10% Original Issue Discount (OID) Convertible Promissory Note dated May 11, 2023, issued to Arena Investors, LP by the Company

EXHIBIT 10.1

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE NOR SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

Iconic Brands Inc

(a Nevada corporation)

10% Original Issue Discount (OID) Convertible Promissory Note

3 Month Term

12% Interest

Face Value: $660,000.00 (USD)

THIS NOTE (the “Note”) is a duly authorized Convertible Note of ICONIC BRANDS, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay Arena Investors, LP (the “Holder”), the principal sum of $660,000.00 (USD) (the “Principal Amount”) inclusive of Original Issue Discount (OID) of 10% of the Face Value or such lesser principal amount following the conversion or conversions of this Note in accordance with paragraphs below (the “Outstanding Principal Amount”) on August 11, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”). Company will pay the Outstanding Principal Amount in a lump sum on the Maturity Date. Interest Rate will be 12% per annum.

1) If Note is not repaid within Ninety (90) days then accrual of Interest shall commence on the Ninetieth (90) day following execution of this Note and continue until the Company repays or provides for repayment in full the Outstanding Principal Amount and all accrued but unpaid Interest retroactive to inception of Note. Accrued and unpaid Interest shall bear Interest at the Rate until paid, compounded monthly. The Outstanding Principal Amount of this Note is payable on the Maturity Date in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, at the address last appearing on the Note Register of the Company as designated in writing by the Holder from time to time.

The Company may prepay principal and interest on this Note at any time before the Maturity Date. The Company will pay the Outstanding Principal Amount of this Note on the Maturity Date, free of any withholding or deduction of any kind to the Holder as of the Maturity Date and addressed to the Holder at the address appearing on the Note Register.

This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

1. All payments on account of the Outstanding Principal Amount of this Note and all other amounts payable under this Note (whether made by the Company or any other person) to or for the account of the Holder hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without reduction by reason of any present and future income, stamp, registration and other taxes, levies, duties, cost, and charges whatsoever imposed, assessed, levied or collected by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, together with interest thereon and penalties with respect thereto, if any, on or in respect of this Note (such taxes, levies, duties, costs and charges being herein collectively called “Taxes”).

2. The Holder of this Note is entitled, at its sole option, at any time after the Maturity Date, to convert all or any lesser portion of the Outstanding Principal Amount and accrued but unpaid Interest into Common Stock, which shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to the lesser of (i) $0.0001, or (ii) at a conversion price (the “Conversion Price”) for each share of Common Stock at 50% discount from the lowest closing price in the 30 trading days prior to the day that the Holder requests conversion, unless otherwise modified by mutual agreement between the Parties (the “Conversion Price”). Upon the exercise of any conversion, the Holder shall notify the Issuer whether principal or interest is being converted (the Common stock into which the Note is converted shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Conversion Shares.”). If the Issuer’s Common stock is chilled for deposit at DTC, becomes chilled at any point while this Agreement remains outstanding or deposit is affected otherwise due to a Yield Sign, Stop Sign or other trading restrictions, an additional 10% discount will be attributed to the Conversion Price defined hereof and the conversion dollar amount per conversion shall be reduced by a flat fee of $1,500.00 shall be charged to the Issuer to cover costs associated with the deposit of chilled stocks for each conversion. For purpose of this Section, the closing price of the Common Stock shall be the closing price as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market, or on the over-the-counter market or, if the Common Stock is listed on another stock market or exchange, the closing price on such exchange as reported by a Nationally recognized Quotation service. In the event that holder elects to convert this Note in part, the conversion price for each conversion event shall be calculated at the time of conversion in part. The Holder may convert this Note into Common Stock by delivering a conversion notice, the form of conversion notice attached to this Note as Exhibit A, executed by the Holder of the Note evidencing such Holder’s intention to convert the Note. For purposes of this Agreement, the Clearing Date shall be on the date in which the conversion shares are deposited into the Holder’s brokerage account and Holder’s broker has confirmed with Holder the Holder may execute trades of the conversion shares. The Company shall bear any and all miscellaneous expenses that may arise as a result of conversion and delivery of shares of common stock in respect of the Note, including, but not limited to, the cost of the issuance of a Rule 144 legal opinion, transfer agent fees, equity issuance and deposit fees, other costs and fees. At Holder’s option, any accrued costs paid by Holder may be subtracted from the dollar amount of any conversion of the Note.

3. Share Issuance. So long as this Note is outstanding, and prior to the complete conversion or payment of this Note, if the Company shall issue any Common Stock for consideration per share that is less than the Conversion Price that would be in effect at the time of such issuance, then, and thereafter successively upon each such issuance, the Conversion Price shall be reduced to such other lower issue price.

For purposes of this adjustment, the issuance of any security or debt instrument of the Company carrying the right to convert such security or debt instrument into Common Stock, or of any warrant, right or option to purchase Common Stock shall result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price upon the issuance of the above described security, debt instrument, warrant, right or option, and again upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of such conversion or purchase right if such issuance is at a price lower than the then applicable Conversion Price. Common Stock issued or issuable by the Borrower for no consideration will be deemed issuable or to have been issued for $0.0001 per share of Common Stock. The reduction of the Conversion Price described in this paragraph is in addition to all other rights of the Holder of this Note.

4. The Company will not issue fractional shares or script representing fractions of shares of Common Stock on conversion, but the Company will round the number of shares of Common Stock issuable up to the nearest whole share. The date on which a Notice of Conversion is given shall be deemed to be the date on which the Holder notifies the Company of its intention to so convert by delivery, by facsimile transmission, email, or otherwise, of a copy of the Notice of Conversion. Notice of Conversion may be sent by email to the Company, Attn: Richard DeCicco, CEO. At the Maturity Date, subject to Section 13 below, the Company will pay any unconverted Outstanding Principal Amount and accrued Interest thereon, at the option of the Holder, in either (a) in cash at 150% of the face value of the Note or (b) Common Stock as per Conversion formula paragraph 3 above.

5. Without in any way limiting the Holder’s right to pursue other remedies, including actual damages and/or equitable relief, the parties agree that if delivery of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note is not delivered by the Deadline (3 Trading days) the Borrower shall pay to the Holder $1,000 per day in cash, for each day beyond the Deadline that the Borrower fails to deliver such Common Stock. Such cash amount shall be paid to Holder by the fifth day of the month following the month in which it has accrued or, at the option of the Holder (by written notice to the Borrower by the first day of the month following the month in which it has accrued), shall be added to the principal amount of this Note, in which event interest shall accrue thereon in accordance with the terms of this Note and such additional principal amount shall be convertible into Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this Note. The Borrower agrees that the right to convert is a valuable right to the Holder. The damages resulting from a failure, attempt to frustrate, interfere with such conversion right are difficult if not impossible to qualify. Accordingly, the parties acknowledge that the liquidated damages provision contained in this Section are justified.

If, by the relevant Delivery Date, the Company fails, unless such failure is due to causes beyond the Company’s reasonable control or that of its Transfer Agent, for any reason to deliver the Shares to be issued upon conversion of the Note and after such Delivery Date, the Holder of the Note being converted (a “Converting Holder”) purchases, in an arm’s-length open market transaction or otherwise, shares of Common Stock (the “Covering Shares”) in order to make delivery in satisfaction of a sale of Common Stock by the Converting Holder (the “Sold Shares”), which delivery such Converting Holder anticipated to make using the Shares to be issued upon such conversion (a “Buy-In”), the Converting Holder shall have the right, to require the Company to pay to the Converting Holder, in addition to and not in lieu of the amounts due hereunder (but in addition to all other amounts contemplated in other provisions of the Transaction Agreements, and not in lieu of any such other amounts), the Buy- In Adjustment Amount (as defined below). The “Buy-In Adjustment Amount” is the amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the Converting Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Covering Shares over (y) the net proceeds (after brokerage commissions, if any) received by the Converting Holder from the sale of the Sold Shares. The Company shall pay the Buy-In Adjustment Amount to the Company in immediately available funds immediately upon demand by the Converting Holder. By way of illustration and not in limitation of the foregoing, if the Converting Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price (including brokerage commissions) of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to shares of Common Stock it sold for net proceeds of $10,000, the Buy-In Adjustment Amount which Company will be required to pay to the Converting Holder will be $1,000.

6. No provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to the payment of the Outstanding Principal Amount of this Note at the Maturity Date, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed. This Note and all other Notes now or hereafter issued on similar terms are direct obligations of the Company. In the event of any liquidation, reorganization, winding up or dissolution, repayment of this Note shall not be subordinate in any respect to any other indebtedness of the Company outstanding as of the date of this Note or hereafter incurred by the Company.

Such non-subordination shall extend without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to all indebtedness of the Company to banks, financial institutions; other secured lenders, equipment lessors and equipment finance companies, but shall exclude trade debts. Any warrants, options or other securities convertible into stock of the Company issued before the date hereof shall rank pari passu with the Note in all respects.

7. If at any time or from time to time after the date of this Note, the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Note is changed into the same or different numbers of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by recapitalization or otherwise, then in each such event the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert the Note into the kind of security receivable in such recapitalization, reclassification or other change by holders of Common Stock, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In such event, the formulae set forth herein for conversion and redemption shall be equitably adjusted to reflect such change in number of shares or, if shares of a new class of stock are issued, to reflect the market price of the class or classes of stock issued in connection with the above described transaction.

8. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of the state and Federal courts of the State of New York in connection with any dispute arising under this Note and hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including any objection based on forum non coveniens, to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions. Each of the parties hereby waives the right to a trial by jury in connection with any dispute arising under this Note.

