Document:

Exhibit
10.7

     

    IRREVOCABLE
TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

     

    February
8, 2011

    

    
      	
              WorldWide
      Stock Transfer , LLC

            
	
              433
      Hackensack Avenue, Level L

            
	
              Hackensack,
      New Jersey 07601

            

    

    

    RE:         NEOMEDIA
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

    

    Ladies
and Gentlemen:

    

    Reference
is made to that certain Agreement (the “Agreement”) of even
date herewith by and between Neomedia Technologies, Inc, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and YA
Global Investments, L.P. (the “Buyer”).  Pursuant
to the Agreement, the Company shall sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer shall
purchase from the Company, convertible debentures (the “Debenture”) in the
aggregate principal amount of $650,000.00, plus accrued interest, which are
convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share
(the “Common
Stock”), at the Buyer’s discretion.  The Company has also
issued to the Buyer warrants to purchase up to 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock,
at the Buyer’s discretion (the “Warrant”).  These
instructions relate to the following stock or proposed stock issuances or
transfers:

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              1.

            	
              Shares
      of Common Stock to be issued to the Buyer upon conversion of the Debenture
      (“Conversion
      Shares”) plus the shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Buyer
      upon conversion of accrued interest into Common Stock (the “Interest
      Shares”).

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              2.

            	
              Up
      to 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Buyer upon
      exercise of the Warrant (the “Warrant
      Shares”).

            

    

     

    This
letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction to WorldWide
Stock Transfer, LLC (the “Transfer Agent”) to
do the following:

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              1.

            	
              Conversion Shares, Warrant
      Shares and Interest Shares.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              a.

            	
              Instructions Applicable to
      Transfer Agent.  With respect to the Conversion Shares,
      Warrant Shares and the Interest Shares, the Transfer Agent shall issue the
      Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and the Interest Shares to the Buyer
      from time to time upon delivery to the Transfer Agent of a properly
      completed and duly executed Conversion Notice (the “Conversion
      Notice”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to the Debenture,
      or a properly completed and duly executed Exercise Notice  (the
      “Exercise
      Notice”) in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Warrant,
      delivered to the Transfer Agent by the Company or on behalf of the Company
      by David Gonzalez, Esq. as escrow agent (the “Escrow
      Agent”).  Upon receipt of a Conversion Notice or an
      Exercise Notice, the Transfer Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practical
      thereafter, (i) issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
      delivery to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice or the
      Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Buyer or its
      designees, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Buyer
      shall be entitled as set forth in the Conversion Notice or Exercise
      Notice, or (ii) provided the Transfer Agent is participating in The
      Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast
      Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Buyer,
      credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Buyer
      shall be entitled to the Buyer’s or its designees’ balance account with
      DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) system,
      provided that the Buyer causes its bank or broker to initiate the DWAC
      transaction, and further provided that a certificate representing such
      shares of Common Stock would not be required to bear a legend restricting
      transfer.

            

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              b.

            	
              The Company hereby confirms to
      the Transfer Agent and the Buyer that certificates representing the
      Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and Interest Shares shall not bear any
      legend restricting transfer and should not be subject to any stop-transfer
      restrictions and shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and
      records of the Company; provided that Buyer confirm to the Transfer
      Agent and the Company that the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and
      Interest Shares have been or will be sold only pursuant to an effective
      registration statement for such securities under the Securities Act of
      1933, as amended (the “Act”), and that the Buyer has
      complied, or will comply, with all applicable prospectus delivery
      requirements; and
      further provided that counsel to the Company delivers (i) the Notice of
      Effectiveness set forth in Exhibit
      I attached hereto
      and (ii) an opinion of counsel in the form set forth in Exhibit
      II attached hereto,
      and that if the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and the Interest Shares
      are not registered for sale under the Act, then the certificates for the
      Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and Interest Shares shall bear the
      following legend:

            

    

     

    “THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.  THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A
FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO
RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.”

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              c.

            	
              In
      the event that counsel to the Company fails or refuses to render an
      opinion as required to issue the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares or
      the Interest Shares in accordance with the preceding paragraph (either
      with or without restrictive legends, as applicable), then the Company
      irrevocably and expressly authorizes counsel to the Buyer to render such
      opinion.  The Transfer Agent shall accept and be entitled to
      rely on such opinion for the purposes of issuing the Conversion Shares,
      the Warrant Shares or the Interest
Shares.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              d.

            	
              Upon
      the Company’s or the Escrow Agent’s receipt of a properly completed
      Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice (along with evidence that the
      Aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) has been delivered to
      the Company), the Company or the Escrow Agent, as the case may be, shall,
      within one Trading Day thereafter, send to the Transfer Agent the
      Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice, as the case may be, which shall
      constitute an irrevocable instruction to the Transfer Agent to process
      such Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms of
      these instructions.  For purposes hereof “Trading Day”
      shall mean any day on which the Nasdaq Market is open for customary
      trading.

