UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 29, 2020 (January 23, 2020)

 

EDISON NATION, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Nevada   001-38448   82-2199200
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1 West Broad Street, Suite 1004

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

  18018
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(484) 893-0060

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)  

Name of each exchange on

which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share   EDNT   Nasdaq

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. x

  

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On January 23, 2020, Edison Nation, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a loan agreement the (“Loan Agreement”) with Greentree Financial Group, Inc. (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Investor purchased a 10% Convertible Promissory Note (the “Note”) from the Company, and the Company issued to the Investor a warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 550,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”). The proceeds from the Note will be used for general working capital purposes and for the repayment of debt. On January 24, 2020, the Company used $588,366.44 of the proceeds from the Note to pay off in full the 12% Convertible Promissory Note held by Labrys Fund, LP, as described in further detail under Item 1.02, below.

 

On January 29, 2020, the Company and the Investor entered into an Amendment Agreement, amending the Loan Agreement, the Note, and the Warrant to: (i) correct the effective date set forth in the Loan Agreement, Note and Warrant to January 23, 2020, (ii) clarify the terms of the registration right provision in the Loan Agreement, and (iii) to ensure that the total number of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Note, and/or the Warrant, each as amended, does not exceed 17.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock as of January 23, 2020.

 

Loan Agreement

 

Upon execution of the Loan Agreement, the Company issued to the Investor 100,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Origination Shares”) as an origination fee, plus an additional 60,000 shares of Common Stock as consideration for advisory services.

 

Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Company agreed to pay certain costs of the Investor, including $15,000 for the Investor’s legal fees and transfer agent fees resulting from conversion of the Note. The Loan Agreement also contains representations and warranties by the Company and the Investor, which the Company believes are customary for transactions of this type. Furthermore, the Company is subject to certain negative covenants under the Loan Agreement, which the Company also believes are also customary for transactions of this type.

 

The Loan Agreement, as amended, also contains a registration rights provision, pursuant to which the Company is required to prepare and file a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, registering a total of 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock issued to the Investor pursuant to the Loan Agreement, Note and Warrant. The Company will be required to have such Registration Statement filed within 30 days of the effective date of the Loan Agreement (which, as amended, is January 23, 2020) and declared effective by the SEC within 105 calendar days following the effective date of the Loan Agreement. If the Company fails to file or have declared effective the Registration Statement within the timeframe set forth in the Loan Agreement, or certain other events occur as set forth in the Loan Agreement, the Company is obligated to pay the Investor an amount of liquidated damages equal to $35,000 per month until such failure is cured. In addition to the registration rights granted to the Investor, the Loan Agreement contains a “true up” provision, which requires the Company to issue the Investor additional shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on the effective date of the Registration Statement until the 90th day after the effective date of the Registration Statement, if the average of the 15 lowest daily closing prices of the Common Stock is less than $2.00.

 

Note

 

Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investor the Note, in the principal amount of $1,100,000. The Note, as amended, is due and payable October 23, 2020 (the “Maturity Date”), and is convertible at any time at a price of $2.00 per share, subject to certain adjustments to the conversion price set forth in the Note. The Note reiterates the registration rights set forth in the Loan Agreement and the Warrant. There is no prepayment penalty on the Note. If the Note is not prepaid by the 90th day after the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Investor is required to convert the entire amount of principal and interest outstanding on the Note at that time, at a price of $2.00 per share, unless an event of default (as such events are described in the Note) under the Note has occurred, in which case the Note would be mandatorily converted at a price equal to 50% of the lowest trading price of the Common Stock for the last 10 trading days immediately prior to, but not including, the date that the Note mandatorily converts. The Note also contains a conversion limitation provision, which prohibits the Investor from converting the Note in an amount that would result in the beneficial ownership of greater than 4.9% of the total issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, provided that (i) such conversion limitation may be waived by the Investor with 61 days prior notice, and (ii) the Investor cannot waive the conversion limitation if conversion of the Note would result in the Investor having beneficial ownership of greater than 9.9% of the total issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

Warrant

 

Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Company also issued the Investor a warrant to purchase 550,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, subject to certain adjustments to the exercise price set forth in the Warrant. The Warrant, as amended, expires on January 23, 2023. If the closing price per share of the Common Stock reported on the day immediately preceding an exercise of the Warrant is greater than $2.00 per share, the Warrant may be exercised cashlessly, based on a cashless exercise formula.  The Warrant reiterates the registration rights set forth in the Loan Agreement and the Note. The Warrant also contains a repurchase provision, which at any time after the Registration Statement is effective and the Common Stock has traded at a price over $3.00 share for 20 consecutive days, gives the Company a 30-day option to repurchase any unexercised portion of the Warrant at a price of $1.00 per share.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Loan Agreement, Note, Warrant, and Amendment Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Loan Agreement, Note, Warrant, and Amendment Agreement which are filed as, respectively, Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 hereto.

  

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As reported in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2019, the Company entered into that certain securities purchase agreement (the “Labrys SPA”) with Labrys Fund, LP (“Labrys”) pursuant to which Labrys purchased a 12% Convertible Promissory Note (the “Labrys Note”) from the Company. Pursuant to the Labrys SPA, the Company issued the Labrys Note, in the principal amount of $560,000, with an original issue discount in the amount of $60,000. The Labrys Note was due and payable February 26, 2020. Additionally, the Company initially reserved 700,000 shares for issuance upon conversion of the Labrys Note and issued 181,005 shares of Common Stock to Labrys as a commitment fee, of which 153,005 shares of Common Stock had to be returned to the Company in the event the Labrys Note was fully paid and satisfied prior to its maturity date.

 

As stated above, on January 24, 2020, the Company repaid the Labrys Note in full. Upon repayment of the Labrys Note, Labrys returned to the Company for cancellation the 153,005 shares of Common Stock that had been originally issued to Labrys as a portion of the commitment fee paid in connection with the Labrys Note, and allowed the Company to cancel the reservation of the 875,000 shares of Common Stock that had been reserved pursuant to the Labrys SPA and Labrys Note.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The disclosure under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.

 

The Investor is an “accredited investor” (as defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), such that the issuance of the securities set forth herein was made in reliance on the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, as well as corresponding provisions of state securities laws.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

  Description
10.1   Loan Agreement dated January 23, 2020
10.2   10% Convertible Promissory Note dated January 23, 2020
10.3   Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated January 23, 2020
10.4   Amendment Agreement dated January 29, 2020

  

 

 

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: January 29, 2020

 

  EDISON NATION, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Christopher B. Ferguson
  Name:  Christopher B. Ferguson
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

  

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

LOAN AGREEMENT

 

This Loan Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into in this 22ND day of January 2020 (“Effective Date”), by and between EDISON NATION, INC., a Nevada corporation, its successors and assigns (the “Company”), and Greentree Financial Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Lender”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company is in need of capital for working capital and product expansion and Lender has agreed to provide up to $1,100,000.00 of such capital according to the terms hereof; and

 

WHEREAS, Lender and Company enter into this Agreement to establish terms by which Lender, in its sole discretion, may fund Loans, as set forth herein and therein the related Note, described below.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is acknowledged by Lender and Company (each “party” and, collectively, “parties”), the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. LOANS; PROMISSORY NOTES. Lender may loan the Company up to $1,100,000.00 pursuant to the terms hereof; provided, nothing herein or otherwise shall obligate Lender to make any future loans to the Company. All sums advanced pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (a “Loan”) shall be evidenced by a separate 10% convertible promissory note (the “Note”), in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto. The Note shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms contained in the Note. All covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein are made a part of the Note, unless modified therein.

 

a.       Unless stated otherwise in the Note, the Note will automatically mature nine (9) months from the effective date of the applicable Note.

 

b.       All sums advanced pursuant to this Agreement shall bear simple interest from the date the Loan is made until paid in full at an interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum. Interest not paid shall not compound and will be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year. Interest shall be paid by the Company quarterly.

