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LM Funding America, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.4 

LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC. 

2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN 

1. Purpose, Effective Date and Definitions. 

(a) Purpose. This LM Funding America, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan has two complementary purposes: (i) to attract, retain,
focus and motivate executives and other selected employees, directors, consultants and advisors and (ii) to increase stockholder value. The Plan will accomplish these objectives by offering participants the opportunity to acquire shares of the
Company’s common stock, receive monetary payments based on the value of such common stock or receive other incentive compensation on the terms that this Plan provides. 

(b) Effective Date. This Plan is effective as of October 21, 2015 (the “Effective Date”). 

(c) Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in various sections of the Plan have the meanings given in
Section 18. 
 2. Administration. 

(a) Administration. In addition to the authority specifically granted to the Administrator in this Plan, the Administrator has full
discretionary authority to administer this Plan, including but not limited to the authority to: (i) interpret the provisions of this Plan or any agreement covering an Award; (ii) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating
to this Plan; (iii) correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, any Award or any agreement covering an Award in the manner and to the extent it deems desirable to carry this Plan or such Award into
effect; and (iv) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. All Administrator determinations shall be made in the sole discretion of the Administrator and are final and binding on all interested
parties. 
 Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Administrator shall have the discretion to grant an Award with any vesting
condition, any vesting period or any performance period if the Award is granted to a newly hired or promoted Participant, or accelerate or shorten the vesting or performance period of an Award, in connection with a Participant’s death,
Disability, Retirement or termination by the Company or an Affiliate without Cause or a Change of Control. 
 Notwithstanding the above statement or any
other provision of the Plan, once established, the Administrator shall have no discretion to increase the amount of compensation payable under an Award that is intended to be performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), although
the Administrator may decrease the amount of compensation a Participant may earn under such an Award. 
 (b) Delegation to Other
Committees or Officers. To the extent applicable law permits, the Board may delegate to another committee of the Board, or the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company, any or all of their respective authority and
responsibility as an Administrator of the Plan; provided that no such delegation is permitted with respect to Stock-based Awards made to Section 16 Participants at the time any such delegated authority or responsibility is exercised
unless the delegation is to another committee of the Board consisting entirely of Non-Employee Directors. If the Board or the Committee has made such a delegation, then all references to the Administrator in this Plan include such other committee or
one or more officers to the extent of such delegation. 

 (c) No Liability; Indemnification. No member of the Board or the Committee, and no officer
or member of any other committee to whom a delegation under Section 2(b) has been made, will be liable for any act done, or determination made, by the individual in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award. The Company will indemnify
and hold harmless each such individual as to any acts or omissions, or determinations made, with respect to this Plan or any Award to the maximum extent that the law and the Company’s by-laws permit. 

3. Eligibility. The Administrator may designate any of the following as a Participant from time to time, to the extent of the
Administrator’s authority: any officer or other employee of the Company or its Affiliates; any individual that the Company or an Affiliate has engaged to become an officer or employee; any consultant or advisor who provides services to the
Company or its Affiliates; or any Director, including a Non-Employee Director. The Administrator’s granting of an Award to a Participant will not require the Administrator to grant an Award to such individual at any future time. The
Administrator’s granting of a particular type of Award to a Participant will not require the Administrator to grant any other type of Award to such individual. 

4. Types of Awards; Assistance to Participants. 

(a) Grants of Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator may grant any type of Award to any Participant it selects,
but only employees of the Company or a Subsidiary (that qualifies under Code Section 422) may receive grants of incentive stock options within the meaning of Code Section 422. Awards may be granted alone or in addition to, in tandem with,
or (subject to the prohibition on repricing set forth in Section 14(e)) in substitution for any other Award (or any other award granted under another plan of the Company or any Affiliate, including the plan of an acquired entity). 

(b) Assistance. On such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Administrator, the Company or any Subsidiary may directly or
indirectly lend money to any Participant or other person to accomplish the purposes of the Plan, including to assist such Participant or other person to acquire Shares upon the exercise of Options, provided that such lending is not permitted
to the extent it would violate terms of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or any other law, regulation or other requirement applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary. 

5. Shares Reserved under this Plan. 

(a) Plan Reserve. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16, an aggregate of 600,000 Shares are reserved for issuance under
this Plan, all of which may be issued upon the exercise of incentive stock options. The Shares reserved for issuance may be either authorized and unissued Shares or shares reacquired at any time and now or hereafter held as treasury stock. The
aggregate number of Shares reserved under this Section 5(a) shall be depleted by the maximum number of Shares, if any, that may be issuable under an Award as determined at the time of grant. For purposes of determining the aggregate number of
Shares reserved for issuance under this Plan, any fractional Share shall be rounded to the next highest full Share. 

  
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 (b) Replenishment of Shares Under this Plan. If (i) an Award lapses, expires,
terminates or is cancelled without the issuance of Shares under the Award (whether due currently or on a deferred basis), (ii) it is determined during or at the conclusion of the term of an Award that all or some portion of the Shares with
respect to which the Award was granted will not be issuable, or that other compensation with respect to the Shares covered by the Award will not be payable, on the basis that the conditions for such issuance will not be satisfied, (iii) Shares
are forfeited under an Award, (iv) Shares are issued under any Award and the Company subsequently reacquires them pursuant to rights reserved upon the issuance of the Shares or (v) Shares are tendered to satisfy the exercise price of an
Award or federal, state or local tax withholding obligations, then such Shares shall be recredited to the Plan’s reserve and may again be used for new Awards under this Plan, but Shares recredited to the Plan’s reserve pursuant to clause
(iv) or (v) may not be issued pursuant to incentive stock options. 
 6. Options. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the
Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each Option, including but not limited to: (a) whether the Option is an “incentive stock option” which meets the requirements of Code Section 422, or a “nonqualified
stock option” which does not meet the requirements of Code Section 422; (b) the grant date, which may not be any day prior to the date that the Administrator approves the grant; (c) the number of Shares subject to the Option;
(d) the exercise price, which may not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option as determined on the date of grant; (e) the terms and conditions of vesting and exercise; and (f) the term, except that an
Option must terminate no later than ten (10) years after the date of grant. In all other respects, the terms of any incentive stock option should comply with the provisions of Code Section 422 except to the extent the Administrator
determines otherwise. Except to the extent the Administrator determines otherwise, a Participant may exercise an Option in whole or part after the right to exercise the Option has accrued, provided that any partial exercise must be for one
hundred (100) Shares or multiples thereof. If an Option that is intended to be an incentive stock option fails to meet the requirements thereof, the Option shall automatically be treated as a nonqualified stock option to the extent of such
failure. Unless restricted by the Administrator, and subject to such procedures as the Administrator may specify, the payment of the exercise price of Options may be made by (x) delivery of cash or other Shares or other securities of the
Company (including by attestation) having a then Fair Market Value equal to the purchase price of such Shares or (y) by delivery to the Company or its designated agent of an executed irrevocable option exercise form together with irrevocable
instructions to a broker-dealer to sell or margin a sufficient portion of the Shares and deliver the sale or margin loan proceeds directly to the Company to pay for the exercise price. To the extent permitted by the Administrator, the payment of the
exercise price of the Options may also be made by surrendering the right to receive Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant upon exercise of the Award having a Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the total exercise price or by
any combination of such method and the methods described in the preceding sentence. Except to the extent otherwise set forth in an Award agreement, a Participant shall have no rights as a holder of Stock as a result of the grant of an Option until
the Option is exercised, the exercise price and applicable withholding taxes are paid and the Shares subject to the Option are issued thereunder. 

7. Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each SAR,
including but not limited to: (a) whether the SAR is granted independently of an Option or relates to an Option; (b) the grant date, which may not be any day prior to the date that the Administrator approves the grant; (c) the number
of Shares to which the SAR relates; (d) the grant price, provided that the grant price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the SAR as determined on the date of grant; (e) the terms and conditions of
exercise or maturity, including vesting; (f) the term, provided that an SAR must terminate no later than ten (10) years after the date of grant; and (g) whether the SAR will be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof.
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in relation to an Option, then unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the SAR shall be exercisable or shall mature at the same time or times, on the same conditions and to the extent
and in the proportion, that the related Option is exercisable and may be exercised or mature for all or part of the Shares subject to the related Option. Upon exercise of any number of SARs, the number of Shares subject to the related Option shall
be reduced accordingly and such Option may not be exercised with respect to that number of Shares. The exercise of any number of Options that relate to an SAR shall likewise result in an equivalent reduction in the number of Shares covered by the
related SAR. 
 8. Performance and Stock Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and
conditions of each award of Shares, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units, including but not limited to: (a) the number of Shares and/or units to which such Award relates; (b) whether, as a
condition for the Participant to realize all or a portion of the benefit provided under the Award, one or more Performance Goals must be achieved during such period as the Administrator specifies; (c) whether the restrictions imposed on
Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall lapse, and all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to an Award shall be deemed achieved, upon a Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement; (d) the length of the vesting and/or
performance period and, if different, the date on which payment of the benefit provided under the Award will be made; (e) with respect to Performance Units, whether to measure the value of each unit in relation to a designated dollar value or
the Fair Market Value of one or more Shares; and (f) with respect to Restricted Stock Units and Performance Units, whether to settle such Awards in cash, in Shares (including Restricted Stock), or a combination thereof. 

9. Annual Incentive Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of an Annual
Incentive Award, including but not limited to the Performance Goals, performance period, the potential amount payable, and the timing of payment; provided that the Administrator must require that payment of all or any portion of the amount
subject to the Annual Incentive Award is contingent on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals during the period the Administrator specifies, although the Administrator may specify that all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to
an Award are deemed achieved upon a Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement (except, in the case of an Award intended to constitute performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), to the extent inconsistent with the
applicable requirements of Code Section 162(m)), or such other circumstances as the Administrator may specify. 
 10. Long-Term
Incentive Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of a Long-Term Incentive Award, including but not limited to the Performance Goals, performance period (which must be more than one
year), the potential amount payable, and the timing of payment; provided that the Administrator must require that payment of all or any portion of the amount subject to the Long-Term Incentive Award is contingent on the achievement of one or
more Performance Goals during the period the Administrator specifies, although the Administrator may specify that all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to an Award are deemed achieved upon a Participant’s death, Disability or
Retirement (except, in the case of an Award intended to constitute performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), to the extent inconsistent with the applicable requirements of Code Section 162(m)), or such other circumstances
as the Administrator may specify. 

  
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 11. Dividend Equivalent Units. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will
determine all terms and conditions of each award of Dividend Equivalent Units, including but not limited to whether: (a) such Award will be granted in tandem with another Award; (b) payment of the Award will be made concurrently with
dividend payments or credited to an account for the Participant which provides for the deferral of such amounts until a stated time; (c) the Award will be settled in cash or Shares; and (d) as a condition for the Participant to realize all
or a portion of the benefit provided under the Award, one or more Performance Goals must be achieved during such period as the Administrator specifies; provided that Dividend Equivalent Units may not be granted in connection with an Option,
Stock Appreciation Right or other “stock right” within the meaning of Code Section 409A; and provided further that no Dividend Equivalent Unit granted in tandem with another Award shall include vesting provisions more favorable
to the Participant than the vesting provisions, if any, to which the tandem Award is subject. 
 12. Other Stock-Based Awards.
Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator may grant to Participants other types of Awards, which may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Shares, either alone or in addition
to or in conjunction with other Awards, and payable in Stock or cash. Without limitation except as provided herein (and subject to the limitations of Section 14(e)), such Award may include the issuance of shares of unrestricted Stock, which may
be awarded in payment of director fees, in lieu of cash compensation, in exchange for cancellation of a compensation right, as a bonus, or upon the attainment of Performance Goals or otherwise, or rights to acquire Stock from the Company. The
Administrator shall determine all terms and conditions of the Award, including but not limited to, the time or times at which such Awards shall be made, and the number of Shares to be granted pursuant to such Awards or to which such Award shall
relate; provided that any Award that provides for purchase rights shall be priced at 100% of Fair Market Value on the date of the Award. 

13. Restrictions on Transfer, Encumbrance and Disposition. No Award granted under this Plan may be sold, assigned, mortgaged,
pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred, or encumbered or disposed of, by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and during the lifetime of the Participant such Awards may be exercised only by the
Participant or the Participant’s legal representative or by the permitted transferee of such Participant as hereinafter provided (or by the legal representative of such permitted transferee). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may
transfer an Award to the extent expressly permitted by the Administrator. Subsequent transfers of transferred Awards are prohibited except transfers otherwise made in accordance with this Section 13. Any attempted transfer not permitted by this
Section 13 shall be null and void and have no legal effect. The restrictions set forth in this Section 13, and any risk of forfeiture applicable to an Award, shall be enforceable against any transferee of an Award. 

14. Termination and Amendment of Plan; Amendment, Modification or Cancellation of Awards. 

(a) Term of Plan. Unless the Board earlier terminates this Plan pursuant to Section 14(b), this Plan will terminate when all Shares
reserved for issuance have been issued. If the term of this Plan extends beyond ten (10) years from the Effective Date, no incentive stock options may be granted after such time unless the stockholders of the Company have approved an extension
of this Plan. In addition, no Award may constitute qualified performance-based compensation within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) unless, to the extent required by Code Section 162(m) for such Award to constitute qualified
performance-based compensation, the material terms of the Performance Goals applicable to such Award are disclosed to and reapproved by the stockholders of the Company no later than the first stockholder meeting that occurs in the fifth (5th) year following the year in which the stockholders previously approved the Performance Goals. 

  
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 (b) Termination and Amendment. The Board or the Administrator may amend, alter, suspend,
discontinue or terminate this Plan at any time, subject to the following limitations: 
 (i) the Board must approve any
amendment of this Plan to the extent the Company determines such approval is required by: (A) prior action of the Board, (B) applicable corporate law, or (C) any other applicable law; 

(ii) stockholders must approve any amendment of this Plan to the extent the Company determines such approval is required by:
(A) Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (B) the Code, (C) the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded, or (D) any other applicable law; and 

(iii) stockholders must approve any of the following Plan amendments: (A) an amendment to materially increase any number
of Shares specified in Section 5(a) (except as permitted by Section 16) or (B) an amendment that would diminish the protections afforded by Section 14(e). 

(c) Amendment, Modification, Cancellation and Disgorgement of Awards.  

(i) Except as provided in Section 14(e) and subject to the requirements of this Plan, the Administrator may modify, amend
or cancel any Award, or waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or the exercise of the Award; provided that, except as otherwise provided in the Plan or the Award agreement, any modification or amendment that materially
diminishes the rights of the Participant, or the cancellation of the Award, shall be effective only if agreed to by the Participant or any other person(s) as may then have an interest in the Award, but the Administrator need not obtain Participant
(or other interested party) consent for the modification, amendment or cancellation of an Award pursuant to the provisions of subsection (ii) or Section 16 or as follows: (A) to the extent the Administrator deems such action necessary
to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded; (B) to the extent the Administrator deems necessary to preserve favorable accounting or tax
treatment of any Award for the Company; or (C) to the extent the Administrator determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of an Award or that such action is in the best interest of the affected Participant
(or any other person(s) as may then have an interest in the Award). Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, any such amendment shall be made in a manner that will enable an Award intended to be exempt from
Code Section 409A to continue to be so exempt, or to enable an Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A to continue to so comply. 

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in an Award agreement, the Administrator shall have full power and authority to
terminate or cause the Participant to forfeit the Award, and require the Participant to disgorge to the Company any gains attributable to the Award, if the Participant engages in any action constituting, as determined by the Administrator in its
discretion, Cause for termination, or a breach of any Award agreement or any other agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate concerning noncompetition, nonsolicitation, confidentiality, trade secrets, intellectual property,
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 (iii) Any Awards granted pursuant to this Plan, and any Stock issued or cash paid
pursuant to an Award, shall be subject to any recoupment or clawback policy that is adopted by, or any recoupment or similar requirement otherwise made applicable by law, regulation or listing standards to, the Company from time to time. 

