,

   Increase    % Increase  
  

2018

   2017  (Decrease)  (Decrease) 
Sale Volumes:            
Crude Oil (Bbls) 5,859   14,228   (8,369)  (59)%
Natural Gas (Mcf)  310,978   413,107   (102,129)  (25)%
NGL (Gallons)  2,041,027   3,170,001   (1,128,974)  (36)%
Total (Boe)(1)  106,284   158,555   (52,271)  (33)%
                 
Crude Oil (Bbls per day)  32   78   (46)  (59)%
37Natural Gas (Mcf per day)  1,699   2,257   (558)  (25)%
NGL (Gallons per day)  11,153   17,322   (6,169)  (36)%
Total (Boe per day)(1)  581   866   (285)  (33)%
                 
Average Sale Price:                
Crude Oil ($/Bbl) $65.20  $47.46   $17.74   37%
Natural Gas ($/Mcf)  2.38   2.62   (0.24)  (9)%
NGL ($/Bbl)  28.44   21.42   7.02   33%
                 
Net Operating Revenues:                
Crude Oil $382,021  $675,250   $(293,229)  (43)%
Natural Gas  739,943   1,080,405   (340,462)  (32)%
NGL  1,382,198   1,629,203   (247,005)  (15)%
Total Revenues $2,504,162  $3,384,858   $(880,696)  (26)%

 

(1) Assumes 6 Mcf of natural gas equivalents and 42 gallons of NGL to 1 barrel of oil, respectively.

(1)Assumes 6 Mcf of natural gas equivalents and 42 gallons of NGL to 1 barrel of oil, respectively.

 

Operating and Other Expenses

 

The following table summarizes our production costs and operating expenses for the periods indicated:

 

  Three Months Ended
December 31,
  Increase  % Increase 
  2017  2016  (Decrease)  (Decrease) 
Direct lease operating expense $1,062,253  $926,997  $135,256   15%
Workovers expense  89,759   312,940   (223,181  (71%)
Other  42,617   58,538   (15,921  (27%)
Lease Operating Expenses $1,194,629  $1,298,475  $(103,846  (8%)
                 
Severance and Property Taxes 113,778  89,606  24,172   27%
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion  436,776   1,286,684   (849,908)  (66%)
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties  1,875,000      (1,875,000)  100%
Loss on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties  3,851,461      (3,851,461)  100%
                 
General and Administrative (“G&A”) 1,804,330  1,280,723  523,607   41%
Share-Based Compensation  963,280   29,396   933,884   3,177%
Total G&A Expense $2,767,610  $1,310,119  $1,457,491   111%
                 
Interest Expense 943,356  1,457,827  (514,471  (35%)
Other Expense (Income), Net  69,983   865,685   (795,702)  (92%)

 Six Months Ended
September 30,
  Increase  % Increase 
 2018  2017  (Decrease)  (Decrease) 
Direct lease operating expense $1,445,036  $1,342,533  $102,503   8%
Workovers expense  58,845   148,938   (90,093)  (60)%
Other  655,160   956,633   (301,473)  (32)%
Lease Operating Expenses $2,159,041  $2,448,104  $(289,063)  (12)%
                 
Severance and Property Taxes  127,255   163,802   (36,547)  (22)%
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion  463,926   1,006,989   (543,063)  (54)%
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties  755,966   2,150,374   (1,394,408)  (65)%
                 
General and Administrative (“G&A”)  2,491,621   2,703,560   (211,939)  (8)%
Share-Based Compensation  343,629   9,633   333,966   3,467%
Total G&A Expense $2,835,250  $2,713,193  $122,057   4%
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Interest Expense  2,234,107   4,163,341   (1,929,234)  (46)%
Gain on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties  25,808,246      25,808,246   100%
Other Expense (Income), Net  20,594   34,149   (13,555)  (40)%

 


Lease Operating Expenses

There was a decrease in lease operating expense of approximately $0.1$0.3 million when comparing the current quartersix months ended September 30, 2018, compared to the prior year quarter.year’s period. The decrease is due primarily to the reduction in properties due to a decreasethe sale that closed in workover expense.September 2018.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion (DD&A)

DD&A decreased for the current quarter assix months ended September 30, 2018, compared to the prior year’s quarter by approximately $0.8 million primarily related to the decrease in total depreciable assets caused by the Release with Rogers.

Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties

Impairment expense increased for the three months ended December 31, 2017, as compared to prior year’s period by $1.9 million. The current year impairment was driven primarily by lease expirations while there was no prior year impairment.

Loss on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties

Loss on sale of oil and gas properties increased for the three months ended December 31, 2017 as compared to prior year’s period by $3.9 million. The current year increase was driven primarily by a $4.2 million loss on the Release with Rogers offset by a $0.3 million gain on the sale of the Jackrabbit acreage while there was no prior year loss on sale of oil and gas properties. See also “Part I. Financial Information” – “Item 1. Financial Statements”, above.

General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses and Share-Based Compensation

G&A expenses increased by approximately $1.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2017, as compared to the prior year’s period. The Company incurred additional G&A expenses in the current period, compared to the prior period, primarily related to consulting and cash payments in connection with the defense of Petroflow Energy Corporation v. Sezar Energy, L.P. and Brittany Energy, LLC. There was an increase in share-based compensation primarily due to share based payments for consulting services and share based payments in connection with the defense of Petroflow Energy Corporation v. Sezar Energy, L.P. and Brittany Energy, LLC.

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the three months ended December 31, 2017, decreased by approximately $0.5 million when compared to the three-month period ended December 31, 2016, primarily due to a reduction in amortization of various loan discounts.


Other Expense (Income), Net

Other Expense (Income), net for the three months ended December 31, 2017, decreased by approximately $0.8 million when compared to the three-month period ending December 31, 2016, primarily due to a $0.9 million of settlement costs related to the Acquisition in the prior year.

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2017 vs. Nine Months Ended December 31, 2016

We reported a net loss for the nine months ended December 31, 2017, of $18.4 million, or $(0.42) per share of common stock. For the same period a year ago, we reported a net loss of $56.6 million or $(5.64) per share of common stock. As discussed in more detail below, our net loss decreased by $38.2 million, primarily due to an impairment of $49.0 million in the prior period.

The following table sets forth the operating results and production data for the periods indicated:

  Nine Months Ended
December 31,
  Increase  % Increase 
  2017  2016  (Decrease)  (Decrease) 
Sale Volumes:                
Crude Oil (Bbls)  18,888   24,903   (6,015)  (24%)
Natural Gas (Mcf)  618,097   297,458   320,639   108%
NGL (Gallons)  4,910,934   2,309,584   2,601,354   113%
Total (Boe) (1)           238,831   129,469   109,362   84%
                 
Crude Oil (Bbls per day)                    69   91   (22)  (24%)
Natural Gas (Mcf per day)               2,256   1,082   1,174   108%
NGL (Gallons per day)             17,923   8,398   9,525   113%
Total (Boe per day) (1)                  872   471   401   84%
                 
Average Sale Price:                
Crude Oil ($/Bbl) $             47.54  $45.74  $1.80   6%
Natural Gas ($/Mcf)                 2.67   2.71   (0.04)  (1%)
NGL ($/Bbl)                 0.61   0.44   0.17   39%
                 
Net Operating Revenues:                
Crude Oil $897,952  $1,139,152  $(241,200)  (21%)
Natural Gas  1,648,387   805,617   842,770   105%
NGL  2,994,303   1,013,809   1,980,494   195%
Total Revenues $5,540,642  $2,958,578  $2,582,064   87%

(1) Assumes 6 Mcf of natural gas equivalents and 42 gallons of NGL to 1 barrel of oil, respectively.

Operating and Other Expenses

The following table summarizes our production costs and operating expenses for the periods indicated:

  Nine Months Ended
December 31,
  Increase  % Increase 
  2017  2016  (Decrease)  (Decrease) 
Direct lease operating expense $3,247,860  $1,505,160  $1,742,700   116%
Workovers expense  238,697   450,808   (212,111  (47%)
Other  156,176   119,031   37,145   31%
Lease Operating Expenses $3,642,733  $2,074,999  $1,567,734   76%
                 
Severance and Property Taxes 277,580  165,174  112,406   68%
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion  1,443,765   1,946,366   (502,601  (26%)
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties  4,025,374   48,990,520   (44,965,146)  (92%)
Loss on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties  3,850,266      (3,850,266)  100%
                 
General and Administrative (“G&A”) 4,517,523  2,923,056  1,594,467   55%
Share-Based Compensation  963,280   86,484   876,796   1,014%
Total G&A Expense $5,480,803  $3,009,540  $2,471,263   82%
                 
Interest Expense 5,106,697  2,384,176  2,722,521   114%
Other Expense (Income), Net  105,327   961,465   (856,138)  (89%)

Lease Operating Expenses

There was an increase in lease operating expense of approximately $1.6 million when comparing the nine months ended December 31, 2017, compared to the prior year’s period. The increase is primarily due to the Acquisition and the increased expenses associated therewith.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion (DD&A)

DD&A decreased for the nine months ended December 31, 2017, as compared to the prior year’syear's period by approximately $0.5 million primarily related to the decrease in total depreciable assets caused byproperties due to the Release with Rogers.sale closed in September 2018.

Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties

Impairment decreased for the ninesix months ended December 31, 2017, asSeptember 30, 2018, compared to prior year’s period by $45.0approximately $1.4 million. The current yeardecline in impairment was driven primarily by leasedue to fewer expirations whileof leaseholds in the prior year impairment was related to purchase price adjustments associated with our stock price increase from when the Acquisition agreement was initially entered into, to when the Acquisition closed.


Loss on Sale of Oil and Gas Propertiescurrent quarter.

  

Loss on sale of oil and gas properties increased for the nine months ended December 31, 2017, as compared to prior year’s period by $3.9 million. The current year driven was driven primarily by a $4.2 million loss on the Release with Rogers offset by a $0.3 million gain on the sale of the Jackrabbit acreage while there was no prior year impairment.

General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses and Share-Based Compensation

G&A expenses increased by approximately $1.6$0.1 million for the ninesix months ended December 31, 2017, asSeptember 30, 2018, compared to the prior year’s period. The Company incurred additional G&A expensesincrease was due primarily to costs surrounding the sale closed in the current period, compared to the prior period, primarily related to consulting and cash payments in connection with the defense of Petroflow Energy Corporation v. Sezar Energy, L.P. and Brittany Energy, LLC. There was an increase in share-based compensation primarily due to share based payments for consulting services and share based payments in connection with the defense of Petroflow Energy Corporation v. Sezar Energy, L.P. and Brittany Energy, LLC.September 2018.

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the ninesix months ended December 31, 2017, increasedSeptember 30, 2018 decreased by approximately $2.7$1.9 million when compared to the nine-monthsix-month period ended December 31, 2016,September 30, 2017 due primarily to the assignment of the IBC loan in connection with the sale that closed in September 2018.

Gain on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties

The gain on sale of oil and gas properties was $25.8 million for the six months ended September 30, 2018 compared to $0 for the same six-month period ended September 30, 2017, due to $2.2 million of interest expense recorded for the Rogers loan due to a default notice and to interest payments on the IBC Loan (which was incurred during the current period).sale closed in September 2018.

Other Expense (Income), Netnet

  

Other expense, net, for the ninesix months ended December 31, 2017,September 30, 2018 decreased by approximately $0.9 million$13,555 when compared to the ninesix months ended December 31, 2016,September 30, 2017, primarily due to a $ 0.9 million of settlement costs related to the Acquisition in the prior year.lower miscellaneous revenues.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

  

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, the financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of assets and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Our primary sources of cash for the ninesix months ended December 31, 2017September 30, 2018 were from funds generated from the sale of preferred stock, the sale of natural gas and crude oil production and funds borrowed under funding agreements. These cash flows were primarily used to fund our capital expenditures and operations and to repay indebtedness. See below for an additional discussion and analysis of cash flow.

Working Capital

At DecemberSeptember 30, 2018, the Company’s total current assets of $5.5 million exceeded its total current liabilities of $4.4 million, resulting in a working capital of $1.1 million, while at March 31, 2017,2018, the Company’s total current liabilities of $40.8$40.3 million exceeded its total current assets of $3.2$1.7 million, resulting in a working capital deficit of $37.6 million, while at March 31, 2017, the Company’s total current liabilities of $48.2 million exceeded its total current assets of $3.9 million, resulting in a working capital deficit of $44.3$38.6 million. The $6.7$39.7 million decreaseincrease in the working capital deficitsurplus is primarily due to the settlementassignment of $9.4 million outstandingthe liabilities owed under the Rogers noteIBC Loan Agreement to N&B Energy in September 2018, as discussed below under “Note 2 - Liquidity and related accrued interest.Going Concern Considerations - Assumption Agreement”.

  


A summary of our financing transactions, recent funding agreement with Vantage, the Rogers Loanagreements and recent foreclosure of amounts due thereunder and other recent funding transactions can be found under Part“Part I. Financial InformationItem 1. Financial StatementsNote 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern ConsiderationsConsiderations”, Vantage Agreement and Note”, “Stock and Securities Purchase Agreements with Institutional Investor”, “Asset Purchase Agreement”, “Rogers Loan and Promissory Note”, “Loan Agreement with International Bank of Commerce (“IBC”)”, “Dreeben Loan”, “Loan from Non-Related Individual” and “Sale of Jackrabbit Acreage”, and “Part I. Financial Information” – “Item 1. Financial Statements” – “Note“Note 6 – Note Payables and DebentureDebenture”, “Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) and “Note 15 – Subsequent Events”, above.

 

Cash Flows

 

  Nine Months Ended
December 31,
 
  2017  2016 
Cash flows used in operating activities $(3,618,967) $(6,278,126)
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities  757,473   (6,606,680)
Cash flows provided by financing activities  3,103,502   14,667,378 
Net increase in cash $242,008  $1,782,572 
  Six Months Ended
September 30,
 
  2018  2017 
Cash flows used in operating activities $(1,833,776) $(687,580)
Cash flows used in investing activities  (2,623,797)  (238,670)
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities  9,000,000   (1,210,087)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash $4,542,427  $(2,134,337)

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $3.6$1.8 million for the ninesix months ended December 31, 2017, asSeptember 30, 2018, compared to $6.3$0.7 million for the same period a year ago. The decreaseincrease in net cash used in operating activities of $2.7$1.1 million was primarily related to an increasehigher G&A costs and declines in operating revenue of $2.6 million.revenue.

  

Net cash provided byused in investing activities was $0.8$2.6 million for the ninesix months ended December 31, 2017, asSeptember 30, 2018, compared to net cash used in investing activities of $6.6$0.2 million for the same period a year ago. The decreaseincrease of $7.4$2.4 million in cash used in investing activities was primarily due to our acquisitionincreased spending on properties and lower cash receipts from sales of a working interest in certain oil and gas properties during the prior year period as well as the sale of the Jackrabbit properties in the current period.properties.

 

We had net cash provided by financing activities of $3.1$9.0 million for the ninesix months ended December 31, 2017, asSeptember 30, 2018, compared to having net cash providedused by financing activities of $14.7$1.2 million for the same period a year ago, which decrease$10.2 million increase was primarily due the loan we received related to the acquisitionsales of our working interest in certain oil and gas properties in the period a year ago offset by $4.0 million raised in the current period from the sale of SeriesPreferred C Preferred Stock.shares.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. We are exposed to risks related to increases in the prices of fuel and raw materials consumed in exploration, development and production. We currently do not engage in commodity price hedging activities.

 


Commodity Price Risk

 

Our revenues are derived from the sale of our crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids production. Based on projected sales volumes for the remainder of our fiscal year, changes in the prices we receive for our crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids production could have a significant impact on our revenues.

 

We may seek to reduce our exposure to commodity price volatility by hedging a portion of production through commodity derivative instruments. In the settlement of a typical hedge transaction, we will have the right to receive from the counterparties to the hedge the excess of the fixed price specified in the hedge over a floating price based on a market index multiplied by the quantity hedged. If the floating price exceeds the fixed price, we are required to pay the counterparties this difference multiplied by the quantity hedged.

 

We would be required to pay this difference regardless of whether we have sufficient production to cover the quantities specified in the hedge. Significant reductions in production at times when the floating price exceeds the fixed price could require us to make payments under the hedge agreements even though such payments are not offset by sales of production. Hedging may also prevent us from receiving the full advantage of increases in oil or gas prices above the fixed amount specified in the hedge.

 


Interest Rate Risk

As of December 31, 2017, the Company had $37.4 million of debt outstanding with IBC subject to a floating interest rate of 2% per annum above the New York Prime Rate. As the New York Prime Rate fluctuates from time to time, the loan agreement stipulates that in no event shall the rate of interest to be paid on the unpaid principal of the debt be less than 5.5% per annum. Since inception of the loan in August 2016, the 5.5% interest rate has not fluctuated.

 

We may seek to reduce our exposure to interest volatility through financial instruments such as interest rate swap agreements to manage the interest rate on our variable rate debt. Under these arrangements, we would agree to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed and floating interest amounts, calculated by reference to an agreed upon notional principal amount.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

 

Disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer), to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. The Company’s management, including the interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer), evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer) concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2017.September 30, 2018.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Mr. Paul Pinkston, tendered his resignation as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and principal financial officer and principal accounting officer on May 23, 2017, to be effective as of June 8, 2017.

Robert Schleizer, was appointed as the Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer of the Company on June 2, 2017. On October 13, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors removed the interim designation for Robert Schleizer as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Other than the above, thereThere have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2017September 30, 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

 

Camber is periodically named in legal actions arising from normal business activities. Camber evaluates the merits of these actions and, if it determines that an unfavorable outcome is probable and can be reasonably estimated, Camber will establish the necessary reserves. We are not currently involved in legal proceedings that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations. We may become involved in material legal proceedings in the future.