 

2. WARRANTS. Upon the sale of the Note of $1,100,000 by the Company to the Lender at Effective Date, the Company shall simultaneously issue to the Lender at the Effective Date, a warrant in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B (the “Warrant”) to purchase 550,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price of $2.00 per share (the “Exercise Price”). The Warrant shall be cashless exercisable for a period of three (3) years from the issue date specified on the face of such Warrant. The Warrants shall have Down Round Protection meaning that prior to exercise, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock, options to purchase Common Stock, securities convertible into Common Stock or rights relating to Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”) to any person, entity, association, or other organization other than the Lender, at a price per share less than the Exercise Price, then the Exercise Price hereof shall be proportionately reduced to match the price per share of the Purchase Rights. For purposes of clarification, if the Company sells Common Stock at $1.50 per share at any time after the date hereof but prior to exercise, then the Exercise Price of Lender’s Warrant Shares would be adjusted to $1.50. Notwithstanding, the Exercise Price may not exceed $2.00 per share in any case.

 

 

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The issuance of Purchase Rights shall not constitute a Down Round for purposes of this Agreement in the event of: (i) the exercise of stock options or the conversion of convertible securities in each case issued to employees, directors of, or consultants to the Company pursuant to a plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company; (ii) a dividend or distribution payable to holders of capital stock of the Company; or (iii) a subdivision (by stock split, recapitalization or otherwise) of outstanding shares of the Company into a greater number of shares.

 

3. ORIGINATION SHARES. The Company agrees to issue Lender 100,000 shares of its common stock as an origination (the “Origination Shares”)” payable at Effective Date. The Origination Shares are deemed fully earned upon the Effective Date.

 

4. ADVISORY SHARES. The Company agrees to issue to Lender or its nominee 60,000 shares of its common stock as consideration for advisory services (the “Advisory Shares”) payable at the Effective Date. The Advisory Shares will be issued to assist the Company in developing its online sales market in China, including collaborations with major online product selling platforms in China. The Advisory Shares are deemed fully earned upon the Effective Date.

 

5. MANDATORY CONVERSION. The Note shall be converted to shares of common stock on or before the 90th day after the effective date of the Registration Statement at $2.00 per share (550,000 shares of common stock) or the Alternative Conversion Price if in default.

 

6. TRUE-UP SHARES. In the event that the average of the 15 lowest closing prices for the Company’s common stock on NASDAQ or other primary trading market for the Company’s common stock (the average of such lowest closing prices being herein referred to, the “True-up Price”) during the period beginning on the effective date of the Registration Statement and ending on the 90th day after the effective date of the Registration Statement (the “Subsequent Pricing Period”) is less than $2.00 per share, then the Company will issue the Lender additional shares of the Company’s common stock (the “True-up Shares”) within three days from the expiration of the Subsequent Pricing Period, according to the following formula:

 

X= [$1,100,000 / A ] less B where:

 

X= number of True-up Shares to be issued

A= the True-up Price

B = Shares previously issued (550,000)

 

Example #1: If the A-True-up Price is $1.80, then X-True-up Shares to be issued is equal to 61,112.

 

[$1,100,000/$1.8 (A- True-up Price)] = 611,112 shares, less 550,000 (B- Shares Previously Issued) = 61,112 (X- True-Up Shares to be issued).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the value to determine the number of True-up shares issued under this Agreement shall not exceed 30% of the Loan Amount. 30% of Loan Amount is $330,000.

 

Example#2: If the True-up Price is $1.25, then the True-up Shares calculation would be 330,000 Shares. However, the maximum amount of True-up shares shall not exceed 30% of the Loan Amount ($1,100,000) and therefore 264,000 is the total True-up Shares to be issued.

 

 

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7. ALLOWANCE FOR LEGAL FEE. A $15,000.00 allowance for Lender’s legal fees shall be paid by the Company and deducted from Lender’s $1,100,000.00 payment.

 

8. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company shall prepare and file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1” or “Registration Statement”) within 30 days of the Effective Date to cover two times the Common Stock underlying the Note conversion based on the lower of the conversion price of $2.00 or the Alternative Conversion Price, the Warrant Shares and the Origination Shares. The Form S-1 must be effective within 105 days from the Effective date of this Agreement. There shall be monthly liquidated damages of $35,000 if the Registration Statement is not filed within 30 days from the Effective Date and/ or declared effective within 105 days from the Effective Date of this Agreement, which damages shall accrue each month until the applicable breach (failure to timely file, failure to timely have declared effective, or both) has been cured. The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which will result to Lender for Company’s failure to timely file or have declared effective the Registration Statement shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the payment of $35,000 per month is a reasonable estimate of potential damages and shall constitute liquidated damages for any breach of this paragraph. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued or, at the option of Lender, added to the principal of the Note. The legal fees associated with filing the Form S-1 shall be paid by Company

 

9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE COMPANY. In order to induce Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans provided for herein, Company represents and warrants to Lender as follows:

 

a.       Organization, Good Standing and Power. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted.

 

b.       Non-Shell Status. The Company is not now or ever been a shell as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

c.       Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Notes, and the Warrants (all such documents together with all amendments, schedules, exhibits, annexes, supplements and related items, to each such document shall hereinafter be collectively referred to as, the “Transaction Documents”). The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated in, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action. The Transaction Documents, when executed and delivered, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditor's rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

 

d.       Disclosure. None of the Transaction Documents nor any other document, certificate or instrument furnished to the Lender by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made herein or therein, not misleading.

 

 

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e.       Adequate Shares. The Company will at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by the respective Warrants and Notes.

 

f.       Periodic Filings. The Company at all times will remain current in its reporting requirements with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) including maintaining XBRL financial information on the Company’s corporate website.

 

g.       Additional Issuances. Except for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company, for a period of twelve (12) months from the date hereof, will not issue, grant or sell any security with a variable conversion or exercise rate.

 

h.       No Shorting, Etc.  Lender agrees that for a period of twenty-four (24) months after the Effective Date of the sale by the Company to Lender of a Note, neither Lender nor any of its affiliates, whether in their own capacity or through a third party, shall directly or indirectly enter into or effect any “short sales” (as such term is defined in Rule 10a-1 of the Exchange Act) of shares of Common Stock or any hedging transaction, including obtaining and/or borrowing any shares of Common Stock, which establishes a net short position with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants and Notes, whether on a U.S. domestic exchange or any foreign exchange.

 

 

10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY LENDER. Lender, by its acceptance of this Note, represents and warrants to Company as follows:

 

(a)       Lender is acquiring the Note with the intent to hold as an investment and not with a view of distribution.

 

(b)       Lender is an “accredited investor” within the definition contained in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and is acquiring the Note for its own account, for investment, and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution thereof or of any interest therein. Lender has adequate net worth and means of providing for its current needs and contingencies and is able to sustain a complete loss of the investment in the Note, and has no need for liquidity in such investment. Lender, itself or through its officers, employees or agents, has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment such as an investment in the Securities, and Lender, either alone or through its officers, employees or agents, has evaluated the merits and risks of the investment in the Note.

 

(c)        Lender acknowledges and agrees that it is purchasing the Note hereunder based upon its own inspection, examination and determination with respect thereto as to all matters, and without reliance upon any express or implied representations or warranties of any nature, whether in writing, orally or otherwise, made by or on behalf of or imputed to the Company.

 

(d)       Lender has no contract, arrangement or understanding with any broker, finder, investment bank, financial intermediary or similar agent with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

 

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11. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.

 

a.       If (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-1 is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the date 30 days from the Effective Date, (ii) the Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date 75 days from the filing date, or (iii)  any registration statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective by the Commission but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose (each such event referred to as a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees to pay liquidated damages (“Liquidated Damages”) to Lender $35,000 per month until the Form S-1 takes effective.  Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular registrable Securities, Liquidated Damages shall cease to accrue; provided, however, that, if after Liquidated Damages have ceased to accrue, a different Registration Default occurs, Liquidated Damages shall again accrue pursuant to the foregoing provisions. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued.

