ZAZA ZaZa Energy Corporation (CE)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 21, 2014

ZAZA ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(713) 595-1900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NOT APPLICABLE

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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o                                    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Securities Purchase Agreement

On July 21, 2014, ZaZa Energy Corporation (“we,” “our” or the “Company”) entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with Crede CG III, Ltd. (“Crede”).  Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell and issue to Crede 6,024,097 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 (“Common Stock”), at an offering price of $0.83 per share, which was the closing price for our Common Stock on July 17, 2014, and warrants to purchase 3,614,459 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of 1.1205 for no additional consideration.  We have also agreed to pay an investment fee of $250,000 at the closing of the transactions described in this paragraph.  We expect net proceeds of the offering, after expenses, to be approximately $4,560,000

In addition, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, Crede has agreed to purchase, and we have agreed to sell, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, an additional $2.5 million in Common Stock and warrants to purchase Common Stock at a second closing on terms identical to those for the initial closing except (a) the completion of the sale and the issuance of such additional shares of Common Stock and warrants shall occur on the date that is 90 days following the date of execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement, or on October 20, 2014 (or earlier at our option if our Common Stock has a closing price on the NASDAQ Capital Market at or above $0.9545 for five consecutive trading days) and (b) the price of such additional shares of Common Stock and warrants shall be determined by reference to the closing price of our Common Stock on the day prior to such additional issuance.  If such sale of additional securities were to occur, we would pay an additional investment fee of $125,000 to Crede at the second closing.

The Securities Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants.  In addition, the Securities Purchase Agreement contains certain prohibitions on additional issuances of equity or equity-linked securities for 60 days after the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement, subject to certain exceptions.  Additionally, if we issue equity or equity-linked securities within 60 to 90 days of the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement for a price less than the purchase price for the shares of Common Stock being offered by the Securities Purchase Agreement, we will be required to issue to Crede a number of additional shares of Common Stock such that Crede’s cost of Common Stock would equal such lower price.

The purchase and sale under the Securities Purchase Agreement (and of the shares issuable upon exercise or exchange of the warrants) will be registered pursuant to our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 File Number 333-192257.

Warrants

The warrants will be exercisable at any time beginning on the date of issuance until the five-year anniversary of the date of issuance.  Holders of the warrants may exercise their warrants to purchase shares of our common stock on or before the termination date by delivering an exercise notice, appropriately completed and duly signed, and payment of the exercise price for the number of shares for which the warrant is being exercised in cash.  The warrants may only be exercisable by the holder for cash in the event our common stock is trading above the exercise price for the warrants.  Upon the holder’s exercise of a warrant, we will issue the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant within three trading days of our receipt of notice of exercise and payment of the aggregate exercise price.

If, and only if, Crede no longer owns shares of common stock, the warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis by exchanging such warrants for common stock using a negotiated Black-Scholes formula.  The negotiated Black-Scholes value is defined as the value of an option for the number of shares equal to the portion of the warrant being exchanged at the applicable exchange date as such value is determined calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the closing sale price of the common stock as of the date of issuance of the warrant, (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the warrant as of such exchange date, (iii) a strike price equal to the exercise price in effect at the time of the applicable exchange, (iv) an expected volatility equal to 135% and (v) a deemed remaining term of the warrant of five years (regardless of the actual remaining term of the warrant). The negotiated Black-Scholes value would only change based on changes in the risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the warrants at the time of an exchange, which would not be expected to materially change the negotiated Black-Scholes value.

Under certain circumstances, in the event that our common stock trades at a price that is 25% or more above the exercise price of the warrants for a period of at least 20 consecutive days (with an average daily volume equal to or greater than $500,000), we may, subject to limitations in the warrants, require the holder of the warrants to exercise the warrants for cash.

The Securities Purchase Agreement prohibits certain additional issuances of equity or equity-linked securities for 60 days following the issuance of the warrants.  If the Company issues equity or equity-linked securities within 60 to 90 days following the issuance the warrants for a price less than the exercise price, the exercise price will automatically be decreased to such lower price.  Additionally, the exercise price and the number and type of securities purchasable upon exercise of warrants are subject to adjustment upon certain corporate events, including certain combinations, consolidations, liquidations, mergers, recapitalizations, reclassifications, reorganizations, stock dividends and stock splits, a sale of all or substantially all of our assets and certain other events.

The warrants do not confer upon holders any voting or other rights as stockholders of the Company.

The foregoing description of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the warrants are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Form of Warrant, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as exhibits 10.1 and 4.1, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 21, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing.

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: July 21, 2014

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 4.1

[FORM OF WARRANT]

ZAZA ENERGY CORPORATION

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

Warrant No.: 1

Date of Issuance:  July 21, 2014 (“Issuance Date”)

ZaZa Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Crede CG III, Ltd., the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), 3,614,459 (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Warrant Shares”).  Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 17.  This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (the “SPA Warrants”) issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2014, by and among the Company and the investor(s) thereunder (the “Buyer” or “Buyers” as applicable) referred to therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

1.                                      EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

(a)                                 Mechanics of Exercise.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via facsimile or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant along with payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (in respect of such specific exercise, the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)).  The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder.  Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant certificate and issuance of a new Warrant certificate evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.  Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant certificate after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof.  On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received

an Exercise Notice and the Aggregate Exercise Price, the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, and the Aggregate Exercise Price to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”).  On or before the third (3rd ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice and the Aggregate Exercise Price, the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (which the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to do at Holder’s request), upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/ Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the Holder or, at the Holder’s instruction pursuant to the Exercise Notice, the Holder’s agent or designee, in each case, sent by reputable overnight courier to the address as specified in the applicable Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee (as indicated in the applicable Exercise Notice), for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise.  Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice and the Aggregate Exercise Price, if applicable, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be).  If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then, at the request of the Holder and upon surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, the Company shall as soon as practicable after any exercise and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 8(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised.  No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.  The Company shall pay any and all issuance and stamp taxes and fees which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.

(b)                                 Exercise Price.  For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $1.1205 subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c)                                  Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities.  If the Company shall fail, for any reason within its reasonable control, to issue (or cause to be issued) to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (and the Aggregate Exercise Price) or Exchange Notice, as applicable, a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the

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Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after such third (3rd) Trading Day that the issuance of such shares of Common Stock is not timely effected an amount equal to 2% of the product of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on a timely basis and to which the Holder is entitled and (B) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the last possible date on which the Company could have issued such shares of Common Stock to the Holder without violating Section 1(a).  In addition to the foregoing, if within three (3) Trading Days after the Company’s receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (and the Aggregate Purchase Price) or Exchange Notice, as applicable, the Company shall fail, for any reason within its reasonable control, to issue and deliver (or cause to be issued and delivered) a certificate to the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise or exchange hereunder (as the case may be), and if on or after such third (3rd ) Trading Day the Holder (or any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, issuable upon such exercise or exchange that the Holder so anticipated receiving from the Company, then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, in lieu of payments under the previous sentence, within three (3) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise or exchange hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise or exchange hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice or Exchange Notice, as the case may be, and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii).

(d)                                 Cashless Exercise.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), if at the time of an exercise hereof an Equity Conditions Failure with respect to clauses (ii) or (iii) of the definition of Equity Conditions shall then exist, then the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to make a cashless exercise (each a “Cashless Exercise” ) under this paragraph (d).  A Cashless Exercise under this paragraph (d) may be made, at the election of the Holder from time to time and irrespective of any other election to make a Cashless Exercise, so that upon such exercise Holder shall receive the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula:

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Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

                                   B

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

A = the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

B = as applicable:  (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, or (ii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the opening of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, exercise of this Warrant on a cashless basis may also be made from time to time at the election of the Holder (and irrespective of any election to make a Cashless Exercise under this paragraph (d)), pursuant to the exchange provisions of Section 5 of this Warrant.

(e)                                  Disputes.  In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof (including, without limitation, the Net Number), the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed, provided that following such issuance to Holder such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Section 14.

