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Platinum Group Metals Ltd. - Exhibit 4.12 - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO INDENTURE 

            This
Supplement No. 1 to Indenture (this “Supplement”) is entered into as of
January 31, 2018 by and between Platinum Group Metals Ltd., a British Columbia
corporation (the “Company”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee
(the “Trustee”). 

RECITALS 

            WHEREAS,
the Company and the Trustee are parties to that certain Indenture dated as of
June 30, 2017 (the “Indenture”), with respect to the Company’s 6 7/8%
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022 (the “Securities”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Indenture, the Holders of 100% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities (the “Consenting Holders”)
have consented to and authorized the Company and the Trustee to enter into this
Supplement. 

            WHEREAS,
the Consenting Holders have waived the requirements of Section 2.17(H) with
respect to this Supplement. 

            WHEREAS,
the Company has delivered to the Trustee, pursuant to Sections 12.02 and 12.03
of the Indenture, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that all conditions precedent to the execution of this Supplement have been
complied with and attaching evidence of the consent and authorization of the
Holders. 

           
WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make this Supplement a
valid and binding obligation of the Company have been completed, subject to
certain terms, conditions and limitations as provided herein. 

            NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

            1.       
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings given to them in the Indenture.

            2.       
The Indenture is hereby supplemented and amended as follows: 

	 	(a) 	
      The following paragraph is added at the end of Section
      4.03 of the Indenture:

“(J) So long as the Company timely
pays Additional Interest pursuant to Section 4.03(D) upon and during the
continuation of a Restricted Transfer Default, no Default or Event of Default
due to the failure to comply with Section 4.12 shall be deemed to have
occurred or be continuing. Such Additional Interest is payable on each interest
payment date as set forth in Section 4.03(D) .” 

	 	(b) 	
      The following paragraph is added at the end of the
      definition of “Fundamental Change” in Section 1.01 of the
  Indenture:

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      “Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a
      Fundamental Change shall not include (i) the sale of the equity or assets
      of, or loans to, Maseve Investments 11 Proprietary Limited, (ii) the sale
      to Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (“Impala”) by Platinum Group
      Metals (RSA) Proprietary Limited (“PTM RSA”) of an 8.6% interest in
      Waterberg JV Resources Proprietary Limited (the “JV Company”),
      (iii) Impala exercising its call option (the “Call Option”) to
      increase its interest in JV Company and obtain other rights as
      contemplated by the Call Option Agreement among the Company, PTM RSA,
      Tiger Gate Platinum Propriety Limited, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National
      Corporation, Mnombo Wethu Consultants (Pty) Ltd., Impala and JV Company
      (collectively, the “Waterberg JV Parties”) and the Shareholders
      Agreement among the Waterberg JV Parties; or (iv) any combination of the
      foregoing.”

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      The following sentence is added at the end of Section
      4.11 of the Indenture:

	 	 	 
	 		
      “The proceeds from the exercise by Impala (as defined in
      the definition of Fundamental Change) of the Call Option (as defined in
      the definition of Fundamental Change) shall not be subject to this
      Section 4.11.”

            3.       
Each Security shall be amended and restated in order to reference this
Supplement therein, which amended and restated Security shall be substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

            4.       
This Supplement is executed as and shall constitute an indenture
supplemental to the Indenture, and said Indenture and this Supplement shall
henceforth be read together. 

            5.       
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplement. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile or other electronic
methods (including, a portable data format (PDF) email attachment) shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. 

            6.       
In case any provision in this Supplement shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and a Holder
shall have no claim therefor against any party hereto. 

            7.       
Upon the execution of this Supplement by the Company and the Trustee,
this Supplement shall become effective and shall bind each Consenting Holder and
each subsequent Holder of a Security that evidences the same debt as such
Consenting Holder’s Security.

            8.       
The laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of
laws provisions thereof other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law
of the State of New York, shall govern this Supplement.

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            IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.

PLATINUM GROUP METALS LTD. 

 

	 	By:	/s/ Frank Hallam 
	 	 	Name: Frank Hallam 
	 	 	Title:   Chief
      Financial Officer 

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      THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

 

	 	By:	/s/
      Catherine F. Donohue 
	 	 	Name: Catherine F. Donohue 
	 	 	Title:   Vice President

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EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITIES 

 

[Face of Security] 

PLATINUM GROUP METALS LTD.

             
Certificate No. _______

[INSERT PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND, CANADIAN LEGEND AND 
GLOBAL
SECURITY LEGEND AS REQUIRED] 

6 7/8% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022 

CUSIP No. ____________

            Platinum
Group Metals Ltd., a British Columbia corporation (the “Company”), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to [ ], or its registered assigns, [the
principal sum of _____________________ dollars ($__________)] [such amount as
indicated on the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Security
attached hereto] on July 1, 2022, and to pay interest thereon, as provided on
the reverse hereof, until the principal and any unpaid and accrued interest are
paid or duly provided for. 

            Interest
Rate: 6 7/8% per annum. 

           
Interest Payment Dates: January 1 and July 1, with the first payment to
be made on January 1, 2018. 

            Regular
Record Dates: December 15 and June 15. 

            The
provisions on the back of this certificate are incorporated as if set forth on
the face hereof. 

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            IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Platinum Group Metals Ltd. has caused this instrument to be
duly signed. 

PLATINUM GROUP METALS LTD. 

 

	 	By:	   
	 	 	Name: 
	 	 	Title: 

 

Dated: ______________________________

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture. 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee 

 

	By:  
      _______________________________________________________
	               
                     Authorized
      Signatory 
	  
	Dated:
    _____________________________________________________

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[REVERSE OF SECURITY] 

PLATINUM GROUP METALS LTD.

6 7/8% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022

            1.       
Interest. Platinum Group Metals Ltd., a British Columbia corporation
(the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay
interest, payable semi-annually in arrears, on January 1 and July 1 of each
year, with the first payment to be made on January 1, 2018. Interest will be
paid in cash or at the Company’s election, in Common Shares or in a combination
of cash and Common Shares. Interest on the Securities will accrue on the
principal amount from, and including, the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from, and including,
June 30, 2017, in each case to, but excluding, the next interest payment date or
Maturity Date, as the case may be. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months. For purposes only of providing the
disclosure required by the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of
interest for purposes of that Act that is equivalent to the rate payable under
the Securities is the rate payable under the Securities multiplied by the actual
number of days in the year divided by 360. The term “interest” includes (i) any
Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section Error! Reference source
not found. and Section Error! Reference source not found. of the
Indenture, and (ii) any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to Section
Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture. 

