Document:

Placement Agent Agreement

 Exhibit 10.2 
 December 29, 2010 
 Mr. Richard A. Franco, Sr. 

Chief Executive Officer 
 DARA BioSciences, Inc.

 8601 Six Forks Road 
 Suite 160

 Raleigh, NC 27615 
 Dear Richard:

 This letter (the “Agreement”) constitutes the agreement between Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc.
(“Ladenburg” or the “Placement Agent”) and DARA BioSciences, Inc. (the “Company”), that Ladenburg shall serve as the exclusive placement agent for the Company, on a “reasonable best
efforts” basis, in connection with the proposed placement (the “Placement”) of registered securities (the “Securities”) of the Company, including shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s
convertible preferred stock, which Shares are convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock. The terms of such Placement and the
Securities shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the purchasers (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”) and nothing herein constitutes that Ladenburg would have the power or authority to
bind the Company or any Purchaser or an obligation for the Company to issue any Securities or complete the Placement. This Agreement and the documents executed and delivered by the Company and the Purchasers in connection with the Placement shall be
collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents.” The date of the closing of the Placement shall be referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that
Ladenburg’s obligations hereunder are on a reasonable best efforts basis only and that the execution of this Agreement does not constitute a commitment by Ladenburg to purchase the Securities and does not ensure the successful placement of the
Securities or any portion thereof or the success of Ladenburg with respect to securing any other financing on behalf of the Company. The Placement Agent may retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents or selected-dealers on its behalf in
connection with the Placement. 
 SECTION 1. COMPENSATION. 

(A) As compensation for the services provided by Ladenburg hereunder, the Company agrees to pay to Ladenburg a cash fee
payable immediately upon the closing of the Placement equal to 8% of the aggregate gross proceeds received in the Placement from the issuance of Securities to Purchasers first introduced to the Company by Ladenburg (“Ladenburg
Purchasers”), provided, however, in the event gross proceeds in the Placement equal or exceed 

 
$3,200,000 (not including proceeds raised by the Company through its own marketing and selling efforts to existing stockholders or other investors with whom the Company has a relationship or with
whom the Company is otherwise familiar and who were not first introduced to the Company by Ladenburg), such cash fee will be equal to 9% of the aggregate gross proceeds received from Ladenburg Purchasers in the Placement. 

 

	 	(B)	Subject to compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(D), the Company also agrees to reimburse Ladenburg’s non-accountable expenses equal to 0.8% of the aggregate gross
proceeds raised in the placement, but in no event more than $15,000, $5,000 of which has been paid as of the date hereof (provided, however, that such expense cap in no way limits or impairs the indemnification and contribution provisions of this
Agreement). Such $5,000 advance shall be non-refundable solely to the extent Ladenburg provides the Company with supporting invoices/receipts of actual expenses incurred. 

 SECTION 2. REGISTRATION STATEMENT. 
 The Company represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the Placement Agent that: 
 (A) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration File No. 333-165884) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which became effective on , for the registration under the Securities
Act of the Securities. At the time of such filing, the Company met the requirements of Form S-1 under the Securities Act. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rules 430A and 424(b) under the Securities Act, and the rules and
regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated thereunder, a final prospectus included in such registration statement relating to the placement of the Securities and the plan of distribution thereof and has advised
the Placement Agent of all further information (financial and other) with respect to the Company required to be set forth therein. Such registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended at the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter
called the “Registration Statement”; such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Preliminary Prospectus”; and the amended or supplemented form of prospectus, in the
form in which it will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rules 430A and 424(b) (including the Preliminary Prospectus as so amended or supplemented) is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus.” Any reference in this Agreement to the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”) pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-1 which
were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on or before the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference
in this Agreement to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of
any document under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. All references in this Agreement to
financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included,” “described,” “referenced,” “set forth” or “stated” in the Registration

