Exhibit 4.1


 


SIXTH
AMENDMENT TO


SENIOR
SECURED NOTES AND WAIVER


 


THIS
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO SENIOR SECURED NOTES AND WAIVER (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of October
21, 2016 by and among Ener-Core, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned, and amends
those certain Senior Secured Notes dated as of April 23, 2015 (as amended to date, the “Notes”) as issued by
the Company pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 22, 2015, by and among the Company, the “Buyers”
identified therein, and the Collateral Agent identified therein (as amended to date, the “Agreement”). Capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Notes.


 


RECITALS


 


WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 15 of the Notes, the written consent of the holders of Notes representing at least a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, including Empery Asset Master, Ltd. (“Empery”) so long as Empery
or any of its Affiliates holds any Notes (the “Required Holders”), shall be required for any change
or amendment or waiver of any provision of the Notes, provided that any such amendment or waiver does not disproportionately,
materially and adversely affect the rights and obligations of any Holder relative to the comparable rights and obligations of
the other Holders;


 


WHEREAS,
any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with Section 15 of the Notes is binding upon all holders of Notes;


 


WHEREAS,
the Company and the Required Holders previously amended the Agreement to extend the applicable period for the Company to
list its Common Stock on a national securities exchange and wish to conform the language of the Notes consistent with such prior
adjustment; and


 


WHEREAS,
the parties hereto wish to amend the Notes as set forth below.


 


AGREEMENT


 


NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:  


 


ARTICLE
I

AMENDMENTS TO THE NOTES


 


Section
1.1Event of Default. Section 4(a)(i) of the Notes is hereby amended and restated as follows:


 


“(i)the
suspension of the Common Stock from trading for a period of five (5) or more consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate
of ten (10) Trading Days in any 365 day period or the failure of the Common Stock to be listed or quoted on an Eligible Market;”


 


Section
1.2Eligible Market. Section 29(i) of the Notes is hereby amended and restated as follows:


 


“(i)
“Eligible Market” The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The
NASDAQ Capital Market, the NYSE MKT or the Principal Market.”


 


ARTICLE
II


WAIVER


 


Section
2.1Waiver. Any Event of Default pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) of the Notes occurring from or after October 22, 2015,
and through and including the effective date of this Amendment (the “Period”), is irrevocably waived on behalf
of all holders of Notes (the “Waiver”). Such Waiver shall extend to, without limitation any adjustments of
terms, applications of alternate rights and any Company restrictions that would have arisen from any such Event of Default.


 


Section
2.2Acknowledgement of Waiver. Each Required Holder hereby represents and warrants to the Company that: (i) such
holder has the full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Waiver, and (ii) this Waiver has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the holder and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
holder, enforceable against each of the holders of the Notes, in accordance with its terms.


 






    	 		 



     

    

 


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MISCELLANEOUS


 


Section
3.1 Effect of this Amendment. This Amendment shall form a part of each Note for all purposes, and each holder thereof
shall be bound hereby. This Amendment shall only be deemed to be in full force and effect from and after both the execution of
this Amendment by the parties hereto and the execution of agreements substantially identical to this Amendment by the Company
and holders of Notes representing at least a majority of the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding
and (2) the aggregate principal amount of the April 2015 Notes (as defined in the Agreement) then outstanding that, together with
undersigned, constituting the Required Holders. From and after such effectiveness, any reference to the Notes shall be deemed
to be a reference to the Notes as amended hereby. Except as specifically amended as set forth herein, each term and condition
of the Notes shall continue in full force and effect.


 


Section
3.2 Entire Agreement. This Amendment, together with the Notes, contains the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes
any prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements between them concerning the subject matter of this Amendment.


 


Section
3.3 Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by the internal law of the State of New York.


 


Section
3.4 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to
a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document. This Amendment may be executed
by fax or electronic mail, in PDF format, and no party hereto may contest this Amendment’s validity solely because a signature
was faxed or otherwise sent electronically.


 


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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Sixth Amendment to Senior Secured Notes and Waiver as of the date first
written above.


 


	 	COMPANY:
	 	 
	 	ENER-CORE,
    INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	      
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:  


 





[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to Senior
Secured Notes and Waiver—April 2015] 


 




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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Sixth Amendment to Senior Secured Notes and Waiver as of the date first
written above.


 


	 	HOLDER:

	 	 	 
	 	By:	      
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:


 


[Signature
Page to Sixth Amendment to Senior Secured Notes and Waiver—April 2015] 




 


 


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