            

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              2.

            	
              All
    Shares.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              a.

            	
              The
      Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Escrow Agent as a duly authorized
      agent of the Company for the purposes of authorizing the Transfer Agent to
      process issuances and transfers specifically contemplated
      herein.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              b.

            	
              The
      Transfer Agent shall rely exclusively on the Conversion Notice or the
      Exercise Notice, and shall have no liability for relying on such
      instructions.  Any Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice
      delivered hereunder shall constitute an irrevocable instruction to the
      Transfer Agent to process such notice or notices in accordance with the
      terms thereof.  Such notice or notices may be transmitted to the
      Transfer Agent by facsimile or any commercially reasonable
      method.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              c.

            	
              The
      Company hereby confirms to the Transfer Agent and the Buyer that no
      instructions other than as contemplated herein will be given to Transfer
      Agent by the Company with respect to the matters referenced
      herein.  The Company hereby authorizes the Transfer Agent, and
      the Transfer Agent shall be obligated, to disregard any contrary
      instructions received by or on behalf of the
  Company.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              3.

            	
              Certain Notice Regarding the
      Escrow Agent. The Company and the Transfer Agent hereby acknowledge
      that the Escrow Agent is general counsel to the Buyer, a partner of the
      general partner of the Buyer and counsel to the Buyer in connection with
      the transactions contemplated and referred herein.  The Company
      and the Transfer Agent agree that in the event of any dispute arising in
      connection with this Agreement or otherwise in connection with any
      transaction or agreement contemplated and referred herein, the Escrow
      Agent shall be permitted to continue to represent the Buyer and neither
      the Company nor the Transfer Agent will seek to disqualify such
      counsel.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              4.

            	
              Company
      Acknowledgments.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              a.

            	
              The
      Company hereby agrees that it shall not replace the Transfer Agent as the
      Company’s transfer agent without the prior written consent of the
      Buyer.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              b.

            	
              The
      Company agrees that in the event that the Transfer Agent resigns as the
      Company’s transfer agent the Company shall engage a suitable replacement
      transfer agent that will agree to serve as transfer agent and to be bound
      by the terms and conditions of these Irrevocable Transfer Agent
      Instructions within 5 business days from the effectiveness of such
      resignation.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              c.

            	
              The
      Company acknowledges that the Buyer is relying on the representations and
      covenants made by the Company hereunder and are a material inducement to
      the Buyer purchasing the Debenture pursuant to the
      Agreement.  The Company further acknowledges that without such
      representations and covenants of the Company made hereunder, the Buyer
      would not purchase the Debenture.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              d.

            	
              The
      Company specifically acknowledges and agrees that in the event of a breach
      or threatened breach by a party hereto of any provision hereof, the Buyer
      will be irreparably damaged and that damages at law would be an inadequate
      remedy if these Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions were not
      specifically enforced.  Therefore, in the event of a breach or
      threatened breach by the Company, including, without limitation, the
      attempted termination of the agency relationship created by this
      instrument, the Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other rights
      or remedies, to an injunction restraining such breach, without being
      required to show any actual damage or to post any bond or other security,
      and/or to a decree for specific performance of the provisions of these
      Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions.

            

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              5.

            	
              Transfer Agent Binding
      Disclaimer:  In consideration for the Transfer Agent
      agreeing and attesting to all terms in the above referenced Irrevocable
      Transfer Agent Instructions, in particular any kind of lawsuit and or
      action that may arise from the Buyer’s instructing the Transfer Agent to
      issue shares based on the legality of the Agreement whereas the Company is
      denying the request in full or partially for whatever reason, the Company,
      Buyer and any other third party involved agree for ourselves, our
      successors, legal representatives and assigns, at all times to defend,
      indemnify and save the Transfer Agent, their successors and assigns, free
      and harmless from and against any and all claims, from actions, suits,
      whether groundless or otherwise, and from and against any and all
      liabilities, taxes, losses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees, and
      other expenses of every nature and character that arises from this
      action.

            

    

     

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have caused this letter agreement regarding Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written
above.

     

    
      
        
          
            
              
                	 	
                        COMPANY:

                      
	 	 
      
	 	
                        Neomedia
      Technologies, Inc.

                      
	 	 
	 	
                        By:

                      	
                        /s/ Michael W. Zima

                      
	 	
                        Name:

                      	
                        Michael
      W. Zima

                      
	 	
                        Title:

                      	
                        CFO

                      
	 	 
      	 
      
	 	
                        BUYER:

                      
	 	 
	 	
                        YA
      Global Investments, L.P.

                      
	 	 
      	 
      
	 	
                        By:

                      	
                        Yorkville
      Advisors, LLC

                      
	 	
                        Its:

                      	
                        Investment
      Manager

                      
	 	 
      	 
      
	 	
                        By:

                      	
                        /s/ Gerakd Eicke

                      
	 	
                        Name:

                      	
                        Gerald
      Eicke

                      
	 	
                        Title:

                      	
                        Managing
      Member

                      
	 	 
      	 
      
	 	
                        ESCROW
      AGENT

                      
	 	 
      	 
      
	 	
                        By:

                      	
                        /s/ David Gonzalez

                      
	 	David
      Gonzalez,
Esq.

              

            

          

        

      

    

    

    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  
                    	
                            WorldWide
      Stock Transfer, LLC

                          	 
	 
      	 
      	 
	
                            By:

                          	
                            /s/
      Yonah J. Kopstick

                          	 
	
                            Name  

                          	
                            Yonah
      Kopstick

                          	 
	
                            Title:

                          	
                            SVPSECOND
AMENDMENT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

    

    THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is made and entered into as of the 7th day of
February, 2011, by and among (i) LY HOLDINGS, LLC, a Kentucky
limited liability company (“LYH”), (ii) LIGHTYEAR NETWORK SOLUTIONS,
LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“LNS”), (iii) CHRIS SULLIVAN, an individual
resident of Nevada (“Sullivan”), (iv) LANJK, LLC, a Kentucky limited
liability company (“LANJK”), (v) RICE REALTY COMPANY, LLC, a
Kentucky limited liability company (“RRC”), (vi) RIGDON O. DEES, III, an
individual resident of California (“Dees”), (vii) CTS EQUITIES LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, a Nevada limited partnership (“CTS”), and (viii) RONALD CARMICLE, an individual
resident of Kentucky (“Carmicle,” collectively with LANJK, RRC, Dees, and CTS,
the “Letter Agreement Holders”).

    

    RECITALS:

    

    A.           LYH,
LNS, Sullivan, and the Letter Agreement Holders entered into that certain
Settlement Agreement dated April 29, 2010 (the “Original Agreement”), as amended
by that certain First Amendment to Settlement Agreement dated August 12, 2010
and made effective on April 29, 2010 (the “First Amendment,” collectively with
the Original Agreement, the “Settlement Agreement”), pursuant to which (1) LNS
purchased and assumed the Sullivan Note from Sullivan in exchange for the
Settlement Payment, (2) LYH became indebted to LNS pursuant to and in the amount
of the Sullivan Note, and (3) the Letter Agreement Holders (a) granted LNS
security interests in the Letter Agreements to secure payment by LYH of the
Sullivan Note to LNS, and (b) gave LNS an option pursuant to which LNS may
purchase the Letter Agreements.

     

     B.           Pursuant
to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, LNS made a $250,000 payment to Fifth
Third at Sullivan’s direction on April 29, 2010, and made a second $250,000
payment to Fifth Third at Sullivan’s direction on October 1,
2010.  Then, on January 25, 2011, in order to secure an extension of
the Fifth Third Note from Fifth Third and a simultaneous extension of the
Maturity Date herein from Sullivan, LNS made a $1,000,000 payment to Fifth
Third.  As a result of the payments described in this recital, the
outstanding balance of the Settlement Payment is $6,250,000.

     

    C.           The
parties now desire to amend the Settlement Agreement to, inter alia, acknowledge the
aggregate $1,500,000 in payment made by LNS pursuant to the Settlement
Agreement, acknowledge the concurrent extension of the Fifth Third Note maturity
date to January 10, 2013, modify and extend the Maturity Date of the Settlement
Agreement to January 10, 2013, and modify and amend the payment schedule under
the Settlement Agreement.  All capitalized terms not defined in this
Amendment shall have the definitions set forth in the Settlement
Agreement.

     

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of all of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties do hereby agree as follows:

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    1.           Settlement
Payment.  The first paragraph of Section 2(b) of the Settlement
Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following:

     

    Settlement
Payment.  In exchange for the purchase of the Sullivan Note,
LNS shall pay to Sullivan the sum of Seven Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand
and No/100 Dollars ($7,750,000) (the “Settlement Payment”).  Sullivan
acknowledges that, as of the date of this Amendment, LNS has paid $1,500,000 in
payments of principal under the Settlement Agreement.  The remaining
$6,250,000 principal amount shall be paid as follows: (a) on February 10 , 2011,
and on the first day of each quarter year thereafter until and including the
Maturity Date (as defined below), all accrued and unpaid interest payable to
Fifth Third as directed by Sullivan (the “Quarterly Interest Payments”), (b) on
January 10, 2012, $1,000,000 payable to Fifth Third as directed by Sullivan (the
“January 2012 Principal Payment”), and (c) on the Maturity Date, the
then-outstanding principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest (the “Final
Payment,” collectively with the Quarterly Interest Payments and the January 2012
Principal Payment, the “Deferred Payment”).  If all such sums are not
paid and satisfied in full by the Maturity Date, any sums remaining due shall
thereafter bear interest at the Default Rate (as defined below).  For
purposes of this Agreement, “Maturity Date” shall mean January 10,
2013.

     

    Additionally,
at the Closing of this Amendment, LNS shall pay to Fifth Third as directed by
Sullivan Twelve Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($12,500) plus closing
costs incurred by Sullivan arising from the renewal of the Fifth Third Note and
LNS shall pay to McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland PLLC as directed by
Sullivan Seven Thousand Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($7,200) for legal fees
incurred by Sullivan arising from the renewal of the Fifth Third
Note.

     

    The
second and third paragraphs of Section 2(b) shall remain as set forth in the
Settlement Agreement and shall not be amended or modified.

     

    2.           Representations, Warranties
and Covenants.  Each party to this Amendment represents,
warrants and covenants, as of the date hereof, as follows:

     

    a.           Each
party hereto has the requisite power and authority to enter into this
Amendment.  The execution and delivery hereof and the performance by
each party hereto of his or its obligations hereunder will not violate or
constitute an event of default under the terms and provisions of any agreement,
document or instrument to which any such party is a party or by which any such
party is bound;

     

    b.           This
Amendment is a valid and binding obligation of each party hereto;

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    c.           To
the best of each party’s knowledge as of the date hereof, each party is in full
compliance with all applicable laws and any other local, municipal, regional,
state or federal requirements and no party hereto has received actual notice
from any governmental authority that he or it is not in full compliance with all
applicable laws and any other local, municipal, regional, state or federal
requirements;

     

    d.           The
Letter Agreement Holders have not granted any option or any other rights to
acquire  the Letter Agreements, other than as set forth in the
Settlement Agreement;

     

    e.           So
long as the Option remains in effect, each Letter Agreement Holder reaffirms
that he or it will take no action, or fail to take any required action, that
would prohibit him or it from complying with the obligations hereunder or that
would cause any of the representations or warranties hereunder to be untrue as
of the date hereof or at any future date;

     

    f.           So
long as the Option remains in effect, each Letter Agreement Holder reaffirms
that he or it will not grant any liens on any Letter Agreement, or sell or
otherwise transfer any Letter Agreement.

     

    3.           Miscellaneous.  The
Settlement Agreement, as amended and modified by this Amendment, constitutes the
entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements in regard
thereto.  The Settlement Agreement, as modified, cannot be amended
except by an agreement in writing signed by authorized representatives of all
parties and specifically referring to the Settlement Agreement.  The
paragraph headings set forth herein are for convenience only and do not
constitute a substantive part of this Amendment.  This Amendment shall be
governed by and construed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
without regard to conflicts of law principles.  If any
provision of this Amendment shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable
by any Court of law or any competent governmental or other authority, the
remaining provisions shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their
terms.

     

    4.           Binding
Effect.  The Settlement Agreement, as amended and modified by
this Amendment, is binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties
hereto and their heirs, personal representatives, successors and
assigns.

     

    5.           Counterparts.  This
Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.

     

    6.           Continuing
Obligation.  As amended hereby, the Settlement Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect.  From and after the date of this
Amendment, all references to the Settlement Agreement in any document executed
in conjunction with this transaction shall include the terms of this
Amendment.

     

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have executed this Amendment as of the day and date first above
written.

    

    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  
                    	 
      	
                            LY
      HOLDINGS, LLC

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            By:

                          	
                            /s/
      J. Sherman Henderson, III

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            Its:

                          	
                            Manager/Member

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            LIGHTYEAR
      NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            By:

                          	
                            /s/
      J. Sherman Henderson, III

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            Its:

                          	
                            CEO

                          
	 	 	 
	 	  	      
                            /s/
      Chris Sullivan

                          
	 
      	
                            CHRIS
      SULLIVAN

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                             LANJK,
      LLC

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            By:

                          	
                            /s/
      J. Sherman Henderson, III

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            Its:

                          	
                            Manager

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            RICE
      REALTY COMPANY, LLC

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            By:

                          	
                            /s/
      W. Brent Rice

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            Its:

                          	
                            Member

                          

                  

                

              

            

          

        

      

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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                            /s/ Rigdon O. Dees, III

                          
	 
      	
                            RIGDON
      O. DEES, III

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            CTS
      EQUITIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            By:

                          	
                            /s/ Chris
      Sullivan

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            Its:

                          	
                              General Partner

                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                            /s/ Ronald Carmicle 

                          
	 
      	
                            RONALD
      CARMICLE

                          

                  

                

              

            

          

        

      

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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