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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) June 20, 1997
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Alabama 0-21702 63-1081013
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
115 South Dearborn Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (334) 432-7540
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
ITEM 2. ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
On June 20, 1997, Middle Bay Oil Company, Inc. (the "Registrant" or
"Middle Bay") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Shore Oil
Company ("Shore")and Shore's shareholders whereby Shore would become a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Middle Bay in exchange for Middle Bay common stock
and cash.
Shore is a privately-held domestic exploration and production company
with oil and gas properties in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama and Mississippi, as
well as approximately 40,000 acres of mineral interests in Lafourche, Terrebonne
and St. Mary Parishes, Louisiana.
The transaction was closed and became effective on June 30, 1997.
Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, Middle Bay authorized the
issuance of 1,883,333 shares of its common stock, paid Shore's indebtedness to
its shareholders of approximately $2,333,303 and assumed bank debt of
$2,105,000. In addition, Middle Bay paid $200,000 cash and issued 266,667 shares
of preferred stock which are convertible into as many as 1,333,333 shares of
common stock over the next five years, contingent upon the results of drilling
on Shore's Louisiana mineral acreage. The cash funding for this transaction was
provided by Kaiser-Francis Oil Company which purchased 500,000 shares of Middle
Bay Series A Preferred Stock for $3,000,000. The funding by Kaiser-Francis Oil
Company completes the original funding commitment of $10,000,000 in accordance
with the preferred stock purchase agreement pursuant to which a total of
1,666,667 shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been issued at $6.00 per
share. Each Series A share is convertible into two shares of Middle Bay common
stock.
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The merger added approximately 954,000 barrels of oil and natural gas
liquids and 5,471 million cubic feet of natural gas to Middle Bay's reserves. As
a result of the merger, Middle Bay now has total reserves of approximately
3,227,000 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids, and 20,670 million cubic feet
of natural gas, with a discounted value of $60,570,000 based upon independent
engineering company estimates as of January 1, 1997.
The majority stockholders of Shore were WESKIDS, L.P., an investment
affiliate of the family of William E. Simon, former U.S. Treasury Secretary,
and Alvin V. Shoemaker, former Chairman of First Boston Corporation. Stephen W.
Herod, President, and W. Tim Section, Vice President, held minority interests
in Shore. Herod and Shoemaker will become directors of Middle Bay. Herod and
Sexton will continue as officers of Shore and now hold offices with Middle Bay
as Vice President-Corporate Development and Gulf Coast Division Manager,
respectively.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION, AND EXHIBITS
(A) and (B)
It is impractical to furnish with this Report the financial statements
and the pro forma financial information relative to the acquisition described in
Item 2. Such information will be furnished by amendment under cover of Form 8
within 60 days from the date of this Report.
(C) Exhibits
2.1 - Agreement and Plan of Merger dated June 20, 1997 among Middle
Bay, Shore Oil Company and its shareholders.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: July 2, 1997
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ Frank C. Turner, II
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Signature
Vice President
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Title
Frank C. Turner, II
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Name
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EXHIBIT 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the "Agreement") is made and entered
into this 20th day of June, 1997 by and among MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., an
Alabama corporation ("Middle Bay"); SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY, an Alabama
corporation ("SAC"); SHORE OIL COMPANY, a Texas corporation ("Shore") (SAC and
Shore being hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "Constituent
Corporations"); and ALVIN V. SHOEMAKER, an individual resident of the State of
New Jersey ("Shoemaker"), STEPHEN W. HEROD, an individual resident of the State
of Texas ("Herod"), W. TIM SEXTON, an individual resident of the State of Texas
("Sexton") and WESKIDS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WESKIDS")
(collectively, the "Shore Shareholders").
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
A. Middle Bay is an independent oil and gas exploration company
presently engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas
in certain of the contiguous United States. The business activities of Middle
Bay include increasing its reserves of natural gas and oil through acquisition
of proven reserves.
B. Middle Bay is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of common stock
(hereinafter referred to as "Middle Bay Common Stock"), of which 2,519,548
shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. Middle Bay
is also authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock (hereinafter
referred to as Middle Bay Preferred Stock"), of which 1,666,667 is designated
and 1,166,667 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the "Series A Shares") is
issued and outstanding and 266,667 shares of Series B Preferred Stock (the
"Series B Shares") are designated but unissued as of the date of this Agreement.
The Middle Bay Common Stock and the Middle Bay Preferred Stock together
constitute all of the authorized and issued capital stock of Middle Bay (the
"Middle Bay Capital Stock"). Middle Bay is the registrant described in the Form
10-KSB Annual Report and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") during 1996 and 1997 pursuant to
Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act").
C. SAC is a newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Middle Bay and has
authorized capital stock consisting of 1,000,000 shares of common stock, $.01
par value ("SAC Common Stock"), of which
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1,000 shares are issued and outstanding. Middle Bay has one other subsidiary,
Bison Energy Corporation, a Kansas corporation.
D. Shore is authorized to issue 100,000 shares of common stock
(hereinafter referred to as "Shore Common Stock"), of which 8,172 shares are
issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. Shore is also
authorized to issue 5,100,000 shares of preferred stock (hereinafter referred to
as "Shore Preferred Stock"), 5,075,556 of which are issued and outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement. The Shore Common Stock and the Shore Preferred Stock
together constitute all of the authorized and issued capital stock of Shore (the
"Shore Capital Stock").
E. Shore has two wholly-owned subsidiaries which are part of Shore's
consolidated business operations. These subsidiaries are (the "Shore
Subsidiaries"): Shore Exploration and Production Co., a Delaware corporation,
and Shore Energy Management Corp., a Texas corporation.
F. The laws of the State of Alabama and the State of Texas permit a
merger of the Constituent Corporations, and SAC and Shore desire to be merged
together, with Shore being the Surviving Corporation and becoming a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Middle Bay in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
G. The oil and gas assets of Shore and the Shore Subsidiaries are
described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto. In such exhibit, the abbreviations
"WI" and "NRI" mean working interest and net revenue interest, respectively,
each expressed as a percentage of all of the interests of the respective wells
and units described. The term "Properties," with respect to Shore, includes
within its meaning all of Shore's oil and gas leasehold interests, other mineral
interests, royalty interests, servitudes, reversionary interests and other
rights and interests in, to or related to the wells or units described in the
respective exhibit, including, without limitation, all such interests, or
portions of any interest, which relate to or affect property upon which the
wells are located. Such term includes within its meaning, additionally, all
wells (producing, nonproducing, injection and disposal wells), all of the
personal property, fixtures, equipment, casing and tubing, compressors,
pipelines, meters, production, gathering, treating, processing, compression,
dehydration, salt water disposal, and pipeline equipment and facilities,
gathering systems, drip facilities, tanks, machinery, equipment, tools, dies,
vessels and other facilities; and all contracts, commitments, licenses,
agreements, farmouts, farmins, operating agreements, limited partnership
agreements, joint operating agreements, unitization agreements, joint venture
agreements, consulting agreements, division orders, production sales contracts,
gas processing contracts, surface leases, easements, rights-of-way and any and
all other real and personal property and fixtures and agreements relating to,
used, useful or held for use, whether on or of the premises, in connection with
the properties and the oil and gas wells described and listed in the respective
exhibit, together with all geological and geophysical maps, seismic data
(including 3-D seismic data), records, land, production, contract and well
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files in possession of Shore. All of those assets may be referred to
collectively hereinafter as the "Properties."
H. Shore has employed Ryder Scott Company ("Ryder Scott") and DeGolyer
& MacNaughton ("D&M") to determine the undiscounted reserve value and the
discounted values of reserves of those Properties of Shore described in the
reports. Such values, as determined by Ryder Scott and D&M, are set forth in
their reports dated January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1996, respectively, true
copies of which have been furnished to Middle Bay. Shore provided information to
Ryder Scott and D&M which Shore believes to be true and correct. The reserves
included in those reports are estimates only and should not be construed as
being exact quantities. The reserves may or may not be actually recovered, and
if recovered, the net revenues therefrom and the actual costs related thereto
could be more or less than the estimated amounts. Moreover, estimates of the
reserves may increase or decrease as a result of further operations and various
other factors.
I. The Shore Shareholders are the record and beneficial owners of all
shares of the issued and outstanding Shore Common Stock and Shore Preferred
Stock, constituting 100% of the issued and outstanding Shore Capital Stock.
J. The Boards of Directors of Middle Bay and each of the Constituent
Corporations have determined that it is advisable and for the benefit of Middle
Bay and each of the Constituent Corporations and their respective shareholders
that Shore be merged with SAC on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
and by resolutions duly adopted have adopted the terms and conditions of this
Agreement; and directed that the proposed merger be submitted to the
shareholders of the Constituent Corporations and recommended to such
shareholders approval of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
K. The following terms are defined in the following respective
provisions of this Agreement: "Business Day," Section 14.9; "Claim Notice" and
"Notice Period," Section 10.3; "Closing" and "Closing Date," Section 3.1;
"Effective Time," Section 2.7; "Merger Date," Section 1.1; and "Notice," Article
XII.
THE AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual agreements, promises and covenants contained herein, it is agreed by and
between the parties hereto, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and
in accordance with the Alabama Business Corporation Act and the Texas Business
Corporation Act (together, the "Acts"), that Shore shall be and hereby is, at
the Merger Date (as hereinafter defined in Section 1.1), merged with SAC (Shore,
subsequent to such merger, being hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
"Surviving Corporation"), with the corporate existence of the
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Surviving Corporation to be continued as a Texas corporation under the name
"Shore Oil Company," and that the terms and conditions of the merger hereby
agreed upon (the "Merger"), the mode of carrying the same into effect and the
manner of converting shares of the Constituent Corporations are and shall be as
follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 MERGER. The Merger shall become effective according to law on the
latter of the date of which the Alabama Articles of Merger incorporating this
Agreement is filed with the Secretary of State of Alabama or the date the Texas
Secretary of State issues the Texas Certificate of Merger (said date is herein
referred to as the "Merger Date"). SAC shall be merged with the Surviving
Corporation and the Surviving Corporation shall continue in existence, such
effect being that the Surviving Corporation shall become a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Middle Bay.
1.2 SEPARATE EXISTENCE. Without limiting the foregoing, on and after
the Merger Date, the separate existence of SAC shall cease, and, in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, the title to all property and assets, tangible
and intangible, owned by each of the Constituent Corporations shall be vested in
the Surviving Corporation without reversion or impairment; the Surviving
Corporation shall have all liabilities of each of the Constituent Corporations;
and any proceeding pending against any Constituent Corporation may be continued
as if the merger did not occur or the Surviving Corporation may be substituted
in its place.
1.3 ACTIONS TO EFFECTUATE MERGER. Prior to and from and after the
Merger, Middle Bay and the Constituent Corporations shall take all such action
as shall be necessary or appropriate in order to fully and properly effectuate
the Merger, including, without limitation:
(a) By executing this Agreement, the Shore Shareholders shall
have by consent approved the Merger as provided by the Texas Act. If
this Agreement is not terminated and abandoned pursuant to the
provisions of Section 14.14 hereof, this Agreement shall be consummated
in accordance with Articles II and III hereof, and this Agreement and
the Articles of Merger and Certificate of Merger, respectively,
incorporating the terms of this Agreement shall be filed and recorded
in accordance with the Alabama Act and the Texas Act as soon as
practicable after Closing. The Boards of Directors and the proper
officers of the Constituent Corporations are authorized, empowered and
directed to do any and all acts and things, and to make, execute,
deliver, file and record any and all instruments, papers and documents
which shall be or become necessary, proper or convenient to carry out
or put into effect any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the
merger herein provided for.
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(b) By signing below, Middle Bay confirms that the Board of
Directors has approved and adopted this Agreement and that Middle Bay
has full authority under Alabama law to execute the terms of this
Agreement and to approve the Merger as sole shareholder of SAC.
ARTICLE II
TERMS OF TRANSACTION
2.1 MANNER AND BASIS OF CONVERTING SHORE COMMON STOCK AND SHORE
PREFERRED STOCK INTO SHARES OF MIDDLE BAY. The manner and basis of converting
shares of Shore into shares of Middle Bay Common Stock shall be as set forth
below. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.9 hereof, the aggregate number of
shares of Middle Bay Capital Stock issuable in exchange for the Shore Capital
Stock shall be 1,883,333 shares of Middle Bay Common Stock and 266,667 Series B
Shares, such shares being drawn from authorized but unissued shares of Middle
Bay Capital Stock.
(a) Each of the issued and outstanding shares of Shore Common
Stock outstanding on the Merger Date and all rights with respect
thereto which are owned of record and beneficially by the Shore
Shareholders as listed on Exhibit "B" attached hereto shall forthwith
and upon such effective date be converted to 152.82527 shares of Middle
Bay Common Stock and 32.63179 Series B Shares (1,248,888 aggregate
shares of Middle Bay Common Stock and 266,667 aggregate Series B
Shares).
(b) Each of the issued and outstanding shares of Shore
Preferred Stock outstanding on the Merger Date and all rights with
respect thereto which are owned of record and beneficially by the Shore
Shareholders as listed on Exhibit "B" attached hereto shall forthwith
and upon such effective date be converted to .125000 shares of Middle
Bay Common Stock and -0- Series B Shares (634,445 aggregate shares of
Middle Bay Common Stock and -0- aggregate Series B Shares).
(c) Each holder of shares of Shore Common Stock and/or Shore
Preferred Stock as listed on Exhibit "B" shall on or after the Merger
Date be entitled, upon presentation for surrender to Middle Bay or its
agent, of the certificate or certificates representing shares of fully
paid and nonassessable Middle Bay Common Stock and Series B Preferred
Stock to which such holder shall be entitled on the aforesaid basis of
conversion in exchange.
(d) Any shares of any class of Shore held in its treasury on
the Merger Date will be canceled.
2.2 PAYMENT OF SHORE SHAREHOLDER NOTES. Middle Bay shall pay to the
Shore Shareholders in immediately available funds the aggregate sum of
$2,333,303 representing principal payment in full of
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those certain promissory notes of Shore held by the Shore Shareholders as more
specifically listed on Exhibit "E" (the "Shareholder Notes"). The payment to the
Shore Shareholders shall be made as follows: WESKIDS - $1,385,515; Shoemaker -
$714,458; Herod - $116,665; and Sexton - $116,665.
2.3 CASH CONSIDERATION. Middle Bay shall pay to the Shore Shareholders,
in immediately available funds, the aggregate sum of $200,000 as the cash
portion of the Merger consideration payable as follows: WESKIDS - $88,100;
Shoemaker - $88,100; Herod - $11,900; and Sexton - $11,900.
2.4 ASSUMPTION OF DEBT. Middle Bay shall assume, without limitation,
all duties, liabilities and obligations of the Surviving Corporation in and
under that certain Credit Agreement dated April 27, 1995, as amended, by and
between Shore and Wells Fargo Bank (Texas) National Association ("Wells Fargo")
which assumption is more particularly described in the Third Amendment to Loan
Agreement (the "Third Amendment to Shore Credit Agreement") dated as of the
Effective Time (hereinafter defined) by and among Shore, Wells Fargo and Middle
Bay.
2.5 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS. From and after the Merger
Date, the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of Shore, as the Surviving
Corporation, shall continue in effect until the same shall be amended or
repealed as therein provided and in accordance with law.
2.6 DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF SURVIVING CORPORATION AND MIDDLE BAY. The
directors of the Surviving Corporation following the Merger Date shall be the
same persons (subject to their consents) as are directors of Middle Bay. The
principal officers of the Surviving Corporation following the Merger Date shall
be: John J. Bassett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Stephen W. Herod,
President; and W. Tim Sexton, Vice President. The directors and officers of
Middle Bay holding office immediately prior to the Merger shall be the directors
and officers of Middle Bay immediately following the Merger Date; provided,
however, that on the Merger Date, Stephen W. Herod will be elected an officer of
Middle Bay, and Middle Bay shall appoint Shoemaker and a designee of WESKIDS,
and each agrees to serve, as directors of Middle Bay (the size of the Board of
Directors of Middle Bay shall be seven persons, including Shoemaker and a
designee of WESKIDS), and Middle Bay shall include Shoemaker and a designee of
WESKIDS in its recommended slate of seven directors to be elected at the next
annual meeting of shareholders of Middle Bay.
2.7 EFFECTIVE TIME. The economic effect of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be effective as of 12:01 a.m., Central
Daylight Time, on June 30, 1997 (herein referred to as the "Effective Time").
2.8 EXPENSES. Each party shall bear its or his own expenses incidental
to the preparation of this Agreement, the carrying out of the provisions of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
including but not limited to engineering, legal and accounting expenses.
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2.9 CONVERTIBILITY OF SERIES B SHARES.
(a) Subject to the receipt of a valuation report acceptable to
Middle Bay and Shore from Lee Keeling and Associates, Inc. (or another
mutually acceptable third party) of the Louisiana Acreage, Middle Bay
has designated and agrees to issue, in accordance with Section 2.1
hereof, 266,667 Series B Shares. Each Series B Share, upon issuance and
for a period of 66 months subsequent to the Merger Date, shall be
immediately convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Middle
Bay Common Stock. Provided, however, that the holders may elect to use
from time to time the applicable Alternative Conversion Method as
defined in Section 2.9(b) and as more particularly described in Exhibit
"C" hereto, "Certificate of Amendment To the Articles of Incorporation
of Middle Bay Oil Company, Inc." Any Common Stock issued pursuant to
this right of conversion shall be subject to the same transfer and
voting restrictions provided for elsewhere herein for the Middle Bay
Common Stock issuable to the Shore Shareholders on the Merger Date. The
conversion rights with respect to the Series B Shares shall be accorded
anti-dilution protection as provided in Exhibit "C".
