SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-05-29

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<FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">10.22</FONT></B></FONT></P>

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agreement</B></FONT></P>

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Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</FONT></P>

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Century Park East, Suite 1000</FONT></P>

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Angeles, CA 90067</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">This
Lock-Up Agreement (this &ldquo;<B><I>Agreement</I></B>&rdquo;) is executed in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger
and Reorganization (the &ldquo;<B><I>Merger Agreement</I></B>&rdquo;) by and among Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (&ldquo;<B><I>Parent</I></B>&rdquo;),
RP Merger Sub, Inc. (&ldquo;<B><I>Merger Sub</I></B>&rdquo;), and Qualigen, Inc. (&ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>&rdquo;), dated
as of January 15, 2020, as thereafter amended. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined will have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Merger Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
connection with, and as an inducement to, the parties entering into the Merger Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration,
the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Parent, during the period commencing at the Effective Time and
continuing until 180 days after the Effective Time, the undersigned will not: (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell
any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, make
any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of or lend, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock of Parent (the
&ldquo;<B><I>Parent Common Stock</I></B>&rdquo;) or any securities convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for or that represent
the right to receive Parent Common Stock (including without limitation, Parent Common Stock or such other securities which may
be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and securities of Parent which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) whether now owned or hereafter
acquired (collectively, the &ldquo;<B><I>Securities</I></B>&rdquo;); (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers,
in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such transaction described in
clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Parent Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; (3)
make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Parent Common Stock or any security convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Parent Common Stock; (4) grant any proxies or powers of attorney with respect to any Securities,
deposit any Securities into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or similar arrangement or commitment with respect
to any Securities; or (5) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing restrictions, the
&ldquo;<B><I>Lock-Up Restrictions</I></B>&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Notwithstanding
the above, the Lock-Up Restrictions will automatically terminate on the date that is 180 days after the Effective Time. The period
during which the Lock-Up Restrictions apply to the S