                       If
the Company pays Interest in whole or in part in Common Shares, then the number
of Common Shares a Holder will receive will be that number of Common Shares
equal to the quotient of (i) the amount of the interest to be paid to such
holder in Common Shares, divided by (ii) the product of (a) the simple average
of the Daily VWAP of the Common Shares for the 10 consecutive Trading Days
ending on the second Trading Day immediately preceding the payment date
multiplied by (b) 92.5% . The Company will inform Holders through the Trustee on
the relevant payment date of the number of Common Shares and amount of cash, if
any, payable. The Company will not issue fractional shares and instead will pay
cash in lieu of fractional Common Shares if permitted under this Indenture or,
at its election, round up the number of Common Shares deliverable to the next
higher whole number of Common Shares 

           
2.        Maturity.
The Securities will mature on July 1, 2022. 

            3.       
Method of Payment. Except as provided in the Indenture (as defined
below), the Company will pay interest on the Securities to the persons who are
Holders of record of Securities at the close of business on the record date
(whether or not a Business Day) set forth on the face of this Security next
preceding the applicable interest payment date. Holders must surrender
Securities to a Paying Agent to collect the principal amount, applicable
Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Securities, plus,
if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, payable as herein provided
upon Redemption or purchase pursuant to a Fundamental Change Purchase Offer, as
the case may be. The Company will pay, in money of the United States that at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, all
amounts due in cash with respect to the Securities, which amounts shall be paid
(A) in the case this Security is in global form, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated by the Depository for the Securities or its
nominee; (B) in the case of a Security that is held, other than in global form,
by a Holder of more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in aggregate
principal amount of Securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to the account specified by such Holder or, if such Holder does not specify an
account, by mailing a check to the address of such Holder set forth in the
register of the Registrar; and (C) in the case of a Security that is held, other
than in global form, by a Holder of five million dollars ($5,000,000) or less in
aggregate principal amount of Securities, by mailing a check to the address of
such Holder set forth in the register of the Registrar; provided, that
any such payment will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the extent required by applicable law. 

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            4.       
Paying Agent, Registrar, Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent. Initially,
The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying Agent,
Registrar, Transfer Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent, Registrar, Transfer Agent or Conversion Agent without notice. 

            5.       
Indenture. The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as
of June 30, 2017, as amended and supplemented by Supplement No. 1 to Indenture
dated January 31, 2018 (as so amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”)
between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include those
stated in the Indenture. To the extent any provision of this Security conflicts
with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture
shall govern and be controlling. The Securities are subject to all such terms,
and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. The
Securities are general unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Company.
Terms used herein without definition and which are defined in the Indenture have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

            6.       
Optional Redemption; Tax Redemption. 

                       On
or after July 1, 2018 and before July 1, 2019, the Company shall have the right
to redeem all or part of the Securities at a price of 110.3125% of the principal
amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; (ii) on or after July 1, 2019 and
before July 1, 2020, the Company shall have the right to redeem all or part of
the outstanding Securities at a price of 105.15625% of the principal amount of
the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but
excluding, the Redemption Date; or (iii) on or after July 1, 2020, until the
Maturity Date, the Company shall have the right to redeem all or part of the
outstanding Securities at a price of 100% of the principal amount of the
Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but
excluding, the Redemption Date (each of (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Redemption
Price”). 

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                       The
Company shall have the right, at the Company’s option, to redeem the Securities,
in whole but not in part, at a redemption price (a “Redemption Price”)
payable in cash equal to the sum of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the
Securities to be redeemed plus (2) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but
excluding, the Redemption Date if the Company has become or would become
obligated to pay to the Holders Additional Amounts (which are more than a de
minimis amount) as a result of any amendment or change occurring from June 27,
2017 onwards in the laws or any regulations of Canada or any Canadian political
subdivision or taxing authority, or any change occurring from June 27, 2017
onwards in an interpretation or application of such laws or regulations by any legislative
body, court, governmental agency, taxing authority or regulatory authority
(including the enactment of any legislation and the publication of any judicial
decision or regulatory or administrative determination); provided the
Company cannot avoid these obligations by taking reasonable measures available
to it and that it delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from Canadian
legal counsel specializing in taxation and an Officer’s Certificate attesting to
such change and obligation to pay Additional Amounts. Upon receiving such notice
of redemption, each Holder who does not wish to have the Company redeem its
Securities pursuant to Section Error! Reference source not found. of the
Indenture can elect to (i) convert its Securities pursuant to Article
Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture or (ii) not have its
Securities redeemed, provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable
on any payment of interest or principal with respect to the Securities after
such Redemption Date. All future payments will be subject to the deduction or
withholding of any Canadian Taxes required to be deducted or withheld. Where no
such election is made, the Holder will have its Securities redeemed without any
further action. If a Holder does not elect to convert its Securities pursuant to
Article Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture but wishes to
elect to not have its Securities redeemed, such Holder must deliver to the
Company (if the Company is acting as its own Trustee), or to a Trustee
designated by the Company for such purpose in the notice of redemption, a Notice
of Election upon Tax Redemption form (the “Notice of Election”) on the
back of this Security, or any other form of written notice substantially similar
to the Notice of Election, in each case, duly completed and signed, so as to be
received by the Trustee no later than the close of business on a Business Day at
least five Business Days prior to the Redemption Date. 

            7.       
Notice of Redemption. The Company shall give a notice of Redemption at
least thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the Redemption
Date (which must be a Business Day) to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and each
Holder of the Securities. The Securities in denominations larger than $1,000
principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of
$1,000 principal amount. 

            8.       
Offer to Purchase Upon a Fundamental Change. Subject to the terms and
conditions of the Indenture, in the event of a Fundamental Change, the Company
shall offer to purchase for cash all outstanding Securities (or portions thereof
that are integral multiples of $1,000 in principal amount) on a date selected by
the Company (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Date”), which date is no
later than thirty five (35) calendar days, nor earlier than twenty (20) calendar
days, after the date the Fundamental Change Notice is provided in accordance
with the Indenture, at a price payable in cash equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the principal amount of such Security, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date;
provided, however, that if such Fundamental Change Purchase Date
is after a record date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or
before the related interest payment date, then the accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to, but excluding, such interest payment date will be paid on such
interest payment date to the Holder of record of such Securities at the close of
business on such record date, and the Holder surrendering such Securities for
purchase will not be entitled to any such accrued and unpaid interest unless
such Holder was also the Holder of record of such Securities at the close of
business on such record date. 