(b) For purposes of Section 2.9(a), the "Alternative
Conversion Method" shall be computed as of December 31 of each year
following the Merger Date (the "Computation Date") by determining the
incremental amounts by which the Cumulative Value increases over the
prior computation. Each incremental increase in the Cumulative Value,
when computed, shall be divided by $8,000,000, with the resulting
quotient (the "Alternative Conversion Factor") multiplied by 266,667 to
determine the number of Series B Shares which would be converted as of
the applicable Computation Date. The number of shares of Middle Bay
Common Stock into which such number of Series B Shares are convertible
shall be derived by multiplying 1,066,666 times the then applicable
Alternative Conversion Factor. This procedure shall be repeated as of
each Computation Date, with the applicable number of Series B Shares
converted into the applicable number of shares of Middle Bay Common
Stock. The Series B Shares remaining after any such conversion will be
convertible into 266,667 shares of Middle Bay Common Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any Computation Date, the
aggregate Cumulative Value equals or exceeds $10,000,000 then the
remaining Series B Shares will be convertible for a number of shares of
Middle Bay Common Stock equal to 1,333,333 shares less the aggregate
number of Middle Bay Common Stock theretofore issued upon conversion of
Series B Shares as hereinbefore provided in this Section 2.9 (b).
(c) For purposes of Section 2.9(b), "Cumulative Value" means
the value attributable to the approximately 40,000 acres of mineral
interest owned by Shore in Terrebonne, Lafourche and St. Mary Parishes,
Louisiana (as more particularly described in Exhibit "A," the
"Louisiana Acreage"). The Cumulative Value shall initially be equal to
$2,000,000, shall not exceed $10,000,000 and shall be recomputed on an
incremental basis as of December 31 of each year following the Merger
Date: (i) on values computed (PV 15% based on the Bank of Oklahoma's
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or a mutually agreed upon bank case product pricing at the time of the
evaluation held constant with initial operational expenses to be
determined by and at the discretion of Lee Keeling and Associates,
Inc., Ryder Scott or such other independent engineering firm engaged by
Middle Bay in connection with Middle Bay's annual audit of its
financial statements and held constant thereafter) for newly-discovered
wells with a minimum of six months' production history according to
annual reserve evaluations made by the engineering firm or reworked or
recompleted wells (which wells were not originally or previously
assigned any value in the computation of Cumulative Value) with a
minimum of six months' production history following such reworking or
recompletion; plus (ii) lease bonus payments and delay rental payments
(excluding payments in regard to working interests held), seismic
option payments, seismic permit payments, any other payments and
proceeds from the sale of properties or oil and gas interests therein
from the Louisiana Acreage received by Middle Bay during the evaluation
period if such properties or oil and gas interests thereon have not
originally or previously been included in the computation of Cumulative
Value. The annual reserve evaluation shall be prepared at Middle Bay's
expense and provided to the Shore Shareholders no later than March 1 of
each year. For purposes of calculating Cumulative Value, only those
estimated reserves classified as proved developed (producing), proved
developed (nonproducing), proved developed (behind pipe) and proved
undeveloped shall be included, with proved developed (non-producing)
and proved developed (behind pipe) discounted by a factor of 25% and
proved undeveloped discounted by 50%. All wells spudded or for which
reworking, recompletion or sidetrack operations have commenced on or
before the end of sixty months from the Merger Date, shall be included
in the calculation of Cumulative Value, even if such operations are not
completed until after that date. Such Cumulative Value determination as
of each recomputation date shall be reduced by the amount of any
extraordinary claim or liability asserted against or paid by Middle Bay
and relating to the Louisiana Acreage during such evaluation period. To
the extent Middle Bay is given credit for an asserted extraordinary
claim or liability hereunder which is ultimately reduced or dismissed,
then the amount of such claim (if dismissed) or such reduction shall be
added to the Cumulative Value determined on the next recomputation
date. To the extent Middle Bay elects to seek indemnification under
Section 10 hereof for any extraordinary claim or liability, then the
amount of any such indemnification payment received by Middle Bay shall
be added to the computed Cumulative Value on the next Cumulative Value
recomputation date. For purposes of this Section 2.9(c), "extraordinary
claim or liability" shall mean any claim or liability (not covered by
insurance) other than operating costs and other expenses incurred in
the ordinary course of business and attributable to the Louisiana
Acreage, the basis for which exists prior to the Closing Date and which
is not assumed by or consented to by Middle Bay at Closing. For
purposes of calculating the value of any unliquidated claim relating to
title to the Louisiana Acreage, each acre subject to the claim shall be
valued at $50 per acre except for any acres included within a unit
approved by the Commissioner of Conservation established for a
producing well. The value of the acreage within a producing
Commissioner's unit shall be the value (prorated, as needed, to fairly
reflect the portion of the unit affected by the claim) given by the
independent engineering firm, if already included in the Cumulative
Value, or, if not so evaluated, the value shall be determined by the
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parties to this Agreement in good faith or, absent such an agreement,
determined by a mutually acceptable third party whose decision shall be
final. If the parties cannot agree on a mutually acceptable third
party, the matter (or any other dispute related to the calculation of
Cumulative Value which cannot be resolved in the same manner as the
preceding sentence) shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to
Section 10.5 herein.
(d) Any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the
cumulative total shares of Middle Bay Common Stock into which the
Series B Shares are convertible shall not be less than the number
derived by dividing $2,000,000 plus the aggregate incremental
Cumulative Value determined through December 31, 2002, divided by $7.50
per share, which number shall not be less than 266,667 shares nor
exceed 1,333,333 shares, being a maximum of $10,000,000 and a minimum
of $2,000,000 at $7.50 per share, subject only to adjustments to
prevent dilution as set forth in Exhibit "C".
ARTICLE III
CLOSING
3.1 TIME AND PLACE. The Merger and related transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall be consummated (such consummation being herein referred to
as the "Closing") on a date and at a time selected by Middle Bay, by Notice
given to Shore at least two business days before Closing, at Middle Bay's
offices at the address set forth in Article XII of this Agreement. The date and
time of Closing may be referred to herein as the "Closing Date." The Closing
Date shall be June 30, 1997, or such other date or place to which the parties
may reasonably agree.
3.2 ACTIONS OF MIDDLE BAY AND SAC AT CLOSING. At Closing, Middle Bay
and SAC shall deliver to Shore:
(a) properly executed instruments effecting the Merger;
(b) evidence of authority, satisfactory in form and content to
Shore's counsel, with respect to the actions of the Board of Directors
of Middle Bay to approve the Merger and the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement for SAC and, with respect to Middle Bay, to execute
and deliver this Agreement and all of the other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents executed pursuant to or as an
incident to this Agreement or the Closing, such evidence to include,
without limitation, appropriate certificates of corporate resolution
and incumbency and properly certified copies of consent actions taken
by the directors of Middle Bay, certificates of good standing issued by
the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama with respect to Middle
Bay and SAC, and the opinion of counsel for Middle Bay and SAC
regarding the foregoing matters;
(c) the cash payable to the Shore Shareholders in accordance
with Section 2.2 hereof, in cash or equivalent form of payment;
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(d) the cash payable to the Shore Shareholders in accordance
with Section 2.3 hereof, in cash or equivalent form of payment;
(e) provide for the delivery of certificates representing the
Middle Bay Common Stock and the Series B Shares issued for delivery to
the Shore Shareholders in accordance with Sections 2.1(a) and 2.1(b)
hereof;
(f) evidence of Wells Fargo's consent of Middle Bay's
assumption of the Wells Fargo Loan as described in the Third Amendment
to Shore Credit Agreement; and
(g) evidence of consent of the Bank of Oklahoma, N.A. for the
consummation of the Merger and the assumption by Middle Bay of the
Wells Fargo Loan.
3.3 ACTIONS OF SHORE AND THE SHORE SHAREHOLDERS AT CLOSING. At Closing,
Shore and the Shore Shareholders shall deliver or make available to Middle Bay:
(a) properly executed instruments effecting the Merger;
(b) evidence of consent of Wells Fargo for (i) the
consummation of the Merger; (ii) the assumption by Middle Bay of the
Wells Fargo Loan as described in the Third Amendment to Shore Credit
Agreement and (iii) the payoff of the Shareholder Notes;
(c) evidence of authority, satisfactory in form and content to
Middle Bay's counsel, with respect to the actions of the Board of
Directors and the Shore Shareholders to approve the Merger and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, with respect to Shore,
to execute and deliver this Agreement and all of the other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents executed pursuant to or as an
incident to this Agreement or the Closing, such evidence to include,
without limitation, appropriate certificates of corporate resolution
and incumbency and properly certified copies of consent actions taken
by the Shore Shareholders, certificates of good standing issued by the
Secretary of State of the State of Texas with respect to Shore, and an
opinion of counsel for Shore regarding the foregoing matters; and
(d) all financial and operational records with respect to
Shore.
ARTICLE IV
MATTERS RELATIVE TO MIDDLE BAY SHARES
4.1 SECURITIES LAWS COMPLIANCE BY MIDDLE BAY.
(a) 1934 Act Registration and Reports; Access to Information.
On the date of this Agreement and at Closing, all of Middle Bay's
common stock, including the Middle Bay Common
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Stock issuable hereunder, shall be registered pursuant to Section 12(g)
of the 1934 Act, and Middle Bay shall have timely filed all reports
with the SEC required of Middle Bay under the 1934 Act, and Middle Bay
shall have given Shore and the Shore Shareholders full access to all
such reports and other information reasonably requested by Shore or the
Shore Shareholders regarding Middle Bay to enable the Shore
Shareholders to make an informed decision regarding the value of the
Middle Bay Common Stock and the Series B Shares.
(b) Exemption from Registration Under Securities Laws. Middle
Bay and the Shore Shareholders shall use their reasonable efforts to
assure that the issuance of the Middle Bay Common Stock hereunder
qualifies as exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1993, as well as securities laws of such states as
would apply to the issuance and delivery of the Middle Bay Common Stock
and the Series B Shares as contemplated hereunder.
4.2 TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. Except as provided in Section 4.4 hereof,
each Shore Shareholder agrees that transfer of the Middle Bay Common Stock and
Series B Shares issuable to Shore and distributed to the Shore Shareholders at
Closing shall be restricted for a period of 12 months from the Closing Date (the
"Restriction Period"). Neither the Middle Bay Common Stock nor the Series B
Shares shall be publicly reoffered or sold by the Shore Shareholders except in
compliance with Rule 144, or 145 where applicable, under the 1933 Act or in
transactions otherwise exempt from or in compliance with the requirements of the
1933 Act and applicable state securities laws. Each certificate representing
such shares issued and delivered at Closing shall bear an appropriate legend
regarding such transfer restrictions, and such restrictions shall be
appropriately noted on the stock transfer records of Middle Bay.
4.3 RESTRICTIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS. Shore and the Shore Shareholders
agree that for a period of 12 months following the Closing Date, voting rights
with respect to the shares of Middle Bay Common Stock issuable to the Shore
Shareholders hereunder shall be limited as follows:
(a) In connection with any vote taken or consent, wavier or
ratification given in connection with the election or removal of
directors of Middle Bay, the Shore Shareholders shall vote only that
number of shares of Middle Bay Common Stock, regardless of any greater
number of such shares owned by the Shore Shareholders as shall
represent 20% or less of the total number of shares of Middle Bay
Common Stock issued and outstanding and eligible to vote at the time of
any such vote, consent, waiver or ratification.
(b) Each certificate representing the shares of Middle Bay
Common Stock issuable to the Shore Shareholders hereunder and delivered
at Closing shall bear an appropriate legend regarding such voting
restrictions, and such restrictions shall be appropriately noted on the
stock transfer records of Middle Bay.
(c) For purposes of this Section 4.3, the number of shares of
Middle Bay Common Stock owned by the former Shore Shareholders shall
include any shares of Middle Bay Common
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Stock presently owned by the Shore Shareholders or hereafter issued or
distributed to any Shore Shareholder in connection with the conversion
of the Series B Shares or otherwise.
(d) In the event all or a portion of the Middle Bay Series A
Preferred Stock is converted into Middle Bay Common Stock prior to 12
months from the Closing Date specified herein, the voting restrictions
provided in this Section 4.3 shall be removed share-for-share with the
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock (e.g., if a holder of Series
A Preferred Stock converts a portion of its preferred stock into
100,000 shares of common stock, the number of aggregate shares of
Middle Bay Common Stock which may be voted by the Shore Shareholders
hereunder shall be increased prorata by 100,000 shares).
(e) If Middle Bay issues additional shares of common stock as
part of another merger or asset acquisition transaction following the
Closing Date and any such merger or acquisition involves the issuance
of Middle Bay Common Stock representing, after issuance, more than 20%
of the then outstanding shares of Middle Bay Common Stock, if such
shares are not made subject to voting restrictions substantially
identical to those imposed by this Section 4.3, this Section 4.3 shall
thereafter no longer apply.
Except as set forth above, Shore and the Shore Shareholders shall not
be subject to any further voting restrictions with respect to Middle Bay stock.
4.4 REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Shore Shareholders (and/or their
respective successors in interest, if any) shall have the following rights with
respect to registration of the Middle Bay Common Stock acquired hereby.
(a) Piggyback Registration. If Middle Bay shall at any time or
times determine to register under the 1933 Act any shares of Middle Bay
Common Stock (other than registration of common stock under stock
option plans, stock ownership plans, or other employee benefit plans of
Middle Bay or its subsidiaries) pursuant to an offering whereby Middle
Bay will receive cash for the sale of such common stock, it will notify
each former Shore Shareholder in each case of such determination at
least thirty (30) days prior to filing the registration statement and,
upon the receipt of written request by such shareholders representing
at least forty percent (40%) of the Middle Bay Common Stock issued
pursuant to the Merger given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of
such notification, Middle Bay will use its best efforts to cause any of
the Middle Bay Common Stock, as specified in such request to be
registered under the 1933 Act pursuant to such registration statement,
to the extent and under the condition that such registration is
permissible under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder; provided, however, that if the managing underwriter
selected by Middle Bay advises Middle Bay in writing that, in its
opinion, the inclusion of Middle Bay Common Stock requested to be
included in such registration would materially adversely affect the
distribution of all such common stock, then the former Shore
Shareholders shall not be permitted to register their Middle Bay Common
Stock as specified in
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such request, but if such advice is not given at any time thereafter,
both Middle Bay and the former Shore Shareholders may sell Middle Bay
Common Stock in the proposed distribution, with each party being
entitled to sell a proportion of the number of shares to be sold by the
former Shore Shareholders and Middle Bay in its proposed distribution
corresponding to the ratio that the number of shares proposed to be
sold by such party bears to the aggregate number of shares proposed to
be sold by former Shore Shareholders and Middle Bay.
(b) Demand Registration. Within 12 months following the
Closing Date, Middle Bay will use its best efforts to cause the Middle
Bay Common Stock received by the Shore Shareholders in accordance with
the Merger to be registered under the 1933 Act pursuant to a separate
registration statement on Form S-3 (or such authorized form if Form S-3
is not then available to Middle Bay) for the purpose of permitting the
sale of such Middle Bay Common Stock in a secondary distribution, to
the extent and under the condition that such registration is
permissible under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, and to further use its best efforts to maintain the
effectiveness of such registration statement (including but not limited
to the filing of such post-effective amendments, prospectus
supplements, etc.) until such time as the former Shore Shareholders
will be eligible to sell their Middle Bay Common Stock pursuant to the
terms of Rule 144(k), or 145 where applicable, as promulgated under the
1933 Act. The Shore Shareholders' rights under this Section 4.4(b) are
limited to one effective registration of the Shore Shareholders' Middle
Bay Common Stock.
(c) Expenses. Middle Bay shall pay all expenses incurred in
connection with any registration pursuant to this Section, except that
the Shore Shareholders and/or the other former Shore Shareholders, as
the case may be, shall pay for (i) any broker or underwriting
commissions or discounts relating to Middle Bay Common Stock sold by
such shareholders, and (ii) fees of counsel to such shareholders
engaged separately from counsel to Middle Bay in connection with such
registration.
ARTICLE V
MIDDLE BAY'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Middle Bay represents and warrants to Shore and the Shore Shareholders
that:
5.1 DUE ORGANIZATION; GOOD STANDING; POWER. Middle Bay and SAC are
corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Alabama. Middle Bay and SAC have all requisite corporate
powers to enter into this Agreement and to perform their obligations hereunder.
5.2 AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY OF DOCUMENTS. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement by Middle Bay and SAC, and the consummation by
Middle Bay and SAC of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly and
validly authorized by Middle Bay and SAC. This
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Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Middle Bay for itself and on
behalf of SAC and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Middle Bay and
SAC, enforceable against Middle Bay and SAC in accordance with its terms, except
as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity,
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws relating to creditors'
rights generally.
5.3 VALIDITY OF CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS. Except for the Bank of
Oklahoma, N.A., whose prior consent is required, the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by Middle Bay does not and will not violate,
conflict with or result in the breach of any term, condition or provision of, or
require the consent of any other person under, (a) any existing law, ordinance
or governmental rule or regulation to which Middle Bay is subject, (b) any
judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award of any court, arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory official, body or authority which is applicable to
Middle Bay, (c) the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents
of Middle Bay, or (d) except for that certain Restated Revolving Credit and Term
Loan Agreement dated March 31, 1997, as amended, between Middle Bay and the Bank
of Oklahoma, N.A., wherein the Bank of Oklahoma's consent is necessary for this
transaction, any mortgage, indenture, agreement, contract, commitment, lease,
plan or other instrument, document or understanding, oral or written, to which
Middle Bay is a party, by which Middle Bay may have rights, or give any party
with rights thereunder the right to terminate, modify, accelerate or otherwise
change the existing rights or obligations of Middle Bay thereunder. Except as
provided herein, no authorization, approval or consent of and no registration or
filing with any governmental or regulatory official, body or authority is
required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement by Middle Bay.