(f)                                   Limitations on Exercises and Exchanges.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant, this Warrant shall not be exercisable or exchangeable by the Holder hereof to the extent (but only to the extent) that the Holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 9.9% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Common Stock after giving effect to such exercise or exchange.  To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination of whether this Warrant shall be exercisable or exchangeable (vis-à-vis other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by the Holder or any of its affiliates) and of which such securities shall be exercisable or exchangeable (as among all such securities owned by the Holder) shall, subject to such Maximum Percentage limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission to the Company for conversion, exercise or exchange (as the case may be).  No prior inability to exercise or exchange this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability or exchangeability.  For the purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)

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and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  The provisions of this paragraph shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this paragraph to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation.  The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor Holder of this Warrant.  The holders of Common Stock shall be third party beneficiaries of this paragraph and the Company may not waive this paragraph without the consent of holders of a majority of its Common Stock.  For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion or exercise or exchange of convertible or exercisable or exchangeable securities into Common Stock, including, without limitation, pursuant to this Warrant or securities issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(g)                                  Insufficient Authorized Shares.  The Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance under this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to satisfy the Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock hereunder (without regard to any limitation otherwise contained herein with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock that may be acquirable upon exercise or exchange of this Warrant).  If, notwithstanding the foregoing, and not in limitation thereof, at any time while any of the SPA Warrants remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise or exchange of the SPA Warrants at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise or exchange of all of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (the “Required Reserve Amount”) (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for all the SPA Warrants then outstanding.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its shareholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock.  In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each shareholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable efforts to solicit its shareholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock.

(h)                                 Activity Restrictions.  (i) For so long as Holder or any of its Affiliates holds any Warrants or any Warrant Shares, neither Holder nor any Affiliate will:  (i) vote any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it, solicit any proxies, or seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to any voting securities of the Company; (ii) engage or participate in any actions, plans or proposals which relate to or would result in (A) acquiring additional securities of the Company, alone or together with any other Person, which would result in Buyer or its Affiliates beneficially owning (within the meaning of Section 13(d) under the 1934 Act) more than 9.9% of the Common Stock, (B) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (D) any change in the

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present board of directors or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board, (E) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company, (F) any other material change in the Company’s business or corporate structure, including but not limited to, if the Company is a registered closed-end investment company, any plans or proposals to make any changes in its investment policy for which a vote is required by Section 13 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, (G) changes in the Company’s charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Company by any Person, (H) causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association, (I) a class of equity securities of the Company becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act, or (J) any action, intention, plan or arrangement similar to any of those enumerated above; or (iii) request the Company or its directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives to amend or waive any provision of this paragraph.  The restrictions contained in this paragraph (i) shall not limit Holder’s rights to enforce its rights or exercise its rights as to the Securities or under this Warrant or the Transaction Documents.

(i)                                     Provided that no Equity Conditions Failure then exists with respect to clauses (ii) or (iii) of the definition of Equity Conditions, if the trading price on the Principal Market at the time of an exercise of this Warrant is greater than the then applicable Exercise Price then in effect, then in respect of such particular exercise Holder may only exercise this Warrant for a cash exercise price (and not by means of a Cashless Exercise under Section 1(d) above or on a cashless basis under Section 5 below).

2.                                      ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES.  The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.

(a)                                 Stock Dividends and Splits.  If the Company, at any time on or after the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event.  Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.  If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

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(b)                                 Subsequent Equity Sales.  If the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time after the sixtieth (60th) day following the Issuance Date until the ninetieth (90th) day following the Issuance Date, shall sell or grant any option to purchase, or sell or grant any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or Convertible Securities, at an effective price per share less than the Exercise Price then in effect (such lower price, the “Base Share Price” and each such issuance or deemed issuance, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (it being understood and agreed that if the holder of the Common Stock or Convertible Securities so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is less than the Exercise Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance at such effective price), then, simultaneously with the consummation of each Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Share Price.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments shall be made, paid or issued under this Section 2(b) in respect of an issuance of Excluded Securities (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).  The Company shall notify the Holder, in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance or deemed issuance of any Common Stock or Convertible Securities subject to this Section 2(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”).  For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 2(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares based upon the Base Share Price regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price in the Notice of Exercise.  For purposes of the foregoing, if the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), despite the prohibition thereon in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Convertible Securities at the lowest possible conversion or exercise price at which such securities may be converted or exercised.

(c)                                  Number of Warrant Shares.  Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).

(d)                                 Calculations.  All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest 1/10000th of cent and the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable.  The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

3.                                      [Intentionally Omitted].

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4.                                      EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS.  If, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer by the Company is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, an “Extraordinary Transaction”), then this Warrant will become the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Extraordinary Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Extraordinary Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise in full of the relevant Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”) in lieu of Common Stock.  The aggregate Exercise Price for each Warrant will not be affected by any such Extraordinary Transaction, but the Company shall apportion such aggregate Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.  If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in an Extraordinary Transaction, then the Holder, to the extent practicable, shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of its Warrant following such Extraordinary Transaction.  In addition, at the request of the Holder, upon surrender of this Warrant, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Extraordinary Transaction shall issue to such Holder a new warrant consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof.  Each such new warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to an Extraordinary Transaction.

5.                                      EXCHANGE RIGHTS.  In addition to the rights of the Holder under Section 1 hereof, this Warrant shall be exchangeable by the Holder on a cashless basis as further set forth below (and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1(h)(ii) hereof).

(a)                                 Exchange Right.  Subject to Section 1(f) and provided that neither the Holder nor its Affiliates own any shares of Common Stock of the Company, the Holder shall be entitled at any time and from time to time from and after the Issuance Date and prior to the Expiration Date, by written notice to the Company in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (an “Exchange Notice” ) to exchange (an “Exchange”) all or any portion of this Warrant for fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, all as further set forth in this Section 5.

(b)                                 Exchange Number.  The number of shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of such Exchange shall be determined by dividing (x) the Exchange Amount (as defined below) in respect of such Exchange by (y) the Exchange Price (as defined below) in respect of such Exchange (such number of shares of Common Stock so issuable being the “Exchange Number”).

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(c)                                  Definitions.

(i)                                     “Exchange Amount” means the Black-Scholes Exchange Value of the portion of the Warrant being exchanged pursuant to Section 5(a), determined as of the applicable Exchange Date (as defined below).

(ii)                                  “Exchange Price” means the Closing Sale Price as of two (2) Trading Days prior to the Exchange Date.

(d)                                 Mechanics of Exchange.

(i)                                     Optional Exchange.  To exchange any Exchange Amount on any date (an “Exchange Date”), the Holder shall transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on such date, a copy of an executed Exchange Notice.  The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exchange hereunder.  Execution and delivery of an Exchange Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.  Execution and delivery of an Exchange Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof.

(ii)                                  Exchange for Shares of Common Stock.  Within one (1) Trading Day after following the date on which the Company has received an Exchange Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exchange Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, to the Holder and the Transfer Agent.  On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exchange Notice, the Exchange Number of shares of Common Stock shall be issued to Holder, or at Holder’s instruction, as if such shares of Common Stock were issuable upon an exercise under Section 1 hereof.

(iii)                               Disputes.  Dispute as to the determination of the Exchange Amount, the Exchange Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, and shares subject to such dispute, shall be handled in the same manner as for disputes under Section 1(e) hereof.

6.                                      NONCIRCUMVENTION.  The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), Bylaws (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, for the purpose of avoiding or seeking to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and

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non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant (or such other securities, cash, assets or other property then deliverable on exercise of this Warrant), and (iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

7.                                      WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant.  In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.  Notwithstanding this Section 7, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to provide such information if it is filed with the SEC through EDGAR and available to the public through the EDGAR system.

8.                                      REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

(a)                                 Transfer of Warrant.  If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 8(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 8(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.  Prior to transferring this Warrant, the Holder shall inform the transferee of the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

(b)                                 Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant.  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 8(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

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(c)                                  Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants.  This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 8(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

(d)                                 Issuance of New Warrants.  Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 8(a) or Section 8(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

9.                                      NOTICES.  Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 8(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.  The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) as soon as practicable upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s).  If the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or (ii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such dividend, distribution or transaction.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9, the failure to deliver any notice under this Section 9 or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice.  Until the exercise of its, his or her Warrant or any portion of such Warrant, a Holder shall not have nor exercise any rights by virtue of ownership of a Warrant as a shareholder of the Company (including without limitation the right to notification of shareholder meetings or the right to receive any notice or other communication concerning the business and affairs of the Company other than as provided in this Section 9.

10.                               AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder.  No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.  The Holder shall be entitled, at its option, to the benefit of any amendment of any other similar warrant issued under the Securities Purchase Agreement.

