Exhibit 10.1


 


Securities Purchase Agreement


 


This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 25, 2022 (the “Effective Date”),
is entered into by and between Guardforce AI Co., Limited, a Cayman Islands corporation
(“Company”), and Streeterville Capital, LLC, a Utah limited liability
company, its successors and/or assigns (“Investor”).


 


A. Company
and Investor are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon an exemption from securities registration afforded by the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).


 


B. Investor
desires to purchase and Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement a Convertible Promissory
Note, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in the original principal amount of $1,707,500.00 (the “Note”),
convertible into ordinary shares, $0.003 par value per share, of Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), upon the terms and
subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in the Note.


 


C. This
Agreement, the Note, and all other certificates, documents, agreements, resolutions and instruments delivered to any party under or in
connection with this Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time, are collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction
Documents”.


 


D. For
purposes of this Agreement: “Conversion Shares” means all Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of all or any portion
of the Note; and “Securities” means the Note and the Conversion Shares.


 


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the above recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Company
and Investor hereby agree as follows:


 


 1. Purchase and Sale of Securities.




 


1.1. Purchase
of Securities. Company shall issue and sell to Investor and Investor shall purchase from Company the Note. In consideration thereof,
Investor shall pay the Purchase Price (as defined below) to Company.


 


1.2. Form
of Payment. On the Closing Date (as defined below), Investor shall pay the Purchase Price to Company via wire transfer of immediately
available funds against delivery of the Note.


 


1.3. Closing
Date. Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver) of the conditions set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 below, the date of the
issuance and sale of the Note pursuant to this Agreement (the “Closing Date”) shall be October 25, 2022, or another
mutually agreed upon date. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall occur
on the Closing Date by means of the exchange by email of signed .pdf documents, but shall be deemed for all purposes to have occurred
at the offices of Hansen Black Anderson Ashcraft PLLC in Lehi, Utah.


 


1.4. Transaction
Expense Amount; Issuance Expenses. The Note carries an original issue discount of $187,500.00 (the “OID”). In addition,
Company agrees to pay $20,000.00 to Investor to cover Investor’s legal fees, accounting costs, due diligence, monitoring and other
transaction costs incurred in connection with the purchase and sale of the Securities (the “Transaction Expense Amount”).
The “Purchase Price”, therefore, shall be $1,500,000.00, computed as follows: $1,707,500.00 initial principal balance,
less the OID, less the Transaction Expense Amount.


 






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2. Investor’s
Representations and Warranties. Investor represents and warrants to Company that as of the Closing Date: (i) this Agreement has been
duly and validly authorized; (ii) this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Investor enforceable in accordance with
its terms; and (iii) Investor is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the 1933
Act.


 


3. Company’s
Representations and Warranties. Company represents and warrants to Investor that as of the Closing Date: (i) Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the requisite corporate
power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted; (ii) Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation
to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary; (iii) Company has registered its Ordinary Shares under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “1934 Act”), and is obligated to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the 1934 Act; (iv) each of the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly and validly
authorized by Company and all necessary actions have been taken; (v) the Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by
Company and constitute the valid and binding obligations of Company enforceable in accordance with their terms; (vi) the execution and
delivery of the Transaction Documents by Company, the issuance of Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and the consummation
by Company of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach
by Company of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (a) Company’s Second Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association, as currently in effect, (b) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other material agreement or instrument
to which Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets are bound, including, without limitation, any listing agreement
for the Ordinary Shares, or (c) any existing applicable law, rule, or regulation or any applicable decree, judgment, or order of any court,
United States federal, state or foreign regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental body having jurisdiction over Company
or any of Company’s properties or assets; (vii) except as has been obtained prior to Closing, no further authorization, approval
or consent of any court, governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization, or stock exchange or market or the stockholders
or any lender of Company is required to be obtained by Company for the issuance of the Securities to Investor or the entering into of
the Transaction Documents; (viii) since April 1, 2022, the date that Company filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2021, none of Company’s filings with the SEC contained, at the time they were filed, any untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (ix) Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements
and other documents required to be filed by Company with the SEC under the 1934 Act on a timely basis or has received a valid extension
of such time of filing and has filed any such report, schedule, form, statement or other document prior to the expiration of any such
extension; (x) there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board or body pending or,
to the knowledge of Company, threatened against or affecting Company before or by any governmental authority or non-governmental department,
commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality or any other person, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have
a material adverse effect on Company or which would adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of
Company to perform its obligations under, any of the Transaction Documents; (xi) Company has not consummated any financing transaction
that has not been disclosed in a periodic filing or current report with the SEC under the 1934 Act; (xii) Company is not, nor has it been
at any time in the previous twelve (12) months, a “Shell Company,” as such type of “issuer” is described in Rule
144(i)(1) under the 1933 Act; (xiii) with respect to any commissions, placement agent or finder’s fees or similar payments that
will or would become due and owing by Company to any person or entity as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby
(“Broker Fees”), any such Broker Fees will be made in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and
only to a person or entity that is a registered investment adviser or registered broker-dealer; (xiv) Investor shall have no obligation
with respect to any Broker Fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other persons for fees of a type contemplated in
this subsection that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
each of Investor, Investor’s employees, officers, directors, stockholders, members, managers, agents, and partners, and their respective
affiliates, from and against all claims, losses, damages, costs (including the costs of preparation and attorneys’ fees) and expenses
suffered in respect of any such claimed Broker Fees; (xv) when issued, the Conversion Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid for and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, charges and encumbrances; (xvi) neither Investor nor any of its
officers, directors, stockholders, members, managers, employees, agents or representatives has made any representations or warranties
to Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents
and, in making its decision to enter into the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, Company is not relying on any representation,
warranty, covenant or promise of Investor or its officers, directors, members, managers, employees, agents or representatives other than
as set forth in the Transaction Documents; (xvii) Company acknowledges that the State of Utah has a reasonable relationship and sufficient
contacts to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and any dispute that may arise related thereto such that the laws
and venue of the State of Utah, as set forth more specifically in Section 10.2 below, shall be applicable to the Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated therein; (xviii) Company acknowledges that Investor is not registered as a ‘dealer’ under
the 1934 Act; and (xix) Company has performed due diligence and background research on Investor and its affiliates and has received and
reviewed the due diligence packet provided by Investor. Company, being aware of the matters and legal issues described in subsections
(xviii) and (xix) above, acknowledges and agrees that such matters, or any similar matters, have no bearing on the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents and covenants and agrees it will not use any such information or legal theory as a defense to performance
of its obligations under the Transaction Documents or in any attempt to avoid, modify, reduce, rescind or void such obligations.


 






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4. Company
Covenants. Until all of Company’s obligations under all of the Transaction Documents are paid and performed in full, or within
the timeframes otherwise specifically set forth below, Company will at all times comply with the following covenants: (i) so long as Investor
beneficially owns any of the Securities and for at least twenty (20) Trading Days thereafter, Company will timely file on the applicable
deadline all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, and will take all reasonable
action under its control to ensure that adequate current public information with respect to Company, as required in accordance with Rule
144 of the 1933 Act, is publicly available, and will not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act
even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination; (ii) when issued, the Conversion Shares will
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid for and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, charges and encumbrances;
(iii) the Ordinary Shares will be listed or quoted for trading on Nasdaq or NYSE; (iv) trading in the Ordinary Shares will not be suspended,
halted, chilled, frozen, reach zero bid or otherwise cease trading on Company’s principal trading market; (v) from the date that
Company issues an aggregate of $3,500,000.00 in Restricted Issuances (as defined below) (calculated beginning on the Closing Date) until
five (5) days after the Note is satisfied in full, Company will not make any Restricted Issuance without Investor’s prior written
consent, which consent may be granted or withheld in Investor’s sole and absolute discretion; (vi) Company shall not enter into
any agreement or otherwise agree to any covenant, condition, or obligation that locks up, restricts in any way or otherwise prohibits
Company: (a) from entering into a variable rate transaction with Investor or any affiliate of Investor, or (b) from issuing Ordinary Shares,
preferred stock, warrants, convertible notes, other debt securities, or any other Company securities to Investor or any affiliate of Investor;
and (vii) for investors investing at approximately the same time as Investor pursuant to a participation right, Company covenants and
agrees to use the Securities Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B with each such investor with any changes other than
those related to governing law, venue and arbitration to be approved in writing by Investor. For purposes hereof, the term “Restricted
Issuance” means the issuance, incurrence or guaranty of any debt obligations other than (A) trade payables in the ordinary course
of business or (B) debt obligations issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested
directors of Company that are expressly subordinated to the Note and would not be considered Restricted Issuances, or debt obligations
issued in financing transactions, the primary purpose of which is to finance acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority
of the disinterested directors of Company that are expressly subordinated to the Note and would not be considered Restricted Issuances,
or the issuance of any securities that (1) have or may have conversion rights of any kind, contingent, conditional or otherwise, in which
the number of shares that may be issued pursuant to such conversion right varies with the market price of the Ordinary Shares, (2) are
or may become convertible into Ordinary Shares (including without limitation convertible debt, warrants or convertible preferred shares),
with a conversion price that varies with the market price of the Ordinary Shares, even if such security only becomes convertible following
an event of default, the passage of time, or another trigger event or condition; or (3) have a fixed conversion price, exercise price
or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security
(A) due to a change in the market price of Company’s Ordinary Shares since the date of the initial issuance or (B) upon the occurrence
of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of Company; provided, however, that the term Restricted
Issuance shall not include the issuance of Ordinary Shares under an effective registration statement in an at-the-market offering. For
the avoidance of doubt, the issuance of Ordinary Shares under, pursuant to, in exchange for or in connection with any contract or instrument,
whether convertible or not, is deemed a Restricted Issuance for purposes hereof if the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued is based
upon or related in any way to the market price of the Ordinary Shares, including, but not limited to, Ordinary Shares issued in connection
with a Section 3(a)(9) exchange, a Section 3(a)(10) settlement, or any other similar settlement or exchange.


 


5. Conditions
to Company’s Obligation to Sell. The obligation of Company hereunder to issue and sell the Securities to Investor at the Closing
is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:


 


5.1. Investor
shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to Company.


 


5.2. Investor
shall have delivered the applicable Purchase Price to Company in accordance with Section 1.2 above.


 


6. Conditions
to Investor’s Obligation to Purchase. The obligation of Investor hereunder to purchase the Securities at the Closing is subject
to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following applicable conditions, provided that these conditions are
for Investor’s sole benefit and may be waived by Investor at any time in its sole discretion:


 


6.1. Company
shall have executed this Agreement and the Note delivered the same to Investor.


 


6.2. Company
shall have delivered to Investor a fully executed Irrevocable Letter of Instructions to Transfer Agent (the “TA Letter”)
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C acknowledged and agreed to in writing by Company’s transfer agent
(the “Transfer Agent”).


 






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6.3. Company
shall have delivered to Investor a fully executed Officer’s Certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
D evidencing Company’s approval of the Transaction Documents.


 


6.4. Company
shall have delivered to Investor a fully executed Share Issuance Resolution substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.


 


6.5. Company
shall have delivered to Investor fully executed copies of all other Transaction Documents required to be executed by Company herein or
therein.


 


7. Reservation
of Shares. On the date hereof, Company will reserve 30,000,000 Ordinary Shares from its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares to
provide for all issuances of Ordinary Shares under the Note (the “Share Reserve”). Company further agrees to add additional
Ordinary Shares to the Share Reserve in increments of 1,000,000 shares as and when requested by Investor if as of the date of any such
request the number of shares being held in the Share Reserve is less than three (3) times the number of Ordinary Shares obtained by dividing
the Outstanding Balance (as defined in the Note) as of the date of the request by the Conversion Price (as defined in the Note). Company
shall further require the Transfer Agent to hold the Ordinary Shares reserved pursuant to the Share Reserve exclusively for the benefit
of Investor and to issue such shares to Investor promptly upon Investor’s delivery of a Conversion Notice under the Note. Finally,
Company shall require the Transfer Agent to issue Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Note to Investor out of its authorized and unissued
shares, and not the Share Reserve, to the extent Ordinary Shares have been authorized, but not issued, and are not included in the Share
Reserve. The Transfer Agent shall only issue shares out of the Share Reserve to the extent there are no other authorized shares available
for issuance and then only with Investor’s written consent.


 


8. Most
Favored Nation. For a period of 180 days following the Closing Date, upon any issuance by Company of any security with any term or
condition more favorable to the holder of such security or with a term in favor of the holder of such security that was not similarly
provided to Investor in the Transaction Documents, then Company shall notify Investor of such additional or more favorable term and such
term, at Investor’s option, shall become a part of the Transaction Documents for the benefit of Investor. Additionally, if Company
fails to notify Investor of any such additional or more favorable term, but Investor becomes aware that Company has granted such a term
to any third party, Investor may notify Company of such additional or more favorable term and such term shall become a part of the Transaction
Documents retroactive to the date on which such term was granted to the applicable third party. The types of terms contained in another
security that may be more favorable to the holder of such security include, but are not limited to, terms addressing conversion discounts,
conversion lookback periods, interest rates, original issue discounts, stock sale price, conversion price per share, warrant coverage,
warrant exercise price, and anti-dilution/conversion and exercise price resets, but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include repayment
dates that are shorter than the maturity date of the Note.


 


9. OFAC;
Patriot Act.


 


9.1. OFAC
Certification. Company certifies that (i) it is not acting on behalf of any person, group, entity, or nation named by any Executive
Order or the United States Treasury Department, through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or otherwise,
as a terrorist, “Specially Designated Nation”, “Blocked Person”, or other banned or blocked person, entity, nation,
or transaction pursuant to any law, order, rule or regulation that is enforced or administered by OFAC or another department of the United
States government, and (ii) Company is not engaged in this transaction on behalf of, or instigating or facilitating this transaction on
behalf of, any such person, group, entity or nation.


 


9.2. Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting
on behalf of Company or any subsidiary has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, Company, used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful
payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision
of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
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9.3. Patriot
Act. Company shall not (i) be or become subject at any time to any law, regulation, or list of any government agency (including, without
limitation, the OFAC) that prohibits or limits Investor from making any advance or extension of credit to Company or from otherwise conducting
business with Company, or (ii) fail to provide documentary and other evidence of Company’s identity as may be requested by Investor
at any time to enable Investor to verify Company’s identity or to comply with any applicable law or regulation, including, without
limitation, Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318. Company shall comply with all requirements of law relating
to money laundering, anti-terrorism, trade embargos and economic sanctions, now or hereafter in effect. Upon Investor’s request
from time to time, Company shall certify in writing to Investor that Company’s representations, warranties and obligations under
this Section 9.3 remain true and correct and have not been breached. Company shall immediately notify Investor in writing if any of such
representations, warranties or covenants are no longer true or have been breached or if Company has a reasonable basis to believe that
they may no longer be true or have been breached. In connection with such an event, Company shall comply with all requirements of law
and directives of governmental authorities and, at Investor’s request, provide to Investor copies of all notices, reports and other
communications exchanged with, or received from, governmental authorities relating to such an event. Company shall also reimburse Investor
any expense incurred by Investor in evaluating the effect of such an event on the loan secured hereby, in obtaining any necessary license
from governmental authorities as may be necessary for Investor to enforce its rights under the Transaction Documents, and in complying
with all requirements of law applicable to Investor as the result of the existence of such an event and for any penalties or fines imposed
upon Investor as a result thereof.


 


10. Miscellaneous.
The provisions set forth in this Section 10 shall apply to this Agreement, as well as all other Transaction Documents as if these terms
were fully set forth therein; provided, however, that in the event there is a conflict between any provision set forth in this Section
10 and any provision in any other Transaction Document, the provision in such other Transaction Document shall govern.


 


10.1. Arbitration
of Claims. The parties shall submit all Claims (as defined in Exhibit E) arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document or any other agreement between the parties and their affiliates or any Claim relating to the relationship of the parties to binding
arbitration pursuant to the arbitration provisions set forth in Exhibit F attached hereto (the “Arbitration Provisions”).
For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the injunction described in Section 10.2 below may be pursued in an arbitration that
is separate and apart from any other arbitration regarding all other Claims arising under the Transaction Documents. The parties hereby
acknowledge and agree that the Arbitration Provisions are unconditionally binding on the parties hereto and are severable from all other
provisions of this Agreement. By executing this Agreement, Company represents, warrants and covenants that Company has reviewed the Arbitration
Provisions carefully, consulted with legal counsel about such provisions (or waived its right to do so), understands that the Arbitration
Provisions are intended to allow for the expeditious and efficient resolution of any dispute hereunder, agrees to the terms and limitations
set forth in the Arbitration Provisions, and that Company will not take a position contrary to the foregoing representations. Company
acknowledges and agrees that Investor may rely upon the foregoing representations and covenants of Company regarding the Arbitration Provisions.


 


10.2. Governing
Law; Venue. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Utah, without giving effect to
any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Utah or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application
of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Utah. Each party consents to and expressly agrees that the exclusive venue for
arbitration of any dispute arising out of or relating to any Transaction Document or the relationship of the parties or their affiliates
shall be in Salt Lake County, Utah. Without modifying the parties’ obligations to resolve disputes hereunder pursuant to the Arbitration
Provisions, for any litigation arising in connection with any of the Transaction Documents (and notwithstanding the terms (specifically
including any governing law and venue terms) of any transfer agent services agreement or other agreement between the Transfer Agent and
Company, such litigation specifically includes, without limitation any action between or involving Company and the Transfer Agent under
the TA Letter or otherwise related to Investor in any way (specifically including, without limitation, any action where Company seeks
to obtain an injunction, temporary restraining order, or otherwise prohibit the Transfer Agent from issuing Ordinary Shares to Investor
for any reason)), each party hereto hereby (i) consents to and expressly submits to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of any state or
federal court sitting in Salt Lake County, Utah, (ii) expressly submits to the exclusive venue of any such court for the purposes hereof,
(iii) agrees to not bring any such action (specifically including, without limitation, any action where Company seeks to obtain an injunction,
temporary restraining order, or otherwise prohibit the Transfer Agent from issuing Ordinary Shares to Investor for any reason) outside
of any state or federal court sitting in Salt Lake County, Utah, and (iv) waives any claim of improper venue and any claim or objection
that such courts are an inconvenient forum or any other claim, defense or objection to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdiction
or to any claim that such venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. Finally, Company covenants and agrees to name Investor
as a party in interest in, and provide written notice to Investor in accordance with Section 10.11 below prior to bringing or filing,
any action (including without limitation any filing or action against any person or entity that is not a party to this Agreement, including
without limitation the Transfer Agent) that is related in any way to the Transaction Documents or any transaction contemplated herein
or therein, including without limitation any action brought by Company to enjoin or prevent the issuance of any Ordinary Shares to Investor
by the Transfer Agent, and further agrees to timely name Investor as a party to any such action. Company acknowledges that the governing
law and venue provisions set forth in this Section 10.2 are material terms to induce Investor to enter into the Transaction Documents
and that but for Company’s agreements set forth in this Section 10.2 Investor would not have entered into the Transaction Documents.


 






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10.3. Specific
Performance. Company acknowledges and agrees that Investor may suffer irreparable harm in the event that Company fails to perform
any material provision of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents in accordance with its specific terms. It is accordingly
agreed that Investor shall be entitled to one or more injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement or such
other Transaction Document and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof or thereof, this being in addition to any other
remedy to which the Investor may be entitled under the Transaction Documents, at law or in equity. Company specifically agrees that: (a)
following an Event of Default (as defined in the Note) under the Note, Investor shall have the right to seek and receive injunctive relief
from a court or an arbitrator prohibiting Company from issuing any of its Ordinary Shares or preferred shares to any party unless the
Note is being paid in full simultaneously with such issuance; and (b) following a breach of Section 4(vi) above, Investor shall have the
right to seek and receive injunctive relief from a court or arbitrator invalidating such lock-up. Company specifically acknowledges that
Investor’s right to obtain specific performance constitutes bargained for leverage and that the loss of such leverage would result
in irreparable harm to Investor. Company specifically acknowledges that Investor’s right to obtain specific performance constitutes
bargained for leverage and that the loss of such leverage would result in irreparable harm to Investor. For the avoidance of doubt, in
the event Investor seeks to obtain an injunction from a court or an arbitrator against Company or specific performance of any provision
of any Transaction Document, such action shall not be a waiver of any right of Investor under any Transaction Document, at law, or in
equity, including without limitation its rights to arbitrate any Claim pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents, nor shall Investor’s
pursuit of an injunction prevent Investor, under the doctrines of claim preclusion, issues preclusion, res judicata or other similar legal
doctrines, from pursuing other Claims in the future in a separate arbitration.


 


10.4. Cayman
Proceeding. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents to the contrary and without limiting any
other rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents, each of Company and Investor agrees that: (a) Investor has the right
to make an application to the Cayman Islands Court to wind up Company pursuant to Cayman Islands statutes, regulations and rules, specifically
but not limited to the Cayman Islands Companies Act (2021 Revision), as amended, (a “Cayman Proceeding”) following
an Event of Default under the Note; (b) the Cayman Islands will be the exclusive venue for the Cayman Proceeding; (c) the Cayman Proceeding
will be governed by Cayman Islands law; and (d) in the event Investor brings a Cayman Proceeding and the Cayman Islands Court rules that
there is a bona fide dispute between the parties with respect to the debt that needs to be resolved, then such dispute between the parties
will immediately be removed to Utah for arbitration pursuant to the Arbitration Provisions.


 


10.5. No
Shorting. During the period beginning thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date and ending on the date the Notes have been repaid
in full or sold by Investor to a third party that is not an affiliate of Investor, neither Investor nor any of its subsidiaries, directors,
officers, employees or other affiliates has or will directly or indirectly engage in any open market Short Sales (as defined below) of
the Common Stock; provided; however, that unless and until Company has affirmatively demonstrated by the use of specific evidence
that Investor is engaging in open market Short Sales, Investor shall be assumed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section
10.5 and Company shall remain fully obligated to fulfill all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents; and provided, further,
that (i) Company shall under no circumstances be entitled to request or demand that Investor either (A) provide trading or other records
of Investor or of any party or (B) affirmatively demonstrate that Investor or any other party has not engaged in any such Short Sales
in breach of these provisions as a condition to Company’s fulfillment of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents,
(ii) Company shall not assert Investor’s or any other party’s failure to demonstrate such absence of such Short Sales or provide
any trading or other records of Investor or any other party as all or part of a defense to any breach of Company’s obligations under
any of the Transaction Documents, and (iii) Company shall have no setoff right with respect to any such Short Sales. As used herein,
“Short Sale” has the meaning provided in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the 1934 Act, and all short
positions effected through any direct or indirect stock pledges (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime
brokerage arrangements), forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis),
or sales or other short transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers.


 


10.6. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic
signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart
so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.


 






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10.7. Headings.
The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this
Agreement.


 


10.8. Severability.
In the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision
shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform to such statute or rule
of law. Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision hereof.


 


10.9. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents, contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect
to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither Company nor Investor makes
any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. For the avoidance of doubt, all prior term sheets
or other documents between Company and Investor, or any affiliate thereof, related to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents (collectively, “Prior Agreements”), that may have been entered into between Company and Investor, or any
affiliate thereof, are hereby null and void and deemed to be replaced in their entirety by the Transaction Documents. To the extent there
is a conflict between any term set forth in any Prior Agreement and the term(s) of the Transaction Documents, the Transaction Documents
shall govern.


 


10.10. Amendments.
No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by both parties hereto.


 


10.11. Notices.
Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing (unless otherwise specified herein) and shall be deemed effectively
given on the earliest of: (i) the date delivered, if delivered by personal delivery as against written receipt therefor or by email to
an executive officer named below or such officer’s successor, or by facsimile (with successful transmission confirmation which is
kept by sending party), (ii) the earlier of the date delivered or the third Trading Day after deposit, postage prepaid, in the United
States Postal Service by certified mail, or (iii) the earlier of the date delivered or the third Trading Day after mailing by express
courier, with delivery costs and fees prepaid, in each case, addressed to each of the other parties thereunto entitled at the following
addresses (or at such other addresses as such party may designate by five (5) calendar days’ advance written notice similarly given
to each of the other parties hereto):


 


If to Company:


 


Guardforce AI Co., Limited


Attn: Lei Wang


#28-01 International Plaza


10 Anson Road


Singapore 079903


Email: olivia.wang@guardforceai.com


 


With a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):


 


Bevilacqua PLLC


Attn: Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.


1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500


Washington, DC 20036


Email: lou@bevilacquapllc.com


 


If to Investor:


 


Streeterville Capital, LLC


Attn: John Fife


303 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1040


Chicago, Illinois 60601


Email: jfife@chicagoventure.com


 


With a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):


 


Hansen Black Anderson Ashcraft PLLC


Attn: Jonathan Hansen


3051 West Maple Loop Drive, Suite 325


Lehi, Utah 84043


Email: jhansen@hbaa.law


 






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10.12. Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement or any of the severable rights and obligations inuring to the benefit of or to be performed by Investor
hereunder may be assigned by Investor to a third party, including its affiliates, in whole or in part, without the need to obtain Company’s
consent thereto. Company may not assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement or delegate its duties hereunder without the prior
written consent of Investor.


 


10.13. Survival.
The representations and warranties of parties and the agreements and covenants set forth in this Agreement shall survive the Closing hereunder
notwithstanding any due diligence investigation conducted by or on behalf of Investor or the Company; provided, however, that the representations
and warranties of the parties shall only survive until the Note is repaid in full. Each party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
other party and all its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents for loss or damage arising as a result of or related to
any breach or alleged breach by such party of any of its representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Agreement or any
of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement, including advancement of expenses as they are incurred.


 


10.14. Further
Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute
and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to
carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.


 


10.15. Investor’s
Rights and Remedies Cumulative. All rights, remedies, and powers conferred in this Agreement and the Transaction Documents are cumulative
and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies, and shall be in addition to every other right, power, and remedy that Investor may
have, whether specifically granted in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or existing at law, in equity, or by statute,
and any and all such rights and remedies may be exercised from time to time and as often and in such order as Investor may deem expedient.


 






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10.16. Attorneys’
Fees and Cost of Collection. In the event of any arbitration or action at law or in equity to enforce or interpret the terms of this
Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, the parties agree that the party who is awarded the most money (which, for the avoidance
of doubt, shall be determined without regard to any statutory fines, penalties, fees, or other charges awarded to any party) shall be
deemed the prevailing party for all purposes and shall therefore be entitled to an additional award of the full amount of the attorneys’
fees, deposition costs, and expenses paid by such prevailing party in connection with arbitration or litigation without reduction or apportionment
based upon the individual claims or defenses giving rise to the fees and expenses. Nothing herein shall restrict or impair an arbitrator’s
or a court’s power to award fees and expenses for frivolous or bad faith pleading. If (i) any Note is placed in the hands of
an attorney for collection or enforcement prior to commencing arbitration or legal proceedings, or is collected or enforced through any
arbitration or legal proceeding, or Investor otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under any Note or to enforce the provisions
of such Note, or (ii) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of Company or other proceedings affecting Company’s
creditors’ rights and involving a claim under any Note; then Company shall pay the costs incurred by Investor for such collection,
enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees, expenses, deposition costs, and disbursements.


 


10.17. Waiver.
No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in the form of a writing signed by the party granting the
waiver. No waiver of any provision or consent to any prohibited action shall constitute a waiver of any other provision or consent to
any other prohibited action, whether or not similar. No waiver or consent shall constitute a continuing waiver or consent or commit a
party to provide a waiver or consent in the future except to the extent specifically set forth in writing.


 


10.18. Waiver
of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO DEMAND THAT ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING
OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, OR THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE PARTIES
HERETO BE TRIED BY JURY. THIS WAIVER EXTENDS TO ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY ARISING UNDER COMMON LAW OR ANY APPLICABLE
STATUTE, LAW, RULE OR REGULATION. FURTHER, EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SUCH PARTY IS KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVING SUCH PARTY’S
RIGHT TO DEMAND TRIAL BY JURY.


 


10.19. Time
is of the Essence. Time is expressly made of the essence with respect to each and every provision of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.


 


10.20. Voluntary
Agreement. Company has carefully read this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and has asked any questions needed
for Company to understand the terms, consequences and binding effect of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and
fully understand them. Company has had the opportunity to seek the advice of an attorney of Company’s choosing, or has waived the
right to do so, and is executing this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents voluntarily and without any duress or undue
influence by Investor or anyone else.


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
Investor and Company have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.


 


	 	INVESTOR:
	 	 	 
	 	Streeterville Capital, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ John M. Fife
	 	 	John M. Fife, President



 


	 	COMPANY:
	 	 	 
	 	Guardforce AI Co., Limited
	 	 	                       
	 	By:	/s/ Lei Wang
	 	 	Lei Wang, CEO



 


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ATTACHED EXHIBITS:


 


	Exhibit A	Note	 
	Exhibit B	Form of Participation Security Agreement	 
	Exhibit C	TA Letter	 
	Exhibit D	Officer’s Certificate	 
	Exhibit E	Share Issuance Resolution	 
	Exhibit F	Arbitration Provisions	 



 




     


     


    

 


Exhibit
F


 


ARBITRATION PROVISIONS


 


1. Dispute
Resolution. For purposes of this Exhibit F, the term “Claims” means any disputes, claims, demands, causes
of action, requests for injunctive relief, requests for specific performance, liabilities, damages, losses, or controversies whatsoever
arising from, related to, or connected with the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents and any communications between
the parties related thereto, including without limitation any claims of mutual mistake, mistake, fraud, misrepresentation, failure of
formation, failure of consideration, promissory estoppel, unconscionability, failure of condition precedent, rescission, and any statutory
claims, tort claims, contract claims, or claims to void, invalidate or terminate the Agreement (or these Arbitration Provisions (defined
below)) or any of the other Transaction Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, Investor’s pursuit of an injunction or other Claim
pursuant to these Arbitration Provisions or with a court will not later prevent Investor under the doctrines of claim preclusion, issue
preclusion, res judicata or other similar legal doctrines from pursuing other Claims in a separate arbitration in the future. The parties
to this Agreement (the “parties”) hereby agree that the Claims may be arbitrated in one or more Arbitrations pursuant
to these Arbitration Provisions (one for an injunction or injunctions and a separate one for all other Claims). The term “Claims”
specifically excludes a dispute over Calculations. The parties to the Agreement hereby agree that the arbitration provisions set forth
in this Exhibit F (“Arbitration Provisions”) are binding on each of them. As a result, any attempt to rescind
the Agreement (or these Arbitration Provisions) or any other Transaction Document) or declare the Agreement (or these Arbitration Provisions)
or any other Transaction Document invalid or unenforceable pursuant to Section 29 of the 1934 Act or for any other reason is subject to
these Arbitration Provisions. Any capitalized term not defined in these Arbitration Provisions shall have the meaning set forth in the
Agreement.


 


2. Arbitration.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all Claims must be submitted to arbitration (“Arbitration”) to be conducted exclusively
in Salt Lake County, Utah and pursuant to the terms set forth in these Arbitration Provisions. Subject to the arbitration appeal right
provided for in Paragraph 5 below (the “Appeal Right”), the parties agree that the award of the arbitrator rendered
pursuant to Paragraph 4 below (the “Arbitration Award”) shall be (a) final and binding upon the parties, (b) the sole
and exclusive remedy between them regarding any Claims, counterclaims, issues, or accountings presented or pleaded to the arbitrator,
and (c) promptly payable in United States dollars free of any tax, deduction or offset (with respect to monetary awards). Subject to the
Appeal Right, any costs or fees, including without limitation attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with or incident to enforcing
the Arbitration Award shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, be charged against the party resisting such enforcement. The Arbitration
Award shall include default interest (as defined or otherwise provided for in the Note, “Default Interest”) (with respect
to monetary awards) at the rate specified in the Note for Default Interest both before and after the Arbitration Award. Judgment upon
the Arbitration Award will be entered and enforced by any state or federal court sitting in Salt Lake County, Utah.


 


3. The
Arbitration Act. The parties hereby incorporate herein the provisions and procedures set forth in the Utah Uniform Arbitration Act,
U.C.A. § 78B-11-101 et seq. (as amended or superseded from time to time, the “Arbitration Act”). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, pursuant to, and to the maximum extent permitted by, Section 105 of the Arbitration Act, in the event of conflict or variation
between the terms of these Arbitration Provisions and the provisions of the Arbitration Act, the terms of these Arbitration Provisions
shall control and the parties hereby waive or otherwise agree to vary the effect of all requirements of the Arbitration Act that may conflict
with or vary from these Arbitration Provisions.


 


4. Arbitration
Proceedings. Arbitration between the parties will be subject to the following:


 


4.1 Initiation
of Arbitration. Pursuant to Section 110 of the Arbitration Act, the parties agree that a party may initiate Arbitration by giving
written notice to the other party (“Arbitration Notice”) in the same manner that notice is permitted under Section
10.11 of the Agreement; provided, however, that the Arbitration Notice may not be given by email or fax. Arbitration will be deemed
initiated as of the date that the Arbitration Notice is deemed delivered to such other party under Section 10.11 of the Agreement (the
“Service Date”). After the Service Date, information may be delivered, and notices may be given, by email or fax pursuant
to Section 10.11 of the Agreement or any other method permitted thereunder. The Arbitration Notice must describe the nature of the controversy,
the remedies sought, and the election to commence Arbitration proceedings. All Claims in the Arbitration Notice must be pleaded consistent
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4.2 Selection
and Payment of Arbitrator.


 


(a) Within ten (10) calendar
days after the Service Date, Investor shall select and submit to Company the names of three (3) arbitrators that are designated as “neutrals”
or qualified arbitrators by Utah ADR Services (http://www.utahadrservices.com) (such three (3) designated persons hereunder are referred
to herein as the “Proposed Arbitrators”). For the avoidance of doubt, each Proposed Arbitrator must be qualified as
a “neutral” with Utah ADR Services. Within five (5) calendar days after Investor has submitted to Company the names of the
Proposed Arbitrators, Company must select, by written notice to Investor, one (1) of the Proposed Arbitrators to act as the arbitrator
for the parties under these Arbitration Provisions. If Company fails to select one of the Proposed Arbitrators in writing within such
5-day period, then Investor may select the arbitrator from the Proposed Arbitrators by providing written notice of such selection to Company.


 


(b) If Investor fails to
submit to Company the Proposed Arbitrators within ten (10) calendar days after the Service Date pursuant to subparagraph (a) above, then
Company may at any time prior to Investor so designating the Proposed Arbitrators, identify the names of three (3) arbitrators that are
designated as “neutrals” or qualified arbitrators by Utah ADR Service by written notice to Investor. Investor may then, within
five (5) calendar days after Company has submitted notice of its Proposed Arbitrators to Investor, select, by written notice to Company,
one (1) of the Proposed Arbitrators to act as the arbitrator for the parties under these Arbitration Provisions. If Investor fails to
select in writing and within such 5-day period one (1) of the three (3) Proposed Arbitrators selected by Company, then Company may select
the arbitrator from its three (3) previously selected Proposed Arbitrators by providing written notice of such selection to Investor.


 


(c) If a Proposed Arbitrator
chosen to serve as arbitrator declines or is otherwise unable to serve as arbitrator, then the party that selected such Proposed Arbitrator
may select one (1) of the other three (3) Proposed Arbitrators within three (3) calendar days of the date the chosen Proposed Arbitrator
declines or notifies the parties he or she is unable to serve as arbitrator. If all three (3) Proposed Arbitrators decline or are otherwise
unable to serve as arbitrator, then the arbitrator selection process shall begin again in accordance with this Paragraph 4.2.


 


(d) The date that the Proposed
Arbitrator selected pursuant to this Paragraph 4.2 agrees in writing (including via email) delivered to both parties to serve as the arbitrator
hereunder is referred to herein as the “Arbitration Commencement Date”. If an arbitrator resigns or is unable to act
during the Arbitration, a replacement arbitrator shall be chosen in accordance with this Paragraph 4.2 to continue the Arbitration. If
Utah ADR Services ceases to exist or to provide a list of neutrals and there is no successor thereto, then the arbitrator shall be selected
under the then prevailing rules of the American Arbitration Association.


 


(e) Subject to Paragraph
4.10 below, the cost of the arbitrator must be paid equally by both parties. Subject to Paragraph 4.10 below, if one party refuses or
fails to pay its portion of the arbitrator fee, then the other party can advance such unpaid amount (subject to the accrual of Default
Interest thereupon), with such amount being added to or subtracted from, as applicable, the Arbitration Award.