 

The cure period onMidFirst 

In October 2018, the Rogers Loan expired on September 11, 2017,Company entered into a confidential settlement agreement with MidFirst Bank, its prior landlord and as of such date,settled all principal, interest and unpaid costs thereunder were immediately due and payable (which totaled approximately $9.4 million as of the date of acceleration which amount included $2.1 million of default interest). Priorclaims relating to the default, CATI had not recorded interest due onCompany’s prior office space lease.

Maranatha Oil Matter

In November 2015, Randy L. Robinson, d/b/a Maranatha Oil Co. sued the note based on its earlier agreements. As a result of the default, demand and acceleration, CATI recorded the default interest demand of $2.1 million in the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. In September 2017, Rogers foreclosed on the assets of CATI which secured the note. On October 3, 2017, the trustee of those assets, for the benefit of the lender, sold these assets in public auction foreclosure sales which took placeCompany in Gonzales County, Texas (Cause No. 26160). The plaintiff alleged that it assigned oil and Karnes County, Texas.gas leases to the Company in April 2010, retaining a 4% overriding royalty interest and 50% working interest and that the Company failed to pay such overriding royalty interest or royalty interest. The proceeds frominterests relate to certain oil and gas properties which the foreclosure salesCompany subsequently sold to Nordic Oil USA in April 2013. The petition alleges causes of actions for breach of contract, failure to pay royalties, non-payment of working interest, fraud, fraud in the inducement of contract, money had and received, constructive trust, violation of theft liability act, continuing tort and fraudulent concealment. The suit seeks approximately $3.5 million were applied against$100,000 in amounts alleged owed, plus pre-and post-judgment interest. We have filed a denial to the outstanding indebtedness. The remaining unpaid indebtedness owed by CATI is approximately $5.4 million.claims.

 

On December 15, 2017, CATI entered into a Release of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Fixture Filing (the “Release”) with Rogers. Pursuant to the Release, the Company completed a transaction in which CATI provided Rogers, pursuant to an Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest (the “Royalty Assignment”), with an overriding royalty (equal to 0.01 of 8/8ths of all oil and gas) on CATI’s remaining leasehold and Rogers released CATI from all remaining indebtedness owed. The Release, which was filed in various counties in Texas on January 22, 2018 and January 23, 2018, discharged approximately $5.8 million in principal and interest outstanding and owed to Rogers, according to Rogers. The effective date of the Release was December 15, 2017. Additionally, the remaining leasehold and ownership of CATI was assigned to Arkose Lease Partners, L.L.C., a third party (“Arkose”), pursuant to an Assignment of Membership Interest (the “Assignment”), dated November 1, 2017, in exchange for Arkose’s assumption of all plugging and abandonment liabilities of CATI.Rubenstein Matter

 

On September 28, 2017, Aaron Rubenstein, a purported shareholder of ourthe Company’s common stock, filed a lawsuit against usthe Company (as nominal defendant) and Richard N. Azar II, ourit’s then Chief Executive Officer and director (who has since resigned from both positions), RAD2 Management, LLC, RAD2 Minerals, Ltd. and Segundo Resources, LLC, each an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Azar, in the United States District Court, Western District of Texas (Case No. 5:17-cv-962-FB).  The suit seeks the recovery (for the benefit of the Company) of alleged short-swing profits from Mr. Azar and his related entities under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act relating to various transactions involving Series B Preferred Stock of the Company in November 2016 and January 2017. Mr. Azar deniesdenied the existence of any short-swing profits and filed a denial with the court. The Company also filed a denial with the court.

The parties are currently in discussions regarding a settlement of the plaintiff’s claims. Following the date of this filing the Company anticipates entering into a settlement agreement and that the plaintiff will file a dismissal of the plaintiff’s claims with the court.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

 

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in (a) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2017,2018, filed with the Commission on July 14, 20172, 2018 (the Form 10-K”); and (b) the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on November 6, 2017 (the “Form 10-Q“Form 10-K”), except as provided and discussed below, and investors should review the risks provided below and in the Form 10-K and Form 10-Q prior to making an investment in the Company.

 


We are currently not currently in compliance with NYSE American continued listing standards and if we are unable to maintain compliance with NYSE American continued listing standards, our common stock may be delisted from the NYSE American equities market, which would likely cause the liquidity and market price of our common stock to decline.

 

Our common stock is currently listed on the NYSE American. The NYSE American will consider suspending dealings in, or delisting, securities of an issuer that does not meet its continued listing standards. If we cannot meet the NYSE American continued listing requirements, the NYSE American may delist our common stock, which could have an adverse impact on us and the liquidity and market price of our stock.

 

We may be unable to comply with NYSE American continued listing standards. Our business has been and may continue to be affected by worldwide macroeconomic factors, which include uncertainties in the credit and capital markets. External factors that affect our stock price, such as liquidity requirements of our investors, as well as our performance, could impact our market capitalization, revenue and operating results, which, in turn, could affect our ability to comply with the NYSE American’s listing standards. The NYSE American has the ability to suspend trading in our common stock or remove our common stock from listing on the NYSE American if in the opinion of the exchange: (a) the financial condition and/or operating results of the Company appear to be unsatisfactory; or (b) it appears that the extent of public distribution or the aggregate market value of our common stock has become so reduced as to make further dealings on the exchange inadvisable; or (c) we have sold or otherwise disposed of our principal operating assets, or have ceased to be an operating company; or (d) we have failed to comply with our listing agreements with the exchange (which include that we receive additional listing approval from the exchange prior to us issuing any shares of common stock, something we have inadvertently failed to comply with in the past); or (e) any other event shall occur or any condition shall exist which makes further dealings on the exchange unwarranted.

 

On July 21, 2016, we were notified by the NYSE American (the “Exchange”) that we were not in compliance with certain of the Exchange’s continued listing standards as set forth in Part 10 of the NYSE American Company Guide (the “Company Guide”). Specifically, we were not in compliance with Sections 1003(a)(ii) and (iii) of the Company Guide in that we reported stockholders’ equity of $2.4 million as of March 31, 2016 and net losses in our five most recent fiscal years then ended, meaning that we did not have stockholders’ equity over (a) $4 million (required if an Exchange-listed company has had losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in three of its last four fiscal years, as we did) or (b) over $6 million (required if an Exchange listed company has had losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in its five most recent fiscal years, as we did). In order to maintain our listing on the Exchange, the Exchange requested that we submit a plan of compliance (the “Plan”) by August 21, 2016, addressing how we intended to regain compliance with Sections 1003(a)(ii) and (iii) of the Company Guide by January 21, 2018, which plan was accepted by the Exchange. As such, at or before January 21, 2018, we must either be in compliance or must have made progress that is consistent with the accepted Plan during that period. Failure to meet the requirements to regain compliance could result in the initiation of delisting proceedings.


On August 3, 2017, we received notice from the NYSE American that the Company is not in compliance with Sections 1003(a)(i) through (iii) of the NYSE American Company Guide in that we reported a stockholders’ deficit of $10.6 million as of March 31, 2017 and net losses in our five most recent fiscal years then ended, meaning that we (i) had stockholders’ equity of less than $2,000,000 and sustained losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in two of our three most recent fiscal years; (ii) had stockholders’ equity of less than $4,000,000 and sustained losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in three of our four most recent fiscal years; and (iii) had stockholders’ equity of less than $6,000,000 and sustained losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in our five most recent fiscal years. In order to maintain our listing on the Exchange, the Exchange had requested that the Company submit a plan of compliance by September 5, 2017 addressing how the Company intends to regain compliance with Sections 1003(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the Company Guide by August 3, 2018. The Exchange extended the date to submit a plan to September 20, 2017 and the plan was submitted timely by the extended deadline.

 

On October 5, 2017, we received an additional notification from the Exchange that our securities havehad been selling for a low price per share for a substantial period of time and most recently the average price ofthat the Company’s common stock had been below $0.20 on a 30-day average price below $0.20 as of October 5, 2017. Pursuant to Section 1003(f)(v) of the NYSE American Company Guide, the NYSE American staff determined that the Company’s continued listing iswas predicated on it effecting a reverse stock split of its common stock or otherwise demonstrating sustained price improvement within a reasonable period of time, which the staff determined to be until April 5, 2018. The Company intendsEffective on March 5, 2018, we affected a 1-for-25 reverse stock split of our outstanding common stock which satisfied the NYSE American’s continued listing requirements as to regain compliance with the Listing Standards by undertaking measures that are for the best intereststrading price of the Company and its shareholders.our common stock.

 

On November 3, 2017, the Company was notified that the Exchange accepted the Company’s plan to regain compliance with the Exchange’s continued listing standards set forth in Sections 1003(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the Company Guide by August 3, 2018, subject to periodic review by the Exchange for compliance with the initiatives set forth in the plan.


On July 17, 2018, the Exchange granted the Company an extension for compliance with its listing requirements through December 15, 2018, subject to compliance with initiatives outlined in the Company’s compliance plan.

If the Company is not in compliance with the continued listing standards by August 3,December 15, 2018, or if the Company does not make progress consistent with the plan during the plan period, the NYSE Regulation staff may initiate delisting proceedings as appropriate.

