Contract

Exhibit 10.3

EXECUTION VERSION

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. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

Original Issue Date: June [  ], 2022 $[  ]

ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SENIOR SECURED NOte

DUE DECEMBER [   ], 2022

THIS ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SENIOR SECURED NOTE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued Original Issue Senior Secured Notes of MusclePharm Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at 0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000, designated as its Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Note due December [  ], 2022 (this Note, the “Note” and, collectively with the other Notes of such series, the “Notes”).

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to [  ] or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $[  ] on December [  ], 2022 (the “Maturity Date”) or such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder. This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Bankruptcy Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts, (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, (h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

“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 are generally open for use by customers on such day.

“Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of exercise of the Warrants issued together with the Notes), where such individual or legal entity or “group” prior to such acquisition did not own in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company; provided, that for any individual or legal entity or “group” that owns in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company as of the date of the Purchase Agreement, such individual or legal entity or “group” holds 75% or more of the voting securities of the Company after giving effect to any such acquisition, (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, (c) the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on October 13, 2021 (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or (e) the consummation by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above.

“Designee” means Empery Tax Efficient, LP.

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

“Mandatory Default Amount” means the sum of (a) 120% of the outstanding principal amount of this Note and (b) all other amounts, costs, expenses, interest and liquidated damages due in respect of this Note.

“New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

“Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of the Notes, regardless of any transfers of any Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Notes.

“Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes; (b) Indebtedness pursuant to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2016, between the Company and Prestige Capital Corporation, as amended or modified through the date hereof; (c) Indebtedness evidenced by that certain Secured Revolving Promissory Note, dated October 15, 2020 by and between the Company and Xxxx Xxxxxxx, in the maximum principal amount of $3,000,000, as amended and restated by that certain Convertible Secured Promissory Note dated as of August 13, 2021 in the principal amount of $2.5 million; (d) Indebtedness evidenced by that certain convertible secured promissory note dated November 29, 2020 in the original principal amount of $2.9 million issued to Xxxx Xxxxxxx, which amended and restated a convertible secured promissory note dated as of August 21, 2020; (e) Indebtedness evidenced by the Unsecured Revolving Promissory Note dated March 8, 2022 issued by the Company in favor of Xxxx Xxxxxxx, as may be amended to contemplate that such Indebtedness be secured by certain assets of the Company and its subsidiaries; provided, that (1) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is less than or equal to $5 million and (2) such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the MSLP Notes pursuant to a written intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; (f) Indebtedness that may become due or payable to ThermoLife International LLC pursuant to that certain complaint initially filed against the Company by ThermoLife International LLC in Arizona state court; (g) Indebtedness evidenced by certain Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Notes dated as of October 13, 2021 in the maximum principal amount of $8,197,674.42, which principal amount was increased to $9,759,135.00 (including an original issuance discount) contemporaneously with the issuance of the Notes (the “October 2021 Notes” and together with the Notes, the “MSLP Notes”); (h) lease obligations and purchase money Indebtedness of up to $300,000, in the aggregate, incurred in connection with the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to newly acquired or leased assets; provided, that in order for a new lease to be considered to be Permitted Indebtedness, the landlord with respect to such new lease shall be required to deliver to the Collateral Agent a landlord consent in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent to enable the Collateral Agent to access collateral on such property upon an Event of Default; (i) trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (j) Indebtedness evidenced by the Settlement Agreements; and (k) Indebtedness that (A) is expressly subordinated to the MSLP Notes pursuant to a written subordination agreement with the Required Holders that is reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders and (B) does not require any payment of principal, whether at maturity, pursuant to amortization, a sinking fund or otherwise, at a date earlier than 91 days following the Maturity Date.

“Permitted Lien” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien, (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g) and (h).

“Purchase Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2022 among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“Required Holders” means holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and shall include the Designee so long as the Designee or any of its Affiliates holds any Notes.

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

“Settlement Agreements” means (i) the Settlement Agreement, dated November 7, 2016 by and between the Company and F.H.G. Corporation d/b/a Capstone Nutrition, INI Parent, Inc., INI Buyer, Inc. and Medley Capital Corporation, (ii) Settlement Agreement, dated September 25, 2020 by and between the Company and NBF Holdings Canada Inc., (iii) Settlement Agreement, dated November 7, 2020 by and between the Company and Excelsior Nutrition, Inc., and (iv) Settlement Agreement, Covenant Not to Sue and General Release, dated November 2, 2021, by and among the Company, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, CPA, Xxxxxxx Consulting Group, P.C., Stratagem, P.C. and Applied Economics, LLC, in each case, as in effect as of the date hereof.

“Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated the date of the Purchase Agreement, by each Subsidiary in favor of the Holders.

“Transaction Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, this Note, the Subsidiary Guarantee, and all documents executed in connection therewith and herewith.

“Warrants” means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Holders on the Original Issue Date pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

“Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

Section 2. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.

Section 3. Negative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, unless the Required Holders shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

a) other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any Indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

b) other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

c) amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its articles/certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder;

d) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other than as to the Warrant Shares as permitted or required under the Transaction Documents;

e) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness, other than (i) as contemplated in clause (b) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, but only to the extent repaid with the collection of accounts receivable of the Company obtained in the ordinary course of business, (ii) as contemplated in clause (e), clause (i) or clause (j) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and (iii) the MSLP Notes if on a pro-rata basis as permitted or required under the Transaction Documents, provided that any such payments shall not be permitted if, at such time, or after giving effect to such payment, any Event of Default exists or occurs;

f) declare or pay cash dividends or distributions on any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents;

g) enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on commercially reasonable terms and on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval), other than for (i) payment of salary for services rendered in amounts not to exceed the amounts provided for under agreements in place as of the date of the Purchase Agreement, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock grants and stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company; or

h) consummate any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

In the event more than one grace, cure or notice period is applicable to an Event of Default, then the shortest grace, cure or notice period shall be applicable thereto.

Section 4. Mandatory Redemption.

a) Occurrence of Mandatory Redemption. While this Note is outstanding, the Company shall use at least 25% of the net proceeds of any offering of its securities, including the Public Offering (any such offering, a “Subsequent Offering” and 25% of such net proceeds from such Subsequent Offering, the “Net Proceeds”) to redeem this Note in full, including the Principal Amount and all other amounts due and payable pursuant to this Note, and all other then outstanding MSLP Notes (a “Mandatory Redemption”); provided, however, that if the Net Proceeds of the Subsequent Offering are less than the amount required to repay all of the MSLP Notes in full, (i) the Company’s repayment obligation under this Section 4(a) shall be limited to the amount of such Net Proceeds, (ii) the Net Proceeds shall be applied to all of the MSLP Notes then outstanding pro rata based on the principal amount of such MSLP Notes then outstanding and (iii) the Company shall effect successive Mandatory Redemptions upon each Subsequent Offering until the MSLP Notes are repaid in full or otherwise no longer outstanding.

b) Mandatory Notices. With respect to each Mandatory Redemption, the Company shall deliver a written notice to all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes (the “Mandatory Redemption Notice” and the date such notice is delivered to all such holders is referred to as a “Mandatory Redemption Notice Date”) (a) stating the date on which the Mandatory Redemption shall occur (a “Mandatory Redemption Date”), which date shall be the date of the consummation of the applicable Subsequent Offering, (b) stating the expected amount of Net Proceeds with respect to the applicable Subsequent Offering and (c) contain a certification from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company that the Company has simultaneously taken the same action with respect to all of the MSLP Notes. Each Mandatory Redemption Notice shall be delivered no later than the first (1st) Trading Day following the announcement of the pricing of the applicable Subsequent Offering, and the Company shall make a public announcement containing the information set forth in the applicable Mandatory Redemption Notice on or before the related Mandatory Redemption Notice Date to the extent that the notice contains any, or constitutes, material, non-public information.

c) Mandatory Redemption Procedure. The payment of cash pursuant to the Mandatory Redemption shall be payable in full on the Trading Day immediately following the Mandatory Redemption Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Holder’s wire instructions. If any portion of the payment pursuant to a Mandatory Redemption shall not be paid by the Company by the applicable due date, interest shall accrue thereon at an interest rate equal to the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law until such amount is paid in full. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(c), the Net Proceeds shall be applied ratably among the Holders of the MSLP Notes.

Section 5. Events of Default.

a) “Event of Default” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

	(i)	any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Note or (B) liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any Note, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of a default under clause (B) above, is not cured within three (3) Trading Days;
	(ii)	the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement in any material respect (except to the extent any such covenant or agreement is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case, in any respect) contained in the Notes or in any Transaction Document, which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five (5) Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) ten (10) Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;
	(iii)	a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under any of the Transaction Documents;

	(iv)	any representation or warranty made in this Note, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;
	(v)	the Company or any Subsidiary shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;
	(vi)	the Company or any Subsidiary shall default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument) on any of its obligations under any mortgage, promissory note, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves, individually or in the aggregate, an obligation greater than $100,000, whether any such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;
	(vii)	the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 33% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction) and such transaction or series of transactions will be consummated on or prior to the date that this Note is repaid in full;
	(viii)	any dissolution, liquidation, winding up or cessation of operations by the Company, of a substantial portion of its business;
	(ix)	the failure by the Company or any Subsidiary to maintain any intellectual property rights, personal, real property, equipment or leases or other assets which are necessary to conduct its business (whether now or in the future) and such breach is not cured within twenty (20) days of such occurrence;
	(x)	the occurrence of an Event of Default under any other MSLP Note;
	(xi)	any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $100,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days;
	(xii)	the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail in any material respect to perform or comply with any covenant or agreement contained in any Security Document to which it is a party (except to the extent any such covenant or agreement is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case, in any respect);
	(xiii)	any material provision of any Security Document (as determined in good faith by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) shall at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company or any Subsidiary intended to be a party thereto, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any Subsidiary or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company or any Subsidiary shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Security Document;
	(xiv)	any Security Document, after delivery thereof pursuant hereto, shall for any reason fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien (except with respect to accounts receivables, a second priority Lien) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the MSLP Notes on any Collateral (as defined in the Security Documents) purported to be covered thereby, except to the extent the Collateral Agent determines not to pursue perfection of any applicable Lien;

(xv) any bank at which any deposit account, blocked account, or lockbox account of the Company or any Subsidiary is maintained shall fail to comply with any material term of any deposit account, blocked account, lockbox account or similar agreement to which such bank is a party or any securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other financial institution at any time in custody, control or possession of any investment property of the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to comply with any of the terms of any investment property control agreement to which such Person is a party (it being understood that only accounts pursuant to which the Collateral Agent has requested account control agreements should be subject to this clause (xv));

	(xvi)	Xxxxxx Xxxxx shall at any time not be serving as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board of Directors, in each case for any reason; provided that if Xx. Xxxxx resigns as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and/or as a member of the Board of Directors, in each case without Good Reason (as defined below), the Company shall have forty five (45) days to cure this Event of Default by replacing Xx. Xxxxx with another Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors, in each case that is not objectionable to the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, provided, however, such approval by the Collateral Agent of the replacement Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors shall not be unreasonably withheld by the Collateral Agent. “Good Reason” as used above, shall mean a material diminution in her job title, salary, reporting relationships, responsibilities or authority; or
	(xvii)	any material damage to, or loss, theft or destruction of the Collateral or a material amount of property of the Company, whether or not insured, or any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo, condemnation, act of God or public enemy, or other casualty which causes, for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, the cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing activities at any facility of the Company or any Subsidiary, if any such event or circumstance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

b) Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount, except that upon an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5(a)(v), the Company shall immediately pay the Mandatory Default Amount to the Holder without the requirement for any notice or demand or other action by the Holder or any other Person; provided, that the Holder may, in its sole discretion, waive such right to receive payment upon an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5(a)(v), in whole or in part, and any such waiver shall not affect any other rights of the Holder hereunder, including any other rights in respect to any such Event of Default or any other amount, as applicable. Commencing five (5) days after the occurrence of any Event of Default and that results in the right or automatic acceleration of this Note, this Note shall accrue interest at an interest rate equal to the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory Default Amount, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note to, or as directed by, the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by the Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Note until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 5(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the rate of interest that may be payable pursuant to this Note at any time shall not exceed eighteen percent (18%) per annum.

Section 6. Security. The Notes are secured to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Security Documents.

Section 7. Miscellaneous.

a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above, or such other facsimile number, email address, or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 7(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the email address or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such email attachment or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

b) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and liquidated damages, as applicable, on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note ranks pari passu with all other MSLP Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth in the Transaction Documents, including the October 2021 Notes.

c) Lost or Mutilated Note. If this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Note, a new Note for the principal amount of this Note so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

d) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Note and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. This Note shall be deemed an unconditional obligation of the Company for the payment of money and, without limitation to any other remedies of Holder, may be enforced against the Company by summary proceeding pursuant to New York Civil Procedure Law and Rule Section 3213 or any similar rule or statute in the jurisdiction where enforcement is sought.

e) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Note on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

f) Severability. If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

g) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note.

h) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

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

j) Amendment. This Note may be amended, and any provisions hereof may be amended, by written consent of the Company and the Required Holders.

Section 8. Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

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

MUSCLEPHARM CORPORATION

By:

Name:

Title:

	Address:	0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxx
		Suite 130
		Las Vegas, NV 89118

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