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11.                               SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties.  The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

12.                               GOVERNING LAW.  This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.  Each of the Holder and the Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude either the Holder or the Company from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Holder or the Company in any other jurisdiction to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder or the Company.  EACH OF THE HOLDER AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

13.                               CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS.  This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof.  The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.  Terms used in this Warrant but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the applicable Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

14.                               DISPUTE RESOLUTION.  In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price, the Exchange Amount, the Exchange Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares (as the case may be), the

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Company or the Holder (as the case may be) may submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations (as the case may be) via facsimile (i) within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) or (ii) if no notice gave rise to such dispute, at any time after the Holder or the Company (as the case may be) learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute.  If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation (as the case may be) of the Exercise Price, the Exchange Amount, the Exchange Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price or fair market value or the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the disputed determination of the Exercise Price, the Exchange Amount, the Exchange Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price or fair market value (as the case may be) to an independent, reputable investment bank of nationally recognized standing selected by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company or (b) if acceptable to the Holder, the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant.  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant (as the case may be) to perform the determinations or calculations (as the case may be) and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives such disputed determinations or calculations (as the case may be).  Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation (as the case may be) shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.  The party whose determination or calculation is furthest from that determined or calculation by the investment bank or accountant shall pay the costs of such determination or calculation.

15.                               REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.  The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual or consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant; provided, however, that Holder’s remedies, including, without limitation, any right of the Holder to actual or consequential damages shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(k) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.  The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein.  Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof).  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate.  The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.  The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is reasonably requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof).  The issuance of

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shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance or stamp tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.

16.                               TRANSFER.  This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company.

17.                               CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.  For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)                                 “Bid Price” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of all of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC) (the “Pink Sheets”) as of such time of determination.  If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.  If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 14.  All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

(b)                                 “Black Scholes Exchange Value” means the value of an option for the number of shares equal to the portion of the Warrant being exchanged at the applicable Exchange Date as set forth in the applicable Exchange Notice as such value is determined calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock as of the Issuance Date (adjusted upward to the same extent that the Exercise Price hereunder has been adjusted upward pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S.  Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the Warrant as of such Exchange Date, (iii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the applicable Exchange, (iv) an expected volatility equal to 135% and (v) a deemed remaining term of the Warrant of five (5) years (regardless of the actual remaining term of the Warrant).

(c)                                  “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

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(d)                                 “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

(e)                                  “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price (as the case may be) then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of all of the market makers for such security as reported in the Pink Sheets.  If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price (as the case may be) of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.  If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 14.  All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

(f)                                   “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

(g)                                  “Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

(h)                                 “Equity Conditions” means:  (i) the Company shall be in compliance in all material respects with all of its obligations under all of the Transaction Documents, (ii) each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained therein (each as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) shall then be effective and fully available for use with respect to issuance of all of the Warrant Shares pursuant to a cash exercise hereof, including without limitation a pursuant to a Mandatory Exercise under Section 18, (iii) all Common Shares and Warrant Shares (including any Warrant Shares to be received upon exercise or exchange of this Warrant and including any Warrant Shares to be issued in a cash exercise) shall be then, or upon issuance shall be (as the case may be), freely tradable by Holder without restriction of any kind or nature (including, without limitation, under applicable securities laws) (and the Company shall have no knowledge of any fact which would reasonably be expected to negate the foregoing in the foreseeable future) other than restrictions that may result from the Holder being an “affiliate” of the Company as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, and (iv) no limitation shall be applicable with respect to the issuance of any Warrant Shares for cash hereunder (other than under Section 1(f)).

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(i)                                     “Equity Conditions Failure” means that on any applicable date of determination, any of the Equity Conditions are not then satisfied.

(j)                                    “Expiration Date” means the date that is the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

(k)                                 “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(l)                                     “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

(m)                             “Principal Market” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.

(n)                                 “Trading Day” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

(o)                                 “Voting Stock” of a Person means capital stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

18.                               MANDATORY EXERCISE.  If at any time following the Issuance Date, for twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for each Trading Day during such period is at a price greater than or equal to 25% above the Exercise Price as in effect at the end of such Trading Day, and the average daily dollar volume during such twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days is equal to or exceeds $500,000 (such period being the “Trigger Period”), then (provided no Equity Conditions Failure shall have occurred during such period or be continuing at any time during such period), the Company shall have the right to require the Holder to exercise for cash all, but not less than all, of this Warrant for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares as further set forth below.  The Company may exercise its right to require exercise under this Section 18 (the “Mandatory Exercise Right”) on one occasion (or, if a Mandatory Exercise Notice becomes null and void pursuant to this Section 18, such number of additional occasions as necessary to permit a Mandatory Exercise with respect to the entire

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amount of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder).  The Company shall exercise its Mandatory Exercise Right (to the extent permitted hereby) by delivering, within ten (10) Trading Days following the end of the Trigger Period, a written notice thereof by facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (the “Mandatory Exercise Notice” and the date such notice by facsimile is deemed to be delivered in accordance with Section 8(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement is referred to as the “Mandatory Exercise Notice Date”).  The Mandatory Exercise Notice shall be irrevocable.  The Mandatory Exercise Notice shall (1) state the Trading Day selected for the Mandatory Exercise in accordance with this Section 18, which Trading Day shall be at least five (5) Trading Days but not more than fifteen (15) Trading Days following the Mandatory Exercise Notice Date (the “Mandatory Exercise Date”), (2) state the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder on the Mandatory Exercise Date and (3) contain a certification from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company that there is then no Equity Conditions Failure existing as of the Mandatory Exercise Notice Date.  Any portion of this Warrant exercised by the Holder after the Mandatory Exercise Notice Date shall reduce the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is required to be exercised on the Mandatory Exercise Date.  If the Company has elected a Mandatory Exercise, the mechanics of exercise set forth in Section 1 shall apply, to the extent applicable, as if the Company had received from the Holder on the Mandatory Exercise Date an Exercise Notice with respect to all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares (or the Permitted Exercise Amount (as defined below) of Warrant Shares, as applicable).  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 18 to the contrary, if an Equity Conditions Failure occurs on any day since the occurrence of the Trigger Period and prior to the Mandatory Exercise Date, then the Mandatory Exercise Notice delivered to the Holder shall be null and void ab initio and the Mandatory Exercise shall not occur and the Mandatory Exercise Right shall not be available to the Company unless and until the conditions precedent to such Mandatory Exercise Right are again satisfied.  If the Company elects to cause a mandatory exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 18, then it must simultaneously take the same action with respect to all of the other SPA Warrants, if any, held by any person other than Holder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

ZAZA ENERGY CORPORATION

EXHIBIT A

EXERCISE NOTICE

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

ZAZA ENERGY CORPORATION

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase                    of the shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of ZaZa Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No.                         (the “Warrant”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

1.                                      Form of Exercise Price.  The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

a “Cash Exercise” with respect to                              Warrant Shares; and/or

a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to                        Warrant Shares.

In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at           [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable, the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was $            .

2.                                      Payment of Exercise Price.  In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares, the Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $           to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

3.                                      Delivery of Warrant Shares and Net Number of shares of Common Stock.  The Company shall deliver to Holder, or its designee or agent as specified below,             shares of Common Stock in respect of the exercise contemplated hereby.  Delivery shall be made to Holder, or for its benefit, to the following address:

EXHIBIT B

EXCHANGE NOTICE

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXCHANGE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

ZAZA ENERGY CORPORATION

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to exchange the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No.             (the “Warrant”) of ZaZa Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) as described.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

Date of Exchange:

1.                                      The total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exchanged:

2.                                      Black Scholes Exchange Value (as defined in Section 17) for an option to purchase           [SAME # AS FROM 1 ABOVE] shares of Common Stock:  $           .

Resulting Exchange Amount:  $                     [insert from item 2 above]

3.                                      Exchange Price:  Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock as of two (2) Trading Days prior to the date of Exchange (as such Closing Sale Price is defined in Section 17 herein):  $                 .

Resulting Exchange Number [Exchange Amount/Exchange Price as set forth in 3 above]:        shares of Common Stock (which shall not exceed the number of shares in item 1 above).

Account for Wire Transfer:

Account for Share issuance (if Company is permitted to elect and so elects):

EXHIBIT C

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this [Exercise Notice][Exchange Notice] and hereby directs             to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated              , 20     , from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by            .

Exhibit 5.1

July 21, 2014

ZaZa Energy Corporation

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 2800

Houston, Texas 77010

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-192257 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by ZaZa Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which Registration Statement became effective on February 14, 2014.  Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company is issuing 6,024,097 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and warrants (the “Warrants”) to initially purchase 3,614,459 shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock.  The Shares and Warrants are to be sold by the Company pursuant to that certain securities purchase agreement, dated as of July 21, 2014 (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and between the Company and Crede CG III, Ltd. (“Crede”).

This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

We have examined (i) the Registration Statement; (ii) the Purchase Agreement; (iii) the form of warrant certificate; (iv) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; (v) the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (the “Bylaws”); (vi) the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company on November 7, 2013 relating to the Registration Statement and (vii) the resolutions adopted by the shelf pricing committee of the board of directors of the Company on July 21, 2014, relating to the issuance of the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares and approval of the Purchase Agreement.  We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of the Company and other corporate documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to or obtained by us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to or obtained by us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and

Sidley Austin (TX) LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership doing business as Sidley Austin LLP and practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships.