 

Additionally, on November 7, 2017, the Company was notified by the Exchange that it was back in compliance with the separate continued listing deficiency relating to non-compliance with Sections 134 and 1101 of the Company Guide, which previously announced deficiency was due to the fact that the Company did not timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, which report was filed on November 6, 2017.

If we are unable to retainregain compliance with the NYSE American criteria for continued listing, our common stock would be subject to delisting. A delisting of our common stock could negatively impact us by, among other things, reducing the liquidity and market price of our common stock and reducing the number of investors willing to hold or acquire our common stock, which could negatively impact our ability to raise equity financing. In addition, delisting from the NYSE American might negatively impact our reputation and, as a consequence, our business. Additionally, if we were delisted from the NYSE American and we are not able to list our common stock on another national exchange we will no longer be eligible to use Form S-3 registration statements (which we are currently unable to use until September 2018, due to the late filing described above)our prior defaults with IBC Bank) and will instead be required to file a Form S-1 registration statement for any primary or secondary offerings of our common stock, which would delay our ability to raise funds in the future, may limit the type of offerings of common stock we could undertake, and would increase the expenses of any offering, as, among other things, registration statements on Form S-1 are subject to SEC review and comments whereas take downs pursuant to a previously filed Form S-3 are not.

  

We are currently in defaultThe full amount of our $37.4 million loan agreement with IBC Bank, whichpremiums, interest and dividends through the maturity date of each applicable security held by the Investor is secured by substantially alldue upon the repayment/redemption (where applicable), exercise or conversion, as applicable, of our assets.the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

As of December 31, 2017,The Series C Preferred Stock provides that all applicable dividends (due under the Company was not in compliance with certain covenantsterms of the loan agreement with IBC, including requiringSeries C Preferred Stock), which initially accrued in the Company to maintain a net worthamount of $30 million,6% per annum and the balance of the loan due to IBC of $37.4 million (less unamortized debt issuance costs of approximately $1.5 million), was recognized as a short-term liability on the Company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2017. The Company has also recognized approximately $239,000 in accrued interest as of December 31, 2017.

On September 8, 2017, the Company received a Notice of Default and Opportunity to Cure (the “Notice”) from IBC, stating that the Company was in default under its loan due to failing to make a required $425,000 loan payment on August 25, 2017 (the “Payment Default”). The Notice was also sent to the guarantors under the Loan Agreement. The Notice also cited the Company for several covenant defaults including exceeding a cap on monthly general and administrative expenses; falling below $30 million of net worth; failing to comply with certain post-closing covenants regarding the assignment of certain oil and gas interests, the execution of certain supplemental mortgages and the completion of certain curative title requirements; failing to pay costs and expenses required pursuantwhich increase or decrease subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement; failingapplicable securities, based on among other things, the trading price of the Company’s common stock, up to meeta maximum of 34.95% per annum (which interest rate is currently 34.95% for the requirementsoutstanding Series C Preferred Stock sold in October 2017 and 34.95% for the outstanding Series C Preferred Stock sold in October 2018), are due upon conversion or redemption thereof, for the full seven year term of a cash flow testsuch securities.

The requirement that we pay all premiums and dividends through maturity and the adjustable nature of such premium and dividend rates, may force us to issue the Investor significant additional shares of common stock, which may cause significant dilution to existing stockholders. The requirement that we pay all premiums and dividends through maturity may make it too costly for us to redeem the Investor’s securities, prior to conversion thereof, as describedapplicable.

The number of shares of common stock issuable in greater detail inconsideration for premiums, interest and dividends through maturity on the Loan Agreement; and exceedingSeries C Preferred Stock continue to be adjustable after the loan to value determination provided for in the Loan Agreement. In order to cure the Payment Default described in the Notice, the Company was required to pay $425,000, as well as any attorney’s fees and/or late fees as determined by IBC, on or before September 18, 2017, which amount was not paid and to cure the covenant defaults, which covenant defaults were not cured.conversion of such securities.

 

Pursuant to extension agreements enteredthe terms of the Series C Preferred Stock, the conversion rate of such securities in connection with the premiums and dividends due on such securities through maturity (7 years, regardless of when converted), continues to be adjustable after the issuance of such securities. Specifically, such securities remain adjustable, based on a discount to the lowest daily volume weighted average price during a measuring period for a period of 60 days after the applicable number of shares stated in the initial conversion notice have actually been received into with IBC,the Investor’s designated brokerage account in or around December 2017electronic form and January 2018, (a) IBC agreedfully cleared for trading (subject to waivecertain extensions described in the applicable securities). Because the Investor is limited to holding not more than 9.99% of the Company’s obligation to makecommon stock upon exercise/conversion of any security, the August 30, 2017, $425,000 monthly principal payment originally due under the IBC loan; (b) the Company confirmed the amount outstanding under the IBC loan ($37,443,308 as of each extension); (c) IBC agreed that interest only payments would be due on September 30, 2017, October 30, 2017, November 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017, with principal payments of $425,000 per month to begin thereafter, which principal payments wereInvestor will not made; (d) the parties agreed that the amounts owed to IBC were payable on demand, provided that if no demand was made, such amounts would be payable by way of monthly payments of $425,000 of principal, plus accrued interest, with the remaining amount owed to IBC due at maturity (August 25, 2019); (e) that the amount owed to IBC will accrue interest at the rate of 2% per annum above the prime rate, subject to a floor of 5.5% (currently 6.25% per annum); (f) if the Company fails to make any payment due to IBC within 10 days of its due date, IBC is due a late payment of 5% of the amount past due (subject to a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $1,500 per late payment); and (g) the Company and the guarantors of the IBC loan released IBC from any claims against IBC as of the date of each of such extensions.

Notwithstanding the above extensions, the Company is still in default under the IBC loan, the entire amount of the IBC loan may be accelerated and IBC may take action to enforce its remedies under the loan agreement. The IBC loan is secured by substantiallyreceive all of the Company’s assets.shares due upon any conversion, until it has sold shares and been issued additional shares and as such, the beginning date for the applicable 30 or 60 day period after conversion is impossible to determine and may be a significant additional number of days after the initial conversion by the Investor.

 


In the event of a decrease in the Company’s stock price during the applicable measuring periods, the conversion rate of the premiums and dividends due on such applicable securities will adjust downward and the Investor will be due additional shares of common stock, which issuances may cause further significant dilution to existing shareholders and the sale of such shares may cause the value of the Company’s common stock to decline in value. Furthermore, it is likely that the sale by the Investor of the shares of common stock which the Investor receives in connection with any conversion, during the applicable measuring period, will cause the value of the Company’s common stock to decline in value and the conversion rate to decrease and will result in the Investor being due additional shares of common stock during the measuring period, which will trigger additional decreases in the value of the Company’s common stock upon further public sales by the Investor. If this were to occur, the Investor would be entitled to receive an increasing number of shares, upon conversion of the remaining securities, which could then be sold, triggering further price declines and conversions for even larger numbers of shares, which would cause additional dilution to our existing stockholders and would likely cause the value of our common stock to decline.

The issuance of common stock upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock will cause immediate and substantial dilution and the sale of such stock will cause significant downward pressure on our stock price.

The issuance of common stock upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock will result in immediate and substantial dilution to the interests of other stockholders. Although the Investor may not receive shares of common stock exceeding 9.99% of our outstanding shares of common stock immediately after affecting such conversion, this restriction does not prevent the Investor from receiving shares up to the 9.99% limit, selling those shares, and then receiving the rest of the shares it is due, in one of more tranches, while still staying below the 9.99% limit. If the Investor chooses to do this, it will cause substantial dilution to the then holders of our common stock. Additionally, the continued sale of shares issuable upon successive conversions will likely create significant downward pressure on the price of our common stock as the Investor sells material amounts of our common stock over time and/or in a short period of time. This could place further downward pressure on the price of our common stock and in turn result in the Investor receiving an ever increasing number of additional shares of common stock upon conversion of its securities, and adjustments thereof, which in turn will likely lead to further dilution, reductions in the exercise/conversion price of the Investor’s securities and even more downward pressure on our common stock, which could lead to our common stock becoming devalued or worthless.

 

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The Risk Factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20172018 relating to the Rogers Loan and security interests thereon, the amount due and owed to IBC Bank, our default of the IBC Bank loan, IBC Bank’s security interests, our prior substantial indebtedness, the prior letter of intent entered into in contemplation of the Assumption Agreement, and the risks relating to the First Warrant (which has been fully exercised), are no longer applicable as a result of the foreclosure of our CATI assets and Releasetransactions described above under Part“Part I. Financial InformationStatementsItem 1. Financial Statements” – “Note 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations”, “Rogers Loan and Promissory NoteConsiderations”.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

 

As of December 31, 2017, the 408,508 outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock had accrued an An aggregate of $453,573 in quarterly dividends ($153,191 each for the quarters ended June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 30, 2017). The Company paid the accrued dividends on February 5, 2018, by way of the issuance of an aggregate of 131,313 shares of our common stock to the preferred shareholders pursuant to the terms of the designation (which provides that the Shares shall be based on a value of $3.50 per share. As the issuance of the common stock in satisfaction of the dividends did not involve a “sale” of securities under Section 2(a)(3) of the Securities Act, we believe that no registration of such securities, or exemption from registration for such securities, is required under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the above, to the extent such shares are deemed “sold or offered”, we claim an exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D of the Securities Act, since the transaction did not involve a public offering, the recipients were “accredited investors”, and acquired the securities for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof. The securities are subject to transfer restrictions, and the certificates evidencing the securities contain an appropriate legend stating that such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold absent registration or pursuant to an exemption therefrom. The securities will not be registered under the Securities Act and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. The 131,313 shares were issued to Richard N. Azar II, our Chief Executive Officer and director (34,236 shares), RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., which is owned and controlled by Mr. Azar (64,287 shares), Segundo Resources, LLC, which is owned and controlled by Mr. Azar (18,645 shares), and Alan Dreeben (14,145 shares). The prior disclosures in the Company’s June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q relating to the accrual of the Series B Preferred Stock dividend shares were incorrect and overstated the number of4,417,911 shares of common stock to be issued in consideration for such accrued dividends pursuant to the terms of the designation of the Series B Preferred Stock.

