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HAWKER ENERGY, INC.

US:HWKR
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Past year: ▼ 50%(4.00c – 8.00c USD)

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Shares on issue
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Story beats
19 since 2009
Last event
4 May 2015

History

A Nevada shell that began as a Suriname gold hopeful became an oil producer in California, funding its growth with small share placements and debt before buying TEG Oil & Gas in 2015.

2009-2012: A shell chasing gold

The company, then called Sara Creek Gold Corp., changed hands in 2009. Director Richard Pak agreed to sell his 2,000,000 shares to Jean Pomerleau, the company's President, for $20,000, which would give Pomerleau about 67% of the shares. A month later the company agreed to buy a 50% stake in Orion Resources, N.V., a Suriname company holding two exploration concessions, for $2,000,000. It also took an option, through Kapelka Exploration, to buy the remaining Orion share by spending US$6,500,000 on exploration and issuing 12,000,000 restricted shares. The record never shows how the Orion deal ended.

The next beats concern housekeeping and are not encouraging. In February 2011 the company replaced its auditor, Etania Audit Group, with L.L. Bradford, and carried out a 30-for-1 reverse split, with each 30 old shares becoming one. In April it disclosed that its earlier auditor was not licensed in Utah when it signed the 2009 and 2010 audit reports, so the SEC considered those statements unaudited. The company planned to have them re-audited. The record is then quiet until 2013.

2013: The move into oil

In July 2013 the company bought a 2% working interest in the DF#15 oil well in California's Sawtelle Field, paying 2,500,000 shares. It said this ended its status as a shell company. Kristian Andresen signed as chief executive.

In October it closed the purchase of SCNRG, LLC for 14,000,000 shares. SCNRG owned two-thirds of the DEEP Lease, 40 acres in the Midway-Sunset field with five producing wells averaging 4 barrels a day, plus an option on the rest for $325,000. Darren Katic, a SCNRG member, became chief executive. The same month the company took an option on Hawker Energy, LLC, owned by Katic and Charles Moore. Shares outstanding rose from 10,291,985 at the end of 2012 to 25,961,985 at the end of 2013.

2014: Building up and borrowing

On January 1, 2014 the company bought Hawker Energy, LLC for 3,000,000 shares, lifting shares outstanding to 28,961,983. Katic and Moore could earn up to 33,000,000 more shares on future asset purchases. Through the year the company raised small amounts in $0.10 unit placements, each unit a share plus a half-share warrant at $0.20. These included $360,000 in January, $95,000 in cash in late January, $220,600 in April and $30,000 in May. Several placements also cancelled debts owed to creditors and insiders. Shares on issue reached 74,674,703 by the end of 2014.

The money went into the DEEP Lease. SCNRG paid $200,000 in February for about 20.5% more, then $125,000 in May for the rest, reaching a 100% working interest. SAL Energy remained the operator.

In June the company's new subsidiary Tapia Holdings began lending to TEG Oil & Gas, ahead of a proposed purchase of TEG's assets. The loan grew to up to $1,500,000. It was funded by 12% convertible notes, including a $350,000 secured note to Oceanside Strategies with a conversion price that falls if shares are later sold lower. In October, now named Hawker Energy, Inc., the company waived the conditions on the 33,000,000 milestone shares and authorized them all at once. 14,000,000 were issued and 19,000,000 held in escrow.

2015: Buying TEG

On February 3, 2015 the company bought TEG Oil & Gas U.S.A., Inc. from Sefton Resources for $1.00, 3,000,000 shares and a warrant over 5,000,000 shares at $0.25. TEG held the Tapia and Eureka oilfields. At the end of 2014 they had proved reserves of 3,344,796 barrels, and 2014 production was 70 barrels a day. L.L. Bradford, whose report on the year to August 2014 carried going-concern doubt, resigned, and RBSM LLP replaced it.

In March the company took on TEG's Bank of the West loan, $4,008,083.99 at March 18. It paid $400,000 and issued Sefton a $400,000 note. Sefton agreed to return the warrant and 1,500,000 shares. The filing does not say how the payment was funded.

On April 28 management said the financial statements for the year to August 2014 and the November 2014 quarter could no longer be relied on, after an error in accounting for derivative liabilities on two reset-feature convertible notes. The restated FY2014 net loss was $1,729,132, up $32,896. As of June 19, 2015, the restated filings had yet to be made, the bank loan remained under a forbearance agreement, and the cancellation of the Sefton shares and warrant was not yet confirmed.

Written from the 19 story beats below (2009 to 4 May 2015), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.

Beat by beat

The events that changed the company's story, in plain English, each written against everything known about the company at the time. The dot shows whether it was good, bad or neutral for shareholders.

shares on issue market cap (log scale)

201580.1m shares · US$6.4m market cap

  1. 4 May

    On April 28, 2015 management concluded the financial statements for the year ended August 31, 2014 and the quarter ended November 30, 2014 can no longer be relied on, because of an accounting error on derivative liabilities from two convertible notes (a $350,000 note from June 2014 and a $25,000 note from November 2014) with price-reset features. Restated net loss will be $1,729,132 for FY2014 (up $32,896) and $1,648,262 for the November 2014 quarter (up $18,827); the figures are not final. This concerns the reset-feature notes flagged earlier as a dilution risk.

    financial restatement

    80.1m shUS$6.4m
  2. 24 Mar

    On March 18, 2015 the company agreed with Bank of the West and Sefton to take on the TEG bank loan, which stood at $4,008,083.99 as of that date; Sefton and its affiliate TEGMC are released as borrowers. The company paid $400,000 to the bank by March 23 and issued Sefton a $400,000 note (6% simple interest, due March 18, 2018 or earlier if the bank's forbearance expires), which is pledged to the bank as security. In return Sefton will give back the 5,000,000-share warrant and 1,500,000 of the 3,000,000 shares issued for TEG, which reduces the dilution from the February deal. The filing does not say how the $400,000 payment was funded.

    debt financing

    80.1m shUS$4.8m
  3. 9 Feb

    On February 3, 2015 (effective February 1) the company closed the purchase of TEG Oil & Gas U.S.A., Inc. from Sefton Resources for $1.00 in cash, 3,000,000 new shares and a five-year warrant for up to 5,000,000 shares at $0.25. This completes the TEG/Tapia deal that had been pending since the 2014 loans, and TEG is now a wholly-owned subsidiary. Separately, auditor L.L. Bradford resigned (it said it was discontinuing public company audit work) and RBSM LLP was engaged for the year ending August 31, 2015; Bradford's report on the year to August 31, 2014 carried a going-concern doubt.

    asset acquisition disposition

    74.7m shUS$7.5m

201441.2m shares · US$4.1m market cap

  1. 16 Oct

    Now named Hawker Energy, Inc., the company waived all the conditions on the 33,000,000 milestone shares owed to Katic and Moore and authorized issuing the full amount at once (16,500,000 each), instead of as acquisitions were completed. Of these, 19,000,000 are held in escrow: 10,000,000 to be released when the TEG Oil & Gas (Tapia Field) deal completes and 9,000,000 on completing any one of several listed oil-field transactions by December 31, 2017. The filing says this is meant to simplify the share structure and help raise capital; for other shareholders it means 14,000,000 of the shares are issued immediately and the full 33,000,000 is now fixed regardless of acquisitions. This resolves the earlier milestone-share thread, with the escrow still tied to deals.

    capital raising announcement

    41.2m shUS$4.1m
  2. 1 July

    The Oceanside note was replaced by a $350,000 amended note (12%, convertible at $0.10, and the conversion price drops automatically if the company later sells shares at a lower price), still secured on all company assets and meant only to fund advances to TEG. The TEG loan was enlarged to up to $1,500,000 ($912,305.69 advanced) and extended to December 29, 2014, with Tapia's option to buy into the TEG assets extended to June 27, 2015 at $68,750 per 1% (up from $59,171.60). The company also issued 550,000 units at $0.10 to cancel $55,000 of debt. This deepens the company's exposure to the TEG deal and the price-reset feature adds dilution risk.