5.4 STATUS OF THE SHARES. The Middle Bay Common Stock and the Series B
Shares to be delivered to Shore and distributed to the Shore Shareholders
pursuant to this Agreement will be, when delivered, (i) duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) duly registered under the 1934 Act,
and, subject to the restrictions on transferability set forth in Sections 4.2
and 4.3 hereof, (iii) listed for trading on the NASDAQ Small Cap Stock Market.
5.5 INFORMATION RELATING TO MIDDLE BAY. Middle Bay has previously
provided to Shore and the Shore Shareholders information in the form of Middle
Bay's 1934 Act Annual Reports on Form 10-KSB dated December 31, 1995, and
December 31, 1996, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended
March 31, 1997. Middle Bay will also provide to Shore a copy of any filing made
with the SEC from the date hereof to the Closing Date. The information
concerning Middle Bay contained in such reports is complete and accurate in all
material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances in which statements were made, not
misleading. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, Middle Bay shall
provide to Shore and the Shore Shareholders the opportunity to ask questions and
receive answers concerning the matters contemplated hereby and to obtain any
additional information which Middle Bay possesses or can acquire without
unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to verify the accuracy of the
information furnished under this Section 5.5.
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5.6 CAPITALIZATION. The authorized equity securities of Middle Bay
consist of 10,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.02 per share, of which
2,519,548 shares are issued and outstanding, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, of which 1,166,667 shares of Series A preferred stock are issued and
outstanding and 266,667 shares of Series B preferred stock will be designated
for issuance at Closing. All shares to be issued to Shore and the Shore
Stockholders shall be free and clear of all encumbrances, and no other equity
securities of Middle Bay are owned of record by anyone. Except as set forth in
Schedule 5.6, there are no existing agreements, options, commitments or rights
with, of or to any person relating to the issuance, sale or transfer of any
equity securities or other securities of Middle Bay and Middle Bay does not own,
or have any contract to acquire, any equity securities or other securities of
any other entity other than Shore.
5.7 TITLE TO AND CONDITION OF PROPERTIES. To the best of Middle Bay's
knowledge, the oil and gas properties and other assets of Middle Bay are free
and clear of all mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests, charges, claims,
restrictions and other encumbrances, except for liens securing a present line of
credit with the Bank of Oklahoma, liens for current real or personal property
taxes not yet due and payable and mechanics and materialmen liens arising in the
ordinary course of Middle Bay's business for sums not yet due and owing or being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. With the exception of the
foregoing representations and warranties as to "knowledge," Middle Bay makes no
representation or warranty concerning title to any of its assets.
5.8 CONDITION OF TANGIBLE ASSETS. All buildings, structures,
facilities, equipment and other material items of tangible property and assets
of Middle Bay are in good operating condition and repair, subject to normal wear
and maintenance, are usable in the regular and ordinary course of business and
conform to all applicable laws, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations
relating to their construction, use and operation.
5.9 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The financial statements of Middle Bay,
including balance sheets and profit and loss statements as of December 31, 1996
and March 31, 1997 (the "Middle Bay Financial Statements") as set forth in
Middle Bay's Form 10-KSB Annual Report and Form 10-QSB Quarterly Report, are
complete, are in accordance with the books and records of Middle Bay and fairly
present, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities, financial condition
and results of operations of Middle Bay indicated thereby in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. At May 31, 1997,
and as of the date of this Agreement, Middle Bay had no material liabilities of
any nature, direct or indirect, fixed or contingent, which were not reflected on
the Middle Bay Financial Statements.
5.10 LITIGATION. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.10, no litigation,
including any arbitration, investigation or other proceeding of or before any
court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory official, body or authority, is
pending or, to the best knowledge of Middle Bay, threatened against Middle Bay
or which relates to the properties of Middle Bay or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, nor does
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Middle Bay know of any reasonably likely basis for any such litigation,
arbitration, investigation or proceeding, the result of which could adversely
affect Middle Bay, its properties or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Middle Bay is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any judgment,
order, writ, injunction, decree or award of any court, arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory official, body or authority which may adversely
affect Middle Bay, its properties or the transactions contemplated hereby.
5.11 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11, to
the best of its knowledge, Middle Bay is not aware of, nor has Middle Bay
received notice of, any past, present or future events, conditions,
circumstances, activities, practices, instances, actions or plans which may
interfere with or prevent compliance or continue compliance with those laws or
any regulation, code, plan, order, decree, judgment, injunction, notice or
demand letter issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder or which may
give rise to any common law or legal liability or otherwise form the basis of
any claim, action, demand, suit, proceeding, hearing, study or investigation
based on or related to the violation by Middle Bay of applicable Environmental
Laws. With the exception of the foregoing representations and warranties as to
"knowledge," Middle Bay makes no representation or warranty, either express or
implied, or otherwise, on any environmental matters, including without
limitation, the violation of any federal, state, local or municipal law, rule or
regulation relating to the environment or natural resource (collectively,
"Environmental Laws") by Middle Bay and makes no warranty or representation,
express, implied or otherwise, with respect to the accuracy or completeness of
any information, records or data made available to Shore or the Shore
Shareholders in connection with this Agreement. Except for a breach of the
foregoing representations and warranties as to "knowledge," Shore and the Shore
Shareholders have relied upon their own investigation and analysis to enter into
this Agreement and consummate the transactions set forth herein. Shore and the
Shore Shareholders agree that Middle Bay and its current, as of the Merger Date,
employees, officers, directors, shareholders, representatives and agents, except
for breach of any representation and warranty herein, are hereby released and
held harmless by Shore and the Shore Shareholders and shall not be responsible
or liable to Shore or the Shore Shareholders for any claims, costs, losses,
liabilities, judgments, demands, tort claims, damages, expenses, demands,
actions or causes of action arising from environmental matters or violations of
Environmental Laws arising from or relating to any of Middle Bay's properties.
5.12 COMPLETENESS OF DISCLOSURE. No representation or warranty by
Middle Bay in this Agreement nor any certificate, statement, document or
instrument furnished or to be furnished to Shore or the Shore Shareholders
pursuant hereto, or in connection with the negotiation, execution or performance
of Middle Bay of this Agreement, contains or will contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be
stated herein or therein or necessary to make any statement herein or therein
not misleading.
5.13 INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES. Any contrary provision contained in this
Agreement (or any other agreement or communication) notwithstanding, Middle Bay
is not relying upon any statement made
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or advice provided by Shore or any Shore Shareholder regarding the income tax
consequences of the Merger or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
as to Middle Bay.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF SHORE AND THE SHORE SHAREHOLDERS
Shore and, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.7, the
Shore Shareholders represent and warrant to Middle Bay that as of the execution
of this Agreement or as of Closing, to their best knowledge and belief:
6.1 DUE ORGANIZATION; GOOD STANDING; POWER. Shore is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Texas. Shore has all requisite power to enter into this Agreement and to perform
its obligations hereunder.
6.2 AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY OF DOCUMENTS. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement by Shore and the Shore Shareholders, and the
consummation by Shore and the Shore Shareholders of the Merger and other
transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly and validly authorized by the
Board of Directors of Shore and approved by the Shore Shareholders in accordance
with the Texas Corporation Code. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Shore and the Shore Shareholders and is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Shore and the Shore Shareholders, respectively, enforceable
against Shore and the Shore Shareholders in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium and similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally.
The other agreements, documents and instruments required to be delivered by
Shore and the Shore Shareholders in accordance with the provisions hereof will
be duly executed and delivered on behalf of Shore by duly authorized officers of
Shore or, where applicable, the Shore Subsidiaries.
6.3 VALIDITY OF CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS, ETC. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement by Shore and the Shore Shareholders does not
and will not violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any term,
condition or provision of, or require the consent of any other person under, (a)
any existing law, ordinance or governmental rule or regulation to which Shore or
the Shore Shareholders is subject, (b) any judgment, order, writ, injunction,
decree or award of any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory official,
body or authority which is applicable to Shore or any shareholder of Shore, (c)
the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents of Shore, or
(d) except for that certain Credit Agreement dated April 27, 1995, as amended,
between Shore and Wells Fargo wherein Wells Fargo's consent is necessary for
this transaction, any mortgage, indenture, agreement, contract, commitment,
lease, plan or other instrument, document or understanding, oral or written, to
which Shore or the Shore Shareholders are a party, by which Shore or the Shore
Shareholders may have rights or by
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which any of the Properties may be bound or affected, or give any party with
rights thereunder the right to terminate, modify, accelerate or otherwise change
the existing rights or obligations of Shore or the Shore Shareholders
thereunder. Except as provided herein, no authorization, approval or consent of
and no registration or filing with any governmental or regulatory official, body
or authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement by Shore or the Shore Shareholders.
6.4 CAPITALIZATION. The authorized equity securities of Shore consist
of 100,000 shares of Shore Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of which
8,172 shares are issued and outstanding and 5,100,000 shares of Shore Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share, of which 5,075,556 shares are issued and
outstanding. All shares to be issued to Middle Bay shall be free and clear of
all encumbrances, and no other equity securities of Shore are owned of record by
anyone. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.4, there are no existing agreements,
options, commitments or rights with, of or to any person relating to the
issuance, sale or transfer of any equity securities or other securities of
Shore, and Shore and the Shore Shareholders do not own, or have any contract to
acquire, any equity securities or other securities of any other entity other
than Middle Bay.
6.5 TITLE TO AND CONDITION OF PROPERTIES. To the best of Shore's and
the Shore Shareholder's knowledge, the oil and gas properties and other assets
of Shore are free and clear of all mortgages, liens, pledges, security
interests, charges, claims, restrictions and other encumbrances, except for
liens securing a present line of credit with Wells Fargo, liens for current real
or personal property taxes not yet due and payable and mechanics and materialmen
liens arising in the ordinary course of Shore's business for sums not yet due
and owing or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. With the
exception of the foregoing representations and warranties as to "knowledge,"
neither Shore nor the Shore Shareholders make any representation or warranty
concerning title to the Properties, and Middle Bay is taking the Properties "AS
IS" with all title defects, if any.
6.6 CONDITION OF TANGIBLE ASSETS. All buildings, structures,
facilities, equipment and other material items of tangible property and assets
constituting Shore's Properties are in good operating condition and repair,
subject to normal wear and maintenance, are usable in the regular and ordinary
course of business and conform to all applicable laws, ordinances, codes, rules
and regulations relating to their construction, use and operation.
6.7 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Attached hereto as Exhibit "D" are Shore's
balance sheet and profit and loss statement as of the close of business on
December 31, 1996 and March 31, 1997 (the "Financial Statements"). Shore and the
Shore Shareholders represent that the Financial Statements are complete, are in
accordance with the books and records of Shore and fairly present, in all
material respects, the assets, liabilities, financial condition and results of
operations of Shore indicated thereby in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied. At December 31, 1996, and as of the
date
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of this Agreement, Shore had no material liabilities of any nature, direct or
indirect, fixed or contingent, which were not reflected on the Financial
Statements.
6.8 LITIGATION. Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.8, no litigation,
including any arbitration, investigation or other proceeding of or before any
court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory official, body or authority, is
pending or, to the best Knowledge of Shore or the Shore Shareholders, threatened
against Shore or the Shore Shareholders or which relates to the Properties of
Shore or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor does Shore or the
Shore Shareholders know of any reasonably likely basis for any such litigation,
arbitration, investigation or proceeding, the result of which could adversely
affect Shore, its Properties or the transactions contemplated hereby. Neither
Shore nor the Shore Shareholders is a party to or subject to the provisions of
any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award of any court, arbitrator
or governmental or regulatory official, body or authority which may adversely
affect Shore, its Properties or the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.9 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. To the best of its and the Shore
Shareholders' knowledge, Shore is not aware of, nor has Shore received notice
of, any past, present or future events, conditions, circumstances, activities,
practices, instances, actions or plans which may interfere with or prevent
compliance or continued compliance with those laws or any regulation, code,
plan, order, decree, judgment, injunction, notice or demand letter issued,
entered, promulgated or approved thereunder or which may give rise to any common
law or legal liability or otherwise form the basis of any claim, action, demand,
suit, proceeding, hearing, study or investigation based on or related to the
violation by Shore of applicable Environmental Laws. With the exception of the
foregoing representations and warranties as to "knowledge," neither Shore nor
the Shore Shareholders make any representations or warranties, either express or
implied, or otherwise, on any environmental matters, including without
limitation, the violation of any federal, state, local or municipal law, rule or
regulation relating to the environment or natural resource (collectively,
"Environmental Laws") by Shore and make no warranty or representation, express,
implied or otherwise, with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any
information, records or data made available to Middle Bay in connection with
this Agreement. Except for a breach of the foregoing representations and
warranties as to "knowledge," Middle Bay is acquiring, pursuant to the Merger,
the Properties "AS IS" with all environmental defects, if any, including those
matters described in Schedule 6.9, and has relied upon Middle Bay's own
investigation and analysis to enter into this Agreement and consummate the
transactions set forth herein. Middle Bay agrees that Shore and its current, as
of the Merger Date, employees, officers, directors, shareholders,
representatives and agents, except for breach of any representation and warranty
herein, are hereby released and held harmless by Middle Bay and shall not be
responsible or liable to Middle Bay for any claims, costs, losses, liabilities,
judgments, demands, tort claims, damages, expenses, demands, actions or causes
of action arising from environmental matters or violations of Environmental Laws
arising from or relating to any of Shore's Properties.
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6.10 EMPLOYEES. Shore has no employment contracts, collective
bargaining agreements or any labor trouble, EEOC claims, OSHA citations or any
workers' compensation claims, controversies or other claims on unsettled
grievances pending or, to the Knowledge of Shore, threatened by any of its
officers, agents, employees or any other third party involved in the operations
of Shore, or collective bargaining organizations or pension, 401(k), stock
bonus, profit sharing, stock option or other agreements providing for
remuneration or benefits to its officers, directors or employees, except as set
forth on Schedule 6.10 attached hereto. Shore is, to the Best of its Knowledge,
in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
6.11 COMPLETENESS OF DISCLOSURE. No representation or warranty by Shore
or the Shore Shareholders in this Agreement nor any certificate, statement,
document or instrument furnished or to be furnished to Middle Bay pursuant
hereto, or in connection with the negotiation, execution, performance of or the
obtaining of consents of shareholders of Shore to this Agreement, contains or
will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to
state a material fact required to be stated herein or therein or necessary to
make any statement herein or therein not misleading.
6.12 GAS IMBALANCES. Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.12, Shore has
received no deficiency payments under any gas contracts for which any party has
a right to take deficiency gas, nor has Shore received any payments for
production which are subject to refund or recoupment out of future production.
6.13 WELL STATUS. Shore has no outstanding accounts payable arising out
of an authority for expenditure or other similar invoice to plug and abandon any
well or wells because the well or wells are not capable of producing in
commercial quantities.
6.14 INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES. Any contrary provision contained in this
Agreement (or any other agreement or communication) notwithstanding, neither
Shore nor the Shore Shareholders is relying upon any statement made or advice
provided by Middle Bay regarding the income tax consequences of the Merger or
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as to Shore or as to any of
the Shore Shareholders.
ARTICLE VII
MIDDLE BAY'S COVENANTS
Middle Bay covenants and agrees that, pending the Closing and except as
otherwise agreed to in writing by Shore:
7.1 BUSINESS IN THE ORDINARY COURSE. Its business shall be conducted
solely in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.
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7.2 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. Middle Bay shall use its best efforts to
conduct its business in such a manner that, on the Closing Date, the
representations and warranties of Middle Bay contained in this Agreement shall
be true, except as specifically contemplated by this Article VII as though such
representations and warranties were made on and as of such date. Furthermore,
Middle Bay shall cooperate with the Shore and use its best efforts to cause all
of the conditions to the obligations of Middle Bay under this Agreement to be
satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date.
7.3 UPDATE DISCLOSURES. Middle Bay shall promptly disclose to Shore any
information contained in its representations and warranties which, because of an
event occurring after the date hereof, or the discovery of an event occurring or
having occurred at any time, is incomplete or is no longer correct as of all
times after the date hereof until the Closing Date; provided, however, that none
of such disclosures shall be deemed to modify, amend or supplement the
representations and warranties of Middle Bay for the purposes of this Agreement,
unless Shore shall have consented thereto in writing.
7.4 ACCESS. Middle Bay shall give to Shore's officers, authorized
employees, counsel, accountants, engineers and other representatives full access
to and the right to inspect, during normal business hours, all of the premises,
properties, assets, records, contracts and other documents relating to its
properties and the business conducted by Middle Bay and shall permit them to
consult with the officers, employees, accountants, counsel and agents of Middle
Bay for the purpose of making such investigation of Middle Bay and its business,
as Shore shall desire to make, provided that such investigation shall not
unreasonably interfere with Middle Bay's business operations. Furthermore,
Middle Bay shall furnish to Shore all such documents and copies of documents and
records and information with respect to the affairs of Middle Bay and its
business as Shore shall from time to time reasonably request and shall permit
Shore and its agents to make such physical inventories and inspections of Middle
Bay's properties as Shore may request from time to time.
7.5 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Middle Bay shall comply with all laws,
ordinances, rules, regulations and orders applicable to its business or
operations, assets or properties in respect thereof, the noncompliance with
which might materially affect its business.
