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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

  (i) On April 12, 2018, the Board of Directors approved (a) the entry by the Company into a $500,000 Convertible Promissory Note with Blue Sky International Holdings Inc. This note was subsequently cancelled on April 27th, 2018 and was no longer valid after this fact. Had this note been activated, this would have been a related party transaction, as Ilyas Chaudhary is the father of Zel C. Khan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Chaudhary owns and controls Blue Sky International Holdings Inc.  The note, effective April 1, 2018, is due on April 1, 2019, accrues interest at the rate of 11% per annum until paid in full, and is convertible into shares of common stock of the Company at the rate of $0.12 per share; and (b) the entry into an Amended Revolving Line of Credit Agreement with Jovian Petroleum Corporation, a related party, which establishes a revolving line of credit in the amount of $500,000 for a period of six months (through August 9, 2018) with amounts borrowed thereunder due at the expiration of the line of credit and accruing interest at the rate of 3.5% per annum unless there is a default thereunder at which time amounts outstanding accrue interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum until paid in full, with such interest payable every 90 days.

 

  (ii) On April 18, 2018, a Separation and Release Agreement between the former President of the Company, James Burns and the Company became effective whereby Mr. Burns ceased to be an employee of the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Company will pay Mr. Burns $33,000, grant him warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share and also issue 2,000,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Company, which it satisfied on May 14, 2018. The warrants were granted at fair value using a Black Scholes model for $266,971 and the restricted shares were valued at the closing price of Petrolia’s stock, for $180,000.
     
  (iii) On April 20, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement to offer the position of Chairman of the Board to James Burns. Mr. Burns accepted and became Chairman of the Board effective May 1, 2018. Pursuant to the terms of the offer, Mr. Burns will be paid an annual salary of $65,000 and up to $25,000 in health benefits for Mr. Burns and his family. The Company will issue 500,000 shares of restricted common stock, which it satisfied on May 14, 2018. An additional 500,000 shares of restricted common stock will be issued upon a successful listing of the Company on the NASDAQ or NYSE exchanges. Mr. Burns will also be granted fully vested warrants to purchase 2,000,000 shares of common stock exercisable at $0.10 per share expiring in 36 months. The warrants were granted at fair value using a Black Scholes model for $177,982 and the restricted shares were valued at the closing price of Petrolia on the date of the agreement for $45,000.
     
  (iv) On April 26, 2018, the Company issued 200,000 shares of common stock as a bonus to a vendor valued at $14,000 based on the closing price of $0.07 per share.
     
  (v) On April 26, 2018, a warrant holder exercised his 500,000 warrants at a strike price of $0.10 for gross proceeds of $50,000 and was issued 500,000 shares of common stock.
     
  (vi) On May 9, 2018, Bow, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an Amended and Restated Loan Agreement with a third party (the “Loan Agreement” and the “Lender”). The Loan Agreement increased by $800,000 the amount of a previous loan agreement entered into between Bow and the Lender, to $1,530,000. The amount owed under the Loan Agreement ($1,530,000) accrues interest at the rate of 12% per annum (19% upon the occurrence of an event of default) and is due and payable on May 11, 2021, provided that the amount owed can be prepaid prior to maturity, beginning 60 days after the date of the Loan Agreement, provided that the Company give the Lender 10 days’ notice of our intent to repay and pay the Lender the interest which would have been due through the maturity date at the time of repayment. The Company is also required to make a payment of principal and interest in the amount of $50,818 per month towards the amount owed beginning on July 15, 2018. The Loan Agreement contains standard and customary events of default, including cross defaults under other indebtedness obligations of us and Bow, and the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on us or Bow.
     
    The additional $800,000 borrowed in connection with the entry into the Loan Agreement can only be used by the Company for a future acquisition of oil and gas properties, which the Company is currently in discussions regarding, and will be secured by such assets, when/if the transaction closes. In the event the acquisition (or another mutually agreed upon acquisition), for any reason does not close, the $800,000 in additional funds are anticipated to be immediately repaid to the Lender.
     