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completeness of certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company.

Based on and subject to the foregoing and the other limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1.                                      The issuance and sale of the Shares covered by the Registration Statement pursuant to the Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company, and such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when the Company’s books reflect the issuance of such Shares to Crede against payment of the agreed consideration therefor in an amount not less than the par value thereof, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement.

2.                                      The issuance and sale of the Warrants covered by the Registration Statement pursuant to the Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company, and such Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company when certificates representing such Warrants shall have been duly executed, countersigned and issued and duly delivered to Crede against payment of the agreed consideration therefor in accordance with the Purchase Agreement.

3.                                      The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when certificates, if any, representing the Warrant Shares being issued shall have been duly executed, countersigned and registered and duly delivered (or, if any Warrant Shares are to be issued in uncertificated form, the Company’s books shall reflect the issuance of such Warrant Shares) and paid for upon exercise or exchange of the Warrants, in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.

Our opinion set forth in paragraph 2 above is subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief.

For the purposes of paragraph 3 above, we have assumed that, at the time of the issuance and delivery of each Warrant Share upon the exercise or exchange of the Warrants: (i) the authorization thereof by the Company will not have been modified or rescinded, and there will not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity thereof; (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, each as currently in effect, will not have been modified or amended and will be in full force and effect and (iii) there will be a sufficient number of shares

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of Common Stock authorized and then available for issuance under the Certificate of Incorporation.

We express no opinion as to:

(i) the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of the Warrants relating to choice of governing law to the extent that the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such provision is to be determined by any court other than a court of the State of New York or a federal district court sitting in the State of New York, in each case, applying the choice of law principles of the State of New York;

(ii) the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of the Warrants containing any purported waiver, release, variation, disclaimer, consent or other agreement of similar effect (all of the foregoing, collectively, a “Waiver”) by the Company under the Warrants to the extent limited by provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions), or to the extent that such a Waiver applies to a right, claim, duty, defense or ground for discharge otherwise existing or occurring as a matter of law (including judicial decisions), except to the extent that such a Waiver is effective under, and is not prohibited by or void or invalid under provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions); and

(iii) the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of the Warrants relating to forum selection or submission to jurisdiction (including, without limitation, any waiver of any objection to venue in any court or of any objection that a court is an inconvenient forum) to the extent that the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such provision is to be determined by any court other than a court of the State of New York.

This opinion letter is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Exhibit 10.1

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of July 21, 2014, is by and among ZaZa Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation with offices located at 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 2800, Houston, Texas 77010 (the “Company”), and each of the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).

RECITALS

A.                                    The Company and each Buyer desire to enter into this transaction to purchase the Common Shares and Warrants (as defined below) set forth herein pursuant to a currently effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Number 333-192257) (the “Registration Statement”), which provides, among other things, for the registration of the offer and sale of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and warrants to purchase Common Stock and has been declared effective in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

B.                                    Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms stated in this Agreement, (i) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in columns (3) and (4) on the Schedule of Buyers (which aggregate amount for all Buyers shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Common Shares”) and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”) to initially acquire up to the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in columns (5) and (6) on the Schedule of Buyers (all shares of Common Stock acquirable upon exercise or exchange of the Warrants, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”), as evidenced by the warrant certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and which Warrants shall be issued to such Buyer for no additional consideration.

C.                                    The Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

D.                                    The Company has obtained all necessary approvals with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares.

E.                                     The parties hereto each understand that this Securities Purchase Agreement and the purchase and sale contemplated hereby is unconditional and binding on all parties hereto.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:

1.                                      PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON SHARES AND WARRANTS.

(a)                                 Common Shares and Warrants.  Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Section 6 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company on the applicable Closing Date (as defined below), as applicable, (x) the number of Common Shares on the First Closing Date as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers along with Warrants on the First Closing Date to initially acquire up to the aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers and (y) the number of Common Shares on the Second Closing Date as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers along with Warrants on the Second Closing Date to initially acquire up to the aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (6) on the Schedule of Buyers.

(b)                                 Closing.  Each closing (each a “Closing” and collectively the “Closings”) of the purchase of the Common Shares and Warrants by the Buyers as contemplated by this Agreement shall occur at the offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., 666 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017.  The date and time of the applicable Closing (the applicable “Closing Date”) shall be 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the first (1st ) Business Day on which the conditions to such Closing set forth in Section 6 below are satisfied or waived (or such later time or date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer).  As used herein “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.  Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the termination provisions hereof, the first closing hereunder (the “First Closing”) shall be held as soon as practicable after the date hereof, at which the Common Shares set forth on the Schedule of Buyers shall be purchased and sold and the Warrants shall be issued without further consideration by the Buyers.  Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the termination provisions hereof, the second closing hereunder (the “Second Closing”) shall occur on the date that is ninety (90) days after the date hereof, provided that the Company can accelerate the date of such closing upon three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Buyers if the Common Stock has a closing price on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Principal Market”) at or above 0.9545 for five (5) consecutive trading days.

(c)                                  Purchase Price.  The aggregate purchase price for the Common Shares and the Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer (the applicable “Purchase Price”) shall be paid at the applicable Closing and in the applicable amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (7) on the Schedule of Buyers.  For clarification purposes, the Warrants shall be issued to such Buyer for no additional consideration.

(d)                                 Form of Payment; Deliveries.  On the applicable Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price to the Company for the Common Shares and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at such Closing (less for Crede (as defined below), the Investment Fee withheld pursuant to Section 4(f)), by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written wire instructions, and (ii) the Company shall (A) cause American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (together with any subsequent transfer agent, the “Transfer Agent”) through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast

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Automated Securities Transfer Program to credit, without restriction, to such Buyer’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (“DWAC”) system such aggregate number of Common Shares that such Buyer is purchasing at such Closing as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in columns (3) or (4), as applicable, on the Schedule of Buyers, (B) deliver to each Buyer a warrant certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to which such Buyer shall have the right to initially acquire up to the number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in columns (5) and (6) on the Schedule of Buyers and (C) deliver to such Buyer the other documents, instruments and certificates set forth in Section 6.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Warrants, all Warrant Shares shall be delivered via DWAC.

2.                                      BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company with respect to only itself that:

(a)                                 Organization; Authority.  Such Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

(b)                                 Validity; Enforcement.  The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which such Buyer is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Buyer and no further consent or authorization of such Buyer or its members is required.  Each Transaction Document to which such Buyer is a party has been duly executed by such Buyer and, when delivered by such Buyer in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

(c)                                  No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.

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(d)                                 Certain Trading Activities.  Such Buyer has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person (as defined below) acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer, engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales (as defined below) involving the Company’s securities) during the period commencing as of the time that such Buyer and the Company first began discussions regarding the specific investment in the Company contemplated by this Agreement and ending immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement by such Buyer (it being understood and agreed that for all purposes of this Agreement, and, without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, that neither transactions nor purchases nor sales shall include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).  “Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”).

(e)                                  Investment Decision.  Such Buyer has based its investment decision solely upon the information contained in the Transaction Documents, the SEC Documents, such information as may be filed by the Company as a “Free Writing Prospectus” under the 1933 Act, and such other information as may have been provided to it by the Company in response to its inquiries, and has not based its investment decision on any research report or other information regarding the Company.  Each Buyer further acknowledges that (i) the purchase of the Securities involves a degree of risk and (ii) the offering contained in the Transaction Documents does not constitute a securities recommendation or other form of financial product advice.

3.                                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

The Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that:

(a)                                 Organization and Qualification.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.  Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary, individually or taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.  “Subsidiaries” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, (I) owns a majority of the outstanding capital stock or equity or similar interest of such Person or (II) controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and each of the foregoing is individually referred to herein as a “Subsidiary.”

(b)                                 Authorization; Enforcement; Validity.  The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other

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Transaction Documents and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares, the issuance of the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants) have been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and (other than the filing with the SEC of the prospectus supplement required by the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act (the “Prospectus Supplement”) supplementing the base prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”), a Current Report on Form 8-K, and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies, all of which shall be made prior to the First Closing) no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders or other governing body in connection therewith.  This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents will be prior to the applicable Closing, duly executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law.  “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Warrants, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined below) and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.

