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Employment Agreement, dated January 4, 2016

 Exhibit 10.2 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of January 4, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), by
and between LM Funding America. Inc., Delaware incorporated corporation (the “Company”), and Aaron L. Gordon (“Executive”). 

Recitals 
 A. Executive
has been an employee of LM Funding, LLC since 2009. LM Funding, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Company. The Company desires to retain Executive, and Executive desires to continue his employment with the Company, upon the terms and conditions
set forth herein; and 
 B. The Company and Executive agree to protect the interests of the Company and Company’s customers and
Confidential Information (as defined below) that may have been or that may be disclosed to Executive as set forth herein. 
 Agreement

 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows: 
 Section 1.
Employment, Duties and Acceptance. 
 (a) The Company shall employ Executive during the Term (as defined below) as
Secretary – General Counsel. Executive shall be responsible for performing the duties and exercising the powers which the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) may from time-to-time assign
to him in his capacity as Secretary — General Counsel of the Company in connection with the conduct and management of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates. 

(b) Executive hereby accepts such employment and agrees, during the Term, to render Executive’s services to the Company on a full-time
basis and to devote Executive’s full business time and attention to the business and affairs of the Company and any subsidiary or affiliate 

 
of the Company. Executive agrees that at all times during the Term, Executive will faithfully perform the duties so assigned to him to the best of Executive’s ability. Executive further
agrees to accept election and to serve during all or any part of the Term as an officer, director or representative of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, without any compensation therefor other than that specified in this Agreement.
Executive shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer or his designees. 
 (c) The duties to be performed by Executive hereunder
shall be principally performed at the Company’s offices located in Tampa, Florida, subject to reasonable travel requirements on behalf of the Company. Executive shall be entitled to an annual paid time off of 30 days on the same terms that the
Company provides to other similarly situated senior Company executives in accordance with the Company’s policies and practices; provided that Executive shall schedule the timing and duration of Executive’s vacations in a reasonable manner
taking into account the needs of the business of the Company. 
 (d) Executive acknowledges that from time to time the Company may
promulgate workplace policies and rules. Executive agrees to fully comply with all such policies and rules, and understands that failure to do so may result in a disciplinary action up to and including immediate discharge for Cause. 

Section 2. Term. As used herein, the “Term” means the period commencing on the Effective Date. The Term
shall be for one year and is automatically renewed each successive year unless Executive or the Company gives written notice of termination on or before the 30th day prior to the annual anniversary of the Effective Date of its desire not to renew
the Term. Any such renewal shall be upon the terms and conditions set forth herein unless otherwise agreed between the Company and Executive. In the event that the Company gives written notice that it does not intend to renew the Term, Executive
shall be entitled to the benefits set forth in Section 4(b)(iii). 
 Section 3. Compensation. Executive shall be
entitled to the following compensation: 
 (a) The Company agrees to pay to Executive a salary in cash (the “Salary”), as
compensation for the services to be performed by Executive, at the rate of $125,000 per calendar year, paid in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll procedures and subject to applicable withholding. During the Term, the Board shall
have the right to increase, but not decrease, the Salary, 

 
except the Board may decrease the Salary in connection with a base salary decrease that is generally applicable to all members of the Company’s senior management. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Executive will be eligible for additional annual salary merit increases during the Term beginning in 2017 based on the evaluation of Executive’s performance as determined by the Board in its sole discretion.
Executive’s salary as in effect from time to time shall constitute the “Salary” for purposes of this Agreement. 
 (b)
On the Effective Date, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Executive a Stock Option Agreement evidencing a grant to Executive Stock Options to purchase of the 17,600 shares (“Option Shares”) reserved for issuance under the 2015
Omnibus Incentive Plan of the Company as of the Effective Date at a price equal to $12.50 per share and vesting with respect to one third (1/3) of the total number of Option Shares on each of the first three (3) anniversaries of the Effective Date,
provided that you are continuously employed with or in the service of the Company or its Affiliates through the applicable anniversary date. During the Term, additional merit grants of stock options may be made to Executive based on the evaluation
of Executive’s performance as determined by the Board in its sole discretion. 
 (c) The Company shall reimburse Executive for all
reasonable expenses incurred by Executive in the course of performing Executive’s duties under this Agreement that are consistent with the Company’s policies in effect from time to time with respect to travel, entertainment and other
business expenses, subject to the Company’s requirements with respect to reporting and documentation of such expenses. 
 (d) Executive
shall be eligible to participate in any equity incentive plan, restricted share plan, share award plan, stock appreciation rights plan, stock option plan or similar plan adopted by the Company on the same terms and conditions applicable to other
senior Company executives, with the amount of such awards to be determined by the Board in its sole discretion. Executive shall be eligible for an annual bonus and long term incentive awards as determined at the sole discretion of the Board. 