9. The following shall constitute an “Event of Default:”

a. The Company shall default in the payment of principal and interest on this Note and same shall continue for a period of five (5) days; or

b. Any of the representations or warranties made by the Company herein, in any certificate or financial or other written statements heretofore or hereafter furnished by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Note shall be false or misleading in any material respect at the time made; or

c. The Company shall fail to perform or observe, in any material respect, any other covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation of any Note and such failure shall continue uncured for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice from the Holder of such failure; or

d. The Company fails to authorize or to cause its Transfer Agent to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise by the Holder of the conversion rights of the Holder in accordance with the terms of this Note, fails to transfer or to cause its Transfer Agent to transfer any certificate for shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of this Note and when required by this Note, and such transfer is otherwise lawful, or fails to remove any restrictive legend on any certificate or fails to cause its Transfer Agent to remove such restricted legend, in each case where such removal is lawful, as and when required by this Note, the Agreement, and any such failure shall continue uncured for ten (10) business days; or

e. The Company shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commence proceedings for its dissolution; or shall apply for or consent to the appointment of a trustee, liquidator or receiver for its or for a substantial part of its property or business; or

f. A trustee, liquidator or receiver shall be appointed for the Company or for a substantial part of its property or business without its consent and shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days after such appointment; or

g. Any governmental agency or any court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of any governmental agency shall assume custody or control of the whole or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of the Company and shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days thereafter; or

h. Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process in excess of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) Dollars in the aggregate shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its properties or other assets and shall remain unpaid, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days or in any event later than five (5) days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or

i. Bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company and, if instituted against the Company, shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days after such institution or the Company shall by any action or answer approve of, consent to, or acquiesce in any such proceedings or admit the material allegations of, or default in answering a petition filed in any such proceeding; or

j. The Company shall have its Common Stock suspended or delisted from an exchange or over-the-counter market from trading for in excess of five trading days.

Then, or at any time thereafter, and in each and every such case, unless such Event of Default shall have been waived in writing by the Holder (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default) at the option of the Holder and in the Holder’s sole discretion, the Holder may consider all obligations under this Note immediately due and payable within five (5) days of notice, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kinds, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything herein or in any note or other instruments contained to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Holder may immediately enforce any and all of the Holder’s rights and remedies provided herein or any other rights or remedies afforded by law.

10. If one or more of the “Events of Default” as described above shall occur, the Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, which the Holder may incur in collecting any amount due under, or enforcing any terms of, this Note.

11. Prepayment. At any time that the Note remains outstanding, the Company may pay 100% of the entire Outstanding Principal Amount of the Note plus any accrued but unpaid Interest.

12. The Company covenants that until all amounts due under this Note are paid in full, by conversion or otherwise, unless waived by the Holder or subsequent Holder in writing, the Company shall:

a. give prompt written notice to the Holder of any Event of Default or of any other matter which has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in a materially adverse change in its financial condition or operations;

b. give prompt notice to the Holder of any claim, action or proceeding which, in the event of any unfavorable outcome, would or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) on the financial condition of the Company;

c. at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of this Note into Common Stock, such number of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of the Outstanding Principal Amount of this Note into Common Stock.

13. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence from the Holder reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note,

a. in the case of loss, theft or destruction, upon provision of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and/or its transfer agent, or

b. (ii) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, then the Company at its expense will execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note, dated the date of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note, and evidencing the outstanding and unpaid principal amount of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

14. Reservation of Shares. Maker shall instruct its transfer agent to reserve all authorized but unissued shares of its Common Stock (except for such shares already reserved by the transfer agent for other parties, if any) for issuance to Holder in connection with conversion of this Note and shall provide Holder with a copy of such instruction letter.

15. Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of this Note exclusively for its operational expenses, including the payment of landlords, vendors and employees of it and its subsidiary, TopPop, LLC.

16. Assignability. This Note shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to be the benefit of the Holder and its successors and assigns. This Note shall be fully assignable by the Holder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first written above.

Dated May 11, 2023

Iconic Brands

Richard J. Decicco, CEO

Exhibit A.

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

The undersigned hereby elects to convert $                principal amount (plus accrued interest) of this Note into Shares of Common Stock of                                                      , (the “Company”), as of the date written below. No fee will be charged to the Holder or Holder’s Custodian for any conversion, except for transfer taxes, if any.

Box Checked as to applicable instructions:

☐ The Borrower shall electronically transmit the Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Notice of Conversion to the account of the undersigned or its nominee with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system (“DWAC Transfer”). 

Name of DTC Prime Broker :                                 

Account Number:                                                  

☐ The undersigned hereby requests that the Borrower issue a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock set forth below (which numbers are based on the Holder’s calculation attached hereto) in the name(s) specified immediately below:

Signature