UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 30, 2020

 

BLACK RIDGE OIL & GAS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   000-53952   27-2345075

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

110 North 5th Street, Suite 410

Minneapolis, MN 55403

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (952) 426-1241

 

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

Title of each Class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock ANFC OTCQB

  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

 

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 30, 2020, Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc. (the “Company”) made payment of all amounts outstanding under the business loan agreement between the Company and Cadence Bank, N.A. (“Cadence”) (the “Business Loan Agreement”), encompassing a $700,000 Promissory Note issued to Cadence (the “Note”) and a Commercial Pledge and Security Agreement pursuant to which the Note was secured by all of the Company’s rights, title and interests in and to 500,000 shares of the common stock of Allied Esports Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: AESE) owned by the Company (the “Security Agreement”)(collectively, the “Cadence Loan”). In connection with the Company’s entry into the Cadence Loan, the Company also obtained limited commercial guarantees (the “Guarantees”) by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer and members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Guarantors”).

 

The Company’s payment of all amounts outstanding under the Cadence Loan, as permitted by its terms, resulted in the termination of the Cadence Loan and the Guarantees and termination of all obligations of the Company and the Guarantors thereunder.

 

The foregoing description of the Cadence Loan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Business Loan Agreement, the Note, the Security Agreement and the Guarantees, copies of which were filed as exhibits to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ending March 31, 2020.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  BLACK RIDGE OIL & GAS, INC.
     
     
  By: /s/ Kenneth DeCubellis                    
    Kenneth DeCubellis
   

Chief Executive Officer and

Interim Chief Financial Officer

     
Date:  July 1, 2020