    capital raising announcement

    39.7m shUS$4.0m
  3. 5 June

    The company's new subsidiary Tapia Holdings agreed to lend TEG Oil & Gas up to $1,000,000 (3% interest, second-ranking security, due July 31, 2014; $552,305.69 already advanced) as part of a proposal to acquire a majority interest in TEG's assets, which still needs a vote by Sefton shareholders. To fund this, the company issued a $250,000 secured convertible note to Oceanside Strategies (12% interest, convertible at $0.10 per unit with a half-share warrant at $0.25, secured on all company assets), and also a $50,000 12% convertible note convertible at $0.10 per share. This moves the TEG/Tapia Field deal from the milestone-share list toward a concrete step, and adds secured debt and potential dilution.

    capital raising announcement

    39.7m shUS$4.0m
  4. 20 May

    On May 15, 2014 SCNRG paid $125,000 to exercise its option and buy the remaining roughly 13% of the DEEP Lease from SAL Energy and TEN-ONE, taking it to a 100% working interest (the 20.9% ORRI and 40% NPI still apply); SAL Energy keeps operating until SCNRG qualifies as operator. This completes the option held since the February purchase. Separately, the company sold 300,000 units at $0.10 for $30,000 on May 8 and granted five people options on 5,950,000 shares at $0.10 (including 600,000 to Katic and 1,000,000 to Andersen), adding dilution. Financial statements for the purchase are promised by amendment.

    asset acquisition disposition

    39.4m shUS$3.9m
  5. 11 Apr

    On April 9, 2014 the company closed another private placement of 3,649,720 units at $0.10: 2,206,000 sold to twelve investors for $220,600, and 1,443,720 issued to four creditors to cancel $144,372 of debt. Each unit has a share and a half-share warrant at $0.20, expiring in five years. Insiders took part, including Katic (684,910 units for debt cancellation) and Smed Capital (linked to Andresen, 250,000 units for $25,000). This continues the series of unit financings and adds dilution.

    capital raising announcement

    39.4m shUS$3.9m
  6. 6 Feb

    On February 4, 2014 SCNRG exercised part of its option, paying $200,000 for about another 20.5% of the DEEP Lease, taking its interest to roughly 87%. A further $125,000 option on the remainder is still held, and SAL Energy will operate until SCNRG qualifies as operator. Separately, on January 31 the company sold 1,175,000 units at $0.10 (950,000 for $95,000 cash; 225,000 to two creditors to cancel $22,500 of debt, including $15,000 owed to Andresen), each with a half-share warrant at $0.20. This continues the DEEP Lease build-up and the unit financings.

    asset acquisition disposition

    76.0m shUS$7.6m
  7. 16 Jan

    On January 10, 2014 the company closed a private placement of 3,600,000 units at $0.10 each to seven investors for $360,000. Each unit has one share plus a warrant for half a share at $0.20, expiring in five years. Insiders and large holders took part: Katic $38,000, Manhattan Holdings $90,000, Tywoniuk $50,000. This is new cash for the company, with dilution from the shares and warrants.

    capital raising announcement

    76.0m shUS$7.6m
  8. 7 Jan

    On January 1, 2014 the company exercised its option and bought all of Hawker Energy, LLC from Darren Katic and Charles Moore for 1,500,000 shares each (3,000,000 total), raising shares outstanding from 25,961,983 to 28,961,983. Up to 33,000,000 more shares could go to them if the company acquires certain assets (California Oil Independents, South Coast Oil Huntington Beach, Midway-Sunset Lease interests, TEG Oil & Gas, PRC 145.1 Lease rights, PRC 427 Lease rights). This resolves the October option and expands the possible milestone shares versus the October terms (which listed 16M), so potential future dilution is larger.

