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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): May 30, 2023 (May 25, 2023)

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-41290   81-5360128
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

990 S Rogers Circle, Suite 3, Boca Raton, FL   33487
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(786) 749-1221
(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, par value $0.0001 per share   SMFL   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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

 

Emerging Growth Company ☒

 

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. ☐

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Note Conversions

 

On November 8, 2021, the Company issued a 5% Secured Subordinated Non-Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $1,900,000 (the “Nexus Seller Note”) to Justin Francisco and Steven Rubert (collectively the “Nexus Seller”), pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 21, 2021, among the Company, the Nexus Seller, and Nexus Offers, Inc.

 

On July 29, 2022, the Company issued a (i) a 5% Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $107,500 (the “RTB Note”) to RTB Children’s Trust (“RTB”), pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 14, 2022 (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, Ceautamed Worldwide, LLC and the Sellers (as defined in the Purchase Agreement); (ii) a 5% Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $967,500 (the “RMB Note”) to RMB Industries, Inc. (“RMB”), pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; and (iii) a 5% Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $1,075,000 (the “D&D Note” and together with the RTB Note and the RMB Note, the “Ceautamed Sellers Notes”) to D&D Hayes, LLC (“D&D” and together with RTB and RMB, the “Ceautamed Sellers”), pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

On November 29, 2022, the Company issued an Amended and Restated 6% Secured Subordinated Promissory Note in the principal amount of $3,000,000 (the “Moulavi Note”) to Dr. Sasson E. Moulavi, pursuant to the terms of the February 11, 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement, as amended, among the Company, Doctors Scientific Organica L.L.C., Oyster Management Services Ltd., Lawee Enterprises L.L.C., U.S. Medical Care Holdings, L.L.C., and Dr. Moulavi. The Company has previously repaid $100,000, and the outstanding principal balance of the Moulavi Note is $2,900,000.

 

The Company previously issued the following promissory notes to Barry T. Cervantes: (i) a Promissory Note, dated February 14, 2022, in the principal amount of $50,000, for which a payment of $30,000 was made by the Company to Mr. B. Cervantes on April 18, 2023; (ii) Promissory Note, dated April 19, 2022, in the principal amount of $59,000; and (iii) Promissory Note, dated October 10, 2023, in the principal amount of $105,000; (collectively, the “B. Cervantes Notes”).

 

The Company previously issued the following promissory notes to Robert Rein: (i) Promissory Note, dated December 6, 2022, in the principal amount of $30,000; (ii) Promissory Note, dated December 21, 2022, in the principal amount of $100,000; (iii) Promissory Note, dated February 8, 2023, in the principal amount of $50,000; and (iv) Promissory Note, dated March 7, 2023, in the principal amount of $50,000 (collectively, the “Rein Notes” and together with the Nexus Seller Note, the Ceautamed Sellers Note, the Moulavi Note and the B. Cervantes Notes, the “Notes”).

 

On May 25, 2023, we entered into note agreements with each of the Ceutamed Sellers (the “Ceutamed Note Agreements”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to convert a portion of the Notes into a number of shares of the Company’s series B convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”) that is equal to the aggregate amount of cancelled debt covered by the Ceutamed Note Agreements divided by the stated value per share of the Preferred Stock of $223.00. The Preferred Stock has a conversion price of $2.23 so that each share of Preferred Stock converts into 100 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”). Specifically, the Ceutamed Note Conversion Agreements converted debt under the Ceutamed Sellers Notes as follows:

 

Conversion $107,500, which represents the outstanding principal on the RTB Note as of May 25, 2023, into 482 shares of Preferred Stock;

 

Conversion of $967,500, which represents the outstanding principal on the RMB Note as of May 25, 2023, into 4,339 shares of Preferred Stock;

 

Conversion of $1,075,000 which represents the outstanding principal on the D&D Note as of May 25, 2023, into 4,820 shares of Preferred Stock;

 

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On May 26, 2023, we entered into a note agreement with each of the Nexus Seller, Dr. Moulavi, Mr. B. Cervantes and Mr. Rein (the “Note Agreements”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to convert all or a portion of the Notes into a number of the Company’s Preferred Stock that is equal to the aggregate amount of cancelled debt in the Note Agreements divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00 as follows:

 

Conversion of $1,912,966.40, which represents the outstanding principal plus accrued interest on the Nexus Seller Note as of May 26, 2023, into 8,579 shares of Preferred Stock;

 

Conversion of $1,500,000 of the Moulavi Note into 6,727 shares of Preferred Stock, resulting in a balance of $1,734,950 of principal and accrued interest as of May 26, 2023 for which the Company issued the Moulavi Balance Note (as described below).

 

Conversion of $190,412, which represents the outstanding principal plus accrued interest on the B. Cervantes Notes as of May 26, 2023, into 854 shares of Preferred Stock; and

 

Conversion of $ 239,950, which represents the outstanding principal plus accrued interest on the Rein Notes as of May 26, 2023, into 1,076 shares of Preferred Stock.

 

In addition, on May 26, 2023, the Company issued Dr. Moulavi a new 6% Secured Subordinated Promissory Note (the “Moulavi Balance Note”), having identical terms to the Moulavi Note but with a principal amount of $1,734,950, representing the unconverted principal of the Moulavi Note of $1,400,000, plus accrued but unpaid interest on the Moulavi Note as of May 26, 2023.

 

Executive Deferred Compensation Conversions

 

As of May 26, 2023, Alfonso J. Cervantes, Jr., the Company’s Executive Chairman (“Mr. A. Cervantes”) had accrued unpaid salary of $347,484 and accrued unpaid bonus of $480,000, for a total accrued unpaid deferred compensation of $827,494 (the “A. Cervantes Deferred Compensation”), and Darren Minton (“Mr. Minton”), the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, had accrued unpaid salary of $250,826 and accrued unpaid bonus of $100,000, for a total accrued unpaid deferred compensation of $350,826 (the “Minton Deferred Compensation” and together with the A. Cervantes Deferred Compensation, the “Executive Deferred Compensation”).

 

On May 26, 2023, the Company entered into a deferred compensation conversion agreement with each of Mr. A. Cervantes and Mr. Minton (the “Executive Deferred Compensation Conversion Agreements”) in order to convert the Executive Deferred Compensation into an aggregate of 5,285 shares of Preferred Stock, resulting in the issuance of 3,711 shares of Preferred Stock to Mr. A. Cervantes and 1,574 shares of Preferred Stock to Mr. Minton.

 

Director Deferred Fees Conversions

 

As of May 26, 2023, Arthur Reynolds, Robert Rein, and Roger Conley Wood, each a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, had accrued unpaid Board fees of $16,500, $22,500 and $22,500, respectively (collectively, the “Director Deferred Fees”).

 

On May 26, 2023, the Company entered into a director fee conversion agreement with each of Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Rein, and Mr. Wood in order to convert a portion of the Director Deferred Fees (the “Director Fee Conversion Agreements”). Pursuant to the Director Fee Conversion Agreements, each of Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Rein, and Mr. Wood agreed to convert $10,000 of his outstanding Director Deferred Fees, or an aggregate of $30,000 of Director Deferred Fees, in exchange for an aggregate of 135 shares of Preferred Stock, or 45 shares of Preferred Stock for each of Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Rein, and Mr. Wood.

 

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Series B Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation

 

The Company filed a certificate of designation (the “Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of Nevada designating the rights, preferences, and limitations of the shares of Preferred Stock on May 25, 2023. The Certificate of Designation authorizes 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. The following is a summary of the material terms of the Series A Shares:

 

Dividends. The individual holders of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends on shares of the Preferred Stock on an equal basis as our Common Stock on an as-converted basis, and in the same form as dividends actually paid on shares of the Common Stock of the Company, only when and if such dividends are paid on shares of the Common Stock.

 

Liquidation. Subject to the rights of the Company’s creditors and the holders of any senior securities, upon any liquidation of the Company, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Company (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of common stock of the Company, each holder of outstanding Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive the same amount that a holder of Common Stock of the Company would receive if the Preferred Stock were fully converted to Common Stock immediately prior to such a liquidation in preference to the holders of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

Voting Rights. The Preferred Stock shall vote together with the Common Stock on an as-converted basis, and not as a separate class, except as provided by the Nevada law.

 

Conversion Rights. Each share of Preferred Stock, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time into such number of fully paid and nonassessable Common Stock (calculated as to each conversion to the whole share) determined by dividing the Stated Value, plus the value of the accrued, but unpaid, dividends thereon, by the conversion price of $2.23 per share; provided that in no event shall the holder of any Preferred Stock be entitled to convert any number of shares of Preferred Stock that upon conversion the sum of (i) the number of Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates and (ii) the number of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock with respect to which the determination of this provision is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by the holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the then outstanding Common Stock of the Company. This limitation may be waived (up to a maximum of 9.99%) by the holder and in its sole discretion, not less than sixty-one (61) days’ prior notice to the Company.

 

Redemption. The Preferred Stock is not redeemable.

 

The above descriptions of the Notes, the Moulavi Balance Note, the Note Agreements, the Executive Compensation Conversion Agreements, the Director Fee Conversion Agreements, the Preferred Stock, and the Certificate of Designation do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to such documents, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 through 10.25, and Exhibit 3.1, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Warrant Solicitation

 

As previously reported, the Company issued warrants on July 1, 2021, that were amended and restated on December 8, 2022 (the “July Warrants”) to several investors for the purchase of 3,214,128 shares of Common Stock of the Company, at an initial exercise price of $6.25 per share. The Company also issued warrants on August 18, 2021, as amended and restated on December 8, 2022 (the “August 2021 Existing Warrants,” and collectively with the July 2021 Existing Warrants, the “Existing Warrants”) to several investors for the purchase of 1,071,377 shares of Common Stock of the Company, at an initial exercise price of $6.25 per share.

 

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On May 29, 2023, the Company entered into warrant solicitation inducement letters (the “Inducement Letters”) with several accredited investors that are existing holders (collectively, the “Exercising Holders”) of its Existing Warrants wherein the investors agreed to exercise 3,513,750 of the Existing Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,513,750 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) for cash, at an exercise price reduced by the Company from $2.59 per share to $1.30 per share (the “Warrant Exercise”).

 

In consideration for the immediate exercise of the Existing Warrants for cash, the Company will issue a new unregistered Common Stock Purchase Warrant pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 200% of the number of Warrant Shares issued pursuant to the Warrant Exercise hereunder (the “New Warrant”). The New Warrant will be exercisable immediately and have a term of 5.5 years and an exercise price per share of $2.17. As a result, the Exercising Holders will receive warrants to purchase 7,027,500 shares of Common Stock. The gross proceeds from the Warrant Exercise is expected to be $4.5 million and the Company expects to receive aggregate net proceeds of approximately $4.1 million from the exercise of the Existing Warrants by the Exercising Holders, after deducting fees and expenses.

 

As a result of the Warrant Exercise, the exercise price of the Company’s other outstanding warrants is being adjusted to $1.30 pursuant to the antidilution provisions in such warrants. The Company will send notices to warrant holders regarding the adjustment of the exercise price.

 

H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC acted as warrant inducement agent and financial advisor in connection with the transaction and will receive a cash fee of 7.5% of the gross proceeds resulting from the Warrant Exercise and warrants to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal to 7.5% of the Warrant Shares.

 

The issuance of the Common Stock upon exercise of the Existing Warrants was conducted pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-271701), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 5, 2023 and declared effective on May 15, 2023. The New Warrants issued pursuant to the Inducement Letters described above were offered in a private placement pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and, have not been registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The securities were offered only to accredited investors.

 

This report shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

 

Attached to this report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.26 is a copy of the form of Inducement Letter between the Company and the several Exercising Holders and the form of New Warrant.

 

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Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 regarding the Moulavi Balance Note is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 regarding the issuance of the Preferred Stock and in relation to the New Warrants and the shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable upon the exercise thereof is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The New Warrants were issued in reliance upon an exemption from registration pursuant to 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The disclosure set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 3.03 in its entirety.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 regarding the Certificate of Designation is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

As previously disclosed, on January 25, 2023, the Company received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (“Nasdaq”) Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), that the Panel had granted the Company an extension until May 30, 2023, to demonstrate compliance with the $2,500,000 minimum stockholders’ equity requirement, as outlined in Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). As a result of the transactions described in this Form 8-K, the Company now has stockholders’ equity above the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing of $2,500,000.

 

Nasdaq will continue to monitor our ongoing compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement and, if at the time of our next periodic report our company does not evidence compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement, we may be subject to delisting. There can be no assurance that our company will be able to maintain compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

 

On May 26, 2023, the Company issued a press release related to the Note Agreements and on May 30, 2023 the Company issued a press release related to the Warrant Solicitation. Copies of these press releases are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
3.1   Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights, Limitations and Restrictions of Preferred Stock
10.1   Amended and Restated 6% Secured Subordinated Promissory Note issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Sasson E. Moulavi on November 29, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 2, 2022)
10.2   Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to RTB Childrens Trust on July 29, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2022)
10.3   Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to RMB Industries, Inc. on July 29, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2022)
10.4   First Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 29, 2022, among Smart for Life, Inc., Ceautamed Worldwide, LLC, RMB Industries, Inc., RTB Childrens Trust and D&D Hayes, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2022)
10.5   5% Secured Subordinated Promissory Note issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Justin Francisco and Steven Rubert on November 8, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on December 16, 2021)
10.6   6% Secured Subordinated Promissory Note issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Sasson E. Moulavi on May 26, 2023
10.7   Promissory Note and Common Stock issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Barry T. Cervantes on February 14, 2022.
10.8   Promissory Note and Common Stock issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Barry T. Cervantes on April 13, 2022.
10.9   Promissory Note and Common Stock issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Barry T. Cervantes on October 10, 2022.
10.10   Promissory Note issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Robert Rein on December 6, 2022
10.11   Promissory Note issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Robert Rein on December 21, 2022
10.12   Promissory Note issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Robert Rein on February 8, 2023
10.13   Promissory Note issued by Smart for Life, Inc. to Robert Rein on March 27, 2023
10.14   Note Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc., Justin Francisco, and Steven Rubert, dated May 25, 2023
10.15   Note Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc., and D&D Hayes, LLC, dated May 25, 2023
10.16   Note Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc., and RMB Industries, Inc., dated May 25, 2023
10.17   Note Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc., and RTB Childrens Trust, dated May 25, 2023
10.18   Note Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc., and Sasson E. Moulavi, dated May 25, 2023
10.19   Note Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc., and Barry T. Cervantes, dated May 26, 2023
10.20   Note Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc., and Robert Rein, dated May 26, 2023
10.21   Executive Deferred Compensation Conversion Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc., and Alfonso J. Cervantes, Jr. dated May 26, 2023.
10.22   Executive Deferred Compensation Conversion Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc. and Darren Minton, dated May 26, 2023.
10.23   Director Fee Conversion Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc. and Arthur Reynolds, dated May 26, 2023.
10.24   Director Fee Conversion Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc. and Robert Rein, dated May 26, 2023.
10.25   Director Fee Conversion Agreement among Smart for Life, Inc. and Roger Conley Wood, dated May 26, 2023.
10.26   Form of Inducement Letter
99.1   Press Release issued on May 26, 2023
99.2   Press Release issues on May 30, 2023
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 30, 2023

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
   
  /s/ Darren C. Minton
  Name:  Darren C. Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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EX-3.1 2 ea179431ex3-1_smartfor.htm CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES, RIGHTS, LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF PREFERRED STOCK

Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 

EX-10.6 3 ea179431ex10-6_smartfor.htm 6% SECURED SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE ISSUED BY SMART FOR LIFE, INC. TO SASSON E. MOULAVI ON MAY 26, 2023

Exhibit 10.6

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.

 

6% SECURED SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$1,734,950 May 26, 2023

 

For value received, Smart for Life Inc. (formerly Bonne Santé Group, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay to Dr. Sasson E. Moulavi, an individual (the “Holder”), the principal sum of One Million, Seven Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand, Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,734,950) (the “Principal”) together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, each due and payable on the date and in the manner set forth below.

 

This secured subordinated promissory note (the “Note”) is issued pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2020, as amended by the First Amendment to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 7, 2020, the Second Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated June 4, 2021 and the Third Amendment to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 1, 2021 (as so amended, “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, Doctors Scientific Organica LL.C., Oyster Management Services Ltd., Lawee Enterprises L.L.C., U.S. Medical Care Holdings, L.L.C., and the Holder. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

The following is a statement of the rights of the Holder of this Note and the terms and conditions to which this Note is subject, and to which the Holder, by acceptance of this Note, agrees:

 

1. Principal Repayment. The outstanding principal amount of this Note and all accrued interest shall be amortized on a five-year straight-line basis and payable quarterly in accordance with the amortization schedule set forth on Exhibit A to this Note (the “Amortization Schedule”), with all of the unpaid principal and accrued, but unpaid interest thereon, being fully paid on July 1, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”). All payments of interest and principal shall be in lawful money of the United States of America.

 

 


 

2. Interest. Interest (the “Interest”) shall accrue on the unpaid Principal from the date hereof until such Principal is repaid in full at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum. Interest shall be paid in accordance with the Amortization Schedule with all unpaid Interest being paid on the Maturity Date or the date of the redemption of this Note. All computations of the Interest rate hereunder shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any Interest rate provided for herein shall be determined to be unlawful, such Interest rate shall be computed at the highest rate permitted by applicable law. Any payment by the Company of any Interest amount in excess of that permitted by law shall be considered a mistake, with the excess being applied to the Principal of this Note without prepayment premium or penalty.

 

3. Redemption. The Company will have the right to redeem all or any portion of the Note at any time prior to the Maturity Date without premium or penalty of any kind. The redemption price will be payable in cash and is equal to the then outstanding principal amount of this Note plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon. However, no partial redemption shall excuse or defer the Company’s subsequent payments on, or entitle the Company to a release of any collateral used to secure, the unredeemed portion of this Note.

 

4. Events of Default. In the event that any of the following (each, an “Event of Default”) shall occur:

 

(a) Non-Payment. The Company shall default in the payment of the Principal of, or accrued Interest on, this Note as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether by acceleration or otherwise; or

 

(b) Default in Covenants. The Company shall default in any material manner in the observance or performance of any covenants or agreements set forth in the Purchase Agreement; or

 

(c) Breach of Representations and Warranties. The Company materially breaches any representation or warranty contained in the Purchase Agreement; or

 

(d) Illegality of Note. Any court of competent jurisdiction issues an order declaring the Note or any provision thereunder to be illegal; or

 

(e) Cross Default. There occurs with respect to any Senior Indebtedness: (i) a default with respect to any payment obligation thereunder that then entitles the holder thereof to declare such indebtedness to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity, or (ii) any other default thereunder that entitles, and has caused, the holder thereof to declare such indebtedness to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity; or

 

Bankruptcy. The Company shall: (i) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; (ii) apply for, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for the Company or any of its property, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (iii) in the absence of such application, consent or acquiesce in, permit or suffer to exist the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for the Company or for any part of its property; or (iv) permit or suffer to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect of the Company, and, if such case or proceeding is not commenced by the Company or converted to a voluntary case, such case or proceeding shall be consented to or acquiesced in by the Company or shall result in the entry of an order for relief; then, and so long as such Event of Default is continuing for a period of two (2) business days in the case of non-payment under Section 4(a) or for a period of thirty (30) calendar days in the case of events under Sections 4(b) through 4(d) or for a period of five (5) calendar days in the case of an event under Section 4(e) (and the event which would constitute such Event of Default, if curable, has not been cured), by written notice to the Company from the Holder, all obligations of the Company under this Note shall be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other action nor obligation of the Holder of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and Holder may exercise any other remedies the Holder may have by contract, at law or in equity. If an Event of Default specified in Section 4(f) above occurs, the principal of, and accrued interest on, the Note shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of any Holder, become immediately due and payable and Holder may exercise any other remedies the Holder may have by contract, at law or in equity. If the Purchase Agreement is assigned by the Company pursuant to the terms thereof, for purposes of this Section 4, “Company” shall be deemed to include such assignee.

 

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5. Covenants. The Company hereby agrees that, so long as the Note remains outstanding and unpaid, or any other amount is owing to the Holder hereunder:

 

(a) The Company will not, without providing at least 30 days' prior written notice to the Holder, change its legal name, identity, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, corporate structure, location of its chief executive office or its principal place of business or its organizational identification number. The Company will, prior to any change described in the preceding sentence, take all actions requested by the Holder to maintain the perfection and priority of the Holder's security interest in the Collateral.

 

(b) The Company shall, at its own cost and expense, defend title to the Collateral and the lien and security interest of the Holder therein against the claim of any person claiming against or through the Company and shall maintain and preserve such perfected security interest for so long as this Note shall remain in effect.

 

(c) The Company will not sell, offer to sell, dispose of, convey, assign or otherwise transfer, grant any option with respect to, restrict, or grant, create, permit or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, option, right of first offer, encumbrance or other restriction or limitation of any nature whatsoever on, any of the Collateral or any interest therein except with the prior written consent of the Holder.

 

(d) The Company will keep the Collateral in good order and repair and will not use the same in violation of law or any policy of insurance thereon. The Company will permit the Holder, or its designee, to inspect the Collateral at any reasonable time, wherever located.

 

(e) The Company will pay promptly when due all taxes, assessments, governmental charges, and levies upon the Collateral or incurred in connection with the use or operation of the Collateral or incurred in connection with this Agreement.

 

6. Subordination.

 

(a) All claims of the Holder to principal, interest and any other amounts at any time owed under this Note (collectively, “Junior Indebtedness”) is hereby expressly subordinated in right of payment, as herein set forth, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness (as defined below). No payment under Junior Indebtedness shall be made by the Company, nor shall the Holder exercise any remedies under the Junior Indebtedness (including taking any legal action (whether judicial or otherwise) to collect the Junior Indebtedness), if, at the time of such payment, exercise or immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) there shall exist any material “Default” or “Event of Default” under any agreements governing any of the Senior Indebtedness, upon which the Company shall notify the Holder in writing of such Default within five (5) business days of its receipt of notice of the Default from the Senior Lender or (ii) the maturity of any of the Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated and (A) such acceleration has not been waived or (B) such Senior Indebtedness has not been paid in full; provided, however, that (x) in the event that the holder of any Senior Indebtedness accelerates such Senior Indebtedness, then the Holder may accelerate the indebtedness evidenced by this Note, and (y) if the Company is permitted under the terms of the Senior Indebtedness to pay an amount due and owing under this Note and fails to make such payment, then so long as the terms of the Senior Indebtedness do not prohibit such action, the Holder may exercise its rights to be paid such amount, but only such amount (and Holder shall not be permitted to accelerate hereunder).

 

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(b) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money, before any payment is made under Junior Indebtedness; and upon any such dissolution or winding up or liquidation or reorganization, any distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holder as holder of the Junior Indebtedness would be entitled except for the provisions hereof, shall be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holder if received by Holder, directly to the holder of the Senior Indebtedness, or its representatives, to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full, in money, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the Holder with respect to the Junior Indebtedness.

 

(c) If the holders of the Senior Indebtedness in good faith believe Holder may fail to timely file a proof of claim in any such proceeding, the holder(s) of the Senior Indebtedness may do so for Holder.

 

(d) In the event that any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing where the holder has actual knowledge of a Senior Indebtedness payment default shall be received by the Holder before all the Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, or provisions made for such payment, in accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all the Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full, in money, in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

(e) The provisions hereof are solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness on the one hand and the Holder as holder of the Junior Indebtedness on the other hand, and nothing herein shall impair, as between the Company and the Holder, the obligations of the Company under the Junior Indebtedness, which are unconditional and absolute. With this in mind, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, if and so long as all documents governing the Senior Indebtedness permit one of the actions restricted by this Section 6, the restriction shall be waived and the restricted action permitted hereunder.

 

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(f) No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder of the Senior Indebtedness, or any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants hereof, regardless of any knowledge thereof any holder of the Senior Indebtedness may have or be otherwise charged with. Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holder, without incurring responsibility to the Holder and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Note or the obligations hereunder of the Holder to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or create, renew or alter, the Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner the Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which the Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing the Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any person liable or contingently liable in any manner for the payment or collection of the Senior Indebtedness; and/or (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company or any other person.

 

(g) Each holder of any Senior Indebtedness, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of this Note, shall be entitled to rely on the subordination provisions set forth in this Note.

 

(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, the Holder shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts which would prohibit the making of any payments on the Junior Indebtedness unless and until the holder(s) of the Senior Indebtedness or their representatives send written notice to Holder of same.

 

(i) Subject to the payment in full of all the Senior Indebtedness, Holder as holder of the Junior Indebtedness shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the Senior Indebtedness shall be paid in full.

 

(j) The Holder shall confirm (in writing) the above subordination provisions if requested by any holder of the Senior Indebtedness, and shall execute and deliver such additional subordination agreements, consistent with the foregoing as any holder of Senior Indebtedness may require.

 

(k) For purposes hereof, “Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company and the Companies, all senior secured indebtedness of the Company and the Companies, whether outstanding on the date of the execution of this Note or thereafter created, to banks, insurance companies, other financial institutions, private equity funds, hedge funds or other similar funds.

 

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7. Security Agreement.

 

(a) Grant of Security Interest. To secure the prompt performance and repayment of each and all of the obligations of the Company hereunder to the Holder and its assigns, the Company hereby pledges, grants, assigns and transfers to the Holder and its assigns a continuing lien on and security interest in and to all of the following property of the Companies, whether now owned or later acquired (collectively the “Collateral”):

 

(i) All accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, general intangibles related to or arising from any account, debit balances, note, documents, chattel paper, instruments, acceptances, drafts or other forms of obligations and receivables of the Companies arising from the sale or lease of inventory or rendition of services by the Companies, or on behalf of the Companies, in the ordinary course of its business or otherwise (all of the foregoing being herein collectively called “Accounts”), whether or not the same are listed on any schedules, assignments or reports furnished to the Holder from time to time, whether such Accounts are now existing or are created at any time hereafter, and all proceeds therefrom including without limitation, proceeds of insurance thereon and all guaranties, securities, and liens which the Companies may hold for the payment of any Accounts, including without limitation, all rights of stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation and all other rights and remedies of unpaid vendor or lienor, and any liens held by the Companies as a mechanic, contractor, subcontractor, processor, materialman, machinist, manufacturer, artisan, or otherwise.

 

(ii) All documents, instruments, documents of title, policies and certificates of insurance, guaranties, securities, chattel paper (both tangible and electronic), deposits, proceeds of insurance, cash, liens or other property relating to Accounts and owned by the Companies or in which the Companies have an interest, which are now or may hereafter be in the possession of the Companies or as to which the Companies may now or hereafter control possession by documents of title or otherwise.

 

(iii) All books, records, customer lists, supplier lists, ledgers, evidences of shipping invoices, purchase orders, sales orders, computer records, lists, software, programs, and all other such evidences of the Companies’ business records related to the Accounts, including all cabinets, drawers, etc. that may hold same, all whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired.

 

(iv) All of the Companies’ tangible property of whatever nature or description, whether real or personal, now or hereafter used, owned, held or leased, including without limitation all goods, furniture, fixtures, vehicles, equipment, inventory and supplies.

 

(v) All of the Companies’ payment intangibles, instruments, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, money, deposit accounts, investment property, commodity contracts, and commodity accounts.

 

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(vi) All of the Companies’ intangible property of whatever nature or description, including without limitation, all intellectual property, general intangibles, software, trade names, trademarks, service marks, computer programs (including source code and object code), patents and copyrights now owned or hereafter acquired.

 

(vii) All renewals, substitutions, replacements, additions, accessions, proceeds, and products of any and all the foregoing.

 

The Company’s grant of such security interests to the Holder shall secure the payment and performance of the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Company to the Holder of every kind and description, direct and indirect, absolute and contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, that relate to this Note and the rights and remedies created hereunder, and all legal and other professional fees incurred in connection with any of the foregoing. The security interest granted to the Holder hereunder shall be prior to all other interests in the Collateral. Terms used in the preceding collateral description shall have the respective meanings accorded such terms in the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the state of Delaware as of the date of this Agreement.

 

(b) The Company hereby agrees that the Holder shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Delaware. The Company agrees that at any time, and from time to time, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) any and all such further instruments and/or documents (including without limitation, UCC-1 financing statements) as the Holder may consider reasonably necessary or desirable in order to effectuate, complete, perfect or preserve and maintain the lien created hereby. Upon any failure by the Company to do so, the Holder may make, execute, record, file, re-record or refile any and all such instruments and documents for and in the name of the Company; the Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Holder as the agent and attorney-in-fact of the Company to do so; and the Company shall reimburse the Holder, on demand, for all costs and expenses incurred by the Holder in connection therewith, such amount being added to the indebtedness arising under the Note.

 

(c) The security interest created hereunder shall terminate upon the irrevocable payment in full by the Company to the Holder of any and all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities arising from, or in any way related to, the Note.

 

(d) Events of Default; Acceleration of Maturity. If an Event of Default (as defined below) shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any governmental authority), then, in addition to the remedies provided for elsewhere in this Note or as a matter of law and without limitation thereof, at the option of the Holder exercised by written notice to the Company, the Holder may (A) foreclose the liens and security interests created under this Note or under any other agreement relating to the Collateral, by any available judicial process, (B) enter any premises where any of the Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession or removing the same, and (C) sell, assign, lease or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof, either at public or private sale or at any broker’s board, in lots or in bulk, for cash, on credit or otherwise, with or without representations or warranties, and upon such terms as shall be acceptable to the Holder, all at the sole option of the Holder and as the Holder, in its sole discretion, may deem advisable and to the extent permitted by law, the Holder may bid or become a purchaser at any such sale, and the Holder shall have the right, at its option, to apply or be credited with the amount of all or any part of the obligations owing by the Company to the Holder under this Note, against the purchase price bid by the Holder at any such sale. The net cash proceeds resulting from the collection, liquidation, sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral (including, without limitation a sale where the Holder is the purchaser) shall be applied first to the expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and other professional fees) of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing the Collateral for sale, selling, collecting, liquidating and the like, and then to the satisfaction of all such obligations, application as to particular obligations or against principal or any interest to be in the sole discretion of the Holder. The Holder shall give the Company at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice of the time and place of any public sale of Collateral.

 

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(e) Suits for Enforcement. In case any one or more of the Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder may proceed to protect and enforce rights of the Holder either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement in this Note or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Note, including without limitation, possession or foreclosure on the Collateral securing the Note, or the Holder may proceed to enforce the payment of the Note or to enforce any other legal or equitable right of the Holder.

 

(f)   Remedies Cumulative. No remedy herein conferred upon the Holder is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise.

 

(g) Remedies Not Waived. No course of dealing between the Company and the Holder and no delay in exercising any rights hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any rights of the Holder.

 

8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Note. If this Note shall become mutilated or defaced, or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company shall execute and deliver a new note of like principal amount in exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the destroyed, lost or stolen Note. In the case of a mutilated or defaced Note, the Holder shall surrender such Note to the Company. In the case of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note, the Holder shall furnish to the Company: (i) evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and (ii) such security or indemnity (which shall not include the posting of any bond) as may be reasonably required by the Company to hold the Company harmless.

 

9. Waiver of Demand, Presentment, etc. The Company hereby expressly waives demand and presentment for payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor, notice of acceleration or intent to accelerate, bringing of suit and diligence in taking any action to collect amounts called for hereunder and shall be directly and primarily liable for the payment of all sums owing and to be owing hereunder, regardless of and without any notice, diligence, act or omission as or with respect to the collection of any amount called for hereunder. The Company agrees that, in the event of an Event of Default, to reimburse the Holder for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees of one counsel) incurred in connection with the enforcement and collection of this Note.

 

10. Payment. All payments with respect to this Note shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America, at the address of the Holder as of the date hereof or as designated in writing by the Holder from time to time. The receipt by the Holder of immediately available funds shall constitute a payment of Principal and Interest hereunder and shall satisfy and discharge the liability for Principal and Interest on this Note to the extent of the sum represented by such payment.

 

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11. Assignment. The rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder of this Note shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto. To complete an assignment or transfer this Note, the Holder shall deliver a completed and executed Form of Assignment attached hereto as Exhibit B and surrender and deliver this Note, duly endorsed, to the Company’s office or such other address which the Company shall designate, upon receipt of which a new Note, in substantially the form of this Note (any such new Note, a “New Note”), evidencing the portion of this Note so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Note evidencing the remaining portion of this Note not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Note by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations in respect of the New Note that the Holder has in respect of this Note. Interest and principal are payable only to the registered Holder of this Note set forth on the books and records of the Company.

 

12. Amendment; Waiver; Modification. Any provision of this Note, including, without limitation, the due date hereof, and the observance of any term hereof, may be amended, waived or modified (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

13. Notices. Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if given in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

14. Governing Law and Arbitration. This Note shall be governed in all respects, including validity, interpretation and effect, by the internal laws of the State of Florida. Any dispute shall be resolved by arbitration conducted pursuant to Section 10.7 of the Purchase Agreement. The provisions of this Section 14 shall survive the entry of any judgment, and will not merge, or be deemed to have merged, into any judgment.

 

15. Headings. The descriptive headings contained in this Note are included for convenience of reference only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Note.

 

16. Severability. If one or more provisions of this Note are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provisions shall be excluded from this Note, and the balance of this Note shall be interpreted as if such provisions were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed and delivered this Note as of the date first above written.

 

  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name:  Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 


 

EXHIBIT A

 

Amortization Schedule

 

Loan Amortization Schedule  

 

Enter Values     Loan Summary  
Loan amount   $ 1,734,950.00     Scheduled payment   $ 73,085.97  
Annual interest rate     6.00 %   Scheduled number of payments     36
Loan period in years     2     Actual number of payments     14  
Number of payments per year     12     Total early payments   $ 0.00  
Start date of loan     6/1/2023     Total interest   $ 91,545.11  

 

Optional extra payments   $ 0.00     Lender name   Dr. Moulavi

 

Payment Number     Payment Date   Beginning Balance     Scheduled Payment     Total Payment     Principal     Interest     Ending Balance     Cumulative Interest  
1     6/1/2023   $ 1,734,950.00     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 64,411.22     $ 8,674.75     $ 1,670,538.78     $ 8,674.75  
2     7/1/2023   $ 1,670,538.78     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 64,733.28     $ 8,352.69     $ 1,605,805.50     $ 17,027.44  
3     8/1/2023   $ 1,605,805.50     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 65,056.94     $ 8,029.03     $ 1,540,748.56     $ 25,056.47  
4     9/1/2023   $ 1,540,748.56     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 65,382.23     $ 7,703.74     $ 1,475,366.33     $ 32,760.21  
5     10/1/2023   $ 1,475,366.33     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 65,709.14     $ 7,376.83     $ 1,409,657.20     $ 40,137.05  
6     11/1/2023   $ 1,409,657.20     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 66,037.68     $ 7,048.29     $ 1,343,619.51     $ 47,185.33  
7     12/1/2023   $ 1,343,619.51     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 66,367.87     $ 6,718.10     $ 1,277,251.64     $ 53,903.43  
8     1/1/2024   $ 1,277,251.64     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 66,699.71     $ 6,386.26     $ 1,210,551.93     $ 60,289.69  
9     2/1/2024   $ 1,210,551.93     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 67,033.21     $ 6,052.76     $ 1,143,518.72     $ 66,342.45  
10     3/1/2024   $ 1,143,518.72     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 67,368.38     $ 5,717.59     $ 1,076,150.34     $ 72,060.04  
11     4/1/2024   $ 1,076,150.34     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 67,705.22     $ 5,380.75     $ 1,008,445.12     $ 77,440.79  
12     5/1/2024   $ 1,008,445.12     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 68,043.74     $ 5,042.23     $ 940,401.38     $ 82,483.02  
13     6/1/2024   $ 940,401.38     $ 73,085.97     $ 73,085.97     $ 68,383.96     $ 4,702.01     $ 872,017.42     $ 87,185.03  
14     7/1/2024   $ 872,017.42     $ 872,017.42     $ 872,017.42     $ 867,657.33     $ 4,360.09     $ 0.00     $ 91,545.11  

 

 


 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Assignment

 

TO: Smart for Life, Inc.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                            (name),                                                                                                                                            (address), US$                        of 6% Secured Subordinated Promissory Note (“Note”) Smart for Life, Inc. (the “Company”), including any and all accrued and unpaid interest owing thereon, registered in the name of the undersigned on the records of the Company represented by the within certificate, and irrevocably appoints                                         the attorney of the undersigned to transfer the said securities on the books or register with full power of substitution.

 

DATED this                        day of,                       , 20      .

 

 

 

   
(Signature of Registered Note Holder)  
   
   
   
   
(Print name of Registered Note Holder)  

 

Instructions:

 

1. Signature of Holder must be the signature of the person appearing on the face of the Note.

 

2. If the transfer of Note is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, curator, guardian, attorney, officer of a corporation or any person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, the certificate must be accompanied by evidence of authority to sign satisfactory to the Company.

 

 

 

 

EX-10.7 4 ea179431ex10-7_smartfor.htm PROMISSORY NOTE AND COMMON STOCK ISSUED BY SMART FOR LIFE, INC. TO BARRY T. CERVANTES ON FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Exhibit 10.7

 

 

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.

PROMISSORY NOTE AND COMMON STOCK

 

Principal Amount: $50,000 February 14, 2022

 

1. Principal and Interest. Smart for Life, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of Barry T. Cervantes (“Holder”) in lawful money of the United States of America at the address for notices to Holder set forth below, the principal amount of $50,000 plus simple interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note from the date hereof until the principal amount is paid in full at an annual rate of 12%, or such lesser rate as shall be the maximum rate allowable under applicable law. Interest from the date hereof shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year. This promissory note is referred to herein as the Note (“Note”).

 

2. Maturity; Default Rate.

 

2.1 The principal amount and unpaid accrued interest on this Note shall be due and payable upon demand from the Holder (the “Maturity Date”).

 

3. Prepayment. The principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest of this Note may be prepaid without penalty, in whole or in part, in the Company’s sole discretion.

 

4. Attorney’s Fees. If the indebtedness represented by this Note or any part thereof is collected in bankruptcy, receivership or other judicial proceedings or if this Note is placed in the hands of attorneys for collection after default, the Company agrees to pay, in addition to the principal amount and interest payable hereunder, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Holder.

 

5. Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Note shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or three business days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail.

 

COMPANY:

Smart for Life, Inc.

990 Biscayne Blvd.

Suite 503

Miami, FL 33132

Attention: Alfonso J. Cervantes, Executive Chairman

 


 

6. Defaults and Remedies.

 

6.1 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall occur hereunder:

 

(i) if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal amount, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(ii) if the Company shall default in the payment of any interest on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(iii) if the Company shall default in the due observance or performance of any covenant, representation, warranty, condition or agreement on the part of the Company to be observed or performed pursuant to the terms hereof, and such default is not remedied or waived within the time periods permitted therein, or if no cure period is provided therein, within 10 business days after the Company receives written notice of such default; or

 

(iv) if the Company shall commence any proceeding in bankruptcy or for dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, composition or other relief under state or federal bankruptcy laws, or if such proceedings are commenced against the Company, or a receiver or trustee is appointed for the Company or a substantial part of its property, and such proceeding or appointment is not dismissed or discharged within 120 calendar days after its commencement.

 

6.2 Acceleration. If an Event of Default occurs under Section 6.1(iv), then the principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived. The failure of the Holder to declare this Note due and payable shall not be a waiver of its right to do so, and the Holder shall retain the right to declare this Note due and payable unless the Holder shall execute a written waiver.

 

7. Waiver of Notice of Presentment. The Company hereby waives presentment, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor. No delay on the part of Holder in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right.

 

8. Governing Law. This Note is being delivered in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflicts of laws or choice of law provisions.

 

9. Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended, and any provision hereof waived, with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

10. Usury. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Note is subject to the express condition that at no time shall the Company be obligated or required to pay interest hereunder at a rate which could subject the Holder to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law. If, by the terms of this Note, the Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law, the rate of interest under this Note shall be immediately reduced to the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law and all interest payable hereunder shall be computed at the maximum contract rate permitted by law, and the portion of all prior interest payments in excess of the maximum contract rate permitted by law shall be applied to and shall be deemed to have been payments made for the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of this Note.

 

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11. Assignment. This Note and the rights hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by the Holder, other than to an affiliate of the Holder, without the prior written consent of the Company, provided that any affiliate transferee, prior to effectiveness of such transfer, must agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Note to the same extent as if such affiliate transferee were the original holder, and provided further that the Holder must give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such transfer. Any purported assignment in contravention of this Section 11 shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, this Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

12. Non-Waiver. The failure of the Holder to enforce or exercise any right or remedy provided in this Note or at law or in equity upon any default or breach shall not be construed as waiving the rights to enforce or exercise such or any other right or remedy at any later date. No exercise of the rights and powers granted in or held pursuant to this Note by the Holder, and no delays or omissions in the exercise of such rights and powers shall be held to exhaust the same or be construed as a waiver thereof, and every such right and power may be exercised at any time and from time to time.

 

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This Note is hereby issued by the Company as of the year and date first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
     
  SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Name:  Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Title: Executive Chairman
     
 

PERSONAL GUARANTOR:

 

ALFONSO J. CERVANTES

     
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Alfonso J. Cervantes, personally

 

Signature Page –Note

 

 

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EX-10.8 5 ea179431ex10-8_smartfor.htm PROMISSORY NOTE AND COMMON STOCK ISSUED BY SMART FOR LIFE, INC. TO BARRY T. CERVANTES ON APRIL 13, 2022

Exhibit 10.8

 

 

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.


PROMISSORY NOTE AND COMMON STOCK

 

Principal Amount: $59,000 April 13, 2022

 

1. Principal and Interest. Smart for Life, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of Barry T. Cervantes (“Holder”) in lawful money of the United States of America at the address for notices to Holder set forth below, the principal amount of $59,000 plus simple interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note from the date hereof until the principal amount is paid in full at an annual rate of 12%, or such lesser rate as shall be the maximum rate allowable under applicable law. Interest from the date hereof shall be computed on the basis of a 365- day year. This promissory note is referred to herein as the Note (“Note”).

 

2. Maturity; Default Rate.

 

2.1 The principal amount and unpaid accrued interest on this Note shall be due and payable upon demand from the Holder (the “Maturity Date”).

 

3. Prepayment. The principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest of this Note may be prepaid without penalty, in whole or in part, in the Company’s sole discretion.

 

4. Attorney’s Fees. If the indebtedness represented by this Note or any part thereof is collected in bankruptcy, receivership or other judicial proceedings or if this Note is placed in the hands of attorneys for collection after default, the Company agrees to pay, in addition to the principal amount and interest payable hereunder, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Holder.

 

5. Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Note shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or three business days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail.

 

COMPANY: Smart for Life, Inc.
990 Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 503
Miami, FL 33132
  Attention: Alfonso J. Cervantes, Executive Chairman

 

 


 

6. Defaults and Remedies.

 

6.1 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall occur hereunder:

 

(i) if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal amount, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(ii) if the Company shall default in the payment of any interest on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(iii) if the Company shall default in the due observance or performance of any covenant, representation, warranty, condition or agreement on the part of the Company to be observed or performed pursuant to the terms hereof, and such default is not remedied or waived within the time periods permitted therein, or if no cure period is provided therein, within 10 business days after the Company receives written notice of such default; or

 

(iv) if the Company shall commence any proceeding in bankruptcy or for dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, composition or other relief under state or federal bankruptcy laws, or if such proceedings are commenced against the Company, or a receiver or trustee is appointed for the Company or a substantial part of its property, and such proceeding or appointment is not dismissed or discharged within 120 calendar days after its commencement.

 

6.2 Acceleration. If an Event of Default occurs under Section 6.1(iv), then the principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived. The failure of the Holder to declare this Note due and payable shall not be a waiver of its right to do so, and the Holder shall retain the right to declare this Note due and payable unless the Holder shall execute a written waiver.

 

7. Waiver of Notice of Presentment. The Company hereby waives presentment, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor. No delay on the part of Holder in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right.

 

8. Governing Law. This Note is being delivered in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflicts of laws or choice of law provisions.

 

9. Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended, and any provision hereof waived, with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

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10. Usury. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Note is subject to the express condition that at no time shall the Company be obligated or required to pay interest hereunder at a rate which could subject the Holder to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law. If, by the terms of this Note, the Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law, the rate of interest under this Note shall be immediately reduced to the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law and all interest payable hereunder shall be computed at the maximum contract rate permitted by law, and the portion of all prior interest payments in excess of the maximum contract rate permitted by law shall be applied to and shall be deemed to have been payments made for the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of this Note.

 

11. Assignment. This Note and the rights hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by the Holder, other than to an affiliate of the Holder, without the prior written consent of the Company, provided that any affiliate transferee, prior to effectiveness of such transfer, must agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Note to the same extent as if such affiliate transferee were the original holder, and provided further that the Holder must give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such transfer. Any purported assignment in contravention of this Section 11 shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, this Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

12. Non-Waiver. The failure of the Holder to enforce or exercise any right or remedy provided in this Note or at law or in equity upon any default or breach shall not be construed as waiving the rights to enforce or exercise such or any other right or remedy at any later date. No exercise of the rights and powers granted in or held pursuant to this Note by the Holder, and no delays or omissions in the exercise of such rights and powers shall be held to exhaust the same or be construed as a waiver thereof, and every such right and power may be exercised at any time and from time to time.

 

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This Note is hereby issued by the Company as of the year and date first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
   
SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Name:  Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Title: Executive Chairman
   
  PERSONAL GUARANTOR:
   
  ALFONSO J. CERVANTES
   
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Alfonso J. Cervantes, personally

 

Signature Page –Note

 

 

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EX-10.9 6 ea179431ex10-9_smartfor.htm PROMISSORY NOTE AND COMMON STOCK ISSUED BY SMART FOR LIFE, INC. TO BARRY T. CERVANTES ON OCTOBER 10, 2022

Exhibit 10.9

 

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
PROMISSORY NOTE AND COMMON STOCK

 

Subscription Amount: $100,000 October 10, 2022
Principal Amount: $105,000  

 

1. Principal and Interest. Smart for Life, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of Barry T. Cervantes (“Holder”) in lawful money of the United States of America at the address for notices to Holder set forth below, the principal amount of $105,000 plus simple interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note from the date hereof until the principal amount is paid in full at an annual rate of 15%, or such lesser rate as shall be the maximum rate allowable under applicable law. Interest from the date hereof shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year. This promissory note is referred to herein as the Note (“Note”).

 

2. Maturity; Default Rate.

 

2.1 Unless prepaid earlier as set forth below, the principal amount and unpaid accrued interest on this Note shall be due and payable upon 90 days from the date hereof, with an optional extension in the Holder’s sole discretion (the “Maturity Date”).

 

3. Prepayment. The principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest of this Note may be prepaid without penalty, in whole or in part, in the Company’s sole discretion.

 

4. Attorney’s Fees. If the indebtedness represented by this Note or any part thereof is collected in bankruptcy, receivership or other judicial proceedings or if this Note is placed in the hands of attorneys for collection after default, the Company agrees to pay, in addition to the principal amount and interest payable hereunder, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Holder.

 

5. Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Note shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or three business days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail.

 

COMPANY: Smart for Life, Inc.
990 Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 503
Miami, FL 33132
Attention: Alfonso J. Cervantes, Executive Chairman

 


 

6. Defaults and Remedies.

 

6.1 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall occur hereunder:

 

(i) if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal amount, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(ii) if the Company shall default in the payment of any interest on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(iii) if the Company shall default in the due observance or performance of any covenant, representation, warranty, condition or agreement on the part of the Company to be observed or performed pursuant to the terms hereof, and such default is not remedied or waived within the time periods permitted therein, or if no cure period is provided therein, within 10 business days after the Company receives written notice of such default; or

 

(iv) if the Company shall commence any proceeding in bankruptcy or for dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, composition or other relief under state or federal bankruptcy laws, or if such proceedings are commenced against the Company, or a receiver or trustee is appointed for the Company or a substantial part of its property, and such proceeding or appointment is not dismissed or discharged within 120 calendar days after its commencement.

 

6.2 Acceleration. If an Event of Default occurs under Section 6.1(iv), then the principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived. The failure of the Holder to declare this Note due and payable shall not be a waiver of its right to do so, and the Holder shall retain the right to declare this Note due and payable unless the Holder shall execute a written waiver.

 

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7. Waiver of Notice of Presentment. The Company hereby waives presentment, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor. No delay on the part of Holder in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right.

 

8. Governing Law. This Note is being delivered in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflicts of laws or choice of law provisions.

 

9. Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended, and any provision hereof waived, with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

10. Usury. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Note is subject to the express condition that at no time shall the Company be obligated or required to pay interest hereunder at a rate which could subject the Holder to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law. If, by the terms of this Note, the Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law, the rate of interest under this Note shall be immediately reduced to the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law and all interest payable hereunder shall be computed at the maximum contract rate permitted by law, and the portion of all prior interest payments in excess of the maximum contract rate permitted by law shall be applied to and shall be deemed to have been payments made for the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of this Note.

 

11. Assignment. This Note and the rights hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by the Holder, other than to an affiliate of the Holder, without the prior written consent of the Company, provided that any affiliate transferee, prior to effectiveness of such transfer, must agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Note to the same extent as if such affiliate transferee were the original holder, and provided further that the Holder must give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such transfer. Any purported assignment in contravention of this Section 11 shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, this Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

12. Non-Waiver. The failure of the Holder to enforce or exercise any right or remedy provided in this Note or at law or in equity upon any default or breach shall not be construed as waiving the rights to enforce or exercise such or any other right or remedy at any later date. No exercise of the rights and powers granted in or held pursuant to this Note by the Holder, and no delays or omissions in the exercise of such rights and powers shall be held to exhaust the same or be construed as a waiver thereof, and every such right and power may be exercised at any time and from time to time.

 

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This Note is hereby issued by the Company as of the year and date first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
   
  By:  /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Name:  Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Title: Executive Chairman

 

  PERSONAL GUARANTOR:
   
  ALFONSO J. CERVANTES
   
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Alfonso J. Cervantes, personally

 

Signature Page –Note

 

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EX-10.10 7 ea179431ex10-10_smartfor.htm PROMISSORY NOTE ISSUED BY SMART FOR LIFE, INC. TO ROBERT REIN ON DECEMBER 6, 2022

Exhibit 10.10

 

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Principal Amount: $30,000 December 6, 2022

 

1. Principal and Interest. Smart for Life, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of Robert Rein (“Holder”) in lawful money of the United States of America at the address for notices to Holder set forth below, the principal amount of $30,000. This promissory note is referred to herein as the Note (“Note”).

 

2. Maturity; Default Rate.

 

2.1 Unless prepaid earlier as set forth below, the principal amount on this Note shall be due on demand at the Holder’s discretion (the “Maturity Date”).

 

3. Prepayment. The principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest of this Note may be prepaid without penalty, in whole or in part, in the Company’s sole discretion.

 

4. Attorney’s Fees. If the indebtedness represented by this Note or any part thereof is collected in bankruptcy, receivership or other judicial proceedings or if this Note is placed in the hands of attorneys for collection after default, the Company agrees to pay, in addition to the principal amount and interest payable hereunder, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Holder.

 

5. Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Note shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or three business days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail.

 

COMPANY: Smart for Life, Inc.
  990 Biscayne Blvd.
  Suite 503
  Miami, FL 33132
  Attention: Alfonso J. Cervantes, Executive Chairman

 


 

6. Defaults and Remedies.

 

6.1 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall occur hereunder:

 

(i) if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal amount, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(ii) if the Company shall default in the payment of any interest on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(iii) if the Company shall default in the due observance or performance of any covenant, representation, warranty, condition or agreement on the part of the Company to be observed or performed pursuant to the terms hereof, and such default is not remedied or waived within the time periods permitted therein, or if no cure period is provided therein, within 10 business days after the Company receives written notice of such default; or

 

(iv) if the Company shall commence any proceeding in bankruptcy or for dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, composition or other relief under state or federal bankruptcy laws, or if such proceedings are commenced against the Company, or a receiver or trustee is appointed for the Company or a substantial part of its property, and such proceeding or appointment is not dismissed or discharged within 120 calendar days after its commencement.

 

6.2 Acceleration. If an Event of Default occurs under Section 6.1(iv), then the principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived. The failure of the Holder to declare this Note due and payable shall not be a waiver of its right to do so, and the Holder shall retain the right to declare this Note due and payable unless the Holder shall execute a written waiver.

 

7. Waiver of Notice of Presentment. The Company hereby waives presentment, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor. No delay on the part of Holder in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right.

 

8. Governing Law. This Note is being delivered in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflicts of laws or choice of law provisions.

 

9. Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended, and any provision hereof waived, with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

10. Usury. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Note is subject to the express condition that at no time shall the Company be obligated or required to pay interest hereunder at a rate which could subject the Holder to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law. If, by the terms of this Note, the Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law, the rate of interest under this Note shall be immediately reduced to the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law and all interest payable hereunder shall be computed at the maximum contract rate permitted by law, and the portion of all prior interest payments in excess of the maximum contract rate permitted by law shall be applied to and shall be deemed to have been payments made for the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of this Note.

 

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11. Assignment. This Note and the rights hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by the Holder, other than to an affiliate of the Holder, without the prior written consent of the Company, provided that any affiliate transferee, prior to effectiveness of such transfer, must agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Note to the same extent as if such affiliate transferee were the original holder, and provided further that the Holder must give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such transfer. Any purported assignment in contravention of this Section 11 shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, this Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

12. Non-Waiver. The failure of the Holder to enforce or exercise any right or remedy provided in this Note or at law or in equity upon any default or breach shall not be construed as waiving the rights to enforce or exercise such or any other right or remedy at any later date. No exercise of the rights and powers granted in or held pursuant to this Note by the Holder, and no delays or omissions in the exercise of such rights and powers shall be held to exhaust the same or be construed as a waiver thereof, and every such right and power may be exercised at any time and from time to time.

 

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This Note is hereby issued by the Company as of the year and date first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
     
  SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Name: Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Title: Executive Chairman
     
 

PERSONAL GUARANTOR:

 

  ALFONSO J. CERVANTES
     
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Alfonso J. Cervantes, personally

 

Signature Page –Note

 

 

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EX-10.11 8 ea179431ex10-11_smartfor.htm PROMISSORY NOTE ISSUED BY SMART FOR LIFE, INC. TO ROBERT REIN ON DECEMBER 21, 2022

Exhibit 10.11

 

 

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.

PROMISSORY NOTE

Principal Amount: $100,000 December 21, 2022

 

1. Principal and Interest. Smart for Life, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of Robert Rein (“Holder”) in lawful money of the United States of America at the address for notices to Holder set forth below, the principal amount of $100,000 plus simple interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note from the date hereof until the principal amount is paid in full at an annual rate of 12%, or such lesser rate as shall be the maximum rate allowable under applicable law. Interest from the date hereof shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year. This promissory note is referred to herein as the Note (“Note”).

 

2. Maturity; Default Rate.

 

2.1 Unless prepaid earlier as set forth below, the principal amount and unpaid accrued interest on this Note shall be due on demand at the Holder’s discretion (the “Maturity Date”).

 

3. Prepayment. The principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest of this Note may be prepaid without penalty, in whole or in part, in the Company’s sole discretion.

 

4. Attorney’s Fees. If the indebtedness represented by this Note or any part thereof is collected in bankruptcy, receivership or other judicial proceedings or if this Note is placed in the hands of attorneys for collection after default, the Company agrees to pay, in addition to the principal amount and interest payable hereunder, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Holder.

 

5. Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Note shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or three business days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail.

 

 

COMPANY: Smart for Life, Inc.
  990 Biscayne Blvd.
  Suite 503
  Miami, FL 33132
  Attention: Alfonso J. Cervantes, Executive Chairman

 


 

6. Defaults and Remedies.

 

6.1 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall occur hereunder:

 

(i) if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal amount, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(ii) if the Company shall default in the payment of any interest on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(iii) if the Company shall default in the due observance or performance of any covenant, representation, warranty, condition or agreement on the part of the Company to be observed or performed pursuant to the terms hereof, and such default is not remedied or waived within the time periods permitted therein, or if no cure period is provided therein, within 10 business days after the Company receives written notice of such default; or

 

(iv) if the Company shall commence any proceeding in bankruptcy or for dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, composition or other relief under state or federal bankruptcy laws, or if such proceedings are commenced against the Company, or a receiver or trustee is appointed for the Company or a substantial part of its property, and such proceeding or appointment is not dismissed or discharged within 120 calendar days after its commencement.

 

6.2 Acceleration. If an Event of Default occurs under Section 6.1(iv), then the principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived. The failure of the Holder to declare this Note due and payable shall not be a waiver of its right to do so, and the Holder shall retain the right to declare this Note due and payable unless the Holder shall execute a written waiver.

 

7. Waiver of Notice of Presentment. The Company hereby waives presentment, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor. No delay on the part of Holder in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right.

 

8. Governing Law. This Note is being delivered in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflicts of laws or choice of law provisions.

 

9. Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended, and any provision hereof waived, with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

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10. Usury. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Note is subject to the express condition that at no time shall the Company be obligated or required to pay interest hereunder at a rate which could subject the Holder to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law. If, by the terms of this Note, the Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law, the rate of interest under this Note shall be immediately reduced to the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law and all interest payable hereunder shall be computed at the maximum contract rate permitted by law, and the portion of all prior interest payments in excess of the maximum contract rate permitted by law shall be applied to and shall be deemed to have been payments made for the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of this Note.

 

11. Assignment. This Note and the rights hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by the Holder, other than to an affiliate of the Holder, without the prior written consent of the Company, provided that any affiliate transferee, prior to effectiveness of such transfer, must agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Note to the same extent as if such affiliate transferee were the original holder, and provided further that the Holder must give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such transfer. Any purported assignment in contravention of this Section 11 shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, this Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

12. Non-Waiver. The failure of the Holder to enforce or exercise any right or remedy provided in this Note or at law or in equity upon any default or breach shall not be construed as waiving the rights to enforce or exercise such or any other right or remedy at any later date. No exercise of the rights and powers granted in or held pursuant to this Note by the Holder, and no delays or omissions in the exercise of such rights and powers shall be held to exhaust the same or be construed as a waiver thereof, and every such right and power may be exercised at any time and from time to time.

 

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This Note is hereby issued by the Company as of the year and date first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Name:  Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Title: Executive Chairman
     
  PERSONAL GUARANTOR:
   
  ALFONSO J. CERVANTES
   
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Alfonso J. Cervantes, personally

 

Signature Page –Note

 

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EX-10.12 9 ea179431ex10-12_smartfor.htm PROMISSORY NOTE ISSUED BY SMART FOR LIFE, INC. TO ROBERT REIN ON FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Exhibit 10.12

 

 

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Principal Amount: $50,000 February 8, 2023

 

1. Principal and Interest. Smart for Life, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of Robert Rein (“Holder”) in lawful money of the United States of America at the address for notices to Holder set forth below, the principal amount of $50,000 plus simple interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note from the date hereof until the principal amount is paid in full at an annual rate of 12%, or such lesser rate as shall be the maximum rate allowable under applicable law. Interest from the date hereof shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year. This promissory note is referred to herein as the Note (“Note”).

 

2. Maturity; Default Rate.

 

2.1 Unless prepaid earlier as set forth below, the principal amount and unpaid accrued interest on this Note shall be due on demand at the Holder’s discretion (the “Maturity Date”).

 

3. Prepayment. The principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest of this Note may be prepaid without penalty, in whole or in part, in the Company’s sole discretion.

 

4. Attorney’s Fees. If the indebtedness represented by this Note or any part thereof is collected in bankruptcy, receivership or other judicial proceedings or if this Note is placed in the hands of attorneys for collection after default, the Company agrees to pay, in addition to the principal amount and interest payable hereunder, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Holder.

 

5. Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Note shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or three business days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail.

 

COMPANY: Smart for Life, Inc.
  990 Biscayne Blvd.
  Suite 503
  Miami, FL 33132
  Attention: Alfonso J. Cervantes, Executive Chairman

 

 


 

6. Defaults and Remedies.

 

6.1 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall occur hereunder:

 

(i) if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal amount, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(ii) if the Company shall default in the payment of any interest on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(iii) if the Company shall default in the due observance or performance of any covenant, representation, warranty, condition or agreement on the part of the Company to be observed or performed pursuant to the terms hereof, and such default is not remedied or waived within the time periods permitted therein, or if no cure period is provided therein, within 10 business days after the Company receives written notice of such default; or

 

(iv) if the Company shall commence any proceeding in bankruptcy or for dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, composition or other relief under state or federal bankruptcy laws, or if such proceedings are commenced against the Company, or a receiver or trustee is appointed for the Company or a substantial part of its property, and such proceeding or appointment is not dismissed or discharged within 120 calendar days after its commencement.

 

6.2 Acceleration. If an Event of Default occurs under Section 6.1(iv), then the principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived. The failure of the Holder to declare this Note due and payable shall not be a waiver of its right to do so, and the Holder shall retain the right to declare this Note due and payable unless the Holder shall execute a written waiver.

 

7. Waiver of Notice of Presentment. The Company hereby waives presentment, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor. No delay on the part of Holder in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right.

 

8. Governing Law. This Note is being delivered in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflicts of laws or choice of law provisions.

 

9. Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended, and any provision hereof waived, with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

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10. Usury. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Note is subject to the express condition that at no time shall the Company be obligated or required to pay interest hereunder at a rate which could subject the Holder to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law. If, by the terms of this Note, the Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law, the rate of interest under this Note shall be immediately reduced to the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law and all interest payable hereunder shall be computed at the maximum contract rate permitted by law, and the portion of all prior interest payments in excess of the maximum contract rate permitted by law shall be applied to and shall be deemed to have been payments made for the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of this Note.

 

11. Assignment. This Note and the rights hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by the Holder, other than to an affiliate of the Holder, without the prior written consent of the Company, provided that any affiliate transferee, prior to effectiveness of such transfer, must agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Note to the same extent as if such affiliate transferee were the original holder, and provided further that the Holder must give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such transfer. Any purported assignment in contravention of this Section 11 shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, this Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

12. Non-Waiver. The failure of the Holder to enforce or exercise any right or remedy provided in this Note or at law or in equity upon any default or breach shall not be construed as waiving the rights to enforce or exercise such or any other right or remedy at any later date. No exercise of the rights and powers granted in or held pursuant to this Note by the Holder, and no delays or omissions in the exercise of such rights and powers shall be held to exhaust the same or be construed as a waiver thereof, and every such right and power may be exercised at any time and from time to time.

 

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This Note is hereby issued by the Company as of the year and date first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
     
  SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Name:  Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Title: Executive Chairman
     
  PERSONAL GUARANTOR:
   
  ALFONSO J. CERVANTES
     
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Alfonso J. Cervantes, personally

 

Signature Page –Note

 

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EX-10.13 10 ea179431ex10-13_smartfor.htm PROMISSORY NOTE ISSUED BY SMART FOR LIFE, INC. TO ROBERT REIN ON MARCH 27, 2023

Exhibit 10.13

 

 

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Principal Amount: $50,000 March 7, 2023

 

1. Principal and Interest. Smart for Life, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of Robert Rein (“Holder”) in lawful money of the United States of America at the address for notices to Holder set forth below, the principal amount of $50,000 plus simple interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note from the date hereof until the principal amount is paid in full at an annual rate of 12%, or such lesser rate as shall be the maximum rate allowable under applicable law. Interest from the date hereof shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year. This promissory note is referred to herein as the Note (“Note”).

 

2. Maturity; Default Rate.

 

2.1 Unless prepaid earlier as set forth below, the principal amount and unpaid accrued interest on this Note shall be due on demand at the Holder’s discretion (the “Maturity Date”).

 

3. Prepayment. The principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest of this Note may be prepaid without penalty, in whole or in part, in the Company’s sole discretion.

 

4. Attorney’s Fees. If the indebtedness represented by this Note or any part thereof is collected in bankruptcy, receivership or other judicial proceedings or if this Note is placed in the hands of attorneys for collection after default, the Company agrees to pay, in addition to the principal amount and interest payable hereunder, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Holder.

 

5. Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Note shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or three business days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail.

 

COMPANY: Smart for Life, Inc.
  990 Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 503
Miami, FL 33132
Attention: Alfonso J. Cervantes, Executive Chairman

 

 


 

6. Defaults and Remedies.

 

6.1 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall occur hereunder:

 

(i) if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal amount, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(ii) if the Company shall default in the payment of any interest on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable and after written demand for payment thereof has been made and such amount remains unpaid for 10 business days after the date of such notice;

 

(iii) if the Company shall default in the due observance or performance of any covenant, representation, warranty, condition or agreement on the part of the Company to be observed or performed pursuant to the terms hereof, and such default is not remedied or waived within the time periods permitted therein, or if no cure period is provided therein, within 10 business days after the Company receives written notice of such default; or

 

(iv) if the Company shall commence any proceeding in bankruptcy or for dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, composition or other relief under state or federal bankruptcy laws, or if such proceedings are commenced against the Company, or a receiver or trustee is appointed for the Company or a substantial part of its property, and such proceeding or appointment is not dismissed or discharged within 120 calendar days after its commencement.

 

6.2 Acceleration. If an Event of Default occurs under Section 6.1(iv), then the principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived. The failure of the Holder to declare this Note due and payable shall not be a waiver of its right to do so, and the Holder shall retain the right to declare this Note due and payable unless the Holder shall execute a written waiver.

 

7. Waiver of Notice of Presentment. The Company hereby waives presentment, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor. No delay on the part of Holder in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right.

 

8. Governing Law. This Note is being delivered in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflicts of laws or choice of law provisions.

 

9. Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended, and any provision hereof waived, with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

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10. Usury. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Note is subject to the express condition that at no time shall the Company be obligated or required to pay interest hereunder at a rate which could subject the Holder to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law. If, by the terms of this Note, the Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate in excess of the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law, the rate of interest under this Note shall be immediately reduced to the maximum contract rate which is permitted by law and all interest payable hereunder shall be computed at the maximum contract rate permitted by law, and the portion of all prior interest payments in excess of the maximum contract rate permitted by law shall be applied to and shall be deemed to have been payments made for the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of this Note.

 

11. Assignment. This Note and the rights hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by the Holder, other than to an affiliate of the Holder, without the prior written consent of the Company, provided that any affiliate transferee, prior to effectiveness of such transfer, must agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Note to the same extent as if such affiliate transferee were the original holder, and provided further that the Holder must give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such transfer. Any purported assignment in contravention of this Section 11 shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, this Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

12. Non-Waiver. The failure of the Holder to enforce or exercise any right or remedy provided in this Note or at law or in equity upon any default or breach shall not be construed as waiving the rights to enforce or exercise such or any other right or remedy at any later date. No exercise of the rights and powers granted in or held pursuant to this Note by the Holder, and no delays or omissions in the exercise of such rights and powers shall be held to exhaust the same or be construed as a waiver thereof, and every such right and power may be exercised at any time and from time to time.

 

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This Note is hereby issued by the Company as of the year and date first above written.

 

COMPANY:
     
SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
     
By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
  Name:  Alfonso J. Cervantes
Title: Executive Chairman

 

  PERSONAL GUARANTOR:
   
  ALFONSO J. CERVANTES
     
By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Alfonso J. Cervantes, personally

 

Signature Page –Note

 

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EX-10.14 11 ea179431ex10-14_smartfor.htm NOTE AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC., JUSTIN FRANCISCO, AND STEVEN RUBERT, DATED MAY 25, 2023

Exhibit 10.14

 

NOTE AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 25, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and D&D Hayes, LLC (the “Holder” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Holder is the record and beneficial owner of the 5% Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note, dated July 29, 2022, in the principal amount of $1,075,000 plus accrued interest thereon, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A identified on the signature page of this Agreement (the “Note”).

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Holder understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel a portion of the Note in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel $1,075,000 in principal amount of the Note (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 4,820 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Holder hereby agrees to surrender the Note to the Company free and clear of all claims, charges, liens, contracts, rights, options, security interests, mortgages, encumbrances and restrictions of every kind and nature (collectively, “Claims”). After such cancellation, Holder acknowledges and agrees that such Note shall no longer be outstanding, and Holder shall have no further rights with respect to repayment of the Note or any of the other obligations therein. In consideration for the cancellation of the Note and the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. Holder hereby represents and warrants that Holder owns the Note beneficially and of record, free and clear of all Claims. Holder has never transferred or agreed to transfer the Note, other than pursuant to this Agreement. There is no restriction affecting the ability of Holder to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Note to the Company for cancellation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by Holder will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to Holder, or any breach of any agreement to which Holder is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any Claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to Holder or Holder’s assets, including, without limitation, Holder’s equity interests in the Company.

 

 


 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, Holder will execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively transfer, convey and assign to the Company for cancellation of the Note.

 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Holder at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Holder in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by an Holder), register all or, at Holder’s option, any portion of the Holder’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Holder to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Holder such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Holder promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Holder promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

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(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Holder at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Holder prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Holder shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Holder within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Holder will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Holder’ counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
   
  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name:  Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOLDER:
   
  D&D Hayes, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Donald Hayes
  Name: Donald Hayes
  Title: President

 

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EX-10.15 12 ea179431ex10-15_smartfor.htm NOTE AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC., AND D&D HAYES, LLC, DATED MAY 25, 2023

Exhibit 10.15

 

NOTE AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 25, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and RMB Industries, Inc. (the “Holder” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Holder is the record and beneficial owner of the 5% Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note, dated July 29, 2022, in the principal amount of $967,500 plus accrued interest thereon, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A identified on the signature page of this Agreement (the “Note”).

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Holder understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel a portion of the Note in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel $967,500 in principal amount of the Note (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 4,339 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Holder hereby agrees to surrender the Note to the Company free and clear of all claims, charges, liens, contracts, rights, options, security interests, mortgages, encumbrances and restrictions of every kind and nature (collectively, “Claims”). After such cancellation, Holder acknowledges and agrees that such Note shall no longer be outstanding, and Holder shall have no further rights with respect to repayment of the Note or any of the other obligations therein. In consideration for the cancellation of the Note and the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. Holder hereby represents and warrants that Holder owns the Note beneficially and of record, free and clear of all Claims. Holder has never transferred or agreed to transfer the Note, other than pursuant to this Agreement. There is no restriction affecting the ability of Holder to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Note to the Company for cancellation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by Holder will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to Holder, or any breach of any agreement to which Holder is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any Claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to Holder or Holder’s assets, including, without limitation, Holder’s equity interests in the Company.

 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, Holder will execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively transfer, convey and assign to the Company for cancellation of the Note.

 


 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Holder at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Holder in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by an Holder), register all or, at Holder’s option, any portion of the Holder’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Holder to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Holder such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Holder promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Holder promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

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(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Holder at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Holder prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Holder shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Holder within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Holder will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Holder’ counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
 
  Smart for Life, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name:  Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOLDER:
   
  RMB Industries, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Ryan Benson
  Name:  Ryan Benson
  Title: President

 

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EX-10.16 13 ea179431ex10-16_smartfor.htm NOTE AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC., AND RMB INDUSTRIES, INC., DATED MAY 25, 2023

Exhibit 10.16

 

NOTE AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 25, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and RTB Children’s Trust (the “Holder” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Holder is the record and beneficial owner of the 5% Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note, dated July 29, 2022, in the principal amount of $107,500 plus accrued interest thereon, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A identified on the signature page of this Agreement (the “Note”).

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Holder understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel a portion of the Note in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel $107,500 in principal amount of the Note (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 482 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Holder hereby agrees to surrender the Note to the Company free and clear of all claims, charges, liens, contracts, rights, options, security interests, mortgages, encumbrances and restrictions of every kind and nature (collectively, “Claims”). After such cancellation, Holder acknowledges and agrees that such Note shall no longer be outstanding, and Holder shall have no further rights with respect to repayment of the Note or any of the other obligations therein. In consideration for the cancellation of the Note and the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. Holder hereby represents and warrants that Holder owns the Note beneficially and of record, free and clear of all Claims. Holder has never transferred or agreed to transfer the Note, other than pursuant to this Agreement. There is no restriction affecting the ability of Holder to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Note to the Company for cancellation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by Holder will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to Holder, or any breach of any agreement to which Holder is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any Claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to Holder or Holder’s assets, including, without limitation, Holder’s equity interests in the Company.

 

 


 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, Holder will execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively transfer, convey and assign to the Company for cancellation of the Note.

 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Holder at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Holder in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by an Holder), register all or, at Holder’s option, any portion of the Holder’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Holder to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Holder such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Holder promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Holder promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

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(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Holder at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Holder prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Holder shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Holder within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Holder will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Holder’ counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
   
  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name: Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOLDER:
   
  RTB Children’s Trust
     
  By: /s/ Ryan Benson
  Name:  Ryan Benson
  Title: Trustee

 

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EX-10.17 14 ea179431ex10-17_smartfor.htm NOTE AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC., AND RTB CHILDRENS TRUST, DATED MAY 25, 2023

Exhibit 10.17

 

NOTE AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 26, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc. (formerly, Bonne Sante Group, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Justin Francisco and Steven Rubert (together, the “Holder” and, collectively with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Holder is the record and beneficial owner of the 5% Secured Subordinated Non-Convertible Promissory Note, dated November 8, 2021, in the aggregate principal amount of $1,900,000 plus accrued interest thereon, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A identified on the signature page of this Agreement (the “Note”). The parties acknowledge and agree that the principal balance on the Note as of the date hereof is $1,764,397.40.

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Holder understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel a portion of the Note in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel $1,912,966.40 of the Note (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 8,579 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Holder hereby agrees to surrender the Note to the Company free and clear of all claims, charges, liens, contracts, rights, options, security interests, mortgages, encumbrances and restrictions of every kind and nature (collectively, “Claims”). After such cancellation, Holder acknowledges and agrees that such Note shall no longer be outstanding, and Holder shall have no further rights with respect to repayment of the Note or any of the other obligations therein. In consideration for the cancellation of the Note and the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. Holder hereby represents and warrants that Holder owns the Note beneficially and of record, free and clear of all Claims. Holder has never transferred or agreed to transfer the Note, other than pursuant to this Agreement. There is no restriction affecting the ability of Holder to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Note to the Company for cancellation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by Holder will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to Holder, or any breach of any agreement to which Holder is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any Claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to Holder or Holder’s assets, including, without limitation, Holder’s equity interests in the Company.

 


 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, Holder will execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively transfer, convey and assign to the Company for cancellation of the Note.

 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Holder at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Holder in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by an Holder), register all or, at Holder’s option, any portion of the Holder’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Holder to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Holder such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Holder promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Holder promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

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(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Holder at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Holder prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Holder shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Holder within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Holder will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Holder’ counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
   
  Smart for Life, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name:  Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  HOLDER:
   
  /s/ Justin Francisco
  Justin Francisco
   
  /s/ Steven Rubert
  Steven Rubert

 

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EX-10.18 15 ea179431ex10-18_smartfor.htm NOTE AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC., AND SASSON E. MOULAVI, DATED MAY 25, 2023

Exhibit 10.18

 

NOTE AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 26, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc. (formerly, Bonne Sante Group, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Sasson E. Moulavi (the “Holder” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Holder is the record and beneficial owner of the 6% Secured Subordinated Promissory Note, dated July 1, 2021, in the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 plus accrued interest thereon, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A identified on the signature page of this Agreement (the “Note”).

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Holder understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel a portion of the Note in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel $1,500,000 of the Note (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 6,727 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

D. The Company shall issue to the Holder a new 6% Secured Subordinated Promissory Note having identical terms to the Note but with a principal amount of $1,734,950 (the “Balance Note”) to reflect the cancellation of the Cancelled Debt.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Holder hereby agrees to surrender the Note to the Company free and clear of all claims, charges, liens, contracts, rights, options, security interests, mortgages, encumbrances and restrictions of every kind and nature (collectively, “Claims”). After such cancellation, Holder acknowledges and agrees that such Note shall no longer be outstanding, and Holder shall have no further rights with respect to repayment of the Note or any of the other obligations therein. In consideration for the cancellation of the Note and the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the Shares and the Balance Note, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. Holder hereby represents and warrants that Holder owns the Note beneficially and of record, free and clear of all Claims. Holder has never transferred or agreed to transfer the Note, other than pursuant to this Agreement. There is no restriction affecting the ability of Holder to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Note to the Company for cancellation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by Holder will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to Holder, or any breach of any agreement to which Holder is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any Claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to Holder or Holder’s assets, including, without limitation, Holder’s equity interests in the Company.

 


 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, Holder will execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively transfer, convey and assign to the Company for cancellation of the Note.

 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Holder at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Holder in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by an Holder), register all or, at Holder’s option, any portion of the Holder’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Holder to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Holder such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Holder promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Holder promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

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(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Holder at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Holder prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Holder shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Holder within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Holder will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Holder’ counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
   
  Smart for Life, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name:  Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
  HOLDER:
   
  Sasson E. Moulavi
   
  By: /s/ Sasson E. Moulavi

 

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EX-10.19 16 ea179431ex10-19_smartfor.htm NOTE AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC., AND BARRY T. CERVANTES, DATED MAY 26, 2023

Exhibit 10.19

 

NOTE AGREEMENT

 

THIS NOTE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 26, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Barry T. Cervantes (the “Holder” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Holder is the record and beneficial owner of: (i) Promissory Note, dated February 14, 2022, in the principal amount of $50,000, for which a payment of $30,000 was made by the Company to Holder on April 18, 2023; (ii) Promissory Note, dated April 19, 2022, in the principal amount of $59,000; and (iii) Promissory Note, dated October 10, 2023, in the principal amount of $105,000; (collectively, the “Notes”), attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Parties agree that the aggregate outstanding principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest to the date hereof, on the Notes is $190,412.

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Holder understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel the Notes in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel the Notes (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 854 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Holder hereby agrees to surrender the Notes to the Company free and clear of all claims, charges, liens, contracts, rights, options, security interests, mortgages, encumbrances and restrictions of every kind and nature (collectively, “Claims”). After such cancellation, Holder acknowledges and agrees that such Notes shall no longer be outstanding, and Holder shall have no further rights with respect to repayment of the Notes or any of the other obligations therein. In consideration for the cancellation of the Notes and the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. Holder hereby represents and warrants that Holder owns each of the Notes beneficially and of record, free and clear of all Claims. Holder has never transferred or agreed to transfer any of the Notes, other than pursuant to this Agreement. There is no restriction affecting the ability of Holder to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Notes to the Company for cancellation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by Holder will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to Holder, or any breach of any agreement to which Holder is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any Claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to Holder or Holder’s assets, including, without limitation, Holder’s equity interests in the Company.

 

 


 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, Holder will execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively transfer, convey and assign to the Company for cancellation of the Notes.

 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Holder at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Holder in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by an Holder), register all or, at Holder’s option, any portion of the Holder’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Holder to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Holder such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Holder promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Holder promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

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(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Holder at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Holder prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Holder shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Holder within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Holder will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Holder’ counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
     
  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name:  Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOLDER:
     
  Barry T. Cervantes
     
  By: /s/ Barry T. Cervantes

 

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EX-10.20 17 ea179431ex10-20_smartfor.htm NOTE AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC., AND ROBERT REIN, DATED MAY 26, 2023

Exhibit 10.20 

 

NOTE AGREEMENT

 

THIS NOTE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 26, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Robert Rein (the “Holder” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Holder is the record and beneficial owner of: (i) Promissory Note, dated December 6, 2022, in the principal amount of $30,000; (ii) Promissory Note, dated December 21, 2022, in the principal amount of $100,000; (iii) Promissory Note, dated February 8, 2023, in the principal amount of $50,000; and (iv) Promissory Note, dated March 7, 2023, in the principal amount of $50,000 (collectively, the “Notes”), attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Parties agree that the aggregate outstanding principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest to the date hereto, on the Notes is $239,950.

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Holder understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel the Notes in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel the Notes (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 1,076 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Holder hereby agrees to surrender the Notes to the Company free and clear of all claims, charges, liens, contracts, rights, options, security interests, mortgages, encumbrances and restrictions of every kind and nature (collectively, “Claims”). After such cancellation, Holder acknowledges and agrees that such Notes shall no longer be outstanding, and Holder shall have no further rights with respect to repayment of the Notes or any of the other obligations therein. In consideration for the cancellation of the Notes and the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. Holder hereby represents and warrants that Holder owns each of the Notes beneficially and of record, free and clear of all Claims. Holder has never transferred or agreed to transfer any of the Notes, other than pursuant to this Agreement. There is no restriction affecting the ability of Holder to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Notes to the Company for cancellation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by Holder will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to Holder, or any breach of any agreement to which Holder is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any Claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to Holder or Holder’s assets, including, without limitation, Holder’s equity interests in the Company.

 

 


 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, Holder will execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively transfer, convey and assign to the Company for cancellation of the Notes.

 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Holder at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Holder in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by an Holder), register all or, at Holder’s option, any portion of the Holder’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Holder to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Holder such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Holder promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Holder promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Holder at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Holder prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Holder shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Holder within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

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(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Holder will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Holder’ counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
     
  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name: Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOLDER:
   
  Robert Rein
     
  By: /s/ Robert Rein

 

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EX-10.21 18 ea179431ex10-21_smartfor.htm EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION CONVERSION AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC., AND ALFONSO J. CERVANTES, JR. DATED MAY 26, 2023

Exhibit 10.21

 

DEFERRED COMPENSATION CONVERSION AGREEMENT

 

THIS DEFERRED COMPENSATION CONVERSION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 26, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Alfonso J. Cervantes, Jr. (the “Executive” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Executive is the Executive Chairman of the Company and has accrued deferred compensation in such capacity as of the date hereof in the amount of $827,484 (the “Deferred Compensation”), consisting of $347,484 in accrued but unpaid salary and $480,000 in accrued but unpaid bonus.

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Executive understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel the Deferred Compensation in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel the Deferred Compensation (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 3,711 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. The Executive hereby agrees and acknowledges that, after the cancellation of the Deferred Compensation as set forth herein, such Deferred Compensation shall no longer be outstanding, and the Executive shall have no further rights with respect to payment of the Deferred Compensation. In consideration for the cancellation of the Deferred Compensation and the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Executive the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. There is no restriction affecting the ability of the Executive to forego the Deferred Compensation and accept the Shares in lieu thereof. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by the Executive will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to the Executive, or any breach of any agreement to which the Executive is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to the Executive or the Executive’s assets, including, without limitation, The Executive’s equity interests in the Company.

 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, the Executive will execute and deliver such other instruments as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively consummate the transaction contemplated herein.

 

 


 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Executive at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Executive in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by the Executive), register all or, at the Executive’s option, any portion of the Executive’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Executive may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Executive to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Executive such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Executive may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Executive promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Executive promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

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(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Executive at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Executive prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Executive shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Executive within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Executive will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Executive’s counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Executive and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
     
  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name:  Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  EXECUTIVE:
     
  Alfonso J. Cervantes, Jr.
     
  /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes, Jr
  Executive Chairman

  

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EX-10.22 19 ea179431ex10-22_smartfor.htm EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION CONVERSION AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC. AND DARREN MINTON, DATED MAY 26, 2023

Exhibit 10.22

 

DEFERRED COMPENSATION CONVERSION AGREEMENT

 

THIS DEFERRED COMPENSATION CONVERSION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 26, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Darren Minton (the “Executive” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Executive is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and has accrued deferred compensation in such capacity as of the date hereof in the amount of $350,826 (the “Deferred Compensation”), consisting of $250,826 in accrued but unpaid salary and $100,000 in accrued but unpaid bonus.

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Executive understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel the Deferred Compensation in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel the Deferred Compensation (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 1,574 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. The Executive hereby agrees and acknowledges that, after the cancellation of the Deferred Compensation as set forth herein, such Deferred Compensation shall no longer be outstanding, and the Executive shall have no further rights with respect to payment of the Deferred Compensation. In consideration for the cancellation of the Deferred Compensation and the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Executive the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. There is no restriction affecting the ability of the Executive to forego the Deferred Compensation and accept the Shares in lieu thereof. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by the Executive will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to the Executive, or any breach of any agreement to which the Executive is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to the Executive or the Executive’s assets, including, without limitation, The Executive’s equity interests in the Company.

 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, the Executive will execute and deliver such other instruments as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively consummate the transaction contemplated herein.

 


 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Executive at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Executive in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by the Executive), register all or, at the Executive’s option, any portion of the Executive’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Executive may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Executive to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Executive such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Executive may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Executive promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Executive promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

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(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Executive at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Executive prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Executive shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Executive within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Executive will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Executive’s counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Executive and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
     
  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes, Jr.
  Name:  Alfonso J. Cervantes, Jr.
  Title: Executive Chairman
     
  EXECUTIVE:
     
  Darren Minton
     
  /s/ Darren Minton
  Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

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EX-10.23 20 ea179431ex10-23_smartfor.htm DIRECTOR FEE CONVERSION AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC. AND ARTHUR REYNOLDS, DATED MAY 26, 2023

Exhibit 10.23

 

DIRECTOR FEES CONVERSION AGREEMENT

 

THIS DIRECTOR FEES CONVERSION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 26, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Arthur Reynolds (the “Director” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Director is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and has accrued deferred board fees in such capacity as of the date hereof in the amount of $16,500 (the “Deferred Fees”).

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Director understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel a portion of the Deferred Fees in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel $10,000 of the Deferred Fees (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 45 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. The Director hereby agrees and acknowledges that, after the cancellation of the Cancelled Debt as set forth herein, the portion of Deferred Fees represented by the Cancelled Debt shall no longer be outstanding, and the Director shall have no further rights with respect to such payment. In consideration for the cancellation of the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Director the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. There is no restriction affecting the ability of the Director to forego the Cancelled Debt and accept the Shares in lieu thereof. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by the Director will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to the Director, or any breach of any agreement to which the Director is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to the Director or the Director’s assets, including, without limitation, The Director’s equity interests in the Company.

 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, the Director will execute and deliver such other instruments as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively consummate the transaction contemplated herein.

 

 


 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Director at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Director in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by the Director), register all or, at the Director’s option, any portion of the Director’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Director may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Director to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Director such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Director may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Director promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Director promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

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(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Director at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Director prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Director shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Director within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Director will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Director’s counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Director and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
     
  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name: Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  DIRECTOR:
   
  Arthur Reynolds
     
  By: /s/ Arthur Reynolds

 

 

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EX-10.24 21 ea179431ex10-24_smartfor.htm DIRECTOR FEE CONVERSION AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC. AND ROBERT REIN, DATED MAY 26, 2023

Exhibit 10.24

 

DIRECTOR FEES CONVERSION AGREEMENT

 

THIS DIRECTOR FEES CONVERSION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 26, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Robert S. Rein (the “Director” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Director is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and has accrued deferred board fees in such capacity as of the date hereof in the amount of $22,500 (the “Deferred Fees”).

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Director understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel a portion of the Deferred Fees in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel $10,000 of the Deferred Fees (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 45 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. The Director hereby agrees and acknowledges that, after the cancellation of the Cancelled Debt as set forth herein, the portion of Deferred Fees represented by the Cancelled Debt shall no longer be outstanding, and the Director shall have no further rights with respect to such payment. In consideration for the cancellation of the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Director the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. There is no restriction affecting the ability of the Director to forego the Cancelled Debt and accept the Shares in lieu thereof. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by the Director will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to the Director, or any breach of any agreement to which the Director is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to the Director or the Director’s assets, including, without limitation, The Director’s equity interests in the Company.

 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, the Director will execute and deliver such other instruments as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively consummate the transaction contemplated herein.

 

 


 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Director at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Director in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by the Director), register all or, at the Director’s option, any portion of the Director’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Director may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Director to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Director such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Director may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Director promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Director promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Director at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Director prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Director shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Director within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

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(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Director will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Director’s counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Director and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
     
  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name: Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
 

DIRECTOR:

 

  Robert S. Rein
     
  By: /s/ Robert S. Rein

 

 

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EX-10.25 22 ea179431ex10-25_smartfor.htm DIRECTOR FEE CONVERSION AGREEMENT AMONG SMART FOR LIFE, INC. AND ROGER CONLEY WOOD, DATED MAY 26, 2023

Exhibit 10.25

 

DIRECTOR FEES CONVERSION AGREEMENT

 

THIS DIRECTOR FEES CONVERSION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 26, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), between Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Roger Conley Wood (the “Director” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Director is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and has accrued deferred board fees in such capacity as of the date hereof in the amount of $22,500 (the “Deferred Fees”).

 

B. The Company desires to reduce its debt load in order to improve its balance sheet, increase its shareholders equity and to enhance its ability to secure additional financing and to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Director understands that it is in the Company’s best interests for the Company to cancel a portion of the Deferred Fees in exchange for equity in the Company.

 

C. The Company desires to cancel $10,000 of the Deferred Fees (the “Canceled Debt”), in exchange for 45 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Preferred Stock”). The number of the Shares is equal to the Canceled Debt divided by the stated value per share of Preferred Stock of $223.00, and the conversion price is $2.23. Therefore, the ratio of Shares to number of shares of common stock into which the Shares will convert is 1-for-100.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned do hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  The Director hereby agrees and acknowledges that, after the cancellation of the Cancelled Debt as set forth herein, the portion of Deferred Fees represented by the Cancelled Debt shall no longer be outstanding, and the Director shall have no further rights with respect to such payment. In consideration for the cancellation of the Cancelled Debt, the Company shall promptly issue to the Director the Shares, but in no event more than two (2) business days after the date hereof.

 

2. There is no restriction affecting the ability of the Director to forego the Cancelled Debt and accept the Shares in lieu thereof. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of this Agreement in compliance with its terms and conditions by the Director will conflict with or result in any violation of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, statute or regulation applicable to the Director, or any breach of any agreement to which the Director is a party, or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation of any claim of any kind or nature on, or with respect to the Director or the Director’s assets, including, without limitation, The Director’s equity interests in the Company.

 

4. At the request of the Company and without further consideration, the Director will execute and deliver such other instruments as may be reasonably requested in order to effectively consummate the transaction contemplated herein.

 

 


 

5. Piggy-Back Registration Rights 

 

(a) The Company shall give the Director at least 30 days’ prior written notice of each filing by the Company of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). If requested by the Director in writing within 20 days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall, at the Company’s sole expense (other than the underwriting discounts, if any, payable in respect of the shares sold by the Director), register all or, at the Director’s option, any portion of the Director’s shares of common stock received upon conversion of the Shares (the “Common Stock Shares”) concurrently with the registration of such other securities, all to the extent requisite to permit the public offering and sale of the Common Stock Shares through the securities exchange, if any, on which the Company’s common stock is being sold or on the over-the-counter market, and will use its reasonable best efforts through its officers, directors, auditors, and counsel to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. If the managing underwriter of any such offering shall determine and advise the Company that, in its opinion, the distribution of all or a portion of the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in the registration concurrently with the securities being registered by the Company would materially adversely affect the distribution of such securities by the Company, then the Company will include in such registration first, the securities that the Company proposes to sell and second, the Common Stock Shares requested to be included in such registration, to the extent permitted by the managing underwriter. 

 

(b) In the event of a registration pursuant to these provisions, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock Shares so registered to be registered or qualified for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Director may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any state by reason of this section in which it is not otherwise required to qualify to do business.  

 

(c) The Company shall keep effective any registration or qualification contemplated by this section and shall from time to time amend or supplement each applicable registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, application, document and communication for such period of time as shall be required to permit the Director to complete the offer and sale of the Common Stock Shares covered thereby. 

 

(d) In the event of a registration pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Company shall furnish to the Director such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits), of each prospectus contained in such registration statement and each supplement or amendment thereto (including each preliminary prospectus), all of which shall conform to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such other documents, as the Director may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Common Stock Shares included in such registration. 

 

(e) The Company shall notify the Director promptly when such registration statement has become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed. 

 

(f) The Company shall advise the Director promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.  

 

(g) The Company shall promptly notify the Director at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the reasonable request of the Director prepare and furnish to it such number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Common Stock Shares or securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Director shall suspend all sales of the Common Stock Shares upon receipt of such notice from the Company and shall not re-commence sales until they receive copies of any necessary amendment or supplement to such prospectus, which shall be delivered to the Director within 30 days of the date of such notice from the Company. 

 

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(h) If requested by the underwriter for any underwritten offering of Common Stock Shares, the Company and the Director will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter for such offering, which shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Company’s counsel and the Director’s counsel, and the underwriter, and such agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Director and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in an underwriting agreement with respect to secondary distributions solely by selling stockholders, including, without limitation, indemnities substantially to the effect and to the extent provided below. 

 

6. This Agreement is a binding agreement and constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

 

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

9. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts. Each counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all counterparts hereof taken together shall constitute a single document. Facsimile, emailed PDFs and electronic signatures shall be deemed originals.

 

10. The Parties hereto agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another to discharge their respective obligations under this Agreement and to satisfy the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
     
  Smart for Life, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Darren Minton
  Name: Darren Minton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  DIRECTOR:
   
  Roger Conley Wood
     
  By: /s/ Roger Conley Wood

 

 

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EX-10.26 23 ea179431ex10-26_smartfor.htm FORM OF INDUCEMENT LETTER

Exhibit 10.26

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.

 

May 29, 2023

 

Holder of Common Stock Purchase Warrants

 

Re: Inducement Offer to Exercise Common Stock Purchase Warrants

 

Dear Holder:

 

Smart for Life, Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to offer to you the opportunity to exercise all or some of the warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issued to you on July 1, 2021 and amended and restated on December 8, 2022 (the “July Existing Warrants”) and/or August 18, 2021 and amended and restated on December 8, 2022 (the “August 2021 Existing Warrants,” and collectively with the July 2021 Existing Warrants, the “Existing Warrants”), as set forth on the signature page hereto and currently held by you (the “Holder”). The issuance of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Existing Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) has been registered for resale pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-271701) (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement is currently effective and, upon exercise of the Existing Warrants pursuant to this letter agreement, will be effective for the resale of the Warrant Shares. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the New Warrants (as defined below).

 

In consideration for exercising in full all of the Existing Warrants held by you and set forth on the Holder’s signature page hereto (the “Warrant Exercise”) at the reduced exercise price per Warrant Share of $1.30, the Company hereby offers to issue you or your designee:

 

a new unregistered Common Stock Purchase Warrant (“New Warrant”) pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), to purchase up to a number of shares (the “New Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock equal to 200% of the number of Warrant Shares issued pursuant to the Warrant Exercise hereunder, which New Warrant shall be substantially in the form as reflected in Exhibit A hereto, will be exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise of 5.5 years after the initial exercise date, and an exercise price per share equal to $2.17.

 

The original New Warrant certificate(s) will be delivered within two (2) Trading Days following the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that any Warrant Exercise would otherwise cause the Holder to exceed the beneficial ownership limitations (“Beneficial Ownership Limitation”) set forth in Section 2(e) of the Existing Warrants (or, if applicable and at the Holder’s election, 9.99%), the Company shall only issue such number of Warrant Shares to the Holder that would not cause the Holder to exceed the maximum number of Warrant Shares permitted thereunder, as directed by the Holder, with the balance to be held in abeyance until notice from the Holder that the balance (or portion thereof) may be issued in compliance with such limitations, which abeyance shall be evidenced through the Existing Warrants which shall be deemed prepaid thereafter (including the payment in full of the exercise price), and exercised pursuant to a Notice of Exercise in the Existing Warrant (provided no additional exercise price shall be due and payable).

 

Expressly subject to the paragraph immediately following this paragraph below, Holder may accept this offer by signing this letter below, with such acceptance constituting Holder’s exercise in full of the Existing Warrants for an aggregate exercise price set forth on the Holder’s signature page hereto (the “Warrants Exercise Price”) on or before 10:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 28, 2023 (the “Execution Time”).

 

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Additionally, the Company agrees to the representations, warranties and covenants set forth on Annex A attached hereto. Holder represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any New Warrants it will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of the Securities Act, and agrees that the New Warrants will contain restrictive legends when issued, and neither the New Warrants nor the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants will be registered under the Securities Act, except as provided in Annex A attached hereto. Also, Holder represents and warrants that it is acquiring the New Warrants as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of the New Warrants (this representation is not limiting Holder’s right to sell the New Warrant Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws).

 

The Holder understands that the New Warrants and the New Warrant Shares are not, and may never be, registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state and, accordingly, each certificate, if any, representing such securities shall bear a legend substantially similar to the following:

 

“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR 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.”

 

Certificates evidencing the New Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth above), (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such New Warrant Shares is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such New Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (iii) if such New Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the New Warrant), without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such New Warrant Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, (iv) if such New Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the New Warrant) and the Company is then in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such New Warrant Shares, or (v) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the earliest of clauses (i) through (v), the “Delegend Date”)). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after the Delegend Date if required by the Company and/or the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder, or at the request of the Holder, which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Holder. From and after the Delegend Date, such New Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Delegend Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section, it will, no later than two (2) Trading Days following the delivery by the Holder to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing the New Warrant Shares issued with a restrictive legend (such second (2nd) Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends or, at the request of the Holder shall credit the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by the Holder.

 

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In addition to the Holder’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Holder, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of New Warrant Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such New Warrant Shares are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Holder by the Legend Removal Date a certificate representing the New Warrant Shares so delivered to the Company by the Holder that is free from all restrictive and other legends and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A) such number of New Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder by the Legend Removal Date and for which the Holder was required to purchase shares to timely satisfy delivery requirements, multiplied by (B) the weighted average price at which the Holder sold that number of shares of Common Stock.

 

From the date hereof until 30 days after the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall (A) issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (B) file any registration statement or any amendment or supplement to any existing registration statement (other than the resale registration statement referred to herein or prospectus supplements to the Registration Statements to reflect the transactions contemplated hereby).

 

If this offer is accepted and the transaction documents are executed by the Execution Time, then on or before 8:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the Trading Day following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release and/or file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder. From and after the issuance of such press release or the filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, as applicable, the Company represents to you that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to you by the Company, or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release and/or Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and you and your Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company represents, warrants and covenants that, upon acceptance of this offer, the Warrant Shares shall be issued free of any legends or restrictions on resale by Holder.

 

No later than the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date hereof, the closing shall occur at such location as the parties shall mutually agree. Unless otherwise directed by H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”), settlement of the Warrant Shares shall occur via “Delivery Versus Payment” (“DVP”) (i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the Warrant Shares registered in the Holders’ names and addresses and released by the Transfer Agent directly to the account(s) at the Placement Agent identified by each Holder; upon receipt of such Warrant Shares, the Placement Agent shall promptly electronically deliver such Warrant Shares to the applicable Holder, and payment therefor shall be made by the Placement Agent (or its clearing firm) by wire transfer to the Company). The date of the closing of the exercise of the Existing Warrants shall be referred to as the “Closing Date”.

 

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The Company acknowledges and agrees that the obligations of the Holders under this letter agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other holder or holders of Existing Warrants or other warrants of the Company (each, an “Other Holder”) under any other agreement related to the exercise of such warrants (“Other Warrant Exercise Agreement”), and the Holder shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Holder or under any such Other Warrant Exercise Agreement. Nothing contained in this letter agreement, and no action taken by the Holders pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holder and the Other Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holder and the Other Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this letter agreement and the Company acknowledges that the Holder and the Other Holders are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this letter agreement or any Other Warrant Exercise Agreement. The Company and the Holder confirm that the Holder has independently participated in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. The Holder shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this letter agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any Other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and covenants and agrees from and after the date hereof until six months after the date hereof, that none of the terms offered to any Other Holder with respect to any Other Warrant Exercise Agreement (or any amendment, modification or waiver thereof) relating to warrants that were sold concurrently with the Existing Warrants, is or will be more favorable to such Other Holder than those of the Holder and this letter agreement unless such terms are concurrently offered to the Holder. If, and whenever on or after the date hereof until six months after the date hereof, the Company enters into an Other Warrant Exercise Agreement relating to warrants that were sold concurrently with the Existing Warrants, then (i) the Company shall provide notice thereof to the Holder promptly following the occurrence thereof and (ii) the terms and conditions of this letter agreement shall be, without any further action by the Holder or the Company, automatically amended and modified in an economically and legally equivalent manner such that the Holder shall receive the benefit of the more favorable terms and/or conditions (as the case may be) set forth in such Other Warrant Exercise Agreement (including the issuance of additional Warrant Shares), provided that upon written notice to the Company at any time the Holder may elect not to accept the benefit of any such amended or modified term or condition, in which event the term or condition contained in this letter agreement shall apply to the Holder as it was in effect immediately prior to such amendment or modification as if such amendment or modification never occurred with respect to the Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply similarly and equally to each such Other Warrant Exercise Agreement.

 

***************

 

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  Sincerely yours,
   
  SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: 
  Title:  

 

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Accepted and Agreed to:

 

Name of Holder: ________________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: _________________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: _______________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: ________________________________________________

 

Number of Existing Warrants: __________________

 

Aggregate Warrant Exercise Price: _________________

 

New Warrants: (200% of total Existing Warrants being exercised): ___________

 

Beneficial Ownership Blocker: ☐ 4.99% or ☐ 9.99%

 

DTC Instructions:

 

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Annex A

 

Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Holder:

 

a) SEC Reports. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein “SEC Reports”). As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act.

 

b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this letter agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this letter agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in connection therewith. This letter agreement has been duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents; or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or defects upon any of the properties or assets of the Company in connection with, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any material agreement, credit facility, debt or other material instrument (evidencing Company debt or otherwise) or other material understanding to which such Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected; or (iii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect upon the business, prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole, or in its ability to perform its obligations under this letter agreement.

 

d) Registration Obligations. As soon as practicable (and in any event within 15 calendar days of the date of this letter agreement), the Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form if the Company is not then S-3 eligible) providing for the resale of the New Warrant Shares by the holders of the New Warrants (the “Resale Registration Statement”). The Company shall use best efforts to cause the Resale Registration Statement to become effective within 45 calendar days following the date hereof (or, in the event of a “full review” by the Commission, the 75th calendar day following the date hereof hereof) and to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until no holder of the New Warrants owns any New Warrants or New Warrant Shares.

 

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e) Participation in Future Financing. From the date hereof until the date that is the 12 month anniversary of the Closing Date, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents for cash consideration, Indebtedness or a combination of units thereof (a “Subsequent Financing”), each Holder shall have the right to participate in up to an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to 25% of the Subsequent Financing (the “Participation Maximum”) on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing. 

 

Between the time period of 4:00 pm (New York City time) and 6:00 pm (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Financing (or, if the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Financing is the first Trading Day following a holiday or a weekend (including a holiday weekend), between the time period of 4:00 pm (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately prior to such holiday or weekend and 2:00 pm (New York City time) on the day immediately prior to the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Financing), the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of the Company’s intention to effect a Subsequent Financing (a “Subsequent Financing Notice”), which notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term sheet and transaction documents relating thereto as an attachment.

 

Any Holder desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide written notice to the Company by 6:30 am (New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date on which the Subsequent Financing Notice is delivered to such Holder (the “Notice Termination Time”) that such Holder is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of such Holder’s participation, and representing and warranting that such Holder has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company receives no such notice from a Holder as of such Notice Termination Time, such Holder shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does not elect to participate in such Subsequent Financing.

 

If, by the Notice Termination Time, notifications by the Holders of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing (or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.

 

If, by the Notice Termination Time, the Company receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Holders seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each such Holder shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of the Participation Maximum. “Pro Rata Portion” means the ratio of (x) the Warrants Exercise Price by a Holder participating under this Section and (y) the sum of the aggregate Warrants Exercise Price by all Holders participating under this Section.

 

The Company must provide the Holders with a second Subsequent Financing Notice, and the Holders will again have the right of participation set forth above in this Section, if the definitive agreement related to the initial Subsequent Financing Notice is not entered into for any reason on the terms set forth in such Subsequent Financing Notice within two (2) Trading Days after the date of delivery of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.

 

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The Company and each Holder agree that, if any Holder elects to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the transaction documents related to the Subsequent Financing shall not include any term or provision that, directly or indirectly, will, or is intended to, exclude one or more of the Holders from participating in a Subsequent Financing, including, but not limited to, provisions whereby such Holder shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any the securities of the Company or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, this letter agreement, without the prior written consent of such Holder. In addition, the Company and each Holder agree that, in connection with a Subsequent Financing, the transaction documents related to the Subsequent Financing shall include a requirement for the Company to issue a widely disseminated press release by 9:30 am (New York City time) on the Trading Day of execution of the transaction documents in such Subsequent Financing (or, if the date of execution is not a Trading Day, on the immediately following Trading Day) that discloses the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the transaction documents in such Subsequent Financing.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section and unless otherwise agreed to by such Holder, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Holder that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the securities in the Subsequent Financing, in either case in such a manner such that such Holder will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by 9:30 am (New York City time) on the second (2nd) Trading Day following date of delivery of the Subsequent Financing Notice. If by 9:30 am (New York City time) on such second (2nd) Trading Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by such Holder, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and such Holder shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this paragraph (e) shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance. For purposes hereof, “Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company (provided if to consultants such issuance shall not exceed 100,000 in any calendar month, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement and provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144), (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder, warrants to the Placement Agent in connection with the transactions pursuant to this Agreement and any securities upon exercise of warrants to the Placement Agent and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, (d) shares of Common Stock, options or convertible securities issued to banks, equipment lessors or other financial institutions, or to real property lessors, pursuant to a debt financing, equipment leasing or real property leasing transaction approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith, (e) shares of Common Stock, options or convertible securities issued to in connection with the provision of goods pursuant to transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith, and (f) options or convertible securities issued in connection with sponsored research, collaboration, technology license, development, marketing, investor relations or other similar agreements or strategic partnerships approved a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith.

 

f) Trading Market. The transactions contemplated under this letter agreement comply with all the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of Warrant

 

 

 

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NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

SMART FOR LIFE, INC.

 

Warrant Shares: _______ Initial Exercise Date: May ___, 2023

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, _____________ or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on _________1 (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Smart for Life, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), up to ______ shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:

 

“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee”  or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

 

1 Insert the date that is the 5.5 year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date, provided that, if such date is not a Trading Day, insert the immediately following Trading Day.

 

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“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

 

“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

“Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

 

“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

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“Transfer Agent” means Vstock Transfer, LLC, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 18 Lafayette Pl., Woodmere, NY 11598 and a email address of info@vstocktransfer.com, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

“Warrants” means this Warrant and other Common Stock purchase warrants issued by the Company.

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation as soon as reasonably practicable of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $____, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

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c) Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuantv to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
       
  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
       
  (X)  =  the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

“Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

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“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the OTCQB Venture Market (“OTCQB”) or the OTCQX Best Market (“OTCQX”) is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (“Pink Market”) operated by the OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

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ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

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vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be [4.99/9.99%] of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

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b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (or any Subsidiary), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity of the Company, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity of the Company (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, the Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders of Common Stock will be deemed to have received common stock of the Successor Entity (which Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction. “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of (1) the 30 day volatility, (2) the 100 day volatility or (3) the 365 day volatility, each of clauses (1)-(3) as obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to this Section 3(d) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the later of (i) five Business Days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall be added to the term “Company” under this Warrant (so that from and after the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, each and every provision of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally), and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally with the Company, may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company herein. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this Section 3(d) regardless of (i) whether the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock for the issuance of Warrant Shares and/or (ii) whether a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Initial Exercise Date.

 

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e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

f) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

g) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c) Warrant Register. 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 Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 5.7 of the Purchase Agreement.

 

e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

 

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b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

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Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

********************

 

(Signature Page Follows)

 

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

 

  SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
   
  By:      
  Name:   
  Title:  

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: SMART FOR LIFE, INC.

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

☐ in lawful money of the United States; or

 

☐ if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

_______________________________

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: _____________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: ________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________ FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

Date: _______________________________________________________________________________

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

 

Name:
  (Please Print)
   
Address:
(Please Print)
 
Phone Number:
 
Email Address:  
   
Dated: _______________ __, ______  
Holder’s Signature:_______________  
Holder’s Address:________________  

 

 

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EX-99.1 24 ea179431ex99-1_smartfor.htm PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON MAY 26, 2023

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

Smart for Life Announces Successful Debt Refinancing as Part of Company’s Balance Sheet Transformation

 

Conversion Includes Over $5.8 Million of Debt into Equity and Over $1.2 Million by Executive Management and the Board of Directors

 

Miami, FL – May 26, 2023 – Globe Newswire – Smart for Life, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMFL) (“Smart for Life” or the “Company”), a high growth global leader in the Health & Wellness sector marketing and manufacturing nutritional foods and supplements worldwide, today announced a series of related transactions in support of a comprehensive plan to refinance its capital structure and enhance its balance sheet.

 

This refinancing includes the Company’s successful conversion of over $5.8 million of debt into equity. In addition, over $1.2 million of deferred compensation for Smart for Life’s executive management team and the Company’s board of directors is being converted into equity under the same terms. More specifically, the aforementioned conversions are being made into the Company’s Series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, that is convertible into common stock at an exercise price of $2.23 per share.

 

“Smart for Life is pleased to announce this successful refinancing of our capital structure and achieving a significant transformation of our balance sheet as a result,” stated Darren Minton, CEO of Smart for Life. “We appreciate the overwhelming support of our note holders who were willing to convert over $5.8 million of debt to equity, significantly improving our balance sheet and increasing our shareholders’ equity. In addition, we believe converting $1.2 million of deferred compensation by the executive management team and board of directors demonstrates our alignment and confidence in the outlook for the business. We believe these steps will not only unlock significant value for shareholders, but also help further support our listing on Nasdaq. Overall, we believe Smart for Life is positioning itself for significant growth as we transform our balance sheet and continue working towards our near-term goal of $100 million in annualized revenues and sustainable profitability.”

 

Additional details regarding the transactions will be available in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and on the Company’s website.

 

About Smart for Life, Inc.

 

Smart for Life, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMFL) is engaged in the development, marketing, manufacturing, acquisition, operation and sale of a broad spectrum of nutritional and related products with an emphasis on health and wellness. Structured as a publicly held global holding company, the Company is executing a Buy-and-Build strategy with serial accretive acquisitions creating a vertically integrated company with an objective of aggregating companies generating a minimum of $300 million in revenues by the fourth quarter of 2026. To drive growth and earnings, Smart for Life is developing proprietary products as well as acquiring other profitable companies, encompassing brands, manufacturing and distribution channels. The Company currently operates five subsidiaries including Doctors Scientific Organica, Nexus Offers, Bonne Santé Natural Manufacturing, GSP Nutrition/Sports Illustrated Nutrition and Ceautamed Worldwide/Greens First. For more information about Smart for Life, please visit: www.smartforlifecorp.com.

 

Video regarding the Company’s manufacturing facility at Bonne Santé Natural Manufacturing is available at: www.bonnesantemanufacturing.com/video.

 

Investor material and a Fact Sheet with additional information about Smart for Life is available at: www.smartforlifecorp.com/investor-center.

 


 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release may contain information about our views of future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations of Smart for Life’s future economic performance, taking into account the information currently available to it. These statements are not statements of historical fact. Although Smart for Life believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Smart for Life does not undertake any duty to update any statements contained herein (including any forward-looking statements), except as required by law. No assurances can be made that Smart for Life will successfully acquire its acquisition targets. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of factors, risks and uncertainties, some of which are not currently known to us, that may cause Smart for Life’s actual results, performance or financial condition to be materially different from the expectations of future results, performance or financial position. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations discussed in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include general industry considerations, regulatory changes, changes in local or national economic conditions and other risks set forth in “Risk Factors” included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Disclaimer

 

The information provided in this press release is intended for general knowledge only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

 

Investor Relations Contact

 

Crescendo Communications, LLC

Tel: (212) 671-1021

SMFL@crescendo-ir.com

 

 

 

 

 

EX-99.2 25 ea179431ex99-2_smartfor.htm PRESS RELEASE ISSUES ON MAY 30, 2023

Exhibit 99.2

 

Smart for Life Announces Exercise of Warrants for $4.5 Million in Gross Proceeds

 

MIAMI, May 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Smart for Life, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMFL) (“Smart for Life” or the “Company”), a high growth global leader in the Health & Wellness sector marketing and manufacturing nutritional foods and supplements worldwide, today announced the agreement by several accredited investors to exercise certain outstanding warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,513,750 shares of common stock of the Company issued by the Company on July 1, 2021 and August 18, 2021, each having an exercise price of $2.59 per share, at a reduced exercise price of $1.30 per share. The shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are registered pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-271701). The gross proceeds to the Company from the exercise of the warrants are expected to be approximately $4.5 million, prior to deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses.

 

H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

 

In consideration for the immediate exercise of the warrants for cash, the exercising holders will receive new unregistered warrants to purchase shares of common stock. The new warrants will be exercisable into an aggregate of up to 7,027,500 shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $2.17 per share and have a term of exercise equal to five and one-half years.

 

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

 

The new warrants described above were offered in a private placement pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and, along with the shares of common stock issuable upon their exercise, have not been registered under the 1933 Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The securities were offered only to accredited investors. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the new warrants.

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

 

About Smart for Life, Inc.

 

Smart for Life, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMFL) is engaged in the development, marketing, manufacturing, acquisition, operation and sale of a broad spectrum of nutritional and related products with an emphasis on health & wellness. Structured as a publicly held global holding company, the Company is executing a Buy-and-Build strategy with serial accretive acquisitions creating a vertically integrated company with an objective of aggregating companies generating a minimum of $300 million in annualized revenues by the fourth quarter of 2026. To drive growth and earnings, Smart for Life is developing proprietary products as well as acquiring other profitable companies, encompassing brands, manufacturing and distribution channels. The Company currently operates five subsidiaries including Doctors Scientific Organica, Nexus Offers, Bonne Santé Natural Manufacturing, GSP Nutrition/Sports Illustrated Nutrition and Ceautamed Worldwide/Greens First. For more information about Smart for Life, please visit: www.smartforlifecorp.com.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This press release may contain information about our views of future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations of Smart for Life’s future economic performance, taking into account the information currently available to it. These statements are not statements of historical fact. Although Smart for Life believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Smart for Life does not undertake any duty to update any statements contained herein (including any forward-looking statements), except as required by law. No assurances can be made that Smart for Life will successfully acquire its acquisition targets. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of factors, risks and uncertainties, some of which are not currently known to us, that may cause Smart for Life’s actual results, performance or financial condition to be materially different from the expectations of future results, performance or financial position. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations discussed in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include general industry considerations, regulatory changes, changes in local or national economic conditions and other risks set forth in “Risk Factors” included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Investor Relations Contact

 

Crescendo Communications, LLC

Tel: (212) 671-1021

SMFL@crescendo-ir.com