EXHIBIT
10.2


 


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 AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITY.


 


THE
HOLDER AGREES HEREIN TO SUBORDINATE THE INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO HOLDER UNDER THIS NOTE TO THE COMPANY’S SENIOR LENDER(S).


 


Original
Issue Date: April 1, 2022


 


$_______________


 


 


12%
SUBORDINATED pROMISSORY NOTE


DUE
March 30, 2025


 


THIS
12% SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 12% Subordinated Promissory Notes of Intellinetics,
Inc., a Nevada corporation, (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at 2190 Dividend Drive, Columbus,
OH 43228, designated as its 12% Subordinated Promissory Note due March 30, 2025 (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 March 30, 2025 (the “Maturity Date”)
or such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the
aggregate then outstanding principal amount of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Note is subject to the following
additional provisions:


  




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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 Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w)
of Regulation S-X) 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 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 or (g) 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 except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day
on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.


 


“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 50%
of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of the Securities issued together with the Notes), (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 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 the Original Issue Date (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 execution 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.


 




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“Common
Stock” shall mean shares of the Company’s common capital stock, par value $0.001.


 


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


 


“Fundamental
Transaction” means one of the following: (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, 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 (excluding specifically the license or other disposition of the Company’s intellectual property in the ordinary course
of business), (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, (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 or scheme of arrangement) with another
Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including
any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons
making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination).


 


“Interest
Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).


 


“Mandatory
Default Amount” means the sum of (a) 120% of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus 100% of accrued and unpaid
interest hereon, and (b) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of this Note.


 


“New
York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).


 


“Note
Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).


 


“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.


 




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“Purchase
Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 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 51% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.


 


“Senior
Lenders” means any future senior lender to the Company.


 


“Trading
Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.


 


“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 MKT, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the
New York Stock Exchange, or the OTCQB operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or any successors to any of the foregoing).


 


Section
2. Interest.


 


a)
Payment of Interest in Cash. The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of
this Note at the rate of 12.0% per annum in the aggregate, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, payable quarterly in cash in arrears
on the first Business Day of each fiscal quarter, beginning on June 30, 2022 and on the Maturity Date (each such date, an “Interest
Payment Date”) (if any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding
Business Day). If any quarterly interest payment is not made by its Interest Payment Date, then the interest shall accrue at the rate
of 14%. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(i) below, interest shall accrue and be payable
in cash at the rate of 14% per annum.


 


b)
Interest Calculations. Interest on the outstanding principal amount shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting
of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding
principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been
made. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration
and transfers of this Note (the “Note Register”).


 


c)
Prepayment. The Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Note without the prior written consent of the Holder,
provided, however, that any prepayment is done on a pro rata basis on all Notes then outstanding.


 




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Section
3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.


 


a)
Different Denominations. 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.


 


b)
Investment Representations. This Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set
forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws
and regulations.


 


c)
Reliance on Note Register. Prior to presentment for transfer to the Company of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company
may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly registered on the Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving
payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.


 


Section
4. Negative Covenants. As long as at least 25% of the original aggregate principal amount of all Notes remains outstanding,
unless the Required Holders (and treating any Notes owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company as not outstanding for such
purpose) shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly:


 


a)
amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially
and adversely affects any rights of the Holder (which limitation shall expressly not apply to any proposal to increase the number of
authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock);


 


b)
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;


 


c)
pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company; or


 


d)
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 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).


 




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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) and except as shall have been effected with the
consent of the Required Holders:


 


i.
any default in the payment of the principal amount of any Note, which default is not cured within 10 calendar days;


 


ii.
the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Notes which failure is not cured, if possible
to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five (5) Business Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder
to the Company and (B) 10 Business 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 (A) any of the Notes or (B) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary
is obligated (and not covered by clause (vi) below);


 


iv.
any representation or warranty made in this Note, any other Note, 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 Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) shall be subject to a Bankruptcy
Event;


 


vi.
the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, 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 an obligation greater
than $150,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming (subject
to any applicable cure period) or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;


 




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vii.
the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on a Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing
or quotation for trading thereon within five Trading Days;


 


viii.
the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all
or in excess of 50% 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 excluding specifically any license or other disposition involving continued royalty or similar payments
of the Company’s intellectual property assets in the ordinary course of business);


 


ix.
the Company shall materially breach any of the Notes; or


 


x.
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 45 calendar days.


 


b)
Remedies Upon Event of Default. If an Event of Default occurs pursuant to Section 5(a)(i), the outstanding principal amount of
this Note, plus accrued but unpaid interest, and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become,
at the Holder’s election and upon notice thereof to the Company, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount.
If an Event of Default occurs pursuant to Sections 5(a)(ii) - 5(a)(xii), the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus accrued
but unpaid interest, and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s
election and upon notice thereof to the Company, immediately due and payable in cash. Commencing 5 days after the occurrence of any Event
of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Note, the interest rate on this Note shall accrue at an interest rate equal
to the lesser of 12% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of this Note pursuant to
this Section 5(b), 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 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 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.


 




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c)
Subordination. Holder agrees and acknowledges that this Note is subordinate to the obligation of the Company to the Senior Lender(s).
The Holder hereby agrees, upon the request of the Senior Lender(s) at any time and from time to time, to execute such other documents
or instruments as may be reasonably requested by the Senior Lender(s) further to evidence of public record or otherwise the priority
of the Senior Lender(s) as contemplated hereby.


 


Section
6. 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, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the
address set forth above, or such other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder
delivered in accordance with this Section 6(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 facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed
to each Holder at the facsimile number or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number
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 date of transmission,
if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior
to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Business Day
or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, (iii) the second Business 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, liquidated damages and accrued interest, 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 Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.


 


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.


 




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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 the Notes (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 Notes), 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 attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.


 


e)
Amendments, Waivers. No provision of the Notes may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument
signed by the Company and Required Holders, which upon execution of such written instrument shall be effective as to all Notes then outstanding.
Any waiver by the Company or the Required Holders of a breach of any provision of the Notes 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 the Notes. The failure of the Company or the
Required Holders to insist upon strict adherence to any term of the 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 the Notes on any other occasion.
Any waiver by the Company or the Required Holders must be in writing.


 




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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)
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.


 


h)
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.


 


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(Signature
Pages Follow)


 




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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.


 


	 	Intellinetics,
    inc.
	 	 	                   
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 


 




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