DEEP WELL OIL & GAS INC - Quarter Report: 2006 June (Form 10-Q)
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
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QUARTERLY
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF
1934
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For
the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006
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or
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o
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TRANSITION
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT FOR
THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM
________TO________
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Commission
File Number 0-24012
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DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC.
(formerly
ALLIED DEVICES CORPORATION)
(Exact
name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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13-3087510
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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510
Royal Bank Building, 10117 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada
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T5J
1W8
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Issuer’s
telephone number:
(780) 409-8144
Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report.
Not
applicable
Check
whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13
or
15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes o No
þ
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No
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¨
Large accelerated filer
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¨
Accelerated filer
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¨
Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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APPLICABLE
ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BAKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS
DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS
Check
whether the registrant filed all documents and reports required to be filed
by
Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the distribution of securities
under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes o No
þ
APPLICABLE
ONLY TO CORPORATE
ISSUERS
Number
of
shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2008:
94,274,258
Transitional
Small Business Disclosure Format (Check one): Yes o No
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1
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
Number
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM
1.
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CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets
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3
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Consolidated
Statement of Operations
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4
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Consolidated
Statement of Shareholders’ Equity
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5
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Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
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7
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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8
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ITEM
2.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATIONS
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20
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ITEM
3.
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
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24
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM
1.
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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24
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ITEM
2.
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UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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28
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ITEM
3.
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DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
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29
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ITEM
4.
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SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
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29
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ITEM
5.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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30
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ITEM
6.
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EXHIBITS
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31
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SIGNATURES
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32
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2
PART
I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
June
30, 2006 and September 30, 2006
June
30,
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September
30,
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2006
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2005
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(Unaudited)
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(Audited)
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ASSETS
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Current
Assets
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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48,163
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$
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135,879
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Accounts
receivable
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48,993
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48,727
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Prepaid
expenses
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67,958
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27,901
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165,114
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212,507
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Loans
receivable - related parties (Note
7)
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75,892
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11,604
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Oil
and gas properties
(Note 3)
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4,353,826
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5,315,252
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Equipment
net of depreciation (Note
4)
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3,599
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602
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$
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4,598,431
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$
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5,539,965
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LIABILITIES
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Current
Liabilities
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Accounts
payable
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$
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112,506
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$
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211,716
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Accounts
payable - related parties (Note 7)
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322,664
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224,247
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Notes
and accrued interest payable (Note 5)
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11,250
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43,160
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446,420
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479,123
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Loan
payable (Note
8)
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287,418
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285,958
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Convertible
debenture and accrued interest (Note
6)
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-
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1,021,463
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733,838
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1,786,544
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SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY
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Common
Stock:
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Authorized:
300,000,000 shares at $0.001 par value
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Issued
and outstanding: 62,829,289 shares
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(September
2005 - 52,031,289) (Note
9)
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62,829
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52,031
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Additional
paid in capital
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6,359,964
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3,512,054
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Capital
stock subscriptions received 5,400,003 shares
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739,827
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2,027,639
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(2005
- 12,975,000 shares)
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Deficit
(dated September 10, 2003)
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(3,298,027
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)
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(1,838,303
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)
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3,864,593
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3,753,421
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$
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4,598,431
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$
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5,539,965
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See
accompanying notes to the financial statements
3
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Statement of Operations
For
the Three and Nine Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 and the Period September
10, 2003 (Inception of Exploration Stage) to June 30, 2006
Three
Months
Ended
June
30, 2006
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Three
Months
Ended
June
30, 2005
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Nine
Months
Ended
June
30, 2006
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Nine
Months
Ended
June
30, 2005
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September
10,
2003
to June 30,
2006
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Revenue
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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-
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Expenses
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Administrative
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333,428
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151,060
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964,293
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598,842
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2,730,909
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Stock
based compensation
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124,132
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-
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495,076
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-
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495,076
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Net
loss from operations
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(457,560
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)
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(151,060
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)
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(1,459,369
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)
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(598,842
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)
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(3,225,985
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)
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Other
income and expenses
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Interest
income
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591
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11,710
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2,456
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13,270
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15,934
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Interest
expense
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-
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(24,390
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)
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(2,811
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)
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(76,327
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)
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(112,842
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)
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Settlement
of debt
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-
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-
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-
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-
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24,866
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591
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(12,680
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)
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(355
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)
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(63,057
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)
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(72,042
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)
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Net
loss
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$
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(456,969
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)
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$
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(163,740
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)
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$
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(1,459,724
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)
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$
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(661,899
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)
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(3,298,027
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)
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Net
Loss Per Common Share
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Basic
and diluted
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$
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(0.01
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)
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$
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(0.00
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)
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$
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(0.03
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)
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$
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(0.02
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)
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Weighted
Average Outstanding
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||||||||||||||||
Shares
- stated
in 1,000’s
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||||||||||||||||
Basic
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60,498
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37,714
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57,468
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33,540
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See
accompanying notes to the financial statements
4
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Statement of Shareholders’ Equity
For
the Period September 10, 2003 (Inception of Exploration Stage) to June 30,
2006
Common
Shares
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Capital
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||||||||||||||||||
Additional
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Stock
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||||||||||||||||||
Paid
in
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Subscriptions
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Accumulated
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|||||||||||||||||
Shares
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Amount
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Capital
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Received
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Deficit
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Total
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||||||||||||||
Balance
at
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|||||||||||||||||||
September
10, 2003
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991,912
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$
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992
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$
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(992
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)
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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-
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|||||||
Issuance
of common stock
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pursuant
to bankruptcy
|
|||||||||||||||||||
agreement
September 10, 2003
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36,019,556
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36,019
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13,981
|
-
|
-
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50,000
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|||||||||||||
Net
operating loss for
|
|||||||||||||||||||
the
period September 10
|
|||||||||||||||||||
to
September 30, 2003
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-
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-
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-
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-
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(50,000
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)
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(50,000
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)
|
|||||||||||
Return
and cancellation
|
|||||||||||||||||||
of
common shares
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(5,775,000
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)
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(5,775
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)
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5,775
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-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Net
operating loss for the
|
|||||||||||||||||||
year
ended September 30, 2004
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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(525,754
|
)
|
(525,754
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
at
|
|||||||||||||||||||
September
30, 2004 (Audited)
|
31,236,468
|
31,236
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18,764
|
-
|
(575,754
|
)
|
(575,754
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement March 10, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
1,875,000
|
1,875
|
527,940
|
-
|
-
|
529,815
|
|||||||||||||
-
Warrants (787,500) (Note
9)
|
-
|
-
|
205,185
|
-
|
-
|
205,185
|
|||||||||||||
Share
exchange June 7, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
18,208,875
|
18,209
|
2,476,497
|
-
|
-
|
2,494,706
|
|||||||||||||
-
Conversion rights of preferred
|
|||||||||||||||||||
shares
of subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,777,639
|
-
|
1,777,639
|
|||||||||||||
Private
placement August 12, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
710,946
|
711
|
151,638
|
-
|
-
|
152,349
|
|||||||||||||
-
Warrants (710,946) (Note
9)
|
-
|
-
|
132,030
|
-
|
-
|
132,030
|
|||||||||||||
Common
stock subscription received
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
250,000
|
-
|
250,000
|
|||||||||||||
Net
operating loss for the
|
|||||||||||||||||||
year
ended September 30, 2005
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,262,549
|
)
|
(1,262,549
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2005 (Audited)
|
52,031,289
|
52,031
|
3,512,054
|
2,027,639
|
(1,838,303
|
)
|
3,753,421
|
||||||||||||
See
accompanying notes to the financial statement
5
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Statement of Shareholders’ Equity (Continued)
For
the Period September 10, 2003 (Inception of Exploration Stage) to June 30,
2006
Common
Shares
|
Capital
|
||||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Stock
|
||||||||||||||||||
Paid
in
|
Subscriptions
|
Accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Received
|
Deficit
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Balance
carried forward
|
|||||||||||||||||||
September
30, 2005
|
52,031,289
|
52,031
|
3,512,054
|
2,027,639
|
(1,838,303
|
)
|
3,753,421
|
||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement October 11, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
3,150,000
|
3,150
|
667,266
|
(250,000
|
)
|
-
|
420,416
|
||||||||||||
-
Warrants (3,150,000)
|
-
|
-
|
553,584
|
-
|
-
|
553,584
|
|||||||||||||
Options
granted for services
|
-
|
-
|
217,486
|
-
|
-
|
217,486
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(542,708
|
)
|
(542,708
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
55,181,289
|
55,181
|
4,950,390
|
1,777,639
|
(2,381,011
|
)
|
4,402,199
|
||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement January 13, 2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
73,000
|
73
|
55,345
|
-
|
-
|
55,418
|
|||||||||||||
-
Warrants (73,000)
|
-
|
-
|
46,402
|
-
|
-
|
46,402
|
|||||||||||||
Exercise
option agreement
|
|||||||||||||||||||
February
23, 2006
|
4,707,750
|
4,708
|
640,277
|
(644,985
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Options
granted for service
|
-
|
-
|
153,458
|
-
|
-
|
153,458
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(460,047
|
)
|
(460,047
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2006
|
59,962,039
|
59,962
|
5,845,872
|
1,132,654
|
(2,841,058
|
)
|
4,197,430
|
||||||||||||
Exercise
option agreement June
13, 2006
|
2,867,250
|
2,867
|
389,960
|
(392,827
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Options
granted for services
|
-
|
-
|
124,132
|
-
|
-
|
124,132
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(456,969
|
)
|
(456,969
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
at June 30, 2006
|
62,829,289
|
$
|
62,829
|
$
|
6,359,964
|
$
|
739,827
|
$
|
(3,298,027
|
)
|
$
|
3,864,593
|
See
accompanying notes to the financial statements
6
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
For
the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 and the Period September 10, 2003
(Inception of Exploration Stage) to June 30, 2006
Nine
Months
|
Nine
Months
|
September
10,
|
||||||||
Ended
|
Ended
|
2003
to
|
||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Cash
Provided by (Used in):
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||
Operating
Activities
|
||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(1,459,724
|
)
|
$
|
(661,899
|
)
|
$
|
(3,298,027
|
)
|
|
Items
not affecting cash:
|
||||||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
495,076
|
-
|
495,076
|
|||||||
Commission
withheld from loans proceeds
|
-
|
-
|
121,000
|
|||||||
Amortization
|
640
|
-
|
640
|
|||||||
Bad
debts
|
-
|
-
|
170,084
|
|||||||
Net
changes in non-cash working capital (Note 10)
|
(41,116
|
)
|
169,971
|
144,706
|
||||||
(1,005,124
|
)
|
(491,928
|
)
|
(2,366,521
|
)
|
|||||
Investing
Activities
|
||||||||||
Loan
payable
|
1,460
|
190,504
|
275,864
|
|||||||
Loan
advance - related parties
|
(64,288
|
)
|
(917,547
|
)
|
(887,638
|
)
|
||||
Purchase
of equipment
|
(3,637
|
)
|
-
|
(3,970
|
)
|
|||||
Return
of costs from farmout agreement
|
961,426
|
-
|
961,426
|
|||||||
Purchase
of oil and gas properties
|
-
|
-
|
(111,392
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
from acquisition of subsidiaries
|
-
|
11,141
|
11,141
|
|||||||
894,961
|
(715,902
|
)
|
245,431
|
|||||||
Financing
Activities
|
||||||||||
Note
payable - advance (repayment)
|
(31,910
|
)
|
12,022
|
(100,056
|
)
|
|||||
Debenture
repayment
|
(1,021,463
|
)
|
(5,156
|
)
|
(1,004,890
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
|
1,075,820
|
735,000
|
2,395,199
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from debenture net of commission
|
-
|
-
|
879,000
|
|||||||
22,447
|
741,866
|
2,169,253
|
||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(87,716
|
)
|
(465,964
|
)
|
48,163
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
135,879
|
499,765
|
-
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
$
|
48,163
|
$
|
33,801
|
$
|
48,163
|
||||
Supplemental
Cash Flow Information:
|
||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
$
|
2,811
|
$
|
76,327
|
$
|
112,842
|
See
accompanying notes to the financial statements
7
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(naudited)
Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements
June
30, 2006
1. Nature
of Business and Going Concern
Nature
of Business
Deep
Well
Oil & Gas, Inc. (“Deep Well”) and its former subsidiaries were engaged in
the manufacture and distribution of standard and custom precision mechanical
assemblies and components throughout the United States.