(e) Executive shall be entitled to all rights and benefits for which Executive shall be eligible under any retirement, retirement savings,
profit-sharing, pension or welfare benefit plan, life, disability, health, dental, hospitalization and other forms of insurance and all other so-called 

 
“fringe” benefits or perquisites (except for with respect to any plan that provides severance or other similar benefits), on the same terms that the Company provides to other similarly
situated senior Company executives (subject to all restrictions on participation that may apply under federal and state tax laws). In addition, Executive will be entitled to an automobile and cellular phone allowance of $600.00 per month during the
Term of this Agreement. 

 Section 4. Termination. 

(a) Events of Termination. Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate (the date of such termination being the
“Termination Date”) immediately upon any of the following: 
 (i) Executive’s death (“Termination Upon
Death”); 
 (ii) the effective date of a written notice sent to Executive stating the Company’s determination, made in good
faith, that due to a mental or physical condition, Executive has been unable and failed to substantially render the services to be provided by Executive to the Company for a period of at least 180 days out of any consecutive 360 days
(“Termination For Disability”); 
 (iii) the effective date of a written notice sent to Executive stating the
Company’s determination, made in good faith, that it is terminating Executive’s employment for Cause (as defined below) (“Termination For Cause”); 

(iv) the effective date of a notice sent to Executive stating that the Company is terminating Executive’s employment without Cause
(including any notice from the Company to Executive pursuant to Section 2 that the Company has decided not to renew the Term), which notice can be given by the Company at any time after the Effective Date at the Company’s sole
discretion, for any reason or for no reason (“Termination Without Cause”); 
 (v) the effective date of a notice (other
than a notice delivered pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement) sent to the Company from Executive stating that Executive is electing to terminate Executive’s employment with the Company without Good Reason
(“Resignation Without Good Reason”); or 
 (vi) the effective date of a written notice to Company stating Executive’s
determination, made in good faith, that a Good Reason Event (as defined below) has occurred within 30 days preceding such notice and as a consequence Executive is electing to terminate Executive’s employment hereunder for a Good Reason Event
(“Resignation For Good Reason”); provided,  

 
however, that Executive will give the Company 30 days to cure such Good Reason Event, and if the Company fails to cure such Good Reason Event within 30 days after Executive gives written
notice of resignation hereunder, then Executive may immediately terminate Executive’s employment with the Company, and such termination will be a Resignation For Good Reason hereundcr; provided, further, that Executive’s termination shall
be deemed a Termination For Cause if the Company has delivered to Executive written notice of any act or omission that, if not cured, would constitute Cause at any time preceding the notice provided by Executive hereunder. 

As used herein, the term “Cause” shall mean (i) commission of a willful act of dishonesty in the course of Executive’s
duties hereunder, (ii) conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of, or plea of no contest to, a crime constituting a felony or conviction in respect of, or plea of no contest to, any act involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude, (iii)
Executive’s performance under the influence of controlled substances (other than those taken pursuant to a medical doctor’s orders), (iv) frequent or extended, and unjustifiable, absenteeism, (v) Executive’s personal misconduct or
refusal to perform duties and responsibilities or to carry out the lawful directives of the Board, which, if capable of being cured shall not have been cured, within 30 days after the Company shall have advised Executive in writing of its intention
to terminate Executive’s employment, or (vi) Executive’s material non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement, which, if capable of being cured, shall not have been cured within 30 days after the Company shall have advised Executive in
writing of its intention to terminate Executive’s employment for such reason. 
 As used herein, the term “Good Reason
Event” shall mean (i) a material adverse change in the responsibilities or duties of Executive as set forth in this Agreement (including a change in reporting where Executive no longer reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer, or a
change in Executive’s capacity as Secretary and General Counsel) without Executive’s prior consent at a time when there are no circumstances pending that would permit the Board to terminate Executive for Cause, such that Executive is no
longer acting as part of the senior management team of the Company, (ii) any reduction in the Salary or a material reduction in Executive’s benefits (other than (x) a reduction in Salary that is the result of an administrative or clerical
error, and which is cured within 15 business days after the Company receives notice of such failure or (y) a reduction in Salary or benefits that are generally applicable to all members of the Company’s senior management), (iii) a material
breach by the Company of this Agreement that is not cured within 30 days following the 