 
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other
information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus has been issued, and no proceeding for any such purpose is pending or has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened by the Commission. For purposes of this Agreement,
“free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and the “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus, if any, together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, used in
connection with the Placement, including any documents incorporated by reference therein. 
 (B) The Registration Statement (and
any further documents to be filed with the Commission) contains all exhibits and schedules as required by the Securities Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in
all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the Final Prospectus, each as of its respective date, comply in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations. Each of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, did not and will not
contain as of the date thereof any 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 Incorporated
Documents, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations, and none of such documents, when they were filed with the Commission, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (with respect to Incorporated Documents incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus), in light of
the circumstances under which they were made not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, or Final Prospectus, when such documents are filed with
the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting any facts or events arising after the date thereof which
represent, individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set forth therein is required to be filed with the Commission. There are no documents required to be filed with the Commission in connection with the transaction
contemplated hereby that (x) have not been filed as required pursuant to the Securities Act or (y) will not be filed within the requisite time period. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as exhibits or schedules to the Registration Statement, which have not been described or filed as required. 

 (C) The Company is eligible to use free writing prospectuses in connection with the
Placement pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that
was prepared by or behalf of or used by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Company will not, without the
prior consent of the Placement Agent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus. 
 (D) The Company has delivered,
or will as promptly as practicable deliver, to the Placement Agent complete conformed copies of the Registration Statement and of each consent and certificate of experts, as applicable, filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the
Registration Statement (without exhibits), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the Placement Agent reasonably requests.
Placement Agent acknowledges that all such materials as exist on the date of this letter are available on EDGAR. Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers has distributed and none of them will distribute, prior to the Closing Date,
any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Placement other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, the Final Prospectus, the Registration Statement, copies of the
documents incorporated by reference therein and any other materials permitted by the Securities Act. 
 SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. Each of the representations and warranties (together with any related disclosure schedules thereto) made to the Purchasers in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December
            , 2010, between the Company and each Purchaser, is hereby incorporated herein by reference (as though fully restated herein) and is hereby made to, and in favor of,
Ladenburg. 
 SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS OF LADENBURG. Ladenburg represents and warrants that it is (i) a member in good
standing of FINRA, (ii) is registered as a broker/dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and (iii) is licensed as a broker/dealer under the laws of the States applicable to the offers and sales of
Securities by Ladenburg. Ladenburg will immediately notify the Company in writing of any change in its status as such. Ladenburg covenants that it will use its reasonable best efforts to conduct the Transaction hereunder in compliance with the
provisions of this Agreement. Except as required by law or as contemplated by this agreement, Ladenburg will keep confidential all material nonpublic information, including information regarding the Transaction contemplated hereunder, provided
to it by the Company or its affiliates or advisors and use such information only for the purposes contemplated herein. 
 SECTION 5.
INDEMNIFICATION. The Company agrees to the indemnification and other agreements set forth in the Indemnification Provisions (the “Indemnification”) attached hereto as Addendum A, the provisions of which are incorporated
herein by reference and shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement. 

 SECTION 6. ENGAGEMENT TERM. Ladenburg’s engagement hereunder will be for the period of
120 days. The engagement may be terminated by either the Company or Ladenburg at any time upon 10 days’ written notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions concerning the Company’s obligation to pay
any fees actually earned, and the confidentiality, indemnification, contribution provisions contained herein and the Company’s obligations contained in the Indemnification Provisions will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.
Ladenburg agrees not to disclose or use any confidential information concerning the Company provided to it by the Company for any purposes other than those contemplated under this Agreement. 
 SECTION 7. LADENBURG INFORMATION. The Company agrees that any information or advice rendered by Ladenburg in connection with this engagement is for the confidential use of the Company only
in its evaluation of the Placement and, except as otherwise required by law, the Company will not disclose or otherwise refer to the advice or information in any manner without Ladenburg’s prior written consent. 

SECTION 8. NO FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP. This Agreement does not create, and shall not be construed as creating rights enforceable by any
person or entity not a party hereto, except those entitled hereto by virtue of the Indemnification Provisions hereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that Ladenburg is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary of the Company and shall have
no duties or liabilities to the equity holders or the creditors of the Company or any other person by virtue of this Agreement or the retention of Ladenburg hereunder, all of which are hereby expressly waived. 