7.6 SHORE EMPLOYEES. Following the Merger Date, the following people
shall remain Shore employees (subject to their consents) and shall become part
of Middle Bay's executive and professional staff: Stephen W. Herod, Vice
President of Corporate Development, W. Tim Sexton, Gulf Coast Manager, and Kelly
L. Green, Administrative Assistant.
7.7 INCOME TAX. Middle Bay agrees to be responsible for and pay all
income taxes of Shore and Middle Bay arising from the Merger as a result of any
income tax elections made by Middle Bay, including any liabilities or
obligations accruing to the Shore Shareholders as a result of any such election
if such election was out of the ordinary.
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7.8 SALE OF ASSETS; NEGOTIATIONS. Middle Bay shall not, directly or
indirectly, sell or encumber all or any part of its properties, other than in
the normal course of business consistent with past practice, or initiate or
participate in any discussions or negotiations or enter into any agreement to do
any of the foregoing.
7.9 PRESS RELEASES. Middle Bay shall not communicate to third parties
or otherwise make any public statement or releases concerning this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby, except as required by law or regulation or
for such written information as shall have been approved in writing as to form
and content by Shore, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
ARTICLE VIII
SHORE'S AND THE SHORE SHAREHOLDERS' COVENANTS
Shore and the Shore Shareholders each respectively covenants and agrees
that, pending the Closing and except as otherwise agreed to in writing by Middle
Bay:
8.1 BUSINESS IN THE ORDINARY COURSE. Its business shall be conducted
solely in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.
8.2 MAINTENANCE OF ASSETS. Shore shall continue to maintain and service
the assets constituting its Properties in good operating condition and repair,
subject to normal wear and maintenance, and in the same manner as has been its
consistent past practice.
8.3 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. Shore shall maintain adequate insurance
coverage of its insurable interests with respect to the Properties.
8.4 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, ETC. Shore shall comply with all laws,
ordinances, rules, regulations and orders applicable to its business or Shore's
operations, assets or properties in respect thereof, the noncompliance with
which might materially affect its business or the Properties.
8.5 UPDATE DISCLOSURES. Shore and the Shore Shareholders, respectively,
shall promptly disclose to Middle Bay any information contained in its
representations and warranties which, because of an event occurring after the
date hereof, or the discovery of an event occurring or having occurred at any
time, is incomplete or is no longer correct as of all times after the date
hereof until the Closing Date; provided, however, that none of such disclosures
shall be deemed to modify, amend or supplement the representations and
warranties of Shore for the purposes of this Agreement, unless Middle Bay shall
have consented thereto (by Notice).
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8.6 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. Shore shall use its best efforts to conduct
its business in such a manner that, on the Closing Date, the representations and
warranties of Shore contained in this Agreement shall be true, except as
specifically contemplated by this Article VIII, as though such representations
and warranties were made on and as of such date. Furthermore, Shore and the
Shore Shareholders shall cooperate with Middle Bay and use their best efforts to
cause all of the conditions to the obligations Shore and the Shore Shareholders
under this Agreement to be satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date.
8.7 INCOME TAX. Except as provided in Section 7.7 hereof, the Shore
Shareholders acknowledge and agree that Middle Bay has no responsibility for any
income tax liability of the Shore Shareholders resulting from the Merger.
8.8 SALE OF ASSETS; NEGOTIATIONS. Shore shall not, directly or
indirectly, sell or encumber all or any part of the Properties, other than in
the normal course of business consistent with past practice, or initiate or
participate in any discussions or negotiations or enter into any agreement to do
any of the foregoing.
8.9 NO DIVIDENDS OR DISTRIBUTIONS. Shore shall not declare or pay any
dividend or make any distribution with respect to the Shore Capital Stock.
8.10 ACCESS. Shore shall give to Middle Bay's officers, authorized
employees, counsel, accountants, engineers and other representatives full access
to and the right to inspect, during normal business hours, all of the premises,
properties, assets, records, contracts and other documents relating to its
Properties and the business conducted by Shore and shall permit them to consult
with the officers, employees, accountants, counsel and agents of Shore for the
purpose of making such investigation of its Properties and business, as Middle
Bay shall desire to make, provided that such investigation shall not
unreasonably interfere with Shore's business operations. Furthermore, Shore
shall furnish to Middle Bay all such documents and copies of documents and
records and information with respect to the affairs of Shore and its business
and copies of any working papers relating thereto as Middle Bay shall from time
to time reasonably request and shall permit Middle Bay and its agents to make
such physical inventories and inspections of the Properties as Middle Bay may
request from time to time.
8.11 PRESS RELEASES. Neither Shore nor the Shore Shareholders shall
communicate to third parties or otherwise make any public statement or releases
concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, except for
such written information as shall have been approved in writing as to form and
content by Middle Bay, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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ARTICLE IX
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
9.1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO MIDDLE BAY'S OBLIGATIONS. All obligations
of Middle Bay under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment or
satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of each of the following conditions
precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties True as of the Closing
Date. The representations and warranties of Shore and the Shore
Shareholders contained in this Agreement or in any schedule,
certificate or document delivered by Shore or the Shore Shareholders to
Middle Bay pursuant to the provisions hereof shall have been true on
the date hereof and shall be true on the Closing Date with the same
effect as though such representations and warranties were made as of
such date.
(b) Compliance With this Agreement. Shore and the Shore
Shareholders shall have performed and complied with all agreements and
conditions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with
by them prior to or at the Closing.
(c) Closing Certificate. Middle Bay shall have received
certificates from Shore and the Shore Shareholders dated the Closing
Date, certifying in such detail as Middle Bay may reasonably request
that the conditions specified in subsections (a) and (b) hereof have
been fulfilled and certifying that Shore and the Shore Shareholders
have obtained all consents and approvals required to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Opinions of Counsel for Shore. Porter & Hedges, LLP,
counsel for Shore and the Shore Shareholders, shall have delivered to
Middle Bay its written opinion, dated the Closing Date, reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to Middle Bay and its counsel.
(e) No Threatened or Pending Litigation. On the Closing Date,
no suit, action or other proceeding or injunction or final judgment
relating thereto shall be threatened or be pending before any court or
governmental or regulatory official, body or authority in which it is
sought to restrain or prohibit or to obtain damages or other relief in
connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and no investigation that might result in any such
suit, action or proceeding shall be pending or threatened.
(f) Material Adverse Changes. The Properties and operations of
Shore shall not have been and shall not be threatened to be materially
adversely affected in any way as a result of any event or occurrence or
threat of litigation.
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(g) Approval of Counsel; Corporate Matters. All actions,
proceedings, resolutions, instruments and documents required to carry
out this Agreement or incidental hereto and all other related legal
matters shall have been approved on the Closing Date by Thrasher,
Whitley, Hampton & Morgan, counsel for Middle Bay, in the exercise of
their reasonable judgment. Shore shall also have delivered to Middle
Bay such other documents, instruments, certifications and further
assurances as such counsel may reasonably require.
(h) Income Tax Matters. Middle Bay shall have received the
opinion of its tax counsel (in such form acceptable to Middle Bay) that
the Merger shall qualify as a tax-free reorganization under Section
368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(i) Series B Shares. The Keeling report referred to in Section
2.9 shall be acceptable to Middle Bay.
(j) Valuation of Middle Bay. Middle Bay and Shore shall have
received an acceptable appraisal of Middle Bay's liquidation value from
an independent third party appraisal firm, selected mutually by Middle
Bay and Shore.
9.2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF SHORE. All obligations
of Shore under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment or satisfaction,
prior to or at the Closing, of each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties True as of the Closing
Date. The representations and warranties of Middle Bay contained in
this Agreement or in any list, certificate or document delivered by
Middle Bay to Shore pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be true on
the Closing Date with the same effect as though such representations
and warranties were made as of such date.
(b) Compliance With this Agreement. Middle Bay shall have
performed and complied with all agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at
the Closing.
(c) Closing Certificates. Shore shall have received a
certificate from Middle Bay dated the Closing Date, certifying in such
detail as Shore may reasonably request that the conditions specified in
subsections (a) and (b) hereof have been fulfilled.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for Middle Bay. Thrasher, Whitley,
Hampton & Morgan, counsel to Middle Bay, shall have delivered to Shore
a written opinion, dated the Closing Date, reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to Shore and its counsel.
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(e) No Threatened or Pending Litigation. On the Closing Date,
no suit, action or other proceeding or injunction or final judgment
relating thereto shall be threatened or be pending before any court or
governmental or regulatory official, body or authority in which it is
sought to restrain or prohibit or to obtain damages or other relief in
connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and no investigation that might result in any such
suit, action or proceeding shall be pending or threatened.
(f) Material Adverse Changes. The assets and operations of
Middle Bay shall not have been and shall not be threatened to be
materially adversely affected in any way as a result of any event or
occurrence or threat of litigation. SAC shall have incurred no material
liabilities.
(g) Approval of Counsel; Corporate Matters. All actions,
proceedings, resolutions, instruments and documents required to carry
out this Agreement or incidental hereto and all other related legal
matters shall have been approved on the Closing Date by respective
counsel for Shore and the Shore Shareholders in the exercise of their
reasonable judgment. Middle Bay shall also have delivered to Shore and
the Shore Shareholders such other documents, instruments,
certifications and further assurances as such counsel may reasonably
require.
(h) Income Tax Matters. Shore shall have received the opinion
of its tax counsel (in such form acceptable to Shore and the Shore
Shareholders) that the Merger shall qualify as a tax-free
reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(i) Series B Shares. The Keeling report referred to in Section
2.9 shall be acceptable to Shore.
(j) Valuation of Middle Bay. Middle Bay and Shore shall have
received an acceptable appraisal of Middle Bay's liquidation value from
an independent third party appraisal firm, selected mutually by Middle
Bay and Shore.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
10.1 GENERAL INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION OF SHORE AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS.
From and after the Closing, Shore and the Shore Shareholders shall reimburse,
indemnify and hold Middle Bay harmless against and in respect of:
(a) any and all damages, losses, deficiencies, liabilities,
costs and expenses incurred or suffered by Middle Bay that result from,
relate to or arise out of any material misrepresentation, material
breach of warranty or material nonfulfillment of any material agreement
or covenant on the
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part of Shore or the Shore Shareholders under this Agreement, or any
material misrepresentation in or material omission from any
certificate, statement, document or instrument furnished to Middle Bay
pursuant to or in connection with negotiation, execution or performance
of this Agreement; and
(b) any and all actions, suits, claims, proceedings,
investigations, demands, assessments, audits, fines, judgments, costs
and other expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal
fees and expenses) incident to any of the foregoing or to the
enforcement of this Section 10.1.
10.2 GENERAL INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION OF MIDDLE BAY. From and after
the Closing, Middle Bay will reimburse, indemnify and hold Shore and the Shore
Shareholders harmless against and in respect of:
(a) any and all damages, losses, deficiencies, liabilities,
costs and expenses incurred or suffered by Shore or the Shore
Shareholders that result from, relate to or arise out of any material
misrepresentation, material breach of warranty or material
nonfulfillment of any material agreement or covenant on the part of
Middle Bay under this Agreement, or any material misrepresentation in
or material omission from any certificate, statement, document or
instrument furnished to Shore or the Shore Shareholders pursuant to or
in connection with negotiation, execution or performance of this
Agreement; and
(b) any and all actions, suits, claims, proceedings,
investigations, demands, assessments, audits, fines, judgments, costs
and other expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal
fees and expenses) incident to any of the foregoing or to the
enforcement of this Section 10.2.
10.3 METHOD OF ASSERTING CLAIMS, ETC. In the event that any claim or
demand for which Shore or the Shore Shareholders would be liable to Middle Bay
hereunder is asserted against or sought to be collected from Middle Bay by a
third party, Middle Bay shall promptly notify Shore and the Shore Shareholders
of such claim or demand, specifying the nature of such claim or demand and the
amount or the estimated amount thereof to the extent then feasible (which
estimate shall not be conclusive of the final amount of such claim and demand)
(the "Claim Notice"). Shore and the Shore Shareholders shall then have fifteen
(15) days from the effective date of the Claim Notice (the "Notice Period") to
notify Middle Bay (i) whether or not it disputes its liability to Middle Bay
hereunder with respect to such claim or demand and (ii) notwithstanding any such
dispute, whether or not it desires, at Shore's and the Shore Shareholders's sole
cost and expense, to defend Middle Bay against such claim or demand.
(a) If Shore or the Shore Shareholders dispute liability with
respect to such claim or demand or the amount thereof (whether or not
Shore or the Shore Shareholders desire to defend Middle Bay against
such claim or demand as provided in subsections 10.3(b) and 10.3(c)
below), such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Section 10.5.
Pending the resolution of any
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dispute by Shore or the Shore Shareholders of liability with respect to
any claim or demand, such claim or demand shall not be settled without
the prior written consent of Middle Bay.
(b) In the event that Shore or the Shore Shareholders notify
Middle Bay within the Notice Period that they desire to defend Middle
Bay against such claim or demand, then, except as hereinafter provided,
Shore or the Shore Shareholders shall have the right to defend Middle
Bay by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings shall be promptly
settled or prosecuted by Shore or the Shore Shareholders to a final
conclusion in such manner as to avoid any risk of Middle Bay's becoming
subject to liability for any other matter; provided, however, neither
Shore nor the Shore Shareholders shall, without the prior written
consent of Middle Bay, consent to the entry of any judgment against
Middle Bay or enter into any settlement or compromise which does not
include, as an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant
or plaintiff to Middle Bay of a release, in form and substance
satisfactory to Middle Bay's counsel, from all liability in respect of
such claim or litigation. If Middle Bay desires to participate in, but
not control, any such defense or settlement, it may do so at its sole
cost and expense. If, in the reasonable opinion of Middle Bay, any such
claim or demand or the litigation or resolution of any such claim or
demand involves an issue or matter which could have a materially
adverse affect on the business, operations, assets, properties or
prospects of Middle Bay, including, without limitation, the
administration of the tax returns and responsibilities under the tax
laws of Middle Bay, then Middle Bay shall have the right to control the
defense or settlement of any such claim or demand, and its reasonable
costs and expenses shall be included as part of the indemnification
obligation of Shore and the Shore Shareholders hereunder; provided,
however, that Middle Bay shall not settle any such claim or demand
without the prior written consent (given by Notice) of Shore, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If Middle Bay should elect
to exercise such right, Shore and the Shore Shareholders shall have the
right to participate in, but not control, the defense or settlement of
such claim or demand, at their sole cost and expense.
(c) If Shore and the Shore Shareholders elect not to defend
Middle Bay against such claim or demand, whether by not giving Middle
Bay timely Notice as provided above or otherwise, then the amount of
any such claim or demand, or if the same be defended by Shore or the
Shore Shareholders or by Middle Bay (but Middle Bay shall have no
obligation to defend any such claim or demand) then that portion
thereof as to which such defense is unsuccessful, in each case shall be
conclusively deemed to be a joint and several liability of Shore and
the Shore Shareholders hereunder, unless Shore or the Shore
Shareholders shall have disputed its liability to Middle Bay hereunder,
as provided in Section 10.5 hereof.
(d) If Middle Bay should have a claim against Shore or the
Shore Shareholders hereunder that does not involve a claim or demand
being asserted against or sought to be collected from it by a third
party, Middle Bay shall, within a reasonable time after discovery of
such claim,
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send a Claim Notice with respect to such claim to Shore and the Shore
Shareholders. If Shore or the Shore Shareholders disputes its liability
with respect to such claim or demand, such dispute shall be resolved in
accordance with Section 10.5 hereof; if neither Shore nor the Shore
Shareholders notifies Middle Bay within the Notice Period that it
disputes such claim, the amount of such claim shall be conclusively
deemed the undisputed liability of Shore and the Shore Shareholders
hereunder.
(e) All claims for indemnification by Shore or the Shore
Shareholders under this Agreement shall be asserted and resolved under
the procedures set forth above, substituting in the appropriate place
"Shore" or the "Shore Shareholders" for "Middle Bay" and "Middle Bay"
for "Shore" or the "Shore Shareholders" (and variations thereof).
10.4 PAYMENT OR SETTLEMENT. Upon determination of the liability under
Section 10.3 or 10.5 hereof, the appropriate party shall pay to or settle with
the other, as the case may be, within ten (10) days after such determination,
the amount of any claim for indemnification made hereunder.
10.5 ARBITRATION.
(a) All disputes under this Article X and Section 2.9 shall be
settled by arbitration in Mobile, Alabama, or in the city where Middle
Bay's corporate headquarters is located at the time of the arbitration,
before a single arbitrator pursuant to the rules of the American
Arbitration Association. Arbitration may be commenced at any time by
any party hereto giving Notice to each other party to a dispute that
such dispute has been referred to arbitration under this Section 10.5.
The arbitrator shall be selected by the joint agreement of Shore and
Middle Bay and, where appropriate, the Shore Shareholders, but if they
do not so agree within twenty (20) days after the date of the Notice
referred to above, the selection shall be made pursuant to the rules
from the panels of arbitrators maintained by such Association. Any
award rendered by the arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding upon
the parties hereto. Any such award shall be accompanied by a written
opinion of the arbitrator, giving the reasons for the award. This
provision for arbitration shall be specifically enforceable by the
parties, and the decision of the arbitrator in accordance herewith
shall be final and binding and there shall be no right of appeal
therefrom. Each party shall pay its own expenses of arbitration, and
the expenses of the arbitrator shall be equally shared; provided,
however, that if in the opinion of the arbitrator any claim for
indemnification or any defense or objection thereto was unreasonable,
the arbitrator may assess, as part of his award, all or any part of the
arbitration expenses of the other party (including reasonable
attorneys' fees) and of the arbitrator against the party raising such
unreasonable claim, defense or objection.
(b) To the extent that arbitration may not be legally
permitted or required hereunder and the parties to any dispute
hereunder may not at the time of such dispute mutually agree to submit
such dispute to arbitration, any party may commence a civil action in a
court of competent
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jurisdiction to resolve disputes hereunder and to seek any appropriate
remedy. Nothing contained in this Section 10.5 shall prevent the
parties from settling any dispute by mutual agreement at any time.
10.6 OTHER RIGHTS AND REMEDIES NOT AFFECTED. The indemnification rights
of the parties under this Article X are independent of and in addition to such
rights and remedies as the parties may have at law or in equity or otherwise for
any misrepresentation, breach of warranty or failure to fulfill any agreement or
covenant hereunder on the part of any party hereto, including without limitation
the right to seek specific performance, rescission or restitution, none of which
rights or remedies shall be affected or diminished hereby.
10.7 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION BY THE SHORE SHAREHOLDERS. The
indemnification by the Shore Shareholders pursuant to this Article X shall be
limited to: (i) a term of one (1) year from the Closing Date, at which time the
Shore Shareholders' indemnity under this Section 10 will terminate and the Shore
Shareholders will have no further liability hereunder; (ii) claims of up to an
aggregate of $2,500,000 in excess of an aggregate deductible of $500,000; and
(iii) the Middle Bay Common Stock and the Series B Shares acquired by the Shore
Shareholders pursuant to the Merger. Such indemnification may be satisfied, at
each Shore Shareholder's option, by (a) payment in cash or (b) through the
transfer and delivery to Middle Bay of Middle Bay Common Stock, to be credited
against the Shore Shareholders' obligations hereunder at an amount equal to
seventy-five percent (75%) of the prior twenty (20) days' average market price
for such Middle Bay Common Stock from the date of the Claim Notice. To the
extent a Shore Shareholder has sold or transferred Middle Bay Common Stock and
the number of shares of Middle Bay Common Stock owned by him at the time of
indemnification is inadequate to satisfy such indemnification, then such Shore
Shareholders shall be liable for the remainder of such indemnification in an
amount not to exceed the lesser of (A) the consideration received by such Shore
Shareholders for the Middle Bay Common Stock so previously transferred or sold
(which consideration shall be for an amount no less than seventy-five percent
(75%) of the prior twenty (20) days' average market price for such Middle Bay
Common Stock from the date of such transfer or sale), or (b) the amount of the
remainder of such indemnification.
10.8 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION BY MIDDLE BAY. The indemnification
by Middle Bay pursuant to this Article X shall be limited to: (i) a term of one
(1) year from the Closing Date, at which time Middle Bay's indemnity under this
Section 10 will terminate, and Middle Bay will have no further liability
hereunder; and (ii) claims of up to an aggregate of $2,500,000 in excess of an
aggregate deductible of $500,000. Such indemnification may be satisfied, at
Middle Bay's option, by (a) payment in cash or (b) through the issuance and
delivery to the Shore Shareholders of Middle Bay Common Stock, to be credited
against Middle Bay's obligations hereunder at an amount equal to seventy-five
percent (75%) of the prior twenty (20) days' average market price for such
Middle Bay Common Stock from the date of the Claim Notice.
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ARTICLE XI
BROKERS AND FINDERS
Middle Bay represents and warrants to Shore, and Shore represents and
warrants to Middle Bay, that no broker, finder or consultant has been employed
in connection with this transaction or has otherwise engaged in any conduct
giving rise to any right to earn any commission or finder's fee for introducing
Middle Bay and Shore to each other, for assisting Middle Bay and Shore in
negotiating the terms of this Agreement, or for performing any similar service
in connection with this transaction, other than a broker, finder or consultant
to whom payment in full for such services is made by the party employing such
person so that such person makes no claim against the other party with respect
to such services. Middle Bay and Shore each agree to indemnify and hold the
other harmless in accordance with Article X from any loss or liability or other
damage sustained or incurred by that other party by reason of any conduct of the
indemnifying party giving any right to any person to earn a commission or
finder's fee in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
NOTICES
Any notice, consent or other communication (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as a "Notice") required or permitted under this Agreement shall be
sufficient only if given in writing and personally delivered, actually received,
transmitted by facsimile ("fax") equipment (but only if the address shown below
or otherwise provided by Notice includes a telephone number for such
transmission, which may be designated as a "fax" or "telecopier" number), or
mailed by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, and addressed or
otherwise directed as follows:
Middle Bay and/or Middle Bay Oil Company, Inc.
Shore Acquisition Attn: John J. Bassett, President
Company 115 South Dearborn Street
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Fax: (334) 433-7802
with a copy to: H. Grady Thrasher, III, Esq.
Thrasher, Whitley, Hampton & Morgan
Five Concourse Parkway, Suite 2150
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Fax: (770) 804-5555
Shore and/or Shore Oil Company
Shore Shareholders: Attn: Stephen W. Herod, President
1221 Lamar, Suite 1301
Houston, Texas 77010
Fax: (713) 650-0352
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with a copy to: Robert H. Thomas, Esq.
Porter & Hedges, LLP
700 Louisiana, Suite 3500
Houston, Texas 77002
Fax: (713) 226-0236
The party claiming any benefit by reason of such Notice shall have the burden of
establishing the fact and date of such delivery, receipt, transmission or
mailing, and the following rules shall determine when a Notice becomes effective
(with the earliest date controlling if more than one of these rules applies):
(a) personally delivered Notices shall be effective on the day
of delivery;
(b) Notices mailed in accordance with this paragraph shall be
effective three Business Days after such mailing;
(c) Notices sent by facsimile transmission shall be effective
(i) upon transmission, if such transmission is completed at or before
5:00 p.m. on a Business Day, or (ii) on the first Business Day after
transmission, if such transmission is completed at any other time; and
(d) Notices received through any other means shall be
effective on the day of receipt.
Any party may change its address or fax number (or both) for this purpose by
giving Notice of such change to the other parties.
ARTICLE XIII
GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by Alabama law.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
14.1 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement
among the parties and supersedes all prior discussion and agreements.
14.2 AMENDMENT; WAIVER. This Agreement may not be changed, modified, or
otherwise amended unless that amendment is written and signed by all parties
whose rights may be materially affected thereby. No action taken pursuant to
this Agreement, including any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall
be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance
with any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement herein contained. The
waiver by any party hereto of a
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breach of any provision or condition contained in this Agreement shall not
operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or of any other
conditions hereof.
14.3 SURVIVAL. Articles IV, V, VI, X and thereafter shall survive the
Closing of the transaction contemplated hereby for one (1) year after the
Closing Date. All other provisions of this Agreement shall merge into the
documents executed at Closing, so that such provisions have no further force or
effect after Closing.
14.4 BENEFIT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors and
assigns.
14.5 ARTICLE, SECTION AND EXHIBIT HEADINGS AND REFERENCES; GENDER;
NUMBER. The captions of each article, section, subsection and exhibit of this
Agreement and the pronouns used herein, whether masculine, feminine or neuter,
singular or plural, are intended only for convenience and shall not be construed
to limit or change the meaning of any language contained in this Agreement.
Whenever appropriate to the context, the neuter or either gender shall be deemed
to include the masculine or the feminine, as the case may be, the singular shall
be deemed to include the plural, or conversely. A reference to any exhibit,
article, section, subsection or other provision is a reference to such exhibit
to or provision of this Agreement unless otherwise required by the context.
14.6 TIME. Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
14.7 KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF. For purposes of this Agreement, all
references to "the best of knowledge and belief" or "knowledge," or any
variation thereof with regard to Shore and the Shore Shareholders shall be
limited to the actual knowledge of Steve W. Herod or W. Tim Sexton and shall
exclude any actual or imposed knowledge of any other person.
14.8 DATE OF AGREEMENT. For all purposes under this Agreement, the date
of this Agreement shall be deemed to be the day and year first above written.
14.9 BUSINESS DAY. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Business
Day" means a day on which the United States Postal Service makes routine mail
deliveries to its business customers. In any case, the term "Business Day" does
not include Saturday or Sunday within its meaning.
14.10 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. The provisions of this Agreement
are not intended to benefit, and may not be enforced by, any person other than
Middle Bay, Shore and the Shore Shareholders.
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14.11 SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited
or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability, without invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remaining
provisions of this Agreement.
14.12 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement.
14.13 FURTHER ASSURANCES. The parties agree to execute and deliver,
after the date of this Agreement and after Closing, without additional
consideration, such further assurances, instruments and documents and to take
such further actions as the other parties may request in order to fulfill the
intent of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
14.14 TERMINATION.
(a) Anything herein or elsewhere to the contrary
notwithstanding, this Agreement may be terminated by Notice of
termination at any time before Closing as follows:
(i) by mutual consent of Shore and Middle Bay;
or
(ii) by Middle Bay (A) at any time if the
representations and warranties of Shore or the Shore
Shareholders contained in Article VI were incorrect in any
material respect when made or at any time thereafter, or (B)
at any time after July 15, 1997, if all of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 9.1 have not been met, or (C)
at any time upon failure of any contingency with respect to
Middle Bay's obligations;
(iii) by Shore and the Shore Shareholders acting
together (A) at any time if the representations and warranties
of Middle Bay contained in Article V were incorrect in any
material respect when made or at any time thereafter, or (B)
at any time after July 15, 1997, if any of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 9.2 have not been met; or
(iv) at any time upon failure of any contingency
with respect to Shore's obligations.
Such termination shall be effective upon the effective date of such
Notice.
(b) In the event of termination pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 14.14, this Agreement shall have no further force or
effect, and no party shall have any liability to any of the other
parties in respect of this Agreement, unless the termination was
prompted by any material
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misrepresentation, breach of warranty or breach of covenant or other
agreement by any party, in which event such party shall be liable to
the other party for all costs and expenses of the other party in
connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and performance
of this Agreement.
(c) The provisions of this Section 14.14 are not intended to
provide an exclusive remedy for any party's misrepresentation, breach
of warranty, breach of covenant or other default. Any party may elect
to enforce its rights under this Agreement, by seeking any remedy
available at law or in equity (including specific performance), instead
of electing to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 14.14.
The provisions of this Section 14.14 are intended to provide the
exclusive remedy for failure of any contingency or condition precedent
described in this Agreement, except to the extent that such failure
results from misrepresentation, breach of warranty, breach of covenant
or other default by any party.
14.15 SIGNATURES REQUIRED. This Agreement shall not become effective
until or unless this Agreement is signed by Middle Bay, Shore and the Shore
Shareholders.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have signed this
Agreement under seal on the day and year first above written or as otherwise set
forth below.
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.
Date: June 20, 1997 By: /s/ John J. Bassett
-------------------------------------
John J. Bassett, President
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY
By: Middle Bay Oil Company, Inc., as
Incorporator
Date: June 20, 1997
By: /s/ John J. Bassett
-------------------------------------
John J. Bassett, President
SHORE OIL COMPANY
Date: June 20, 1997 By: /s/ Stephen W. Herod
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Stephen W. Herod, President
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SHORE SHAREHOLDERS
Date: June 20, 1997 /s/ Alvin V. Shoemaker
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Alvin V. Shoemaker
Date: June 20, 1997 /s/ Stephen W. Herod
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Stephen W. Herod
Date: June 20, 1997 /s/ W. Tim Sexton
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W. Tim Sexton
WESKIDS, L.P.
By: WESKIDS, INC., its general partner
Date: June 20, 1997 By: /s/ Christine W. Jenkins
-------------------------------------
Christine W. Jenkins, Secretary
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INDEX OF
EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit "A" - Oil and Gas Properties
Exhibit "B" - Shares Owned of Record and Beneficially by Shore
Shareholders
Exhibit "C" - Certificate of Amendment To the Articles of
Incorporation of Middle Bay Oil Company, Inc.
Exhibit "D" - Financial Statements
Exhibit "E" - Shareholder Notes
Schedule "5.6" - Middle Bay Third-Party Options, Agreements, Etc.
Schedule "5.10" - Middle Bay Litigation
Schedule "5.11" - Middle Bay Environmental Matters
Schedule "6.4" - Shore Third-Party Options, Agreements, Etc.
Schedule "6.8" - Shore Litigation
Schedule "6.9" - Shore Environmental Defects
Schedule "6.10" - Shore Employee and Director Benefits
Schedule "6.12" - Shore Gas Imbalances
<PAGE> 38
EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 1 - PRODUCING PROPERTIES
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
State County/Parish Field Well Name Acquisition
----- ------------- ----- --------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AL Choctaw Thornton Springs Bollinger 19-16 Shore
AL Covington Rome North Paramount Federal 4-8 #1 Shore
AL Covington Rome North Paramount FindUq 5-2 Shore
AL Covington Rome North Paramount Hart 4-7 #1 Shore
AL Covington Rome North Paramount Wilder 5-8 Shore
AL Covington Rome North Paramount Federal 5-14 #1 Shore
AL Monroe Excel North Scruggs 34-2 #1 Shore
AL Monroe Frisco City N. North Frisco City Field Wide Unit Shore
AL Monroe Jones Mill Eddins 32-5 #1 Shore
AL Monroe Jones Mill Lancaster 31 -8 #1 Shore
AL Monroe Monroeville Paramount Wiggins I Shore
AR Columbia Atlanta (Cotton Valley) Hammontree A #1-15 Wainoco
AR Columbia Atlanta (Cotton Valley) Manus #1 Wainoco
AR Lafayette Lake Erling South Lake Erling South Unit (Smackover) Shore
AR Lafayette Lake Erling South Paramount Warnock Lecroy Heirs #1 Shore
AR Lafayette Lake Erling South Paramount Warnock Lecroy Heirs#4 Shore
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana HB #11; 5200' RA SUH Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana HB #13: 5200' RA SUD Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana #9; 5200' RA SUI Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana Waterflood Unit Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana FRNE #8; 5200' RA SUA Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana FRNE #12; 5200' RA SUB Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana FRNE #15; 5200' RA SUC Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana FRNE #10; 5200' RA SUG Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana FRNE #11; 5200' RA SUE Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana FRNE #16; 5200' RA SUF Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana FRNE #9 Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana SWD Wainoco
LA Catahoula Larto Lake Missiana HB #l; WXG RA SU79 Wainoco
LA Claiborne Antioch Davis, Marshall Est#1 Shore
LA Claiborne Antioch McAdams B #1 Shore
<CAPTION>
Shore plus Et Ars (1)
---------------------
Operator Wl NRI Status
-------- -- --- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
AL Mitchell Energy Company - 0.027762 Active
AL Torch Operating Co 0.073305 0.084586 Active
AL Torch Operating Co 0.073305 0.069277 Active
AL Torch Operating Co 0.073305 0.079340 Active
AL Torch Operating Co 0.073305 0.055782 Inactive
AL Torch Operating Co 0.073305 0.072974 Active
AL Araxas Energy Co. 0.024596 0.024564 Active
AL Torch Operating Co 0.005630 0.005584 Active
AL Spooner Petroleum Co. 0.009797 0.009643 Active
AL Torch Operating Co 0.005383 0.005446 Active
AL Will-Drill Production Co., Inc. 0.149063 0.128574 Inactive
AR OGP/Anadarko - 0.065000 Active
AR Universal Resources - 0.125000 Inactive
AR Cobra Oil & Gas Corp. 0.036563 0.036439 Active
AR Caruthers Producing Co. 0.042501 0.054188 Active
AR Caruthers Producing Co. 0.042501 0.054188 Active
LA Ambrit Energy Corp. 0.062500 0.046875 Active
LA Ambrit Energy Corp. 0.062500 0.046875 Active
LA Ambrit Energy Corp. 0.062500 0.046875 Active
LA Ambrit Energy Corp. 0.058930 0.044197 Active
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.101954 0.075379 Inactive
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.085607 0.062850 Inactive
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.101954 0.076466 Active
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.101954 0.076466 Active
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.101954 0.076466 Active
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.101954 0.076466 Active
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.101954 0.076466 Active
LA Ambrit Energy Corp. 0.062500 - Active
LA Ambrit Energy Corp. 0.062500 0.046875 Inactive
LA Energy Management Corp 0.030813 0.031480 Active
LA Energy Managment Corp. 0.118100 0.087409 Inactive
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 1 - PRODUCING PROPERTIES
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN D MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
State County/Parish Field Well Name Acquisition
----- ------------- ----- --------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LA Claiborne Antioch McAdams C #1 Shore
LA Claiborne Summerfield Tanner #l Expl
LA Concordia Brabston, N. Yakey Et Al #1 Wainooo
LA Concordia Brabston, N. Yakey Et Al #4 Wainoco
LA Concordia Brabston, N. Yakey Et Al #5 Wainoco
LA Concordia Brabston, N. Yakey-Allen (#1); VUA Wainoco
LA Concordia Esperance Point Hogue A #4 Wainoco
LA Concordia Esperance Point Hogue A #7 Wainoco
LA Concordia Esperance Point Barker A #1 SWD Wainoco
LA Concordia Esperance Point Barker A #5 Wainoco
LA Concordia Esperance Point Barker A #8 Wainoco
LA Concordia Esperance Point Barker A #9 Wainoco
LA Concordia Esperance Point Barker A #13 Wainoco
LA Concordia Greens Bayou Yakey 'CR' #1 Wainoco
LA Concordia Greens Bayou Yakey 'CR' #3 Wainoco
LA Concordia Stacy Brushy Bayou #1 Wainoco
LA Concordia Stacy Brushy Bayou #4 Wainoco
LA Iberia Lake Sand, S. LSA Rob 6 RA SUA (SL 3498 #6) Shore
LA Jeff Davis Elton, S. Bruchaus #2 Wainoco
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur LA MAIN CAM A RA Unit Plains Resources
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur Maple Hughes A9 Plains Resources
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur Miller, RD #1 Plains Resources
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur Miller, RD #2 SWD Plains Resources
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur Miller, RD #3 Plains Resources
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur Miller, RD #4 Plains Resources
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur Miller, RD #5 Plains Resources
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur Miller, RD #7 Plains Resources
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur Miller, RD #8 Plains Resources
LA Jeff Davis Lake Arthur Miller, RD #9 Plains Resources
LA Lafourche Clovelly LaFourche Land Co. #12 Shore
LA Livingston Lockhart Crossing Buckel David #2 (16700 TUSC RA SU F) Shore
<CAPTION>
Shore plus Et Al's (1)
----------------------
State Operator WL NRI Status
----- -------- -- --- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LA Energy Managment Corp. 0.118668 0.087409 Active
LA Swift Energy Company 0.100000 0.075000 Active NRl estimated at 75% WI
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.093750 0.065625 Active
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.093750 0.065625 Active
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.125000 0.085908 Active
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.046875 0.032813 Inactive
LA El Toro Production Co. 0.097657 0.073242 Active
LA El Toro Production Co. 0.097656 0.073242 Active
LA Fortenberry Operating Co. 0.234375 - Active
LA Fortenberry Operating Co. 0.234375 0.175781 Inactive
LA Fortenberry Operating Co. 0.234375 0.175781 Inactive
LA Fortenberry Operating Co. 0.234375 0.175781 Inactive
LA Fortenberry Operating Co. 0.234375 0.175781 Active
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.070313 0.046142 Inactive
LA Meason Operating Co. 0.061524 0.046142 Inactive
LA Guido Operating Co. 0.375000 0.281250 Active
LA Guido Operating Co. 0.375000 0.281250 Active
LA EXXON 0.057595 0.047995 Active
LA Marquee Corp. (Shore) 0.250000 0.202577 Active
LA Burlington Resources, Inc. 0.000669 0.000527 Active
LA Burlington Resources, Inc. - 0.000888 Active
LA Riceland Petroleum Co. 0.125000 0.092903 APO Only
LA Riceland Petroleum Co. 0.125000 - APO Only
LA Riceland Petroleum Co. 0.125000 0.092903 APO Only
LA Riceland Petroleum Co. 0.125000 0.092903 APO Only
LA Riceland Petroleum Co. 0.125000 0.092903 APO Only
LA Riceland Petroleum Co. 0.125000 0.092903 APO Only
LA Riceland Petroleum Co. 0.125000 0.094659 APO Only
LA Riceland Petroleum Co. 0.125000 0.094903 APO Only
LA Flash Gas & Oil SW, Inc. - 0.002484 Active
LA Amoco Production Co 0.125000 0.019907 Active
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT A SECTION 1 - PRODUCING PROPERTIES
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
State County/Parish Field Well Name Acquisition Operator
----- ------------- ----- ---------- ----------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LA Livingston Lockhart Crossing Miley #1 (16700 TUSC RA SU B) Shore Amoco Production Co
LA Livingston Lockhart Crossing Lockhart Crossing Facilities Shore Amoco Production Co
LA Plaquemines Main Pass 77 St Lease 13718 #1 Shore Vastar Resources, Inc.