 
Company’s receipt of written notice of such breach from Executive, or (iv) without Executive’s prior written consent, the relocation of Executive’s principal place of employment
outside of a 50 mile radius from the location of the Company’s offices in Tampa, Florida as of the Effective Date. With regard to clause (i), Executive acknowledges that the Company has flexibility under Section l(a) to assign Executive
a broad range of responsibilities and duties that are consistent with him being a member of the senior management team and such assignments will not constitute a “Good Reason Event.” 

(b) Effect of Termination. 

(i) Death or Disability. In the event of Termination Upon Death or Termination For Disability pursuant to Sections 4(a)(i) or
4(a)(ii) of this Agreement: 
 (A) Executive (or Executive’s legal representative) shall be entitled to receive
in cash an amount equal to any earned but unpaid Salary owing by the Company to Executive as of the Termination Date (the “Accrued Salary”); 

(B) Executive (or Executive’s legal representative) shall be entitled to receive in cash, to the extent provided under
any management bonus plan, an amount equal to the pro rata portion, determined as of the Termination Date, of any bonus to which Executive would have been entitled had Executive been employed by the Company at the time such bonus would have
otherwise been paid (the “Accrued Bonus”); and 
 (C) all unvested Restricted Shares, Options, and Warrants
granted to Executive during the Term of this Agreement shall become fully vested and non-forfeitable as of the Termination Date. 
 (ii)
Termination For Cause. In the event of a Termination For Cause pursuant to Section 4(a)(iii) of this Agreement, Executive shall be entitled to receive in cash an amount equal to any Accrued Salary. 

(iii) Termination Without Cause and Resignation For Good Reason and Termination Upon Non-renewal. In the event of Termination Without
Cause or Resignation For Good Reason pursuant to Sections 4(a)(iv) or 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to Section 4(c)(ii) of this Agreement: 

 (A) a Executive (or Executive’s legal representative) shall be entitled to
receive in cash an amount equal to the Accrued Salary; 
 (B) Executive (or Executive’s legal representative) shall be
entitled to receive in cash an amount equal to the Accrued Bonus; 
 (C) Executive (or Executive’s legal
representative) shall be entitled to receive in cash an amount equal to Executive’s Salary (at the rate then in effect, and without taking into account any reductions that would have given rise to Good Reason termination by Executive), payable
in equal installments in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll procedures commencing on the Termination Date and ending twelve (12) months thereafter. Company’s obligation to pay Executive shall be subject to reduction on a
dollar-for-dollar basis from income earned from Executive’s substantially similar full-time employment (“Replacement Employment”), beginning at the time the Executive commences the Replacement Employment. Company shall have the right
to a look-back period of 24 months after the Termination date to verify the accuracy of payments made and to confirm that Executive has not agreed to work for a below-market rate during the twelve months immediately following the Termination Date;

 (D) all unvested Restricted Shares, Options and Warrants granted to Executive during the Term of this Agreement shall
become fully vested and non-forfeitable as of the Termination Date. 
 (iv) Resignation Without Good Reason. In the event of
Resignation Without Good Reason pursuant to Section 4(a)(v) of this Agreement, Executive shall be entitled to receive in cash an amount equal to any Accrued Salary. 

 (v) Upon Termination For Any Reason. In the event of any termination, Executive shall
be entitled to receive: 
 (A) any unpaid reasonable, reimbursable business expenses incurred by Executive in the
course of performing Executive’s duties under this Agreement that were incurred in a manner consistent with the Company’s policies in effect from time to time with respect to travel, entertainment and other business expenses, subject to
the Company’s requirements with respect to incurring, reporting and documenting such expenses; and 
 (B) benefits
under the Company’s benefit plans of general application as shall be determined under the provisions of those plans. 
 (c)
Additional Provisions. 
 (i) Any amounts to be paid pursuant to this Section 4 shall be paid in accordance with the
Company’s existing payroll or bonus payment practices, as applicable. 
 (ii) As a condition to the Company’s obligations, if
any, to make any Accrued Bonus and severance payments provided under Section 4(b)(iii)(B) and (C), Executive shall have executed, delivered and not revoked a general release in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

(iii) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the obligations and commitments under Section 5 of this Agreement shall
survive and continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms notwithstanding any termination of Executive’s employment for any reason or termination of this Agreement for any reason. 

(iv) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall have no obligation to pay any amounts payable under
Sections 4(b)(i)(B), 4(b)(iii)(B) or 4(b)(iii)(C) of this Agreement during such times as Executive is in breach of Section 5 of this Agreement, after the Company provides Executive with notice of such breach. 

(v) Executive agrees that termination of Executive’s employment for any reason shall, with no further action by Executive required,
constitute Executive’s resignation, as of the Termination Date and to the extent applicable, from all positions as an officer, director or representative of the Company and any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company. 

 Section 5. Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation And
Confidentiality. 
 (a) Definitions. 

“Company’s Business” means the business of providing specialty financial products to nonprofit incorporated community
associations in the states in which the Company has conducted business. 
 “Competitor” means any company, other entity or
association or individual that directly or indirectly is engaged in the Company’s Business. 
 “Confidential
Information” means any confidential information with respect to the Company’s Business and/or the businesses of its clients or customers, including, but not limited to: the trade secrets of the Company; products or services; standard
proposals; standard submissions, surveys and analyses; policy forms; fees, costs and pricing structures; marketing information; advertising and pricing strategies; analyses; reports; computer software, including operating systems, applications and
program listings; flow charts; manuals and documentation; data bases; all copyrightable works; the Company’s existing and prospective clients and customers, their addresses or other contact information and/or their confidential information;
existing and prospective client and customer lists and other related data; expiration periods; policy numbers; coverage specifications; daily reports and related correspondence; premium renewal notices; and all similar and related information in
whatever form. The term Confidential Information does not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that (i) is generally available to the public on the date of this Agreement, (ii) becomes generally
available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by Executive not otherwise permissible hereunder or (iii) Executive has learned or learns from other sources where, to Executive’s knowledge, such sources have not violated
their confidentiality obligation to the Company or any other applicable obligation of confidentiality. 
 (b) Noncompetition.
Executive covenants and agrees that during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending two years following the Termination Date (the “Restricted Period”), Executive will not, directly or indirectly, own, manage,
operate, control, render service to, or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of any Competitor 

 anywhere in the United States of America; provided, however, that Executive shall be entitled to own shares of
stock of any corporation having a class of equity securities actively traded on a national securities exchange or on the Nasdaq Stock Market which represent, in the aggregate, not more than 1% of such corporation’s fully-diluted shares. 

(c) Nonsolicitation of Employees. Executive covenants and agrees that during the Restricted Period, Executive will not, directly or
indirectly, employ or solicit, or receive or accept the performance of services by any then current officer, manager, employee or independent contractor of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, or in any way interfere with the
relationship between the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any such officer, manager, employee or independent contractor, on the other hand. 

(d) Nonsolicitation of Customers and Vendors. Executive covenants and agrees that during the Restricted Period, Executive will not,
directly or indirectly, knowingly induce, or attempt to induce, any customer, salesperson, distributor, supplier, vendor, manufacturer, representative, agent, jobber, licensee or other person known by Executive to be transacting business with the
Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company (collectively the “Customers” and “Vendors”) to reduce or cease doing business with the Company or any such subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, or in any way
to interfere with the relationship between any such Customer or Vendor, on the one hand, and the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, on the other hand. 

(e) Representations and Covenants by Executive. Executive represents and warrants that: (i) Executive’s execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement do not and will not conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any contract, agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which Executive is a party or by which Executive is bound;
(ii) Executive is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, noncompctc agreement or confidentiality agreement with any other person or entity (other than the Company) and Executive is not subject to any other agreement that would
prevent Executive from performing Executive’s duties for the Company or otherwise complying with this Agreement; (iii) Executive is not subject to or in breach of any nondisclosure agreement, including any agreement concerning trade
secrets or confidential information owned by any other party; and (iv) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, this Agreement shall be the valid and binding obligation of Executive, enforceable in accordance with its
terms. 

 (f) Nondisclosure of Confidential Information. Executive hereby acknowledges and
represents that Executive has consulted with independent legal counsel regarding Executive’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and that Executive fully understands the terms and conditions contained herein and Executive agrees that
Executive will not, directly or indirectly: (i) use, disclose, reverse engineer or otherwise exploit for Executive’s own benefit or for the benefit of anyone other than the Company the Confidential Information except as authorized by the
Company; (ii) during Executive’s employment with the Company, use, disclose, or reverse engineer (x) any confidential information or trade secrets of any former employer or third party, or (y) any works of authorship developed in
whole or in part by Executive during any former employment or for any other party, unless authorized in writing by the former employer or third party; or (iii) upon Executive’s resignation or termination (x) retain Confidential
Information, including any copies existing in any form (including electronic form), that are in Executive’s possession or control, or (y) destroy, delete or alter the Confidential Information without the Company’s consent. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Executive may use the Confidential Information in the course of performing Executive’s duties on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company as described hereunder, provided that such use is made in good
faith. Executive will immediately surrender possession of all Confidential Information to Company upon any suspension or termination of Executive’s employment with Company for any reason. 

(g) Inventions and Patents. Executive acknowledges that all (i) inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods,
designs, analysis, drawings, reports, processes, novel concepts and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable) that relate to the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ or affiliates’ actual or anticipated
businesses, (ii) research and development and (iii) existing or future products or services that are, to any extent, conceived, developed or made by Executive while employed by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company
(“Work Product”) belong to the Company or such subsidiary or affiliate. Executive shall promptly disclose such Work Product to the Board and, at the cost and expense of the Company, perform all actions reasonably necessary or
requested by the Board (whether during or after the Term) to establish and confirm such ownership (including, without limitation, executing assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments). 

 (h) Miscellaneous. 

(i) Executive acknowledges that (x) Executive’s position is a position of trust and responsibility with access to Confidential
Information of the Company, (y) the Confidential Information, and the relationship between the Company and each of its employees, Customers and Vendors, are valuable assets of the Company and may not be converted to Executives own use and
(z) the restrictions contained in this Section 5 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of the Company and will not impair or infringe upon Executive’s right to work or earn a living after
Executive’s employment with the Company ends. 
 (ii) Each of the foregoing obligations shall be enforceable independent of any other
obligation, and the existence of any claim or cause of action that Executive may have against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of these obligations. 

(iii) Executive acknowledges that monetary damages will not be an adequate remedy for the Company in the event of a breach of this Agreement
and that it would be impossible for the Company to measure damages in the event of such a breach. Therefore, Executive agrees that, in addition to other rights that the Company may have at law or equity, the Company is entitled, without posting
bond, to seek an injunction preventing Executive from any breach of this Agreement. 
 (iv) In the event of a breach or violation by
Executive during the Restricted Period of any restriction in Section 5(b), (b) or (d) of this Agreement, the Restricted Period shall be tolled until such breach or violation has been cured. 

(v) The parties intend to provide the Company with the maximum protection possible with respect to its Customers and Vendors. The parties,
however, do not intend to include a provision that contravenes the public policy of any state. Therefore, if any provision of this Section 5 is unlawful, against public policy or otherwise declared void, such provision shall not be
deemed part of this Agreement, which otherwise shall remain in full force and effect. If, at the 

 
time of enforcement of this Agreement, a court or other tribunal holds that the duration, scope or area restriction stated herein is unreasonable under the circumstances then existing, the
parties agree that the court should enforce the restrictions to the extent it deems reasonable. 
 (vi) Executive hereby agrees that prior
to accepting employment with any other person or entity during the Term or during the Restricted Period following the Termination Date, Executive will provide such prospective employer with written notice of the existence of this Agreement and the
provisions of this Section 5 of this Agreement, with a copy of such notice delivered simultaneously to the Company in accordance with Section 10 of this Agreement. 

(vii) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the obligations and commitments of this Section 5 shall survive and
continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms notwithstanding any termination of Executive’s employment for any reason or termination of this Agreement for any reason. 

Section 6. Withholding Taxes. Prior to making any payments required to be made pursuant to this Agreement,
the Company may require that the Company be reimbursed in cash for any taxes required by any government to be withheld or otherwise deducted and paid by the Company in respect of such payment by the Company. In lieu thereof, the Company shall have
the right to withhold the amount of such taxes from any sums due or to become due from it to Executive. 
 Section 7.
Expenses. In the event of any legal action to enforce Executive’s or the Company’s rights under this Agreement, each party will be responsible for that party’s reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and
disbursements. 
 Section 8. Assignment. This Agreement is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Executive shall not assign or transfer any rights or obligations hereunder. The Company shall have the right to assign or transfer any rights or obligations hereunder only to (a) a
successor entity in the event of a merger, consolidation, or transfer or sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company or (b) a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company. Any purported assignment, other than as provided above, shall
be null and void. 
 Section 9. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify Executive for any act or omission
done or not done in performance of Executive’s duties hereunder in accordance with the 

 
Company’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws and any other constituent document to the extent provided for any other officer or member of the Board. The Company’s obligations under
this Section 9 shall survive any termination of this Agreement or Executive’s employment hereunder. 