(d) Survival of Authority and Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the authority of the Board and the Administrator under this
Section 14 and to otherwise administer the Plan with respect to then-outstanding Awards will extend beyond the date of this Plan’s termination. In addition, termination of this Plan will not affect the rights of Participants with respect
to Awards previously granted to them, and all unexpired Awards will continue in force and effect after termination of this Plan except as they may lapse or be terminated by their own terms and conditions. 

(e) Repricing and Backdating Prohibited. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, and except for the adjustments provided
for in Section 16, neither the Administrator nor any other person may (i) amend the terms of outstanding Options or SARs to reduce the exercise or grant price of such outstanding Options or SARs; (ii) cancel outstanding Options or
SARs in exchange for Options or SARs with an exercise or grant price that is less than the exercise or grant price of the original Options or SARs; or (iii) cancel outstanding Options or SARs with an exercise or grant price above the current
Fair Market Value of a Share in exchange for cash or other securities. In addition, the Administrator may not make a grant of an Option or SAR with a grant date that is effective prior to the date the Administrator takes action to approve such
Award. 
 (f) Foreign Participation. To assure the viability of Awards granted to Participants employed or residing in foreign
countries, the Administrator may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy, accounting or custom. Moreover, the Administrator may approve such supplements to, or
amendments, restatements or alternative versions of, this Plan as it determines is necessary or appropriate for such purposes. Any such amendment, restatement or alternative versions that the Administrator approves for purposes of using this Plan in
a foreign country will not affect the terms of this Plan for any other country. In addition, all such supplements, amendments, restatements or alternative versions must comply with the provisions of Section 14(b)(ii). 

(g) Code Section 409A. The provisions of Code Section 409A are incorporated herein by reference to the extent necessary for
any Award that is subject to Code Section 409A to comply therewith. 
 15. Taxes.  

(a) Withholding. In the event the Company or one of its Affiliates is required to withhold any Federal, state or local taxes or other
amounts in respect of any income recognized by a Participant as a result of the grant, vesting, payment or settlement of an Award or disposition of any Shares acquired under an Award, the Company or its Affiliate may deduct (or require an Affiliate
to deduct) from any cash payments of any kind otherwise due the Participant, or with the consent of the Administrator, Shares otherwise deliverable or vesting under an Award, to satisfy such tax or other obligations. Alternatively, the Company or
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arrangements satisfactory to the Company or its Affiliate regarding the payment to the Company or its Affiliate of the aggregate amount of any such taxes and other amounts. If Shares are
deliverable upon exercise or payment of an Award, then, unless restricted by the Administrator and subject to such procedures as the Administrator may specify, a Participant may satisfy all or a portion of the Federal, state and local withholding
tax obligations arising in connection with such Award by electing to deliver other previously owned Shares. To the extent expressly permitted by the Administrator, a Participant may satisfy all or a portion of the Federal, state and local
withholding tax obligations arising in connection with an Award by having the Company or its Affiliate withhold Shares otherwise issuable under the Award or tendering back Shares received in connection with such Award. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, the amount to be withheld may not exceed the total minimum federal, state and local tax withholding obligations associated with the transaction to the extent needed for the Company and its Affiliates to avoid an accounting
charge. If an election is provided, the election must be made on or before the date as of which the amount of tax to be withheld is determined and otherwise as the Administrator requires. In any case, the Company and its Affiliates may defer making
payment or delivery under any Award if any such tax may be pending unless and until indemnified to its satisfaction. 
 (b) No Guarantee
of Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan, the Company does not guarantee to any Participant or any other Person with an interest in an Award that (i) any Award intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A shall be
so exempt, (ii) any Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A or Code Section 422 shall so comply, or (iii) any Award shall otherwise receive a specific tax treatment under any other applicable tax law, nor in any such case
will the Company or any Affiliate be required to indemnify, defend or hold harmless any individual with respect to the tax consequences of any Award. 

16. Adjustment Provisions; Change of Control. 

(a) Adjustment of Shares. If: (i) the Company shall at any time be involved in a merger or other transaction in which the Shares
are changed or exchanged; (ii) the Company shall subdivide or combine the Shares or the Company shall declare a dividend payable in Shares, other securities (other than stock purchase rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights agreement) or
other property; (iii) the Company shall effect a cash dividend the amount of which, on a per Share basis, exceeds ten percent (10%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share at the time the dividend is declared, or the Company shall effect any
other dividend or other distribution on the Shares in the form of cash, or a repurchase of Shares, that the Board determines by resolution is special or extraordinary in nature or that is in connection with a transaction that the Company
characterizes publicly as a recapitalization or reorganization involving the Shares; or (iv) any other event shall occur, which, in the case of this clause (iv), in the judgment of the Administrator necessitates an adjustment to prevent
dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan, then the Administrator shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential
benefits intended to be made available under this Plan, adjust as applicable: (A) the number and type of shares subject to this Plan (including the number and type of shares described in Sections 5(a) and (b)) and which may after the event be
made the subject of Awards; (B) the number and type of shares subject to outstanding Awards; (C) the grant, purchase, or exercise price with respect to any Award; and (D) to the extent such discretion does not cause an Award that is
intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) to lose its status as such, the Performance Goals of an Award. In any such case, the Administrator may also (or in lieu of the foregoing) make provision for a cash
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cancellation of all or a portion of the Award (without the consent of the holder of an Award) in an amount determined by the Administrator effective at such time as the Administrator specifies
(which may be the time such transaction or event is effective). However, in each case, with respect to Awards of incentive stock options, no such adjustment may be authorized to the extent that such authority would cause this Plan to violate Code
Section 422(b). Further, the number of Shares subject to any Award payable or denominated in Shares must always be a whole number. In any event, previously granted Options or SARs are subject to only such adjustments as are necessary to
maintain the relative proportionate interest the Options and SARs represented immediately prior to any such event and to preserve, without exceeding, the value of such Options or SARs. 

Without limitation, in the event of any reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination or other similar corporate transaction or event,
whether or not constituting a Change of Control (other than any such transaction in which the Company is the continuing corporation and in which the outstanding Stock is not being converted into or exchanged for different securities, cash or other
property, or any combination thereof), the Administrator may substitute, on an equitable basis as the Administrator determines, for each Share then subject to an Award and the Shares subject to this Plan (if the Plan will continue in effect), the
number and kind of shares of stock, other securities, cash or other property to which holders of Stock are or will be entitled in respect of each Share pursuant to the transaction. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a stock dividend (other than a stock dividend declared in lieu of an ordinary cash dividend) or
subdivision or combination of the Shares (including a reverse stock split), if no action is taken by the Administrator, adjustments contemplated by this subsection that are proportionate shall nevertheless automatically be made as of the date of
such stock dividend or subdivision or combination of the Shares. 
 (b) Issuance or Assumption. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan, and without affecting the number of Shares otherwise reserved or available under this Plan, in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization, the Administrator may authorize the issuance or
assumption of awards under this Plan upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate. 
 (c) Change of Control. Unless
otherwise expressly provided in an Award agreement or another contract, including an employment agreement, or under the terms of a transaction constituting a Change of Control, the Administrator may provide for the acceleration of the vesting or
earning and, if applicable, exercisability of any outstanding Award, or portion thereof, or the lapsing of any conditions or restrictions on or the time for payment in respect of any outstanding Award, or portion thereof, upon a Change of Control or
the termination of the Participant’s employment following a Change of Control. In addition, unless otherwise expressly provided in an Award agreement or another contract, including an employment agreement, or under the terms of a transaction
constituting a Change of Control, without limitation of the foregoing, the Administrator may provide that any or all of the following shall occur in connection with a Change of Control: (a) the substitution for the Shares subject to any
outstanding Award, or portion thereof, of stock or other securities of the surviving corporation or any successor corporation to the Company, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, in which event the aggregate purchase or exercise price, if any, of such
Award, or portion thereof, shall remain the same, (b) the conversion of any outstanding Award, or portion thereof, into a right to receive cash or other property upon or following the consummation of the Change of Control in an amount equal to
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multiplied by the number of Shares subject to such Award, or a portion thereof, (c) acceleration of the vesting (and, as applicable, the exercisability) of any and/or all outstanding Awards,
(d) the cancellation of any outstanding and unexercised Awards upon or following the consummation of the Change of Control (without the consent of an Award holder or any person with an interest in an Award), (e) in the case of Options or
SARs, the cancellation of all outstanding Options or SARs in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the Change of Control Price over the exercise price of the Shares subject to such Option or SAR upon the Change of Control (or for no
cash payment if such excess is zero), and/or (f) the cancellation of any Awards in exchange for a cash payment based on the value of the Award as of the date of the Change of Control (or for no payment if the Award has no value). 