SECTION 9. CLOSING. The obligations of the Placement Agent, and the closing of the sale of the Securities hereunder are subject to the
accuracy, when made and on the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and its Subsidiaries contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries made in any certificates
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and its Subsidiaries of their obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions: 

(A) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or otherwise) shall
have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Placement Agent. 
 (B) The Placement Agent shall not have
discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the
opinion of counsel for the Placement Agent, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. 

(C) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form, execution, delivery and validity of each of
this Agreement, the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably

 
satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Placement Agent, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to
enable them to pass upon such matters. 
 (D) The Placement Agent shall have received from outside counsel to the Company such
counsel’s written opinion, addressed to the Placement Agent dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent, which opinion shall include a “10b-5” negative assurance from such
counsel. 
 (E) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, terrorist act or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus and (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the Placement Agent, so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the Final Prospectus.

 (F) The Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act. The Company shall have taken no action designed to, or likely to
have the effect of terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange, nor has the Company received any information suggesting that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. 

(G) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or minimum or maximum prices or maximum ranges for prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission,
by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or
securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities in which it is not currently engaged, the subject of an act of terrorism, there shall have been an escalation in
hostilities involving the United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, or (iv) there shall have occurred any other calamity or crisis or any change in general economic, political or
financial conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event in clause (iii) or (iv) makes it, in the sole judgment of the Placement Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus. 
 (H) No action
shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would, as of the 

 
Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company; and no injunction,
restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or
potentially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company. 
 (I) The Company shall have prepared and filed
with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Placement, including as an exhibit thereto this Agreement. 

(J) The Company shall have entered into subscription agreements with each of the Purchasers and such agreements shall be in full force
and effect and shall contain representations, warranties and covenants of the Company as agreed between the Company and the Purchasers. 
 (K) FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms and arrangements of this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall, if requested by the Placement Agent, make or
authorize Placement Agent’s counsel to make on the Company’s behalf, an Issuer Filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 with respect to the Registration Statement and pay all filing fees required in connection therewith. 

(L) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent such further information, certificates and
documents as the Placement Agent may reasonably request. 
 All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Placement Agent. 
 SECTION 10. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely
in such State. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Any right to trial by jury with respect to any dispute arising under this Agreement or any transaction or conduct in connection herewith is waived. Each of the Placement Agent and the Company: (i) agrees that any legal suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, (ii) waives any objection which it may have or hereafter to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, and
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Placement Agent and the Company further agrees to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in
any such suit, action or proceeding in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and agrees that service of process upon the Company mailed by certified mail to the
Company’s address 

 
shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company, in any such suit, action or proceeding, and service of process upon the Placement Agent mailed by certified mail to
the Placement Agent’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective service process upon the Placement Agent, in any such suit, action or proceeding. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of a Transaction Document, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its
attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. 

SECTION 11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT/MISC. This Agreement (including the attached Indemnification Provisions) embodies the entire agreement and
understanding between the parties hereto, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, relating to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such
determination will not affect such provision in any other respect or any other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified or waived except by an instrument in
writing signed by both Ladenburg and the Company. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the closing of the Placement and delivery and/or exercise of the Securities, as applicable. This Agreement may
be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together 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, it being
understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or a .pdf format file, such signature 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 facsimile or .pdf signature page were an original thereof. The Company agrees that the Placement Agent may rely upon, and is a third party beneficiary of, the
representations and warranties, and applicable covenants set forth in any such purchase, subscription or other agreement with the Purchasers in the Placement. 
 SECTION 12. NOTICES. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on
the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a business day,
(b) the next business day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a business day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on any business day, (c) the business day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages hereto. 
 Please confirm that the
foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement by signing and returning to Ladenburg the enclosed copy of this Agreement. 
  

	
	Very truly yours,
	
	LADENBURG THALMANN & CO., INC.

  

			
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	Address for notice:
	 4400 Biscayne Blvd

14th Floor
 Miami, Florida 33137

Attention: General Counsel

 Accepted and Agreed to as of 
 the date first written above: 

DARA BioSciences, Inc. 
  