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            9.       
Conversion. Subject to the provisions of Article Error!
Reference source not found. and Article Error! Reference source not
found. of the Indenture, the Securities shall be convertible, in integral
multiples of $1,000 principal amount, into cash, Common Shares, or a combination
of cash and Common Shares, at the Company’s election, at any time until the
close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding July 1, 2022.
A Holder may convert a portion of a Security if the portion is $1,000 principal
amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount. 

                       To
convert a Security, a Holder must on any date (a “Conversion Date”): (1)
transmit by facsimile or email (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior
to 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of
conversion in the form attached hereto (the “Conversion Notice”), to the
Company, (2) if the Security is a Physical Security, surrendering this Security
to a reputable common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon as practicable
on or following such date (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to
this Security in the case of its loss, theft or destruction), (3) furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Company, (4)
pay the amount of interest, if any, the Holder must pay in accordance with the
Indenture and (5) pay any tax or duty if required pursuant to the Indenture. On
or before the close of business on the Trading Day following the date of receipt
of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or email a
notice addressed to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer
Agent”) with a copy to the Conversion Agent confirming receipt of such
Conversion Notice. If this Security is physically surrendered for conversion and
the outstanding principal balance of this Security is greater than the amount
being converted, then the Company shall, as soon as practicable after, and no
later than three (3) Trading Days following, receipt of this Security, in each
case at its own expense, issue, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
to the Holder, a new Physical Security representing the outstanding principal
balance of the Security not converted. For the avoidance of doubt, any accrued
and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Security not
converted shall remain outstanding and payable at the next Interest Payment
Date. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Shares issuable upon
a conversion of this Security shall be treated for all purposes as the record
holder or holders of such Common Shares on the Conversion Date.

                       The
right of conversion attaching to any Security may be exercised (i) if such
Security is represented by a Global Security, by book-entry transfer to the
Conversion Agent through the facilities of the Depository in accordance with the
Depository’s applicable procedures, or (ii) if the Security is represented by a
Physical Security, by physical delivery of the Physical Security to the Company
in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture. Upon such
exercise the Company shall, subject to the terms of the Indenture and this
Security, (1) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program,
credit such aggregate number of Common Shares to which the Holder shall be
entitled to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its
Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, or (2) if the Transfer Agent is not
participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and
deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Common
Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled, in each case by no later than the date
specified in Section 9(B)(v) of this Security (whether through book-entry
transfer or physical delivery). 

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                          (A)       
If a Security is tendered for conversion in accordance with Article
Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture, then upon conversion,
the Company will (i) pay or deliver, as the case may be, either cash (“cash
settlement”), Common Shares (“physical settlement”) or a combination of cash and
Common Shares (“combination settlement”), at its election and as described below
(each such settlement method, a “settlement method”) and (ii) pay or deliver any
Conversion Make-Whole Payment payable as described in Article Error!
Reference source not found. of the Indenture. Except for any conversion for
which the relevant Conversion Date is on or after the 13th Trading
Day prior to July 1, 2022, the Company will use the same settlement method for
all conversions with the same Conversion Date, but the Company will not have any
obligation to use the same settlement method with respect to conversions with
different Conversion Dates. If the Company elects a settlement method, the
Company will inform Holders so converting through the Conversion Agent of the
settlement method it has selected no later than the close of business on the
trading day immediately following the related Conversion Date (or in the case of
any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after July
1, 2022, no later than July 1, 2022). If the Company does not timely elect a
settlement method, the Company will be deemed to have elected physical
settlement in respect of its conversion obligation, as described below. If the
Company elects combination settlement, but it does not timely notify converting
Holders of the specified dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount of
Securities, such specified dollar amount will be deemed to be $1,000. Settlement
amounts will be computed as follows: 

                         
(i)        if the
Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) physical settlement, the Company
will deliver, through the Conversion Agent, to each converting Holder a number
of Common Shares equal to (1) (A) the aggregate principal amount of Securities
to be converted, divided by (B) $1,000 multiplied by (2) the Conversion Rate in
effect on the relevant Conversion Date (provided that the Company shall deliver
cash in lieu of fractional shares as described in clause (ii) below; 

                         
(ii)        if the
Company elects cash settlement, it will pay to the converting Holder in respect
of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted cash in an amount
equal to the sum of the daily conversion values for each of the ten (10)
consecutive Trading Days during the related observation period; and 

                         
(iii)      if the Company
elects combination settlement, it will pay or deliver, as the case may be, to
the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities
being converted a “settlement amount” equal to the sum of the daily
settlement amounts for each of the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days during the
related observation period.

                         
(B) 

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                          (i)       
The “daily settlement amount,” for each of the ten (10)
consecutive Trading Days during the observation period, shall consist of: 

                                        (a)       
cash equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum cash amount per $1,000
principal amount of Securities to be received upon conversion as specified in
the notice specifying the Company’s chosen settlement method (the “specified
dollar amount”), if any, divided by ten (10) (such quotient, the “daily
measurement value”) and (ii) the daily conversion value; and 

                                        (b)       
if the daily conversion value exceeds the daily measurement value, a number of
shares equal to (i) the difference between the daily conversion value and the
daily measurement value, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP of Common Shares for
such Trading Day. 

                          (ii)       
The “daily conversion value” means, for each of the ten (10)
consecutive Trading Days during the observation period, 10.0% of the product of
(a) the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP of the Common
Shares for such Trading day. 

                          (iii)       
The “observation period” with respect to any Security
surrendered for conversion means: 

                                        (a)       
if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to the 13th Trading Day prior to
July 1, 2022, the ten (10) consecutive trading day period beginning on, and
including, the second Trading Day immediately succeeding such Conversion Date;
and 

                                        (b)       
if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after to the 13th Trading Day prior
to July 1, 2022, the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and
including, the 12th scheduled trading day immediately preceding the Maturity
Date. 

                          (iv)       
The “scheduled trading day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading
Day on the NYSE MKT, or if the Common Shares are not then listed on the NYSE
MKT, on the principal U.S. national or other securities exchange or market
(including any non-U.S. securities exchange or market) on which the Common
Shares are listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Shares are not so
listed or admitted for trading, “scheduled trading day” means a Business
Day. 

                          (v)       
Except as described elsewhere under Article Error! Reference source
not found. of the Indenture the Company will deliver the consideration due
in respect of conversion on or before the third Trading Day immediately
following the relevant Conversion Date, if the Company elects physical
settlement, or on or before the third Trading Day immediately following the last
Trading Day of the relevant observation period, in the case of any other
settlement method. 