For purposes of this Section 16, the “value” of a Performance Share shall be equal to, and the “value” of a Performance Unit for
which the value is equal to the Fair Market Value of Shares shall be based on, the Change of Control Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 16(c), the terms of any Awards that are subject to Code Section 409A shall
govern the treatment of such Awards upon a Change of Control, and the terms of this Section 16(c) shall not apply, to the extent required for such Awards to remain compliant with Code Section 409A, as applicable. 

(d) Application of Limits on Payments. 

(i) Determination of Cap or Payment. Except to the extent the Participant has in effect an employment or similar
agreement with the Company or any Affiliate or is subject to a policy that provides for a more favorable result to the Participant upon a Change of Control, if any payments or benefits paid by the Company pursuant to this Plan, including any
accelerated vesting or similar provisions (“Plan Payments”), would cause some or all of the Plan Payments in conjunction with any other payments made to or benefits received by a Participant in connection with a Change of Control (such
payments or benefits, together with the Plan Payments, the “Total Payments”) to be subject to the tax (“Excise Tax”) imposed by Code Section 4999 but for this Section 16(d), then, notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan to the contrary, the Total Payments shall be delivered either (A) in full or (B) in an amount such that the value of the aggregate Total Payments that the Participant is entitled to receive shall be One Dollar ($1.00) less than
the maximum amount that the Participant may receive without being subject to the Excise Tax, whichever of (A) or (B) results in the receipt by the Participant of the greatest benefit on an after-tax basis (taking into account applicable
federal, state and local income taxes and the Excise Tax). 
 (ii) Procedures.  

(A) If a Participant or the Company believes that a payment or benefit due the Participant will result in some or all of the
Total Payments being subject to the Excise Tax, then the Company, at its expense, shall obtain the opinion (which need not be unqualified) of nationally recognized tax counsel (“National Tax Counsel”) selected by the Company (which may be
regular outside counsel to the Company), which opinion sets forth (1) the amount of the Base Period Income (as defined below), (2) the amount and present value of the Total Payments, (3) the amount and present value of any excess
parachute payments determined without regard to any reduction of Total Payments pursuant to Section 6(a)(ii), and (4) the net after-tax proceeds to the Participant, taking into 

  
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account applicable federal, state and local income taxes and the Excise Tax if (x) the Total Payments were delivered in accordance with Section 16(d)(i)(A) or (y) the Total
Payments were delivered in accordance with Section 16(d)(i)(B). The opinion of National Tax Counsel shall be addressed to the Company and the Participant and shall be binding upon the Company and the Participant. If such National Tax Counsel
opinion determines that Section 16(d)(i)(B) applies, then the Plan Payments or any other payment or benefit determined by such counsel to be includable in the Total Payments shall be reduced or eliminated so that under the bases of calculations
set forth in such opinion there will be no excess parachute payment. In such event, payments or benefits included in the Total Payments shall be reduced or eliminated by applying the following principles, in order: (1) the payment or benefit
with the higher ratio of the parachute payment value to present economic value (determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions) shall be reduced or eliminated before a payment or benefit with a lower ratio; (2) the payment or benefit with
the later possible payment date shall be reduced or eliminated before a payment or benefit with an earlier payment date; and (3) cash payments shall be reduced prior to non-cash benefits; provided that if the foregoing order of reduction
or elimination would violate Code Section 409A, then the reduction shall be made pro rata among the payments or benefits included in the Total Payments (on the basis of the relative present value of the parachute payments). 

(B) For purposes of this Section 16: (1) the terms “excess parachute payment” and “parachute
payments” shall have the meanings given in Code Section 280G and such “parachute payments” shall be valued as provided therein; (2) present value shall be calculated in accordance with Code Section 280G(d)(4);
(3) the term “Base Period Income” means an amount equal to the Participant’s “annualized includible compensation for the base period” as defined in Code Section 280G(d)(1); (4) for purposes of the opinion of
National Tax Counsel, the value of any noncash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with the principles of Code Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4); and (5) the
Participant shall be deemed to pay federal income tax and employment taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income and employment taxation, and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state or locality of
the Participant’s domicile, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that may be obtained from the deduction of such state and local taxes. 

(C) If National Tax Counsel so requests in connection with the opinion required by this Section 16(d)(ii), the Company
shall obtain, at the Company’s expense, and the National Tax Counsel may rely on, the advice of a firm of recognized executive compensation consultants as to the reasonableness of any item of compensation to be received by the Participant
solely with respect to its status under Code Section 280G. 

  
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 (D) The Company agrees to bear all costs associated with, and to indemnify and
hold harmless the National Tax Counsel from, any and all claims, damages and expenses resulting from or relating to its determinations pursuant to this Section 16, except for claims, damages or expenses resulting from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such firm. 
 (E) This Section 16 shall be amended to comply with any amendment or successor
provision to Code Section 280G or Code Section 4999. If such provisions are repealed without successor, then this Section 16(d) shall be cancelled without further effect. 

17. Miscellaneous. 

(a) Other Terms and Conditions. The Administrator may provide in any Award agreement such other provisions (whether or not
applicable to the Award granted to any other Participant) as the Administrator determines appropriate to the extent not otherwise prohibited by the terms of the Plan.  

(b) Employment and Service. The issuance of an Award shall not confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continued employment
or service with the Company or any Affiliate, or the right to continue as a Director. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, for purposes of the Plan and all Awards, the following rules shall apply: 

(i) a Participant who transfers employment between the Company and its Affiliates, or between Affiliates, will not be
considered to have terminated employment; 
 (ii) a Participant who ceases to be a Non-Employee Director because he or she
becomes an employee of the Company or an Affiliate shall not be considered to have ceased service as a Director with respect to any Award until such Participant’s termination of employment with the Company and its Affiliates; 

(iii) a Participant who ceases to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate and immediately thereafter becomes a Non-Employee
Director, a non-employee director of an Affiliate, or a consultant to the Company or any Affiliate shall not be considered to have terminated employment until such Participant’s service as a director of, or consultant to, the Company and its
Affiliates has ceased; and 
 (iv) a Participant employed by an Affiliate will be considered to have terminated employment
when such entity ceases to be an Affiliate. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of an Award that is subject to Code
Section 409A, if a Participant’s termination of employment or service triggers the payment of compensation under such Award, then the Participant will be deemed to have terminated employment or service upon his or her “separation from
service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan or an Award to the contrary, if any Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A as of the
date of his or her “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, then, to the extent required by Code Section 409A, any payment made to the Participant on account of such separation from service shall not be
made before a date that is six months after the date of the separation from service. 

  
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 (c) No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares or other securities may be issued or
delivered pursuant to this Plan, and the Administrator may determine whether cash, other securities or other property will be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares or other securities, or whether such fractional Shares or other
securities or any rights to fractional Shares or other securities will be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated. 
 (d) Unfunded
Plan; Awards Not Includable for Benefits Purposes. This Plan is unfunded and does not create, and should not be construed to create, a trust or separate fund with respect to this Plan’s benefits. This Plan does not establish any fiduciary
relationship between the Company and any Participant or other person. To the extent any person holds any rights by virtue of an Award granted under this Plan, such rights are no greater than the rights of the Company’s general unsecured
creditors. Income recognized by a Participant pursuant to an Award shall not be included in the determination of benefits under any employee pension benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended) or group insurance or other benefit plans applicable to the Participant which are maintained by the Company or any Affiliate, except as may be provided under the terms of such plans or determined by resolution of
the Board. 
 (e) Requirements of Law and Securities Exchange. The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares in connection with an
Award are subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or any award agreement, the
Company has no liability to deliver any Shares under this Plan or make any payment unless such delivery or payment would comply with all applicable laws and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity, and unless and
until the Participant has taken all actions required by the Company in connection therewith. The Company may impose such restrictions on any Shares issued under the Plan as the Company determines necessary or desirable to comply with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations or the requirements of any national securities exchanges. 
 (f) Governing Law; Venue. This Plan, and all
agreements under this Plan, will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to any conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Plan, any Award or any award
agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, may only be brought and determined in (i) a court sitting in the State of Delaware, and (ii) a “bench”
trial, and any party to such action or proceeding shall agree to waive its right to a jury trial. 
 (g) Limitations on Actions. Any
legal action or proceeding with respect to this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, must be brought within one year (365 days) after the day the complaining party first knew or should have known of the events giving rise to the complaint. 

(h) Construction. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were used in the feminine
in all cases where they would so apply; and wherever any words are used in the singular or plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply. Titles of
sections are for general information only, and this Plan is not to be construed with reference to such titles. 

  
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 (i) Severability. If any provision of this Plan or any award agreement or any Award
(a) is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person or Award, or (b) would disqualify this Plan, any award agreement or any Award under any law the Administrator deems applicable,
then such provision should be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Administrator, materially altering the intent of this Plan, award
agreement or Award, then such provision should be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of this Plan, such award agreement and such Award will remain in full force and effect. 

18. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Plan or any Award agreement have the following meanings, unless the Award agreement
otherwise provides: 
 (a) “Administrator” means the Committee; provided that, to the extent the Board has retained
authority and responsibility as an Administrator of the Plan, the term “Administrator” shall also mean the Board or, to the extent the Committee has delegated authority and responsibility as an Administrator of the Plan to one or more
officers of the Company as permitted by Section 2(b), the term “Administrator” shall also mean such officer or officers. 

(b) “Affiliate” shall have the meaning given in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of
determining those individuals to whom an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be granted, the term “Affiliate” means any entity that, directly or through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by, controls, or is under common control
with, the Company within the meaning of Code Sections 414(b) or (c); provided that, in applying such provisions, the phrase “at least 20 percent” shall be used in place of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears
therein. 
 (c) “Award” means a grant of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted
Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Shares, an Annual Incentive Award, a Long-Term Incentive Award, Dividend Equivalent Units or any other type of award permitted under the Plan. 

(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

(e) “Cause” means any of the following as determined by the Company: (i) with respect to Participants other than Non-Employee
Directors, (A) the failure of the Participant to perform or observe any of the material terms or provisions of any written employment agreement between the Participant and the Company or its Affiliates or, if no written agreement exists, the
gross dereliction of the Participant’s duties (for reasons other than the Participant’s Disability) with respect to the Company or its Affiliates; (B) the failure of the Participant to comply fully with the lawful directives of the
Board or the board of directors of an Affiliate of the Company, as applicable, or the officers or supervisory employees to whom the Participant reports; (C) the Participant’s dishonesty, misconduct, misappropriation of funds, or disloyalty
or disparagement of the Company, any of its Affiliates or its management or employees; or (D) other proper cause determined in good faith by the Administrator; or (ii) with respect to Non-Employee Directors, (A) fraud or intentional
misrepresentation; (B) embezzlement, misappropriation or conversion of assets or opportunities of the Company or any of its Affiliates; or (C) any other gross or willful misconduct as determined by the Committee, in its sole and conclusive
discretion. 

  
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 (f) “Change of Control” means the first to occur of the following with respect to the
Company (which, for purposes of this definition, shall be included in references to “the Company”): 
 (i) Any
“Person,” as that term is defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (but excluding (A) the Company; (B) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company; (C) any
corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as they own the stock of the Company; or (D) either of Bruce M. Rodgers or Carollinn Gould or any of their respective Affiliates
or family members), is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined
voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or 
 (ii) The Company is merged or consolidated with any
other corporation or other entity, other than: (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or
(B) the Company engages in a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no “Person” (as defined above) acquires fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined
voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a merger or consolidation involving the Company shall not be considered a “Change of Control” if the Company is the surviving corporation and
shares of the Stock are not converted into or exchanged for stock or securities of any other corporation, cash or any other thing of value, unless persons who beneficially owned shares of the Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction
own beneficially less than a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately following the merger or consolidation; 

(iii) The Company or any Affiliate sells, assigns or otherwise transfers assets in a transaction or series of related
transactions, if the aggregate market value of the assets so sold, assigned or otherwise transferred exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s consolidated book value, determined by the Company in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, measured at the time at which such transaction occurs or the first of such series of related transactions occurs; provided that such a transfer effected pursuant to a spin-off or split-up where stockholders of the
Company retain ownership of the transferred assets proportionate to their pro rata ownership interest in the Company shall not be deemed a “Change of Control”; 

(iv) The Company dissolves and liquidates substantially all of its assets; or 

(v) At any time after the Effective Date when the “Continuing Directors” cease to constitute a majority of the Board.
For this purpose, a “Continuing Director” shall mean: (A) the individuals who, at the Effective Date, constitute the Board; and (B) any new Directors (other than Directors designated by a person who has entered into an agreement
with the Company to effect a transaction described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of this definition) whose appointment to the Board or nomination for election by Company stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
then-serving Continuing Directors. 

  
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 If an Award is considered deferred compensation subject to the provisions of Code
Section 409A, then the Administrator may include an amended definition of “Change of Control” in the Award agreement issued with respect to such Award as necessary to comply with, or as necessary to permit a deferral under, Code
Section 409A. 
 (g) “Change of Control Price” means the highest of the following: (i) the Fair Market Value of the
Shares, as determined on the date of the Change of Control; (ii) the highest price per Share paid in the Change of Control transaction; or (iii) the Fair Market Value of the Shares, calculated on the date of surrender of the relevant Award
in accordance with Section 16(c), but this clause (iii) shall not apply if in the Change of Control transaction, or pursuant to an agreement to which the Company is a party governing the Change of Control transaction, all of the Shares are
purchased for and/or converted into the right to receive a current payment of cash and no other securities or other property. 
 (h)
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code includes any successor provision and the regulations promulgated under such provision. 

(i) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee of the Board that is designated by the Board
with the same or similar authority. The Committee shall consist only of Non-Employee Directors (not fewer than two (2)) who also qualify as Outside Directors to the extent necessary for the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act or any successor rule and to permit Awards that are otherwise eligible to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code to so qualify. 

(j) “Company” means LM Funding America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto. 

(k) “Director” means a member of the Board; “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who is not also an employee of the
Company or its Subsidiaries; and “Outside Director” means a Director who qualifies as an outside director within the meaning of Code Section 162(m). 

(l) “Disability” means disability as defined in the Company’s long-term disability plan covering exempt salaried employees,
except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement. The Administrator shall make the determination of Disability and may request such evidence of disability as it reasonably determines. 

(m) “Dividend Equivalent Unit” means the right to receive a payment, in cash or Shares, equal to the cash dividends or other
distributions paid with respect to a Share as described in Section 11. 
 (n) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Exchange Act includes any successor provision and the regulations and rules promulgated under such provision. 