			
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	Address for notice:
	 8601 Six Forks Road

Suite 160
 Raleigh, NC 27615

Attention: Richard A. Franco

 ADDENDUM A 

INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS 
 In connection with the engagement of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (“Ladenburg”) by DARA BioSciences, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to a letter agreement dated December
29, 2010, between the Company and Ladenburg, as it may be amended from time to time in writing (the “Agreement”), the Company hereby agrees as follows: 
  

	1.	The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Ladenburg, its officers, directors, principals, employees, affiliates, and stockholders, and their successors and
assigns, harmless from and against any and all loss, claim, damage, liability, deficiencies, actions, suits, proceedings, costs and legal expenses or expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees and other expenses and
reasonable disbursements incurred in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any action, suit or proceeding, including any inquiry or investigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, or in appearing or
preparing for appearance as witness in any proceeding, including any pretrial proceeding such as a deposition) (collectively the “Losses”) arising out of, based upon, or in any way related or attributed to, (i) any breach of a
representation, warranty or covenant by the Company contained in this Agreement; or (ii) any activities or services performed hereunder by Ladenburg, unless it is finally judicially determined in a court of competent jurisdiction that such
Losses were the primary and direct result of the intentional misconduct or gross negligence of Ladenburg in performing the services hereunder. 

  

	2.	 If Ladenburg receives written notice of the commencement of any legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to which the Company is or may be
obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this Section (B), Ladenburg shall, within twenty (20) days of the receipt of such written notice, give the Company written notice thereof (a “Claim Notice”). Failure to give such Claim
Notice within such twenty (20) day period shall not constitute a waiver by Ladenburg of its right to indemnity hereunder with respect to such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, the indemnification hereunder may be limited by any
such failure to provide a Claim Notice to the Company that materially prejudices the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of a Claim Notice from Ladenburg with respect to any claim for indemnification which is based upon a claim made by a third
party (“Third Party Claim”), the Company may assume the defense of the Third Party Claim with counsel of its own choosing, as described below. Ladenburg shall cooperate in the defense of the Third Party Claim and shall furnish such
records, information and testimony and attend all such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings, trial and appeals as may be reasonably required in connection therewith. Ladenburg shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action
which shall be at the Company’s expense if (i) the Company and Ladenburg shall have mutually agreed in writing to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the Company shall have failed in a timely manner to assume the defense and employ
counsel or experts reasonably satisfactory to Ladenburg in such litigation or proceeding or (iii) the named parties to any such litigation or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include the Company and Ladenburg and representation of
the Company and Ladenburg by the same counsel or experts would, in the reasonable opinion of Ladenburg, be inappropriate due to 

	 	 
actual or potential differing interests between the Company and Ladenburg. The Company shall not satisfy or settle any Third Party Claim for which indemnification has been sought and is available
hereunder, without the prior written consent of Ladenburg, which consent shall not be delayed and which shall not be required if Ladenburg is granted a release in connection therewith. The indemnification provisions hereunder shall survive the
termination or expiration of this Agreement. 

  

	3.	The Company further agrees, upon demand by Ladenburg, to promptly reimburse Ladenburg for, or pay, any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense as to which Ladenburg
has been indemnified herein with such reimbursement to be made currently as any loss, damage, liability or expense is incurred by Ladenburg. Notwithstanding the provisions of the aforementioned Indemnification, any such reimbursement or payment by
the Company of fees, expenses, or disbursements incurred by Ladenburg shall be repaid by Ladenburg in the event of any proceeding in which a final judgment (after all appeals or the expiration of time to appeal) is entered in a court of competent
jurisdiction against Ladenburg based solely upon its gross negligence or intentional misconduct in the performance of its duties hereunder, and provided further, that the Company shall not be required to make reimbursement or payment for any
settlement effected without the Company’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). 

  

	4.	If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable or is insufficient to hold such indemnified party harmless, the Company agrees to contribute the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Company, as the case may be, on the one hand, and Ladenburg, on the other hand, but also the relative fault of the Company and
Ladenburg as well as any relevant equitable considerations. In no event shall Ladenburg contribute in excess of the fees actually received by it pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 

 

	5.	For purposes of this Agreement, each officer, director, stockholder, and employee or affiliate of Ladenburg and each person, if any, who controls Ladenburg (or any
affiliate) within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall have the same rights as Ladenburg with respect to matters of
indemnification by the Company hereunder. 

