EX-10.4



 Exhibit 10.4 

THIS PROMISSORY NOTE (“NOTE”) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). THIS NOTE HAS
BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION OF THE RESALE THEREOF UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY IN FORM, SCOPE AND SUBSTANCE TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. 
 PROMISSORY NOTE 
  

			
	 Principal Amount: $200,000.00
	  	 Dated as of December 16, 2017

Fort Worth, Texas


 Pure Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Maker”), promises to pay to the order of HighPeak Pure
Acquisition, LLC or its registered assigns or successors in interest (the “Payee”), or order, the principal sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) or such lesser amount as shall have been advanced by Payee to Maker and shall
remain unpaid under this Note on the Maturity Date (as defined below) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms and conditions described below. All payments on this Note shall be made by check or wire transfer of immediately
available funds or as otherwise determined by the Maker to such account as the Payee may from time to time designate by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Note. 

 

	 	1.	Principal. The entire unpaid principal balance of Note shall be payable on the earlier of: (i) July 31, 2018, or (ii) the date on which Maker consummates an initial public offering of its
securities (such earlier date, the “Maturity Date”). The principal balance may be prepaid at any time. Under no circumstances shall any individual, including but not limited to any officer, director, employee or shareholder of the Maker,
be obligated personally for any obligations or liabilities of the Maker hereunder. 

  

	 	2.	Drawdown Requests. Maker and Payee agree that Maker may request, from time to time, up to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) in draw downs under this Note to be used for costs and expenses related to
Maker’s formation and the proposed initial public offering of its securities (the “IPO”). Principal of this Note may be drawn down from time to time prior to the Maturity Date upon written request from Maker to Payee (each, a
“Drawdown Request”). Each Drawdown Request must state the amount to be drawn down, and must not be an amount less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Payee shall fund each Drawdown Request no later than three (3) business days
after receipt of a Drawdown Request; provided, however, that the maximum amount of drawdowns outstanding under this Note at any time may not exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00). No fees, payments or other amounts shall be due to Payee
in connection with, or as a result of, any Drawdown Request by Maker. 

  

	 	3.	Interest. No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note. 

  

	 	4.	Application of Payments. All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the collection of any sum due under this Note, including (without limitation) reasonable attorney’s
fees, then to the payment in full of any late charges and finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this Note. 

  

	 	5.	Events of Default. The following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”): 

  

	 	(a)	Failure to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay the principal amount due pursuant to this Note within five (5) business days of the date specified in Section 1 above. 


 

	 	(b)	Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the foregoing. 









	 	(c)	Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding- up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance
of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days. 

  

	 	6.	Remedies. 

  

	 	(a)	Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5(a) hereof, Payee may, by written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be due immediately and payable, whereupon the unpaid principal amount of this
Note, and all other amounts payable thereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents
evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding. 

  

	 	(b)	Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 5(b) or 5(c), the unpaid principal balance of this Note, and all other sums payable with regard to this Note, shall automatically and immediately become
due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of Payee. 

  

	 	7.	Waivers. Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to the Note, all
errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the
proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate that
may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in part in any order desired by Payee. 


 

	 	8.	Unconditional Liability. Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be
unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions
of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and agrees that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to
Maker or affecting Maker’s liability hereunder. 

  

	 	9.	Trust Waiver. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Payee hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in or to any distribution of or
from the trust account to be established in which the proceeds of the IPO (including the deferred underwriters discounts and commissions) and the proceeds of the sale of the units issued in a private placement to occur prior to the effectiveness of
the IPO are to be deposited, as described in greater detail in the registration statement and prospectus to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the IPO, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement,
payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the trust account for any reason whatsoever. 

  

	 	10.	Notices. All notices, statements or other documents which are required or contemplated by this Agreement shall be: (i) in writing and delivered personally or sent by first class registered or certified mail,
overnight courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission to the address designated in writing, (ii) by facsimile to the number most recently provided to such party or such other address or fax number as may be designated in writing by
such party and (iii) by electronic mail, to the electronic mail address. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note to
be duly executed by the undersigned as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	Pure Acquisition Corp.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Steven W. Tholen

	Name:	 	Steven W. Tholen
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer