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Common Stock Options and Warrants | Note 15 – Common Stock Options and Warrants
Merger Options
On May 3, 2023, the Company completed its merger with Prairie LLC, pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 3, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Creek Road Merger Sub, LLC (“Merger Sub”), and Prairie LLC, pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub merged with and into Prairie LLC, with Prairie LLC surviving and continuing to exist as a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company changed its name from “Creek Road Miners, Inc.” to “Prairie Operating Co.”
On August 31, 2022, Prairie LLC entered into agreements with its members whereby each member was provided non–compensatory options to purchase a 40% membership interest in the Company for an aggregate exercise price of $1,000,000 per member. The non–compensatory options were sold to the members for $80,000 per option holder. The non–compensatory options only become exercisable in 25% increments upon the achievement of the following production milestones in barrels of oil equivalent per day (“Boe/d”): 2,500 Boe/d, 5,000 Boe/d, 7,500 Boe/d, and 10,000 Boe/d.
On May 3, 2023, prior to the closing of the Merger, Prairie LLC entered into a non–compensatory option purchase agreement with its members, Bristol Capital, LLC (“Bristol Capital”), which manages Bristol Investment described above, and BOKA Energy LP (“BOKA”), a third–party investor, pursuant to which Bristol Capital and BOKA purchased non–compensatory options for $24,000 and $8,000, respectively, from Prairie LLC’s members.
Upon the Merger, the Company converted the non–compensatory options to purchase the outstanding and unexercised membership interests of Prairie LLC, as of immediately prior to the Merger, into options to acquire an aggregate of shares of Common Stock for an exercise price of $ per share (the “Merger Options”), which are only exercisable if the production hurdles noted above are achieved. The Company achieved all of these production milestones upon the closing of the Bayswater Acquisition on March 26, 2025; as such, all of the Merger Options are now exercisable.
Subsequent to the Merger, the Company entered into amended and restated non–compensatory option agreements (the “Option Agreements”) with each of Gary C. Hanna, Edward Kovalik, Bristol Capital, and BOKA. An aggregate of Merger Options are subject to be transferred to the Series D PIPE Investors, based on their then-percentage ownership of the Series D Preferred Stock to the aggregate Series D Preferred Stock outstanding and held by all Series D PIPE Investors as of the May 3, 2023, if the Company does not meet certain performance metrics by May 3, 2026.
On August 30, 2023, the Company, Gary C. Hanna, Edward Kovalik, Bristol Capital, and Georgina Asset Management entered into a non–compensatory option purchase agreement, pursuant to which Georgina Asset Management agreed to purchase, and each of the sellers agreed to sell to Georgina Asset Management, the Merger Options to acquire an aggregate of 2,000. In December 2023, Mr. Hanna assigned all of his remaining options to Gracemont Enterprises LP, an entity controlled by Mr. Hanna. In January 2024, Georgina Asset Management transferred its options to Westwood Financial Holdings LLC (“Westwood”) pursuant to an assignment. In September 2024, Mr. Kovalik assigned all of his remaining options to Blue Trail Partners, LLC, an entity controlled by Mr. Kovalik. shares of Common Stock, for an exercise price of $ per share for an aggregate purchase price of $
On September 30, 2024, the Company, BOKA, Rose Hill Holdings Limited (“Rose Hill”), Anchorman Holdings Inc. (“Anchorman”), and Blackstem Forest, LLC (“Blackstem” and, together with Rose Hill and Anchorman, the “Option Purchasers”) entered into a non-compensatory option purchase agreement, pursuant to which each of the Option Purchasers agreed to purchase, and BOKA agreed to sell to the Option Purchasers, Merger Options to acquire an aggregate of shares of Common Stock, for an exercise price of $ per share. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the transfer of the Merger Options and the terms of the Option Agreements were not amended, modified, or changed in any way in connection with the transfers.
On March 31, 2025, Bristol Capital paid $0.6 million to exercise its option to purchase shares of Common Stock, which were issued by the Company on the same day. Additionally, during the three months ended June 30, 2025, Westwood paid $0.1 million to exercise their option to purchase shares of Common Stock and Rose Hill exercised their cashless option and received shares of Common Stock. As of June 30, 2025, shares of Common Stock remain issuable upon the exercise of the Merger Options. As of June 30, 2025, the Merger Options have a weighted average remaining contractual life of years.
Legacy Warrants
Upon the Merger, the Company assumed warrants to purchase 53,938 shares of the Company’s Common Stock with a weighted average exercise price of $ per share (the “Legacy Warrants”). As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Legacy Warrants providing the right to purchase 37,138 shares of Common Stock, respectively, were outstanding with a weighted average remaining contractual life of years.
Series D PIPE Warrants
The Series D PIPE Warrants, upon issuance, provided the warrant holders with the right to purchase an aggregate of 6,950,500 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share. The Series D A Warrants expire on May 3, 2028 and the Series D B Warrants expired on May 3, 2024. All such warrants must be exercised for cash.
On April 8, 2024, the Company entered into an Amendment and Waiver of Exercise Limitations Letter Agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd. (“Bristol Investment”) to amend certain terms of the Series D A Warrants and Series D B Warrants held by Bristol Investment. Each of the Series D PIPE Warrants held by Bristol Investment is subject to a limitation on exercise if as a result of such exercise or conversion, the holder would own more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, which may be increased by the holder upon written notice to the Company, to any specified percentage not in excess of 9.99% (the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation Ceiling”). The Letter Agreement increases the Beneficial Ownership Limitation Ceiling from 9.99% to 19.99%. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, Bristol Investment further notified the Company of its intent to immediately increase the Beneficial Ownership Limitation Ceiling to 19.99% and the parties agreed to waive the waiting period with respect to such notice.
3,215,761 shares of Common Stock, respectively, were outstanding with a remaining contractual life of 2.8 and 3.3 years, respectively. Series D A Warrants were exercised during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 or 2024. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Series D A Warrants providing the right to purchase
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, Series D B Warrants to purchase 4.5 million. The remaining Series D B Warrants were exercised during the three months ended June 30, 2024, resulting in no outstanding Series D B Warrants as of December 31, 2024 or June 30, 2025. shares of Common Stock were exercised for total proceeds to the Company of $
Series E PIPE Warrants
The Series E PIPE Warrants provide the warrant holders with the right to purchase 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share. The Series E A Warrants expire on August 15, 2028 and the Series E B Warrants expired on August 15, 2024. All such warrants must be exercised for cash.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Series E A Warrants providing the right to purchase 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock with a remaining contractual life of 3.1 and 3.6 years, respectively, were outstanding.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, all of the Series E B Warrants were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 24.0 million, resulting in no outstanding Series E B Warrants as of December 31, 2024 or June 30, 2025. shares of Common Stock, for total proceeds to the Company of $
Exok Warrants
Upon closing of the Merger, the Company consummated the purchase of oil and gas leases from Exok, Inc. (“Exok”), including all of Exok’s right, title, and interest in, to and under certain undeveloped oil and gas leases located in Weld County, Colorado, together with certain other associated assets, data, and records, for $3.0 million (the “First Exok Asset Purchase”). On August 15, 2023, Prairie LLC exercised the option it acquired in the First Exok Asset Purchase and purchased additional oil and gas leases from Exok, consisting of approximately 25,240 net leasehold acres in, on and under approximately 32,580 gross acres (the “Second Exok Asset Purchase”) for total consideration of $25.3 million. The total consideration consisted of $18.0 million in cash to Exok, which was funded with the Series E PIPE, and equity consideration to certain affiliates of Exok consisting of (i) shares of Common Stock, and (ii) warrants providing the right to purchase 670,499 shares of Common Stock at $ per share (the “Exok Warrants”). The Exok Warrants provide the warrant holders with the right to purchase 670,499 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $7.43 per share. The Exok Warrants expire on August 15, 2028 and may be exercised in a cashless manner under certain circumstances. On June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Exok Warrants providing the right to purchase 670,499 shares of Common Stock with a remaining contractual life of 3.1 and 3.6 years, respectively, were outstanding.
Subordinated Note Warrants
As discussed in Note 10 – Debt above, pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Note, the Company issued the Subordinated Note Warrants to purchase up to 8.89 per warrant, subject to adjustments as provided under the terms of the Subordinated Note Warrants. shares of Common Stock to the Noteholders. Upon vesting, the Subordinated Note Warrants will be exercisable at any time until September 30, 2029, at an exercise price of $
The Company has determined that the Subordinated Note Warrants should be accounted for as a liability pursuant to ASC 480. In accordance with ASC 815, the Company recorded the Subordinated Note Warrants at fair value and will remeasure the fair value each reporting period with changes in fair value recognized in earnings. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of the Subordinated Note Warrants is $0.5 million and $4.2 million, respectively. Refer to Note 6 – Fair Value Measurements for a further discussion of the fair value of the Subordinated Note Warrants.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Subordinated Note Warrants providing the right to purchase 570,778 shares of Common Stock with a remaining contractual life of 4.3 years and 4.8 years, respectively, had vested and were outstanding.
Series F Preferred Stock Warrants
As discussed in Note 13 – Mezzanine Equity above pursuant to the securities purchase agreement with the Series F Preferred Stockholder, upon the one-year anniversary of the issuance date of the Series F Preferred Stock, if any Series F Preferred Stock is outstanding, and the other conditions set forth in the Series F Certificate of Designation have been satisfied, the Company will issue to the Series F Preferred Stock Warrants to the Series F Preferred Stockholder. The Series F Preferred Stock Warrants allow the Series F Preferred Stockholder to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal to the quotient of (1) 125% of the Stated Value of all Series F Preferred Stock held on the original issuance date of the Series F Preferred Stock (the “Original Issuance Date”), divided by (2) the average of the 10 daily volume-weighted average per share trading prices of the Company’s Common Stock during the 10 trading days prior to the original issuance date. As of June 30, 2025, no Series F Preferred Stock Warrants were outstanding and exercisable.
If issued, the Series F Preferred Stock Warrants would be immediately exercisable and would expire on the fifth anniversary of the Original Issuance Date. The Series F Preferred Stock Warrants would have an initial exercise price per share equal to 110% of the average of the 10 daily per share volume-weighted average prices of the Common Stock during the 10 trading days prior to the Original Issuance Date. The exercise price and number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting the Common Stock and also upon any distributions of assets, including cash, stock or other property to the Company’s stockholders.
The Company has determined that the Series F Preferred Stock Warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock because the potential number of common shares to be issued upon the exercise of such warrants will vary based on the amount of Series F Preferred Stock outstanding on March 26, 2026. As such, the Company has determined that the Series F Preferred Stock Warrants should be accounted for as liabilities pursuant to ASC 480. In accordance with ASC 815, the Company has recorded the Series F Preferred Stock Warrants at fair value and will remeasure the fair value each reporting period with changes in fair value recognized in earnings. As of June 30, 2025, the fair value of the Series F Preferred Stock Warrants was $43.7 million compared to $22.1 million as of March 31, 2025, which is presented on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a liability with a corresponding amount recognized as Series F Preferred Stock in mezzanine equity. The Company recognized the $21.6 million change in fair value as a component of loss on adjustment to fair value – embedded derivatives, debt, and warrants on its consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. Refer to Note 6 – Fair Value Measurements for a further discussion of the fair value of the Series F Preferred Stock Warrants
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