On
February 19, 2003, Deep Well filed a petition for bankruptcy in the United
States Bankruptcy Court under Chapter 11 in the Eastern District of New York
titled "Allied Devices Corporation, Case No. 03-80962-511." The Company emerged
from bankruptcy pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court Order entered on September 10,
2003, with no remaining assets or liabilities.
The
terms
of the bankruptcy settlement included: (1) a reverse common stock split of
30
shares of outstanding stock for 1 share; (2) increasing the authorized common
capital stock from 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 shares with a par value of $0.001;
(3) a change in the name of the Company from "Allied Devices Corporation" to
"Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc.", and (4) the authorization for the issuance of
2,000,000 post split restricted common shares and 4,000,000 post split common
shares in exchange for $50,000, which was paid into the bankruptcy court by
the
recipients of the shares.
Restated
and amended articles of incorporation completing the terms of the bankruptcy
have been filed in the state of Nevada.
Upon
emergence from Chapter 11 proceedings, Deep Well adopted fresh-start reporting
in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Statement of Position 90-7, Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization
Under the Bankruptcy Code (SOP 90-7). In connection with the adoption of
fresh-start reporting, a new entity was deemed created for financial reporting
purposes. For financial reporting purposes, Deep Well adopted the provisions
of
fresh-start reporting effective September 10, 2003. All periods presented prior
to September 10, 2003, including the financial information contained in these
financial statements, reflect the predecessor company. In adopting the
requirements of fresh-start reporting as of September 10, 2003, the company
was
required to value its assets and liabilities at fair value and eliminate any
accumulated deficit as of September 10, 2003. Deep Well emerged from Chapter
11
proceedings with no assets and liabilities pursuant to the Bankruptcy Order.
Because the current business, heavy oil and gas exploration, has no relevance
to
the predecessor company, there is no basis for financial comparisons between
Deep Well's current operations and the predecessor company.
This
report has been prepared showing the name "Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. (and
Subsidiar)" (“the Company”) and the post split common stock, with $0.001 par
value, from inception. The accumulated deficit has been restated to zero and
dated September 10, 2003, with the statement of operations to begin on that
date.
Going
Concern
The
accompanying audited financial statements have been prepared on a going concern
basis, which anticipates the realization of assets and the liquidation of
liabilities during the normal course of operations. However, as shown in these
consolidated financial statements, the Company during the period ended June
30,
2006, incurred a net loss of $1,459,724, although as of that date the Company’s
total assets exceeded its total liabilities by $3,864,593. In addition, the
Company has an accumulated deficit of $3,298,027. These factors raise doubt
about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern if changes in
operations are not forthcoming.
8
The
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern will depend on management’s
ability to successfully implement a business plan which will produce revenues,
control costs, and obtain additional forms of debt and/or equity financing.
These financial statements do not include any adjustments to the amounts and
classification of assets and liabilities that may be necessary should the
Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Management
is of the opinion that the equity funds raised by the Company in its current
Public Offering (see Note 11 below) will be sufficient to finance its operations
until the end of 2008.
2. Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis
of Presentation
The
interim financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company,
without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally
included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("US GAAP") have
been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although
the
Company believes that the disclosures are adequate so as to make the information
presented not misleading.
These
interim financial statements follow the same significant accounting policies
and
methods of application as the Company's annual consolidated financial statements
for the year ended September 30, 2005.
These
statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments,
which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation
of
the information contained therein. However, the results of operations for the
interim periods may not be indicative of results to be expected for the full
fiscal year. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto
included in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the year ended September 30,
2005.
Principles
of Consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Deep
Well
Oil & Gas, Inc. and it’s subsidiaries Northern Alberta Oil Ltd. and Deep
Well Oil & Gas (Alberta) Ltd. All significant intercompany accounts have
been eliminated upon consolidation.
Accounting
Methods
The
Company recognizes income and expenses based on the accrual method of
accounting.
Dividend
Policy
The
Company has not yet adopted a policy regarding payment of
dividends.
Financial
and Concentrations Risk
The
Company does not have any concentration or related financial credit risk except
that cash is maintained in banks over the insured amounts of $100,000, however,
the amounts are maintained in banks of high quality.
Equipment
Equipment
is stated at cost. Amortization expense is computed using the declining balance
method over the estimated useful life of the asset. The following is a summary
of the estimated useful life used in computing amortization
expense.
Equipment -
30%
Expenditures
for major repairs and renewals that extend the useful life of the asset are
capitalized. Minor repair expenditures are charged to expense as
incurred.
Long-Lived
Assets
The
Company reviews for the impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may
not
be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when estimated future
cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual
disposition is less than its carrying amount.
9
Income
Taxes
The
Company utilizes the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under
the
liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based
on
the differences between financial reporting and the tax bases of the assets
and
liabilities, and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will
be
in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. An allowance against
deferred tax assets is recorded when it is more likely than not that such tax
benefits will not be realized.
Revenue
Recognition
The
Company is in the business of exploring for, developing, producing and selling
crude oil and natural gas. Crude oil revenue is recognized when the product
is
taken from the storage tanks on the lease and delivered to the purchaser.
Natural gas revenues are recognized when the product is delivered into a third
party pipeline downstream of the lease. Occasionally the Company may sell
specific leases and the gain or loss associated with these transactions will
be
shown separately from the profit or loss from the operations or sales of oil
and
gas products.
Advertising
and Market Development
The
Company expenses advertising and market development costs as
incurred.
Basic
and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share
Basic
net
income (loss) per share amounts are computed based on the weighted average
number of shares actually outstanding. Diluted net income (loss) per share
amounts are computed using the weighted average number of common shares and
common equivalent shares outstanding as if shares had been issued on the
exercise of the common share rights, unless the exercise becomes antidilutive
and then only the basic per share amounts are shown in the report.
Financial
Instruments
Fair
Values
The
fair
values of the Company's accounts receivables, loan receivable - related parties,
accounts payable, accounts payable - related parties, note and accrued interest
payable, convertible debenture and accrued interest, and loan payable,
approximate their carrying values due to the short-term nature of these
financial instruments.
Interest
Rate Price Risk
The
interest rate price risk is due to fixed interest rates on the convertible
debenture and loan payable.
Foreign
Currency Translation
The
functional currency of the Canadian subsidiaries is the United States dollar,
however the Canadian subsidiaries transact in Canadian dollars. Consequently,
monetary assets and liabilities are remeasured into United States dollars a
the
exchange rate on the balance sheet date and non-monetary items are remeasured
at
the rate of exchange in effect when the assets are acquired or obligations
incurred. Revenues and expenses are remeasured at the average exchange rate
prevailing during the period. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses
are
included in results of operations.
Environmental
Requirements
At
the
report date environmental requirements related to the mineral claims acquired
are unknown and therefore an estimate of any future cost cannot be
made.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
The
Company does not expect that the adoption of other recent accounting
pronouncements will have a material impact on its financial
statements.
10
Estimates
and Assumptions
Management
uses estimates and assumptions in preparing financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles. Those estimates and assumptions
affect the reported amounts of the assets and liabilities, the disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses.
Actual results could vary from the estimates that were assumed in preparing
these financial statements.
3. Oil
and Gas Properties
The
Company has acquired an 80% interest in certain oil and gas properties which,
after a farmout agreement entered into on February 25, 2005, the Company's
interestwas reduced to 40% on 12 sections as described below in the November
26,
2007 settlement. These certain properties are located in North Central Alberta,
Canada with a life of 15 years for $5,315,252. The terms include certain
commitments related to oil sand leases which require the payments of rents
as
long as the leases are non-producing. As of now, the payments due in Canadian
dollars under this commitment are as follows:
2006
|
$
|
11,290
|
||
2007
|
$
|
45,158
|
||
2008
|
$
|
43,008
|
||
2009
|
$
|
43,008
|
||
Subsequent
|
$
|
409,293
|
The
Government of Alberta owns this land and the Company has acquired the rights
to
perform oil and gas activities on these lands. These leases are for 15 years
and
if the Company meets the conditions of the 15-year leases the Company will
then
be permitted to drill on and produce oil from the land into perpetuity. These
conditions give the Company until the expiration of the leases to meet the
following requirements:
a) |
drill
1 well within each of the 63 sections;
or
|
b) |
drill
38 wells within the 63 sections with the balance of the undrilled
sections
having acquired 3.2 km of seismic on each undrilled
section.
|
The
Company plans to meet at least the second of these conditions.
The
Company follows the successful efforts method of accounting for costs of oil
and
gas properties. Under this method, acquisition costs of oil and gas properties
and costs of drilling and equipping development wells are capitalized. Costs
of
drilling exploratory wells are initially capitalized and, if subsequently
determined to be unsuccessful, are charged to expenses. All other exploration
costs, including geological and geophysical costs and carrying and maintenance
costs, are charged to exploration expenses when incurred. Producing properties,
non-producing and unproven properties are assessed annually, or more frequently
as economic events indicate, for potential impairment.
This
consists of comparing the carrying value of the asset with the asset's expected
future undiscounted cash flows without interest costs. Estimates of expected
future cash flows represent management's best estimate based on reasonable
and
supportable assumptions. Proven oil and gas properties are reviewed for
impairment on a field-by-field basis. In addition, management evaluates the
carrying value of non-producing properties and may deem them impaired for lack
of drilling activities. No impairment losses were recognized for the nine months
ended June 30, 2006 (2005 - $nil).
Capitalized
costs of proven oil and gas properties are depleted using the unit-of-production
method when the property is placed in production.
Substantially
all of the Company's oil and gas activities are conducted jointly with others.
The accounts reflect only the Company's proportionate interest in such
activities.
On
November 15, 2005, the Company’s subsidiary received an additional 6.5 sections
which consist of a five year oil sand permit rights and Petroleum & Natural
Gas licenses (P&NG) which were part of the subsidiaries original purchase
agreement.
On
November 15, 2005, the Company and its subsidiary entered into an agreement
to
amend a farmout agreement with Signet Energy Inc. (“Signet”), a private company
owned by Surge Global Energy, Inc. (“Surge”). Under this new amended farmout
agreement, Signet Energy Inc., as operator, assumed the farmout obligations,
including completing, at its expense, the drilling of 10 wells to earn up to
a
40% working interest in the Sawn Lake Oil Sands Project.
11
On
November 15, 2005, as part of the settlement of a legal action, the Company,
and
its subsidiary, and Surge, agreed to amend a farmout agreement signed on
February 25, 2005, between the Company, and Surge that had previously been
terminated by the Company (disclosed on Form 8-K on September 29, 2005). The
amendments to the agreement provided that: (1) all conditions of the farmout
agreement will be deemed to have been satisfied on September 25, 2005; (2)
the
earning period (i.e. the period during which Signet has to drill 10 wells)
under
the agreement will be extended until February 25, 2008; (3) Signet will have
until September 25, 2006 to drill an option well; (4) an additional 6.5 sections
of land will be added to the land subject to the agreement; (5) Signet will
pay
the Company $1,000,000 on November 15, 2005, in satisfaction of the prospect
fee
outstanding instead of after drilling the second well as stated in the farmout
agreement; and (6) no shares of Surge will be issued to the Company. Instead,
the Company or its subsidiaries will receive 7,550,000 common shares of Signet
Energy Inc.
The
Company currently owns an 80% working interest in 51 contiguous sections of
oil
sands development leases and 6.5 sections of oil sands permits in the Sawn
lake
heavy oil area in North Central Alberta. The Company has an additional 40%
working interest in another 12 sections of oil sands development leases of
which
Signet has earned 40% from the Company.
On
November 26, 2007, the Company entered into a settlement with Signet and Andora
Energy Corporation and resolved their differences and certain collateral
matters. The settlement includes but is not limited to:
a) |
The
Farmout Agreement dated February 25, 2005, being effectively terminated
concurrently with the execution of the settlement in regards to the
Settlement Agreement;
|
b) |
Signet
being regarded as having earned an 40% working interest in a total
of
twelve sections;
|
c) |
Signet
will reconvey registered title to 57.5 unearned sections of the Farmout
Lands, as defined in the Farmout Agreement, back to the
Company.
|
4. |
Equipment
|
June
30, 2006
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
|||||||||||||
Accumulated
|
Net
Book
|
Net
Book
|
|||||||||||
Cost
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
Value
|
||||||||||
Equipment
|
$ | 3,971 | $ | 439 | $ | 3,532 |
$
|
333
|
|||||
Software
|
268 | 201 | 67 |
269
|
|||||||||
$ | 4,238 | $ | 640 | $ | 3,599 |
$
|
602
|
5. Note
and Accrued Interest Payable
The
Company has loans outstanding of $11,250 (2005 - $43,160) due on demand bearing
interest at 12%, which includes accrued interest payable to June 30,
2006.
6. Convertible
Debenture and Accrued Interest
June
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Convertible
debenture and accrued interest
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1,021,463
|
12
A
$1,000,000 unsecured convertible debenture was issued during the fiscal 2004
year. The convertible debenture bears interest at 8.5% per annum and is due
on
September 6, 2007. The debenture is convertible at the option of the debenture
holder into fully paid, conversion shares which consist of one common share
and
one common stock purchase warrant.
Each
warrant is convertible to one common share. The common shares have a par value
of $0.001 and the warrants are convertible as follows:
-
October
6, 2004 to September 6, 2005 at $1.00 per warrant
-
September 7, 2005 to September 6, 2006 at $1.50 per warrant
-
September 7, 2006 to September 6, 2007 at $2.00 per warrant
If
at any
time during the term of the debenture the average bid and ask price of the
Company's common shares is three dollars ($3.00) per share or more for thirty
(30) consecutive calendar days, the Company will have the option to convert
the
outstanding debenture into common stock at the price set forth
above.
No
value
has been recognized on the conversion rights because the market rate of Deep
Well shares was less then the conversion rate. The convertible debenture was
fully paid in October 2005.
7. Significant
Transactions With Related Parties
Accounts
payable - related parties of $322,664 (2005 - $224,247) results from directors’
fees and expenses paid for by the Company. Account payable - related parties
are
unsecured, non-interest bearing and have no fixed terms of
repayment.
The
Company has demand loans due from related parties of $75,892 (2005 - $11,604),
which bear no interest.
Officers,
directors, their families, and their controlled entities have acquired 6.7%
of
the Company's outstanding common capital stock.
8. Loan
Payable
Loan
payable consists of an amount due to a former director of the Company and a
company controlled by the former director. This amount is currently in dispute
and is not expected to be repaid. The amount is unsecured, bears no interest
and
has no fixed terms of repayment.
9. Share
Capital
On
February 27, 2004, the Board of Directors unanimously approved a forward stock
split of common stock at a ratio of two (2) shares for every one (1) share
held.
The forward split became effective on March 10, 2004. After the split, the
Company had 12,337,156 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Prior
to
the effective date of the split, the Company had 6,168,578 shares of common
stock outstanding.
In
connection with the stock split the Company increased its authorized common
shares in proportion to the forward stock split. The Company authorized common
stock after the forward stock split which consists of 100,000,000 shares of
common stock. Prior to the split, the Company was authorized to issue 50,000,000
shares of common stock. In connection with the forward split, the Company
amended its articles of incorporation with the state of Nevada. The Company
did
not obtain a shareholder vote of the forward stock split and a shareholder
vote
was not required by Nevada law.
On
May 7,
2004, the Company filed a Form 8-K that reported that on May 4, 2004, the Board
of Directors unanimously approved a forward stock split of the common stock
at a
ratio of three (3) shares for every one (1) share held. The forward split became
effective on May 14, 2004. After the split, the Company had 37,011,468 shares
of
common stock issued and outstanding. Prior to the effective date of the split,
the Company had 12,337,156 shares of common stock outstanding. In connection
with the stock split, the Company increased the authorized common shares in
proportion to the forward stock split. The authorized common stock after the
forward stock split consists of 300,000,000 shares of common stock. Prior to
the
split, the Company was authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock.
In connection with the forward split, the articles of incorporation were amended
with the State of Nevada. The Company did not obtain a shareholder vote of
the
forward stock split and a shareholder vote was not required by Nevada
law.
13
On
March
10, 2005, the Company closed on a transaction pursuant to a certain Securities
Purchase Agreement (“SPA”), with two accredited investors for an aggregate
purchase price of $750,000 pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate
of:
(1) 1,875,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share,
at a purchase price of $0.40 per share; and (2) 750,000 warrants, of which
each
of the warrants is exercisable from March 10, 2005 until March 9, 2010, at
an
exercise price equal to $0.50 per share. The Company issued the aforementioned
securities to the investors pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D as promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or Section 4(2) of the Act.
In
connection with the SPA, a finder’s fee of $75,000 was paid and 37,500 warrants
were issued. The exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted from time
to
time upon the occurrence of certain events, as provided in the warrants, and
as
a result of the issuance of common stock on May 25, 2007 and pursuant to the
SPA
and Form of Warrant dated March 10, 2005, entered into by and among the Company
and the investors (the “Warrant Holders”), the Company issued an adjustment to
the Warrant Holders. The original warrant dated March 10, 2005, contained a
price adjustment if the Company sells, issues or grants additional shares of
its
common stock at a price per share less than the exercise price. In the event
of
a price adjustment, the number of shares exercisable under the warrant would
also increase. Therefore, the exercise price of the original warrant has been
adjusted from $0.50 to $0.40 per common share. The Company has granted the
Warrant Holders new warrants to purchase an additional 196,875 common shares
for
a total of 984,375 shares of the Company’s common stock at an adjusted exercise
price of $0.40 per share under the same terms as the original warrant. The
Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (“RRA”) with the investors
dated as of March 10, 2005, pursuant to which the Company was obligated to
prepare and file a registration statement no later than 45 days after the
closing date registering the number of shares of the Company’s common stock
which is at least equal to: (1) the aggregate number of shares of common stock
issued under the SPA; and (2) 125% of the aggregate number of shares of common
stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company must use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective
as soon as practicable following the filing, but in no event later than 120
days
after the closing date. If the registration statement is not filed within 45
days after the closing date or declared effective within the time specified
in
the preceding paragraph, the Company was required to make payments to the
investors equal to 2% of the purchase price and an additional 2% of the purchase
price for each subsequent 30-day period as to which the registration statement
was not filed or declared effective. Effective on January 22. 2007, the Company
entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims (the “Settlement
Agreement”) with the investors who were in receipt of the above issued shares
with respect to allegations made by the investors that the Company had breached
the SPA and RRA.
The
Settlement Agreement provides, without any party acknowledging any liability,
for:
- the
amendment of the SPA to delete certain restrictions on the Company's ability
to
enter into any future financing;
- the
termination of the RRA;
- the
issuance to the Investors of an aggregate of 1,600,000 (one million six hundred
thousand) shares of common stock of the Company (the "Shares"), including the
granting of certain piggyback registration rights related thereto;
and
- the
full
and final settlement of all existing or potential claims between the Company
and
the Investors arising under the SPA and the RRA.
On
August
12, 2005, the Company completed a private placement of 500,000 units at a price
of $0.40 per unit, for $200,000. Each unit consists of one common share and
one
common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its holder to acquire
one share of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.60. The exercise price
of the warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the occurrence of
certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire on August
12,
2008. In addition, on August 12, 2005, pursuant to a Debt Settlement Agreement,
one holder of $84,378.40 of the Company’s indebtedness exchanged its debt for
210,946 units at a price of $0.40 per unit. Each unit consists of one common
share and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling the
holder to acquire one common share of the Company at $0.60 per share. The
exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the
occurrence of certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire
on August 12, 2008.
On
October 11, 2005, the Company completed a private placement of 3,150,000 units
at a price of $0.40 per unit for $1,260,000. Each unit consists of one common
share and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its
holder to acquire one share of its common stock at a price of $0.60 per share.
The exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon
the
occurrence of certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire
on October 11, 2008. In connection with the private placement a finder’s fee of
$36,000 was paid.
On
January 13, 2006, the Company completed a private placement of 51,200 units
at a
price of $1.50 per unit, for $76,800. Each unit consists of one common share
and
one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its holder to
acquire one share of its common stock at an exercise price of $2.25 per common
share. The exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted from time to time
upon the occurrence of certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants
expire on January 13, 2009. In addition, on January 12, 2006, pursuant to a
Debt
Settlement Agreement, one holder of $38,293 of the Company’s indebtedness
exchanged its debt for 21,800 units at a price of $1.50 per unit. Each unit
consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant, with each
warrant entitling its holder to acquire one common share of the Company at
a
price of $2.25 per share. The exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted
from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events, as provided in the
warrants. The warrants expire on January 13, 2009. In connection with the
private placement a finder’s fee of $7,680 was paid.
14
On
February 23, 2006, pursuant to an exercise option agreement the Company entered
into on June 7, 2005, the Company issued 4,707,750 of its common shares in
exchange for 156,925 of the outstanding preferred shares of Northern Alberta
Oil
Ltd. (subsidiary) (“Northern”).
On
June
13, 2006, pursuant to an exercise option agreement the Company entered into
on
June 7, 2005, The Company issued 2,867,250 common shares in exchange for 95,575
of the outstanding preferred shares of Northern.
The
warrants outstanding as of June 30, 2006 were 4,721,446. There is no value
assigned to these warrants.
10. Changes
in Non-Cash Working Capital
Nine
Months
|
Nine
Months
|
||||||
Ended
|
Ended
|
||||||
June
30, 2006
|
June
30, 2005
|
||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
$
|
(266
|
)
|
$
|
(30,633
|
)
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
(40,057
|
)
|
5,519
|
||||
Accounts
payable
|
(793
|
)
|
195,085
|
||||
$
|
(41,116
|
)
|
$
|
169,971
|
11. Subsequent
Event
Sales
of Unregistered Securities
On
July
28, 2006, a warrant holder of the Company acquired 100,000 common shares upon
exercising warrants, at an exercise price of $0.60 per common share for
$60,000.
On
September 11, 2006, a warrant holder of the Company exercised 50,000 warrants
for 50,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.60 per common share for
$30,000.
On
April
4, 2007, pursuant to an exercise option agreement the Company entered into
on
June 7, 2005, the Company issued 5,400,000 common shares in exchange for 180,000
of the outstanding preferred shares of Northern.
As
of
April 4, 2007, all Northern preferred shares have been converted into Deep
Well
common shares resulting in Deep Well owning 100% of Northern preferred
shares.
On
May
25, 2007, the Company completed a private placement of 5,000,000 units at a
price of $0.40 per unit for $2,000,000. Each unit consists of one common share
and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its holder
to
acquire one share of our common stock at a price of $0.60 per share. The
exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the
occurrence of certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire
on May 25, 2010. In connection with the private placement a finder's fee of
$150,000 was paid.
On
June
22, 2007, the Company completed a private placement of 8,333,333 units at a
price of $0.60 per unit for $5,000,000. Each unit consists of one common share
and one common share purchase warrant and another twelve one-hundredths common
share purchase warrant ("Special Warrant"). Each warrant entitles the holder
to
purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.90 per common share for
a
period of three years from the date of closing. Each Special Warrant entitles
the holder to purchase a common share at a price of $1.20 for a period of five
years from the date of closing. The exercise price of the warrants and the
Special Warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the occurrence of
certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire on June 22,
2010, and the Special Warrants expire on June 22, 2012. In connection with
the
private placement a finder's fee of $300,000 was paid.
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On
July
11, 2007, the Company completed a private placement of 323,333 units at a price
of $0.60 per unit for $194,000. Each unit consists of one common share and
one
common share purchase warrant and another twelve one-hundredths common share
purchase warrant ("Special Warrant"). Each warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.90 per common share for
a
period of three years from the date of closing. Each Special Warrant entitles
the holder to purchase a common share at a price of $1.20 for a period of five
years from the date of closing. The exercise price of the warrants and the
Special Warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the occurrence of
certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire on July 11,
2010, and the Special Warrants expire on July 11, 2012. In connection with
the
private placement a finder's fee of $9,700 was paid.
12. Stock
Options
On
November 28, 2005, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Deep Well adopted the
Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan, which
will be administered by the Board, permits options to acquire shares of the
Company’s common stock (the “Common Shares”) to be granted to directors, senior
officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as certain
consultants and other persons providing services to the Company or its
subsidiaries.
The
maximum number of shares which may be reserved for issuance under the Plan
may
not exceed 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares, subject to
adjustment as contemplated by the Plan. The aggregate number of Common Shares
with respect to which options may be granted to any one person (together with
their associates) in any one year, together with will all other incentive plans
of the Company, may not exceed 500,000 Common Shares and in total may not exceed
2% of the total number of Common Shares outstanding.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted its directors Donald E. H. Jones and
Cyrus Spaulding options to purchase 375,000 shares each of common stock at
an
exercise price of $0.71 per share, 75,000 vesting immediately and the remaining
vesting one-third on June 29, 2006, one-third on June 29, 2007 and one-third
on
June 29, 2008, with a five-year life.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted its directors Horst A. Schmid and Curtis
Sparrow options to purchase 375,000 shares each of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.71 per share 175,000 vesting immediately and the remaining vesting
one-half on February 6, 2006, and one-half on February 6, 2007, with a five-year
life.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted a director of a subsidiary of the
Company, Moses Ling, options to purchase 187,500 shares each of common stock
at
an exercise price of $0.71 per share 37,500 vesting immediately and the
remaining vesting one-third on June 6, 2006, one-third on June 6, 2007 and
one-third on June 6, 2008, with a five-year life.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted Trebax Projects Ltd., a corporation
providing consulting services to the Company or its subsidiary and wholly owned
by a director, options to purchase 390,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.71 per share, vesting one-third on September 1, 2006, one-third
on
September 1, 2007 and one-third on September 1, 2008, with a five-year
life.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted Portwest Investments Ltd., a corporation
providing consulting services to the Company or its subsidiary and wholly owned
by a director, options to purchase 390,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.71 per share, vesting one-third on July 1, 2006, one-third on July
1, 2007 and one-third on July 1, 2008, with a five-year life.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted Concorde Consulting, a corporation
providing consulting services to the Company or its subsidiary and wholly owned
by a director, options to purchase 390,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.71 per share, vesting one-third on July 1, 2006, one-third on July
1, 2007 and one-third on July 1, 2008, with a five-year life.
There
were no stock options granted in 2005 and therefore no share based compensation
expenses were recorded in 2005. For the period ended June 30, 2006, the Company
recorded $495,076 of compensation expense based on its use of the Black Scholes
model to estimate the grant-date fair value of these unit option awards. No
options were exercised during the period ended June 30, 2006, therefore, the
intrinsic value of the options exercised during the period, October 1, 2005
to
June 30, 2006 is nil. As of June 30, 2006, there was a total of $281,760 of
unrecognized compensation cost related to the non-vested portion of these unit
option awards. At June 30, 2006, this cost was expected to recognize over a
weighted-average period of 4.41 years. Compensation expense is based upon
straight-line amortization of the grant-date fair value over the vesting period
of the underlying unit option. Since the Company is a relatively new public
company and has minimal trading history, it has used an estimated volatility
of
approximately 162% for the period June 30, 2006, based on the trading history
available.
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Shares
Underlying
Options
Outstanding
|
Shares
Underlying
Options
Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||
Range
of Exercise Prices
|
Shares
Underlying Options Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Shares
Underlying Options Exercisable
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|||||||||||
$0.71
at June 30, 2006
|
2,857,500
|
4.41
|
$
|
0.71
|
987,500
|
$
|
0.71
|
The
aggregate intrinsic value of exercisable options as of June 30, 2006, was
$2,152,750.
The
Company has used a weighted average risk-free rate of 4.32% in its Black Scholes
calculation of grant-date fair value, which is based on U.S. Treasury interest
rates at the time of the grant whose term is consistent with the expected life
of the stock options. Expected life represents the period of time that options
are expected to be outstanding and is based on the Company’s best estimate. The
following table represents the weighted average assumptions used for the Black
Scholes option-pricing model:
June
30,
2006
|
|||
Average
risk-free interest rates
|
4.32
|
%
|
|
Average
expected life (in years)
|
5
|
||
Volatility
|
162
|
%
|
The
following is a summary of stock option activity for the period ended June 30,
2006:
Number
of Shares
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Weighted
Average Fair Market Value
|
||||||||
Balance,
September 30, 2005
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||||
Options
forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Options
granted
|
2,857,500
|
0.71
|
2.89
|
|||||||
Options
exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Balance,
June 30, 2006
|
2,857,500
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
2.89
|
|||||
Exercisable,
June 30, 2006
|
987,500
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
2.89
|
The
following table summarizes the status of the Company’s non-vested stock options
since October 1, 2005:
Non-Vested
Options
|
|||||||
Number
of Shares
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
||||||
Non-vested
at October 1, 2005
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Granted
|
2,857,500
|
0.71
|
|||||
Vested
|
987,500
|
0.71
|
|||||
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Non-vested
at June 30, 2006
|
1,870,000
|
$
|
0.71
|
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13. Commitments
Compensation
to Directors
Since
the
acquisition of Northern Alberta Oil Ltd., the Company and Northern have entered
into the following contracts with the following companies for the services of
their officers:
1) Portwest
Investments Ltd., a company owned 100% by Dr. Horst A. Schmid, for providing
services to the Company as Chief Executive Officer and President for $12,500
Cdn
per month.
2) Concorde
Consulting, a company owned 100% by Mr. Curtis J. Sparrow, for providing
services as Chief Financial Officer to the Company for $15,000 Cdn per
month.
3) Trebax
Projects Ltd., a company 100% owned by Mr. Cyrus Spaulding, for providing
services as Chief Operating Officer for the Company for $130 Cdn per
hour.
4) Brave
Consulting, a company 50% owned by Mr. David Roff, for providing consulting
services to the Company for $8,000 Cdn per month. As of August 2007, the amount
has increased to $12,000 per month.
14. Acquisition
On
June
7, 2005, Deep Well completed its acquisition (as more fully described in the
Company’s 2005 Annual Report filed on Form 10-K) of Northern Alberta Oil Ltd. by
way of a share exchange agreement whereby Deep Well would acquire all the
outstanding common shares of Northern by issuing new restricted shares of Deep
Well common stock. In addition, Deep Well also has the exclusive option to
acquire all of the preferred shares of Northern through a similar share
exchange. As consideration Northern shareholders will receive three (3) shares
of Deep Well common stock for every one (1) share of Northern common stock
and
each preferred Northern stockholder will receive thirty (30) shares of Deep
Well
common stock for every one (1) preferred Northern share held. The Northern
preferred shares convert into 12,975,000 Deep Well common shares.
As
of
April 2007, all the Northern preferred shares have been converted into Deep
Well
common stock.
15. Legal
Actions
I.G.M.
Resources Corp vs. Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc., et al
On
March
10, 2005, I.G.M. Resources Corp. ("the Plaintiff") filed against Classic Energy
Inc., 979708 Alberta Ltd., Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc., Nearshore Petroleum
Corporation, Mr. Steven P. Gawne, Rebekah Gawne, Gawne Family Trust, 1089144
Alberta Ltd., John F. Brown, Diane Lynn McClaflin, Cassandra Doreen Brown,
Elissa Alexandra Brown, Brown Family Trust, Priority Exploration Ltd., Northern
Alberta Oil Ltd. and Gordon Skulmoski (the “Defendant”) a Statement of Claim in
the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta Judicial District of Calgary. This suit
is
a part of a series of lawsuits or actions undertaken by the Plaintiff against
some of the other above defendants.
The
Plaintiff was and still is a minority shareholder of 979708 Alberta Ltd.