 

b.       If the Company fails to deliver any Securities due Lender hereunder on the date dictated by this Agreement (each a, “Delivery Date”), the Company shall pay to Lender in immediately available funds $1,000.00 per day past the Delivery Date that the Securities are actually issued. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued. The Company agrees that the right to receive Securities is a valuable right to Lender and a material consideration of it entering this Agreement. The parties agree that it would be impracticable and extremely difficult to ascertain the amount of actual damages caused by a failure of the Company to timely deliver shares as required hereby. Therefore, the parties agree that the foregoing liquidated damages provision represents reasonable compensation for the loss which would be incurred by the Lender due to any such breach. The parties agree that this Section is not intended to in any way limit Lender’s right to pursue other remedies, including actual damages and/or equitable relief.

 

c.       The Company and Lender hereto acknowledge and agree that the sums payable as Liquidated Damages under subsection 10(a) and 10(b) above shall constitute liquidated damages and not penalties and are in addition to all other rights of the Lenders, including the right to call a default under the Securities Purchase Agreement.  The parties further acknowledge that (i) the amount of loss or damages likely to be incurred is incapable or is difficult to precisely estimate, (ii) the amounts specified in such subsections bear a reasonable relationship to, and are not plainly or grossly disproportionate to, the probable loss likely to be incurred in connection with any failure by the Company to obtain or maintain the effectiveness of a registration statement, (iii) one of the reasons for the Company and the Lender reaching an agreement as to such amounts was the uncertainty and cost of litigation regarding the question of actual damages, and (iv) the Company and the Lender are sophisticated business parties and have been represented by sophisticated and able legal counsel and negotiated this Agreement at arm’s length.

 

 

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12. COMMON SHARE ISSUANCE. Upon receipt by the Company of a written request from Lender to convert any amount due under any Note or to exercise any portion of any Warrant, subject to any limitations on conversion or exercise contained in any Note and/or Warrant, the Company shall have three (3) business days (“Delivery Date”) to issue the shares of Common Stock rightfully listed in such request. If the Company fails to timely deliver the shares, the Company shall pay to Lender in immediately available funds $1,000.00 per day past the Delivery Date that the shares are actually issued. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued or, at the option of Lender, may be added to the principal under any Note. The Company agrees that the right to convert the Notes or exercise its Warrants is a valuable right to Lender and a material consideration of it entering this Agreement. The parties agree that it would be impracticable and extremely difficult to ascertain the amount of actual damages caused by a failure of the Company to timely deliver shares as required hereby. Therefore, the parties agree that the foregoing liquidated damages provision represents reasonable compensation for the loss which would be incurred by the Lender due to any such breach. The parties agree that this Section is not intended to in any way limit Lender’s right to pursue other remedies, including actual damages and/or equitable relief.

 

13. CONVERSION COSTS. The Company agrees to reimburse Lender’s certificate processing cost by adding $1,500 to the principal for each note conversion effected by Lender.

 

14. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. An event of default will occur if any of the following circumstances occur (each an “Event of Default”):

 

a.       Any representation or warranty made by Company in this Agreement or in connection with any Warrant or Note, or in any financial statement, or any other statement furnished by Company to Lender is untrue in any material respect at the time when made or becomes untrue.

 

b.       Default by Company in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement.

 

c.       Default by Company under the terms of any Note or Warrant or any other third party note or warrant that exceeds a value of $1,000,000.

 

d.        Filing by Company of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy seeking reorganization, arrangement or readjustment of debts, or any other relief under the Bankruptcy Code as amended or under any other insolvency act or law, state or federal, now or hereafter existing.

 

e.       Filing of an involuntary petition against Company in bankruptcy seeking reorganization, arrangement or readjustment of debts, or any other relief under the Bankruptcy Code as amended, or under any other insolvency act or law, state or federal, now or hereafter existing, and the continuance thereof for sixty (60) days undismissed, unbonded or undischarged.

 

f.       Company liquidates, transfers, sells or assigns substantially its assets or elects to wind down its operations or dissolve.

 

g.       The Company fails to maintain irrevocable TA instruction or file with the Company’s transfer agent along with a reserve of common shares sufficient to satisfy the Note based on a then hypothetical conversion scenario per the terms of the Note.

 

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h.       The Company fails to maintain DTC or DWAC eligibility.

 

i.       The Company fails to stay current in its SEC reporting obligations, including maintaining XBRL financial information on the Company’s corporate website.

 

j.       The Company fails to deliver the Lender the shares of Common Stock rightfully listed in any Conversion Notice or any Warrants Exercise Notice within three (3) business days.

 

k.       The Company breaches any other agreement it has with Lender or his assigns.

 

l.       The Company interferes with Lender’s or its assigns’ efforts to remove the restrictive legend from the Common Stock issued as a result of conversion of any Note when Lender or his assign has provided an attorney opinion letter opining that the shares are eligible to have the legend removed pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise.

 

m.       The Company fails to prepare and file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 within 30 days of the Effective Date to cover the Common Stock underlying the Note and Warrants granted hereto, or the Form S-1 fails be effective within 105 days from the Effective Date.

 

15. REMEDIES. (i) There will be no cure period available for the Event of Default as defined in Section 14(d), 14(e) and 14(m); or (ii) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default as defined above, and provided such Event of Default has not been cured by the Company within ten (10) business days after written notice of the occurrence of such Event of Default, the principal and any accrued interest of the Note will be due immediately, and Lender shall have all of the rights and remedies provided by applicable law and equity. To the extent permitted by law, Company waives any rights to presentment, demand, protest, or notice of any kind in connection with this Agreement, any Warrant and/or any Note. No failure or delay on the part of Lender in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder or thereunder will preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege. The rights and remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided at law or in equity. In the event Lender shall refer this Agreement to an attorney to enforce the terms hereof, the Company agrees to pay all the costs and expenses incurred in attempting or effecting the enforcement of the Lender’s rights, including reasonable attorney's fees, whether or not suit is instituted.

 

16. NOTICE. Any and all notices, demands, advance requests or other communications required or desired to be given hereunder by any party shall be in writing and shall be validly given or made to another party if (i) personally served, (ii) sent by email on the date such email is sent (provided confirmation of such email being sent is provided upon request) (iii) deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (iv) by facsimile with confirmation receipt. Notice hereunder is to be given as follows:

 

If to the Company:

 

EDISON NATION, INC.

909 New Brunswick Ave

Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Attn: Christopher Ferguson

 

 

 

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Loan Agreement

 

 

If to the Lender:

 

Greentree Financial Group, Inc.

7951 S.W. 6th Street, Suite 216

Plantation, Florida 33324

Attn: R. Chris Cottone

 

17. GENERAL PROVISIONS. All representations and warranties made in the Transaction Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans hereunder. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Company and Lender, their respective successors and assigns.

 

18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Transaction Documents contain the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes and replaces all prior discussions, negotiations and representations of the parties. No party shall rely upon any oral representations in entering into this agreement, such oral representations, if any, being expressly denied by the party to whom they are attributed and it being the intention of the parties to limit the terms of this Agreement to those matters contained herein in writing. However, incorporated Notes shall be deemed controlling at all times with regards to any inconsistent or changed terms or amendments contained therein.

 

19. BINDING EFFECT. This agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties hereto, their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns. Lender may assign its rights hereunder without prior permission from the Company.

 

20. GOVERNING LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to conflict of law provisions. All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, or in respect of any legal relationship associated with or derived from this Agreement, shall only be heard in any competent court residing in Clark County, Nevada. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any manner provided by law. The Company further waives any objection to venue in any such action or proceeding on the basis of inconvenient forum. The Company agrees that any action on or proceeding brought against the Lender shall only be brought in such courts.

 

21. ATTORNEYS FEES. In the event the Lender hereof shall refer this Agreement to an attorney to enforce the terms hereof, the Company agrees to pay all the costs and expenses incurred in attempting or effecting the enforcement of the Lender's rights, including reasonable attorney's fees, whether or not suit is instituted.

