SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2019-03-22

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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0"><B>Exhibit 10.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Securities Purchase
Agreement (this &ldquo;<U>Agreement</U>&rdquo;) is dated as of March 18, 2019, between TheMaven, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
&ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and
assigns, a &ldquo;<U>Purchaser</U>&rdquo; and collectively, the &ldquo;<U>Purchasers</U>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">WHEREAS, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser,
and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described
in this Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">ARTICLE I.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>DEFINITIONS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Definitions</U>.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to such terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth
in this Section 1.1:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<U>Acquiring
Person</U>&rdquo; shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.</P>

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shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<U>Affiliate</U>&rdquo;
means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<U>Amendment</U>&rdquo;
means the amendment to the Company&rsquo;s articles of incorporation that increases the number of authorized shares of Common Stock
to such number of authorized shares of Common Stock that all of the Debentures may be converted in full by the holders of the Debentures.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<U>Authorized
Share Increase Date</U>&rdquo; means, subject to Authorized Share Approval, the date on which the Amendment is filed and accepted
with the State of Delaware.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<U>Authorized
Share Approval</U>&rdquo; means approval of the Amendment by the shareholders of the Company, among other things, to increase the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock in at least a sufficient number to permit the conversion of the Debentures.</P>

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