Limited Waiver and Amendment to 10% Secured Convertible Notes by and between Reeds, Inc., Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, and holders dated April 11, 2023

Exhibit 10.22

Execution Version

LIMITED WAIVER

THIS LIMITED WAIVER (this “Waiver”) is dated and effective as of April 11, 2023 between REED’S, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Holders party hereto, and WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as Holder Representative and Collateral Agent (the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, on February 10, 2023, the Company, the Holders and the Agent entered into a Limited Waiver and Deferral Agreement (the “Limited Waiver Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties agreed to waive certain provisions of the Notes upon the occurrence of certain Fundamental Changes on or prior to April 1, 2023.

WHEREAS, on February 16, 2023, a Fundamental Change constituting a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurred as a result of the delisting of the Common Stock (the “Delisting”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

1. Incorporation of Terms. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the 10% Secured Convertible Notes dated May 9, 2022, as amended (each, a “Note”, and collectively, the “Notes”), issued by the Company pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2022, as amended (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company, the Holder Representative and each purchaser on the schedule of purchasers thereto.

2. Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents and warrants that after giving effect to this Waiver, all representations and warranties contained in the Notes are true and correct, in all material respects, on and as of the date hereof, except (a) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and (b) in the case of any representation and warranty qualified by materiality, they shall be true and correct in all respects.

3. Waivers.

(a) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 of this Waiver, Agent (as directed by all Holders below) and the Holders party hereto hereby temporarily waive the Specified Events of Default (as listed on Annex A hereto) through and including the date hereof.

(b) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 of this Waiver, Agent (as directed by all Holders below) and the Holders party hereto hereby waive any requirement pursuant to Section 6 of the Notes that the Company conduct a repurchase of Notes as a result of the Delisting prior to May 1, 2023, provided, that, for all purposes under the Notes, the Company shall treat the Delisting, and the resulting Fundamental Change and Make-Whole Fundamental Change, as if they occurred and became effective on and as of May 1, 2023.

(c) This Section 3 shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth herein and shall not be construed as a consent to or waiver of any breach or Default other than as specifically waived herein and shall not (i) affect the right of Agent or any of the Holders to demand strict compliance by Company with all terms and conditions of the Notes, except as specifically consented to, modified or waived by the terms hereof, (ii) be deemed a consent to or waiver of any future transaction or action on the part of any Note Party requiring the Holders’ or the Majority Holders’ consent or approval under the Notes, or (iii) diminish, prejudice or waive any of Agent’s or any Holders’ rights and remedies under the Notes or applicable law, whether arising as a consequence of any Event of Default which may now exist or otherwise, and Agent and each of the Holders hereby reserve all of such rights and remedies. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent any provision of the Notes is qualified by, or requires the absence of, any Default or Event of Default, a Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred for purposes of such provisions.

4. Releases.

(a) The Company, on behalf of itself and each of the Note Parties (and on behalf of each Affiliate thereof) and for itself and for its successors in title and assignees and, to the extent the same is claimed by right of, through or under any of the Note Parties, for its past, present and future employees, agents, representatives (other than legal representatives), officers, directors, shareholders, and trustees (each, a “Releasing Party” and collectively, the “Releasing Parties”), does hereby remise, release and discharge, and shall be deemed to have forever remised, released and discharged, the Agent, and each of the Holders in their respective capacities as such under the Note Documents, and the Agent’s and each Holder’s respective successors-in-title, legal representatives and assignees, past, present and future officers, directors, affiliates, shareholders, trustees, agents, employees, consultants, experts, advisors, attorneys and other professionals and all other persons and entities to whom the Agent and each of the Holders or any of their respective successors-in-title, legal representatives and assignees, past, present and future officers, directors, affiliates, shareholders, trustees, agents, employees, consultants, experts, advisors, attorneys and other professionals would be liable if such persons or entities were found to be liable to any Releasing Party or any of them (collectively, hereinafter the “Releasees”), from any and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, claims, charges, demands, counterclaims, crossclaims, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, rights of setoff and recoupment, controversies, damages, judgments, expenses, executions, liens, claims of liens, claims of costs, penalties, attorneys’ fees, or any other compensation, recovery or relief on account of any liability, obligation, demand or cause of action of whatever nature, whether in law, equity or otherwise, whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, joint and/or several, secured or unsecured, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, contractual or tortious, direct, indirect, or derivative, asserted or unasserted, foreseen or unforeseen, suspected or unsuspected, now existing, heretofore existing or which may heretofore accrue against any of the Releasees, and which are, in each case, based on any act, fact, event or omission or other matter, cause or thing occurring at any time prior to or on the date hereof in any way, directly or indirectly arising out of, connected with or relating to the Notes or any other Note Document and the transactions contemplated thereby, and all other agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents and statements (whether written or oral) related to any of the foregoing (each, a “Claim” and collectively, the “Claims”); provided, that, no Releasing Party shall have any obligation with respect to Claims to the extent such Claims are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Releasee. Each Releasing Party further stipulates and agrees with respect to all Claims, that it hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all provisions, rights, and benefits conferred by any applicable U.S. federal or state law, or any principle of common law, that would otherwise limit a release or discharge of any unknown Claims pursuant to this Section 6.