LA Plaquemines South Pass Block 34 South Pass Block 34 Unit Shore Energy Development (Samedan)
LA Plaquemines South Pass Block 34 South Pass Block 47 Unit Shore Energy Development (Samedan)
LA Pointe Coupee Fordoche Dreyfus #l Wainoco Parker & Parsley
LA Pointe Coupee Fordoche Green, John W. #1 Wainoco Parker & Parsey
LA Pointe Coupee Fordoche Long #1 Wainoco Parker & Parsley
LA Pointe Coupee Fordoche Long #2 Wainoco Parker & Parsley
LA Pointe Coupee Fordoche Long #3 (SWD) Wainoco Parker & Parsley
LA Pointe Coupee Lottie Jones #1, D. (SWD) Wainoco Parker & Parsley
LA Pointe Coupee Lottie Jones #2, D. Wainoco Parker & Parsley
LA Pointe Coupee Lottie Wilberts #l Wainoco Parker & Parsley
LA St. Martin Bayou Long JL&S #2, 4 RC SUB Shore Texas Petroleum Invsmt. Co.
LA St. Martin Bayou Long JL&S #4, J Sand RB SUA Shore Texas Petroleum Invsmt. Co.
LA St. Martin Bayou Long JL&S #5, 4 RC SUA Shore Texas Petroleum Invsmt. Co.
LA St. Martin Murphy Lake Dow Chemical #2; MV RB SUA Wainoco Amerada Hess
LA St. Martin Murphy Lake Dow Norman #1&2 MARG V RA SUA Wainoco Amerada Hess
LA St. Martin Murphy Lake Murphy Lake SWD Wainoco Amerada Hess
LA St. Martin Murphy Lake Stockstill #1&2; MARG V RA SU B Wainoco Amerada Hess
LA St. Martin Patterson Discorbis B2 RS-A Unit WI Shore Denbury Management, Inc.
LA St. Mary Patterson Martin #1 DB2 RB SU B Shore Callon Petroleum
LA Terrebonne Chauvin South La Terre C #4-FF SU A Shore Denbury Management, Inc.
LA Terrebonne Chauvin South Pellegrin l-BB SU A Shore Denbury Management, Inc.
LA Terrebonne Lake Boudreaux Lirette #3 Wainoco Quintana Petroleum Corp.
LA Terrebonne Orange Grove Cox, Succ Lillie C. #5 Shore Kelley Oil Corp
LA Terrebonne Orange Grove Riggs, LD #2 HLWYD 1 RC SUA Shore Kelley Oil Corp
LA Terrebonne Orange Grove Robichaux, RC #2, RA SUA Shore Kelley Oil Corp
LA Terrebonne Orange Grove Wylie, OH Heirs #l HLWYD 1 RC SUB Shore Kelley Oil Corp
LA Terrebonne Orange Grove Wylie, OH Heirs #3, HLWYD I RA SUA Shore Kelley Oil Corp
LA Vermilion Abbeville Goldberg #1; Duhon 2 RF Wainoco Marquee Corp. (Shore)
<CAPTION>
Shore plus Et Al's (1)
----------------------
State WI NRI Status
----- -- --- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
LA 0.053440 0.032376 Active
LA 0.015456 - Active
LA - 0.011304 Active-BPO
LA - 0.007217 Active-BPO
LA - 0.001785 Active-BPO
LA 0.078813 0.059531 Active
LA 0.078813 0.062915 Active
LA 0.055169 0.048273 Active
LA 0.078813 0.059790 Active
LA 0.077928 - Active
LA 0.136288 - Active
LA 0.136288 0.106602 Active
LA 0.136288 0.095401 Active
LA 0.022522 0.016830 Active
LA 0.032101 0.024620 Active
LA 0.034202 0.025928 Active
LA - - Inactive Non-Consent. PO not anticipated
LA 0.250000 0.176843 Active
LA 0.246000 - Active
LA 0.246335 0.175558 Active
LA 0.004104 0.004104 Inactive
LA - 0.001581 Active
LA - 0.000776 Active
LA - 0.005457 Active
LA 0.007547 0.005567 Inactive
LA - 0.000073 Active
LA 0.009189 0.006892 Active
LA 0.031250 0.023438 Inactive NRI estimated at 75% WI
LA 0.033186 0.024889 Active
LA 0.031211 0.023408 Inactive NRI estimated at 75% WI
LA 0.983802 0.819835 Inactive
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 1- PRODUCING PROPERTIES
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
State County/Parish Field Well Name Acquisition Operator
----- ------------- ----- --------- ----------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LA Vermilion Abbeville Goldberg #2; Duhon 2 RF Wainoco Marquee Corp. (Shore)
LA Vermilion Abbeville Goldberg #3-D; Duhon I RG SUA Wainoco Marquee Corp. (Shore)
LA Vermilion Abbeville Goldberg #3; SD2 RC SUA Wainoco Marquee Corp. (Shore)
LA Vermilion Abbeville Schlessinger #2; CAM RD SUA Wainoco Cody Energy, Inc.
LA Vermilion Andrew Andrew Field SWD Wainoco Burlington Resources, Inc.
LA Vermilion Andrew BroussardA#l;CAMIRASUA Wainoco Burlington Resources, Inc.
LA Vermilion Andrew Broussard A#2; CAM2 RB SUA Wainoco Burlington Resources, Inc.
LA Vermilion Andrew Simon, A. M. #I;CAM I RB SUA Wainoco Burlington Resources, Inc.
LA Vermilion Bancker. E. Broussard B #I(Guy) Wainoco Texas Petroleum Investment
LA Vermilion Bancker, E. Weinstock #1; 12,970 RB SUA Wainoco Hunt Oil Company
LA Vermilion Esther Esther Field SWD Wainoco Denbury Management, Inc.
LA Vermilion Esther Kuehling#l SWD Wainoco Aviara Energy Corp.
LA Vermilion Esther Kuehling #1; 14,060' RA SUF Wainoco Aviara Energy Corp.
LA Vermilion Esther Kuehling#2; 13,700' RA SUD Wainoco Aviara Energy Corp.
LA Vermilion Esther Kuehling #5; 13,400' RB SUA Wainoco Aviara Energy Corp.
LA Vermilion Esther Lee,Clifton; 13,700' RA SUA Wainoco Denbury Management, Inc.
LA Vermilion Esther Mayard #I Wainoco Vintage Petroleum
LA Vermilion Esther Mayard; 13,700' RA SUC Wainoco Denbury Management, Inc.
LA Vermilion Esther Mestepey#1;14,060'RA SUG Wainoco Aviara Energy
LA Vermilion Esther Miller #1, RA SUA Wainoco Vintage Petroleum
LA Vermilion Esther Sagrera Heirs#l Wainoco Vintage Petroleum
LA Vermilion Esther Sagrera #I Wainoco Vintage Petroleum
LA Vermilion Live Oak Cessac, EM #I; 13,300' RA SUA Wainoco Denbury Management, Inc.
MS Adams Overton Armstrong, MC SWD(#4) Wainoco David New Operating Co.
MS Adams Overton (Barksdale) Armstrong, MC #2 Wainoco David New Operating Co.
MS Adams Overton (Barksdale) Armstrong, MC #3 Wainoco David New Operating Co.
MS Adams Overton (Barksdale) Armstrong, MC #6 Wainoco David New Operating Co.
MS Adams Overton, N. (Parker) Egypt Plantation #I Wainoco Guido Production Co.
MS Adams Overton, N. (Parker) Egypt Plantation #3 Wainoco Guido Production Co.
MS Adams Poplar Grove Poplar Grove Plantation #l Wainoco Nevamen Energy
MS Amite Independence Lyons 1-25 Shore Dave Easom Production Co.
<CAPTION>
Shore plus Et Al's (1)
----------------------
State Wl NRI Status
----- -- --- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
LA 0.983802 0.819835 Active
LA 1.000000 0.835225 Inactive
LA 0.991654 0.807724 Active
LA - 0.029384 Active
LA 0.075540 - Inactive
LA 0.017219 0.012914 Active
LA 0.000934 0.000700 Inactive
LA 0.133862 0.102880 Active
LA - 0.002174 Active
LA - 0.003381 Inactive
LA 0.500000 - Active
LA 0.412721 - Active
LA 0.403394 0.297638 Inactive
LA 0.410624 0.305875 Inactive
LA 0.418459 0.315308 Active
LA 0.154667 0.116000 Inactive
LA 0.132452 0.099324 Active
LA 0.422111 0.315730 Inactive
LA - - Unknown Non-Consent. PO not anticipated
LA 0.016001 0.012001 Active
LA 0.154667 0.116000 Inactive
LA 0.168005 0.125589 Active
LA 0.306849 0.251474 Inactive
MS 0.442969 0.332226 Active
MS 0.442969 0.332226 Active
MS 0.442969 0.332226 Active
MS 0.442969 0.332226 Inactive
MS 0.492188 0.369141 Active
MS 0.492188 0.369141 Inactive
MS 0.187500 0.122930 Active
MS 0.004095 0.003090 Inactive
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 1 - PRODUCING PROPERTIES
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
State County/Parish Field Well Name Acquisition Operator
- ------ ------------- ----- --------- ------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
MS Clarke Goodwater Goodwater SWD Shore
MS Clarke Goodwater Johnston #1 Shore
MS Clarke Nancy West Conoco Unit 5-5 Shore
MS Clarke Nancy West Edward Agnes 8-4 #1 Shore
MS Clarke Nancy West Goodwin,WA 5-12#1 Shore
MS Clarke Nancy West Horn, JM 6-8 #1 Shore
MS Clarke Nancy West McCoy 6-16 #1 Shore
MS Clarke Nancy West McCoy 6-9 #1 Shore
MS Clarke Nancy West West, JR 6-3 #1 Shore
MS Clarke Nancy West West, WL Sr Estate 6-11 Shore
MS Clarke Nancy West West, WL Sr Estate 6-6 Shore
MS Franklin Owen Creek(Wilcox) Vaughey #1 Wainoco
MS Franklin Roxie (Wilcox/Benbrook) Federal RF #1 Wainoco
MS Franklin Roxie (Wilcox/Benbrook) Federal RF #2 Wainoco
MS Greene State Line South Lucas #1 Shore
MS Jasper Heidelberg, W. Eutaw, W. Fault Block Waterflood Shore
MS Jeff Davis Gwinville Gwinville GU #203 Shore
MS Jones Blackburn Paramount Cochran 14-5 #1 Shore
MS Walthall Dexter Morris A#1 Shore
MS Wilkinson Silver Creek Crosby V-1 SWD Wainoco
MS Wilkinson Silver Creek Crosby #2 Wainoco
OK Caddo Cyril-W Snavely 2-1 Shore
OK Love Thackerville Petree 27-1 Shore
OK McClain Blanchard Davis 16-2 Shore
OK McClain Blanchard McGrew B 20-2 Shore
TX Frio Pearsall Kiefer-Bissen #1 Strand
TX Frio Pearsall Kiefer #2 D Strand
TX Frio Pearsall Gouger #2 Strand
TX Garza Connell Connell 44-1 Expl
TX Gonzales First Shot/Gwinn Lake Lamar Lessor #1 Shore
TX Irion Dove Creek Winterbotham Heirs #1 Strand
<CAPTION>
Shore plus Et Al's(1)
State Operator WI NRI Status
- ------ -------- -- --- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
MS Maynard Oil Company 0.044074 - Active
MS Maynard Oil Company 0.044074 0.055548 Active-BPO
MS Apache Corp. 0.015625 0.013672 Active
MS Apache Corp. 0.000545 0.000443 Active
MS Apache Corp. 0.002175 0.001903 Active
MS Apache Corp. 0.002158 0.001644 Active
MS Apache Corp. 0.002866 0.001903 Active
MS Apache Corp. 0.002163 0.001531 Active
MS Apache Corp. 0.007810 0.006346 Active
MS Apache Corp. 0.002141 0.001385 Active
MS Apache Corp. 0.002107 0.000867 Active
MS Wilcox Energy Co. 0.250000 0.189062 Active
MS Wilcox Energy Co. 0.250000 0.212500 Active
MS Wilcox Energy Co. 0.250000 0.212500 Active
MS Phillips Petroleum - 0.003934 Active
MS Chevron 0.000344 0.000258 Active
MS Will-Drill Production Co Inc. - 0.011682 Active
MS Eland Energy - 0.003216 Active
MS R.W. Tyson Producing, Inc. 0.107312 0.093445 Active
MS Meason Operating Co. 0.062500 - Inactive
MS Meason Operating Co. 0.062500 0.052734 Inactive
OK HS Resources 0.005000 0.004053 Active
OK L.Dreyfus Nat'l Gas Co. 0.031250 0.024353 Active
OK L. Dreyfus Nat'l Gas Co. 0.015625 0.012905 Active
OK L. Dreyfus Nat'l Gas Co. 0.031250 0.025014 Active
TX Strand Energy LC 0.090000 0.067500 Inactive NRI estimated at 75(degree)/. Wl BPO
TX Strand Energy LC 0.090000 0.067500 Inactive NRI estimated at 75(degree)/. Wl BPO
TX Strand Energy LC 0.090000 0.067500 Active NRI estimated at 75(degree)/. Wl BPO
TX Trophy Harvest Energy Co. 0.087719 0.065789 Inactive
TX Barnett Resources - 0.009828 Active
TX Strand Energy LC 0.100000 0.074474 Active-BPO
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT "A" I - PRODUCING PRODUCING
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN A MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AD IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
State County/Parish Field Well Name Acquisition Operator
- ----- ------------- ----- --------- ----------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
TX Irion Dove Creek Tweedy #l Strand Strand Energy LC
TX Irion Dove Creek Winterbotham Heirs #2 Strand Strand Energy LC
TX Karnes First Shot/Fannin Handy, KL Shore Presidio Exploration
TX Lavaca SW Speaks Isaac Arnold #2 Expl C.J. Wofford
TX Ochiltree SE Share SE Share Waterflood Unit Strand SE Share Strand SE Share Partners
TX Sterling Conger Foster 27 Lease(4 wells) Strand Strand Energy LC
TX Stonewall Old Glory Simpson #I Shore Taurus
TX Stonewall Old Glory Simpson#21 Shore Taurus
TX Terry Wellman Wellman Unit Wellmann The Wiser Oil Co
<CAPTION>
Shore plus Et Al's(1)
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State WI NRI Status
- ----- -- --- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
TX 0.100000 0.074474 Active-BPO NRI assumed same as Winterbotham
TX 0.100000 0.074474 Testing-BPO NRI assumed same as Winterbotham
TX - 0.010629 Inactive
TX 0.060000 0.045000 Testing NRI estimated at 75% Wl
TX 0.060000 0.046800 Active NRI est. at 78% Wl BPO. See Note 2.
