SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-03-30

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER SUCH ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SUCH ACT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>C<SMALL>ONVERTIBLE</SMALL> P<SMALL>ROMISSORY</SMALL>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;19-005</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>Date of Issuance</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>$490,000</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>January&nbsp;29, 2020</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FOR VALUE RECEIVED, <B>ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION, INC.</B>, a Nevada corporation (the
&#147;<B><U>Company</U></B>&#148;), hereby promises to pay to 37North Capital SPV 11, LLC (the &#147;<B><U>Lender</U></B>&#148;), the principal sum of Four Hundred Ninety thousand Dollars ($490,000), together with all other amounts due under this
Note. Unless earlier converted into Conversion Shares pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(b) or repaid pursuant to Section&nbsp;4 of the Note Purchase Agreement, executed December&nbsp;6, 2019, 2019 (the &#147;<B><U>Purchase Agreement</U></B>&#148;), between
the Company and the Lender, the principal amount outstanding and all other amounts due hereunder shall be due and payable by the Company on demand by the Lender at any time after Maturity Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Note was issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;1.</B> <B>Payment.</B> All payments shall be made in lawful money of the United States
of America at the address of the holder of this Note reflected in the Company&#146;s records or at such other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate in writing to the Company. Payment shall be credited first to Costs (as defined
below), if any, then to accrued interest, if any, due and payable, and any remainder applied to principal. The Company hereby waives demand, notice, presentment, protest and notice of dishonor. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;2.</B> <B>Conversion of the Note.</B> The Applicable Conversion Amount shall be convertible pursuant to and in
accordance with the terms of Section&nbsp;2(b)&nbsp;of the Purchase Agreement (subject to the limitations set forth in Section&nbsp;2(b)(iv) of the Purchase Agreement). As promptly as practicable after the conversion of this Note, the Company at its
expense shall, upon surrender of this Note, issue and deliver to the holder of this Note a certificate or certificates for the number of full Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;3.</B> <B>Events of Default and Remedies.</B> If an Event of Default (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), the
holder of this Note shall be entitled to exercise the remedies set forth in Section&nbsp;7(b) of the Purchase Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;4.</B> <B>Lost Documents.</B> Upon receipt by the Company of evidence and indemnity satisfactory to it of the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver in lieu of this Note a new note of the same series and of like tenor and unpaid principal amount. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;5.</B> <B>Amendments and Waivers; Resolutions of Dispute;
Notice.</B> The amendment