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                                 (vi)       
The Company will not issue a fractional Common Share upon conversion of
a Security. Instead, the Company shall pay cash in lieu of fractional shares
based on the Daily VWAP of Common Shares on the relevant Conversion Date or, if
such Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day
(in the case of physical settlement) or based on the Daily VWAP of Common Shares
for the last Trading Day of the relevant observation period (in the case of
combination settlement). 

                        The
initial Conversion Rate is 1,001.1112 shares per $1,000 principal amount of
Securities subject to adjustment in the event of certain circumstances as
specified in the Indenture. On conversion, the Holder of a Security will be
entitled to receive, together with any other consideration payable upon
conversion, accrued and unpaid interest on such converted Security through, but
excluding, the Conversion Date. However, if any Holder surrenders a Security for
conversion after the close of business on the record date for the payment of an
installment of interest and prior to the related interest payment date, then,
notwithstanding such conversion, such Holder will not receive any payment for
interest on such Conversion Date and instead the interest payable with respect
to such Security on such interest payment date shall be paid on such interest
payment date to the Holder of record of such Security at the close of business
on such record date; provided, however, that such Security, when
surrendered for conversion, must be accompanied by payment to the Conversion
Agent on behalf of the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on
such converted Security from and including such Conversion Date to but excluding
such interest payment date unless either (i) a Conversion Make-Whole Payment is
payable upon such conversion; or (ii) such Security is surrendered for
conversion after the close of business on the record date immediately preceding
the Maturity Date; provided further, however, that, if the Company shall
have, prior to the Conversion Date with respect to a Security, defaulted in a
payment of interest on such Security, then in no event shall the Holder of such
Security who surrenders such Security for conversion be required to pay such
defaulted interest or the interest that shall have accrued on such defaulted
interest pursuant to Section Error! Reference source not found. of
the Indenture or otherwise (it being understood that nothing in paragraph shall
affect the Company’s obligations under Section Error! Reference source
not found. of the Indenture). 

                       
The Conversion Rate applicable to each Security that is surrendered for
conversion, in accordance with the Securities and Article Error!
Reference source not found. of the Indenture, at any time during the Make-Whole
Conversion Period with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be
increased to an amount equal to the Conversion Rate that would, but for
Section Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture, otherwise
apply to such Security pursuant to Article Error! Reference source not
found. of the Indenture, plus an amount equal to the Make-Whole
Applicable Increase; provided, however, that such increase to the
Conversion Rate shall not apply if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is
announced by the Company but shall not be consummated. 

                        Each
Security that is scheduled for conversion in accordance with this Section and
Article Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture prior
to January 1, 2021, will be entitled to the Conversion Make-Whole Payment,
subject to the provisions of Section Error! Reference source not found.
of the Indenture. 

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10.      Denominations, Transfer,
Exchange. The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000
principal amount. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities
may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar may require a
Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
certain transfers or exchanges. The Company or the Trustee, as the case may be,
shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security for
which a Purchase Notice has been delivered, and not withdrawn, in accordance
with the Indenture, except the unpurchased portion of Securities being purchased
in part. The Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required
to register the transfer of or exchange any Security (i) during a period
beginning at the opening of business twenty (20) days before the giving of a
notice of redemption of the Securities selected for Redemption under Section
Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture and ending at the
close of business on the day of such notice or (ii) for a period of twenty (20)
days before selecting, pursuant to Section Error! Reference source not
found. of the Indenture, the Securities to be redeemed or (iii) that has been
selected for Redemption or for which a Purchase Notice has been delivered, and
not withdrawn, in accordance with the Indenture, except the unredeemed or
unpurchased portion of the Securities being redeemed or purchased in part. 

            11.     
Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Security may be treated
as the owner of such Security for all purposes. 

            12.     
Merger or Consolidation. The Company shall not consolidate with, or merge
with or into, exchange all of its common equity or sell, assign, transfer,
lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s
property or assets to, another person or persons (including pursuant to a
statutory arrangement), whether in a single transaction or series of related
transactions, unless (i) the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if not
the Company) (the “Successor”) is an entity organized and existing under
the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or
the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada; (ii) if such person
is organized and existing under the laws of Canada or any province or territory
of Canada, the transaction will not result in the successor company being
required to make any deduction or withholding on account of certain Canadian
taxes from any payments in respect of the Securities and the Company has
obtained an Opinion of Counsel from tax counsel experienced in such matters to
that effect (iii) the Successor assumes by supplemental indenture all the
obligations of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture; and (iv)
immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall exist; provided, however, that the Successor may be
a non-U.S. and non-Canadian entity, provided (A) clauses (iii) and
(iv) above are satisfied; (B) such entity has common shares or American
Depositary Receipts representing such entity’s common shares (or securities
equivalent thereto) listed on a U.S. national securities exchange or the TSX (or
a successor thereto); (C) as a result of such consolidation or merger, the
Securities become convertible solely into such common shares (or securities
equivalent thereto) or American Depositary Receipts (excluding cash payments for
fractional shares); (D) such common shares (or securities equivalent thereto) or
American Depositary Receipts of such entity have an average daily trading volume of at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) during the
six (6) months immediately preceding the announcement of such consolidation or
merger; (E) such entity has consented to service of process in the United
States; (F) immediately prior to the announcement of such consolidation or
merger, the Company’s market capitalization combined with such entity’s market
capitalization was at least one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in the
aggregate; (G) there will be no material adverse tax consequences to record
holders or beneficial owners of the Securities, or of the underlying common
shares or American Depositary Receipts, resulting from such consolidation or
merger, and the Company has obtained and delivered to the Trustee an opinion of
tax counsel experienced in such matters to that effect; and (H) such entity
agrees in a supplemental indenture that, in the event that any cash dividends on
such common shares (or securities equivalent thereto) or American Depositary
Receipts paid to U.S. Persons are subject to tax withholding, such entity will
also pay, to such U.S. Persons, an amount in cash such that the net cash amount
received by such Persons would be equal to the amount of cash such Persons would
have received on account of such dividend if no such tax withholding applied. 