As of February 12, 2018, a total of 52,395,154 shares of common stock had beenwere issued to the Investor in connection with the exercise of the Warrant during fiscal 2017 (200,000), fiscal 2018 (3,909,500), and 308,411 shares were issued in April 2018. The First Warrant of the approximately 110,447,753 shares which are due (58,052,599 shares remainhas been fully-exercised and extinguished to be issued to the Investor, which shares are currently held in abeyance until such time as it would not result in the Investor exceeding its beneficial ownership limitation (4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock)) as of February 8, 2018 (subject to increases as the value of our common stock decreases). In the nine months ended December 31, 2017, 31,545,154 shares of common stock were issued and subsequent to December 31, 2017, 15,580,000 shares of common stock were issued.date.

 

On December 22, 2016,As of November 7, 2018, the Investor had converted 32527 shares of Series C Preferred Stock (equal to a face value of $320,000), and was due 98,462into 108,493,769 shares of common stock and an additional 2,441,559(when including true ups). Additionally, the 1,684 shares of common stock in dividend premium shares (after adjustments as provided therein), on January 5, 2017, the Investor converted 21 shares of the Series C Preferred stock (equal to a face value of $210,000), and was due 64,146 shares of common stock and an additional 657,196 shares of common stock in dividend premium shares (which number of premium shares have since increased to 2,798,653 sharesStock sold pursuant to the terms of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement and the 369 shares of Series C Preferred Stock); on January 23, 2017, the Investor converted 21 shares of the Series C Preferred stock (equal to a face value of $210,000), and was due 64,146 shares of common stock and an additional 780,694 shares of common stock in dividend premium shares (which number of premium shares have since increased to 3,289,132 sharesStock sold pursuant to the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock); on February 22, 2017, the Investor converted 21 shares of the Series C Preferred stock (equal to a face value of $210,000), and was due 64,146 shares of common stock and an additional 1,138,159 shares of common stock in dividend premium shares (which number of premium shares have since increased to 5,086,757 sharesOctober 2018 Purchase Agreement, can convert, pursuant to thetheir terms, of the Series C Preferred Stock); on March 2, 2017, the Investor converted 15 shares of the Series C Preferred stock (equal to a face value of $150,000), and was due 46,154 shares of common stock and an additional 812,971 shares of common stock in dividend premium shares (which number of premium shares have since increased to 3,723,258 shares pursuant to the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock); on March 28, 2017, the Investor converted 13 shares of the Series C Preferred stock (equal to a face value of $130,000), and was due 40,000 shares of common stock and an additional 1,247,235 shares of common stock in dividend premium shares (which number of premium shares have since increased to 6,517,495 shares pursuant to the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock); and on April 11, 2017, the Investor converted 10 shares of the Series C Preferred stock (equal to a face value of $100,000), and was due 30,770 shares of common stock and an additional 1,243,772 shares of common stock in dividend premium shares (which number of premium shares have since increased to 5,013,458 shares pursuant to the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock).

As of February 12, 2018, the Investor was still dueincluding conversion premiums thereon, into approximately 196.3536.3 million shares of common stock, upon the conversion of the remaining 394 shares of Series C Preferred stock sold in 2016, subject to further adjustments pursuant to the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock, and an additional approximately 13.4 million shares held in abeyance upon the conversion of previously converted shares of Series C Preferred Stock,including true ups thereon, based on a conversion priceprices of $0.0491$0.0609 per share which conversion price may actually be significantly less than such estimate(pursuant to the October 2017 Purchase Agreement) and which shares due upon conversion of such Series C Preferred Stock and held in abeyance may be significantly greater, as of$0.1298 per share (pursuant to the date of this filing. The Investor is also due approximately 24.6 million shares of common stock upon the conversion of the Debenture, based on a conversion price of $0.0491 per share,October 2018 Purchase Agreement), which conversion price may actually be significantly less than such estimate and which shares due may be significantly greater, as of the date of this filing.

 


The sales and issuances of the securities described above have been determined to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Sections 3(a)(9) and 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder and Regulation S promulgated thereunder, as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering. The warrant holder/preferred stock holder has represented that it is an accredited investor, as that term is defined in Regulation D, it is not a U.S. Person, and that it is acquiring the securities for its own account.

On October 4, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with a digital marketing advisor pursuant to which the advisor agreed to create original content with the goalAs of increasing public awareness about the Company and the Company agreed to pay the advisor (a) $20,000 per month beginning in October 2017 and ending on February 28, 2018, (b) $50,000 per month thereafter through October 4,June 30, 2018, the end408,508 outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock had accrued an aggregate of $606,764 in dividends. The Company paid the dividends by way of the termissuance of the agreement, and (c) 3,750,000an aggregate of 1,753 shares of restrictedits common stock with 2.5 million shares issued in November 2017 and the remainder due on May 1, 2018 (the “Advisory Shares”).


On October 4, 2017, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a third party consultant which consultant agreed to provide investor relations and public relations services to the Company. As considerationpreferred shareholders in September 2018, pursuant to the agreement, the Company issued the consultant 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock (the “Consulting Shares”), with piggy-back registration rights in November 2017.

In October 2017, the Company agreed to reimburse entities owned in part by Alan Dreeben, a former directorterms of the Company, for legal fees expended by such entities in connection withdesignation (which provides that the defenseShares shall be based on a value ofPetroflow Energy Corporation v. Sezar Energy, L.P. and Brittany Energy, LLC, Case No. 16-CV-700-TCK;TLW, In the United States District Court – N.D. OK. $87.50 per share). The Company was the beneficiary through the release of interest in disputed lease interests from Petroflow to the Company, that provides the Company with complete control over those properties to renew expired leases and to have 100%beneficial owners of the drilling rights related to those properties. Sezar Energy and Brittany Energy have assigned any interests they may have had in conjunction with litigation in exchange forSeries B Preferred Stock as of June 30, 2018, were Richard N. Azar, II, the Company making the agreed settlement payments of $475,000 plus reimbursement of the legal costs paid on behalf of the defendants by Mr. Dreeben. Total legal fees expended by such entities totaled $392,043, and the Company reimbursed such fees by issuing Mr. Dreeben 1,960,218 shares of common stock with an agreed value of $0.20 per share in November 2017.

In connection with the departure of Mr. Anthony C. Schnur asCompany’s former Chief Executive Officer and former director, and Alan Dreeben, the Company’s former director.

As of September 30, 2018, the 408,508 outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock had accrued $153,191 in dividends. The Company plans to pay the dividends by way of the Company effective June 2, 2017, the Company entered into a Severance Agreement and Release with Mr. Schnur (the “Release”), whereby (i) his employment agreement with the Company was terminated, (ii) he entered into a mutual release with the Company; (iii) the Company agreed to issue him 120,000issuance of an aggregate of 1,753 shares of unregisteredits common stock (to be issued in installments of 10,000 per month)(to the Settlement Shares”) and a monthly cash payment of $14,000 for twelve months; and (iv) he was granted reimbursement of the payment of his COBRA premiums through (a) the one year anniversary of the termination or (b) until he is eligiblepreferred shareholders pursuant to participate in the health insurance plan of another employer, whichever is sooner, and provided that the amount of such health benefits shall reduce his monthly cash payment. On January 11, 2018, and effective as of the original date of the Release, the Company and Mr. Schnur entered into a First Amendment to Severance Agreement and Release (the “Release Amendment”), whereby the terms of the Releasedesignation (which provides that the Shares shall be based on a value of $87.50 per share). The beneficial owners of the Series B Preferred Stock as of September 30, 2018, were changed to provide for among other things,Richard N. Azar, II, the paymentCompany’s former Chief Executive Officer and former director, and Alan Dreeben, the Company’s former director. To date, the accrued dividend outstanding as of $49,000 on or before January 12, 2018; $15,000 on or before the 15th of each month from FebruarySeptember 30, 2018 to July 2018; and $19,000 on or before August 15, 2018, and further provided forhas not been paid.

As the issuance of the entire amountcommon stock in satisfaction of the Settlement Shares within five daysdividends will not involve a “sale” of securities under Section 2(a)(3) of the later of the date the Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of the Settlement Shares and the date the NYSE American approved the issuanceSecurities Act, we believe that no registration of such shares. The Settlement Shares were issued on January 30, 2018.