("979708"). 979708 was in the business of discovering, assembling and acquiring
oil and gas prospects. In 2002 and 2003, 979708 acquired oil and gas prospects
in the Sawn Lake area of Alberta. On or about the 14th
of July,
2003, all or substantially all the assets of 979708 were sold to Classic Energy
Inc. The Plaintiff claims the value of the assets sold was far in excess of
the
value paid for those assets. On April 23, 2004, Northern Alberta Oil Ltd.
purchased Classic Energy Inc.'s assets, some of which are under dispute by
the
Plaintiff. On June 7, 2005, Deep Well acquired all of the common shares of
Northern thereby giving Deep Well an indirect beneficial interest in the assets
the Plaintiff is claiming an interest in.
The
Plaintiff seeks an order setting aside the transaction and returning the assets
to 979708, compensation in the amount of $15,000,000 Cdn, a declaration of
trust
declaring that Northern and Deep Well hold all of the assets acquired from
979708 and any property acquired by use of such assets, or confidential
information of 979708, in trust for the Plaintiff.
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This
lawsuit has been stayed pending the out come of the other litigation by the
Plaintiff against some of the above defendants other than Deep Well and
Northern. The Company believes the claims are without merit and will vigorously
defend against them.
Hardie
& Kelly vs. Brown et al
On
June
2, 2006, Hardie and Kelly (the “Plaintiff”), Trustee of the Estate of John
Forbes Brown, filed against John Forbes Brown, a bankrupt, Diane Lynn McClaflin,
1089144 Alberta Ltd., and Deep Well (the “Defendants”) an Amended Statement of
Claim in the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta Judicial District of Calgary.
John Forbes Brown was a former officer and then sub-contractor of Deep Well
before and during the time he was assigned into bankruptcy on July 12, 2004.
The
Plaintiff claims, in addition to other issues unrelated to Deep Well, that
John
Forbes Brown received 4,812,500 Deep Well shares as a result of his employment
in Deep Well and that John Forbes Brown improperly assigned these shares to
the
numbered company as a ruse entered into on the eve of insolvency by John Forbes
Brown in order to facilitate the hiding of assets from his creditors and the
trustee of his bankruptcy. The Plaintiff further claims that on August 23,
2004,
John Forbes Brown advised the Plaintiff that he in fact owned the above shares
and did not disclose this ownership in his filed bankruptcy statement of
affairs. The Plaintiff further claims that John Forbes Brown would lodge the
said shares with his lawyer until such time as these shares could be transferred
to the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff further claims that unbeknownst to them John
Forbes Brown surreptitiously removed the shares from his lawyer's office and
delivered them to Deep Well so that Deep Well could cancel them. The Plaintiff
claims that Deep Well conspired with John Forbes Brown to defraud the creditors
of John Forbes Brown by taking receipt and cancelling the said shares. The
Plaintiff claims that consideration paid by Deep Well for the said shares was
invested in the home owned by John Forbes Brown and his wife. The Plaintiff
seeks: (1) an accounting of the proceeds and benefits derived by the dealings
of
the shares; (2) the home owned by John Forbes Brown and his wife, to be held
in
trust on behalf of the Plaintiff and an accounting of proceeds related to this
trust; (3) damages from the Defendants because of their actions; (4) a judgement
for $15,612,645 Cdn; (5) an order to sell John Forbes Brown's home; and (6)
interest and costs.
Deep
Well
believes it did not conspire with John Forbes Brown to defraud John Forbes
Brown's creditors and further Deep Well did not receive nor give John Forbes
Brown any consideration in regards to the cancelling of said shares. Deep Well
plans to vigorously defend itself against the Plaintiff's claims.
Menno
Wiebe and Jacobean Resource International vs. Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc., et
al
On
October 23, 2006, Menno Wiebe and Jacobean Resources International (the
“Plaintiff”) served Deep Well (the “Defendant”), Doe individuals and Roe
Corporations with a Complaint and Summons filed in the United States of America,
District Court of Clark County, Nevada. The Complaint alleges a breach of
contract in which the Plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages in excess of
$10,000 plus an order directing Defendants to issue 56,500 shares of Deep Well
stock to Plaintiffs. Deep Well believes that it has meritorious defenses to
the
Plaintiff's claims and intends to enter into mediation, as called for in the
contract with Menno Wiebe.
.
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ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATIONS
You
should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our
Company’s financial statements and related notes. For the purpose of this
discussion, unless the context indicates another meaning, the terms the
“Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. and its
subsidiaries. This discussion includes forward-looking statements that reflect
our current views with respect to future events and financial performance and
that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results, performance or
achievements could differ materially from those anticipated in the
forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors including risks
discussed in "Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operations -
Forward-Looking Statements" below and elsewhere in this report, and under the
heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
September 30, 2005.
Our
financial statements and information are reported in U.S. dollars and are
prepared based upon US American
generally accepted accounting principles.
General
Overview
We
are an
emerging independent junior oil and gas exploration and development company
headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Our Company’s immediate corporate
focus is to develop the existing land base that it presently controls in the
Peace River Oil Sands area in North Central Alberta. Our principal office is
located at 510 Royal Bank Building, 10117 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta
T5J
1W8, our telephone number is (780) 409-8144 and our fax number is (780)
409-8146. Our Company also has an exploration office in Calgary, Alberta. Deep
Well Oil & Gas, Inc. is a Nevada corporation and trades on the pink sheets
under the symbol DWOG. We maintain a website at www.deepwelloil.com.
Operations
On
February 25, 2005, we entered into a Farmout Agreement with Signet Energy Inc.
(“Signet” now known as 1350826 Alberta Ltd., a subsidiary company of Andora
Energy Corporation) covering 69.5 sections within the Sawn Lake project. This
agreement allowed Signet to earn up to 40% working interest in the farmout
lands
(50% of our Company’s share). Among other things the agreement called for Signet
to drill 10 wells, pay our Company a $2,000,000 prospect fee and grant us 33.33%
of the outstanding shares of Surge on the day the agreement was signed. On
November 15, 2005, our Company and Signet amended the Farmout Agreement and
further agreed to acknowledge the original Farmout Agreement. In accordance
with
the Farmout Agreement, Signet was to drill 10 wells, based on a rolling option
to drill, prior to February 25, 2008, at no cost to our Company, to fully earn
its 40% working interest in the project. In addition, our Company owned
7,550,000 common shares of Signet. Under the Farmout Agreement, notice to our
Company of Signet’s intent to drill the next option well was due by December 16,
2006, and accordingly, since such notice was not provided, Signet’s right to
earn additional interest in the Sawn Lake acreage from our Company had expired.
In December 2006, our Company notified Signet that it was disputing Signet
earning an additional 12 sections as a result of drilling the second and third
wells due to Signet’s failure to properly complete the wells by not conducting
the production testing as reasonably required under the Farmout Agreement.
The
Farmout Agreement stated that the sustained production test must be of
sufficient duration to establish to the Farmor’s (therefore Deep Well’s)
reasonable satisfaction the initial productivity of the earning well. Signet’s
view was that it had earned the 12 sections pursuant to the terms of the Farmout
Agreement. These 12 sections were subject to selection in accordance with the
provisions of the Farmout Agreement. On November 26, 2007, our Company entered
into mediation with Signet and resolved their differences on this and certain
collateral matters. The settlement included, but is not limited to:
· |
the
Farmout Agreement dated February 25, 2005, being effectively terminated
concurrently with the execution of the settlement agreement;
and
|
·
|
Signet
being regarded as having earned the two sections on which the option
wells
were drilled and 4 additional sections as set out in the settlement;
and
|
·
|
Signet
being required to reconvey registered title to 57.5 unearned sections
of
the Farmout Lands, as defined in the Farmout Agreement, back to
our
Company; and
|
·
|
our
Company having the right to retest, at no cost to Signet, the option
wells
previously drilled.
|
On
April
2, 2008, our Company successfully bid on 1 Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights
parcel for a total of 6 sections in the Ochre area covering 3,795 gross acres
(1,536 gross hectares) with a working interest of 100%, increasing our land
holdings in the Peace River area by 8%. Our Company currently owns an 80%
working interest in 51 contiguous sections of oil sands development leases,
a
40% working interest in an additional 12 sections of oil sands development
leases, an 80% working interest in 6.5 sections of oil sands permits and a
100%
working interest in the recently acquired 6 sections of a Petroleum and Natural
Gas License in the Sawn Lake heavy oil area in North Central Alberta, bringing
our total land holdings to 75.5 sections covering 47,759 gross acres or 19,328
gross hectares.
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Plan
of Operations over the next 12 Months
Our
Company’s current and near term development plan is to use the funds recently
acquired to execute our Company’s plan of development for the Sawn Lake Project.
The first stage of the plan will include updated well evaluation testing and
project re-analysis and engineering study. To accomplish this, our Company
recently purchased and interpreted seismic data for certain sections of the
Sawn
Lake project. This recent seismic acquisition and reprocessing is in addition
to
and focuses on different areas than the seismic previously acquired and
reprocessed by Signet, the results of which, and in addition to the aeromagnetic
data, is now available to our Company by virtue of the November 26, 2007
settlement with Signet. Based on this newly acquired data log analyses and
information obtained from external public resources, our Company’s exploration
team selected 6 locations to be drilled over the next 12 months. Our Company
has
completed surveying of these 6 locations along with their respective
environmental field reports. On September 10, 2008, the Energy Resources
Conservation Board granted us 6 well licences and our Company has secured a
drilling contract with Precision Drilling. We plan to drill the first well
on or
about November 1, 2008, weathering permitting. Our Company expects to drill
and
production test 6 wells and possibly an optional 7th
well
over the next 12 months. To assist in defining the Sawn Lake project these
6
locations have been selected to evaluate more of the reservoir than previously
drilled under the Farmout Agreement. As operator for these leases, our Company
will also test to its satisfaction the wells for cold flow capability. Currently
our Company, as operator, is re-testing the first well drilled in September
2005
under our former Farmout Agreement. The focus of our Company’s drilling program
is to further define the heavy oil reservoir to establish reserves and to
determine the best technology under which oil can be produced from the Sawn
Lake
project in order to initiate production to generate an early positive cash
flow.
Reorganization
and Raising Capital
On
February 19, 2003, our Company filed a Petition for Relief under Chapter 11
of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court in and for the
Eastern District of New York titled In re: Allied Devices Corporation, et al.,
Chapter 11, Case No. 03-80962-511 “the Bankruptcy Action”. On September 10,
2003, after notice to all creditors and a formal hearing, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Melanie L. Cyganowski issued an “Order Confirming Liquidating Plan of
Reorganization” in the Bankruptcy Action. In conjunction with that Bankruptcy
Order, our Company’s liabilities, among other things, were paid off and
extinguished.
During
the fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007, we financed our business operations
through a loan, private offerings of our common stock and the exercise of
certain warrants realizing gross proceeds of $9,570,800. In these offerings
we
sold units comprised of common stock and warrants to purchase additional common
stock and as a result we had an aggregate of 15,752,841 outstanding warrants
from these offerings with exercise prices ranging from $0.40 to $2.25, as at
September 30, 2007. If all of the warrants sold in the offerings are exercised
per their terms, we may realize aggregate proceeds of approximately $12,595,559.
However, the warrant holders have complete discretion as to when or if the
warrants are exercised before they expire and we cannot guarantee that the
warrant holders will exercise any of the warrants.