(c)                                  Issuance of Securities; Registration Statement.  The issuance of the Common Shares and the Warrants are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights (except for those rights held by the holders of the Company’s outstanding warrants that expire August 21, 2020 issued under that Securities Purchase Agreement, dated February 21, 2012, as amended (the “Outstanding Warrants”) as described on Schedule  3(c) hereto), taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof.  As of the First Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein).  The issuance of the Warrant Shares is duly authorized, and upon exercise in accordance with the Warrants, the Warrant Shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights (except for those rights held by the holders of the Outstanding Warrants), taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.  The issuance by the Company of the Securities has been properly registered under the 1933 Act, the Securities are being issued pursuant to the Registration Statement and all of the Securities are freely transferable and freely tradable by each of the Buyers without restriction.  The Registration Statement is effective and available for the issuance of the Securities thereunder and the Company has not received any notice that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop-order with respect to the Registration Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or

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intends or has threatened in writing to do so.  The “Plan of Distribution” section under the Registration Statement permits the issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder and as contemplated by the other Transaction Documents.  Upon receipt of the Securities, each of the Buyers will have good and marketable title to the Securities.  The Registration Statement and any prospectus included therein, including the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, comply and complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder and all other applicable laws and regulations.  At the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at each deemed effective date thereof pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (including, without limitation the Prospectus Supplement), at the time the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the applicable Closing Date, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The Company meets all of the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act for the offering and sale of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the SEC has not notified the Company of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(1) under the 1933 Act.  The Registration Statement meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the 1933 Act.  At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the 1933 Act) relating to any of the Securities, the Company was not and is not an “Ineligible Issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act).  The Company (i) has not distributed any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of any of the Securities and (ii) until no Buyer holds any of the Securities, shall not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of any of the Securities to, or by, any of the Buyers, in each case, other than the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement.

(d)                                 No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares, the Warrants and Warrant Shares and the reservation for issuance of the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) (including, without limitation, any certificates of designation contained therein) or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company, or Bylaws (as defined below), (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, federal and state and foreign securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the

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Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent such violations that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)                                  Consents.  The Company is not required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing which has not already been obtained or made (including, without limitation as to the listing on the Principal Market of the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares upon issuance) or registration with (other than the filing with the SEC of the Prospectus Supplement, a Current Report on Form 8-K, and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies), any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.  All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain at or prior to the applicable Closing will have been obtained or effected on or prior to the applicable Closing Date, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Except as disclosed on Schedule 3(e) hereto, the Company is not in violation of the requirements of the Principal Market or foreign, federal, state or local securities laws, and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which could reasonably lead to such violation or delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future.  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction has been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and no actions, suits or proceedings are pending or threatened by any Person that seeks to enjoin, prohibit or otherwise adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(f)                                   Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”)) of the Company (an “Affiliate”) or any of its Subsidiaries.  The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Securities.  The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.  The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in, or subject to, Rule 144(i).

(g)                                  Placement Agent’s Fees.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.  The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory

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fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(h)                                 No Integrated Offering.  None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates, nor any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of the Company under any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated for quotation.  No registration of the offer, sale or transfer of any of the Securities is required, except for registration contemplated hereby pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(i)                                     Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement.  The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested stockholder, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or otherwise that can be waived by approval of the board of directors and which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities.  The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(j)                                    SEC Documents; Financial Statements.  During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”).  As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows

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for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate).

(k)                                 Absence of Certain Changes.  Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed subsequent thereto, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations or financial condition of the Company.  Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed subsequent thereto, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) made any material capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.  The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the applicable Closing will not be, Insolvent (as defined below).  For purposes of this Section 3(l), “Insolvent” means, (I) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (i) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ total Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries intend to incur or believe that they will incur debts that would be beyond their ability to pay as such debts mature; and (II) with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary, individually, (i) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s (as the case may be) assets is less than the amount required to pay its respective total Indebtedness, (ii) the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) is unable to pay its respective debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (iii) the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its respective ability to pay as such debts mature.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any business or in any transaction, and is not about to engage in any business or in any transaction, for which the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital.

(l)                                     No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances.  Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed subsequent thereto, to the Company’s knowledge, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, liabilities, operations or financial condition that (i) is required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced, or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(m)                             Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designation, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws or their organizational charter, certificate of formation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future and the Company is in compliance with all requirements in order to maintain listing or quotation on the Principal Market (including reporting requirements under the 1934 Act).  Since February 21, 2012, (i) the Common Stock has been listed or designated for quotation on the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Principal Market regarding or relating to the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.

(n)                                 Foreign Corrupt Practices; Certain Other Unlawful Matters.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (or rules or regulations or interpretations thereunder); or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee or otherwise.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with, and have not previously violated, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, including, without limitation, (i) Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 entitled, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 Fed.  Reg.  49079 (2001)); and (ii) any regulations contained in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V.

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(o)                                 Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.

(p)                                 Transactions With Affiliates.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, none of the officers, directors or employees or Affiliates of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any corporation, partnership, trust or other Person in which any such officer, director or employee or Affiliate has a substantial interest or is an employee, officer, director, trustee or partner.

(q)                                 Equity Capitalization.  As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 112,519,583 are issued and outstanding and 62,933,211 of which are reserved for issuance for various purposes, including for securities (other than the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”) (notwithstanding any anti-dilution adjustments that may be required by such securities as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby which are described on Schedule 3(q) hereto); shares of Common Stock to be issued in exchange for the subordinated notes owned by Todd A. Brooks, John E. Hearn, Jr., Gaston Kearby, Blackstone Oil & Gas, LLC, Lara Energy, Inc. and Omega Energy Corp. (collectively, the “Subordinated Notes Exchange”); and shares reserved for issuance under the ZaZa Energy Corporation 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended and (ii) 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which none are issued and outstanding.  No shares of Common Stock are held in treasury.  All of such outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.  71,745,840 shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock on the date hereof are owned by Persons who are “Affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act and calculated based on the assumption that only officers, directors and holders of at least 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock are “Affiliates” without conceding that any such Persons are “Affiliates” for purposes of federal securities laws) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, (i) none of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) except as disclosed in the SEC Documents (collectively, the “Company Stock Plans”), there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its

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Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any amounts filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except pursuant to this Agreement); (vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans; and (ix) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The SEC Documents contain true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Company’s bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

(r)                                    Indebtedness and Other Contracts.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, has any outstanding Indebtedness, (ii) except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party or parties to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K.  For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally

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accepted accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto; and (z) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

(s)                                   Absence of Litigation.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ officers or directors which is outside of the ordinary course of business or individually or in the aggregate material to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any current of former director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

(t)                                    Insurance.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged.  Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u)                                 Employee Relations.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or employs any member of a union.  No executive officer (as defined in Rule 501(f) promulgated under the 1933 Act) or other key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary.  No executive officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is, or is now expected by the Company

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to be, in connection with employment by the Company, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer or other key employee (as the case may be) does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(v)                                 Title.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has (i) defensible title to all of its oil, gas and mineral leases or mineral interests (including oil and gas wells, producing leasehold interests and appurtenant personal property), and (ii) good title to all personal property owned by them that are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each of case (i) and (ii), free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims, except (A) those that do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (B) royalties, overriding royalties and other similar burdens under oil, gas and mineral leases, (C) easements, restrictions, rights-of-way and other matters that commonly affect property, (D) those securing taxes and other governmental charges, or claims of materialmen, mechanics and similar persons, not yet due and payable and (E) those under oil or gas sales contracts, geophysical exploration agreements, operating agreements, farmout agreements, participation agreements, joint venture agreements, development agreements, unitization, pooling and commutation agreements, declarations and orders and gas sales contracts securing payment of amounts not yet due and payable and of a scope and nature customary in the oil and gas industry.  All of the real property leases (other than oil, gas and mineral leases or similar leasehold interests) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds or uses its properties are in full force and effect, with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(w)                               Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, original works, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights and all applications and registrations therefor (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted.  None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property Rights have expired, terminated or been abandoned, or are expected to expire, terminate or be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement, except where the expiration, termination or abandonment, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has no knowledge of any infringement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others.  There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, being threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding their Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights.

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(x)                                 Environmental Laws.  The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  The term “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws of the applicable jurisdictions to which the Company is subject relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

(y)                                 Subsidiary Rights.  The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary.

(z)                                  Tax Status.  Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due in writing by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim.  The Company is not operated in such a manner as to qualify as a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(aa)                          Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the 1934 Act) that is effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference.  The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures

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(as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the 1934 Act) that are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or correspondence from any accountant or other Person relating to any potential material weakness or significant deficiency in any part of the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(bb)                          Off Balance Sheet Arrangements.  There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(cc)                            Investment Company Status.  The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be, an “investment company,” an Affiliate of an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(dd)                          Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers’ Trading Activity.  It is understood and acknowledged by the Company that (i) following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in accordance with the terms thereof, none of the Buyers has been asked by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to desist from effecting any transactions in or with respect to (including, without limitation, purchasing or selling, long and/or short) any securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) any Buyer, and counterparties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Buyer is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock which was established prior to such Buyer’s knowledge of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; and (iii) each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counterparty in any “derivative” transaction.  The Company further understands and acknowledges that following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents pursuant to the Press Release (as defined below) one or more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value and/or number of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to the Securities are being determined and (b) such hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted.  The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a

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breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any of the documents executed in connection herewith or therewith.