(o) “Fair Market Value” means, per Share on a particular date, the last sales price on such date on the national securities exchange
on which the Stock is then traded, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, or if no sales of Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale on such exchange. If the Shares are not listed on a national
securities exchange, but are traded in an over-the-counter market, the last sales price (or, if there is no last sales price reported, the average of the closing bid and asked prices) for the Shares on the particular date, or on the last preceding
date on which there was a sale of Shares on that market, will be used. If the Shares are neither listed on a national securities exchange nor traded in an over-the-counter market, the price determined by the Administrator, in its discretion, will be
used. If an actual sale of a Share occurs on the market, then the Company may consider the sale price to be the Fair Market Value of such Share. 

  
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 (p) “Incentive Award” means the right to receive a cash payment to the extent
Performance Goals are achieved (or other requirements are met), and shall include “Annual Incentive Awards” as described in Section 9 and “Long-Term Incentive Awards” as described in Section 10. 

(q) “Option” means the right to purchase Shares at a stated price for a specified period of time. 

(r) “Participant” means an individual selected by the Administrator to receive an Award. 

(s) “Performance Goals” means any goals the Administrator establishes that relate to one or more of the following with respect to the
Company or any one or more of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or other business units: book value; revenue; cash flow; total stockholder return; dividends; debt; net cash provided by operating activities; net cash provided by operating activities less
net cash used in investing activities; ratio of debt to debt plus equity; profit before tax; gross profit; net profit; net operating profit; net operating profit after taxes; net sales; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization; Fair Market Value of Shares; basic earnings per share; diluted earnings per share; return on stockholder equity; return on average equity; return on average total capital employed; return on net assets employed
before interest and taxes; economic value added; return on year-end equity; capital; cost of capital; cost of equity; cost of debt; taxes; market share; operating ratios; combined ratio; loss ratio, net plus the expense ratio; customer satisfaction;
customer retention; customer loyalty; strategic business criteria based on meeting specified revenue goals; market penetration goals; investment performance goals; business expansion goals or cost targets; accomplishment of mergers, acquisitions,
dispositions or similar extraordinary business transactions; profit returns and margins; financial return ratios; market performance and/or goals or returns or a combination of the foregoing. As to each Performance Goal, the relevant measurement of
performance shall be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles to the extent applicable, but, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, will exclude the effects of the following: (i) charges for reorganizing
and restructuring; (ii) discontinued operations; (iii) asset write-downs; (iv) gains or losses on the disposition of a business; (v) changes in tax or accounting principles, regulations or laws; (vi) mergers, acquisitions,
dispositions or recapitalizations; (vii) impacts on interest expense, preferred dividends and share dilution as a result of debt and capital transactions; and (viii) extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring items of income, expense,
gain or loss, that, in case of each of the foregoing, the Company identifies in its publicly filed periodic or current reports, its audited financial statements, including notes to the financial statements, or the Management’s Discussion and
Analysis section of the Company’s annual report. With respect to any Award intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), such exclusions shall be made only to the extent consistent with Code
Section 162(m). To the extent consistent with Code Section 162(m), the Administrator may also provide for other adjustments to Performance Goals in the Award agreement or plan document evidencing any Award. In addition, the Administrator
may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Performance Goal to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) litigation, claims, judgments or settlements; (ii) the effects of changes
in other laws or regulations affecting reported results; and (iii) accruals of any amounts for 

  
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payment under this Plan or any other compensation arrangements maintained by the Company; provided that, with respect to any Award intended to qualify as performance-based compensation
under Code Section 162(m), such adjustment may be made only to the extent consistent with Code Section 162(m). Where applicable, the Performance Goals may be expressed, without limitation, in terms of attaining a specified level of the
particular criterion or the attainment of an increase or decrease (expressed as absolute numbers, averages and/or percentages) in the particular criterion or achievement in relation to a peer group or other index. The Performance Goals may include a
threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no
additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur). In addition, in the case of Awards that the Administrator determines at the date of grant will not be considered “performance-based compensation” under Code
Section 162(m), the Administrator may establish other Performance Goals and provide for other exclusions or adjustments not listed in this Plan. 

(t) “Performance Shares” means the right to receive Shares to the extent Performance Goals are achieved (or other requirements are
met) as described in Section 8. 
 (u) “Performance Unit” means the right to receive a cash payment and/or Shares valued in
relation to a unit that has a designated dollar value or the value of which is equal to the Fair Market Value of one or more Shares, to the extent Performance Goals are achieved (or other requirements are met) as described in Section 8. 

(v) “Person” has the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
thereof, or any group of Persons acting in concert that would be considered “persons acting as a group” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(5). 

(w) “Plan” means this LM Funding America, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time. 

(x) “Restricted Stock” means a Share that is subject to a risk of forfeiture or restrictions on transfer, or both a risk of
forfeiture and restrictions on transfer, as described in Section 8. 
 (y) “Restricted Stock Unit” means the right to receive
a cash payment and/or Shares equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share that is subject to a risk of forfeiture or restrictions on transfer, or both a risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer, as described in Section 8. 

(z) “Retirement” means termination of employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates on or after the date the Participant
has both attained age sixty (60) and completed ten (10) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates. 
 (aa)
“Section 16 Participants” means Participants who are subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. 
 (bb)
“Share” means a share of Stock. 
 (cc) “Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $0.001, of the Company. 

  
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 (dd) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means the right to receive cash,
and/or Shares with a Fair Market Value, equal to the appreciation of the Fair Market Value of a Share during a specified period of time. 

(ee) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company or other limited liability entity in an unbroken chain of entities
beginning with the Company if each of the entities (other than the last entities in the chain) owns the stock or equity interest possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity
interests in one of the other entities in the chain. 

  
 19Form of LM Funding America, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan Stock Option

 Exhibit 10.5 

LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC. 

2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN 

STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT 
  

											
	 								
	 								
	 								
						
	Dear		                                      
      :								

 You have been granted an option (this “Option”) to purchase shares of the common stock of LM Funding
America, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to the Company’s 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and this Stock Option Award Agreement (this “Option Agreement”). This Option is granted under
and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement. Additional provisions regarding this Option and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Option Agreement can be found in the Plan.  

 

			
	Grant Date:		_____________ ___, 20__
		
	Type of Option:		 € Incentive Stock Option
 €
Nonqualified Stock Option

		
	Number of Option Shares:		____________
		
	Exercise Price per Share:		$__.__
		
	Term:		 This Option shall expire on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Expiration Date”), unless terminated earlier
pursuant to the terms of this Option Agreement or the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Option is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and is granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant, owns (directly or indirectly, within
the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary, then the Expiration Date shall mean the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date.

 
 Upon termination or expiration of this Option, all your rights hereunder shall
cease.

		
	Vesting:		 This Option will vest with respect to one third (1/3) of the total number of Option Shares on each of the first three (3) anniversaries of
the Grant Date, provided that you are continuously employed with or in the service of the Company or its Affiliates through the applicable anniversary date.
  

The vesting of this Option may be accelerated in the Administrator’s sole discretion if it determines circumstances so
warrant.

			
		
	Termination of Employment:		 The following conditions apply in the event that your employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated prior to the
Expiration Date of this Option. In no event, however, will the time periods described herein extend the term of this Option beyond its Expiration Date or beyond the date this Option is otherwise cancelled or terminates pursuant to the provisions of
the Plan.
  

a.      Termination Other than As a Result of Death, Disability or Cause. If your
employment or service terminates (at a time when you could not have been terminated for Cause) other than by reason of your death or Disability and other than for Cause, then the unvested portion of this Option shall automatically terminate
immediately and the vested portion of this Option shall automatically terminate 90 days after the date of such termination.
  

b.      Termination for Cause. If your employment or service terminates for
Cause, then this Option shall automatically terminate immediately on the date of such termination.
  

c.      Termination As a Result of Death or Disability. If your employment or
service terminates by reason of your death or Disability (at a time when you could not have been terminated for Cause), then the unvested portion of this Option shall automatically terminate immediately and the vested portion of this Option shall
automatically terminate 12 months after such termination.
  

d.      Determination of Cause After Termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if after your employment or service terminates the Company determines that it could have terminated you for Cause had all relevant facts been known at the time of your termination, then the Company may terminate this Option immediately upon such
determination, and you will be prohibited from exercising this Option thereafter. In such event, you will be notified of the termination of this Option.
  

