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Exhibit 10.1

 

		Farmland Partners Inc.

                                                                                 4600 S Syracuse Street

                                                                                Suite 1450

                                                                                Denver, CO 80237
	 

                                                                                t (720) 452-3100

                                                                                f (720) 398-3238

                                                                                www.farmlandpartners.com

 

December 30, 2022 

 

Murray R. Wise (via e-mil)

 

Dear Murray:

 

This letter agreement (this “Agreement”)
is intended to document the terms of your continued employment and gradual retirement at Farmland Partners Inc., Farmland Partners Operating
Partnership, LP, and FPI Agribusiness, Inc. (collectively, the “Company”).

 

Accordingly, we agree as follows:

 

1.   Term.
The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall be from January 1, 2023,
until December 31, 2025, unless earlier terminated as provided herein.

 

2.   Position
and Duties. During the first 18 months of this Agreement (the “Initial Term”)
of this Agreement, you will serve as the Chairman Emeritus of Murray Wise Associates, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“MWA”).
Your principal place of employment with the Company shall be in Champaign, Illinois, provided you may also work remotely, with MWA
providing reimbursement for travel expenses to Champaign, Illinois up to $4,000 annually. During the Initial Term of this Agreement,
you agree to focus your business time, energy, judgment, knowledge and skill to the performance of your duties with the Company, provided
the foregoing will not prohibit you from (i) serving on the boards of directors of non-profit organizations, (ii) participating
in charitable, civic, educational, professional, community or industry affairs, and (iii) managing your personal investments and/or
personal business as necessary, so long as such activities in the aggregate do not interfere or conflict with your duties hereunder or
create a potential business or fiduciary conflict. Other activities may be conducted if approved in writing by the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer.

 

3.   Compensation.
During the Initial Term of this Agreement, you will receive a base salary at an annual rate of
$120,000 (the “Base Salary”). You will also be eligible to receive additional compensation equal to fifteen percent
(15%) of any commission received by MWA directly related to transactions generated by you (the “Employee Commission”).
After the Initial Term expires, you may continue to earn compensation equal to twenty percent (20%) of any commission received by MWA
directly related to transactions generated by you, in addition to reimbursement for related expenses incurred by you at the Company’s
request (the “Independent Contractor Compensation”). Any services you provide following the Initial Term will be as
an independent contractor and not an employee of the Company.

 

     

     

    

 

4.   Employee
Benefits. During the Term, you may participate in any employee benefit plan that the Company
offers to its employees, subject to satisfying the applicable eligibility requirements. In addition, for a period of 18 months following
the Initial Term, the Company will reimburse you the full amount of COBRA premiums owed by you for the continuation of the employee benefit
plans (including medical, dental and vision benefits) in place at the end of the Initial Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
may modify or terminate any employee benefit plan at any time. In addition, you will be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket business
and entertainment expenses incurred by you during the Term of this Agreement in connection with the performance of your duties hereunder.
These costs shall include, but are not limited, costs associated with the maintenance of your currently active real estate licenses (“License
Expenses”). The Company agrees to continue to pay such License Expenses for an additional 5 years following the expiration of
the Term.

 

5.   Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate upon the expiration of the Term, unless earlier terminated for the following reasons: (a) by you,
for any reason (including but not limited to death or disability); (b) by the Company, for cause, (which shall include your continued
failure to substantially perform your duties, gross negligence in connection with the performance of your duties, a conviction or plea
of guilty or nolo contendere of a felony, or your material breach of this Agreement or Company policy); or (c) by the Company, without
cause. In the event of expiration of the Term, or earlier termination by you for any reason or by the Company for cause, the Company shall
pay to you: (i) any unpaid Base Salary through the termination date; (ii) any Employee Commission earned and accrued but unpaid
as of the termination date; (iii) any accrued but unused vacation time in accordance with Company policy; and (iv) reimbursement
for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through the termination date (collectively, sections 5(i) through (iv) shall
be referred to as the “Accrued Benefits”), with neither you nor Company having any further obligations to the other
under this Agreement, except for those provisions that expressly survive termination. If the Company terminates your employment without
cause, the Company will pay to you the Accrued Benefits, your Base Salary in effect on the termination date, and any additional amounts
agreed upon in writing to be paid to you by Company through the Term of this Agreement, paid in full in a lump sum within sixty (60) days
after the date of termination, following your execution of a release to be provided to you by Company.

 

6.   Restrictive Covenants.

 

(a)   Your
current obligation to protect the Company’s confidential information, including, but not limited to, the existence of and terms
of this Agreement, will continue to apply to during and after the Term.

 

(b)   You
and the Company agree not to make negative comments or otherwise disparage the other or the Company’s officers, directors, employees,
shareholders, agents, partners or tenants.

 

     

     

    

 

(c)   You
agree that during the Term of this Agreement you will not, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, control, be employed by or
render services any person, firm, corporation or other entity, in whatever form, engaged in the business of owning, leasing,
brokering, auctioning or managing agricultural real estate or in any other material business in which the Company or any of its
affiliates is engaged on the termination date in any locale of any country in which the Company conducts business (each a
 “Competing Interest”); provided, however, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit your direct or indirect
involvement in a Competing Interest existing as of the date of this Agreement or any future Competing Interest made with the
Company’s express consent during the Term. Following the Term, you agree that while there will be no similar covenant in
place; however, should you refer business to MWA and FPI and you will be eligible to receive the Independent Contractor Compensation
as set forth herein for any transactions generated by you.

 

(d)  In
signing this Agreement, you give the Company assurance that you have carefully read and considered all of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, including the restraints imposed under this Section 6 hereof. You agree that these restraints are necessary for the
reasonable and proper protection of the Company.