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            13.     
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions, the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities, and certain existing Defaults or Events of Default may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities then outstanding. In accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
the Company, with the consent of the Trustee, may amend or supplement the
Indenture or the Securities without notice to or the consent of any
Securityholder: (i) to comply with Sections Error! Reference source not
found. and Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture; (ii) to make any
amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and
legending of Securities provided, however, that (a) compliance
with the Indenture as so amended would not result in Securities being
transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable
securities law and (b) no such amendment materially and adversely affects the
rights of any Holder; (iii) to evidence and provide the acceptance to the
appointment of a successor Trustee under the Indenture; (iv) to secure the
obligations of the Company or any other obligor under the Indenture in respect
of the Securities; (v) to add to the covenants of the Company described in the
Indenture for the benefit of Securityholders or to surrender any right or power
conferred upon the Company; (vi) to make provisions with respect to adjustments
to the Conversion Rate as required by the Indenture or to increase the
Conversion Rate in accordance with the Indenture; (vii) to add guarantees or
additional obligors with respect to the Securities; (viii) to add any additional
Events of Default; (ix) to comply with the requirements of the Canadian
securities regulatory authority, the SEC, the NYSE MKT, the TSX or any
applicable securities depository or stock exchange or market on which Common
Shares may be listed or admitted for trading, provided that no such
amendment or supplement materially and adversely affects rights of any Holder;
(x) to provide that the Securities are convertible into Reference Property
(subject to the provisions described under Section Error! Reference
source not found. of the Indenture) as described under Section
Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture and make related
changes to the terms of the Securities; (xi) to provide for the issuance of
Additional Securities in accordance with the limitations set forth in the
Indenture; or (xii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights
of any Holder of the Securities in any material respect. In addition, the
Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture without the
consent of Holders of the Securities to cure any ambiguity, defect, omission or inconsistency in the Indenture in a manner that
does not, individually or in the aggregate with all other modifications made or
to be made to the Indenture, adversely affect the rights of any Holder. 

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            14.     
Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default (excluding an Event of
Default specified in Section Error! Reference source not found.
or Error! Reference source not found. of the Indenture) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company or the Holders of at least
twenty five percent (25%) in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding
by notice to the Company and the Trustee may declare the Securities to be due
and payable. Upon such declaration, the principal of, and any premium and
accrued and unpaid interest on, all Securities shall be due and payable
immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section Error! Reference
source not found. or Error! Reference source not found. of
the Indenture with respect to the Company, a Significant Subsidiary of the
Company or any group of Subsidiaries that in the aggregate would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary of the Company occurs, the principal of, and any premium
and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities shall ipso facto
become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other
act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by written notice
to the Trustee may rescind or annul an acceleration and its consequences if (A)
the rescission would not conflict with any order or decree, (B) all existing
Events of Default, except the nonpayment of principal or interest that has
become due solely because of the acceleration, have been cured or waived and (C)
all amounts due to the Trustee under Section Error! Reference source not
found. of the Indenture have been paid. 

                       Holders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it
before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the
Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the
Indenture, is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve
the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it; provided, that the Trustee may take any
other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction. 

                       If
a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing as to which the Trustee
has received notice pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, or as to which
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge in accordance
with the Indenture, the Trustee shall give to each Holder a notice of the
Default or Event of Default within thirty (30) days after it occurs unless such
Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived. Except in the case of a
Default or Event of Default in payment of any amounts due with respect to any
Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if, and so long as it in good
faith determines that, withholding the notice is in the best interests of
Holders. The Company must deliver to the Trustee an annual compliance
certificate. 

            15.     
Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee under the Indenture, or
any banking institution serving as successor Trustee thereunder, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform
services for, the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the
Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee. 

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            16.     
No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer,
employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for
any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of
the Securities. 

            17.     
Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent in accordance
with the Indenture. 

            18.    
 Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and
not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act). 

                       THE
COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE A
COPY OF THE INDENTURE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO: 

Platinum Group Metals Ltd. 
Attention: Corporate Secretary

788 - 550 Burrard Street 
Vancouver, British Columbia 
Canada V6C 2B5

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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT] 

	I or we assign to 	 
	 	 
	PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR 	 
	OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	(please print or type name and address) 	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	the within Security and all rights thereunder, and hereby
      irrevocably constitute and appoint 
	  
	  
	  
	Attorney to transfer the Security on the books of the
      Company with full power of substitution in the premises

	Dated:______________________________________	 
    
	 	  
	 	  
	 	NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must
      correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within
      Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any
      change whatsoever and be guaranteed by a guarantor institution
      participating in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in
      such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.

Signature Guarantee:
____________________________________________________________________________

                       
  In connection with any transfer of this Security occurring prior to
the date of the declaration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the
effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), covering resales of this Security (which
effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the
transfer) the undersigned confirms that it has not utilized any general
solicitation or general advertising (as defined in Regulation D under the
Securities Act) or made any directed selling efforts (as defined in Regulation S
under the Securities Act) in connection with the transfer: 

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[Check One] 

	(1) _______	to the Company or any subsidiary
      thereof; or 
	 	 
	(2) _______	pursuant to and in compliance
      with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or 
	 	 
	(3) _______	outside the United States to a
      person other than a “U.S. person” in compliance with Rule 904 of
      Regulation S under the Securities Act; or 
	 	 
	(4) _______	pursuant to the exemption from
      registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or 
	 	 
	(5) _______	pursuant to an effective
      registration statement under the Securities Act; or 
	 	 
	(6) _______	pursuant to another available
      exemption from registration under the Securities Act. 

and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms
that such Security is not being transferred to an “affiliate” of the Company as
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (an “Affiliate”):

	
      [   ] 
	
      The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company. (If the
      Security is transferred to an Affiliate, the Private Placement Legend must
      remain on the Security for one year following the date of the transfer).
      

                       Unless
one of the items is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the
Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than
the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if items
(3), (4) or (6) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to
registering any such transfer of the Securities, in their sole discretion, such
written legal opinions, certifications and other information as required by the
Indenture to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption
from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. 

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                            If
none of the foregoing items is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be
obligated to register this Security in the name of any person other than the
Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of
registration set forth in Section Error! Reference source not found. of
the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

	Dated: __________________________________________	Signed:
      __________________________________________
	 	 
	  	(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side
    
	  	of this Security) 
	 	 
	  	Signature Guarantee: 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED 

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing
this Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it
exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a
“qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A. The undersigned acknowledges that it has received such information
regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A,
and that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144A.

	Dated: __________________________________________	Signed:
      __________________________________________
	  	  
	  	  
	  	  
	  	NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer of Purchaser 

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CONVERSION NOTICE 

Reference is made to the 6 7/8% Convertible Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2022 (the “Security”) issued to the undersigned by Platinum Group
Metals Ltd. (the “Company”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Security,
the undersigned hereby elects to convert the amount of the Security indicated
below into Common Shares of the Company. 