On December 7, 2017, we mistakenly issuedsecurities, or exemption from registration for such securities, is required under the 1,600,000Securities Act. Notwithstanding the above, to the extent such shares of common stock due upon exercise of the Vantage Warrants (seeare deemedPart I. Financial Information” – “Item 1. Financial Statements” – “Note 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations” – “Vantage Agreementsold or offered”, above, for more information), notwithstanding the fact that Vantage had not exercised such warrants. We are currently in the process of cancelling such erroneously issued shares and the number of outstanding shares of common stock as set forth on the cover page hereof does not include such 1,600,000 shares in the total currently outstanding.

Wewe plan to claim an exemption from registration for the issuance and sale of the securities described above pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506506(b) of Regulation D of the Securities Act, since the foregoing issuances didtransaction will not involve a public offering, the recipients wereare “accredited investors” and/, and will acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view towards, or had access to similar information as would be includedfor resale in a Registration Statement underconnection with, the Securities Act.public sale or distribution thereof. The securities were offered without any general solicitation by us or our representatives. No underwriters or agents were involved in the foregoing issuance and we paid no underwriting discounts or commissions. The securities arewill be subject to transfer restrictions, and the certificates evidencing the securities contain an appropriate legend stating that such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold absent registration or pursuant to an exemption therefrom. The securities werewill not be registered under the Securities Act and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.

On October 5, 2017, the Company and the Investor entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement, amended on March 2, 2018 (as amended, the October“October 2017 Purchase Agreement,Agreement”) pursuant to which (1) the Investor purchased 212Company agreed to sell, pursuant to the terms thereof, 1,684 shares of our Series C Preferred Stock onfor $16 million (a 5% original issue discount to the closing dateface value of the agreement, October 4, 2017 (the “Initial Closing”)such shares), for $2 million, and agreed, subject to certain closing conditions set forth intherein.

During the agreement, agreed to purchase (2) 106year ended March 31, 2018, the Company sold the Investor an aggregate of 633 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days after$6 million under the Initial Closing (which closing occurred on November 21, 2017); (3) 105terms of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement.

During the three and six-month periods ended September 30, 2018, the Company sold 735 and 945 shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the October 2017 Purchaser Agreement, for $1,000,000, 10 days after the second closing (which closing occurred on December 27, 2017); (4) 105total consideration of $7 million and $9 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, there were 1,683 and 1,132 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10 days afteroutstanding, respectively.

During the third closing (which closing occurred on Januarythree-month period ended September 30, 2018); (5) 1052018, the Investor converted 143 shares of the Series C Preferred stock with a face value of $1.43 million and was issued 440,002 shares of common stock and additional shares of common stock in dividend premium shares of 57,446,143 and true ups on those and prior conversions for an aggregate of a total of 57,886,145 shares issued.

During the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2018, the Investor converted 143 and 394 shares of the Series C Preferred stock with a face value of $1.43 million and $3.94 million and was issued 440,002 and 1,212,326 shares of common stock and additional shares of common stock in dividend premium shares of 8,533,610 and 17,184,686, respectively and true ups on those and prior conversions for an aggregate of a total of 66,752,089 shares issued during the six months ended September 30, 2018. 


The terms of the October 2017 Purchase Agreement, the rights and preferences of the Series C Preferred Stock (which Series C Preferred Stock sold pursuant to the October 2017 Purchase Agreement currently has a dividend rate of 34.95% per year) and related items are described in greater detail in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2017.

The Company plans to use the proceeds from the sale of the Series C Preferred Stock for $1,000,000, 10working capital, workovers on existing wells, drilling and completion of additional wells, acquisitions, repayment of vendor balances and payments to IBC, in anticipation of regaining compliance.

On April 6, 2016, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with the Investor, pursuant to which the Company issued a redeemable convertible subordinated debenture, with a face value of $530,000, initially convertible into shares of common stock at a conversion price equal to $3.25 per share. The debenture matures in seven years and accrues interest at a rate of 6.0% per annum. Due to the prior decline in the price of our common stock and that a trigger event occurred on June 30, 2016 as a result of the delay in filing our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2016, the premium rate on the debenture increased from 6% to 34% and the conversion discount became 85% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price during the measuring period (60 days prior to and 60 days after the fourth closing; (6) 525last date that the Investor receives the last of the shares due), less $0.10 per share of common stock not to exceed 85% of the lowest sales price on the last day of such period less $0.10 per share.

On August 23, 2017, the Investor converted $35,000 of the principal amount of the Debenture into an aggregate of 70,189 shares of common stock, which included 431 shares for conversion of principal and 69,758 shares for premiums.

On April 20, 2018, the Investor was issued 141,982 shares of common stock as a result of true-ups in connection with the August 23, 2017 conversion of the Debenture.

On October 31, 2018, the Investor converted the entire $495,000 of principal owed under the terms of the debenture, into an aggregate of 20,037,653 shares of common stock, including 152,308 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the principal amount thereof (at a conversion price of $3.25 per share), and 19,885,345 shares in connection with conversion premiums due thereon (at a conversion price, as calculated as provided in such debenture, of $0.0609 per share). A total of 2,500,000 of such shares were issued to the Investor in connection with the conversion (an additional 3,272,000 shares were issued on November 5, 2018) and the remaining shares were held in abeyance subject to the Investor’s 9.99% ownership limitation, to be issued from time to time, at the request of the Investor.


In October 2018, Richard N. Azar II, both on his own behalf and on behalf of the entities which he beneficially owned, converted all 364,508 shares of Series CB Preferred Stock for $5,000,000, 30 days after the fifth closing; and (7) 525which he beneficially owned into an aggregate of 104,146, of which 12,419 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $5,000,000, 30 days afterconverted common stock (along with a total of 2,818 shares previously beneficially owned by Mr. Azar) were immediately cancelled pursuant to the sixth Closing. terms of the Segundo Settlement, described above under “Part I. Financial Information” – “Item 1. Financial Statements” – “Note 2 – Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations” – “Segundo Settlement”.

The sale and issuance of the securities have been determined to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Sections 3(a)(9) and 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder and Regulation S promulgated thereunder, as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering. The Investor has represented that it is an accredited investor, as that term is defined in Regulation D. The Investor also has represented that it is acquiring the securities for investment purposes only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

 

AsIn October 2018, we issued 50,000 shares of restricted common stock to a consultant pursuant to the terms of a consulting agreement.

The sale and issuance of the date of this report, the 528 shares of Series C Preferred Stock soldsecurities have been determined to be exempt from registration under the October 2017 Purchase Agreement to date would convert into approximately 80,691,066 shares of our common stock if fully converted, which number includes 1,624,616 shares of common stock convertible upon conversion of each such share of outstanding Series C Preferred Stock at a conversion price of $3.25 per share (basedSecurities Act in reliance on the $10,000 face amountSection 4(a)(2) of the Series C Preferred Stock)Securities Act, Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder and approximately 79,066,450 shares of common stock for premium shares dueRegulation S promulgated thereunder, which number of premium shares may increase from time to time as the trading price of our common stock decreases or upon the occurrence of any trigger event under the Designation of the Series C Preferred Stock, as described in greater detail in the Designation of the Series C Preferred Stock, based ontransactions by an issuer not involving a conversion price of $0.1166 per share, which conversion price may actually be significantly less than such estimate and which shares due may be significantly greater, as of the date of this filing.public offering.

 

Use of Proceeds from Sale of Registered Securities

 

None.

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

None.


 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

On August 25, 2017, the Company received a notice that its wholly-owned subsidiary CATI had defaulted on the maturity payment of its loan with Rogers, which matured on July 31, 2017. The letter stated that CATI was indebted to Rogers in an amount of $8.9 million, which includes all principal and interest (of which $2.1 million was default interest) through August 25, 2017. The letter further asserted additional interest of $3,577 per day as well as other unpaid fees totaling $18,162 plus interest on those fees. The default notice further stated that the default in failing to pay the fees must be cured by September 5, 2017 and the default on the principal and interest payment must be cured by September 11, 2017. We disputed certain of the allegations in the August 2017 letter, namely that the amount due had accrued interest at the default rate from January 2016 onward, due to among other reasons, the fact that Rogers previously waived our failure to pay amounts due under the Rogers Loan from January through July 2016.None.

The cure period on the Rogers Loan expired on September 11, 2017, and as of such date, all principal, interest and unpaid costs thereunder were immediately due and payable (which totaled approximately $9.4 million as of the date of acceleration which amount included $2.1 million of default interest). Prior to the default, CATI had not recorded interest due on the note based on its earlier agreements. As a result of the default, demand and acceleration, CATI recorded the default interest demand of $2.1 million in the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. In September 2017, Rogers foreclosed on the assets of CATI which secured the note. On October 3, 2017, the trustee of those assets, for the benefit of the lender, sold these assets in public auction foreclosure sales which took place in Gonzales County and Karnes County, Texas. The proceeds from the foreclosure sales of approximately $3.5 million were applied against the outstanding indebtedness. The remaining unpaid indebtedness owed by CATI was approximately $5.4 million.