    asset acquisition disposition

    76.0m shUS$7.6m

201310.3m shares · US$1.0m market cap

  1. 30 Oct

    On October 25, 2013 the company (still Sara Creek Gold Corp.) closed the purchase of SCNRG, LLC, paying 14,000,000 shares to Darren Katic, Manhattan Holdings and Gerald Tywoniuk. SCNRG owns two-thirds of the DEEP Lease (40 acres in the Midway-Sunset field, five producing wells averaging 4 barrels a day, about $145,000 gross revenue over 12 months to Aug 31, 2013) and an option to buy the other third for $325,000. Katic becomes CEO, CFO, President and director while Andresen steps down from those roles but stays Secretary and director. This resolves the September agreement; the 14M new shares dilute existing holders.

    asset acquisition disposition

    10.3m shUS$1.0m
  2. 21 Oct

    On October 15, 2013 the company got an option, exercisable until December 1, 2013 unless extended, to buy all of Hawker Energy, LLC from Darren Katic and Charles Moore for 3,000,000 shares. Further shares could go to the sellers if Hawker acquires certain assets: 2,000,000 each for the Monroe Swell Field (California Oil Independents) and a South Coast Oil Huntington Beach participation, 5,000,000 for the Midway-Sunset Lease interests, and 7,000,000 for assets related to the PRC 145.1 Lease. Katic is also a member of SCNRG, the DEEP Lease company in the September deal. The name Hawker appears here, and this sets up the later company name.

    material agreement

    10.3m shUS$1.0m
  3. 24 Sept

    On September 18, 2013 the company agreed to acquire all membership interests of SCNRG LLC, which owns a two-thirds interest in an oil-producing property called the DEEP Lease, for 14,000,000 company shares. Closing is subject to conditions and expected in the third quarter of 2013. This continues the move into oil and gas, and the share issue would increase the number of shares outstanding.

    material agreement

    10.3m shUS$1.0m
  4. 23 July

    On July 18, 2013 the company, still named Sara Creek Gold Corp., acquired a 2% working interest in the DF#15 oil well in the Sawtelle Field from Ryan Bateman, effective June 30, 2013, paying 2,500,000 shares (500,000 shortly after, 2,000,000 on January 1, 2014). The filing says this ended its status as a shell company, so the company is now moving into oil and gas. It also issued 1,180,000 shares to six investors to settle $59,000 owed on a convertible note, now paid in full. Kristian Andresen signs as CEO, replacing Pomerleau in that role. There is no mention of the Orion deal in this filing.

    asset acquisition disposition

    10.3m shUS$1.0m

2011

  1. 12 Apr

    The company says its former auditor (Davis Accounting Group, later Etania) was not licensed in Utah when it signed the audit reports on the 2010 and 2009 annual reports, and the SEC told the company those financial statements are therefore not considered audited. It will amend the 10-K to remove the audit report and plan to have L.L. Bradford audit them and file a further amendment. This explains the February 2011 auditor change and is bad news for the reliability of past filings.

    auditor change

  2. 17 Feb

    On February 14, 2011 the company dismissed Etania Audit Group and hired L.L. Bradford as its auditor; Etania's report on the year ended August 31, 2010 carried a going concern qualification. The filing also says the board approved a 30-for-1 reverse split of its shares, effective in the market February 8, 2011, with authorized shares unchanged at 750,000,000. Each 30 old shares became one new share.

    auditor change

2009

  1. 7 Oct

    Sara Creek Gold agreed on September 30, 2009 to buy one share representing 50% of Orion Resources, N.V. (Suriname) for $2,000,000, closing scheduled for November 15, 2009. Orion holds two exploration concessions of 56,920 hectares. On October 5 it also took an option from Kapelka Exploration to buy the one Orion share Kapelka holds (100% of Orion), exercisable by September 30, 2011 by spending US$6,500,000 on exploration (at least $250,000 a month from November 15, 2009) and issuing 12,000,000 restricted shares to Kapelka's shareholders. This starts the company's move into gold exploration.

    material agreement

  2. 1 Sept

    Director Richard Pak, formerly the company's President, CEO, CFO, Secretary and Treasurer, agreed on August 28, 2009 to sell all 2,000,000 of his shares to Jean Pomerleau for $20,000, with closing due by September 10, 2009. Pomerleau, already the company's President, CEO, CFO, Secretary, Treasurer and a director, would then hold about 67% of the shares, a change in control of the company.

    material agreement