Document:

Exhibit 10.17

 

VERIFYME,
INC.

 

Amendment
to NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment (the
“Amendment”), dated as of April 16, 2020, by and between VerifyMe, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
and Norman Gardner (the “Optionee”), amends the Non-Qualified Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated
January 2018 by and between the Company and the Optionee. Terms used herein and otherwise undefined have the meanings given such
terms in the Agreement.

 

Whereas,
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved a three-year extension of the expiration date of the
award granted pursuant to the Agreement such that the options expire eight years from the date of grant instead of five years.

 

Now,
Therefore, in consideration of the agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.             Section
3(a) of the Agreement is amended to provide that subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the Expiration Date of the
Options will be until 6:00 p.m. New York time eight years from the Grant Date.

 

2.             Except
as specifically modified or amended by the terms of this Amendment, the Agreement and all provisions contained therein are, and
shall continue, in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. All references in the Agreement to itself shall
be deemed references to the Agreement as amended hereby.

 

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

    	 	 	 

    	 

    

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

	 	VERIFYME, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Marshall Geller 
	 	 	
        Marshall Geller

        Chair, Compensation Committee

  

ACCEPTANCE

 

I, Norman Gardner,
hereby certify that I have read and fully understand the foregoing Amendment. I hereby execute this Amendment to indicate my acceptance
of the Amendment and my intent to comply with the terms thereof.

 

	 	/s/ Norman Gardner
	 	OptioneeExhibit 10.19

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

 

This Restricted Stock
Agreement (this “Agreement”) entered into as of April 16, 2020, sets forth the terms and conditions of an award (this
“Award”) of restricted stock granted by VerifyMe, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), to Patrick
White (the “Recipient”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company
is of the opinion that its interests will be advanced by granting the Recipient a proprietary interest in it, thus providing the
Recipient with a more direct stake in its welfare and creating a closer relationship between the Recipient’s interests and
those of the Company.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of services rendered to the Company by the Recipient and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which
is acknowledged, the Company hereby grants this award to the Recipient on the terms expressed herein.

 

1.           Award.  As of the date of this
Agreement, the Recipient has been granted 1,875,000 shares of restricted common stock (“Restricted Stock”) for being
an officer and employee; on the terms and conditions herein set forth.  All certificates issued shall contain an appropriate
restrictive legend.

 

2.           Vesting. 
The Restricted Stock shall vest in full one-year from the date of this Agreement, subject to continued services as an officer and
employee of the Company on the vesting date. The Restricted Stock shall be unregistered unless the Company voluntarily files
a registration statement covering such shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

3.          Forfeiture. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, at the option of the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee, all
shares of Restricted Stock subject to this Agreement shall be immediately forfeited in the event of the Recipient:

 

(a)          Purchasing
or selling securities of the Company without written authorization in accordance with the Company’s inside information guidelines
then in effect;

 

(b)          Breaching
any duty of confidentiality including that required by the Company’s inside information guidelines then in effect;

 

(c)          Competing
with the Company;

 

(d)          Recruiting
Company personnel after ceasing to be an officer and employee;

 

(e)          The
Recipient acts in a disloyal manner to the Company; or

 

(f)          The
Recipient has acted against the interests of the Company.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, if the Recipient ceases to act in the capacity as described in Section 2 prior to the date that all of the shares
of Restricted Stock are vested, the Recipient shall automatically forfeit to the Company all unvested shares.  Shares that
are not vested are referred to herein as Unvested Shares.

 

4.          Profits
on the Sale of Certain Shares; Cancellation.  If any of the events specified in Section 3 of this Agreement occur within
one year from the last day as service as an officer and employee (the “Termination Date”), all profits earned from
the Recipient’s sale of the Company’s Restricted Stock during the two-year period commencing one year prior to the
Termination Date shall be forfeited and forthwith paid by the Recipient to the Company.  Further, in such event, the Company
may at its option cancel the shares of Restricted Stock granted under this Agreement.  The Company’s rights under this
Section 5 do not lapse one year from the Termination Date but are a contract right subject to any appropriate statutory limitation
period.

 

5.          Stop-Transfer
Notices. The Recipient agrees that, in order to ensure compliance with the restrictions referred to herein, the Company may
issue appropriate stop transfer instructions to its stock transfer agent.

 

6.          Refusal
to Transfer.  The Company shall not be required to transfer on its books any of the Restricted Stock that have been sold
or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or to treat as owner of such Restricted Stock
or to accord the right to vote or pay dividends to any purchaser or other transferee to whom such Restricted Stock shall have been
so transferred.

 

7.          Tax
Withholding.  The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Company may require the Recipient to pay, or may withhold
from sums owed by the Company to the Recipient, any amount that the Company, in its sole discretion, deems necessary to comply
with any federal, state or local withholding requirements for income tax purposes.  The failure to pay the required taxes
to the Company within 10 day after written request shall permit the Company to decline to remove the restrictive legend on the
stock certificate.

 

8.          Section
83(b) Election.  The Recipient hereby acknowledges that he or she may file a Section 83(b) election with the Internal
Revenue Service within 30 days of the date hereof, electing thereby to be taxed on the fair market value of the Restricted Stock
as of the date hereof. Absent such an election, ordinary income will be measured and recognized by the Recipient as the shares
vest (that is, on the anniversary of the date hereof).  If the Recipient makes a Section 83(b) election and later forfeits
any unvested Restricted Stock upon termination of service to the Company, the Recipient could suffer adverse tax consequences. 
The Recipient is strongly encouraged to seek the advice of his or her own tax consultants in connection with the grant of the Restricted
Stock and the advisability of filing of an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

The Recipient acknowledges
that it is his or her sole responsibility and not the Company’s responsibility to file the election under Section 83(b),
even if  the Recipient requests the Company or its representative to make this filing on the recipient’s behalf.

 

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9.          No
Guarantee of Continued Service.  The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Restricted Stock shall vest only through
continued service to the Company as an an officer and employee or, through a Change of Control of the Company as defined in Section
9. The Recipient further acknowledges and agrees that neither this Agreement nor the vesting schedule set forth herein constitute
an express or implied promise of continued service as an officer and employee of the Company and shall not interfere with the Company’s
shareholders’ or the Recipient’s right to terminate the Recipient’s relationship with the Company at any time,
with or without cause. In the event of a Change of Control, as defined in Section 9, all Unvested Shares will immediately vest
as of one minute prior to the Change of Control.

 

Change of Control means and includes each
of the following:

 

(1)
A sale, transfer, or other disposition by the Company through a single transaction or a series of transactions of securities of
the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities to any Person
who is not an Affiliate and a replacement of the majority of the members of the Board under Clause 4 below. For purposes of this
definition, the term “Person” shall mean and include any individual, partnership, joint venture, association, trust,
corporation, or other entity (including a “group” as referred to in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934). For purposes of this definition, the term “Affiliate” shall mean any Person who is an executive officer,
director or  more than 10% shareholder of the Company or who, directly or indirectly, individually or through any person or
entity, has the power to control the Company;

 

(2)
A sale, transfer, or other disposition through a single transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company;

 

(3) Any consolidation
or merger of the Company, unless immediately after the consolidation or merger the holders of the common stock of the Company immediately
prior to the consolidation or merger are the beneficial owners of securities of the surviving corporation representing at least
50% of the combined voting power of the surviving corporation’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(4) Within a 12 month
period, individuals who, as of the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the beginning
of such period whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors
then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named
as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however,
that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election
contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any
person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director.

 

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10.          Notices
and Addresses.  All notices, offers, acceptance and any other acts under this  Agreement (except payment) shall be
in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if delivered to the addressees in person, by FedEx or similar overnight next business
day delivery, or by email delivery followed by overnight next day delivery, as follows:

 

	 	The Recipient:          	 	To the Recipient at the address on the signature page of this Agreement.
	 	 	 	 
	 	The Company:	 	
        VerifyMe, Inc.

        Clinton Square

        75 S. Clinton Ave., Suite 510

        Rochester, NY 14604

        Attention: Patrick White

        Email: patrick@verify.com

	 	 	 	 
	 	with a copy to:	 	
        Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

        1600 Bausch & Lomb Place

        Rochester, NY 14604

        Attention: Alex R. McClean, Esq.

        amcclean@hselaw.com

 

or to such other address as either of them,
by notice to the other may designate from time to time. Time shall be counted to, or from, as the case may be, the delivery in
person or by mailing.

 

11.          Counterparts. 
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.  The execution of this Agreement may be by actual or facsimile signature.

 

12.          Attorney’s
Fees.  In the event that there is any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or to the interpretation,
breach or enforcement thereof, and any action or proceeding that is commenced to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses (including such fees and costs on appeal).

 

13.          Severability. 
If any term or condition of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent or in any application, then the remainder
of this Agreement, and such term or condition except to such extent or in such application, shall not be affected hereby and each
and every term and condition of this Agreement shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent and in the broadest application
permitted by law.

 

14.          Entire
Agreement.  This Agreement represents the entire agreement and understanding between the parties and supersedes all prior
negotiations, understandings, representations (if any), and agreements made by and between the parties.  Each party specifically
acknowledges, represents and warrants that they have not been induced to sign this Agreement.

 

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15.           Governing Law. 
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

16.           Headings. 
The headings in this Agreement are for the purpose of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction
of the provisions hereof.

 

 

 

[Signature Page To Follow.]

 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date aforesaid.

 

 

	 	VERIFYME, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 /s/ Norman Gardner 
	 	 	Norman Gardner 
	 	 	Chairman 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	RECIPIENT
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 /s/ Patrick White 
	 	 	 Name: Patrick White 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Address of the Recipient:
	 	 	 
	 	 	
         
	 

 

	 	Email

                           address:
	 	 

 

 

 

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