0001185185-08-000389 Sample Contracts

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Securities Purchase Agreement • May 14th, 2008 • Tidelands Oil & Gas Corp/Wa • Oil & gas field exploration services • California

Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of May 9, 2008 (this “Agreement”) by and between Tidelands Oil & Gas Corporation, a Nevada corporation, with principal executive offices located at 1862 West Bitters Road, San Antonio, Texas (the “Company”), and Golden Gate Investors, Inc. (“Holder”).

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Convertible Debenture Agreement • May 14th, 2008 • Tidelands Oil & Gas Corp/Wa • Oil & gas field exploration services • California

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, AND IS BEING OFFERED AND SOLD PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH LAWS. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH OTHER LAWS.