 


4.3 Applicability
of Certain Utah Rules. The parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted generally in accordance with the Utah Rules of Civil
Procedure and the Utah Rules of Evidence. More specifically, the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply, without limitation, to the
filing of any pleadings, motions or memoranda, the conducting of discovery, and the taking of any depositions. The Utah Rules of Evidence
shall apply to any hearings, whether telephonic or in person, held by the arbitrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the parties’
intent that the incorporation of such rules will in no event supersede these Arbitration Provisions. In the event of any conflict between
the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure or the Utah Rules of Evidence and these Arbitration Provisions, these Arbitration Provisions shall control.


 


4.4 Answer
and Default. An answer and any counterclaims to the Arbitration Notice shall be required to be delivered to the party initiating the
Arbitration within twenty (20) calendar days after the Arbitration Commencement Date. If an answer is not delivered by the required deadline,
the arbitrator must provide written notice to the defaulting party stating that the arbitrator will enter a default award against such
party if such party does not file an answer within five (5) calendar days of receipt of such notice. If an answer is not filed within
the five (5) day extension period, the arbitrator must render a default award, consistent with the relief requested in the Arbitration
Notice, against a party that fails to submit an answer within such time period.


 






     


     


    

 


4.5 Related
Litigation. The party that delivers the Arbitration Notice to the other party shall have the option to also commence concurrent legal
proceedings with any state or federal court sitting in Salt Lake County, Utah (“Litigation Proceedings”), subject to
the following: (a) the complaint in the Litigation Proceedings is to be substantially similar to the claims set forth in the Arbitration
Notice, provided that an additional cause of action to compel arbitration will also be included therein, (b) so long as the other party
files an answer to the complaint in the Litigation Proceedings and an answer to the Arbitration Notice, the Litigation Proceedings will
be stayed pending an Arbitration Award (or Appeal Panel Award (defined below), as applicable) hereunder, (c) if the other party fails
to file an answer in the Litigation Proceedings or an answer in the Arbitration proceedings, then the party initiating Arbitration shall
be entitled to a default judgment consistent with the relief requested, to be entered in the Litigation Proceedings, and (d) any legal
or procedural issue arising under the Arbitration Act that requires a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction may be determined
in the Litigation Proceedings. Any award of the arbitrator (or of the Appeal Panel (defined below)) may be entered in such Litigation
Proceedings pursuant to the Arbitration Act.


 


4.6 Discovery.
Pursuant to Section 118(8) of the Arbitration Act, the parties agree that discovery shall be conducted as follows:


 


(a) Written discovery will
only be allowed if the likely benefits of the proposed written discovery outweigh the burden or expense thereof, and the written discovery
sought is likely to reveal information that will satisfy a specific element of a claim or defense already pleaded in the Arbitration.
The party seeking written discovery shall always have the burden of showing that all of the standards and limitations set forth in these
Arbitration Provisions are satisfied. The scope of discovery in the Arbitration proceedings shall also be limited as follows:


 


(i) To
facts directly connected with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement.


 


(ii) To
facts and information that cannot be obtained from another source or in another manner that is more convenient, less burdensome or less
expensive than in the manner requested.


 


 (b) No party shall be allowed
(i) more than fifteen (15) interrogatories (including discrete subparts), (ii) more than fifteen (15) requests for admission (including
discrete subparts), (iii) more than ten (10) document requests (including discrete subparts), or (iv) more than three (3) depositions
(excluding expert depositions) for a maximum of seven (7) hours per deposition. The costs associated with depositions will be borne by
the party taking the deposition. The party defending the deposition will submit a notice to the party taking the deposition of the estimated
attorneys’ fees that such party expects to incur in connection with defending the deposition. If the party defending the deposition
fails to submit an estimate of attorneys’ fees within five (5) calendar days of its receipt of a deposition notice, then such party
shall be deemed to have waived its right to the estimated attorneys’ fees. The party taking the deposition must pay the party defending
the deposition the estimated attorneys’ fees prior to taking the deposition, unless such obligation is deemed to be waived as set
forth in the immediately preceding sentence. If the party taking the deposition believes that the estimated attorneys’ fees are
unreasonable, such party may submit the issue to the arbitrator for a decision. All depositions will be taken in Utah.


 






     


     


    

 


(c) All discovery requests
(including document production requests included in deposition notices) must be submitted in writing to the arbitrator and the other party.
The party submitting the written discovery requests must include with such discovery requests a detailed explanation of how the proposed
discovery requests satisfy the requirements of these Arbitration Provisions and the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. The receiving party
will then be allowed, within five (5) calendar days of receiving the proposed discovery requests, to submit to the arbitrator an estimate
of the attorneys’ fees and costs associated with responding to such written discovery requests and a written challenge to each applicable
discovery request. After receipt of an estimate of attorneys’ fees and costs and/or challenge(s) to one or more discovery requests,
consistent with subparagraph (c) above, the arbitrator will within three (3) calendar days make a finding as to the likely attorneys’
fees and costs associated with responding to the discovery requests and issue an order that (i) requires the requesting party to prepay
the attorneys’ fees and costs associated with responding to the discovery requests, and (ii) requires the responding party to respond
to the discovery requests as limited by the arbitrator within twenty-five (25) calendar days of the arbitrator’s finding with respect
to such discovery requests. If a party entitled to submit an estimate of attorneys’ fees and costs and/or a challenge to discovery
requests fails to do so within such 5-day period, the arbitrator will make a finding that (A) there are no attorneys’ fees or costs
associated with responding to such discovery requests, and (B) the responding party must respond to such discovery requests (as may be
limited by the arbitrator) within twenty-five (25) calendar days of the arbitrator’s finding with respect to such discovery requests.
Any party submitting any written discovery requests, including without limitation interrogatories, requests for production subpoenas to
a party or a third party, or requests for admissions, must prepay the estimated attorneys’ fees and costs, before the responding
party has any obligation to produce or respond to the same, unless such obligation is deemed waived as set forth above.


 


(d) In order to allow a written
discovery request, the arbitrator must find that the discovery request satisfies the standards set forth in these Arbitration Provisions
and the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. The arbitrator must strictly enforce these standards. If a discovery request does not satisfy any
of the standards set forth in these Arbitration Provisions or the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, the arbitrator may modify such discovery
request to satisfy the applicable standards, or strike such discovery request in whole or in part.


 


(e) Each party may submit
expert reports (and rebuttals thereto), provided that such reports must be submitted within sixty (60) days of the Arbitration Commencement
Date. Each party will be allowed a maximum of two (2) experts. Expert reports must contain the following: (i) a complete statement of
all opinions the expert will offer at trial and the basis and reasons for them; (ii) the expert’s name and qualifications, including
a list of all the expert’s publications within the preceding ten (10) years, and a list of any other cases in which the expert has
testified at trial or in a deposition or prepared a report within the preceding ten (10) years; and (iii) the compensation to be paid
for the expert’s report and testimony. The parties are entitled to depose any other party’s expert witness one (1) time for
no more than four (4) hours. An expert may not testify in a party’s case-in-chief concerning any matter not fairly disclosed in
the expert report.


 


4.6 Dispositive
Motions. Each party shall have the right to submit dispositive motions pursuant Rule 12 or Rule 56 of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure
(a “Dispositive Motion”). The party submitting the Dispositive Motion may, but is not required to, deliver to the arbitrator
and to the other party a memorandum in support (the “Memorandum in Support”) of the Dispositive Motion. Within seven
(7) calendar days of delivery of the Memorandum in Support, the other party shall deliver to the arbitrator and to the other party a memorandum
in opposition to the Memorandum in Support (the “Memorandum in Opposition”). Within seven (7) calendar days of delivery
of the Memorandum in Opposition, as applicable, the party that submitted the Memorandum in Support shall deliver to the arbitrator and
to the other party a reply memorandum to the Memorandum in Opposition (“Reply Memorandum”). If the applicable party
shall fail to deliver the Memorandum in Opposition as required above, or if the other party fails to deliver the Reply Memorandum as required
above, then the applicable party shall lose its right to so deliver the same, and the Dispositive Motion shall proceed regardless.


 


4.7 Confidentiality.
All information disclosed by either party (or such party’s agents) during the Arbitration process (including without limitation
information disclosed during the discovery process or any Appeal (defined below)) shall be considered confidential in nature. Each party
agrees not to disclose any confidential information received from the other party (or its agents) during the Arbitration process (including
without limitation during the discovery process or any Appeal) unless (a) prior to or after the time of disclosure such information becomes
public knowledge or part of the public domain, not as a result of any inaction or action of the receiving party or its agents, (b) such
information is required by a court order, subpoena or similar legal duress to be disclosed if such receiving party has notified the other
party thereof in writing and given it a reasonable opportunity to obtain a protective order from a court of competent jurisdiction prior
to disclosure, or (c) such information is disclosed to the receiving party’s agents, representatives and legal counsel on a need
to know basis who each agree in writing not to disclose such information to any third party. Pursuant to Section 118(5) of the Arbitration
Act, the arbitrator is hereby authorized and directed to issue a protective order to prevent the disclosure of privileged information
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4.8 Authorization;
Timing; Scheduling Order. Subject to all other portions of these Arbitration Provisions, the parties hereby authorize and direct the
arbitrator to take such actions and make such rulings as may be necessary to carry out the parties’ intent for the Arbitration proceedings
to be efficient and expeditious. Pursuant to Section 120 of the Arbitration Act, the parties hereby agree that an Arbitration Award must
be made within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the Arbitration Commencement Date. The arbitrator is hereby authorized and
directed to hold a scheduling conference within ten (10) calendar days after the Arbitration Commencement Date in order to establish a
scheduling order with various binding deadlines for discovery, expert testimony, and the submission of documents by the parties to enable
the arbitrator to render a decision prior to the end of such 120-day period.


 


4.9 Relief.
The arbitrator shall have the right to award or include in the Arbitration Award (or in a preliminary ruling) any relief which the arbitrator
deems proper under the circumstances, including, without limitation, specific performance and injunctive relief, provided that the arbitrator
may not award exemplary or punitive damages.


 


4.10 Fees
and Costs. As part of the Arbitration Award, the arbitrator is hereby directed to require the losing party (the party being awarded
the least amount of money by the arbitrator, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be determined without regard to any statutory fines,
penalties, fees, or other charges awarded to any party) to (a) pay the full amount of any unpaid costs and fees of the Arbitration, and
(b) reimburse the prevailing party for all reasonable attorneys’ fees, arbitrator costs and fees, deposition costs, other discovery
costs, and other expenses, costs or fees paid or otherwise incurred by the prevailing party in connection with the Arbitration.


 


5. Arbitration
Appeal.


 


5.1 Initiation
of Appeal. Following the entry of the Arbitration Award, either party (the “Appellant”) shall have a period of
thirty (30) calendar days in which to notify the other party (the “Appellee”), in writing, that the Appellant elects
to appeal (the “Appeal”) the Arbitration Award (such notice, an “Appeal Notice”) to a panel of arbitrators
as provided in Paragraph 5.2 below. The date the Appellant delivers an Appeal Notice to the Appellee is referred to herein as the “Appeal
Date”. The Appeal Notice must be delivered to the Appellee in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 4.1 above with respect
to delivery of an Arbitration Notice. In addition, together with delivery of the Appeal Notice to the Appellee, the Appellant must also
pay for (and provide proof of such payment to the Appellee together with delivery of the Appeal Notice) a bond in the amount of 110% of
the sum the Appellant owes to the Appellee as a result of the Arbitration Award the Appellant is appealing. In the event an Appellant
delivers an Appeal Notice to the Appellee (together with proof of payment of the applicable bond) in compliance with the provisions of
this Paragraph 5.1, the Appeal will occur as a matter of right and, except as specifically set forth herein, will not be further conditioned.
In the event a party does not deliver an Appeal Notice (along with proof of payment of the applicable bond) to the other party within
the deadline prescribed in this Paragraph 5.1, such party shall lose its right to appeal the Arbitration Award. If no party delivers an
Appeal Notice (along with proof of payment of the applicable bond) to the other party within the deadline described in this Paragraph
5.1, the Arbitration Award shall be final. The parties acknowledge and agree that any Appeal shall be deemed part of the parties’
agreement to arbitrate for purposes of these Arbitration Provisions and the Arbitration Act.


 


5.2 Selection
and Payment of Appeal Panel. In the event an Appellant delivers an Appeal Notice to the Appellee (together with proof of payment of
the applicable bond) in compliance with the provisions of Paragraph 5.1 above, the Appeal will be heard by a three (3) person arbitration
panel (the “Appeal Panel”).


 


(a)  Within ten (10) calendar
days after the Appeal Date, the Appellee shall select and submit to the Appellant the names of five (5) arbitrators that are designated
as “neutrals” or qualified arbitrators by Utah ADR Services (http://www.utahadrservices.com) (such five (5) designated persons
hereunder are referred to herein as the “Proposed Appeal Arbitrators”). For the avoidance of doubt, each Proposed Appeal
Arbitrator must be qualified as a “neutral” with Utah ADR Services, and shall not be the arbitrator who rendered the Arbitration
Award being appealed (the “Original Arbitrator”). Within five (5) calendar days after the Appellee has submitted to
the Appellant the names of the Proposed Appeal Arbitrators, the Appellant must select, by written notice to the Appellee, three (3) of
the Proposed Appeal Arbitrators to act as the members of the Appeal Panel. If the Appellant fails to select three (3) of the Proposed
Appeal Arbitrators in writing within such 5-day period, then the Appellee may select such three (3) arbitrators from the Proposed Appeal
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(b)  If the Appellee fails
to submit to the Appellant the names of the Proposed Appeal Arbitrators within ten (10) calendar days after the Appeal Date pursuant to
subparagraph (a) above, then the Appellant may at any time prior to the Appellee so designating the Proposed Appeal Arbitrators, identify
the names of five (5) arbitrators that are designated as “neutrals” or qualified arbitrators by Utah ADR Service (none of
whom may be the Original Arbitrator) by written notice to the Appellee. The Appellee may then, within five (5) calendar days after the
Appellant has submitted notice of its selected arbitrators to the Appellee, select, by written notice to the Appellant, three (3) of such
selected arbitrators to serve on the Appeal Panel. If the Appellee fails to select in writing within such 5-day period three (3) of the
arbitrators selected by the Appellant to serve as the members of the Appeal Panel, then the Appellant may select the three (3) members
of the Appeal Panel from the Appellant’s list of five (5) arbitrators by providing written notice of such selection to the Appellee.


 


(c)  If a selected Proposed
Appeal Arbitrator declines or is otherwise unable to serve, then the party that selected such Proposed Appeal Arbitrator may select one
(1) of the other five (5) designated Proposed Appeal Arbitrators within three (3) calendar days of the date a chosen Proposed Appeal Arbitrator
declines or notifies the parties he or she is unable to serve as an arbitrator. If at least three (3) of the five (5) designated Proposed
Appeal Arbitrators decline or are otherwise unable to serve, then the Proposed Appeal Arbitrator selection process shall begin again in
accordance with this Paragraph 5.2; provided, however, that any Proposed Appeal Arbitrators who have already agreed to serve shall
remain on the Appeal Panel.