TX 0.100000 0.078000 Active-BPO
TX - 0.004050 Inactive
TX - 0.004050 Inactive
TX 0.04884 0.042454 Active-BPO
</TABLE>
Notes:
(1) Et al's is interests owned by Steve W. Herod. W. Tim Sexton, and Michael
P. Moore, either personally or through entities they control, that were
purchased pursuant to Employee and Contractor Participation Agreements.
(2) The interest in SE Share Waterflood Unit is held by SEPCO as a general
partner in Strand SE Share Partners, LTD., which owns a limited partnership
interest in SE Share, L.P., which holds title to the property.
(3) Shore owns a 22.61789/. limited partnership interest in CMC Energy Limited
Partnership, which owns various producing properties in Louisiana.
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EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 2- NON-PRODUCIOG LEASEHOLD
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDER
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
State County Field/Prospect Well Name Source Operator
- ----- ------ -------------- --------- ------ --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LA Lafourche Raceland Various Shore Minerals Texoil
LA Lafourche Raceland Raceland G Shore Minerals Texoil
LA Terrebone SW Bourg Shore I Strand/Shore Strand Energy LC
LA Vermillion Esther Mayard Wainoco Shore Oil Company
LA Vermillion Esther Kuehling 6 Wainoco Aviara Energy Co.
LA Vermilion Esther Lutering #1 Wainoco Vintage Petroleum
TX Bee Lance Unnamed Strand Strand Energy LC
TX Colorado Hopkins Unnamed HEPCO Shore Oil Company
TX Fayette Giddings Hill H Swift Swift Energy Company
TX Fort Bend N. Rosenberg Foster Farms #I Burnette George L McLeod Inc.
TX Garza Connell Ranch Connell 38-1 Bivens Trophy Harvest Energy Co.
TX Hidalgo Landa Unnamed GEDD Dewhre Petroleum Corp.
TX Hidalgo North Weslaco Rio Grande Land Co. 1 GEDD Suemaur Exploration, lnc.
TX Panola Galloway Unnamed Strand Strand Energy LC
TX San Patricio East Riverside Unnamed HEPCO Shore Oil Company
<CAPTION>
Shore plus et al's(1)
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State WI NRI Status
- ----- -- ---- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
LA 0.075000 0.057375 Various drig wells second half 97. Est NRI at 76.5% of Wl.
LA 0.075000 0.282375 Spud 9/97. Est NRI at 76.5% of Wl plus 22.5% royalty.
LA 0.100000 0.075000 Drill 12,200 test well 3rd Qtr 97. Est NRI at 75% Wl.
LA 0.497232 0.371919 Recomplete before year end.
LA 0.529587 0.410431 Drill before year end
LA 0.038185 0.028639 Spud 3rd Qtr l997. Est NRl at 75% WI.
TX 0.100000 0.075000 8 wells scheduled June - Dec 1997. Est NRI at 75% of Wl.
TX 1.000000 0.750000 Need to find drilling partners.
TX 0.093750 0.073125 Spud 8/97. Est NRl at 78% of WI.
TX 0.250000 0.200000 Dry Hole 5197.
TX 0.083333 0.062500 Hope to drill before year-end. Est NRI at 75% Wl.
TX 0.026670 0.020003 3-D in progress. Est NRI at 75% of Wl. Drill in 4th Qtr.
TX 0.012500 0.009375 Spudded 4/97. Expect TD late 6/97. Est NRl at 75% of WI.
TX 0.100000 0.075000 Recomp AE Carrol 2. Drill 7,500 Test. Est NRl at 75%
TX 1.000000 0.750000 Need to find drilling partners.
</TABLE>
Notes
(1) Et al's is interests owned by Steve W. Herod, W. Tim Sexton, and Michael P.
Moore, either personally or through entities they control, that were
purchased pursuant to Employee and Contractor Participation Agreements.
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EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 3 - LOUISIANA ACREAGE
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
[MAP*]
SHORE OIL COMPANY
MINERAL INTEREST PROPERTIES
LAFOURCHE PARISH, LOUISIANA
RACELAND/VALENTINE AREA
Owned 100% By Shore Oil Company
(*A copy of the map is available for inspection at the headquarters of
Middle Bay Oil Company, Inc.)
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EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 3 - LOUISIANA ACREAGE
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
[MAP*]
SHORE OIL COMPANY
MINERAL INTEREST PROPERTIES
TERREBONNE PARISH, LOUISIANA
MONTEGUT AREA
Owned 100% By Shore Oil Company
(*A copy of the map is available for inspection at the headquarters of
Middle Bay Oil Company, Inc.)
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EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 3 - LOUISIANA ACREAGE
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
[MAP*]
SHORE OIL COMPANY
MINERAL INTEREST PROPERTIES
TERREBONNE PARISH, LOUISIANA
CHAUVIN/HOUMA AREA
Owned 100% By Shore Oil Company
(*A copy of the map is available for inspection at the headquarters of Middle
Bay Oil Company, Inc.)
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EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 3 - LOUISIANA ACREAGE
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
[MAP*]
SHORE OIL COMPANY
MINERAL INTEREST PROPERTIES
ST. MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA
CHARENTON AREA
Owned 100% By Shore Oil Company
(*A copy of the map is available for inspection at the headquarters of Middle
Bay Oil Company, Inc.)
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EXHIBIT "B"
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
SHARES OWNED OF RECORD AND BENEFICIALLY BY SHORE SHAREHOLDERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SHARES NUMBER OF SHARES
SHORE SHAREHOLDERS SHORE PREFERRED STOCK SHORE COMMON STOCK
<S> <C> <C>
WESKIDS, L.P. 3,013,865 3,600
Alvin V. Shoemaker 1,554,135 3,600
Steve W. Herod 253,778 486
W. Tim Sexton 253,778 486
--------- -----
Total 5,075,556 8,172
--------- -----
</TABLE>
ALLOCATION OF MIDDLE BAY CAPITAL STOCK
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SHARES NUMBER OF SHARES TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES
NAME SERIES B SHARES MIDDLE BAY COMMON STOCK MIDDLE BAY CAPITAL STOCK
<S> <C> <C> <C>
WESKIDS, L.P. 117,467 843,687 961,154
Alvin V. Shoemaker 117,466 661,221 778,687
Steve W. Herod 15,867 94,795 110,662
W. Tim Sexton 15,867 94,795 110,662
------- --------- ---------
Sub-Total Shore Shareholders 266,667 1,694,498 1,961,165
------- --------- ---------
Steve W. Herod 0 24,021 24,021
W. Tim Sexton 0 106,229 106,229
Michael P. Moore 0 58,585 58,585
------- --------- ---------
Sub-Total Employee/Contractor 0 188,835 188,835
------- --------- ---------
Total 266,667 1,883,333 2,150,000
------- --------- ---------
</TABLE>
Notes: (1) The 24,021 and 106,229 shares, respectively, of Middle Bay Common
Stock allocated to Steve W. Herod and W. Tim Sexton under
Employee/Contractor are for oil and gas interests owned by them
individually (or through entities they control) purchased pursuant
to that certain Employee Participation Option Agreement dated
September 13, 1995 by and between Shore Oil Company and Steve W.
Herod and W. Tim Sexton. Those oil and gas interests are included in
the Properties described on Exhibit "A" and are part of this
transaction.
(2) The 58,585 shares of Middle Bay Common Stock allocated to
Michael P. Moore under Employee/Contractor are for oil and gas
interests owned by him individually (or through entities he
controls) purchased pursuant to that certain Contractor
Participation Option Agreement dated November 7, 1995 by and between
Shore Oil Company and Michael P. Moore. Those oil and gas interests
are included in the Properties described on Exhibit "A" and are part
of this transaction.
(3) After closing, Steve W. Herod and W. Tim Sexton will own a total
of 118,816 and 201,024 shares, respectively, of Middle Bay Common
Stock, a total of 15,867 shares each of Series B Shares and a total
of 134,683 and 216,891 shares, respectively, of Middle Bay Capital
Stock.
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EXHIBIT "C"
to
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.
I.
The name of the corporation is MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., a
corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the Alabama Business
Corporation Act (the "Corporation").
II.
In accordance with the provisions of Article III of the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation, the Corporation has the authority to issue not
more than 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation with a $0.02
par value. The Corporation has previously designated up to 1,666,667 shares as
Series A Preferred Stock, which have a stated value of $6.00 per share. The
Corporation hereby designates a new series of Preferred Stock. The distinctive
designation of such series shall be "Series B Preferred Stock," and the number
of shares constituting such series shall be 266,667 shares having a stated value
of $7.50 per share. The rights and preferences of the holders of the Series B
Preferred Stock shall be as set forth in the following Sections A through I of
this Article.
A. Certain Definitions.
"ABCA" means the Alabama Business Corporation Act, as amended
from time to time.
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"Common Stock" means collectively, the Corporation's Common
Stock, par value $.0.02 per share, and any capital stock of any class
of the Corporation hereafter authorized which is not limited to a fixed sum or
percentage of par or stated value in respect to the rights of the holders
thereof to participate in dividends or in the dissolution of assets upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
"Junior Securities " means any of the Corporation's equity
securities other than the Series A Preferred Stock or the Series B Shares.
"Liquidation Value" of any Series B Share as of any particular
date will be equal to the sum of $7.50 plus, in the event of any liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, any declared but unpaid dividends
on such Series B Share shall be added to the Liquidation Value of such Share on
the payment date in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up accrued to the
close of business on such payment date.
"Person " means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated
organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Senior Securities" means the Series A Preferred Stock of the
Corporation.
"Series B Share " means a share of the Series B Preferred Stock
B. Dividends: Capital.
1. General. When and as declared by the Corporation's Board of
Directors and only to the extent permitted under the ABCA, the
Corporation may, but is not required to, pay dividends to the
holders of its Series B Preferred Stock; however, the Corporation
shall not be restricted from declaring and paying dividends to
the holders of any Junior Securities out of funds lawfully
available for payment of such dividends.
2. Capital. Upon issuance of any Series B Preferred Stock, the
entire consideration received therefor shall be allocated to the
"capital" of the Corporation, and the Corporation shall take no
action to reduce its capital in respect of the Series B Preferred
Stock below the Liquidation Value of all outstanding Series B
Preferred Stock.
C. Liquidation. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Corporation, subject to the conversion rights set forth in
Section E hereof, the holders of Shares will be entitled to be
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paid, after the prior rights of any outstanding Senior Securities
have been satisfied and before any distribution or payment is
made upon any Junior Securities, an amount in cash equal to the
Liquidation Value (including the amount of declared but unpaid
dividends, if any) of all Series B Shares outstanding. If, upon
any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, the Corporation's assets to be distributed among the
holders of the Shares are insufficient to permit payment to such
holders of the aggregate amount which they are entitled to be
paid, then the entire assets to be distributed in respect of such
Shares will be distributed ratably among such holders based upon
the Liquidation Value of the Series B Shares held by each such
holder. The Corporation will mail written notice of such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up not less than 60 days
prior to the payment date stated therein, to each record holder
of Series B Shares. Neither the consolidation or merger of the
Corporation into or with any other corporation or corporations,
the sale or transfer by the Corporation of all or any part of its
assets nor the reduction of the capital stock of the Corporation
will be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Corporation within the meaning of this Section C.
D. Voting Rights. Except as provided otherwise by law, the Series B
Preferred Stock will have no voting rights.
E. Conversion.
1. Conversion by Holder.
a. For a period of sixty-six (66) month subsequent
to the date of this Certificate of Amendment and after
issuance of the Shares (the "Conversion Period"), any
holder of Shares may convert all or any portion of the
Shares held by such holder into shares of Common Stock
(i) at a ratio of one share of Common Stock for each
Series B Share or (ii) at any time on or after January
1, 1998, at a ratio of one share of Common Stock for
each Series B Share times the quotient resulting by
dividing the Cumulative Value by $2,000,000. For the
purposes of this Section E.1, "Cumulative Value" means
the value realized by the Corporation from the
approximately 40,000 acres of mineral interest
held by Shore Oil Company ("Shore") in Terrebonne,
Lafourche and St. Mary Parishes, Louisiana (as more
particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto
and incorporated by reference. The Cumulative Value
shall be dated as of December 31 of each year following
the Merger Date in accordance with Section 2.9(b) of
that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated June
20, 1997 among the Corporation,
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Shore Acquisition Company, Shore and its shareholders,
the provisions of such section are incorporated herein.
b. Upon the expiration of the Conversion Period, unless the
Corporation has given prior notice of intent to redeem
the Series B Shares pursuant to Section G, all
outstanding Series B Shares shall be automatically
converted pursuant to Section E.1.a(1) or E.1.a.(2),
whichever provides for a greater conversion ratio.
c. Any conversion will be deemed effected (i) at the close
of business on the date which the certificate or
certificates representing the Shares to be converted
have been delivered by the holder to the Corporation at
its principal office, together with a request for
conversion of such Series B Shares, or (ii) upon the
last day of the Conversion Period if the Shares are
converted pursuant to Section E.1.a.(2).
d. In no event shall the aggregate total number of Shares
of Common Stock into which the Series B Shares are
converted exceed 1,333,333 Shares (except as that number
may be adjusted pursuant to Section F).
2. Conversion Procedures.
a. At such time as a conversion has been effected, the
rights of the holder of such Series B Shares as such
holder will cease and the Person or Persons in whose
name or names any certificate or certificates for shares
of Common Stock are to be issued upon such conversion
will be deemed to have become the holder or holders of
record of the shares of Common Stock represented
thereby.
b. As soon as possible after a conversion has been
effected, the Corporation will deliver to the holder of
Series B Shares being converted:
(1) A certificate or certificates representing the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable by reason
of such conversion in such name or names and such
denomination or denominations as the converting
holder has specified; and
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(2) A certificate representing any Series B Shares which
were represented by the certificate or certificates
delivered to the Corporation in connection with such
conversion but which were not converted.
c. The issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock
upon conversion of Series B Shares will be made without
charge to the holders of such Shares for any issuance
tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred by the
Corporation in connection with such conversion and the
related issuance of shares of Common Stock. Upon
conversion of each Series B Share, the Corporation will
take all such actions as are necessary in order to
insure that the Common Stock issuable with respect to
such conversion will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
d. The Corporation will not close its books against the
transfer of Series B Shares or of Common Stock issued
or issuable upon conversion of Shares in any manner
which interferes with the timely conversion of Series B
Shares.;
F. Anti-Dilution Provisions. In the event that the Common Stock
hereafter is changed into or exchanged for a different number or
kind of shares or other securities of the Corporation or of
another corporation by reason of merger, consolidation, other
reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination
of shares, stock split-up or stock dividend:
1. The aggregate number and kind of shares subject to the
conversion rights granted hereunder shall be adjusted
appropriately;
2. Conversion rights granted hereunder, both as to the number
of subject Shares and the Cumulative Value, shall be
adjusted appropriately;
3. We dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation or any
merger or combination in which the Corporation is not a
surviving corporation is involved, each outstanding
conversion right granted hereunder shall terminate, but the
holder shall have the right, immediately prior to such
dissolution, liquidation, merger or combination, to
exercise his conversion right, in whole or in part, to the
extent that it shall not have been exercised; and
4. Such new or additional or different shares or securities
which are distributed to holder, in his capacity as the
owner of Common Stock issued pursuant to the conversion
rights granted hereunder, shall be subject to all of the
conditions and restrictions applicable to the Common Stock
issuable hereunder.
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The foregoing adjustments and the manner of application of
the foregoing provisions shall be determined solely by the
Corporation, and any such adjustment may provide for the
elimination of fractional share interests.
G. Optional Redemption.
1. Subject to prior exercise of conversion rights by the holder
during the Conversion Period, the Series B Preferred Stock
may be redeemed, in whole or in part, upon notice given as
provided in Section G.2 (but subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth), at the option of the
Corporation, at any time and from time to time after
December 31, 2002, at a redemption price of $7.50 per
Share, together with any dividends declared and unpaid
thereon to the date of redemption (the "Redemption Price"),
so long as funds are legally available for such redemption.
2. If pursuant to Section G.2 the Corporation shall redeem any
shares of Series B Preferred Stock the Corporation shall give
written notice of such redemption to each holder of record of
Series B Shares to be redeemed not less than thirty (30) nor more
than ninety (90) days prior to the date fixed for redemption, by
certified mail enclosed in a postage-paid envelope addressed to
such holder at such holder's address as the same shall appear on
the books of the Corporation. Such notice shall (i) state that the
Corporation has elected to redeem such Shares, (ii) state the date
fixed for redemption, (iii) state the Redemption Price and (iv)
call upon such holder to surrender to the Corporation on or after
said date at its principal place of business designated in such
notice a certificate or certificates representing the number of
Series B Shares to be redeemed in accordance with such notice. On
or after the date fixed in such notice for redemption, each holder
of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be so redeemed shall
present and surrender the certificate or certificates for such
Series B Shares to the Corporation at the place designated in said
notice, and thereupon the Redemption Price of such Shares shall be
paid to, or to the order of, the Person whose name appears on such
certificate or certificates as the owner thereof. From and after
the date fixed in any such notice as the date for redemption,
unless default shall be made by the Corporation in providing for
the payment of the Redemption Price pursuant to such notice, all
rights of the holders of the Series B Shares so redeemed, except
the right to receive the Redemption Price (but without interest
thereon), shall cease and terminate. If less than all of the
outstanding Series B Shares are to be redeemed, the Shares to be
redeemed shall be allocated among the holders thereof in
proportion to the respective number of Shares held by them.