  

					
	LADENBURG THALMANN & CO. INC.
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	Name:
		 		 	Title:

 Accepted and Agreed to as of 
 the date first written above: 
 DARA BioSciences, Inc. 

 

			
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:Amendment to Credit Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 This AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment”) is entered into as of December 20, 2010, by and among (1) TRANSATLANTIC WORLDWIDE, LTD., a company organized and existing under the laws of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas (the “Borrower”),
(2) each of the Lenders signatory hereto (the “Amendment Lenders”) and (3) STANDARD BANK PLC, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). 

W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower, TransAtlantic Petroleum, Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company with limited liability (the “Parent”), TransAtlantic Petroleum (USA) Corp., a Colorado corporation
(together with the Parent, the “Guarantors”), the Subsidiary Guarantors, each of the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “Lenders”), and Standard Bank Plc, as Administrative Agent and as collateral agent
for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “Credit
Agreement”). 
 WHEREAS, as further described in that certain letter from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent,
dated December 14, 2010 (the “Amendment Request Letter”), EMRA may not have granted a natural gas wholesale license to Petrogas in accordance with the terms of the Turkish Natural Gas License Regulation on or prior to
December 31, 2010 (the “Petrogas License Date”). 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to amend the Credit
Agreement to extend the Petrogas License Date from December 31, 2010 to March 1, 2011. 
 WHEREAS, the Amendment
Lenders agree to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement to extend the Petrogas License Date to March 1, 2011 on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 1.1 Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. 
 1.2 Interpretation. This Amendment shall be construed and interpreted
in accordance with the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 through Section 1.6 of the Credit Agreement. 

SECTION 2. AMENDMENT 
 2.1 Amendment. Subject to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3, the Amendment Lenders agree to amend Section 2.4(b)(vi) of the Credit Agreement in its entirety to read
as follows: 
 “(vi) Petrogas Natural Gas Wholesale License. If, by March 1, 2011, EMRA shall not have granted
a natural gas wholesale license to Petrogas in accordance with the terms of the Turkish Natural Gas License Regulation and otherwise on terms satisfactory to the Majority Lenders, the Borrower shall prepay $4,000,000 in outstanding principal amount
of the Loans (or if less than $4,000,000 is outstanding at such time, such outstanding amount); and”. 

 SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 

3.1 Conditions Precedent. The amendment referred to in Section 2 shall become effective if: 

(a) this Amendment shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Amendment Lenders and counterparts hereof as so executed shall have
been delivered to the Administrative Agent; 
 (b) the Guarantors and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have consented and agreed
to and acknowledged the terms of this Amendment; and 
 (c) the Borrower shall have paid all outstanding documented costs and
expenses (including invoiced legal fees), invoiced by the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date hereof. 
 SECTION 4.
MISCELLANEOUS 
 4.1 Representations and Warranties. The Borrower, by signing below, hereby represents and warrants to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows: 
 (a) it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (if such
concept exists under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; 
 (b)
the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and as contemplated by the Amendment Request Letter (i) are within its corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action, (iii) do not contravene its constitutional documents or any Applicable Law or any of its Contractual Obligations, and (iv) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien prohibited by the
Credit Agreement; 
 (c) no consent, order, authorization, or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is required for its due execution and delivery of this Amendment, the performance of its obligations hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; 

(d) it has duly executed and delivered this Amendment, and upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 above,
this Amendment constitutes its legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar
law affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity; 

  
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 (e) both before and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment; and 

(f) to the extent not already made above, each of the other representations and warranties set forth in Article 5 of the Credit Agreement
is true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 4.2 Waiver of Claims. The Borrower hereby waives and releases each of the Secured Parties and their respective
directors, officers, employees, attorneys, affiliates and subsidiaries from any and all claims, offsets, defenses and counterclaims of which it is aware that currently exist and can now be asserted to reduce or eliminate all or any part of the
obligation of such Borrower to make any payments to the Secured Parties as provided in the Loan Documents, such waiver and release being made with full knowledge and understanding of the circumstances and effect thereof and after having consulted
legal counsel with respect thereto. 
 4.3 Expenses. As provided in the Credit Agreement, but without limiting any terms
or provisions thereof, the Borrower agrees to pay on demand, upon presentation of a statement of account, all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, and execution of this
Amendment, including without limitation the reasonable costs and fees of the Administrative Agent’s legal counsel, regardless of whether this Amendment becomes effective in accordance with the terms hereof. 