Section 10. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted to
be given hereunder. shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or sent by prepaid telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, overnight courier or mailed, first class, postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, as follows: 

 

			
	 If to the Company:
	  	LM Funding America, Inc., Bruce M. Rodgers, CEO
		
	 If to Executive:
	  	To Executive’s address as reflected on the payroll records of the Company

 or such other address as either party shall designate by notice in writing to the other in accordance herewith. Any such
notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, by telex, facsimile transmission or telegram, or if sent by overnight courier, one day after delivery to such courier by the sender or if mailed, five days after deposit by the sender in the
U.S. mails. 
 Section 11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between
Executive and the Company concerning the subject matter hereof. This Agreement supersedes and preempts any prior employment agreement or other understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, that may have
related to the subject matter hereof. No provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing, signed by Executive and an authorized officer of the Company. 

Section 12. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be subject to and governed by the laws of the State of
Florida, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law under Florida law that would require or permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Florida and irrespective of the fact that the parties now or at
any time may be residents of or engage in activities in a different state. Employee agrees that in the event of any dispute or claim arising under this Agreement, jurisdiction and venue shall be vested and proper, and Employee hereby consents to the
jurisdiction of any court sitting in Tampa, Florida, including the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. 

 Section 13. Full Settlement. Executive acknowledges and agrees that, subject
to the payment by the Company of the benefits provided in this Agreement to Executive, in no event will the Company nor any subsidiary or affiliate thereof be liable to Executive for damages under any claim of breach of contract as a result of the
termination of Executive’s employment. In the event of any such termination, the Company shall be liable only to provide to Executive, or Executive’s heirs or beneficiaries, the benefits specified in this Agreement. 

Section 14. Strict Compliance. Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with
any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right Executive or the Company may have hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement. The waiver, whether
express or implied, by either party of a violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent violation of any such provision. 

Section 15. Creditor Status. No benefit or promise hereunder shall be secured by any specific assets of the Company.
Executive shall have only the rights of an unsecured general creditor of the Company in seeking satisfaction of such benefits or promises. 

Section 16. Section 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A”), and shall be construed accordingly. Any payments or distributions to be made to Executive under this Agreement upon a separation from service of amounts classified as
“nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A, shall in no event be made or commence until six months after such separation from service if Executive is determined to be a specified Executive of a public company
(all as determined under Section 409A). Each payment of nonqualified deferred compensation under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A. Any reimbursements made pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid as
soon as practicable but no later than 90 days after Executive submits evidence of such expenses to the Company (which payment date shall in no event be later than the last day of the calendar incurred). The amount of such reimbursements paid and any
in-kind benefits the year following the calendar year in which the 

 expense was provided during any calendar year shall not affect the reimbursements paid or in-kind benefits
provided in any other calendar year, and the right to any such payments and benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another payment or benefit. 

Section 17. Cooperation. Executive agrees to provide assistance to and cooperate with the Company upon its
reasonable request with respect to matters within the scope of Executive’s duties and responsibilities during the Restricted Period. During such Period, the Company shall, to the maximum extent coordinate or cause any such request with
Executive’s other commitments and responsibilities to minimize the degree to which such request interferes with such commitments and responsibilities. The Company agrees that it will reimburse Executive for reasonable documented travel expenses
(i.e., travel, meals and lodging) that Executive may incur in providing assistance to the Company hereunder. 
 Section 18.
Non-disparagement. Executive agrees to not make any statements, written or oral, while employed by the Company and thereafter, which would be reasonably likely to disparage or damage the Company, its affiliates or subsidiaries or the
personal or professional reputation of any present or former employees, officers or members of the managing or directorial boards or committees of the Company or its affiliates or subsidiaries. The Company agrees that it will instruct each of its
and its affiliates’ and subsidiaries’ members, directors, managers, officers and employees not to make any disparaging communication regarding Executive, and no such person or entity will be authorized on the Company’s or any
affiliate’s or subsidiary’s behalf to make any such disparaging communications regarding Executive. 
 Section 19.
Recoupment. Executive agrees to reimburse the Company for all or a portion, as determined below, of any bonus or incentive or equity-based compensation paid or awarded to Executive by the Company, if the Board determines that
(a) the payment, award or vesting thereof was predicated upon the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a material financial restatement, (b) Executive engaged in fraud or misconduct that caused, in
whole or in part, the need for the material financial restatement, and (c) a lower payment, award or vesting would have occurred based upon the restated financial results. In such event. Executive agrees to reimburse (in the manner determined
by the Board, including cancellation of options or other stock awards) any bonus or incentive or equity-based compensation previously paid, awarded or vested in 

