UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 13, 2023
White River Energy Corp
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada | 333-268707 | 45-3797537 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
609 W/ Dickson St., Suite 102 G | ||
Fayetteville, AR | 72701 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 203-5610
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
In December 2023, White River Energy Corp (the “Company”) entered into Tax Credit Purchase Agreements (each, an “Agreement”) with third party purchasers pursuant to which the Company sold a total of $1,800,000 of United States federal trust fund tax credits (the “Credits”), which the Company had acquired through a joint venture agreement as previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2023, in exchange for $900,000. In addition, the Company has entered into Agreements for the sale of an additional $4,750,000 of Credits for a total purchase price of $2,375,000. The foregoing amounts are in addition to the amounts under Agreements which were previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2023. As previously disclosed, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the sale of up to $50,0000,000 of Credits for a total purchase price of $25,000,000.
The foregoing description of the Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Agreement, a form of which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
From December 13, 2023 to December 18, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with accredited investors (“Purchasers”) whereby the Purchasers purchased a total of 1,618,794 Units from the Company, with each Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock (for a total of 1,618,794 shares of common stock) and five-year warrants to two shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”) (for a total of 3,237,588 Warrants), at a purchase price of $0.777 per Unit for a total purchase price of $1,257,802. The foregoing amounts are in addition to the amounts which were previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2023 and December 14, 2023.
Each Warrant will be exercisable at $1.00 per share for a period of five years from the earlier of (i) the effectiveness of a registration statement registering the resale of the common stock issuable upon exercise of such Warrants and (ii) December 31, 2023. The Company also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Purchasers under which the Company agreed to register the sale by the Purchasers of the shares of Common Stock and Warrants by filing a registration statement on Form S-1 within 30 days after the final closing of the offering, and to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 60 days thereafter.
The net proceeds from the offering, after offering expenses and related costs, will primarily be used for growth capital, working capital, repayment of indebtedness, the purchase of oil and gas mineral leases, and drilling oil of wells.
The foregoing description of the terms of the SPA, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of such agreements, forms of which are incorporated by reference as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The offer and sale of the Units pursuant to the SPA was not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation to buy nor shall there be any sale of the shares in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||
Exhibit # | Exhibit Description | Form | Date | Number | Filed or Furnished Herewith | |||||
10.1 | Form of Tax Credit Purchase Agreement* | 8-K | 12/7/2023 | 10.1 | ||||||
10.2 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement* | 8-K | 12/6/2023 | 10.1 | ||||||
10.3 | Form of Warrant* | 8-K | 12/6/2023 | 10.2 | ||||||
10.4 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement* | 8-K | 12/6/2023 | 10.3 | ||||||
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* Certain schedules, appendices and exhibits to this agreement have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission staff upon request.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
White River Energy Corp | ||
Date: December 19, 2023 | By: | /s/ Randy May |
Name: | Randy May | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |