Exhibit
4.1


 


CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTE


 


THIS
NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH,
OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.


 


NEUROONE
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION


 


CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTE


 


	Principal
    Amount: US$[_______] 	Date:
    [______________]


  


NeuroOne
Medical Technologies Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [____________]
or his permitted assigns or successors (the “Holder”), the principal amount of [_________] Dollars
(US$[_____]) (the “Principal Amount”), without demand, on the Maturity Date (as hereinafter defined),
together with any accrued and unpaid interest due thereon.


 


This
Convertible Promissory Note (this “Note”) shall bear interest at a fixed rate of 8% per annum, beginning
on the Issue Date. Interest shall be computed based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and shall be payable, along with
the Principal Amount, on the Maturity Date. Except as set forth in Section 3.1, payment of all principal and interest due
shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts at the time of payment.


 


This
Note is a convertible promissory note referred to in that certain Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement dated as of [______________]
(the “Subscription Agreement”), or series of like subscription agreements, among the Company
and the subscribers named therein, pursuant to which the Company is seeking to raise an aggregate of up to $1,500,000 (or such
higher amount as the Company’s Board of Directors shall determine).


 


1.            Definitions.


 


1.1          Definitions.
The terms defined in this Section 1 whenever used in this Note shall have the respective meanings hereinafter
specified.


 


“Applicable
Laws” means any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, policies,
and rules or common law (whether now existing or hereafter enacted or promulgated), of any and all governmental authorities, agencies,
departments, commissions, boards, courts, or instrumentalities of the United States, any state of the United States, any other
nation, or any political subdivision of the United States, any state of the United States or any other nation, and all applicable
judicial and administrative, regulatory or judicial decrees, judgments and orders, including common law rules and determinations.


  



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“Change
in Control”  means a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other entity in which the stockholders
of the Company immediately prior to the merger or consolidation do not own more than 50% of the outstanding voting power (assuming
conversion of all convertible securities and the exercise of all outstanding options and warrants) of the surviving entity or
the sale, lease, licensing, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company; provided, however,
that any new issuance of capital stock of the Company to one or more third parties for the sole purpose of providing new funding
for the Company or solely in connection with a public offering of the Company’s stock shall not constitute a Change in Control.


 


“Common
Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.


 


“Conversion
Shares” means the New Round Stock issued or issuable to the Holder upon a Conversion Date pursuant to Article
3.


 


“Conversion
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.


 


“Event
of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.


 


“Holder”
or “Holders” means the person named above or any Person who shall thereafter become a recordholder
of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof.


 


“Issue
Date” means the issue date stated above.


 


“Maturity
Date” shall mean December 31, 2018.


 


“New
Round Stock” means, in the event of a Qualified Financing, the securities (or units of securities if more than one
security are sold as a unit) issued by the Company in the Qualified Financing.


 


“Person”
means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated
organization or any government, governmental department or agency or political subdivision thereof.


 


“Qualified
Financing” means the next equity round of financing of the Company in whatever form or type that raises in excess
of $3,000,000 gross proceeds.


 


“Securities
Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


 


“Warrants”
means the warrants to purchase capital stock pursuant to Section 1.1 of the Subscription Agreement and Section 3.1(d)
hereof, which shall be evidenced by the warrant agreement, the form of which is attached to the Subscription Agreement as
Exhibit C.


  



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2.            GENERAL
PROVISIONS.


 


2.1          Loss,
Theft, Destruction of Note. Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of this Note and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company
will make and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note, a new Note of like tenor and unpaid principal
amount dated as of the date hereof. This Note shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the provisions of this Section
2.1 are exclusive with respect to the replacement of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note and shall preclude any and
all other rights and remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to
the replacement of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.


 


2.2          Prepayment;
Redemption. This Note may not be prepaid by the Company in whole or in part, except with the prior written consent
of the Holder. This Note may not be redeemed by the Company in whole or in part, except with the prior written consent of the
Holder.


 


3.            CONVERSION
OF NOTE.


 


3.1          Conversion.


 


(a)       Conversion
upon Qualified Financing. If a Qualified Financing is consummated prior to the Maturity Date, without any action on the part
of the Holder, all of the outstanding principal and accrued interest (the “Outstanding Balance”) shall
convert into that number of shares of New Round Stock equal to: (i) the Outstanding Balance divided by (ii) the actual per share
price of New Round Stock multiplied by 0.8.