 
the amount by which such bonus or incentive or equity-based compensation actually paid, awarded or vested exceeds the lower payment, award or vesting that would have occurred based upon the
restated financial result; provided that no reimbursement shall be required if the payment, award or vesting otherwise subject to reimbursement hereunder occurred more than three (3) years prior to the date the applicable reinstatement
is disclosed. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any bonus or incentive or equity-based compensation, or other compensation, payable to Executive pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement, plan or arrangement of the
Company shall be subject to repayment or recoupment (clawback) by the Company to the extent applicable under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (and not otherwise exempted) and in accordance with such policies and procedures as the
Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board may adopt from time to time, including policies and procedures to implement applicable law (including, but not limited to, Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act), stock market or exchange rules and
regulations or accounting or tax rules and regulations. 
 Section 20. Survival. Any provision of this Agreement
that is expressly or by implication intended to survive the termination of this Agreement shall survive or remain in effect after the termination of this Agreement. 

Section 21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, anyone of which need not
contain the signature of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

[Signature Page Follows] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first
written above. 
  

			
	LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC.
		
	By:	 	

		 	Bruce M. Rodgers, Chief Executive Officer
	
	EXECUTIVE
	
	        

	Aaron L. Gordon, Esq.

 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF RELEASE 
 This
RELEASE (“Release”) is granted effective as of the         day of         , 20          by
                     (the “Executive”) in favor of LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC. (the “Company”) and the other
Released Parties (as defined below). This is the Release referred to in the Employment Agreement, dated as of                     , between
the Company and the Executive (the “Employment Agreement”). The Executive gives this Release in consideration of the Company’s promises and covenants contained in the Employment Agreement, with respect to which this Release is
an integral part. 
 1. Release of the Company. The Executive, for himself, his successors, assigns, attorneys, and all those
entitled to assert his rights, now and forever hereby releases and discharges the Company and its respective officers, directors, stockholders, trustees, Executives, agents, parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, estates, successors, assigns
and attorneys (the “Released Parties”), from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, sums of money due, suits, debts, liens, covenants, contracts, obligations, costs, expenses, damages, judgments, agreements, promises,
demands, claims for attorney’s fees and costs, or liabilities whatsoever, in law or in equity, which the Executive ever had or now has against the Released Parties, arising by reason of or in any way connected with or which may be traced either
directly or indirectly to the employment relationship which existed between the Company or any of its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, or predecessors and the Executive, or the termination of that relationship, that the Executive has, had or
purports to have, from the beginning of time to the date of this Release, whether known or unknown, that now exists, no matter how remotely they may be related to the aforesaid employment relationship including but not limited to claims for
employment discrimination under federal or state law, except as provided in Paragraph 2; claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e), et seq. or the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101,
et seq.; claims for statutory or common law wrongful discharge, including any claims arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq.; claims for attorney’s fees, expenses and costs; claims for defamation;
claims for wages or vacation pay; claims for benefits, including any claims arising under the Executive Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq.; and provided, however, that nothing herein shall