    In order to induce the Lender to enter into the Loan Agreement, the Company agreed to issue the Lender 500,000 shares of restricted common stock (the “Loan Shares”), which were issued on May 18, 2018, and warrants to purchase 2,320,000 shares of common stock (the “Loan Warrants”), of which warrants to purchase (a) 320,000 shares of common stock have an exercise price of $0.10 per share in Canadian dollars, and expire on the date the Loan Agreement has been repaid; (b) 500,000 shares of common stock have an exercise price of $0.12 per share in U.S. dollars, and expires on May 15, 2021; and (c) 1,500,000 shares of common stock have an exercise price of $0.10 per share in U.S. dollars and expire on May 15, 2020.
     
  (vii)

On May 11, 2018 & May 15, 2018, The Company closed a private placement of two of units for $100,000, with each unit having a price of $50,000, is comprised of 416,667 shares of common stock and one warrant to purchase an additional 416,667 shares of common stock at a price of $0.20 per share at any time prior to October 1, 2020.

     
  (viii) On May 22, 2018, 500,000 shares of common stock were issued to (CFO) Tariq Chaudhary as per his employment offer letter.
     
  (ix) Effective on June 29, 2018, the Company acquired a 25% working interest in approximately 41,526 acres located in the Luseland, Hearts Hill, and Cuthbert fields, located in Southwest Saskatchewan and Eastern Alberta, Canada (collectively, the “Canadian Properties” and the “Working Interest”). The Canadian Properties currently encompass 64 sections, with 240 oil and 12 natural gas wells currently producing on the properties. Additionally, there are several idle wells with potential for reactivation and 34 sections of undeveloped land (approximately 21,760 acres).
     
    The Canadian Properties and the Working Interest were acquired from Blue Sky Resources Ltd. (“Blue Sky”), whose President is Ilyas Chaudhary, the father of Zel C. Khan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Chaudhary owns and controls BSIH Ltd. (“BSIH”). BSIH was the largest shareholder of the Company prior to the cancellation of the shares pursuant to the terms of a Share Exchange Agreement between the Company and Blue Sky Resources Ltd dated August 31, 2018. Blue Sky had previously acquired an 80% working interest in the Canadian Properties from Georox Resources Inc., who had acquired the Canadian Properties from Cona Resources Ltd. and Cona Resources Partnership prior to the acquisition by the Company.
     
   

The effective date of the acquisition was June 1, 2018. The acquisition of the Canadian Properties was evidenced and documented by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Company and Blue Sky dated June 29, 2018 and a General Conveyance between the parties dated as of the same date, pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire the Working Interest in consideration for $1,428,581 in Canadian dollars (“CAD”) (approximately $1,089,150 in U.S. dollars) of which CAD $1,022,400 (approximately $779,478 in U.S. dollars) was paid in cash (the “Cash Payment”) and CAD $406,181 (approximately $314,912 in U.S. dollars) was evidenced by a promissory note (the “Acquisition Note”).

     
    The Cash Payment was made with funds borrowed by the Company pursuant to the terms of that certain $1,530,000 May 9, 2018, Amended and Restated Loan Agreement entered into with Bow and a third party (the “Loan Agreement” and the “Lender”). The amount owed under the Loan Agreement accrues interest at the rate of 12% per annum (19% upon the occurrence of an event of default) and is due and payable on May 11, 2021. The Working Interest will be held in the name of the Company’s newly formed wholly-owned Alberta, Canada, subsidiary, Petrolia Canada Corporation. The Acquisition Note, which was dated June 8, 2018, bears interest at the rate of 9% per annum, beginning on August 1, 2018 and is due and payable on November 30, 2018, provided that we have the right to extend the maturity date for a period six months with 10 days’ notice to Blue Sky, in the event we pay 25% of the principal amount of the Acquisition Note at the time of extension.
     
    The acquisition has not formally closed as the assets can only be transferred after the payment/settlement of the Acquisition Note.
     
