Item
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Assumption
Agreement
On
September 26, 2018, Camber Energy, Inc. (the “
Company
”, “
we
” and “
us
”)
entered into an Assumption Agreement (the “
Assumption Agreement
”) with International Bank of Commerce (the
“
IBC
”); CE Operating, LLC, our wholly-owned subsidiary (“
CE Operating
”); N&B Energy,
LLC (“
N&B Energy
”), which entity is affiliated with Richard N. Azar, II, our former Chief Executive Officer
and former director (“
Azar
”), and Donnie B. Seay, our former director (“
Seay
”); Azar; RAD2
Minerals, Ltd., an entity owned and controlled by Azar (“
RAD2
”); Seay; and DBS Investments, Ltd., an entity
owned and controlled by Seay. Azar, Seay, RAD2, and DBS are collectively referred to as the “
Guarantors
”.
Pursuant
to the Assumption Agreement, N&B Energy agreed to assume all of our liabilities and obligations owed to IBC under (i) that
certain Real Estate Lien Note dated August 25, 2016, in the original amount of $40 million, of which approximately $36.9 million
was outstanding as of the date of the Assumption Agreement (the “
Note
”), evidencing amounts which we owed to
IBC and (ii) the Loan Agreement between us, IBC, the Guarantors and certain other guarantors party thereto, dated as of August
25, 2016 (the “
Loan Agreement
”), the amount due under and in connection which was secured by (a) an Oil and
Gas Mortgage, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production (Oklahoma) dated August 25, 2016, covering
all of our right, title and interest in and to certain oil, gas and mineral leases and/or minerals, mineral interests and estates
located in Lincoln, Payne, and Logan Counties, Oklahoma; (b) an Oil and Gas Mortgage, Security Agreement, Financing Statement
and Assignment of Production (Oklahoma) dated August 1, 2018, covering all of our right, title, and interest in and to certain
oil, gas, and mineral leases and/or mineral interests and estates located in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma (collectively, the “
Orion
Interests
”); and (c) the Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement and Financing Statement dated as of
August 25, 2016, covering our mineral interests located in Glasscock County, Texas (collectively, the “
West Texas Properties
”).
Additionally,
pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, IBC approved the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement (described and defined
below) with N&B Energy and the assumption by N&B of all of the amounts and liabilities which we owed to IBC (the “
IBC
Obligations
”) and N&B Energy agreed to assume all of the IBC Obligations. Finally, pursuant to the Assumption Agreement,
IBC released and forever discharged us and CE Operating and each of our current and former officers, directors, and shareholders,
from all covenants, agreements, obligations, claims and demands of any kind, whether in law or at equity, which IBC then had,
arising out of or related to the amounts which we owed to IBC under the Note, Loan Agreement or mortgages and/or under such documents
or agreements, and further agreed to release the lien which IBC then held on the West Texas Properties.
The
foregoing description of the Assumption Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the Assumption Agreement, a copy of which is attached as
Exhibit 10.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference.
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The
information regarding, and the terms and conditions of, the Assignment of Production Payment and Assignment of Overriding Royalty
Interests, copies of which are attached hereto as
Exhibits 10.2
,
10.3 and 10.4
, as discussed in
Item 2.01
below, is incorporated in this
Item 1.01
by reference.