 

22. AMENDMENT. The terms of this Agreement may not be amended, modified, or eliminated without written consent of the parties.

 

23. SEVERABILITY. Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable. If any term or provision thereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the validity or legality of the remainder of this Agreement.

 

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Loan Agreement

 

 

24. CONSTRUCTION. Section and paragraph headings are for convenience only and do not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. No rule of construction or interpretation that disfavors the party drafting this Agreement or any of its provisions will apply to the interpretation of this Agreement. Instead, this Agreement will be interpreted according to the fair meaning of its terms.

 

25. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each party hereto agrees to do all things, including execute, acknowledge and/or deliver any documents which may be reasonably necessary, appropriate or desirable to effectuate the transactions contemplated herein pursuant to terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto enter into this Loan Agreement which is effective as of the date first written.

 

Company:   Lender:    
           
EDISON NATION, INC.   Greentree Financial Group, Inc.  
           
By: /s/ Christopher Ferguson   By: /s/ R. Chris Cottone  
Name: Christopher Ferguson   Name: R. Chris Cottone
Title: Chief Executive Officer   Title: Vice President    

 

 

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Loan Agreement

 

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTE FORM

 

 

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Loan Agreement

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

WARRANT FORM

 

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

Exhibit A

 

THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THEY CONVERT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND COMPANY RESTRICTIONS.

 

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, EDISON NATION, INC., a Nevada corporation, its successors and assigns (the “Company) promises to pay to the order of Greentree Financial Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Holder”), in immediately available funds, the aggregate principal amount set forth below (the “Principal Amount”), plus all accrued interest thereon, in accordance with the terms of this Convertible Promissory Note (“Note”).

 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 22, 2020
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $1,100,000
MATURITY DATE: October 22, 2020

 

1. INCORPORATION. This Note is being issued pursuant to the terms of that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of January 22, 2020 by and between the Company and the Holder (the “Loan Agreement”). If not otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement. Further, all of the terms, representations, warranties, agreements, covenants and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. To the extent that there is a conflict between any condition, term or provision of this Note and the Loan Agreement, the conditions, terms, and provisions set forth herein shall specifically supersede the conflicting conditions, provisions and/or terms in the Loan Agreement.

 

2. PAYMENT. All outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest and fees shall be due and payable nine-months from the Effective Date (“Maturity Date”). Payment shall be made at Holder’s address at 7951 SW 6th Street, Suite 216, Plantation, FL 33324, or as otherwise directed by Holder. Notwithstanding the above, this Note must be converted to Common Stock at $2.00 per share or the Alternative Conversion Price if in default within 90 days after the effective date of the Registration Statement as set forth in Section 10.

 

3. INTEREST. Interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note at the annual rate of Ten Percent (10%) until the entire Principal Amount is paid in full. Interest shall not be compounded and shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year comprised of twelve (12) months of thirty (30) days each, with any calculation based upon a partial month of less than thirty (30) days based on actual days lapsed. The Company will make interest payments quarterly, with the first interest payment due three (3) months from the Effective Date hereof and on each 3 months from such date until all interest and outstanding principal is paid in full.

 

 

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4. PREPAYMENT. The Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time, prepay all or any part of the principal balance of this Note before the Maturity Date, without any penalty; provided, that it shall provide Holder with fifteen (15) days’ advanced written notice of its intent to prepay this Note. Holder shall have the option to elect to convert this Note per the terms of this Note and the Loan Agreement at any time prior to the Company’s prepayment. Any partial prepayments would be applied to accrued interest balance first, then fees and then principal.

 

5. REORGANIZATION. In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization, in which the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation, merger or reorganization (any such transaction being hereinafter referred to as a “Reorganization”), then, in each case, the Holder of this Note, on conversion hereof at any time after the consummation or effective date of such Reorganization (the “Reorganization Date”), shall receive, in lieu of the shares of stock or other securities at any time issuable upon the conversion of this Note issuable on such conversion prior to the Reorganization Date, the stock and other securities and property (including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon the Reorganization Date if such Holder had converted this Note immediately prior thereto. The Company shall ensure that the surviving entity in any Reorganization specifically assumes the Company’s obligations under this Note and the Loan Agreement.

 

6. MANDATORY CONVERSION.

 

a) On the 90th day after the effective date of Registration Statement as set forth in Section 10, the Holder is required to convert all of the outstanding Principal Amount of this Note, or any portion of the Principal Amount hereof, and any accrued interest, in whole or in part, into shares of the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”). In addition, the Holder may convert, in whole or in part, any of the outstanding balances due under the Note into shares of Common Stock at any time after the effective date of the Registration Statement, 180 days from the Effective date of this Note or upon receipt of notice from the Company of its intent to prepay this Note, whichever is sooner. Any amount converted under this Note will be converted into common stock of the Company at $2.00 per share (“Conversion Price”), which will be adjusted to Alternative Conversion Price if any event of default occurs.

 

b) Alternative Conversion Price should be equal to 50% of the lowest trading price on the primary trading market on which the Company's Common Stock is quoted for the last ten (10) trading days immediately prior to but not including the Conversion Date.

 

c) Conversion Limitation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Note, the Holder may not convert this Note if such conversion would cause Holder’s beneficial ownership (as defined by Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the Company to exceed 4.9% of its total issued and outstanding common or voting shares. Upon not less than sixty-one (61) days advance written notice, at any time or from time to time, the Holder at its sole discretion, may waive this 4.9% conversion limit. However, under any circumstance, the Holder may not convert this Note if such conversion would cause Holder’s beneficial ownership (as defined by Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the Company to exceed 9.9% of its total issued and outstanding common or voting shares. Any common shares converted under this Note need to be delivered to the Holder within three (3) business days of the receipt of Conversion Notice.

  

 

 

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d) Authorized and Reserved Shares. The Company covenants that at all times until the Note is satisfied in full, the Company will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares, free from preemptive rights, to provide for the issuance of a number of shares of Common issuable upon the full conversion of this Note (assuming no payment of Principal Amount or interest) as of any issue date (taking into consideration any adjustments to the conversion price) multiplied by (ii) two (2) (the “Reserved Amount”). The initial Reserved Amount as of the Issue Date shall be 1,500,000. In the event that the Company shall be unable to reserve the entirety of the Reserved Amount (the “Reserve Amount Failure”), the Company shall promptly take all actions necessary to increase its authorized share capital to accommodate the Reserved Amount (the “Authorized Share Increase”), including without limitation, all board of directors actions and approvals and promptly (but no less than 60 days following the calling and holding a special meeting of its shareholders no more than 60 days following the Reserve Amount Failure to seek approval of the Authorized Share Increase via the solicitation of proxies. The Company represents that upon issuance, the conversion shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Company (i) acknowledges that it has irrevocably instructed its transfer agent to issue certificates for the conversion shares or instructions to have the conversion shares issued as contemplated by this Note, and (ii) agrees that its issuance of this Note shall constitute full authority to its officers and agents who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates or cause the Company to electronically issue shares of Common Stock to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the conversion shares or cause the conversion shares to be issued as contemplated in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Note.

 

7. CONVERSION COST. The Company agrees to reimburse the Holder’s certificate processing cost by adding $1,500 to the Principal for each note conversion effected by Holder.

 

8. COMMON SHARE ISSUANCE. Upon receipt by the Company of a written request from Holder to convert any amount due under any Note pursuant to a voluntary or mandatory conversion, subject to any limitations on conversion contained in any Note, the Company shall have three (3) business days (“Delivery Date”) to request issuance of the shares of Common Stock rightfully listed in such request. If the Company fails to timely deliver the shares, the Company shall pay to Holder in immediately available funds $1,000 per day past the Delivery Date that the shares are actually issued. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued or, at the option of Holder, may be added to the principal under any Note. The Company agrees that the right to convert the Notes is a valuable right to Holder and a material consideration of it entering this Agreement. The parties agree that it would be impracticable and extremely difficult to ascertain the amount of actual damages caused by a failure of the Company to timely deliver shares as required hereby. Therefore, the parties agree that the foregoing liquidated damages provision represents reasonable compensation for the loss which would be incurred by the Holder due to any such breach. The parties agree that this Section is not intended to in any way limit Holder’s right to pursue other remedies, including actual damages and/or equitable relief.