  (x) On August 17, 2018, the Company sold an aggregate of $90,000 in Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Director Convertible Notes”), to the Company’s directors, Ivar Siem ($20,000) through an entity that he is affiliated with; Leo Womack ($60,000); and Joel Oppenheim ($10,000). The Director Convertible Notes accrue interest at the rate of 12% per annum until paid in full and are due and payable on October 17, 2018. The amount owed may be prepaid at any time without penalty. The outstanding principal and interest owed under the Director Convertible Notes are convertible into common stock of the Company, from time to time, at the option of the holders of the notes, at a conversion price of $0.10 per share. As additional consideration for entering into the notes, the Company agreed to grant one-year warrants to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share for each dollar loaned pursuant to the Director Convertible Notes (the “Bridge Note Warrants”). As such, the Company granted (a) 20,000 Bridge Note Warrants to an entity affiliated with Ivar Siem; (b) 60,000 Bridge Note Warrants to Leo Womack; and (c) 10,000 Bridge Note Warrants to Joel Oppenheim. The Director Convertible Notes contain standard and customary events of default. It is contemplated that up to an additional $160,000 in Director Convertible Notes will be sold to affiliates of the Company in the next several months. 
     
  (xi) Effective on August 31, 2018, the Company entered into and closed the transactions contemplated by a Share Exchange Agreement with Blue Sky Resources Ltd. (“Blue Sky” and the “Exchange Agreement”). The President, Chief Executive Officer and 100% owner of Blue Sky is Ilyas Chaudhary, the father of Zel C. Khan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Chaudhary indirectly owns and controls BSIH Ltd. (“BSIH”), which is a significant shareholder of the Company. Additionally, prior to the acquisition of Bow Energy Ltd. (“Bow”) (which we acquired pursuant to an Arrangement Agreement dated November 30, 2017, which acquisition closed on February 27, 2018), BSIH, and as a result of his ownership and control of BSIH, Mr. Chaudhary, controlled Bow.
     
    Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, we exchanged 100% of the ownership of Bow, in consideration for:
     
   

(a)

70,807,417 shares of the Company’s common stock owned and controlled by Mr. Chaudhary and BSIH (the “Blue Sky Shares”);

     
   

(b) 

$100,000 in cash (less certain advances paid by Blue Sky or Bow to the Company since April 1, 2018);

     
   

(c) 

the assumption of certain payables owed by Bow totaling $1,696,332 (which includes $730,000 owed under the terms of a Loan Agreement, as amended, originally entered into by Bow, but not the subsequent $800,000 borrowed by Bow pursuant to the amendment to the Loan Agreement dated May 9, 2018 (which obligation is documented by a Debt Repayment Agreement));

     
   

(d) 

20% of Bow Energy International Holdings, Inc, which is wholly-owned by Bow (“Bow EIH”)(which entity’s subsidiaries own certain Production Sharing Contracts (the “PSC”) and certain other participating assets), pursuant to an Assignment Agreement;

     
   

(e) 

certain carry rights described in greater detail in the Exchange Agreement, providing for Blue Sky to carry the Company for up to the next $10 million of aggregate costs in BOW EIH and the PSC assets, with any profits from BOW EIH being distributed 80% to Bow and 20% to the Company, pursuant to a Petrolia Carry Agreement (the “Carry Agreement”); and

     
   

(f) 

a 3% royalty, after recovery of (i) the funds expended by Bukit Energy Bohorok Pte Ltd, which is wholly-owned by BOW EIH in the Bohorok, Indonesia PSC (the “Bohorok PSC”) since July 1, 2018, plus (ii) $3,546,450 (i.e., ½ of Bow’s share of the prior sunk cost of the Bohorok PSC), which royalty is evidenced by an Assignment of Petrolia Royalty (the “Royalty Assignment”).

     
    The Exchange Agreement closed on August 31, 2018 and has an effective date of July 1, 2018. The Exchange Agreement contains customary and standard representations and warranties of the parties, indemnification obligations (which survive for six months following the closing) and closing conditions. The Company is in the process of cancelling the Blue Sky Shares and returning such shares to the status of authorized but unissued shares of common stock.