	
      [   ] 
	
      By checking this box you confirm that the delivery of
      Common Shares of the Company to you upon conversion of this Security is
      not prohibited by Section Error! Reference source not found. of the
      Indenture. 

If you leave this section blank, you will be deemed to have
elected to convert the full principal face amount of your Security. To convert
only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be converted (must be
in multiples of $1,000): $ ________________

	 	[CUSIP: ________________________]

	 	 
	 	 
	Dated:
      __________________________________________	Signature(s): __________________________________________
	  	  
	 	 
	  	(Sign
      exactly as name appears on the other side of this 
	  	Security) 
	 	 
	Account Number (if
      electronic book entry transfer): 	Transaction Code Number (if electronic book entry transfer):
    
	 	 
	__________________________________________	__________________________________________ 

	Payment details (address and/or wire instructions) in
      respect of cash payments, if applicable: 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Email: _______________________________	Facsimile number:
    ____________________________

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PURCHASE NOTICE 

	Certificate No. of Security: ____________________	[CUSIP: _____________________]

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section Error! Reference source not found. of
the Indenture, check the box: [   ] 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security
purchased by the Company pursuant to Section Error! Reference source not
found. of the Indenture, as applicable, state the principal amount to be so
purchased by the Company: 

$ __________________________________
(in an integral multiple
of $1,000) 

	Dated: __________________________________________	Signature(s):
      __________________________________________
	  	  
	  	  
	  	  
	  	  
	  	(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side
      of this 
	  	Security) 
	  	  
	Signature(s) guaranteed by: 	 
    
	  	(All signatures must be guaranteed by a
      guarantor 
	  	institution participating in the Securities
      Transfer Agents 
	  	Medallion Program or in such other guarantee
      program 
	  	acceptable to the Trustee.)

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NOTICE OF ELECTION UPON TAX REDEMPTION 

	Certificate No. of Security: ________________________	[CUSIP:______________________ ]

If you elect not to have this Security redeemed by the Company,
check the box: [ ] If you elect to have only part of this Security redeemed by
the Company pursuant to Section Error! Reference source not found. of the
Indenture, state the principal amount to be so purchased by the Company: 

$ __________________________________
(in an integral multiple
of $1,000) 

	Dated: __________________________________________	Signature(s):
      __________________________________________
	  	  
	  	  
	  	  
	  	  
	  	(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side
      of this 
	  	Security) 
	  	  
	Signature(s) guaranteed by: 	 
    
	  	(All signatures must be guaranteed by a
      guarantor 
	  	institution participating in the Securities
      Transfer Agents 
	  	Medallion Program or in such other guarantee
      program 
	  	acceptable to the Trustee.)

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SCHEDULE A 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL
SECURITY1 

The following increases and decreases of a part of this Global
Security for an interest in another Global Security or for Physical Securities,
have been made:

	  	  	  	Principal amount 	  
	  	Amount of 	Amount of 	of this Global 	Signature 
	  	decrease in 	Increase in 	Security 	authorized 
	  	Principal amount 	Principal amount 	following such 	signatory 
	Date of Increase 	of this Global 	of this Global 	decrease or 	Trustee or 
	or Decrease 	Security 	Security 	increase 	Custodian 

_______________________________________
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This is included in Global Security only. 

 

A-22Exhibit 10.1

 

SEPARATION AND GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT

 

This SEPARATION AND GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of November 27, 2018 by and between Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) and Scott A. Fenoglio (“You”, “Your”, and other derivatives thereof).  The Company and You are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, You are employed by the Company,

 

WHEREAS, You are a participant in the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Executive Change in Control and Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”) pursuant to which You are eligible to receive certain payments and benefits in the event of a qualifying termination of employment;

 

WHEREAS, Your last day of employment with the Company will be November 30, 2018 (the “Separation Date”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to resolve any and all disputes, claims, complaints, grievances, charges, actions, petitions, and demands that You may have against the Company and any of the Company Releasors as defined below, including, but not limited to, any and all claims arising out of or in any way related to Your employment with or separation from the Company;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Separation Benefits.  In consideration for Your execution of the Release (as provided in Section 4 hereof) and the other promises contained herein, the Company will pay or provide, or cause to be paid or provided, to You the benefits set forth on Appendix A (the “Separation Benefits”).  In addition to the Separation Benefits, You will receive the following accrued obligations: (i) payment of Your base salary through the Separation Date; (ii) payment to You, in accordance with the terms of the applicable retirement benefit plan of the Company or its affiliates or to the extent required by law, of any benefits to which You have a vested entitlement as of the Separation Date; (iii) payment of any accrued unused vacation; and (iv) payment to You of any approved but not yet reimbursed business expenses incurred in accordance with applicable policies of the Company and its affiliates (collectively, (i) through (iv), the (“Accrued Benefits”).

 

2.                                      No Other Compensation or Benefits. You hereby acknowledge and agree that the Accrued Benefits and the Separation Benefits are in complete satisfaction of any and all compensation or benefits due to You from the Company or any of its affiliates, whether for services provided to the Company, any of its affiliates, or otherwise, and no further compensation or benefits are owed to You in connection with Your termination of employment with the Company (including but not limited to any payment that otherwise may have been payable to You under the Third, Fourth, or Fifth Amended and Restated Executive Change in Control and Severance Plan).

 

 

3.                                      Restrictive Covenants.  You hereby acknowledge and agree that You will abide by the terms and conditions of the Employee Restrictive Covenants, Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement (the “Restrictive Covenant Agreement”) attached as Exhibit B to the Employment Agreement dated May 6, 2015 by and between You and the Company (the covenants set forth therein, collectively, the “Restrictive Covenants”), and agree that the Restrictive Covenants shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms following the Separation Date and Your execution of this Agreement; provided that, contingent upon the Release becoming irrevocable, the Company agrees to waive Your prospective obligations, as of the Separation Date, under Section 6.3 of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement.