 

9. ADJUSTMENTS.

 

a) In case the Company shall at any time prior to the conversion of the Note, or the maturity of the Note, whichever first occurs, effect a recapitalization or reclassification of such character that its Common Stock shall be changed into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number of shares, then the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any such event. Notwithstanding, the Conversion Price may not exceed $2.00 per share in any case.

 

 

 

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b) Prior to conversion, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock, options to purchase Common Stock, securities convertible into Common Stock or rights relating to Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”) to any person, entity, association, or other organization other than the Holder, at a price per share less than the Conversion Price, then the Conversion Price hereof shall be proportionately reduced to match the price per share of the Purchase Rights. For purposes of clarification, if the Company sells Common Stock at $1.50 per share at any time prior to conversion, then the Conversion Price of Holder’s Converted Shares would be adjusted to $1.50.

 

10. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

This Note will have registration rights. The Company shall prepare and file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1” or “Registration Statement”) within 30 days of the Effective Date to cover two times the Common Stock underlying the Note conversion based on the lower of the conversion price of $2.00 or the Alternative Conversion Price. The Form S-1 must be effective within 105 days from the Effective date of this Note. There shall be monthly liquidated damages of $35,000 if the Registration Statement is not filed within 30 days from the Effective Date and/ or declared effective within 105 days from the Effective Date of this Note, which damages shall accrue each month until the applicable breach (failure to timely file, failure to timely have declared effective, or both) has been cured. The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which will result to Holder for Company’s failure to timely file or have declared effective the Registration Statement shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the payment of $35,000 per month is a reasonable estimate of potential damages and shall constitute liquidated damages for any breach of this paragraph. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued or, at the option of Holder, added to the principal of this Note. The legal fees associated with filing the Form S-1 shall be paid by Company.

 

11. DEFAULT. The occurrence of any one of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

a) The non-payment, when due, of any principal or interest pursuant to this Note;

 

b) The material breach of any representation or warranty in the Loan Agreement;

 

c) The breach of any material covenant or undertaking herein or therein the Loan Agreement;

 

d) The commencement by the Company of any voluntary proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, receivership, dissolution, or liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect; or the adjudication of the Company as insolvent or bankrupt by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; or the petition or application by the Company for, acquiescence in, or consent by the Company to, the appointment of any receiver or trustee for the Company or for all or a substantial part of the property of the Company; or the assignment by the Company for the benefit of creditors; or the written admission of the Company of its inability to pay its debts as they mature;

 

 

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e) The commencement against the Company of any proceeding relating to the Company under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, adjustment of debt, receivership, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect, provided, however, that the commencement of such a proceeding shall not constitute an Event of Default unless the Company consents to the same or admits in writing the material allegations of same, or said proceeding shall remain undismissed for 20 days; or the issuance of any order, judgment or decree for the appointment of a receiver or trustee for the Company or for all or a substantial part of the property of the Company, which order, judgment or decree remains undismissed for 20 days; or a warrant of attachment, execution, or similar process shall be issued against any substantial part of the property of the Company;

 

f) The Company liquidates, transfers, sells or assigns substantially all of its assets or elects to wind down its operations or dissolve;

 

g) The Company fails to maintain irrevocable TA instruction or file with the Company’s transfer agent along with a reserve of common shares sufficient to satisfy the Note based on a then hypothetical conversion scenario per the terms of the Note;

 

h) The Company fails to maintain DTC or DWAC eligibility;

 

i) The Company fails to stay current in its SEC reporting obligations, including maintaining XBRL financial information on the Company’s corporate website;

 

j) The Company fails to deliver the Holder the shares of Common Stock rightfully listed in the Conversion Notice and Warrant Exercise Notice within three (3) business days;

 

k) The Company defaults on any other debt or warrant agreement exceeding a value of $1,000,000;

 

l) The Company breaches any other agreement it has with Holder or his assigns;

 

m) The Company interferes with Holder’s or its assigns’ efforts to remove the restrictive legend from the Common Stock issued as a result of conversion of the Note when Holder or his assign has provided an attorney opinion letter opining that the shares are eligible to have the legend removed pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise; or

 

n) The Company fails to prepare and file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) the Registration Statement within 30 days of the Effective Date to cover the Common Stock underlying this Note and Warrants granted to the Holder pursuant to the Loan Agreement and Warrants Agreement, dated January 22, 2020, or the Form S-1 fails be effective within 105 days from the Effective date of this Note.

 

There will be no cure period available for the Event of Default as defined in Section 11(d),11(e) and 11(n); Upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, and provided such Event of Default as defined in Section 11, has not been cured by the Company within ten (10) business days written notice, after the occurrence of such Event of Default (except a payment default of any interest, principal and/or other amount when due, of which no cure period is available), the Holder, may, by written notice to the Company, declare all or any portion of the unpaid Principal Amount due to Holder, together with all accrued interest thereon, immediately due and payable (without advanced notice as may otherwise by required hereunder); provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default as set forth in paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) hereof, all or any portion of the unpaid Principal Amount due to Holder, together with all accrued interest thereon, shall immediately become due and payable without any such notice. There shall be a default charge equal to 5% of the sum of any unpaid principal plus any interest accrued as of the default date. Upon the occurrence of an uncured Event of Default as set forth in paragraph (n), a monthly penalty of $35,000 is payable to Holder until Form S-1 takes effective. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued. Holder shall also have all other remedies available under law and equity.

 

 

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In the event that Holder at its sole discretion elects to allow the Company to continue with repayment of the principal and interest on this Note after an Event of Default, the interest rate on the unpaid principal of this Note will change to 18% or the highest interest rate currently allowable under Nevada law for loans of this amount (the “Default Interest Rate”). In the event of any changes under Nevada law relating to the increases or decreases of allowable interest rates, this Note will be changed to the highest amount allowable under Nevada law without notification or further ratification. As of the date of Default or any Event of Default, assuming the Holder allows reinstatement or continuation of this Note, the Default Interest Rate shall become the new rate of interest on this Note.

 

Any payments that the Holder allows under this section shall be made through a wire transfer of funds or Certified Check.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Holder at any time, at its sole discretion, may elect to immediately (without prior notice) convert the outstanding Principal Amount of this Note, or any portion of the Principal Amount hereof, and any accrued interest, in whole or in part, into shares of the Common Stock, according to the terms of this Note.

 

12. NOTICE. Any and all notices, demands, advance requests or other communications required or desired to be given hereunder by any party shall be in writing and shall be validly given or made to another party if (i) personally served, (ii) sent by email on the date such email is sent (provided confirmation of such email being sent is provided upon request) (iii) deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (iv) by facsimile with confirmation receipt. Notice hereunder is to be given as follows:

 

If to the Company:

 

EDISON NATION, INC.

909 New Brunswick Ave

Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Attn: Christopher Ferguson

 

If to the Holder:

 

Greentree Financial Group, Inc.

7951 S.W. 6th Street, Suite 216

Plantation, Florida 33324

Attn: R. Chris Cottone

 

13. SUCCESSION AND ASSIGNABILITY. This Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. The Holder may assign any of his or its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder on his or its own discretion without further approval from the Company.

  

 

 

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14. GOVERNING LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to conflict of law provisions. All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Note, or in respect of any legal relationship associated with or derived from this Note, shall only be heard in any competent court residing in Clark County, Nevada. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any manner provided by law. The Company further waives any objection to venue in any such action or proceeding on the basis of inconvenient forum. The Company agrees that any action on or proceeding brought against the Holder shall only be brought in such courts.

 

15. ATTORNEYS FEES. In the event the Holder hereof shall refer this Note to an attorney to enforce the terms hereof, the Company agrees to pay all the costs and expenses incurred in attempting or effecting the enforcement of the Holder's rights, including reasonable attorney's fees, whether or not suit is instituted.

 

16. CONFORMITY WITH LAW. It is the intention of the Company and of the Holder to conform strictly to applicable usury and similar laws. Accordingly, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, it is agreed that the aggregate of all charges which constitute interest under applicable usury and similar laws that are contracted for, chargeable or receivable under or in respect of this Note, shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount of interest permitted by such laws, and any excess, whether occasioned by acceleration or maturity of this Note or otherwise, shall be canceled automatically, and if theretofore paid, shall be either refunded to the Company or credited on the Principal Amount of this Note.

 

17. SEVERABILITY. If any portion of this Note is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such portion shall be deemed severed from this Note, and the remaining part shall remain in full force and effect as if no such invalid or unenforceable provisions had been a part of this Note.

 

18. WAIVER. Holder shall not be deemed to have waived any rights under this Note unless such waiver is given in a dated writing signed by Holder. No delay or omission on the part of Holder in exercising any right pursuant to this Note shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right. A waiver by Holder of any provision of this Note or of any rights against any individual, entity or collateral shall not prejudice or constitute a waiver of strict compliance of any other provision of this Note by any other individual or entity. No prior waiver by Holder or course of dealing between Holder and any individual or entity collectively constituting the Company shall constitute a waiver of any rights of Holder or of any obligations pursuant to this Note.

 

19. This Note and the Loan Agreement (and the warrant issued thereunder) constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and may not be altered or amended except by written agreement signed by the parties.

 

In witness whereof, the below parties signed and sealed this Note as of above date written.

 

EDISON NATION, INC.

(“COMPANY”)

 

By: /s/ Christopher Ferguson  
Name: Christopher Ferguson  
Title:     Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

Exhibit B

 

 

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER AND REASONABLY APPROVED BY THE COMPANY), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

 

  

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

 

Number of shares: 550,000     Holder: Greentree Financial Group, Inc.  
     
Exercise Price per Share:  $2.00   Warrant No.  2020-002
     
Expiration Date:   January 22, 2023   Issue Date: January 22, 2020

 

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, EDISON NATION, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that Greentree Financial Group, Inc., or its designated assigns (the “Warrant Holder”), is entitled to purchase the securities set forth below.

 

This Warrant entitles the Warrant Holder to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue Date and before the Expiration Date, Five Hundred Fifty Thousands (550,000) shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of common stock (the “Common Stock”) of the Company at an exercise price of Two Dollars (US$2.00) per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 7 hereof, the “Exercise Price”), at any time and from time to time from and after the Issue Date and through and including 5:00 p.m. New York time on the Expiration Date.

 

This Warrant is being issued pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of January 22, 2020 by and between the Company and the Warrant Holder, (the “Loan Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

 

 

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This Warrant is subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

1. Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Warrant Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Warrant Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Warrant Holder, and for all other purposes, unless provided notice to the contrary in accordance herewith.

 

2. Investment Representation. The Warrant Holder by accepting this Warrant represents that the Warrant Holder is acquiring this Warrant for its own account or the account of an affiliate for investment purposes and not with the view to any offering or distribution and that the Warrant Holder will not sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or the underlying Warrant Shares in violation of applicable securities laws. The Warrant Holder acknowledges that the certificates representing any Warrant Shares will bear a legend indicating that they have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and may not be sold by the Warrant Holder except pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to an exemption from registration requirements of the 1933 Act and in accordance with federal and state securities laws. If this Warrant was acquired by the Warrant Holder pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act afforded by Regulation S thereunder, the Warrant Holder acknowledges and covenants that this Warrant may not be exercised by or on behalf of a Person during the one year distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S) following the date hereof. “Person” means an individual, partnership, firm, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, corporation, or any other legal entity.

 

3. Validity of Warrant and Issue of Shares. The Company represents and warrants that this Warrant has been duly authorized and validly issued and warrants and agrees that all of Warrant Shares that may be issued upon the due exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, when issued upon such exercise, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further warrants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

 

4. Registration of Transfers and Exchange of Warrants.

 

a. Subject to compliance with the legend set forth on the face of this Warrant, the Company shall register the transfer of this Warrant, or any portion of this Warrant, in the Warrant Register, upon delivery by the Warrant Holder to the Company, pursuant to Section 11 of (i) this Warrant, and (ii) a duly completed and executed written assignment. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “New Warrant”), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Warrant Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance of such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a Warrant Holder of a Warrant.

 

 

Initial:   CF  

 

     

 

 

 

b. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Warrant Holder to the office of the Company specified in or pursuant to Section 11 for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder. Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange, and will have the same Expiration Date as the original Warrant for which the New Warrant was exchanged.

 

5. Exercise of Warrants.

 

a. Exercise of this Warrant shall be made upon delivery to the Company pursuant to Section 11, of (i) this Warrant; (ii) a duly completed and executed election notice, in the form attached hereto (the “Election Notice”) and (iii) payment of the Exercise Price. Payment of the Exercise Price may be made at the option of the Warrant Holder either (a) in cash, wire transfer or by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company equal to Exercise Price per share in effect at the time of exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares specified in the Election Notice, or (b) through a cashless exercise provided in Section 5(b) below. The Company shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) business days after the “Date of Exercise,” as defined herein) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be delivered to the Warrant Holder in such name or names as the Warrant Holder may designate in the Election Notice, a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, with such restrictive legend as required by the 1933 Act, as applicable. Any person so designated by the Warrant Holder to receive Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have become holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Date of Exercise of this Warrant. All Warrant Shares delivered to the Warrant Holder the Company covenants, shall upon due exercise of this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

b. If the closing price per share of the Common Stock (as quoted by the Nasdaq Capital Market or other principal trading market, if applicable) reported on the day immediately preceding the Date of Exercise (the “Fair Market Value”) of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price of one Warrant Share (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising this Warrant for cash, the Warrant Holder may elect to receive that number of Warrant Shares computed using the following formula:

 

X=Y (A-B)

       A

 

Where X= the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrant Holder

 

Y= the number of shares of Warrant Shares purchasable under this Warrant or, if only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this Warrant being exercised (at the date of such calculation)

 

A= Fair Market Value

 

B= Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation)

 

 

Initial:   CF  

 

     

 

 

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless exercise transaction in the manner described above shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Warrant Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued.

 

c. A “Date of Exercise” means the date on which the Company shall have received (i) this Warrant (or any New Warrant, as applicable), (ii) the Election Notice (or attached to such New Warrant) appropriately completed and duly signed, and (iii) payment of the Exercise Price (if this Warrant is exercised on a cash basis) for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the Warrant Holder to be purchased.

 

d. This Warrant shall be exercisable at any time and from time to time for such number of Warrant Shares as is indicated in the attached Form of Election to Purchase. If less than all of the Warrant Shares which may be purchased under this Warrant are exercised at any time, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its expense, a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares for which no exercise has been evidenced by this Warrant.

 

e. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, the Warrant Holder may not exercise this Warrant if such exercise would cause Warrant Holder’s beneficial ownership (as defined by Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the Common Stock of the Company to exceed 4.9% of its total issued and outstanding Common Stock or voting shares. Upon not less than sixty-one (61) days advance written notice, at any time or from time to time, the Warrant Holder at its sole discretion, may waive this provision of this Warrant.

 

f. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, the Warrant Holder may not exercise this Warrant if such exercise would cause Warrant Holder’s beneficial ownership (as defined by Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the Common Stock of the Company to exceed 9.9% of its total issued and outstanding Common Stock or voting shares.