On December 15, 2017, CATI entered into a Release of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Fixture Filing (the “Release”) with Rogers. Pursuant to the Release, the Company completed a transaction in which CATI provided Rogers, pursuant to an Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest (the “Royalty Assignment”), with an overriding royalty (equal to 0.01 of 8/8ths of all oil and gas) on CATI’s remaining leasehold and Rogers released CATI from all remaining indebtedness owed. The Release, which was filed in various counties in Texas on January 22, 2018 and January 23, 2018, discharged approximately $5.8 million in principal and interest outstanding and owed to Rogers, according to Rogers. The effective date of the Release was December 15, 2017. Additionally, the remaining leasehold and ownership of CATI was assigned to Arkose Lease Partners, L.L.C., a third party (“Arkose”), pursuant to an Assignment of Membership Interest (the “Assignment”), dated November 1, 2017, in exchange for Arkose’s assumption of all plugging and abandonment liabilities of CATI.

On September 8, 2017, we received a Notice of Default and Opportunity to Cure (the “Notice”) from IBC, stating that the Company was in default under its loan with IBC due to failing to make a required $425,000 loan payment on August 25, 2017 (the “Payment Default”). The Notice was also sent to the guarantors under the loan agreement. The loan had a balance of $38.3 million as of March 31, 2017. The Notice also cited the Company for several covenant defaults including exceeding a cap on monthly general and administrative expenses; falling below $30 million of net worth; failing to comply with certain post-closing covenants regarding the assignment of certain oil and gas interests, the execution of certain supplemental mortgages and the completion of certain curative title requirements; failing to pay costs and expenses required pursuant to the terms of the loan agreement; failing to meet the requirements of a cash flow test as described in greater detail in the loan agreement; and exceeding the loan to value determination provided for in the loan agreement.

In order to cure the Payment Default described in the Notice, the Company was required to pay $425,000, as well as any attorney’s fees and/or late fees as determined by IBC, on or before September 18, 2017, which amount was not paid and to cure the covenant defaults, which covenant defaults were not cured.

Pursuant to extension agreements entered into with IBC, in or around December 2017 and January 2018, (a) IBC agreed to waive the Company’s obligation to make the August 30, 2017, $425,000 monthly principal payment originally due under the IBC loan; (b) the Company confirmed the amount outstanding under the IBC loan ($37,443,308 as of each extension); (c) IBC agreed that interest only payments would be due on September 30, 2017, October 30, 2017, November 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017, with principal payments of $425,000 per month to begin thereafter, which principal payments were not made; (d) the parties agreed that the amounts owed to IBC were payable on demand, provided that if no demand was made, such amounts would be payable by way of monthly payments of $425,000 of principal, plus accrued interest, with the remaining amount owed to IBC due at maturity (August 25, 2019); (e) that the amount owed to IBC will accrue interest at the rate of 2% per annum above the prime rate, subject to a floor of 5.5% (currently 6.25% per annum); (f) if the Company fails to make any payment due to IBC within 10 days of its due date, IBC is due a late payment of 5% of the amount past due (subject to a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $1,500 per late payment); and (g) the Company and the guarantors of the IBC loan released IBC from any claims against IBC as of the date of each of such extensions.

Notwithstanding the above extensions, the Company is still in default under the IBC loan, the entire amount of the IBC loan may be accelerated and IBC may take action to enforce its remedies under the loan agreement. The IBC loan is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and if IBC were to foreclose on our assets it would have a material adverse effect on our operations and may force us to seek bankruptcy protection.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

 

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

 

On October 4, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with a digital marketing advisor pursuant to which the advisor agreed to create original content with the goal of increasing public awareness about the Company and the Company agreed to pay the advisor (a) $20,000 per month beginning in October 2017 and ending on February 28, 2018, (b) $50,000 per month thereafter through October 4, 2018, the end of the term of the agreement, and (c) 3,750,000 shares of restricted common stock, with 2.5 million shares issued in November 2017 and the remainder due on May 1, 2018. None.

On October 4, 2017, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a third party consultant which consultant agreed to provide investor relations and public relations services to the Company. As consideration pursuant to the agreement, the Company issued the consultant 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock (the “Consulting Shares”), with piggy-back registration rights issued in November 2017.

On November 13, 2017, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with another third party consulting company whereby the consulting company agreed to act as the Company’s Interim Vice President of Strategy. As consideration pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to pay (a) a non-refundable installment of $150,000 upon the execution of the agreement, and (b) beginning on February 1, 2018, the Company will pay $50,000 per month on the first of each month.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

 

See the Exhibit Index following the signature page to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a list of exhibits filed or furnished with this report, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

 


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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 CAMBER ENERGY, INC.
 (Registrant)
  
 /s/ Richard N. Azar, IILouis G. Schott
 Richard N. Azar, IILouis G. Schott
 Interim Chief Executive Officer
 (Principal Executive Officer)
 Date: February 14,November 16, 2018
  
 /s/ Robert Schleizer
 Robert Schleizer
 Chief Financial Officer
 (Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)
 Date: February 14,November 16, 2018

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
Description
2.1Asset Purchase Agreement by and between LucasBetween N&B Energy, LLC, as Purchaser and Camber Energy, Inc., as purchaser, Segundo Resources, LLC,Seller, dated July 12, 2018 (Filed as seller representativeExhibit 2.1 to the various sellers named therein, and the sellers named therein dated December 30, 2015+ (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of theCompany’s Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Company with the SECCommission on December 31, 2015)July 13, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
  
2.2First Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement by and between LucasBetween N&B Energy, LLC, as Purchaser and Camber Energy, Inc., as purchaser, Segundo Resources, LLC, as seller representative to the various sellers named therein, and the sellers named thereinSeller, dated April 20, 2016 and effective April 1, 2016August 2, 2018 (Filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
2.3Second Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Lucas Energy, Inc., as purchaser, Segundo Resources, LLC, as seller representative to the various sellers named therein, and the sellers named therein dated August 25, 2016 (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 31, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
2.4Third Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, as purchaser, Segundo Resources, LLC, as seller representative to the various sellers named therein, and the sellers named therein dated August 25, 2016 (Filed as Exhibit 2.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 27, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
2.5Assignment of Membership Interest dated November 1, 2017, by and between Camber Energy, Inc. and Arkose Lease Partners, L.L.C. (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 24,7, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
  
3.12.3AmendedSecond Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement by and Restated Certificate of Designation of LucasBetween N&B Energy, LLC, as Purchaser, Camber Energy, Inc. Establishing the Designation, Preferences, Limitations, as Seller and Relative Rights of Its Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on August 25, 2016CE Operating, LLC, dated September 24, 2018  (Filed as Exhibit 3.12.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 31, 2016,September 25, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference)(File (File No. 001-32508)
  
3.23.1Amendment to Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Powers, Rights and Limitations of Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on AugustJuly 25, 20162018 (Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 31, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
3.3Amended and Restated Bylaws (effective March 29, 2016) (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 1, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
3.4Certificate of Formation of Camber Permian LLC (Filed as Exhibit 3.9 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 333-216231)
3.5LLC Agreement for Camber Permian LLC (Filed as Exhibit 3.10 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 333-216231)
3.6Certificate of Formation of LEI Operating LLC (Filed as Exhibit 3.11 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 333-216231)
3.7Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Formation of LEI Operating amending the Company’s name to “CEI Operating LLC” (Filed as Exhibit 3.12 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 333-216231)
3.8LLC Agreement for CEI Operating LLC (Filed as Exhibit 3.13 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 333-216231)
3.9Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of our authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 to 500,000,000, as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on January 10, 2018 (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 12,July 27, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
  
4.110.1***Form of Redeemable Convertible Subordinated Debenture (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 7, 2016)(File No. 001-32508)
4.2Form of Common Stock Purchase First Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 7, 2016)(File No. 001-32508)
10.1Letter Loan Agreement (Louise H. Rogers)(August 13, 2013) (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2013, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2013,Separation and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.2Amended Letter Loan Agreement (Louise H. Rogers)(April 29, 2014) (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 29, 2014, and filed with the Commission on May 1, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.3Promissory Note ($7.5 million)(Louise H. Rogers)(August 13, 2013) (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2013, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.4Amended and Restated Promissory Note ($7,308,817.32)(Louise H. Rogers)(April 29, 2014) (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 29, 2014, and filed with the Commission on May 1, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)