(ee)                            Manipulation of Price.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, (i) taken any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(ff)                              Registration Eligibility.  The Company is eligible to register the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Buyers using Form S-3 promulgated under the 1933 Act.

(gg)                            Transfer Taxes.  On the applicable Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

(hh)                          Bank Holding Company Act.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) or to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”).  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any equity that is subject to the BHCA or to regulation by the Federal Reserve.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA or to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

(ii)                                  Registration Rights.  Except as disclosed on Schedule 3(ii) hereto, no holder of securities of the Company has rights to the registration of any securities of the Company because of the issuance of the Securities hereunder that could expose the Company to material liability or any Buyer to any liability or that could impair the Company’s ability to consummate the issuance and sale of the Securities in the manner, and at the times, contemplated hereby, which rights have not been waived by the holder thereof as of the date hereof.

(jj)                                Public Utility Holding Act.  None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding company,” or an “Affiliate” of a “holding company,” as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Act of 2005.

(kk)                          Federal Power Act.  None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation as a “public utility” under the Federal Power Act, as amended.

(ll)                                  Disclosure.  The Company confirms that neither it nor, to its knowledge, any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the existence

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of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.  All written disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the aggregate is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  Each material press release issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement did not at the time of release contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or conditions (financial or otherwise), which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly disclosed.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.

4.                                      COVENANTS.

(a)                                 Maintenance of Registration Statement.  For so long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the issuance thereunder of the Warrant Shares, provided that, if at any time while the Warrants are outstanding the Company shall be ineligible to utilize Form S-3 (or any successor form) for the purpose of issuance of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly amend the Registration Statement on such other form as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for this purpose.  If at any time following the date hereof the Registration Statement is not effective or is not otherwise available for the issuance of the Securities or any prospectus contained therein is not available for use, the Company shall immediately notify the holders of the Securities in writing that the Registration Statement is not then effective or a prospectus contained therein is not available for use and thereafter shall promptly notify such holders when the Registration Statement is effective again and available for the issuance of the Securities or such prospectus is again available for use.

(b)                                 Prospectus Supplement and Blue Sky.  Immediately prior to execution of this Agreement, the Company shall have delivered, and as soon as practicable after execution of this Agreement the Company shall file, the Prospectus Supplement with respect to the Securities as required under, and in conformity with, the 1933 Act, including Rule 424(b) thereunder.  The Company shall have taken immediately upon execution of this Agreement such action, if any, as required in order to obtain an exemption for, or to, qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the applicable Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the applicable Closing

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Date.  Without limiting any other obligation of the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall timely make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, all applicable federal securities laws and all applicable “Blue Sky” laws), and the Company shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations and the like relating to the offering and sale of the Securities to the Buyers.  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all necessary action to ensure the compliance with all applicable securities laws (including without limitation “Blue Sky” laws) of the issuance of any Warrant Shares from time to time upon exercise of the Warrants.

(c)                                  Reporting Status.  Until the date on which no Warrants are outstanding (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.

(d)                                 Financial Information.  The Company agrees to send the following to each Buyer during the Reporting Period, unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders.

(e)                                  Listing.  If required by the listing rules of the Principal Market, the Company has secured the listing of all of the Common Shares and Warrant Shares (subject to notice of issuance) on the Principal Market in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Warrants and shall secure the listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all of the Common Shares and Warrant Shares upon each other national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as the case may be) (subject to official notice of issuance) (but in no event later than the applicable Closing Date) and shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain such listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all the shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents on the Principal Market and such national securities exchange or automated quotation system.  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the Common Stock’s listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) on the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market (each, an “Eligible Market”).  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market (other than in connection with listing on a different Eligible Market).  The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(e).

(f)                                   Fees.  Prior to the date hereof, the Company has paid, for the benefit of Crede CG III, Ltd.  (“Crede”), a non-refundable, non-accountable document preparation fee in the amount of $40,000.  In addition, by virtue of the execution of this Agreement by Crede, the Company shall be obligated pay to Crede an additional amount equal to $375,000 as an investment fee (the “Investment Fee”) hereunder, of which (i) $250,000 shall be paid by the Company to Crede at

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the First Closing and (ii)  $125,000 shall be paid by the Company to Crede at the Second Closing, in each case by Crede withholding such amounts from the Purchase Price to be paid by it at such applicable Closing.  Except as set forth above, or as may otherwise be set forth in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers.

(g)                                  Pledge of Securities.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by a Buyer in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities.  The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(h)                                 Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information.  The Company shall, on or before 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the first Trading Day following the date hereof, issue a press release (the “Press Release”) reasonably acceptable to the Buyers and the Company disclosing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  On or before 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the first Trading Day following the date hereof, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching all the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement) and the form of Warrants) (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”).  From and after the issuance of the Press Release, the Company shall have disclosed all material, non-public information (if any) delivered to any of the Buyers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the issuance of the Press Release without the express prior written consent of such Buyer.  In the event of a breach of any of the foregoing covenants by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (as determined in the reasonable good faith judgment of such Buyer), in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, such Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, non-public information without the prior approval by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents.  No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders or agents, for any such disclosure.  Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations.  Unless required by applicable law, without the prior written consent of the applicable Buyer, the Company shall not (and shall

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cause each of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to not) disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing (other than in the Transaction Documents filed as exhibits to the 8-K Filing), announcement, release or otherwise.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary and without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer has had, and no Buyer shall have (unless expressly agreed to by a particular Buyer after the date hereof in a written definitive and binding agreement executed by the Company and such particular Buyer), any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(i)                                     Additional Issuance of Securities.  The Company agrees that for the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the date immediately following the sixtieth (60th) day after the date hereof (the “Restricted Period”), unless otherwise consented to in writing by Crede, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly issue, offer, sell, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any Common Stock or any security or any debt or other instrument convertible or exchangeable or exercisable into Common Stock or which constitutes (or would constitute but for lack of a fixed exercise or conversion or similar price or if it were not solely cash settled) a “derivative security” (as defined under the rules and regulations under Section 16 of the 1934 Act) or otherwise an equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act) or which does or would otherwise constitute any Option or Convertible Security (as defined in the Warrants) (any such issuance, offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement (whether occurring during the Restricted Period or at any time thereafter) is referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the immediately preceding sentence in this Section 4(i) shall not apply in respect of the issuance of (A) shares of Common Stock or standard options to purchase Common Stock or other standard equity linked securities (e.g., stock appreciation rights) to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Share Plan (as defined below); provided that (1) all such issuances that are exercisable or vest during the Restricted Period (taking into account the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such options and equity linked securities that are exercisable or vest during the Restricted Period, but not including shares issuable pursuant to Options or Convertible Securities outstanding as of the date hereof) and are issued after the date hereof pursuant to this clause (A) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 2% of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding and (2) during the Restricted Period, the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (B) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Options or Convertible Securities issued prior to the date hereof to the extent issued pursuant to their terms as of the date hereof; (C) shares of Common Stock issued as part of the Subordinated Notes Exchange; (D) issuances required to be made in compliance with the preemptive rights provisions of the Outstanding Warrants; (E) the Common Shares and the Warrants; (F) the Warrant Shares; (G) issuances of equity to a seller, or in the case of a merger, the shareholders of the target company in such merger, or the officers or employees thereof, in each case in connection with a bona fide merger, business combination transaction or acquisition of stock or assets outside of the ordinary course; (H) a stock split or other subdivision or combination, or a

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stock dividend made to all holders of any Company equity on a pro rata basis; (I) issuances of Common Stock or Convertible Securities in connection with strategic partnerships, joint ventures, licensing, acquisition of assets or technology, or similar arrangements, in each case, that are not primarily for financing purposes; or (J) issuances of shares of Common Stock or Options or Convertible Securities in public offerings or to individual, institutional or strategic investors in private or public transactions; provided, that with respect to issuances contemplated by clauses (I) and (J),  (x) such issuances of shares of Common Stock are for an aggregate consideration of no greater than $3,000,000 during the Restricted Period, in each case, at an effective consideration per share of Common Stock (assuming any Company warrants issued in connection therewith are issued for no consideration) of no less than $0.83, (y) such Options or Convertible Securities have an effective exercise or conversion price thereof of no less than $0.83, and (z) the Company does not grant or enter into any agreement to grant such investors registration rights whereby the Company would have an obligation to register the resale of such shares of Common Stock during the Restricted Period (each of the foregoing in clauses (A) through (I), collectively the “Excluded Securities”).  “Approved Share Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and equity securities may be issued to any employee, officer, director or consultant for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such.