(b) The Company, on behalf of each Note Party, itself and its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably, covenants and agrees with and in favor of each Releasee that it will not sue (at law, in equity, in any regulatory proceeding or otherwise) any Releasee on the basis of any Claim released, remised and discharged by any Note Party pursuant to Section 6(a) of this Waiver. If any Note Party or any of its successors, assigns or other legal representatives violates the foregoing covenant, the Note Parties, each for itself and its successors, assigns and legal representatives, agrees to pay, in addition to such other damages as any Releasee may sustain as a result of such violation, all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by any Releasee as a result of such violation.

5. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Waiver shall not be effective until each of the following conditions precedent has been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Agent (at the direction of all Holders):

(a) This Waiver shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, the Agent, and the Majority Holders, and the Agent shall have received evidence thereof.

(b) After giving effect to this Waiver, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(c) The Company shall have paid the outstanding fees and expenses of King & Spalding LLP, counsel to the Holders, and the fees and expenses of Agent through the date hereof.

6. Binding Effect. The terms and provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, representatives, successors and assigns.

7. Reaffirmation of Obligations. The Company hereby ratifies the Note Documents and acknowledges and reaffirms (a) that it is bound by all terms of the Note Documents applicable to it and (b) that it is responsible for the observance and full performance of its respective Obligations.

8. Note Document. This Waiver shall constitute a Note Document under the terms of each Note.

9. Multiple Counterparts. This Waiver may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Waiver by telecopy, pdf or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Waiver.

10. Governing Law. THIS WAIVER AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS WAIVER AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

11. Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Agreement of Jury Trial. The jurisdiction, service of process and waiver of jury trial provisions set forth in subsections 13(h) and 13(i) of the Notes are hereby incorporated by reference.

12. Agent Authorization. Each of the undersigned Holders hereby authorizes and directs Agent to execute and deliver this Waiver on its behalf and, by its execution below, each of the undersigned Holders agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Waiver. In executing this Waiver, the Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, benefits, protections, indemnities and immunities afforded to it pursuant to the Note Documents.

[Signature page follows]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Waiver has been duly executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto as of the date first above written.

COMPANY:			HOLDER REPRESENTATIVE:
Reed’s, Inc.			Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, solely in its capacity as the Holder Representative
By:			By:
Name:	Norman E. Snyder, Jr.		Name:
Title:	CEO		Title:
HOLDERS:			COLLATERAL AGENT:
Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, LP			Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, solely in its capacity as the Collateral Agent
By:			By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer		Name:
Title:	Authorized Signatory		Title:
Whitebox Relative Value Partners, LP
By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer
Title:	Authorized Signatory
Pandora Select Partners, LP
By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer
Title:	Authorized Signatory
Whitebox GT Fund, LP
By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer
Title:	Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Limited Waiver]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Waiver has been duly executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto as of the date first above written.

COMPANY:			HOLDER REPRESENTATIVE:
Reed’s, Inc.			Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, solely in its capacity as the Holder Representative
By:			By:
Name:			Name:	Raye Goldsborough
Title:			Title:	Vice President
HOLDERS:			COLLATERAL AGENT:
Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, LP			Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, solely in its capacity as the Collateral Agent
By:			By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer		Name:	Raye Goldsborough
Title:	Authorized Signatory		Title:	Vice President
Whitebox Relative Value Partners, LP
By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer
Title:	Authorized Signatory
Pandora Select Partners, LP
By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer
Title:	Authorized Signatory
Whitebox GT Fund, LP
By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer
Title:	Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Limited Waiver]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Waiver has been duly executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto as of the date first above written.

COMPANY:			HOLDER REPRESENTATIVE:
Reed’s, Inc.			Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, solely in its capacity as the Holder Representative
By:			By:
Name:			Name:
Title:			Title:
HOLDERS:			COLLATERAL AGENT:
Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, LP			Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, solely in its capacity as the Collateral Agent
By:			By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer		Name::
Title:	Authorized Signatory		Title
Whitebox Relative Value Partners, LP
By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer
Title:	Authorized Signatory
Pandora Select Partners, LP
By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer
Title:	Authorized Signatory
Whitebox GT Fund, LP
By:
Name:	Jacob Mercer
Title:	Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Limited Waiver]

Annex A to

Limited Waiver and Deferral Agreement

Specified Events of Default

1. The Company’s failure to comply with Section 4(f) of the Notes on or prior to the date hereof.