On
August
14, 2008 our Company successfully raised $5,000,000 through a private placement
offering for 10,638,297 common shares of our Company to one investor and we
raised an additional $5,000,000 for another 12,500,000 additional common shares
of our Company, which closed on October 31, 2008 with the same investor. With
this private placement our Company has the funds anticipated to complete its
near term business plan. For our long term operations we
anticipate that, among other options, we will raise funds during the next
twenty-four months through private placements of our common stock under
exemptions from the registration requirements provided by Canadian, United
States and state and provincial securities laws. The purchasers and manner
of
issuance will be determined according to our financial needs and the available
exemptions. We also note that if we issue more shares of our common stock,
our
stockholders may experience dilution in the percentage of their ownership of
common stock. We may not be able to raise sufficient funding from stock sales
for long term operations and if so, we may be forced to delay our business
plans
until adequate funding is obtained. We believe debt financing will not be an
alternative for funding in the exploration stage of our Company due to the
risky
nature of business. The lack of tangible assets places debt financing for our
Company beyond the credit-worthiness required by most lenders.
Significant
Changes in Number of Employees
Our
Company currently has two full time employees, three part time office staff
and
five prime subcontractors. For
further information on subcontractors see “Compensation Arrangements for
Executive Officers” under item 10 “Executive Compensation” described in this
report. We
expect
to hire from time to time more employees, independent consultants and
contractors during the stages of implementing our plans.
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Mr.
Cyrus
James Spaulding was an independent contractor under his consulting company,
Trebax Projects Ltd. (“Trebax”). He resigned from his position as Chief
Operating Officer of our Company, effective September 21, 2007. As of the
effective date Trebax’s existing consulting agreement has been
terminated.
Effective
September 20, 2007, our Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with R.N.
Dell Energy Ltd. whose primary consultant is Mr. Edward A. Howard, to assist
our
Company in the further exploitation and development of Deep Well’s Sawn Lake
project. Mr. Howard is a Geologist and Palynologist with over 40 years of heavy
oil experience. Most recently Mr. Howard was Vice President of Exploration
and
Development for Signet (recently acquired by Andora). Signet was the Farmee
which had the right to earn acreage from Deep Well. Signet’s rights under the
Farmout Agreement to drill to earn more acreage, has since expired and as of
November 26, 2007, the Farmout Agreement has been terminated. At Signet Mr.
Howard was responsible for the planning and execution of the Sawn Lake drilling
program. Mr. Howard has also worked with several companies in the heavy oil
sector including Sceptre Resources (since taken over by CNRL) at their
Tangleflags field and Shell Canada at their Peace River Project. Mr. Howard
was
credited with the discovery and early development of the first successful Steam
Assisted Gravity Drainage (“SAGD”) heavy oil extraction project for Sceptre at
the Tangleflags field. While at Shell from 1967 to 1977 Mr. Howard was
instrumental in developing Shell’s Peace River strategy from the early inception
through to the pilot plant stage. This project continues to be one of the most
successful in situ oil sands producers. Also, Mr. Howard has implemented
noteworthy Cyclical Stream Simulation (“CSS”) projects in Alberta. Some of these
projects have proven to increase recovery rates between/from 50% - 60%. Mr.
Howard’s extensive experience with the primary and secondary recovery of heavy
oil as well as his direct knowledge of the Peace River oil sands area,
specifically the Sawn Lake project, will be of great benefit to Deep
Well.
Effective
October 15, 2007, our Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Picoplat
Consulting Inc. whose primary consultant is Mr. Ferdinand Brathwaite, to assist
our Company in the exploitation and development of Deep Well’s Sawn Lake
project. Mr. Brathwaite is an Engineering Technologist with substantial
knowledge and expertise related to oil and gas recovery in the Western
Sedimentary Basin. He was previously employed by HBOG as an engineering
technologist and by Royal Bank’s Global Energy And Minerals Group performing
economic evaluations for both Canadian and U.S. oil and gas properties. He
switched careers and managed a small computer business before returning to
the
oil and gas sector under contract with Encana Gas Storage Unit’s New Ventures
Group in the search for gas storage reservoirs in the U.S. Subsequent to the
sale of Encana’s Gas Storage Unit, Mr. Brathwaite consulted with Signet in it’s
development department.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
Our
Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
quarterly report on Form 10-QSB, including all referenced exhibits, contains
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States federal
securities laws. The words "may," "believe," "will," "anticipate," "expect,"
"estimate," "project," "future," and other expressions that are predictions
of
or indicate future events and trends and that do not relate to historical
matters identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements
in
this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB include, among others, statements with
respect to:
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our
current business strategy;
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our
projected sources and uses of
cash;
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our
plan for future development and
operations;
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our
drilling and testing plans;
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the
sufficiency of our capital in order to execute our business plan;
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reserve
and resource estimates; and
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the
timing and sources of our future
funding.
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Reliance
should not be placed on forward-looking statements because they involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual
results to differ materially from the anticipated future results expressed
or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those set forward in the forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to:
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changes
in general business or economic
conditions;
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changes
in legislation or regulation that affect our
business;
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our
ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and
permits;
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opposition
to our regulatory requests by various third
parties;
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actions
of aboriginals, environmental activists and other industrial
disturbances;
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availability
of labor or materials or increases in their
costs;
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the
availability of sufficient capital to finance our business plans
on terms
satisfactory to us;
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adverse
weather conditions and natural
disasters;
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risks
associated with increased insurance costs or unavailability of
adequate
coverage;
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volatility
of oil and natural gas
prices;
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competition;
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changes
in labor, equipment and capital
costs;
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future
acquisitions or strategic
partnerships;
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the
risks and costs inherent in
litigation;
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imprecision
in estimates of reserves, resources and recoverable quantities
of oil and
natural gas;
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product
supply and demand;
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fluctuations
in currency and interest
rates;
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the
risk that our currently proposed private placement will not be
completed
on a timely basis or at all.
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the
additional risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our
control,
referred to elsewhere in this Form 10-QSB, in our Form 10-KSB for
the year
ended September 30, 2005, and in our other SEC
filings.
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Except
as
required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise. However, any further disclosures made on related subjects
in subsequent reports on Forms 10-KSB, 10-QSB and 8-K should be
consulted.
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ITEM
3. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
As
of the
end of our fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006, an evaluation of the
effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934) as amended, was carried out by our management with the participation
of
our principal executive officer and principal financial officer. Based upon
that
evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer
have
concluded that as of the end of the reported quarter, our disclosure controls
and procedures were not effective to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is
(i)
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in SEC rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management,
including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer,
to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During
the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006, there were changes in our internal
control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting. In particular, during that fiscal quarter, we continued to implement
our formalization and centralization of the accounts payable functions and
multi-currency accounting software.
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
Deep
Well Oil & Gas, Inc. vs. Surge Global Energy, Inc. -
RESOLVED
On
October 13, 2005, Surge filed against us with a Notice of Motion filed in the
Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Judicial District of Calgary. The motion among
other things, requested a declaration from us that Signet has complied with
their obligations under a particular Farmout Agreement and a declaration that
Signet has earned 50% of our interest in lands located at LSD 01-36-091-13-W5M.
On
October 14, 2005, we served Surge with a lawsuit issued in the Court of Queen’s
Bench of Alberta Judicial District of Calgary. The lawsuit among other things,
seeks: a declaration that the Farmout Agreement has been terminated, an order
requesting Signet to reconvey to us title documents as defined in the Farmout
Agreement, a declaration that Signet has failed to spud a test well pursuant
to
the terms of the Farmout Agreement, an order preventing Signet from entering
the
Farmout lands pending resolution to the lawsuit and other various declaratory
and injunctive relief, including damages of $1,000,000 Cdn for trespass and
punitive damages of $250,000 Cdn.
On
October 21, 2005, our Company and Surge agreed to a consent order in the Court
of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Judicial District of Calgary whereby both parties
agreed to consolidate their actions. The consolidated action would continue
under our action and would be tried at the same time.
On
November 15, 2005, as part of a restructuring of Signet, both parties mutually
agreed to dismiss their lawsuits against each other. The dismissals were part
of
the Farmout Amending and Farmout Acknowledgement Agreements entered into by
our
Company and Surge. The Farmout Amendment and Acknowledgement Agreement were
agreed to upon Signet receiving a private placement for $8,550,000 Cdn in a
convertible debenture and the modification of the February 25, 2005 Farmout
Agreement. The significant amendments were: 1.) Extend the earning period to
February 25, 2008; 2.) Extend the date for which Signet can spud an option
well
to September 25, 2006; 3.) Recalculate the payment of the 2nd
portion
of the prospect fee, being $1,000,000 to be paid by Signet to Northern and
Deep
Well Alberta and omit the conditions under which the $1,000,000 was paid; 4.)
Signet to issue to Northern and Deep Well Alberta 7,550,000 of its common shares
giving our Company a beneficial interest in the Farmee of 31.47% before Signet
issues shares under the private placement financing and 22.7% if the convertible
debenture is converted on a fully diluted basis, and 5.) Our Company give up
its
right to acquire shares in Surge US.
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I.G.M.
Resources Corp. vs. Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. et al
hereinafter
referred to as “979708”), Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc., Nearshore, Steven P.
Gawne, Rebekah Gawne, Gawne Family Trust, 1089144 Alberta Ltd., John F. Brown,
Diane Lynn McClaflin, Cassandra Doreen Brown, Elissa Alexandra Brown, Brown
Family Trust, Priority Exploration Ltd., Northern Alberta Oil Ltd. and Gordon
Skulmoski (the “Defendants”) a Statement of Claim in the Court of Queen’s Bench
of Alberta Judicial District of Calgary. This suit is part of a series of
lawsuits or actions undertaken by the Plaintiff against some of the other
above-named Defendants.
The
Plaintiff was and still is a minority shareholder of 979708. 979708 was
purportedly in the business of discovering, assembling and acquiring oil &
gas prospects. In 2002 and 2003, 979708 acquired oil and gas prospects in the
Sawn Lake area of Alberta. On or about the 14th
of July
2003, all or substantially all the assets of 979708 were sold to Classic. The
Plaintiff claims the value of the assets sold was far in excess of the value
paid for those assets. On April 23, 2004, Northern purchased some of Classic’s
assets, that are under dispute by the Plaintiff. On June 7, 2005, Deep Well
acquired all of the common shares of Northern thereby giving Deep Well an
indirect beneficial interest in the assets the Plaintiff is claiming an interest
in.
The
Plaintiff seeks an order setting aside the transaction and returning the assets
to 979708, compensation in the amount of $15,000,000 Cdn, and a declaration
of
trust declaring that Northern and Deep Well hold all of the assets acquired
from
979708 and any property acquired by use of such assets or confidential
information of 979708, in trust for the Plaintiff.
This
lawsuit has been stayed pending the outcome of the other litigation by the
Plaintiff against the other defendants. We believe the claims and demands
against us are without merit and will vigorously defend against
them.