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3. Any Series B Shares by the Corporation shall be retired.
H. Covenants of Corporation. So long as any of the Series B Shares
are out-standing, the Corporation shall do all of the following
(the "Covenants"):
1. Maintain its corporate existence in good standing;
2. Maintain the general character of its business and conduct its
business in its ordinary and usual manner;
3. Maintain proper business and accounting records;
4. Comply with and perform all material obligations and duties
imposed upon it by federal, state and local laws and all
rules, regulations and orders imposed by federal, state or
local governmental authorities, except as may be contested by
them in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
5. Deliver to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares,
within the times required for the Sling of SEC Forms IO-K and
10-Q, true and correct copies of the annual and quarterly
financial statements of the Corporation, which statements shall
be prepared in compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission;
6. Comply with all financial covenants in all loan agreements
or credit facilities to which the Corporation is a party; and
7. Timely make all filings and submit all reports required
by the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
I. Voting. The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have no
voting rights, other than those rights afforded to them by law.
J. Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all notices
referred to herein will be in writing and will be deemed to
have been given either when delivered personally or three business
days after having been mailed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid (i) to the Corporation,
at its principal executive offices, and (ii) to any stockholder,
at such holder's address as it appears in the stock records of the
Corporation (unless otherwise indicated by any such holder).
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K. Remedies. The remedies afforded the borders of Shares in this
Section are cumulative and not sole or exclusive.
L. Conflict With Other Provisions. In the event of any conflict
between the provisions of this Section and any other provisions of
this Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation,
then the provisions of this Section shall govern and control.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Middle Bay Oil Company, Inc. has caused this
Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its President and attested by its
Secretary this ________ day of June, 1997.
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.
ATTEST:
By:
--------------------------
- ------------------------- President
Secretary
STATE OF ALABAMA
MOBILE COUNTY
I, _______________________, the undersigned authority in and for said
County and State, do hereby certify that JOHN J. BASSETT and LYNN M. DAVIS,
whose names as President and Secretary, respectively, of Middle Bay Oil Company,
Inc., an Alabama corporation, are signed to the foregoing instrument and who are
known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the
contents of this instrument, they, as such officers and with full authority,
executed the same voluntarily for and as an act of the corporation.
Given under my hand and official seal on this the __________day of
June, 1997.
-------------------------
Notary Public
My Commission
Expires:
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EXHIBIT "D"
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997
BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
SHORE OIL COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 1996 and 1995
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Assets 1996 1995
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $1,272,047 751,438
Accounts receivable:
Trade 921,341 672,189
Other 286,426 221,353
Production imbalances 102,433 27,840
Income taxes receivable 75,000 100,000
Prepaid expenses and other 178,038 9,182
---------- ---------
Total current assets 2,835,285 1,782,002
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Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties, full cost method 9,012,341 8,269,138
Other property and equipment 38,576 32,906
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization (4,895,226) (3,902,269)
---------- ---------
Net property and equipment 4,155,691 4,399,775
Investment in Strand SE Share Partners, Ltd. 174,141 -
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated
amortization of $33,983 and $13,729 at December 31, 1996 and 1995 25,318 45,573
Other assets 78,561 192,033
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$7,268,996 6,419,383
========== =========
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,008,970 1,078,777
Current installments of long-term debt -- 840,000
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Total current liabilities 1,008,970 1,918,777
Notes payable, stockholders 2,333,303 2,333,303
Long-term debt, excluding current installments 2,105,000 2,000,000
Deferred taxes 438,410 --
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Total liabilities 5,885,683 6,252,080
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Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $1 par value. Authorized 100,000 shares;
8,172 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 1996,
8,472 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 1995 8,172 8,472
Preferred stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 5,100,000 shares;
5,075,556 shares issued and outstanding at December 31,
1996 and 1995 50,756 50,756
Additional paid-in capital 9,172,362 9,222,062
Accumulated deficit (7,847,977) (9,113,987)
---------- ---------
Total stockholders' equity 1,383,313 167,303
---------- ---------
Commitments and contingencies $7,268,996 6,419,383
========== =========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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EXHIBIT "D"
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
DATED JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
SHORE OIL COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Oil and gas sales $ 4,956,067 3,066,692
----------- ---------
Lease bonus and delay rental income 666,237 525,409
Total revenues 5,622,304 3,592,101
----------- ---------
Costs and expenses:
Production costs 1,686,060 1,313,765
General and administrative 641,560 671,342
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 1,018,024 811,395
----------- ---------
Total costs and expenses 3,345,644 2,796,502
----------- ---------
Other income (expense):
Interest expense (345,477) (343,478)
Other income 156,544 184,238
----------- ---------
Total other income (expense) (188,933) (159,240)
----------- ---------
Income before taxes 2,087,727 636,359
Income tax expense:
Current 383,307 142,802
Deferred 438,410 -
----------- ---------
821,717 142,802
----------- ---------
Net income $ 1,266,010 493,557
=========== =========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
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<PAGE> 60
EXHIBIT "D"
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND
PLAN OF MERGER DATED JUNE 20, 1997
BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE
ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
SHORE OIL COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
March 31, December 31,
1997 1996
---- ----
ASSETS (Unaudited)
<S> <C> <C>
Current Assets:
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 1,998,543 $ 1,272,047
Accounts Receivable- Oil and Gas 685,354 921,341
Accounts Receivable- Other 358,116 463,859
Prepayments and Other 129,514 178,038
------------ ------------
Total Current Assets 3,171,527 2,835,285
Property and Equipment, at cost:
Oil and Gas Properties (Full Cost Method) 9,684,293 9,012,341
Furniture, Fixtures, and Other 38,576 38,576
Less Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, and Amortization (5,167,611) (4,895,226)
------------ ------------
Net Property, Plant, and Equipment 4,555,258 4,155,691
Investment in SE Share Partnership 174,141 174,141
Other Assets 75,617 103,879
------------ ------------
Total Assets $ 7,976,543 $ 7,268,996
============ ============
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable $ 669,487 $ 620,201
Interest Payable 34,520 -
Other Payables 255,860 253,620
Accrued Liabilities 9,823 135,149
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt - -
-- ---------- ------------
969,690 1,008,970
Long-Term Debt:
Wells Fargo Bank 2,105,000 2,105,000
Shareholders Notes 2,333,303 2,333,303
-- ---------- ------------
4,438,303 4,438,303
Deferred Taxes 668,235 438,410
Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock, $1.00 par value, 100,000 shares authorized,
8,172 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 1997
and December 31, 1996 8,172 8,172
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 5,100,000 shares authorized,
5,075,556 shares issued and outstanding 50,756 50,756
Additional Paid-In-Capital 9,172,362 9,172,362
Accumulated Deficit-Prior Years (7,847,977) (9,113,987)
Current Year Income 517,003 1,266,010
------------ ------------
Total Stockholders' Equity 1,900,315 1,383,313
------------ ------------
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $ 7,976,543 $ 7,268,996
============= ============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 61
Exhibit "D"
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997
BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
SHORE OIL COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS:
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 1997
(UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Quarter Ended
March 31,
1997
----
<S> <C>
REVENUES:
Oil and Gas Sales $ 1,245,070
Lease Bonus and Delay Rental Income 510,500
-----------
Operating Revenues 1,755,570
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Production Costs 418,965
General and Administrative Expenses 199,190
Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization 277,449
-----------
Operating Costs and Expenses 895,603
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest Expense (78,770)
Interest and Other Income 26,651
-----------
Total Other Income (Expense) (52,119)
Income before Taxes 807,848
Income Tax Expense:
Current 61,020
Deferred 229,825
-----------
290,845
Net Income $ 517,003
===========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 62
EXHIBIT "E"
to
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
SHAREHOLDER NOTES
1. Promissory Note* dated December 1, 1994 by Shore Oil Company, a Texas
corporation, as maker, payable to the order of Alvin V. Shoemaker, as
payee, in the principal amount of $793,905.00.
2. Promissory Note* dated December 1, 1994 by Shore Oil Company, a Texas
corporation, as maker, payable to the order of Oilkids Partners, a New
Jersey general partnership, in the principal amount of $1,539,398.00,
which Promissory Note was assigned in full by Oilkids Partners to
WESKIDS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, pursuant to that
Assignment of Interest dated effective April 26, 1995, by and between
Oilkids Partners and WESKIDS, L.P., and consented to by Shore Oil Company.
- ----------------------
* All payments made related to the Promissory Notes described above are subject
to various provisions of those certain Bonus Agreements dated April 26, 1995
by and between Shore Oil Company and Stephen W. Herod and W. Tim Sexton.
<PAGE> 63
SCHEDULE 5.6
TO
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
MIDDLE BAY OPTIONS, AGREEMENTS, ETC.
Options:
On February 13, 1997, Middle Bay awarded its President, Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President-Engineering stock options to acquire
100,000, 62,500 and 62,500 shares of common stock, respectively, at an exercise
price of $5.50 per share. All of the options vested on the date of grant. The
exercise price was equal to the fair market value of common stock on the date of
Grant. On the same date, Middle Bay awarded to the President, Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President-Engineering 25,909, 11,591 and 11,591
shares of restricted stock of Middle Bay, respectively. The restricted stock
awards are contingent on the performance of services to Middle Bay in the
future, with 50% of the restricted shares being earned over the six-month period
July 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997 and 50% over the six-month period January 1,
1998 to June 30, 1998.
On February 6, 1997, the Board of Directors granted options to acquire
210,000 shares of Middle Bay common stock under the 1995 Stock Option and Stock
Appreciation Rights Plan to key employees and nonemployee directors. All of the
options vested on the grant date of February 6, 1997, with an exercise price of
$6.00 per share, which was equal to the fair market value of common stock on the
date of grant. The options expire ten years from the date of grant if not
exercised. On May 31, 1996, the Board of Directors granted options to acquire
125,000 shares of Middle Bay common stock under the 1995 Stock Option and Stock
Appreciation Rights Plan to key employees and nonemployee directors. All of the
options vested on the grant date of May 31, 1996, with an exercise price of
$2.50 per share, which was equal to the fair market value of common stock on the
date of grant. The options expire ten years from the date of grant if not
exercised.
The following persons hold options to purchase Middle Bay common stock
as of June 18, 1997:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Optionee No. of Shares Exercise Price
-------- ------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C>
John J. Bassett 20,000 $2.50
32,000 $6.00
100,000 $5.50
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 64
SCHEDULE 5.6 (CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Robert W. Hammons 20,000 $2.50
32,000 $6.00
62,500 $5.50
Frank C. Turner, II 20,000 $2.50
32,000 $6.00
62,500 $5.50
George T. Smith 21,400 $6.00
Lynn M. Davis 5,000 $2.50
8,000 $6.00
John R. Elixon 8,000 $6.00
Lynn R. Bassett 4,000 $6.00
Amy L. Clement 4,000 $6.00
Edward P. Turner, Jr.* 13,334 $2.50
21,400 $6.00
Frank E. Bolling, Jr.* 13,333 $2.50
21,400 $6.00
C. Noell Rather* 13,333 $2.50
21,400 $6.00
</TABLE>
*Nonemployee directors.
Agreements with Regard to Transferability, Voting, Issuance, Etc:
On September 4, 1996, Middle Bay signed a stock purchase agreement with
Kaiser-Francis Oil Company (the "Agreement"). Kaiser-Francis has agreed to
purchase 1,666,667 shares of Series A Preferred Stock ("Preferred") at $6.00 per
share, for a total investment of $10,000,000. The parties have agreed to a
five-year purchase period, effective September 4, 1996, with minimum incremental
investments of $500,000 each. Each issuance of Preferred is subject to approval
by Kaiser-Francis of the use of proceeds. The Preferred is nonvoting and accrues
dividends at 8% per annum, payable quarterly in cash. The preferred is
convertible at any time after issuance into shares
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<PAGE> 65
SCHEDULE 5.6 (CONTINUED)
of common stock at the rate of two shares of common stock for each share of
Preferred before January 1, 1998. The conversion rate decreases thereafter at 8%
per annum. Middle Bay will pay the costs of registration of the Preferred or the
underlying common stock under the Securities Act of 1933 upon request of
Kaiser-Francis. Middle Bay may redeem the Preferred, in whole or in part, at any
time after January 1, 2007 at a price of $6.00 per share. As of June 18, 1997,
1,166,667 shares of Preferred had been issued.
Under a Merger Agreement governing Middle Bay's acquisition of Bison
Energy Corp., shares of Middle Bay common stock held by C. J. Lett, III, a
director, are restricted as to transferability until February 28, 1999 and, with
regard to the election or removal of directors, are restricted until February
28, 1998 to aggregate voting power not exceeding 20% of the outstanding Middle
Bay common stock.
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<PAGE> 66
SCHEDULE 5.10
TO
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
LITIGATION
Middle Bay is a defendant in various legal proceedings which are
considered routine litigation incidental to Middle Bay's business, the
disposition of which will not have a material effect on the financial position
or results of operations of Middle Bay.
<PAGE> 67
SCHEDULE 5.11
TO
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
None.
<PAGE> 68
SCHEDULE 6.4
to
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
SHORE THIRD-PARTY OPTIONS, AGREEMENTS, ETC.
None.
<PAGE> 69
SCHEDULE 6.8
to
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
LITIGATION
1. Civil Action No. 97-40-A-M2; J.B. Hanks Co., Inc. v. Shore Oil Company;
In the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
2. Civil Action No. H-97-0158, Shore Oil Company v. JB. Hanks Co., Inc., in
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas,
Houston Division.
3. Everett A. Giroir, Jr., et al. vs. Shore Oil Company, et al., 32nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne, Number 113341, Division
"E".*
4. Shore is a defendant in various other proceedings which are considered
routine litigation incidental to Shore's business, the disposition of
which will not have a material effect on the financial position or
results of operations of Shore.
- ------------------
* It is agreed that this lawsuit shall be treated as an unliquidated claim
relating to title with regard to the Louisiana Acreage under Section 2.9(b)
of the Merger Agreement.
<PAGE> 70
SCHEDULE 6.9
to
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
SHORE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFECTS
None.
<PAGE> 71
SCHEDULE 6.10
to
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG
MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC.,
SHORE ACQUISITION COMPANY,
SHORE OIL COMPANY
AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
SHORE EMPLOYEE AND DIRECTOR BENEFITS
None
<PAGE> 72
SCHEDULE 6.12
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED
JUNE 20, 1997 BY AND BETWEEN MIDDLE BAY OIL COMPANY, INC., SHORE ACQUISITION
COMPANY, SHORE OIL COMPANY AND IT'S SHAREHOLDERS
GAS BALANCING ANALYSIS
AS OF 12/31/96
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Calculated
Imbalance @ 12/31/95
-----------------------------
Over Over
(Under) (Under)
Well Name MCF's Value Price
- --------- ----- ----- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Wainoco Acquisition:
Anna Mae Simon -- -- $ --
Sagera (13,911) (29,770) $ 2.14
Sagera Heirs #l 868 1,293 $ 1.49
Caroline Lee 5,254 8,301 $ 1.58
Clifton Lee 6,461 11,694 $ 1.81
TCI Mayard (44,965) (64,817) $ 1.44
Miller #1 3,585 5,459 $ 1.52
------- -------- -------
(42,708) (67,840) $ 1.59
Lockhart Crossing:
Miley 1 3,324 6,875 $ 2.07
Thom 1 5 10 $ 2.07
Buckel #2 13,407 27,729 $ 2.07
King 1 2.604 5.386 $ 2.07
------- ------ -------
19,340 40,000 $ 2.07
South Lake Sand -- -- $ --
Snavely 1-1 -- -- $ --
LA Main Cam A RA -- -- $ --
GRAND TOTALS (23,368) (27,840)
<CAPTION>
Calculated
Imbalance @12/31/96
--------------------------------------
Over Over
Over (Under) (Under)
(Under) Dec-96 Value @ Value @
Well Name MCF's Price 12/96 Price $2.00/mcf
- --------- ------- ----- ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Wainoco Acquisition:
Anna Mae Simon 9,180 $ 2.93 26,897 18,360
Sagera (2,353) $ 3.98 (9,364) (4,705)
Sagera Heirs #l 868 $ 4.00 3,472 1,736 No 1996 Production. Assume $4.00 price
Caroline Lee 5,254 $ 4.00 21,016 10,508 No 1996 Production. Assume $4.00 price
Clifton Lee 6,461 $ 4.00 25,844 12,922 No l996 Production. Assume $4.00 price
TCIMayard (44,965) $ 4.00 (179,860) (89,930) No l996 Production. Assume $4.00 price
Miller #1 3,134 $ 4.00 12,538 6,269 Assume $4.00 pace.
------- ------- -------- -------
(22,420) (99,457) (44,840)
Lockhart Crossing:
Miley 1 2,515 $ 4.14 10,412 5,030
Thom 1 5 $ 4.00 20 10 Well P&A'd. Assume $4.00
Buckel #2 8,244 $ 4.02 33,143 16,489
King 1 2,604 $ 4.00 10,416 5,208 Well P8LA'd. Assume $4.00
------ ------- -------- ------
13,368 $ 4.04 53,990 26,737
South Lake Sand (47,039) $ 3.95 (185,804) (94,078)
Snavely 1-1 842 $ 3.37 2,838 1,684
LA Main Cam A RA 4,032 $ 4.00 16,128 8,064 No payments rec'd. Assume $4.00
GRAND TOTALS (51,217) (212,305) (102,433)
</TABLE>
Comments:
1) Volumes net of royalty and Employee/Contractor et als.
2) Valuation based on $2.00 pace under assumption that future make-up will be
valued at a price less than 12/96 prices.