 
release the Company of its obligations to the Executive under the Employment Agreement between the Company and the Executive or any other contractual obligations between the Company or its
subsidiaries or affiliates and the Executive (including, without limitation, any equity award agreement or indemnification agreement), or any indemnification obligations to the Executive under the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws,
operating agreement or other constituent document or any federal, state or local law or otherwise. 
 2. Release of Claims Under Age
Discrimination in Employment Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive agrees that by executing this Release, he has released and waived any and all claims he has or may have as of the date of this Release for age
discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq. It is understood that the Executive has been advised to consult with an attorney prior to executing this Release; that he in fact has consulted a
knowledgeable, competent attorney regarding this Release; that he may, before executing this Release, consider this Release for a period of 21 calendar days; and that the consideration he receives for this Release is in addition to amounts to which
he was already entitled. It is further understood that this Release is not effective until seven calendar days after the execution of this Release and that the Executive may revoke this Release within seven calendar days from the date of execution
hereof. 
 The Executive agrees that he has carefully read this Release and is signing it voluntarily. The Executive acknowledges that he
has had 21 days from receipt of this Release to review it prior to signing or that, if the Executive is signing this Release prior to the expiration of such 21-day period, the Executive is waiving his right to review the Release for such full 21-day
period prior to signing it. The Executive has the right to revoke this release within seven days following the date of its execution by him. However, if the Executive revokes this Release within such seven-day period, no severance benefit will be
payable to him under the Employment Agreement and he shall return to the Company any such payment received prior to that date. 
 THE
EXECUTIVE HAS CAREFULLY READ THIS RELEASE AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT CONSTITUTES A GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMS AGAINST THE COMPANY UNDER THE AGE 

  
 2 

 
DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT. THE EXECUTIVE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE HAS HAD A FULL OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY OR OTHER ADVISOR OF HIS CHOOSING CONCERNING HIS EXECUTION OF THIS
RELEASE AND THAT HE IS SIGNING THIS RELEASE VOLUNTARILY AND WITH THE FULL INTENT OF RELEASING THE COMPANY FROM ALL SUCH CLAIMS. 
  

	
	  

	Name of Executive:                     
	Date:                     , 20        

  
 3Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO 
AMENDED AND RESTATED  
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF 
TIPTREE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
This First Amendment (this “Amendment”), dated as of January 1, 2016, to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Tiptree Operating Company, LLC (the "Company"), dated as of July 1, 2013 (the “Agreement”), is made by the Company, Tiptree Financial Inc., as the Managing Member and Tiptree Financial Partners, L.P. (“TFP”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, Section 11.05 of the Agreement provides that any provision of the Agreement may be amended, modified or waived with the written approval of the Managing Member and the Members that own a majority of the outstanding Units held by the Members in the aggregate; and
WHEREAS, the Managing Member has given its written approval to amend Section 7.01(b) of the Agreement to remove clause (ii) and TFP, which owns a majority of the outstanding Units held by the Members in the aggregate, has also given its written approval to amend Section 7.01(b) of the Agreement to remove clause (ii).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
		
	1.
	Amendment to Section 7.01(b) of the Agreement. Section 7.01(b) of the Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Section 7.01 Transfers of Units.
(b) In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer herein contained, including the provisions of this Section 7.01, in no event may any Transfer or assignment of Units by any Member be made (i) to any Person who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own Units; (ii) if such Transfer would constitute a “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code); (iii) if such Transfer would, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, cause any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise cause the Company to be subject to regulation under ERISA; (iv) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Units pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities laws; (v) if such Transfer subjects the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, each as amended (or any succeeding law); (vi) to the extent requested by the Managing Member, the Company does not receive such legal and/or tax opinions and written instruments (including, without limitation, copies of any instruments of Transfer and such assignee’s consent to be bound by this Agreement as an assignee) that are in a form satisfactory to the Managing Member, as determined in the Managing Member’s sole discretion; or (vii) if such Transfer violates any applicable law.

		
	2. 
	No Other Amendments. This Amendment shall not constitute an amendment or modification of any other provision of the Agreement not expressly referred to herein. Except as expressly amended or modified herein, the provisions of the Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect. Each reference to “hereof,” “hereunder," “herein” and “hereby” and each other similar reference and each reference to “this Agreement” and each other similar reference contained in the Agreement shall, after this Amendment becomes effective, refer to such Agreement as amended hereby.

		
	3. 
	Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, both of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all of the parties hereto, notwithstanding that both parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this Amendment immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.  The Partners shall become bound by this Amendment in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. 

		
	4. 
	Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.

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EXHIBIT 10.1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered on the date first written above.

TIPTREE FINANCIAL INC.

By:  /s/ Jonathan Ilany____________
Name:  Jonathan Ilany
Title:     Chief Executive Officer

TIPTREE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, L.P.

By:  /s/ Jonathan Ilany____________
Name:  Jonathan Ilany
Title:    Chief Executive Officer

Acknowledged and Agreed:

TIPTREE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC

By:  /s/ Jonathan Ilany____________
Name:   Jonathan Ilany
Title:     Chief Executive Officer

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