 


(d) The date that all
three (3) Proposed Appeal Arbitrators selected pursuant to this Paragraph 5.2 agree in writing (including via email) delivered to both
the Appellant and the Appellee to serve as members of the Appeal Panel hereunder is referred to herein as the “Appeal Commencement
Date”. No later than five (5) calendar days after the Appeal Commencement Date, the Appellee shall designate in writing (including
via email) to the Appellant and the Appeal Panel the name of one (1) of the three (3) members of the Appeal Panel to serve as the lead
arbitrator in the Appeal proceedings. Each member of the Appeal Panel shall be deemed an arbitrator for purposes of these Arbitration
Provisions and the Arbitration Act, provided that, in conducting the Appeal, the Appeal Panel may only act or make determinations upon
the approval or vote of no less than the majority vote of its members, as announced or communicated by the lead arbitrator on the Appeal
Panel. If an arbitrator on the Appeal Panel ceases or is unable to act during the Appeal proceedings,
a replacement arbitrator shall be chosen in accordance with Paragraph 5.2 above to continue the Appeal as a member of the Appeal Panel.
If Utah ADR Services ceases to exist or to provide a list of neutrals, then the arbitrators for the Appeal Panel shall be selected
under the then prevailing rules of the American Arbitration Association.


 


(d)  Subject to Paragraph
5.7 below, the cost of the Appeal Panel must be paid entirely by the Appellant.


 


5.3 Appeal
Procedure. The Appeal will be deemed an appeal of the entire Arbitration Award. In conducting the Appeal, the Appeal Panel shall conduct
a de novo review of all Claims described or otherwise set forth in the Arbitration Notice. Subject to the foregoing and all other provisions
of this Paragraph 5, the Appeal Panel shall conduct the Appeal in a manner the Appeal Panel considers appropriate for a fair and expeditious
disposition of the Appeal, may hold one or more hearings and permit oral argument, and may review all previous evidence and discovery,
together with all briefs, pleadings and other documents filed with the Original Arbitrator (as well as any documents filed with the Appeal
Panel pursuant to Paragraph 5.4(a) below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the Appeal, the Appeal Panel shall not permit
the parties to conduct any additional discovery or raise any new Claims to be arbitrated, shall not permit new witnesses or affidavits,
and shall not base any of its findings or determinations on the Original Arbitrator’s findings or the Arbitration Award.


 


5.4 Timing.



 


(a) Within
seven (7) calendar days of the Appeal Commencement Date, the Appellant (i) shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Appeal Panel
copies of the Appeal Notice, all discovery conducted in connection with the Arbitration, and all briefs, pleadings and other documents
filed with the Original Arbitrator (which material Appellee shall have the right to review and supplement if necessary), and (ii) may,
but is not required to, deliver to the Appeal Panel and to the Appellee a Memorandum in Support of the Appellant’s arguments concerning
or position with respect to all Claims, counterclaims, issues, or accountings presented or pleaded in the Arbitration. Within seven (7)
calendar days of the Appellant’s delivery of the Memorandum in Support, as applicable, the Appellee shall deliver to the Appeal
Panel and to the Appellant a Memorandum in Opposition to the Memorandum in Support. Within seven (7) calendar days of the Appellee’s
delivery of the Memorandum in Opposition, as applicable, the Appellant shall deliver to the Appeal Panel and to the Appellee a Reply Memorandum
to the Memorandum in Opposition. If the Appellant shall fail to substantially comply with the requirements of clause (i) of this subparagraph
(a), the Appellant shall lose its right to appeal the Arbitration Award, and the Arbitration Award shall be final. If the Appellee shall
fail to deliver the Memorandum in Opposition as required above, or if the Appellant shall fail to deliver the Reply Memorandum as required
above, then the Appellee or the Appellant, as the case may be, shall lose its right to so deliver the same, and the Appeal shall proceed
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(b)  Subject
to subparagraph (a) above, the parties hereby agree that the Appeal must be heard by the Appeal Panel within thirty (30) calendar days
of the Appeal Commencement Date, and that the Appeal Panel must render its decision within thirty (30) calendar days after the Appeal
is heard (and in no event later than sixty (60) calendar days after the Appeal Commencement Date).


 


5.5 Appeal
Panel Award. The Appeal Panel shall issue its decision (the “Appeal Panel Award”) through the lead arbitrator on
the Appeal Panel. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the Appeal Panel Award shall (a) supersede in its entirety and
make of no further force or effect the Arbitration Award (provided that any protective orders issued by the Original Arbitrator shall
remain in full force and effect), (b) be final and binding upon the parties, with no further rights of appeal, (c) be the sole and exclusive
remedy between the parties regarding any Claims, counterclaims, issues, or accountings presented or pleaded in the Arbitration, and (d)
be promptly payable in United States dollars free of any tax, deduction or offset (with respect to monetary awards). Any costs or fees,
including without limitation attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with or incident to enforcing the Appeal Panel Award shall,
to the maximum extent permitted by law, be charged against the party resisting such enforcement. The Appeal Panel Award shall include
Default Interest (with respect to monetary awards) at the rate specified in the Note for Default Interest both before and after the Arbitration
Award. Judgment upon the Appeal Panel Award will be entered and enforced by a state or federal court sitting in Salt Lake County, Utah.


 


5.6 Relief.
The Appeal Panel shall have the right to award or include in the Appeal Panel Award any relief which the Appeal Panel deems proper
under the circumstances, including, without limitation, specific performance and injunctive relief, provided that the Appeal Panel may
not award exemplary or punitive damages.


 


5.7 Fees
and Costs. As part of the Appeal Panel Award, the Appeal Panel is hereby directed to require the losing party (the party being awarded
the least amount of money by the arbitrator, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be determined without regard to any statutory fines,
penalties, fees, or other charges awarded to any party) to (a) pay the full amount of any unpaid costs and fees of the Arbitration and
the Appeal Panel, and (b) reimburse the prevailing party (the party being awarded the most amount of money by the Appeal Panel, which,
for the avoidance of doubt, shall be determined without regard to any statutory fines, penalties, fees, or other charges awarded to any
part) the reasonable attorneys’ fees, arbitrator and Appeal Panel costs and fees, deposition costs, other discovery costs, and other
expenses, costs or fees paid or otherwise incurred by the prevailing party in connection with the Arbitration (including without limitation
in connection with the Appeal).


 


6.  Miscellaneous.


 


6.1 Severability.
If any part of these Arbitration Provisions is found to violate or be illegal under applicable law, then such provision shall be modified
to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision enforceable under applicable law, and the remainder of the Arbitration Provisions
shall remain unaffected and in full force and effect.


 


6.2 Governing
Law. These Arbitration Provisions shall be governed by the laws of the State of Utah without regard to the conflict of laws principles
therein.


 


6.3 Interpretation.
The headings of these Arbitration Provisions are for convenience of reference only and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation
of, these Arbitration Provisions.


 


6.4 Waiver.
No waiver of any provision of these Arbitration Provisions shall be effective unless it is in the form of a writing signed by the party
granting the waiver.


 


6.5 Time
is of the Essence. Time is expressly made of the essence with respect to each and every provision of these Arbitration Provisions.


 


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