If the date this Option terminates as specified above (other than as a result of a termination for Cause) falls on a day on which the stock market is not open
for trading or on a date on which you are prohibited by Company policy (such as an insider trading policy) from exercising the Option, the termination date shall be automatically extended to the first available trading day following the original
termination date, but not beyond the Expiration Date.

		
	Manner of Exercise:		You may exercise this Option only if it has not been forfeited or has not otherwise expired, and only to the extent this Option is vested. To exercise this Option, you must comply with such exercise and notice procedures as the
Administrator may establish from time to time, including, without limitation, payment of the exercise price and any applicable tax withholding amounts. Unless otherwise

  
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			 determined by the Administrator, the payment of the exercise price and applicable tax withholding amounts may be made at your election (i) in
cash or its equivalent (e.g., by check), (ii) in Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price for the Shares being purchased and satisfying such other requirements as may be imposed by the Administrator (provided that such
Shares have been held by the Participant for no less than six months or such other period, if any, as established from time to time by the Administrator to avoid adverse accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles) or (iii)
partly in cash and partly in such Shares. To the extent expressly permitted by the Administrator, the payment of the exercise price and applicable tax withholding amounts may be made at your election by any of the foregoing methods or by having the
Company withhold from the Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise a whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to the exercise price and applicable tax withholding amounts and issuing the net number of remaining Shares to you.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the amount to be withheld may not exceed the total minimum federal, state and local tax withholding obligations associated with the transaction to the extent needed for the Company and its Affiliates
to avoid an accounting charge.
  
 A properly completed notice of stock option exercise
(or such other notice as is prescribed) will become effective upon receipt of the notice and any required payment by the Company (or its designee); provided that the Company may suspend exercise of the Option pending its determination of whether
your employment will be or could have been terminated for Cause and, if such a determination is made, your notice of stock option exercise (or such other notice as is prescribed) will automatically be rescinded.

 
 If, following your death, your beneficiary or heir, or such other person or persons as may
acquire your rights under this Option by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, wishes to exercise this Option, such person must contact the Company and prove to the Company’s satisfaction that such person has the right and is
entitled to exercise this Option.
  
 Your ability to exercise this Option, or the manner
of exercise or payment of withholding taxes, may be restricted by the Company if required by applicable law or by the Company’s trading policies as in effect from time to time.

		
	 Restrictions on Resale
		By accepting this Option, you agree not to sell any shares of Stock acquired under this Option at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a
sale.

  
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	Transferability:		You may not transfer or assign this Option for any reason, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or as otherwise set forth in the Plan. Any attempted transfer or assignment of this Option, other than as set
forth in the preceding sentence or the Plan, will be null and void.
		
	Market Stand-Off:		In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
you agree that you shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise
dispose of or transfer or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Option without the prior written consent of the Company and the Company’s underwriters. Such restriction shall be in
effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be requested by the Company or such underwriters. In no event, however, shall such period exceed one hundred eighty (180) days.
		
	Recoupment; Rescission of Exercise:		If the Administrator determines that recoupment of incentive compensation paid to you pursuant to this Option is required under any law or any recoupment policy of the Company, then this Option will terminate immediately on the date
of such determination to the extent required by such law or recoupment policy, any prior exercise of this Option may be deemed to be rescinded, and the Administrator may recoup any such incentive compensation in accordance with such recoupment
policy or as required by law. The Company shall have the right to offset against any other amounts due from the Company to you the amount owed by you hereunder and any exercise price and withholding amount tendered by you with respect to any such
incentive compensation.
		
	Notice of Disqualifying Disposition:		If this Option is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and you sell Shares that were acquired through the exercise of this Option within two years from the Grant Date or one year from the date of exercise, you must notify the
Administrator of the sale to permit proper treatment of the compensation expense.
		
	Restrictions on Exercise, Issuance and Transfer of Shares:		 a.      General. No individual may exercise this Option, and no shares of Stock subject to this
Option will be issued, unless and until the Company has determined to its satisfaction that such exercise and issuance will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, rules of any stock exchange on which shares of Stock of the Company may then be traded, or any other applicable laws. In addition, if required by underwriters for the Company, you agree to enter into a lock-up agreement with respect to
any shares of Stock acquired or to be acquired under this Option.

  
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			 b.      Securities Laws. You acknowledge that you are acquiring this Option, and the right to
purchase the shares of Stock subject to this Option, for investment purposes only and not with a view toward resale or other distribution thereof to the public which would be in violation of the Securities Act. You agree and acknowledge with respect
to any shares of Stock that have not been registered under the Securities Act, that: (i) you will not sell or otherwise dispose of such shares of Stock, except as permitted pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities
Act and qualified under any applicable state securities laws, or in a transaction which in the opinion of counsel for the Company is exempt from such required registration, and (ii) that a legend containing a statement to such effect will be placed
on the certificates evidencing such shares of Stock. Further, as additional conditions to the issuance of the shares of Stock subject to this Option, you agree (with such agreement being binding upon any of your beneficiaries, heirs, legatees and/or
legal representatives) to do the following prior to any issuance of such shares of Stock: (i) to execute and deliver to the Company such investment representations and warranties as are required by the Company; (ii) to enter into a restrictive stock
transfer agreement if required by the Board; and (iii) to take or refrain from taking such other actions as counsel for the Company may deem necessary or appropriate for compliance with the Securities Act, and any other applicable federal or state
securities laws, regardless of whether the shares of Stock have at that time been registered under the Securities Act, or otherwise qualified under any applicable state securities laws.

		
	Miscellaneous:		 •       This Option Agreement may be amended only by written
consent signed by both you and the Company, unless the amendment is not to your detriment or the amendment is otherwise permitted without your consent by the Plan.
  

•       The failure of the Company to enforce any provision of this Option
Agreement at any time shall in no way constitute a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.
  

•       You will have none of the rights of a stockholder of the Company with
respect to this Option until Shares are transferred to you upon exercise of the Option.
  

•       In the event any provision of this Option Agreement is held illegal or
invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the legality or validity of the remaining provisions of this Option Agreement, and this Option Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision
had not been included in this Option Agreement.

  
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			 •       As a condition to the grant of this Option, you
agree (with such agreement being binding upon your legal representatives, guardians, legatees or beneficiaries) that this Option Agreement shall be interpreted by the Administrator and that any interpretation by the Administrator of the terms of
this Option Agreement or the Plan, and any determination made by the Administrator pursuant to this Option Agreement or the Plan, shall be final, binding and conclusive.
  

•       This Option Agreement may be executed in counterparts.

 BY SIGNING BELOW AND AGREEING TO THIS STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE HAVING READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PLAN. 
  

							
	 LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC.
				
				
	 By: 
		 				 
			[Name of Authorized Officer]				[Name of Recipient]

 Date:
                                         
    

  
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 LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC. 

NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION EXERCISE 
 Your
completed form should be delivered to:
                                         
       ,
                                         
       . 
 Phone:
                                 

Fax:
                                         
                                   . Incomplete forms
may cause a delay in processing your option exercise. 
 OPTIONEE INFORMATION 

Please complete the following. PLEASE WRITE YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME SINCE THIS NAME MAY BE ON YOUR STOCK CERTIFICATE OR APPEAR IN THE BOOK ENTRY FOR YOUR
SHARES. 
 Name:
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                               

Street Address:
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                 
 City:
                                         
                    State:
                                         
                Zip Code:
                                         
            
 Work Phone #:
(            ) -              -
                     Home Phone #: (            ) -
             -                      

Social Security #:              -
             -              

DESCRIPTION OF OPTION(S) BEING EXERCISED 
 Please complete
the following for each option that you wish to exercise. 
  