 

7.   Miscellaneous.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Company with regard to this subject matter and replaces any prior
agreement. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except in a writing signed by both you and a duly authorized officer of the Company.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, this determination will not affect
any other provision of this Agreement and the provision in question shall be modified by the court so as to be rendered enforceable. This
Agreement shall be deemed to have been entered into and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado
as applied to contracts made and to be performed entirely within Colorado.

 

If the foregoing accurately reflects
our agreement, kindly sign and return to us.

 

	Sincerely,	 	 
	 	 	 
	/s/ Paul A. Pittman	 	 
	Paul
A. Pittman	 	 
	CEO and Chairman, Farmland Partners Inc., Farmland Partners
Operating Partnership, LP, and FPI Agribusiness, Inc.	 	 
	 	 	 
	Acknowledged and agreed by:	 	 
	 	 	 
	/s/ Murray R. Wise	 	 
	Murray R. Wise	 	 
	 	 	 
	Date: January 1, 2023Exhibit
4.1

 

Promissory
Note

 

	U.S.$482,000	Issuance Date:
  December 30, 2022

 

The
undersigned maker, Innovative Payment Solutions, Inc, a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”) promises to pay to the order
of Cavalry Fund I LP (“Lender”), the principal sum of U.S. $482,000), together with interest accruing
thereon from the date hereof at the rate and time hereinafter provided.

 

Interest
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed) on the outstanding balance of principal evidenced by
this Note shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to 10%.

 

The
maturity date of this Note shall be 12 months from the Issuance Date (December 30, 2023) (the “Maturity Date”). All principal
and accrued interest shall be due in full on the Maturity Date.

 

The
failure of Borrower to pay to Lender promptly within five days after written notice from Lender that amounts are due and payable under
this Note shall constitute an event or default under this Note. At any time after the occurrence of any such event of default, the indebtedness
evidenced by this Note and/or any note(s) or other obligation(s) which may be taken in renewal, extension, substitution or modification
of all or any part of the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all other obligations of Borrower to Lender howsoever created and existing
shall, at the option of the Lender in its sole discretion, immediately become due and payable without demand upon or notice to Borrower,
and Lender shall be entitled to exercise all remedies as provided by law and/or equity.

 

Borrower
shall have the right, but not the obligation, in lieu of a cash payment due hereunder, to issue 51,901,711 shares of the Company’s
common stock, as adjusted for any stock splits, dividends or other similar corporate events, in full satisfaction of its obligations
hereunder (or any pro rata portion of such number of shares in partial satisfaction of such obligations). The Borrower shall be under
no legal obligation to reserve such number of shares for future issuance.

 

Borrower
hereby waives presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor and protest and agrees that (i) any collateral, lien or right of setoff
securing any indebtedness evidenced by this Note may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be exchanged or released, and any person
liable on or with respect to this Note may be released, all without notice to or further reservations of rights against Borrower, any
endorser, surety or guarantor and all without in any way affecting or releasing the liability of Borrower, any endorser, surety or guarantor,
and (ii) none of the terms or provisions hereof may be waived, altered, modified or amended except as Lender may consent thereto in writing.

 

Borrower
hereby agrees to pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by Lender in the collection
of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note, in enforcing any of the rights, powers, remedies and privileges of Lender hereunder, or in
connection with any further negotiations, modifications, releases, or otherwise incurred by Lender in connection with this Note. As used
in this Note, the term “attorneys’ fees” shall mean reasonable charges and expenses for legal services rendered to
or on behalf of Lender in connection with the collection of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note at any time whether prior to the
commencement of judicial proceedings and/or thereafter at the trial and/or appellate level and/or in pre-judgment and post-judgment or
bankruptcy proceedings.

 

     

     

    

 

In
no event shall the rate of interest charged under this Note exceed the rate that may legally be charged to Borrower for obligations of
this nature under the laws of the State of New York, and any interest that may be paid in excess of the legal limit shall, at the option
of Lender, be refunded to Borrower or shall be applied towards payment of the principal obligation under this Note.

 

If
any installment of interest, principal or principal and interest shall become overdue for a period in excess of 10 days, in addition
to such payment, a “late charge” in the amount of 5% of such overdue payment shall be paid by Borrower to Lender on demand
for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to handling such delinquent payments.

 

During
the continuation of any default by Borrower in the payment of any installment of interest, principal or principal and interest under
this Note, the interest rate provided herein shall be increased to a rate which shall be equal to the maximum rate of interest allowable
under the laws of the State of New York.

 

To
the extent that Lender receives any payment on account of any of Borrower’s obligations, and any such payment(s) or any part thereof
are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, subordinate and/or required to be repaid to a trustee,
receiver or any other person or entity under any bankruptcy act, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent
of such payment(s) received, Borrower’s obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continue in full
force and effect, as if such payment(s) had not been received by Lender and applied on account of Borrower’s obligations.

 

All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party
agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Note
shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the New York County, New York. Each party hereby irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the New York County, New York for the adjudication of
any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any
such court, that such action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably
waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to
it and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

If
any provisions of this Note shall be deemed unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective, but only to the
extent of such unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Note. All of
the terms and provisions of this Note shall be applicable to and be binding upon each and every maker, endorser, surety, guarantor, all
other persons who are or may become liable for the payment hereof and their heirs, personal representatives, successors or assigns.

 

BORROWER
AND LENDER (BY ACCEPTING THIS NOTE) HEREBY MUTUALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY EITHER BORROWER
OR LENDER AGAINST THE OTHER AND BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS NOTE OR OTHER DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE LOAN EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE.

 

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

 

	 	INNOVATIVE PAYMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/
    Willaim Corbett
	 	Name: 	William Corbett
	 	Its:	Chief Executive Officer

 

[Cavalry
Promissory Note Signature Page]

 

 

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