 

6. Common Share Issuance. Upon receipt by the Company of a written request from Warrant Holder to exercise any portion of any Warrant, subject to any limitations on exercise contained in any Warrant, the Company shall have three (3) business days (“Delivery Date”) to request issuance of the shares of Common Stock rightfully listed in such request. If the Company fails to timely deliver the shares, the Company shall pay to Warrant Holder in immediately available funds $1,000.00 per day past the Delivery Date that the shares are actually issued. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued. The Company agrees that the right to exercise its Warrants is a valuable right to Warrant Holder and a material consideration of it entering this Agreement. The parties agree that it would be impracticable and extremely difficult to ascertain the amount of actual damages caused by a failure of the Company to timely deliver shares as required hereby. Therefore, the parties agree that the foregoing liquidated damages provision represents reasonable compensation for the loss which would be incurred by the Warrant Holder due to any such breach. The parties agree that this Section is not intended to in any way limit Warrant Holder’s right to pursue other remedies, including actual damages and/or equitable relief.

 

 

Initial:   CF  

 

     

 

  

7. Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The character of the shares of stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price therefor, are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of the following events:

 

a. Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization, in which the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation, merger or reorganization (any such transaction being hereinafter referred to as a “Reorganization”), then, in each case, the Holder of this Warrant, on exercise hereof at any time after the consummation or effective date of such Reorganization (the “Effective Date”), shall receive, in lieu of the shares of stock or other securities at any time issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant issuable on such exercise prior to the Effective Date, the stock and other securities and property (including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon the Effective Date if such holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior thereto (all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Warrant). The Company shall ensure that the surviving entity in any Reorganization specifically assumes the Company’s obligations under this Warrant.

 

b. Exercise Price Adjustment. If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock, options to purchase Common Stock, securities convertible into Common Stock or rights relating to Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”) to any person, entity, association, or other organization other than the Holder, at a price per share less than the Exercise Price, then the Exercise Price hereof shall be proportionately reduced to match the price per share of the Purchase Rights. For purposes of clarification, if the exercise price of the Warrant Shares is $2.00, and if the Company sells Common Stock at $1.50 per share at any time after the date hereof, then the Exercise Price of Holder’s Warrant Shares would be adjusted to $1.50. Notwithstanding, the Exercise Price may not exceed $2.00 per share in any case.

 

c. Adjustments for Stock Dividends; Combinations, Etc. In case the Company shall do any of the following (an “Event”):

 

(i)            declare a dividend or other distribution on its Common Stock payable in Common Stock of the Company,

 

(ii)         subdivide the outstanding Common Stock pursuant to a stock split or otherwise, or

 

(iii)       reclassify its Common Stock,

 

then the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any such Event; however, there shall be no adjustment to the Exercise Price or issuable Warrant Shares in the event of a reverse stock split or other reduction in the authorized Common Stock of the Company.

 

d. Certificate as to Adjustments. In case of any adjustment or readjustment in the price or kind of securities issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company will promptly give written notice thereof to the holder of this Warrant in the form of a certificate, certified and confirmed by the Board of Directors of the Company, setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based.

 

 

Initial:   CF  

 

     

 

 

8. Registration Rights. This Warrant will have registration rights. The Company shall prepare and file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1” or “Registration Statement”) within 30 days of the Issue Date to cover the Common Stock underlying the Warrants Exercise. The Form S-1 must be effective within 105 days from the Issue date of this Warrant. There shall be monthly liquidated damages of $35,000 if the Registration Statement is not filed within 30 days from the Issue Date and/ or declared effective within 105 days from the Issue Date of this Warrant, which damages shall accrue each month until the applicable breach (failure to timely file, failure to timely have declared effective, or both) has been cured. The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which will result to Holder for Company’s failure to timely file or have declared effective the Registration Statement shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the payment of $35,000 per month is a reasonable estimate of potential damages and shall constitute liquidated damages for any breach of this paragraph. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued. The legal fees associated with filing the Form S-1 shall be paid by Company.

 

9. Repurchase. If at any time after the Registration Statement registering the Common Stock underlying the Warrants Exercise with Commission has gone effective, and is still effective, the Company's Common Stock trades over $3.00 per share for 20 consecutive days, based on the closing price per day, then the Company shall have the option for thirty (30) days thereafter to elect to repurchase Warrant Holder’s unexercised Warrants at a price equal $3.00 less the Exercise Price per Share ($2.00), multiplied by the number of shares represented by such Warrants to be repurchased by the Company (“Repurchase Price”); provided that, the Company must provide the Warrant Holder with written notice of its intent to repurchase , including amount to be repurchased, and Warrant Holder shall have fifteen (15) days after receipt of such notice (the “Exercise Period”) to elect to exercise any such Warrants by providing the Company with an exercise notice per the terms of the Warrant. If after termination of the Exercise Period, Warrant Holder has not exercised any of the Warrants elected to be repurchased by the Company, the Company shall have fifteen (15) days thereafter the end of the Exercise Period to pay Warrant Holder the Repurchase Price and repurchase the Warrants indicated in its notice, less any Warrants exercised by Warrant Holder during the Exercise Period.

 

10. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant. The number of full Warrant Shares that shall be issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrants Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented. If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section 8, be issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, at its option, (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction or (ii) round the number of Warrant Shares issuable, up to the next whole number.

 

11. Notice. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (i) on the date they are (a) delivered if delivered in person or (b) sent, if sent by email; (ii) on the date initially received if delivered by facsimile transmission followed by registered or certified mail confirmation; (iii) on the date delivered by an overnight courier service; or (iv) on the third business day after it is mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested with postage and other fees prepaid as follows:

 

 

Initial:   CF  

 

     

 

 

If to the Company:

 

EDISON NATION, INC.

909 New Brunswick Ave

Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Email Address: cferguson@edisonnation.com

Attn: Christopher Ferguson

 

If to the Warrant Holder:

 

Greentree Financial Group, Inc.

7951 S.W. 6th Street, Suite 216

Plantation, Florida 33324

Email Address: chriscottone@gtfinancial.com

Attn: R. Chris Cottone

  

12. Miscellaneous.

 

a. This Warrants is being granted pursuant to the terms of that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of January 22, 2020 by and between the Company and the Warrant Holder (the “Loan Agreement”). If not otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement. Further, all of the terms, representations, warranties, agreements, covenants and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. To the extent that there is a conflict between any condition, term or provision of this Warrant and the Loan Agreement, the conditions, terms, and provisions set forth herein shall specifically supersede the conflicting conditions, provisions and/or terms in the Loan Agreement.

 

b. This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Warrant may be amended only in writing and signed by the Company and the Warrant Holder. Holder may assign this Warrant without consent from the Company but in accordance with the restrictions herein.

 

c. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the Warrant Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant; this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrant Holder.

 

d. This Warrant shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

 

e. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

 

Initial:   CF  

 

     

 

  

f. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonably substitute therefore, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.

 

g. The Warrant Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to any voting or other rights of a shareholder of the Company, either at law or equity, and the rights of the Warrant Holder are limited to those expressed in this Warrant.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by the authorized officer as of the date first above stated.

 

  EDISON NATION, INC.
     
     
  By:   /s/ Christopher Ferguson
  Name: Christopher Ferguson
  Title:    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Initial:   CF  

 

     

 

 

FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

 

(To be executed by the Warrant Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the foregoing Warrant)

 

 

To: EDISON NATION, INC.

 

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant, hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):

¨ ________ shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant; or

 

¨ the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth therein.

 

The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full purchase price for such shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):

 

¨ $__________ in lawful money of the United States; and/or

 

¨ the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is exercisable for a total of _______ shares of Common Stock (using a Fair Market Value of $_______ per share for purposes of this calculation); and/or

 

¨ the cancellation of such number of shares of Common Stock as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 5 of the Warrant, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 5.

 

After application of the cashless exercise feature as described above, _____________ shares of Common Stock are required to be delivered pursuant to the instructions below.

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Warrant Holder:

 

(Print)___________________________________

(By:)____________________________________

(Name:)_________________________________

(Title:)__________________________________

Signatures must conform in all respects to the name of the Warrant Holder on the face of the Warrant.