4.4 Credit Agreement Unaffected. Each reference to the Credit Agreement herein or in any other Loan Document shall hereafter be
construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. Except as herein otherwise specifically provided, all provisions of the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be unaffected hereby. This Amendment is a Loan
Document. 
 4.5 Entire Agreement. This Amendment, together with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
integrates all the terms and conditions mentioned herein and supersedes all oral representations and negotiations and prior writings with respect to the subject matter hereof. 
 4.6 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, by different parties hereto in separate counterparts and by facsimile signature, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. 

4.7 Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 4.8 Submission to Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY IN ANY LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY LOAN
DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF A SECURED PARTY OR AN OBLIGOR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH; PROVIDED, THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF A SECURED
PARTY TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST AN OBLIGOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. 

  
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 4.9 Jury Trial Waiver. THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY
WAIVE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AMENDMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING,
STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR
THE PARTIES TO ENTER INTO AMENDMENT. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered as of the date first
written above. 
  

			
	TRANSATLANTIC WORLDWIDE, LTD., as Borrower
		
	By:	 	/s/ Matthew W. McCann
	Name:	 	Matthew W. McCann
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
	
	STANDARD BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent
		
	By:	 	/s/ Ola Busari
	Name:	 	Ola Busari
	Title:	 	
		
	By:	 	/s/ Zakia Mannan
	Name:	 	Zakia Mannan
	Title:	 	
	
	STANDARD BANK PLC, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	/s/ Robert Anastasio
	Name:	 	Robert Anastasio
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President
		
	By:	 	/s/ Eddy Lacayo
	Name:	 	Eddy Lacayo
	Title:	 	Director

 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT 

Each of the undersigned (the “Guarantors”) consents and agrees to and acknowledges the terms of the foregoing amendment,
dated as of December 20, 2010 (the “Amendment”). Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its guarantee obligations under Article 9 of the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be unaffected hereby.
Unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have such meaning ascribed to it in the Amendment. 
 Each Guarantor, by signing below, hereby waives and releases the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties and their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, affiliates and
subsidiaries from any and all claims, offsets, defenses and counterclaims of which such Guarantor is aware that currently exist and can now be asserted to reduce or eliminate all or any part of the obligation of such Guarantor to repay the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties as provided in the Credit Agreement executed by such Guarantor, such waiver and release being with full knowledge and understanding of the circumstances and effect thereof and after having consulted legal
counsel with respect thereto. 
 This Guarantor Acknowledgement and Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted
in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. 
 EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY
WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT AND THE AMENDMENT, OR ANY COURSE
OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. EACH GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT THIS
PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES THERETO TO ENTER INTO THE AMENDMENT. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Guarantor Acknowledgment and
Agreement as of the date of the Amendment. 
  

			
	TRANSATLANTIC PETROLEUM, LTD., as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	/s/ Matthew W. McCann
	Name:	 	Matthew W. McCann
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
	
	TRANSATLANTIC PETROLEUM (USA) CORP., as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	/s/ Matthew W. McCann
	Name:	 	Matthew W. McCann
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
	
	AMITY OIL INTERNATIONAL PTY LIMITED, as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	/s/ Matthew W. McCann
	Name:	 	Matthew W. McCann
	Title:	 	Director
	
	PETROGAS PETROL GAZ VE PETROKIMYA ÜRUNLERI İNSAAT SANAYI VE TICARET A.Ş., as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	/s/ Scott C. Larsen
	Name:	 	Scott C. Larsen
	Title:	 	Director

  
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