10.5Security Agreement (Louise H. Rogers)(August 13, 2013) (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2013, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.6Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement, Financing Statement, and Fixture Filing (Louise H. Rogers)(August 13, 2013) (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2013, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.7Second Amended Letter Loan Agreement (Louise H. Rogers)(November 13, 2014) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on February 17, 2015)(File No. 001-32508)
10.8Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note ($7,058,964.65)(Louise H. Rogers)(November 13, 2014) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on February 17, 2015)(File No. 001-32508)
10.9LetterRelease Agreement between LucasCamber Energy, Inc. and Louise H. RogersRichard N. Azar II dated February 23, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2015)(File No. 001-32508)
10.10Amendment dated August 12, 2015, to the Second Amended Letter Loan Agreement and the Second Amended Promissory Note, both dated November 13, 2014, by and between Lucas Energy, Inc. and Louise H. Rogers (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2015)(File No. 001-32508)
10.11Amendment Dated August 28, 2015 to the Second Amended Letter Loan Agreement and the Second Amended Promissory Note, both Dated November 13, 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 1, 2015)(File No. 001-32508)
10.12Amendment Dated December 14, 2015, to the Second Amended Letter Loan Agreement and the Second Amended Promissory Note, both dated November 13, 2014, by and between Lucas Energy, Inc. and Louise H. Rogers (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2015)(File No. 001-32508)
10.13Assignment and Bill of Sale dated December 2015, by and between Lucas Energy, Inc. and CATI Operating LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2015)(File No. 001-32508)
10.14Assignment, Novation, and Assumption Agreement dated December 16, 2015, by and between Lucas Energy, Inc., CATI Operating LLC and Louise H. Rogers (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2015)(File No. 001-32508)
10.15Form of Debenture Securities Purchase Agreement (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 7, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.16Form of Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 7, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.17Form of First Amendment to Stock Purchase AgreementMay 25, 2018 (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2016,25, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference)(File (File No. 001-32508)
  
10.18$1 million Promissory Note dated August 15, 2016 and effective August 25, 2016, by CATI Operating, LLC in favor of Louise H. Rogers (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 25, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.19Ownership Interest Pledge Agreement dated August 15, 2016 and effective August 25, 2016, by Lucas Energy, Inc. in favor of Louise H. Rogers (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 25, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.20Loan Guaranty Agreement dated August 15, 2016 and effective August 25, 2016, by Lucas Energy, Inc. in favor of Louise H. Rogers (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 25, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.21Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest dated August 15, 2016 and effective August 25, 2016, by CATI Operating, LLC in favor of Robertson Global Credit, LLC (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 25, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.22*10.2***Loan Agreement dated August 25, 2016, between Lucas Energy, Inc., as borrower,Common Stock Purchase Warrant granted to Richard N. Azar II Donnie B. Seay, Richard E. Menchaca, RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., DBS Investments, Ltd., and Saxum Energy, LLC, as guarantors, and International Bank of Commerce, as lender (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 31, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.23Real Estate Lien Note dated AugustMay 25, 2016, by Lucas Energy, Inc., as borrower in favor of International Bank of Commerce, as lender (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 31, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.24Security Agreements dated August 25, 2016 by Lucas Energy, Inc. in favor of International Bank of Commerce (Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 31, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.25Form of Limited Guaranty Agreement in favor of International Bank of Commerce dated August 25, 2016 (Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 31, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.26Second Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement dated September 29, 2016 (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on October 3, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)


10.27Amendment Dated October 31, 2016, to the Second Amended Letter Loan Agreement and the Second Amended Promissory Note, both dated November 13, 2014, by and between Lucas Energy, Inc. and Louise H. Rogers (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 1, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.28Form of Third Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement dated November 17, 2016 (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 21, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.29Amendment dated January 31, 2017, to the Second Amended Letter Loan Agreement and the Second Amended Promissory Note, both dated November 13, 2014, by and between Camber Energy, Inc. and Louise H. Rogers (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 6, 2017)(File No. 001-32508)
10.30***Short Term Promissory Note ($1,050,000) by Camber Energy, Inc. in favor of Alan Dreeben dated January 31, 20172018 (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 6, 2017May 25, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference)(File (File No. 001-32508)
  
10.3110.3***Amendment Dated March 31, 2017,Engagement Letter with Fides Energy LLC/Louis G. Schott dated May 25, 2018 (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Second Amended Letter LoanCompany’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 25, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
10.4Compromise Settlement Agreement and the Second Amended Promissory Note, both dated November 13, 2014,Mutual Release by and between Camber Energy, Inc. and Louise H. RogersSegundo Resources, LLC, dated July 12, 2018 (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 7, 2017July 13, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference)(File (File No. 001-32508)
  
10.3210.5Service Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 and effective May 1, 2017,in Connection with the Loan by and betweenBetween Camber Energy, Inc. and Enerjex Resources (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 1, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.33Severance Agreement and Release between Anthony C. Schnur and the Company dated June 2, 2017 (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 6, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.34Termination Agreement dated May 23, 2017, between Camber Energy, Inc. and Richard N. Azar, II (Filed as Exhibit 10.52 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 8-K for the year ended March 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on July 14, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.35Funding Agreement with Vantage Fund, LLC dated June 7, 2017 and effective August 2, 2017International Bank of Commerce (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 11, 20177, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference)(File (File No. 001-32508)
  
10.3610.6Assumption Agreement dated September 26, 2018, by and between International Bank of Commerce, Camber Energy, Inc., CE Operating, LLC, N&B Energy, LLC, Richard N. Azar, II, RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., Donnie B. Seay, and DBS Investments, Ltd. (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 27, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
10.7Assignment datedof Production Payment, effective August 2, 2017 to Vantage Fund,1, 2018, by and among N&B Energy, LLC and CE Operating, LLC (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 11, 2017September 27, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference)(File (File No. 001-32508)
  
10.3710.8Warrant to Purchase 1,600,000 SharesAssignment of Common Stock granted to Vantage Fund,Overriding Royalty Interest, effective August 1, 2018,  by CE Operating, LLC dated August 2, 2017in favor of Camber Royalties, LLC (Orion Properties) (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 11, 2017September 27, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference)(File (File No. 001-32508)


10.9Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest, effective August 1, 2018,  by N&B Energy, LLC in favor of Camber Royalties, LLC (TAW Leases) (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 27, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
  
10.3810.10Form of Stock Purchase Agreement relating to the purchase of $16$3.5 million in shares of Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock dated October 5, 2017 (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on October 5, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference)(File No. 001-32508)
10.39Letter Agreement dated November 9, 2017, between Camber Permian LLC, NFP Energy LLC and Fortuna Resources Permian, LLC26, 2018 (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 15, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
10.40Assignment, Bill of Sale and Conveyance to Fortuna Resources Permian, LLC dated November 9, 2017 (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 15, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
10.41Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest from CATI Operating, LLC, as assignor, to Louise Herrington Ornelas Trust, as assignee, effective December 13, 2017 (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 24,1, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
  
10.4216.1Release of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement, Financing Statement,Letter dated August 2, 2018 from GBH CPAs, PC to the Securities and Fixture Filing between CATI Operating, LLC and Sharon E. Conway, Trustee for the benefit of Louise H. Rogers dated December 15, 2017Exchange Commission (Filed as Exhibit 10.216.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 24,August 2, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
10.43Extension Agreement between Camber Energy, Inc. and International Bank of Commerce relating to the August 30, 2017 payment (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 30, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
10.44Extension and/or Modification and Release Agreement Commercial Indebtedness effective September 30, 2017, by Camber Energy, Inc., as borrower, Richard N. Azar, II, Donnie B. Seay, Richard E. Menchaca, RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., DBS Investments, Ltd., and Saxum Energy, LLC, as pledgors, and International Bank of Commerce, as lender (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 30, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)


10.45Extension and/or Modification and Release Agreement Commercial Indebtedness effective October 30, 2017, by Camber Energy, Inc., as borrower, Richard N. Azar, II, Donnie B. Seay, Richard E. Menchaca, RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., DBS Investments, Ltd., and Saxum Energy, LLC, as pledgors, and International Bank of Commerce, as lender (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 30, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
10.46Extension and/or Modification and Release Agreement Commercial Indebtedness effective November 30, 2017, by Camber Energy, Inc., as borrower, Richard N. Azar, II, Donnie B. Seay, Richard E. Menchaca, RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., DBS Investments, Ltd., and Saxum Energy, LLC, as pledgors, and International Bank of Commerce, as lender (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 30, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 001-32508)
10.47*Extension and/or Modification and Release Agreement Commercial Indebtedness effective December 30, 2017, by Camber Energy, Inc., as borrower, Richard N. Azar, II, Donnie B. Seay, Richard E. Menchaca, RAD2 Minerals, Ltd., DBS Investments, Ltd., and Saxum Energy, LLC, as pledgors, and International Bank of Commerce, as lender
  
31.1*Section 302 Certification of Periodic Report of Principal Executive Officer
  
31.2*Section 302 Certification of Periodic Report of Principal Financial Officer
  
32.1**Section 906 Certification of Periodic Report of Principal Executive Officer
  
32.2**Section 906 Certification of Periodic Report of Principal Financial Officer
  
*101.INSXBRL Instance Document.
  
*101.SCHXBRL Schema Document.
  
*101.CALXBRL Calculation Linkbase Document.
  
*101.LABXBRL Label Linkbase Document.
  
*101.PREXBRL Presentation Linkbase Document.
  
*101.DEFXBRL Definition Linkbase Document

 

* Exhibits filed herewith.

*Exhibits filed herewith.

 

** Exhibits furnished herewith.

**Exhibits furnished herewith.

 

*** Management contract or compensatory plan.

+ Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the Commission upon request; provided, however that the Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act, for any schedule or exhibit so furnished.

***Management contract or compensatory plan.

 

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