 

 

Initial:         

 

     

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment Agreement (the “Amendment”) amends and modifies: (1) that certain Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) by and between Edison Nation, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and Greentree Financial Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Investor”) dated January 22, 2020, (2) that certain Convertible Promissory Note (the “Note”) by and between the Company and the Investor dated January 22, 2020, and (3) that certain Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “Warrant”) by and between the Company and the Investor dated January 22, 2020, but as discussed further below, which such documents were meant to be dated January 23, 2020, is dated effective January 28, 2020. The Company and the Investor are sometimes referred to collectively herein as the “Parties”, and each individually, a “Party”).

 

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into the Loan Agreement, the Note and the Warrant on January 23, 2020 (collectively, the “Existing Agreements”), but the Existing Agreements were accidentally dated January 22, 2020; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to amend the Existing Agreements to reflect the correct effective date and to ensure the Company’s compliance with certain rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) relating to stockholder approval of transactions.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.                  Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Amendment have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Existing Agreements.

 

2.                  Amendments to the Existing Agreements. As of the Effective Date (defined below), the Existing Agreements are amended to update the execution and effective date of each Existing Agreement to January 23, 2020. Also, as of the Effective Date, the Existing Agreements are hereby further amended and modified as follows:

 

(a)                 Section 8 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and modified as follows:

 

8. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company shall prepare and file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1” or “Registration Statement”) within 30 days of the Effective Date that, subject to Section 26 hereof, registers a total of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, which such amount of shares is the sum of 550,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note, 550,000 Warrant Shares, the 100,000 Origination Shares, and 300,000 shares of Common Stock to account for changes to the conversion and/or exercise price under the Note and Warrant. The Form S-1 must be effective within 105 days from the Effective date of this Agreement. There shall be monthly liquidated damages of $35,000 if the Registration Statement is not filed within 30 days from the Effective Date and/ or declared effective within 105 days from the Effective Date of this Agreement, which damages shall accrue each month until the applicable breach (failure to timely file, failure to timely have declared effective, or both) has been cured. The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which will result to Lender for Company’s failure to timely file or have declared effective the Registration Statement shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the payment of $35,000 per month is a reasonable estimate of potential damages and shall constitute liquidated damages for any breach of this paragraph. Any amounts due under this Section shall be paid by the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month in which they accrued or, at the option of Lender, added to the principal of the Note. The legal fees associated with filing the Form S-1 shall be paid by Company”

 

     

 

 

(b)                The Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new Section 26:

 

26. COMPLIANCE WITH NASDAQ RULES. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock that may be issued under this Agreement, the Note, and/or the Warrant, shall be limited to 17.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of January 22, 2020 (the “Exchange Cap”). The Exchange Cap shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, should the application of the Exchange Cap prevent Lender from converting any of the Note (including fees and interest) into Common Stock or exercising any portion of the Warrant (collectively, “Forfeited Stock”), the Company shall pay the Lender liquidated damages in an amount equal to $2.50 per share of Forfeited Stock (“Exchange Cap Damages”) within no more than five (5) trading days from the date on which Lender informs the Company in writing that it has triggered the Exchange Cap. Upon payment in full of the Exchange Cap Damages, the Note will be deemed paid in full and the Warrant will be automatically cancelled. The parties acknowledge and agree that the damages which will result to Lender if it is unable to convert a portion of the Note or exercise a portion of the Warrant due to the Exchange Cap shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the payment of the Exchange Cap Damages is a reasonable estimate of potential damages and shall constitute liquidated damages.”

 

(a)                 The Note is hereby amended by inserting the following new Section 20:

 

“20. COMPLIANCE WITH NASDAQ RULES. Notwithstanding anything in this Note to the contrary, and in addition to the beneficial ownership limitations provided herein, the total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock that may be issued under this Note, the Loan Agreement, and/or that certain Common Stock Purchase Warrant of even date herewith, entered into by and between the Company and the Holder, shall be limited to 17.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of January 22, 2020 (the “Exchange Cap”). The Exchange Cap shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, should the application of the Exchange Cap prevent Lender from converting any of the Note (including fees and interest) into Common Stock (collectively, “Forfeited Stock”), the Company shall pay the Lender liquidated damages in an amount equal to $2.50 per share of Forfeited Stock (“Exchange Cap Damages”) within no more than five (5) trading days from the date on which Lender informs the Company in writing that it has triggered the Exchange Cap. Upon payment in full of the Exchange Cap Damages, the Note will be deemed paid in full. The parties acknowledge and agree that the damages which will result to Lender if it is unable to convert a portion of the Note due to the Exchange Cap shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the payment of the Exchange Cap Damages is a reasonable estimate of potential damages and shall constitute liquidated damages. As an example, if the balance of the Note, including all accrued but unpaid interest and fees, is $125,000 when the Exchange Cap is triggered, and the Conversion Price under the Note is then $2.00 per share, there shall be 62,500 shares of Forfeited Stock and Lender shall be entitled to $156,250 in Exchange Cap Damages.”

 

(a)                 The Warrant is hereby amended by inserting the following new Section 13:

 

“13. Compliance with Nasdaq Rules. Notwithstanding anything in this Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “Warrant”) to the contrary, and in addition to the beneficial ownership limitations provided herein, the total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock that may be issued under this Warrant, the Loan Agreement, and/or that certain Convertible Promissory Note of even date herewith, entered into by and between the Company and the Warrant Holder, shall be limited to 17.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of January 22, 2020 (the “Exchange Cap”). The Exchange Cap shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, should the application of the Exchange Cap prevent Lender from exercising any portion of the Warrant (collectively, “Forfeited Stock”), the Company shall pay the Lender liquidated damages in an amount equal to $2.50 per share of Forfeited Stock (“Exchange Cap Damages”) within no more than five (5) trading days from the date on which Lender informs the Company in writing that it has triggered the Exchange Cap. Upon payment in full of the Exchange Cap Damages, the Warrant will be automatically cancelled. The parties acknowledge and agree that the damages which will result to Lender if it is unable to exercise a portion of the Warrant due to the Exchange Cap shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the payment of the Exchange Cap Damages is a reasonable estimate of potential damages and shall constitute liquidated damages. As an example, if on the date the Exchange Cap is triggered Lender has exercised 100,000 shares under the Warrant, there would be 45,000 shares of Forfeited Stock and Lender would be entitled to $112,500 in Exchange Cap Damages.”

 

     

 

 

3.                  Date of Effectiveness; Limited Effect. This Amendment will be deemed effective as of the date first written above (the “Effective Date”). Except as expressly provided in this Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Existing Agreement are and will remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed by the Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the amendments contained herein will not be construed as an amendment to or waiver of any other provision of the Existing Agreements, or as a waiver of or consent to any further or future action on the part of either Party that would require the waiver or consent of the other Party.

 

4.                  Representations and Warranties. Each Party hereby represents and warrants to the other Party that:

 

(a)                 It has the full right, power, and authority to enter into this Amendment and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Existing Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

(b)                The execution of this Amendment by the individual whose signature is set forth at the end of this Amendment on behalf of such Party, and the delivery of this Amendment by such Party, have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Party.

 

(c)                 This Amendment has been executed and delivered by such Party and (assuming due authorization, execution, and delivery by the other Party hereto) constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws and equitable principles related to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or the effect of general principles of equity.

 

5.                  Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                 This Amendment is governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflict of laws provisions of any state.

 

(b)                This Amendment shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each of the Parties and each of their respective successors and assigns.

 

(c)                 The headings in this Amendment are for reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.

 

(d)                This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which is deemed an original, but all of which constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment electronically or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

(e)                 This Amendment constitutes the sole and entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.

 

(f)                  Each Party shall pay its own costs and expenses in connection with this Amendment (including the fees and expenses of its advisors, accountants, and legal counsel).

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

  EDISON NATION, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Christopher B. Ferguson
  Name: Christopher B. Ferguson
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
     
  GREENTREE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
     
  By: /s/ R. Christopher Cottone
  Name: R. Christopher Cottone
  Title: Vice President