											
	 Grant Date
	  	Type of Option
(specify ISO or
NQSO)	  	Exercise Price Per
Share	  	Number of Option
Shares Being
Purchased*	  	Total Exercise Price
(multiply Exercise Price Per
Share by Number of Option
Shares Being Purchased)	 
		  		  	$	  		  	$	 	  
		  		  	$	  		  	$	 	  
		  		  	$	  		  	$	 	  
		  		  	$	  		  	$	 	  
		  		  	$	  		  	$	 	  
	 Aggregate Exercise Price
	  		  		  		  	$	 	  

  

	*	Must be a whole number only. Exercise of fractional Option Shares is not permitted. 

 METHOD OF PAYMENT OF
OPTION EXERCISE PRICE 
 Please select only one: 
  

	 ̈	Cash Exercise. I am enclosing a check or money order payable to “LM Funding America, Inc.” for the Aggregate Exercise Price. 

 

	 ̈	 Cashless Exercise (Available Only to the Extent Expressly Permitted by the Company). I am exercising the Option pursuant to the cashless
exercise provisions provided for by the Company. The Company will withhold from the Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise a whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to (or less than) the Aggregate Exercise Price, and will then issue
the net number of remaining Shares to me. If the whole number of Shares to be withheld does not exactly equal my Aggregate Exercise Price, then the Company 

	 	
will withhold the whole number of Shares necessary to cover my Aggregate Exercise Price, and will issue a check to me equal to the Fair Market Value of any fractional Share not needed. If your
option is designated in the Option agreement as an incentive stock option (“ISO”), then selecting this method of payment may result in the Option losing its ISO status and being treated as a nonqualified stock option for tax purposes.

  

	 ̈	Share Delivery. I am enclosing the following certificate(s) for shares of LM Funding America, Inc. common stock to pay for all or a part of the Aggregate Exercise Price. The Fair Market Value of these shares will
be determined as of the date this form is received by the Company. 

  

					
	 Certificate Number
	  	 Certificate Date
	  	 Number of Shares

The Company is instructed to apply the number of shares indicated above towards the Aggregate Exercise Price. If the number of shares
indicated above covers less than the Aggregate Exercise Price, I also have enclosed (or will promptly provide) a check or money order made payable to “LM Funding America, Inc.” for the balance of the Aggregate Exercise Price. If the number
of shares indicated above covers more than the Aggregate Exercise Price, the Company will issue to me a new stock certificate for the whole number of shares not needed to pay the purchase price, and if necessary, a check in the amount of the Fair
Market Value of any fractional share. 
  

	 ̈	Cashless Exercise Through a Broker-Dealer. I have requested through the broker specified below to (select only one): 

  

	 ̈	Sell to Cover. Sell or margin only enough of the option being exercised to cover the Aggregate Exercise Price (and tax withholding, if elected below), deliver the sale or margin loan proceeds directly to
LM Funding America, Inc., and deposit the remaining shares and any residual cash in my brokerage account. 

  

	 ̈	Same-Day-Sale. Sell or margin all of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the options, deliver a portion of the sale or margin loan proceeds directly to LM Funding America, Inc. to pay the
Aggregate Exercise Price (and tax withholding, if elected below), and deposit any remaining cash proceeds in my brokerage account. 

Sale Price*:
                                        
Sale Date*:
                                         
                                    

 

	*	The sale price and sale date are required in order to execute the cashless exercise. 

Broker-Dealer Name:
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         

 Contact Person:
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
          
 DWAC – Depository Trust Company (DTC) #:
                                         
                                         
                                       

Brokerage Account #:
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                       

Broker Phone #: (            ) -
             -              Broker Fax #:
(            ) -              -
                                 

If your option is designated in the Option agreement as an ISO, then selecting this method of payment may result in the Option losing its ISO
status and being treated as a nonqualified stock option for tax purposes.  
 * It is your responsibility to contact a broker to
open a brokerage account and sell your stock option shares. LM Funding America, Inc. WILL NOT send this form to your broker. 
 CERTIFICATE OR BOOK
ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS 
 Do not complete this portion if you elected a cashless exercise through a broker-dealer. (Shares issued pursuant to a cashless
exercise through a broker-dealer will be automatically sent to your specified broker.) 

  
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 Please select only one: 

Name(s) in which the purchased shares will be issued: 
  

	 ̈	In my name only 

  

	 ̈	In the names of my spouse and myself as community property 

  

	 ̈	In the names of my spouse and myself as joint tenants with the rights of survivorship 

 Spouse’s name (if
applicable):
                                         
                                         
                                         
                          

The certificate or notice of book entry for the purchased shares should be sent to the following address (complete only if to be sent to a different
address than specified in Part 1): 
 Street Address:
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                          

City:
                                         
                    State:
                                         
                Zip Code:
                                         
                    
 METHOD OF SATISFYING TAX
WITHHOLDING OBLIGATION 
 Please select only one. You do not need to complete this Part if you are exercising incentive stock options
(ISOs) or if you are a non-employee director or consultant. 
  

	 ̈	Cash. I am enclosing a check or money order payable to “LM Funding America, Inc.” for the withholding tax amount. 

  

	 ̈	Tax Amount Request. Please notify me of the amount of withholding taxes that will be due as a result of this option exercise. I understand that, after receiving notification of the withholding tax amount, I must
immediately remit to the Company a check or money order payable to “LM Funding America, Inc.” for that amount. I understand that the Company will not process my option exercise until it receives the check or money order covering the
withholding tax amount due. 

  

	 ̈	Share Delivery. I am enclosing the following certificate(s) for shares of LM Funding America, Inc. common stock to pay for all or a part of the withholding tax amount. The Fair Market Value of these shares (as
defined in the Plan) will be determined as of the date this form is received by the Company. 

  

					
	 Certificate Number
	 	 Certificate Date
	 	 Number of Shares

The Company is instructed to apply the number of shares indicated above towards the withholding tax amount. If the number of shares indicated
above covers less than the withholding tax amount, I also have enclosed (or will promptly provide) a check or money order made payable to “LM Funding America, Inc.” for the balance of the withholding tax amount If the number of shares
indicated above covers more than the withholding tax amount, the Company will issue to me a new stock certificate or create a new book entry for the whole number of shares not needed to pay the purchase price, and if necessary, a check in the amount
of the Fair Market Value of any fractional share. 
  

	 ̈	Share Withholding (Available Only to the Extent Expressly Permitted by the Company). The Company is instructed to withhold that number of whole shares otherwise issuable as a result of the exercise of the
Option(s) having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate minimum federal, state and local taxes required to be withheld. If such number of shares covers more than the aggregate minimum taxes required to be withheld, the
Company will issue to me a check in the amount of the Fair Market Value of any fractional share. 

  

	 ̈	Broker Exercise. I have elected to exercise my option(s) through a broker. The broker will sell sufficient Shares to pay for the tax amount and will remit that amount to LM Funding America, Inc.

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SIGNATURE 
  

	1.	I understand that all sales of LM Funding America, Inc. common stock received upon exercise of this option are subject to compliance with the company’s policy on securities trades. 

 

	2.	I hereby acknowledge that I have received and read a copy of the plan of LM Funding America, Inc. under which the Option(s) listed above were issued and a copy of the plan, and understand the tax consequences of an
exercise. 

  
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	3.	I understand that this Notice cannot be revoked. If I have selected a cashless exercise through a broker-dealer, I personally guarantee that the Aggregate Exercise Price and applicable taxes will be paid to LM Funding
America, Inc. in full in the event the Company does not receive the full amount from the broker for any reason. 

 Signature:
                                         
                                         
      
                                    Date:
                                         
                    
 FOR COMPANY USE ONLY: 

Received by the Company on
                                         
                                         
                                         
             . 

  
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