 


(b)       Conversion
upon Change of Control. If a Change of Control transaction occurs prior to the earlier of a Qualified Financing or the Maturity
Date, the Notes would, at the election of the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal of the Notes, be either (i) payable
upon demand as of the closing of such Change of Control transaction or (ii) convertible into shares of the Common Stock immediately
prior to such Change of Control transaction at a price per share equal to the lesser of (A) the per share value of the Common
Stock as then reasonably determined by the Company’s Board of Directors acting in good faith, from time to time, as if in
connection with either the grant of an incentive stock option qualified under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, or the sale of the Common Stock in a private sale to a third party in an “arms-length” transaction, or
(B) the per share consideration to be received by the holders of the Common Stock in such Change of Control transaction (the date
of any such conversion of this Note pursuant to Section 3.1(a) or (b), is referred to herein as the “Conversion Date”).


  



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(c)       Cancellation.
Upon and as of the Conversion Date, this Note will be cancelled on the books and records of the Company and shall represent
the right to receive the Conversion Shares.


 


(d)       Warrants.
In connection with the issuance of this Note and pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Holder shall receive, simultaneously
with the delivery of this Note, a Warrant with the option to purchase, on the Conversion Date of this Note, up to that number
of shares of capital stock of the Company equal to the number of shares of such capital stock received by the Holder upon conversion
of this Note at a per share exercise price equal to (i) the actual per share price of New Round Stock, if the Note is converted
pursuant to Section 3.1(a) of this Note, or (ii) the price at which the Note is so converted, if the Note is converted
pursuant to Section 3.1(b) of this Note.


 


3.2          Delivery
of Securities Upon Conversion.


 


(a)       As
soon as is practicable after the Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates evidencing
the Conversion Shares issuable to the Holder.


 


(b)       The
issuance of certificates for Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder for any
issuance tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred by the Company in connection with such conversion and the related issuance
of securities. Upon conversion of this Note, the Company shall take all such actions as are necessary in order to ensure that
the Conversion Shares so issued upon such conversion shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.


   


3.3          Fractional
Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon conversion of this Note.
If any conversion of this Note would create a fractional share or a right to acquire a fractional share, the Company shall round
to the nearest whole number.


 


4.            STATUS;
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.


 


4.1          Status
of Note. This Note is a direct, general and unconditional obligation of the Company, and constitutes a valid and legally
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
principles of equity. This Note does not confer upon the Holder any right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a stockholder
of the Company, as such, in respect of any matters whatsoever, or any other rights or liabilities as a stockholder, prior to conversion
hereof into Conversion Shares.


  



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4.2          Restrictions
on Transferability. This Note and any Conversion Shares issued with respect to this Note, have not been registered
under the Securities Act, or under any state securities or so-called “blue sky laws,” and may not be offered, sold,
transferred, hypothecated or otherwise assigned except (a) pursuant to a registration statement with respect to such securities
which is effective under the Act or (b) upon receipt from counsel satisfactory to the Company of an opinion, which opinion is
satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, to the effect that such securities may be offered, sold, transferred, hypothecated
or otherwise assigned (i) pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Act and (ii) in accordance with all applicable
state securities and so-called “blue sky laws.” The Holder agrees to be bound by such restrictions on transfer. The
Holder further consents that the certificates representing the Conversion Shares that may be issued with respect to this Note
may bear a restrictive legend to such effect. In addition, this Note shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth
in Article III of the Subscription Agreement.


 


5.            COVENANTS.
In addition to the other covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in this Note, the Company covenants and agrees
that so long as this Note shall be outstanding:


 


5.1          Payment
of Note. The Company will punctually, according to the terms hereof, (a) pay or cause to be paid all amounts due under
this Note and (b) reasonably promptly issue the Conversion Shares upon the Conversion Date.


 


5.2          Notice
of Default. If any one or more events occur which constitute or which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time
or both, would constitute an Event of Default or if the Holder shall demand payment or take any other action permitted upon the
occurrence of any such Event of Default, the Company will forthwith give notice to the Holder, specifying the nature and status
of the Event of Default or other event or of such demand or action, as the case may be.


 


5.3          Compliance
with Laws. The Company will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, except where the necessity of
compliance therewith is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.


 


5.4          Use
of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds of this Note for general working capital.


 


6.            REMEDIES.


 


6.1          Events
of Default. “Event of Default” wherever used herein means any one of the following events:


 


(a)       The
Company shall fail to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares in accordance with Section 3;


 


(b)       Default
in the due and punctual payment of the principal of, or any other amount owing in respect of (including interest), this Note when
and as the same shall become due and payable;


  



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(c)       Default
in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement of the Company in this Note (other than a covenant or agreement
a default in the performance of which is specifically provided for elsewhere in this Section 6.1), and the continuance
of such default for a period of 10 days after there has been given to the Company by the Holder a written notice specifying such
default and requiring it to be remedied;


   


(d)       The
entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction adjudging the Company as bankrupt or insolvent; or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator
(or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation
of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 calendar days;


 


(e)       The
institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution
of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
or relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of
any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or other similar official)
of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors;


 


(f)       The
Company seeks the appointment of a statutory manager or proposes in writing or makes a general assignment or an arrangement or
composition with or for the benefit of its creditors or any group or class thereof or files a petition for suspension of payments
or other relief of debtors or a moratorium or statutory management is agreed or declared in respect of or affecting all or any
material part of the indebtedness of the Company; or


 


(g)       It
becomes unlawful for the Company to perform or comply with its obligations under this Note.


 


6.2          Effects
of Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Holder may declare this
Note to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company, and upon any such declaration, the Company shall
pay to the Holder the outstanding principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest through the date the Note
is paid in full.


 


6.3          Remedies
Not Waived; Exercise of Remedies. No course of dealing between the Company and the Holder or any delay in exercising
any rights hereunder shall operate as a waiver by the Holder. No failure or delay by the Holder in exercising any right, power
or privilege under this Note shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall
be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Applicable Law. By acceptance hereof, the Holder acknowledges
and agrees that this Note is one of a series of Convertible Subordinated Promissory Notes of similar tenor issued by the Company
(collectively, the “Related Notes”) and that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event
of Default, the holders of a majority in original principal amount of the Related Notes shall have the right to act on behalf
of the holders of all such Notes in exercising and enforcing all rights and remedies available to all of such holders under this
Note, including, without limitation, foreclosure of any judgment lien on any assets of the Company. By acceptance hereof, the
Holder agrees not to independently exercise any such right or remedy without the consent of the holders of a majority in original
principal amount of the Related Notes.


  



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7.            MISCELLANEOUS.


 


7.1          Severability.
If any provision of this Note shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, neither the validity
nor the enforceability of the remainder hereof shall in any way be affected.


 


7.2          Notice.
Where this Note provides for notice of any event, such notice shall be given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
in writing and either (a) delivered personally, (b) sent by certified, registered or express mail, postage prepaid or (c) sent
by facsimile or other electronic transmission, and shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, sent by facsimile or other
electronic transmission (confirmed in writing) or mailed. Notices shall be addressed, if to Holder, to its address as provided
in the Subscription Agreement or, if to the Company, to its principal office.


 


7.3          Governing
Law. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving
effect to any conflicts or choice of law provisions that would cause the application of the domestic substantive laws of any other
jurisdiction).


 


7.4          Forum.
The Holder and the Company hereby agree that any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with this Note shall
be adjudicated before a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Minnesota and they hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of the State of Minnesota, as well as to the jurisdiction of all courts to which an appeal may be taken from such
courts, with respect to any action or legal proceeding commenced by either of them and hereby irrevocably waive any objection
they now or hereafter may have respecting the venue of any such action or proceeding brought in such a court or respecting the
fact that such court is an inconvenient forum.


 


7.5          Headings.
The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Note are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part
of this Note.


 


7.6          Amendments.
This Note may be amended or waived only with the written consent of the Company and the holders of a majority in original
aggregate principal amount of the Related Notes. Any such amendment or waiver shall be binding on all holders of the Notes, even
if they do not execute such consent, amendment or waiver.


 


7.7          No
Recourse Against Others. The obligations of the Company under this Note are solely obligations of the Company and no
officer, employee or stockholder shall be liable for any failure by the Company to pay amounts on this Note when due or perform
any other obligation.


 


7.8          Assignment;
Binding Effect. This Note may be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of the Holder. This Note
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of both parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.


  



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In
Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this
Note to be signed by its duly authorized officer on the date hereinabove written.


 


	 	NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation
	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	David A. Rosa
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and President




 


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