Hardie
& Kelly vs. Brown et al
On
June
2, 2006, Hardie and Kelly (the “Plaintiff”), Trustee of the Estate of John
Forbes Brown, filed against John Forbes Brown, a bankrupt, Diane Lynn McClaflin,
1089144 Alberta Ltd., and Deep Well (the “Defendants”) an Amended Statement of
Claim filed in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Judicial District of
Calgary. John Forbes Brown was a former officer and then sub-contractor of
Deep
Well before and at the time he was assigned into bankruptcy on into July 12,
2004. The Plaintiff claims, in addition to other issues unrelated to Deep Well,
that John Forbes Brown received 4,812,500 Deep Well shares as a result of his
employment in Deep Well and that John Forbes Brown improperly assigned these
shares to the numbered company as a ruse entered into on the eve of insolvency
by John Forbes Brown in order to facilitate the hiding of assets from his
creditors and the trustee of his bankruptcy. The Plaintiff further claims that
on August 23, 2004, John Forbes Brown advised the Plaintiff that he in fact
owned the above shares and did not disclose this ownership in his filed
bankruptcy statement of affairs. The Plaintiff further claims that John Forbes
Brown would lodge the said shares with his lawyer until such time as these
shares could be transferred to the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff further claims
that
unbeknownst to them John Forbes Brown surreptitiously removed the shares from
his lawyer’s office and delivered them to Deep Well so that Deep Well could
cancel them. The Plaintiff claims that Deep Well conspired with John Forbes
Brown to defraud the creditors of John Forbes Brown by taking receipt and
canceling the said shares. The Plaintiff claims that consideration paid by
Deep
Well for the said shares was invested in the home owned by John Forbes Brown
and
his wife. The Plaintiff seeks: 1.) an accounting of the proceeds and benefits
derived by the dealings of the shares; 2.) the home owned by John Forbes Brown
and his wife, to be held in trust on behalf of the Plaintiff and an accounting
of proceeds related to this trust; 3.) damages from the Defendants because
of
their actions; 4.) a judgment for $15,612,645 Cdn; 5.) an order to sell John
Forbes Brown’s home; and 6.) interest and costs.
We
plan
to vigorously defend ourselves against the Plaintiff’s claims.
Menno
Wiebe and Jacobean Resource International vs. Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. et
al
On
October 23, 2006, Menno Wiebe and Jacobean Resources International served Deep
Well, Doe individuals and Roe Corporations with a Complaint and Summons filed
in
the United States of America, District Court of Clark County, Nevada. The
Complaint alleges a breach of contract in which the Plaintiffs are seeking
monetary damages in excess of $10,000 plus an order directing Defendants to
issue 56,500 shares of Deep Well stock to Plaintiffs. Mr. Menno Wiebe served
as
Director and Chief Operating Officer of Deep Well from July 6, 2004 until June
29, 2005. Mr. Wiebe claims he was the Chief Operating Officer until October
2005. Our Company believes that it has meritorious defences to the plaintiff’s
claims and intends to enter into mediation, as called for in the contract with
Menno Wiebe.
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Star
Capital Inc. vs. Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. et al -
RESOLVED
On
December 21, 2006, Deep Well, Deep Well Alberta and some of the directors of
our
Company in addition to other individuals were served with an Originating Notice
of Motion, filed in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Judicial District of
Calgary, by Star Capital Inc. whereby the Applicant claims that the Respondents:
1.) Failed to provide shareholders with proper or any notice of Annual General
Meetings, special meeting of shareholders, or both; 2.) Failed to hold Annual
General Meetings in accordance with the provisions of the Alberta Business
Corporations Act or, in the alternative, with the Nevada Revised Statutes;
3.)
Failed to appoint qualified auditors in accordance with the provisions of the
Alberta Business Corporations Act or, in the alternative, the Nevada Revised
Statutes; 4.) Failed to prepare and file audited financial statements in
accordance with the provisions of the Alberta Business Corporations Act and
the
Alberta Securities Act or, in the alternative, the Nevada Revised Statutes;
5.)
Paid management fees in relation to either or both of Deep Well or Deep Well
Alberta to directors, officers and third parties, including the individual
Respondents themselves that are unreasonable, oppressive and have been granted
without proper regard for the interests of shareholders; 6.) In the case of
the
individual Respondents, engaged in wrongful self-dealing that is oppressive,
prejudicial to, and unfairly disregards the interests of, shareholders; 7.)
Issued capital stock of Deep Well and instruments for the future purchase of
such capital stock in a manner that is oppressive, unfairly prejudicial to,
and
unfairly disregards the interests of shareholders; 8.) Failed to disclose or
failing to disclose in a timely manner material information to the shareholders
and the public, including but not limited to, the fact of the transfer of assets
from Deep Well to Deep Well Alberta and the existence of encumbrances of the
oil
sands assets such as gross overriding royalties held by the Respondents Gary
Tighe and Steve Gawne, which distorts the public market in the securities of
the
corporate Respondents and is otherwise oppressive, unfairly prejudicial to,
and
unfairly disregards the interests of shareholders, including the Applicant;
and
9.) Utilized majority shareholder approval for various transactions, including
the appointment of directors, without calling annual or special meetings of
shareholders, in a manner which is oppressive, unfairly prejudicial and unfairly
disregards the minority shareholders and which is otherwise a breach of the
fiduciary duties owed by the directors and officers to the corporations and
to
the minority shareholders.
On
September 7, 2007, the claims of Star Capital Inc. against our Company were
dismissed in their entirety pursuant to an Order granted by the court. Star
Capital Inc.’s claims were originally filed with the Court of Queen’s Bench of
Alberta Judicial District of Calgary pursuant to an Originating Notice of Motion
which was filed on December 21, 2006, and an Amended Originating Notice which
was filed on March 29, 2007 against Deep Well, Deep Well Alberta, Northern
and
some of the directors of Deep Well and its subsidiaries in addition to other
individuals as set out in its Amended Originating Notice. An Amending Agreement
and Mutual General Release were later implemented by the parties. Subsequent
to
the Amending Agreement and Mutual General Release, Star Capital Inc. filed
an
additional Originating Notice of Motion on February 26, 2008. The settlement
of
this further claim was completed in March of 2008, whereby the parties agreed
upon a Full and Final Mutual Release.
Signet
Energy, Inc. vs. Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc., Northern Alberta Oil Ltd., Deep
Well Oil & Gas (Alberta) Ltd. - RESOLVED
On
June
1, 2007, Signet filed a Statement of Claim in the Court of Queen’s Bench of
Alberta Judicial District of Calgary against our Company. The plaintiff claims
that the defendants must pay all rentals and other payments required to maintain
the farmout lands under the Farmout Agreement in good standing. The plaintiff
further claims that they paid all rentals and other amounts required to maintain
the farmout lands in good standing on behalf of the defendants and invoiced
the
defendants for the rental amounts and that the defendants refused or neglected
to reimburse their proportionate share of the rental amounts and therefore
the
defendants have been enriched to the detriment of the plaintiff by the payment
of the rental amounts. The plaintiff seeks: 1.) Payment in full of $63,269.12
in
Canadian funds for the rental amounts owed; 2.) Interest; 3.) Costs of the
action; and 4.) Such further and other relief as the court deems
just.
On
June
25, 2007, our Company served Signet with a Statement of Defence and Counterclaim
issued in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Judicial District of Calgary.
The defendants state in their defence that: 1.) Any and all such expenditures
are required to be approved in advance; 2.) No such approval was given and
that
the plaintiff has failed to properly account to the defendants for all such
expenditures made; 3.) The amount for which the plaintiff is entitled to
reimbursement is approximately $40,000 in Canadian funds; and 4.) If the
plaintiff is indebted to the defendants in an amount in excess of the amount
claimed by the plaintiff then the defendants are entitled to set off against
any
amounts that may be owed to the plaintiff. The defendants by counterclaim seek:
1.) The proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred in preserving,
protecting and advancing the rights of the parties to the farmout lands totaling
$101,000 in Canadian funds; 2.) A declaration that the plaintiffs are entitled
to set off the amount of any judgment in favor of the defendant by counterclaim
against the amounts found to be owing to them; 3.) A declaration that the
Farmout Agreement be terminated; 4.) Interest; 5.) Such further and other relief
as the court deems just; and 6.) Costs of the action.
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On
November 26, 2007, our Company entered into mediation with Signet and agreed
to
jointly discontinue and release the other with respect to the foregoing claims.
The settlement includes but is not limited to:
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the
Farmout Agreement dated February 25, 2005, being effectively terminated
concurrently with the execution of the Settlement agreement;
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Signet
being regarded as having earned the two sections on which the option
wells
were drilled and 4 additional sections as set out in the Settlement;
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Signet
being required to reconvey registered title to 57.5 unearned sections
of
the Farmout Lands, as defined in the Farmout Agreement, back to our
Company; and
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our
Company having the right to retest, at no cost to Signet, the option
wells
previously drilled.
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Deep
Well Oil & Gas, Inc. vs. Tamm Oil and Gas Corp.
On
April
4, 2008, our Company commenced a lawsuit in the United States District Court
for
the District of Nevada against Tamm Oil and Gas Corp. (hereinafter referred
to
as “Tamm”) after attempting to clarify Tamm’s position and rectify Tamm’s
violations. Our Company alleges that: Tamm engaged in an unlawful tender offer
for our Company’s shares, violated United States federal and Nevada state law in
connection with the tender offer, Tamm’s public statements about our Company and
activities related to our Company and our operations are false and misleading,
and Tamm’s statements of purported ownership of our shares of common stock are
false and misleading. On August 22, 2008, our Company filed a First Amended
Complaint in the lawsuit adding additional parties as defendants and asserting
a
civil conspiracy claim. Our Company seeks:
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injunctive
relief to include and not be limited to a permanent
injunction:
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a.) |
that
defendants issue appropriate disclosures and retract false and misleading
statements concerning Deep Well in their prior representations through
SEC
filings, press releases, and all other appropriate
means;
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b.) |
prohibit
defendants from exercising the voting rights or any other rights
granted
through ownership of Deep Well shares on any shares acquired pursuant
to
their unlawful tender offer(s) for Deep Well shares, attempting otherwise
to influence or control Deep Well or its
management;
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c.) |
prohibit
defendants from transferring their Deep Well shares and/or accepting
transfer of any Deep Well shares acquired through their tender offer(s)
for Deep Well shares;
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d.) |
prohibit
defendants from acquiring any additional Deep Well shares and/or
taking
any other actions in furtherance of their tender offer(s) for Deep
Well
shares;
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e.) |
prohibit
defendants from further conducting the tender offer alleged in the
First
Amended Complaint;
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f.) |
prohibit
defendants from issuing any false, misleading or derogatory statements
about Deep Well, relating to its investments in Deep Well, relating
to its
acquisition of Deep Well shares or relating to its control of any
Deep
Well assets;
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g.) |
requiring
that the transactions through which defendants acquired Deep Well
shares
pursuant to the tender offer(s) for Deep Well shares be completely
rescinded and unwound and that any transfers made pursuant to those
acquisitions be reversed;
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h.) |
requiring
defendants to comply with legal requirements in the making of any
future
tender offer or otherwise acquiring Deep Well
shares;
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2.) |
for
damages and/or treble damages in an amount to be established at trial;
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3.) |
for
attorneys’ fees and costs; and
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4.) |
for
all such other further relief as the Court deems just and
equitable.
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Northern
Alberta Oil Ltd. vs. 1132559 Alberta Ltd.