 

4.                                      Release.  The Separation Benefits will only be due and payable if, within twenty-one days of the Separation Date, You deliver to the Company and do not revoke the executed general release of claims in the form attached on Exhibit A hereto (the “Release”).  Contingent upon Your execution and non-revocation of the Release: (A) the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of parents, subsidiaries, officers, shareholders, partners, members, individual employees, agents, representatives, directors, employees, attorneys, successors, and anyone acting on its behalf in their capacity as such (collectively, the “Company Releasors”), hereby releases You from all claims and causes of action by reason of any injuries and/or damages or losses, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, patent or latent which the Company Releasors have sustained or which may be sustained as a result of any facts and circumstances arising out of or in any way related to Your employment by the Company, and to any other disputes, claims, disagreements, or controversies between You and the Company up to and including the date this Agreement is signed by the Company; provided that the Company Releasors are not releasing claims related to (i) fraud embezzlement or criminal misconduct by You, (ii) material breaches of Your fiduciary duties to the Company, or (iii) material claims that cause material damage to the Company Releasors of which the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) is unaware on the date hereof and (B) the Company will direct its current members of the Board and executive officers to not disparage or speak ill of You; provided that nothing herein shall prohibit or limit such persons from providing truthful statements or information required by law or in response to requests from regulatory agencies.  It is the intention of the Company that this Release is a general release which shall be effective as a bar to each and every claim, demand, or cause of action it releases. The Company recognizes that the Company may have some claim, demand, or cause of action against You of which the Company is totally unaware and unsuspecting which the Company is giving up by execution of this Release. It is the intention of the Company in executing this Release that, to the extent set forth herein, it will deprive the Company of each such claim, demand or cause of action and prevent the Company from asserting it against the released parties.

 

5.                                      Governing Law; Certain Tax Matters.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively “Code Section 409A”) and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith.  For purposes of Code Section 409A, Your right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments.

 

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6.                                      Entire Agreement.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between You and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings between You and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral.  You acknowledge that, except as provided in this Agreement or as otherwise required by applicable law, You will not receive any additional compensation, severance or other benefits of any kind following the Separation Date.  This Agreement will bind the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of both You and the Company, and inure to the benefit of both You and the Company, and each of Your respective heirs, successors and assigns, provided that You may not assign Your rights or obligations hereunder.  This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument executed by You and the Company.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on the latest date set forth below.

 

 

	
 
    	
BONANZA CREEK ENERGY, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Cyrus D. Marter IV
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Cyrus   D. Marter IV
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Senior   Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
    
	
 
    	
Date:
    	
November 27,   2018
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
EXECUTIVE
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/   Scott A. Fenoglio
    
	
 
    	
Scott   A. Fenoglio
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Date:   November 27, 2018
    

 

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Exhibit A

 

The undersigned (“Employee”), in accordance with the Separation and General Release Agreement by and between Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (along with its successors or affiliates, the “Company”) and Employee, dated November 27, 2018 (the “Separation Agreement”), on Employee’s own behalf and on behalf of Employee’s heirs, agents, representatives, attorneys, assigns, executors and/or anyone acting on Employee’s behalf, and in consideration of the promises and assurances for the Company to pay Employee the benefits set forth in the Separation Agreement, as specified on Appendix A attached hereto in connection with Employee’s termination from employment with the Company, to which Employee is not automatically entitled, hereby fully releases, the Company’s parents, subsidiaries, officers, shareholders, partners, members, individual employees, agents, representatives, directors, employees, attorneys, successors, and anyone acting on its behalf, known or unknown, from all claims and causes of action by reason of any injuries and/or damages or losses, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, patent or latent which Employee has sustained or which may be sustained as a result of any facts and circumstances arising out of or in any way related to Employee’s employment by the Company or the resignation or termination of that employment, and to any other disputes, claims, disagreements, or controversies between Employee and the Company up to and including the date this Release is signed by Employee.  Employee’s release includes, but is not limited to, any contract benefits, claims for quantum meruit, claims for wages, bonuses, employment benefits, moving expenses, stock options, profits units, or damages of any kind whatsoever, arising out of any contracts, express or implied, any covenant of good faith and fair dealing, express or implied, any theory of unlawful discharge, torts and related damages (including, but not limited to, emotional distress, loss of consortium, and defamation) any legal restriction on the Company’s right to terminate Employee’s employment and/or services, or any federal, state or other governmental statute or ordinance, including, without limitation, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended), the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. § 21, et seq.) (as amended) (“ADEA”), the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any state laws concerning discrimination or harassment including the Fair Employment and Housing Act, or any other legal limitation on contractual or employment relationships, and any and all claims for any loss, cost, damage, or expense with respect to Employee’s liability for taxes, penalties, interest or additions to tax on or with respect to any amount received from the Company or otherwise includible in Employee’s gross income, including, but not limited to, any liability for taxes, penalties, interest or additions to tax arising from the failure of this release agreement, or any other employment, severance, profit sharing, bonus, equity incentive or other compensatory plan to which Employee and the Company are or were parties, to comply with, or to be operated in compliance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including, but not limited to, Section 409A thereof, or any provision of state or local income tax law; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the release set forth in this Section shall not extend to: (a) any vested rights under any pension, retirement, profit sharing or similar plan; (b) Employee’s rights, if any, to indemnification or defense under the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws and/or policy or procedure, any indemnification agreement with Employee or under any insurance contract, in connection with Employee’s acts or omissions within the course and scope of Employee’s employment with the Company; (c) any claims that cannot be waived as a matter of law; or (d) Employee’s rights under the Separation Agreement (this “Release”).  Appendix A to this Release sets forth the benefits, payments and obligations to which Employee will be

 

 

provided as full consideration for this Release if, and only if, this Release is executed, delivered and becomes irrevocable by no later than the date specified in Section 2 herein. Employee acknowledges and agrees that he is not entitled to any other termination or severance benefits whether under this Release or otherwise.

 

2.                                      Employee acknowledges that Employee is knowingly and voluntarily waiving and releasing any rights Employee may have under the ADEA.  Employee also acknowledges that the consideration given for the waiver and release hereunder is in addition to anything of value to which Employee is already entitled.  Employee further acknowledges that Employee has been advised by this writing, as required by the ADEA, that:  (a) Employee’s waiver and release hereunder do not apply to any rights or claims that may arise after the execution date of this Release; (b) Employee has been advised hereby that Employee has the right to consult with an attorney prior to executing this Release; (c) Employee has twenty-one (21) days to consider this Release (although Employee may choose to voluntarily execute this release earlier); (d) Employee has seven (7) days following the execution of this Release to revoke the portion of this Release applicable to ADEA claims; and (e) the portion of this Release applicable to ADEA claims will not be effective until the date upon which the revocation period has expired, which will be the eighth (8th) day after this Release is executed by Employee (the “Effective Date”).  If Employee revokes the portion of this Release applicable to ADEA claims, he will not be entitled to, and shall not receive, the applicable payments and benefits set forth on Appendix A.