(j)                                    Subsequent Equity Sales.  From the period beginning on the sixty-first (61st) day after the date hereof and ending on the ninetieth (90th) day after the date hereof, if the Company sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Convertible Securities entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Purchase Price per Common Share (such lower price, the “Base Share Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Convertible Securities so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Purchase Price per Common Share, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Purchase Price per Common Share on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Company shall issue to each Buyer such number of additional shares of Common Stock equal to the difference between (i) the number of Shares held by the Buyer on the date of the Dilutive Issuance multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is such Buyer’s Purchase Price per Common Share and the denominator of which is the Base Share Price, and (ii) the number of Shares held by the Buyer on the date of the Dilutive Issuance.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Convertible Securities are issued during the applicable period.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 4(j) in respect of those issuances of Excluded Securities.  If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Convertible Securities at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised.  The Company shall notify the Buyer in writing, no later than three (3) business days following the issuance of any Common Stock or Convertible Securities subject to this Section 4(j), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or

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applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”).  For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 4(j), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Purchase Price per Common Share shall be reduced to equal the Base Share Price, regardless of whether the Company accurately refers to the Base Share Price in the Dilutive Issuance Notice.

(k)                                 Reservation of Shares.  So long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of all the Warrants (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein).

(l)                                     Conduct of Business.  So long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity in any jurisdiction to which the Company is subject, except where such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

(m)                             Variable Rate Transaction.  During the Restricted Period, the Company and each Subsidiary shall be prohibited from effecting, or entering into an agreement to effect, any Subsequent Placement involving a Variable Rate Transaction.  “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company or any Subsidiary (i) issues or sells any Convertible Securities either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of, or quotations for, the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such Convertible Securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such Convertible Securities or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock, other than pursuant to a customary “weighted average” anti-dilution provision or (ii) enters into any agreement (including, without limitation, an equity line of credit) whereby the Company or any Subsidiary may sell securities at a future determined price (other than standard and customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights).  Each Buyer shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company and its Subsidiaries to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.

(n)                                 Corporate Existence.  So long as any Buyer owns any Warrants, the Company shall not be party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Warrants.

(o)                                 Certain Restrictions as to Buyer.  For so long as the Buyer or any of its Affiliates holds any Securities, neither the Buyer nor any Affiliate will: (i) vote any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it, solicit any proxies, or seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to any voting securities of the Company; (ii) engage or participate in any actions, plans or proposals which relate to or would result in (a) acquiring additional securities of the Company, alone or together with any other Person, which would result in Buyer or its Affiliates beneficially

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owning (within the meaning of Section 13(d) under the 1934 Act) more than 9.9% of the Common Stock, (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (d) any change in the present board of directors or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board, (e) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company, (f) any other material change in the Company’s business or corporate structure, including but not limited to, if the Company is a registered closed-end investment company, any plans or proposals to make any changes in its investment policy for which a vote is required by Section 13 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, (g) changes in the Company’s charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Company by any Person, (h) causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association, (i) a class of equity securities of the Company becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act, or (j) any action, intention, plan or arrangement similar to any of those enumerated above; or (iii) request the Company or its directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives to amend or waive any provision of this paragraph.  The restrictions contained in this paragraph (o) shall not limit Buyer’s rights to enforce its rights or exercise its rights as to the Securities or under the Transaction Documents.

5.                                      REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS; LEGEND.

(a)                                 Register.  The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Common Shares and the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Common Shares and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the number of Common Shares held by such Person and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person.  The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.

(b)                                 Transfer Agent Instructions.  The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent in the form previously provided to the Company (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”) to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC, without restriction and registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon delivery of the Common Shares or the exercise of the Warrants (as the case may be).  The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b) will be given by the Company to the Transfer Agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company.  If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities, the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct the Transfer Agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to each Buyer.  Accordingly,

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the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that each Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

(c)                                  Certificates and any other instruments evidencing the Securities shall not bear any restrictive or other legend.

6.                                      CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

(a)                                 The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase its applicable Common Shares and the related Warrants at the applicable Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before each applicable Closing Date and in respect of each such Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

(i)                                     The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

(ii)                                  The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company in its jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such jurisdiction of formation as of a date within ten (10) days of the applicable Closing Date.

(iii)                               The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business and is required to so qualify, as of a date within ten (10) days of the applicable Closing Date.

(iv)                              The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation within ten (10) days of the applicable Closing Date.

(v)                                 The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, in the form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the applicable Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s board of directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) Certificate of Incorporation, and (iii) the Bylaws of the Company, in each case, as in effect at the applicable Closing.

(vi)                              Each and every representation and warranty of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the applicable Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except that (1) representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date and (2) representations and warranties that are qualified by material, Material Adverse Effect or other similar materiality qualifiers shall be true and correct in all respects) and the Company shall have

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performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the applicable Closing Date, including, without limitation the issuance of all Securities prior to the date of such Closing as required by the Transaction Documents and the Company has a sufficient number of duly authorized shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance as may be required to fulfill its obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents.  Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the applicable Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer.

(vii)                           The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a report from the Company’s transfer agent identifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the applicable Closing Date immediately prior to the applicable Closing.

(viii)                        The Common Stock (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the applicable Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market.

(ix)                              The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities, including without limitation, those required by the Principal Market.

(x)                                 No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and no actions, suits or proceedings shall be in progress or pending by any Person that seeks to enjoin, prohibit or otherwise adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(xi)                              Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably would have or result in a Material Adverse Effect and the Company has not filed for nor is it subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors instituted by or against the Company.

(xii)                           The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents, instruments or certificates relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement reasonably required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

(xiii)                        Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, the Company’s counsel, dated as of the applicable Closing Date, in the form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer.

(xiv)                       A copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form previously provided to the Company, and which have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Transfer Agent.

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7.                                      TERMINATION.

In the event that the First Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer within ten (10) days after the date hereof, then such Buyer shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement with respect to itself at any time on or after the close of business on such date without liability of such Buyer to any other party; provided, however, (i) the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7 shall not be available to such Buyer if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been consummated by such date is the result of such Buyer’s breach of this Agreement and (ii) the abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Common Shares and the Warrants shall be applicable only to such Buyer providing such written notice, provided further that no such termination shall affect any obligation of the Company under this Agreement to reimburse such Buyer for the expenses described in Section 4(f) above.  In the event that the Second Closing shall not have occurred by October 22, 2014, then at the close of business on such date the parties’ obligations hereunder to consummate the Second Closing shall automatically terminate without further liability of the parties to one another solely in respect thereof.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, nothing contained in this Section 7 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

8.                                      MISCELLANEOUS.

(a)                                 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial.  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall (i) limit or be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law or (ii) operate, or be deemed to operate, to preclude any Buyer or the Company from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company or any Buyer in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to such Buyer or Buyer’s obligations to the Company or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of such Buyer or the Company or (iii) limit, or be deemed to limit, any provision of the Warrants which is contrary to the above.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE

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ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(b)                                 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page, such signature page shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such signature page were an original thereof.

(c)                                  Headings; Gender; Certain Meanings.  The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.  Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof.  The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.  When used herein, the words “law,” “rule,” “regulation” and the like means all applicable laws, rules and regulations, domestic or foreign, state, provincial, local or self-regulatory, including without limitation as to all applicable laws, rules and regulations of or related to the United States, applicable states, the SEC, and the Principal Market.