On
June
27, 2008, our subsidiary Company Northern Alberta Oil Ltd. filed a Statement
of
Claim in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Judicial District of Edmonton
against 1132559 Alberta Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “113”). On September 5,
2008 Tamm announced that it had purportedly completed an agreement to acquire
113. The plaintiff claims that the defendants have not paid their share of
the
incurred operating costs for the Sawn Lake project. The plaintiff further claims
that they paid the operating expenses required on behalf of the defendants
and
invoiced the defendants for the amounts and that the defendants refused or
neglected to reimburse their proportionate share of the operating costs. The
plaintiff seeks: 1.) Payment in full of $74,470.71 in Canadian funds for the
amounts invoiced to the defendants; 2.) Interest pursuant to section 106 of
the
PASC 1996 Accounting Procedure; and 3.) Costs of the action.
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ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Sales
of Unregistered Securities
On
January 13, 2006, pursuant to subscription agreements, our Company closed a
private placement to three investors of an aggregate of 51,200 units at a price
of $1.50 per unit, for total gross proceeds of $76,800. Each unit consisted
of
one common share and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant
entitling its holder to acquire one share of our common stock at an exercise
price of $2.25 per common share. The exercise price of the warrants will be
adjusted from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events, as provided
in
the warrants. The warrants expire on January 13, 2009. The units were issued
pursuant to Regulation S under the 1933 Act,. In addition, on January 13, 2006,
pursuant to a Debt Settlement Agreement, one holder of $38,293 of our
indebtedness exchanged its indebtedness for 21,800 units at a deemed exchange
price of $1.50 per unit. Each unit consisted of one common share and one common
share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its holder to acquire one
common share of Deep Well at an exercise price of $2.25. The exercise price
of
the warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the occurrence of certain
events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire on January 13, 2009.
In
connection with the private placement a finder’s fee of $7,680 was paid,
resulting in total net proceeds to our Company from the private placement of
$69,120. The units were issued pursuant to Regulation S under the 1933 Act.
On
February 23, 2006, pursuant to an exercised option agreement our Company entered
into on June 7, 2005, our Company issued 4,707,750 Deep Well common shares
in
exchange for 156,925 of the outstanding preferred shares of Northern. The common
shares were issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
On
June
13, 2006, further pursuant to an exercised option agreement our Company entered
into on June 7, 2005, our Company issued 2,867,250 Deep Well common shares
in
exchange for 95,575 of the outstanding preferred shares of Northern. The common
shares were issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
On
July
28, 2006, a warrant holder of our Company acquired 100,000 common shares upon
exercising warrants at an exercise price of $0.60 per common share for total
gross proceeds to our Company of $60,000. The common shares were issued pursuant
to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
On
September 11, 2006, a warrant holder of our Company acquired 50,000 common
shares upon exercising warrants at an exercise price of $0.60 per common share
for total gross proceeds to our Company of $30,000. The common shares were
issued pursuant to Section 4(2) under the 1933 Act.
On
April
4, 2007, pursuant to an option agreement our Company entered into on June 7,
2005, our Company issued 180,000 Deep Well common shares in exchange for
5,400,000 of the outstanding preferred shares of Northern. The common shares
were issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act. As a result of the
February 23, 2006, June 13, 2006 and the April 4, 2007 exercised option
agreements stated above, Northern became a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of
our
Company. As of April 4, 2007 all of the holders of such preferred shares of
Northern have exercised their options in exchange for restricted shares of
common stock of Deep Well. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Agreements, Deep Well has now completed the acquisition of 100% of the preferred
shares of Northern in exchange for 12,975,000 shares of common stock of Deep
Well. The shares of common stock of Deep Well issued in exchange for the
Northern preferred shares were issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933
Act.
On
May
25, 2007, pursuant to subscription agreements, our Company completed a private
placement of 5,000,000 units at a price of $0.40 per unit for gross proceeds
of
$2,000,000. Each unit consisted of one common share and one common share
purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its holder to acquire one share
of
our common stock at a price of $0.60 per share. The exercise price of the
warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the occurrence of certain
events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire on May 25, 2010. In
connection with the private placement a finder's fee of $150,000 was paid.
The
units were issued pursuant to Regulation S under the 1933 Act, as amended.
On
June
22, 2007, pursuant to subscription agreements, our Company completed a private
placement of 8,333,333 units at a price of $0.60 per unit for $5,000,000. Each
unit consisted of one common share and one common share purchase warrant and
another twelve one-hundredths common share purchase warrant ("Special Warrant").
Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share at
a
price of $0.90 per common share for a period of three years from the date of
closing. Each Special Warrant entitles the holder to purchase a common share
at
a price of $1.20 for a period of five years from the date of closing. The
exercise price of the warrants and the Special Warrants will be adjusted from
time to time upon the occurrence of certain events, as provided in the warrants
and Special Warrants. The warrants expire on June 22, 2010 and the Special
Warrants expire on June 22, 2012. In connection with the private placement
a
finder's fee of $300,000 was paid. The units were issued pursuant to Regulation
S under the 1933 Act, as amended.
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On
July
11, 2007, pursuant to subscription agreements, our Company completed a private
placement of 323,333 units at a price of $0.60 per unit for $194,000. Each
unit
consisted of one common share and one common share purchase warrant and another
twelve one-hundredths common share purchase warrant (“Special Warrant”). Each
warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share at a price
of $0.90 per common share for a period of three years from the date of closing.
Each Special Warrant entitles the holder to purchase a common share at a price
of $1.20 for a period of five years from the date of closing. The exercise
price
of the warrants and the Special Warrants will be adjusted from time to time
upon
the occurrence of certain events, as provided in the warrants and Special
Warrants. The warrants expire on July 11, 2010 and the Special Warrants expire
on 11, 2012. In connection with the private placement a finder’s fee of $9,700
was paid. The units were issued pursuant to Regulation S under the 1933 Act,
as
amended.
In
September 2007, our Company issued an adjustment to three existing warrant
holders. The original warrants dated March 10, 2005, contained a price
adjustment in the event that our Company sold, issued or granted additional
shares of its common stock at a price per share less than the exercise price
of
the warrant. In the event of a price adjustment, the number of shares
exercisable under the warrant would also increase. Therefore, the exercise
price
of the original warrant has been adjusted from $0.50 to $0.40 per common share.
Our Company has granted the warrant holders new warrants to purchase an
additional 196,875 common shares for a total of 984,375 shares of our Company's
common stock at an adjusted exercise price of $0.40 per share under the same
terms as the original warrant. The warrants were issued pursuant to Section
4(2)
of the 1933 Act.
On
August
14, 2008, pursuant to a subscription agreement, our Company completed a private
placement (the “First Tranche”) to one investor for an aggregate of 10,638,297
units at a price of $0.47 per unit, for total gross proceeds of $5,000,000.
Each
unit is comprised of one common share, one common share purchase warrant (“Whole
Warrant”) and 0.188000015 of one common share purchase warrant (“Additional
Fractional Warrant”). Each Whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one
common share at a price of $0.71 per common share for a period of three years
from the date of closing. Each Additional Fractional Warrant entitles the holder
to purchase 0.188000015 of one common share at a price of $0.95 for a period
of
three years from the date of closing. The Whole Warrants and the Additional
Fractional Warrants expire on August 14, 2011. The units were issued pursuant
to
Regulation S under the 1933 Act, as amended. In connection with the First
Tranche, the same investor has agreed to purchase additional securities of
our
Company (the “Second Tranche”) for gross proceeds of another $5,000,000. Such
securities are expected to consist of units that will be substantially similar
to the Units above, except that the purchase price of the securities to be
issued in the Second Tranche is expected to be the lesser of (i) $0.75 per
unit
and (ii) the 30-day volume weighted average closing trading price of our common
shares, measured as of the close of trading on October 30, 2008, less a 10%
discount provided that the purchase price for such securities shall not be
less
than $0.40 per unit. Each full warrant issued as part of the Second Tranche
is
expected to be exercisable at a price that is 1.5 times the price at which
the
units will be issued in the Second Tranche, and each additional fractional
warrant is expected to be exercisable at a price per whole Common Share that
is
2 times the price at which the units will be issued in the Second
Tranche.
On
October 31, 2008, pursuant to a subscription agreement dated August 14, 2008
and
effective October 31, 2008, we closed the second tranche of a private placement
(the “Second Tranche”) to one investor (the “Subscriber”) of an aggregate of
12,500,000 units (“Units”) at a price of US$0.40 per Unit, for total gross
proceeds of US$5,000,000. Each Unit is comprised of one (1) common share
(“Common Share”), one (1) Common Share purchase warrant (“Whole Warrant”) and
0.16 of one Common Share purchase warrant (“Additional Fractional Warrant”).
Each Whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one (1) Common Share at
a
price of US$0.60 per Common Share for a period of three years from the date
of
closing. Each Additional Fractional Warrant entitles the holder to purchase
0.16
of one Common Share at a price of US$0.80 for a period of three years from
the
date of closing. The Whole Warrants and the Additional Fractional Warrants
expire on October 31, 2011. The units were issued pursuant to Regulation S
under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
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ITEM
5. OTHER
INFORMATION
(a)
Information Required To Be Disclosed In A Report On Form 8-K, But Not
Reported
Deep
Well
reported all information that was required to be disclosed during the third
quarter of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-QSB in a subsequent report
on
Form 10-KSB. Subsequent events not reported on Form 8-K during the third quarter
of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-QSB but reported in subsequent report
on Form 10-KSB are as follows:
Subsequent
Events Not Reported on Form 8-K during this quarter covered by this
report
On
June
13, 2006, pursuant to an option agreement our Company entered into on June
7,
2005, our Company issued 2,867,250 Deep Well common shares in exchange for
95,575 of the outstanding preferred shares of Northern. The common shares were
issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
(b)
Item 407(c)(3)of Regulation S-B (§228.407 of this chapter)
The
Company currently does not have a nominating committee. The entire Board of
Directors of the Company participates in the consideration of director nominees
therefore fulfilling the role of a nominating committee. It is anticipated
that
in preparation for the Company’s next Shareholder’s meeting it will accept
shareholder proposals for nominations to the Board of Directors. Any such
proposal must comply with the proxy rules under the Exchange Act, including
Rule
14a-8.
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ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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10.1
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Exchange
Agreement between our Company and Mikwec Energy Canada Limited
(now known
as Northern Alberta Oil Ltd.), dated as of July 8, 2004, and filed
with
Form 8-K on November 5, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.
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10.2
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Form
of Amending Agreement dated as of April 25, 2005, filed with Form
8-K on
June 10, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
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10.3
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Form
of Termination, Option and Put Agreement, filed with Form 8-K on
June 10,
2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
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31.1
|
Certification
of President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302
of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.
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31.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, filed herewith.
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32.1
|
Certification
of President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906
of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.
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32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
In
accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused
this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC.
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By
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/s/
Horst A. Schmid
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Dr.
Horst A. Schmid
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Chief
Executive Officer and President
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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Date
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November
12, 2008
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By
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/s/
Curtis Sparrow
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Mr.
Curtis Sparrow
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Chief
Financial Officer
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(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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Date
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November
12, 2008
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