 

3.                                      Nothing in this Release (including, without limitation, Sections 4, 5 and 6 hereof), the Severance Plan, or any other Company agreement, policy or procedure (this Release, the Severance Plan and such other agreements, policies and procedures, collectively, the “Company Arrangements”) limits Employee’s ability to communicate directly with and provide information, including documents, not otherwise protected from disclosure by any applicable law or privilege to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or any other federal, state or local governmental agency or commission (each, a “Government Agency”) regarding possible legal violations, without disclosure to the Company.  The Company may not retaliate against Employee for any of these activities, and nothing in the Company Arrangements requires Employee to waive any monetary award or other payment that Employee might become entitled to from the SEC or any other Government Agency.

 

Further, nothing in the Company Arrangements precludes Employee from filing a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or a like charge or complaint with a state or local fair employment practice agency.  However, once this Release becomes effective, Employee may not receive a monetary award or any other form of personal relief from the Company in connection with any such charge or complaint that Employee filed or is filed on Employee’s behalf.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Company Arrangements, as provided for in the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (18 U.S.C. § 1833(b)), Employee will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (a) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.  Without limiting the

 

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foregoing, if Employee files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Employee may disclose the trade secret to Employee’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Employee (x) files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and (y) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

 

4.                                      Employee acknowledges that Employee executed an Employee Restrictive Covenants, Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement under which Employee assumed certain obligations relating to the Company’s confidential and proprietary business information and trade secrets and containing certain covenants relating to competition, solicitation and assignment of invention (“Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement”).  Employee agrees that the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement shall by its terms survive the execution of this Release and that the parties’ rights and duties thereunder shall not in any way be affected by this Release; provided that, contingent upon this Release becoming irrevocable, the Company agrees to waive Employee’s prospective obligations, as of the Separation Date, under Section 6.3 of the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement.  Employee also warrants and represents that Employee has returned any and all documents and other property of the Company constituting a trade secret or other confidential research, development or commercial information in Employee’s possession, custody or control, and represents and warrants that Employee has not retained any copies or originals of any such property of the Company. Employee further warrants and represents that, except as provided in Section 3, Employee has never violated the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, and, except with respect to Section 6.3 of such agreement, will not do so in the future.

 

5.                                      Employee acknowledges that because of Employee’s position with the Company, Employee may possess information that may be relevant to or discoverable in connection with claims, litigation or judicial, arbitral or investigative proceedings initiated by a private party or by a regulator, governmental entity, or self-regulatory organization, that relates to or arises from matters with which Employee was involved during Employee’s employment with the Company, or that concern matters of which Employee has information or knowledge (collectively, a “Proceeding”).  Employee agrees that Employee shall testify truthfully in connection with any such Proceeding.  Except as provided in Section 3, Employee agrees that Employee shall cooperate with the Company in connection with every such Proceeding, and that Employee’s duty of cooperation shall include an obligation to meet with the Company representatives and/or counsel concerning all such Proceedings for such purposes, and at such times and places, as the Company reasonably requests on reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours, and to appear for deposition and/or testimony upon the Company’s request and without a subpoena.  The Company shall reimburse Employee for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that Employee incurs in honoring Employee’s obligation of cooperation under this Section 5.

 

6.                                      Employee covenants never to disparage or speak ill of the Company or any the Company product or service, or of any past or present employee, officer or director of the Company, except as provided in Section 3.  Employee further agrees not to harass or behave unprofessionally toward any past, present or future Company employee, officer or director.

 

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7.                                      Release of Unknown Claims.  It is the intention of Employee that this Release is a general release which shall be effective as a bar to each and every claim, demand, or cause of action it releases.  Employee recognizes that Employee may have some claim, demand, or cause of action against the Company of which Employee is totally unaware and unsuspecting which Employee is giving up by execution of this release.  It is the intention of Employee in executing this Release that it will deprive Employee of each such claim, demand or cause of action and prevent Employee from asserting it against the released parties.

 

 

	
 
    	
SCOTT A. FENOGLIO
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Exhibit B

 

Employee Restrictive Covenant Agreement

 

 

APPENDIX A

 

The Company shall provide Employee with the benefits set forth below in accordance with, and subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement to which this Appendix A is attached.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in the Separation Agreement or this Appendix A shall have the meanings set forth in the Severance Plan.

 

1.                                      Effective on the first business day following the 14th day after the Effective Date of the Release (i.e., the date the Release becomes irrevocable), (a) full acceleration of vesting of the remaining portion of Employee’s Emergence Grant, which includes 16,254 non-qualified stock options (the “Options”) granted under the Company’s 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) and 16,254 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) granted under the LTIP (the “Emergence Grant Acceleration”) and (b) partial accelerated vesting of a portion of Employee’s May 2018 equity grant, which consisted of 6,205 RSUs and 8,550 performance stock units (“PSUs”) granted under the LTIP (the “2018 Grant Acceleration”).  For purposes of clarity, as a result of the Emergence Grant Acceleration and the 2018 Grant Acceleration, but before any reductions associated with required tax withholdings (as described in the following sentence), Employee shall receive a total of 16,254 vested Options and 19,973 vested shares of the Company’s stock.  The Company agrees to honor Employee’s election to have all income and employment taxes required to be withheld in respect of the vesting and settlement of the RSUs and PSUs and the exercise of the Options, and payment of the exercise price of the Options, to be satisfied via net settlement in accordance with the applicable terms of the LTIP.  In accordance with the terms of the LTIP, all unexercised Options shall expire 90 days after they become vested.

 

2.                                      If and to the extent permitted under applicable law and without additional cost or penalty to the Company or Employee, during the portion, if any, of the 12-month period, commencing as of the date Employee is eligible to elect and timely elects to continue coverage for Employee and Employee’s eligible dependents under the Company’s or an affiliate’s group health plan pursuant to COBRA or similar state law, the Company (or the affiliate of the Company that is Employee’s employer immediately prior to the Separation Date) shall reimburse Employee for the difference between the amount Employee pays to effect and continue such coverage and the employee contribution amount that active senior executive employees of the Company or its applicable affiliate pay for the same or similar coverage, with any such reimbursement payable for the 60-day period immediately following the Separation Date being payable on the first business day 60 days following the Effective Date of the Release and any other such reimbursement payable being paid on a monthly basis thereafter (the “COBRA Benefit”).

 

3.                                      On the first business day following the 14th day after the Effective Date of the Release, the Company shall pay to Employee a lump sum of $206,250, less all income and employment taxes required to be withheld, which represents Employee’s target bonus under the Company’s 2018 Short Term Incentive Plan.

 

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