(d)                                 Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties.  The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

(e)                                  Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, their Affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf solely with respect to the matters contained herein and therein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties solely with respect to the matters covered herein and therein; provided, however, nothing contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall (or shall be deemed to), (i) have any effect on any agreements any

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Buyer has entered into with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior investment made by such Buyer in the Company or (ii) waive, alter, modify or amend in any respect any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any rights of or benefits to any Buyer or any other Person, in any agreement entered into prior to the date hereof between or among the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and any Buyer and all such agreements shall continue in full force and effect.  Except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters.  For clarification purposes, the Recitals are part of this Agreement.  No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and Crede.  No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.  No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, all holders of Common Shares or all holders of the Warrants (as the case may be).  The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company, any Subsidiary or otherwise.  As a material inducement for each Buyer to enter into this Agreement, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no due diligence investigation conducted by a Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or modify or qualify any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (ii) nothing contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or modify or qualify any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and (iii) unless a provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document is expressly preceded by “except as disclosed in the SEC Documents,” nothing contained in any of the SEC Documents shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or modify or qualify any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(f)                                   Notices.  Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); (iii) when sent, if sent by e-mail (provided that such sent e-mail is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s e-mail server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient); and (iv) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same.  The addresses and facsimile numbers and email addresses for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

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ZaZa Energy Corporation

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 2800

Houston, Texas 77010

Telephone:  (713) 595-1981

Facsimile:  (713) 595-1919

Email:        scott.gaille@zazaenergy.com

Attention:  Scott Gaille

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

Sidley Austin LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 6000

Houston, Texas 77002

Telephone:  (713) 4905-4501

Facsimile:  (713) 822-6659

Email:           mmetts@sidley.com

Attention:     Mark Metts

If to the Transfer Agent:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

Telephone: (718) 921 - 8200

Facsimile: (718) 765 - 8711

Email:  carmenia@amstock.com

Attention:  Cindy Armenia

If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,

with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

666 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Telephone:  (212) 935-3000

Facsimile:  (212) 983-3115

or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change, provided that Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.  shall only be provided copies of notices sent to Crede.  Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically

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or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.  A copy of the e-mail transmission containing the time, date and recipient e-mail address shall be rebuttable evidence of receipt by e-mail in accordance with clause (iii) above.

(g)                                  Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including, as contemplated below, any assignee of any of the Securities.  The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each of the Buyers.  No Buyer shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Company unless such assignment is to an Affiliate of such Buyer.

(h)                                 No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than the Buyer Indemnitees referred to in Section 8(k).

(i)                                     Survival.  The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall survive each Closing.  Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

(j)                                    Further Assurances.  Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(k)                                 Indemnification.

(i)                                     In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each holder of any Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and documented expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in any of the Transaction Documents, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in any of the Transaction Documents, (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for

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these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, (iii) any disclosure properly made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(h), or (iv) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based primarily upon a breach of such Buyer’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Buyer may have with any stockholder or any violations by such Buyer of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Buyer which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance).  To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.

(ii)                                  Promptly after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 8(k) of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Section 8(k), deliver to the Company a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the Company shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the Company so desires, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the Company and the Indemnitee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the Company if: (i) the Company has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the Company shall have failed to assume the defense in a timely manner of such Indemnified Liability and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee in any such Indemnified Liability; or (iii) the named parties to any such Indemnified Liability (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnitee and the Company, and such Indemnitee shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnitee and the Company (in which case, if such Indemnitee notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Company, then the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company), provided further, that in the case of clause (iii) above the Company shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for such Indemnitee.  The Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Indemnified Liability by the Company and shall furnish to the Company all information reasonably available to the Indemnitee which relates to such action or Indemnified Liability.  The Company shall keep the Indemnitee reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto.  The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the Company shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent.  The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such Indemnified Liability or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the

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Indemnitee.  Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the Company shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made.  The failure to deliver written notice to the Company within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve the Company of any liability to the Indemnitee under this Section 8(k), except to the extent that the Company is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

(iii)                               The indemnification required by this Section 8(k) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Liabilities are incurred.

(iv)                              Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Warrants or any other Transaction Documents, the aggregate indemnification obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 8(k) shall not exceed 100% of the aggregate Purchase Price actually paid by the Buyers.

(v)                                 The sole and exclusive remedies for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement hereunder or under the Warrants shall be the indemnification provided by this Section 8(k), and each Buyer expressly waives any other rights or remedies it may have; provided, however, that equitable relief, including the remedies of specific performance and injunction, shall be available with respect to any matter where money damages would not be sufficient to compensate a Buyer or to preserve the rights of a Buyer pending resolution of a dispute, and this Section 8(k) shall not relieve the Company from liability for willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or willful breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.

(l)                                     Construction.  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.  No specific representation or warranty shall limit the generality or applicability of a more general representation or warranty.  Each and every reference to share prices, shares of Common Stock and any other numbers in this Agreement that relate to the Common Stock shall be automatically adjusted for stock splits, stock combinations and other similar transactions that occur with respect to the Common Stock after the date of this Agreement.

(m)                             Remedies.  Each Buyer and each holder of any Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law.  Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law.  Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers.  The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent

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jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.

(n)                                 Withdrawal Right.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

(o)                                 Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of each Buyer under the Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The decision of each Buyer to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Buyer independently of any other Buyer.  Each Buyer acknowledges that no other Buyer has acted as agent for such Buyer in connection with such Buyer making its investment hereunder and that no other Buyer will be acting as agent of such Buyer in connection with monitoring such Buyer’s investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents.  The Company and each Buyer confirms that each Buyer has independently participated with the Company in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors.  Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.  The use of a single agreement to effectuate the purchase and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Buyer, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Buyer.  It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Buyer, solely, and not between the Company and the Buyers collectively and not between and among the Buyers.

(p)                                 Payment Set Aside; Currency.  To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Buyer hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or any of the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or

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any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.  Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in U.S. Dollars.  All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted in the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation.  “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.

[signature pages follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

Exhibit 99.1

ZAZA ENERGY ANNOUNCES $7.5 MM CAPITAL MARKETS TRANSACTION

HOUSTON, TX (July 21, 2014) ZaZa Energy Corporation (“ZaZa” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:ZAZA) today announced that the Company has entered into a $7.5 million capital markets transaction with Crede Capital Group, LLC, a Los Angeles family office. The Company plans to use the proceeds to fund additional East Texas development and lease acquisitions.

The investment will be made in two phases. The closing of the first phase, which has occured today, is for $5 million gross proceeds in exchange for ZaZa common stock at a price of $.83 per share. The price per share was determined by the closing price on July 17, 2014 as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The transaction also includes 0.6 warrants for every share of ZaZa common stock with a strike price of $1.1205 per share, a 35% premium to such price.  The second phase for $2.5 million is scheduled to close on or before October 20, 2014, and also includes 0.6 warrants for every share of ZaZa common stock. The price for such additional shares shall be determined by reference to the closing price of ZaZa common stock on the day prior to such additional issuance.

About ZaZa Energy Corporation

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ZaZa Energy Corporation is a publicly-traded exploration and production company with primary assets in the Eagle Ford and Eagle Ford East resource plays in Texas.  More information about the Company may be found at www.zazaenergy.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, including without limitation, statements and projections regarding the Company’s future financial position, operations, performance, business strategy, returns, budgets, reserves, levels of production and costs, ability to raise additional capital or refinance indebtedness, statements regarding future commodity prices and statements regarding the plans and objectives of the Company’s management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.  The Company’s forward looking statements are typically preceded by, followed by or include words such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “likely,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “goal,” “project,” “plan,” “intend” and similar words or expressions.  The Company’s forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are only predictions and statements of the Company’s beliefs based on assumptions that may prove to be inaccurate.  Forward-looking statements involve known, unknown or currently unforeseen risks and uncertainties that may be outside of the Company’s control and may cause the Company’s actual results and future developments to differ materially from those projected in, and contemplated by, such forward-looking statements.  Risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to materially differ from the expectations reflected in the Company’s forward-looking statements include, without limitation, our former registered public accounting firm has expressed doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern; fluctuations in the prices for, and demand for, oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids; our substantial level of indebtedness; problems with our joint ventures or joint venture partners; our ability to raise necessary capital in the future; exploratory risks associated with new or emerging oil and gas formations; risks associated with drilling and operating wells; inaccuracies and limitations inherent in estimates of oil and gas reserves; our ability to replace oil and gas reserves and any other factors or risks listed in the reports and other filings that the Company has filed and may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Any forward-looking statements made by the Company in this presentation and in other written and oral statements are based only on information currently available to the Company and speak only as of the date on which they are made.  The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

The securities being offered to the Crede Capital Group, LLC are being offered pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated July 21, 2014, to ZaZa’s base shelf prospectus, dated February 14, 2014, forming part of its registration statement on Form S-3 (333-192257) filed the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The U.S. base shelf prospectus and the prospectus supplement thereto have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company will provide copies of the prospectus supplement upon request by writing the Company at ATTN: Investor Relations, 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 2800, Houston, TX 77010 or by calling 713.595.1900.

713-595-1900 (OFFICE)   ·   713-595-1919 (FAX)   ·   WWW.ZAZAENERGY.COM

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This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such states.

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Source: ZaZa Energy Corporation

Paul F. Jansen, 713-595-1900

Chief Financial Officer

or

Jay Morakis, 212-266-0191
Investor Relations
jmorakis@mgroupsc.com