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Loans Payable | NOTE 9 –LOANS PAYABLE The Company’s consolidated notes payable consisted of the following carrying values and related interest expense at:
|  | Note payable |  |  | Interest expense |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended |
|  | June 30, 2023 |  |  | December 31, 2022 |  |  | June 30, 2023 |  |  | June 30, 2022 |  |  | June 30, 2023 |  |  | June 30, 2022 |
MINOSA 1 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 14,750,001 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 294,191 |  |  | $ | 210,137 |  |  | $ | 585,150 |
MINOSA 2 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 5,050,000 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 125,904 |  |  |  | 89,932 |  |  |  | 250,424 |
Litigation financing |  |  | 23,706,579 |  |  |  | 24,347,513 |  |  |  | 3,253,645 |  |  |  | 2,977,352 |  |  |  | 6,355,709 |  |  |  | 5,458,020 |
DP SPV I LLC note |  |  | 10,789,776 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 924,676 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,240,656 |  |  |  | — |
Emergency Injury Disaster Loan |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 149,900 |  |  |  | 1,402 |  |  |  | 1,461 |  |  |  | 2,789 |  |  |  | 2,922 |
Vendor note payable |  |  | 484,009 |  |  |  | 484,009 |  |  |  | 14,480 |  |  |  | 14,481 |  |  |  | 28,802 |  |  |  | 28,803 |
Seller note payable |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,400,000 |  |  |  | 1,962 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 64,696 |  |  |  | — |
AFCO Insurance note payable |  |  | 188,037 |  |  |  | 562,280 |  |  |  | 2,849 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 10,595 |  |  |  | — |
Monaco |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 37,000 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 148,000 |
Pignatelli note |  |  | 500,000 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 12,466 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 16,027 |  |  |  | — |
Galileo note |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 723 |  |  |  | — |
37North |  |  | 1,004,918 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4,918 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 4,918 |  |  |  | 300,000 |
Finance liability |  |  | 4,101,826 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 116,826 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 116,826 |  |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 40,925,145 |  |  | $ | 46,743,703 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
MINOSA 1 On March 11, 2015, in connection with a Stock Purchase Agreement ("SPA"), Minera del Norte, S.A. de C.V. ("MINOSA") agreed to lend us up to $14.75 million. The entire $14.75 million was loaned in five advances from March 11 through June 30, 2015. The outstanding indebtedness bore interest at 8.0% percent per annum. During December 2017, MINOSA transferred this debt to its parent company, AHMSA. MINOSA 2 On August 10, 2017, we entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the "Minosa Purchase Agreement") with MINOSA. Pursuant to the Minosa Purchase Agreement, MINOSA agreed to loan our wholly owned subsidiary, Odyssey Marine Enterprises, Ltd., up to $3.0 million. During 2017, we borrowed $2.7 million against this facility, and Epsilon Acquisitions LLC ("Epsilon") assigned $2.0 million of its previously held debt to MINOSA. The indebtedness is evidenced by a secured convertible promissory note (the "Minosa Note") and bore interest at a rate equal to 10.0% per annum. Unless otherwise converted as described below, the entire outstanding principal balance under this Minosa Note and all accrued interest and fees are due and payable upon written demand by MINOSA; provided, that MINOSA agreed not make a demand for payment prior to the earlier of (a) an event of default (as defined in the Minosa Note) or (b) a date, which may be no earlier than December 31, 2017, that is at least 60 days subsequent to written notice from MINOSA that it intended to demand payment. We unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed all of the obligations under the Minosa Purchase Agreement and the Minosa Note. MINOSA had the right to convert all amounts outstanding under the Minosa Note into shares of our common stock upon 75 days’ notice to us or upon a merger, consolidation, third party tender offer, or similar transaction relating to us at the conversion price of $4.35 per share. During December 2017, MINOSA transferred this indebtedness to its parent company. On July 15, 2021, MINOSA transferred $404,633 of this indebtedness with accumulated interest of $159,082 to a director of the Company under the same terms as the original agreement, and that indebtedness continues to be convertible at a conversion price of $4.35 per share. Pursuant to second amended and restated pledge agreements (the "Pledge Agreements") entered into by us in favor of MINOSA on August 10, 2017, we pledged and granted security interests to MINOSA in (a) the 54 million cuotas (a unit of ownership under Panamanian law) of Oceanica Resources S. de R.L. (“Oceanica”) held by us, (b) all notes and other receivables from Oceanica and its subsidiary owed to us, and (c) all of the outstanding equity in our wholly owned subsidiary, Odyssey Marine Enterprises, Ltd. Settlement, Release and Termination Agreement of the MINOSA 1 and MINOSA 2 On March 3, 2023, Odyssey, Altos Hornos de México, S.A.B. de C.V. (“AHMSA”), MINOSA and Phosphate One LLC (f/k/a Penelope Mining LLC, “Phosphate One” and together with AHMSA and MINOSA, the “AHMSA Parties”) entered into a Settlement, Release and Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”). Pursuant to the Termination Agreement: • Odyssey paid AHMSA $9.0 million (the “Termination Payment”) in cash on March 6, 2023; • the parties agreed that, concurrently with the payment of the Termination Payment, a portion of the MINOSA Notes were deemed automatically converted into 304,879 shares of Odyssey’s common stock; • the MINOSA Notes, the Purchase Agreement, and the Pledge Agreements were terminated; • each of the AHMSA Parties and Odyssey agreed to release the other parties and their respective affiliates, equity holders, beneficiaries, successors and assigns (the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, causes of action or liabilities of any kind or nature whatsoever under the SPA, the MINOSA Notes, the Minosa Purchase Agreement, or the Pledge Agreements (the “Released Matters”); and • each of the AHMSA Parties and Odyssey agreed not to make any claims against any of the Released Parties related to the Released Matters. The transactions contemplated by the Termination Agreement were completed on March 6, 2023. On March 6, 2023, Odyssey entered into a Release and Termination Agreement with a director of the Company, James S. Pignatelli, to terminate and release a portion of the MINOSA 2 Note assigned to Mr. Pignatelli in 2021, the related Note Purchase Agreement (“NPA”) and the Pledge Agreement. As a result of these transactions, Odyssey has recorded a Gain on debt extinguishment of $21,478,614 in our Statement of Operations. Pignatelli On March 6, 2023, Odyssey issued a new Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $500,000 to Mr. Pignatelli that bears interest at the rate of 10.0% per annum convertible into common stock of Odyssey at a conversion price of $3.78 per share. Pursuant to the Release and Termination Agreement with Mr. Pignatelli noted above, he agreed, in exchange for the issuance of this Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note by Odyssey, to release the assigned portion of the MINOSA 2 note issued by Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., to Mr. Pignatelli in the principal amount of $404,634 and convertible at a conversion price of $4.35 per share, pursuant to which the outstanding aggregate obligation with accrued interest was $630,231. Litigation Financing Waiver and Consent On January 31, 2020, Odyssey and Exploraciones Oceánicas S. de R.L. de C.V., our Mexican subsidiary ("ExO" and, together with Odyssey, the "Claimholder"), and Poplar Falls LLC (the "Funder") entered into an Amended and Restated International Claims Enforcement Agreement (as amended, the "Agreement"), pursuant to which the Funder agreed to provide funding to the Claimholder to facilitate the prosecution and recovery of the claim by the Claimholder against the United Mexican States under Chapter Eleven of the North American Free Trade Agreement. On March 6, 2023, the Claimholder and the Funder under the Agreement entered into a Waiver and Consent Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) the Funder consented to allow the Claimholder to fund certain costs and expenses arising from the Subject Claim from the Claimholder’s own capital in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000, and (b) Odyssey paid a $1,000,000 nonrefundable waiver fee to the Funder. The waiver fee was accounted for as a debt modification and recorded as an additional debt discount of $1,000,000, which is being amortized through December 31, 2025, using the effective interest method, which is charged to interest expense. For the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, we recorded $86,130 and $72,013, respectively, of interest expense from the amortization of the debt discount, $36,724 and $36,724 of interest expense from financing fee amortization, respectively, and $88,178 and $0 of interest expense from the amortization of the waiver discount, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, we recorded $167,614 and $140,153 of interest expense from the amortization of the debt discount, $73,448 and $73,448 of interest expense from financing fee amortization, and $113,372 and $0 from the amortization of waiver discount, respectively. The June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 carrying value of the debt was $23,706,579 and $24,347,513, respectively, and was net of unamortized debt fees of $73,449 and $146,897, respectively, as well as the net unamortized debt discount of $186,382 and $353,996, respectively, associated with the fair value of the warrant, and net of the unamortized waiver fee of $886,628 and $0, respectively. The total face value of this obligation at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $24,853,038 and $24,848,406, respectively. Galileo On February 28, 2023, Odyssey issued a $300,000 11.0% Promissory Note to Galileo NCC Inc ("Galileo"). The Promissory Note was payable on April 1, 2023. On March 6, 2023, Odyssey repaid this note payable in full with proceeds from the issuance of the DP SPV Note (as defined below). DP SPV I LLC On March 6, 2023, Odyssey entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor pursuant to which Odyssey issued and sold to the investor (a) a promissory note (the “DP SPV Note”) in the principal amount of up to $14.0 million, of which $13.1 million was advanced in March 2023 and an additional $450,000 was advanced during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and (b) a warrant (the “Warrant” and, together with the DP SPV Note, the “Securities”) to purchase shares of Odyssey’s common stock. The principal amount outstanding under the DP SPV Note bears interest at the rate of 11.0% per annum, and interest is payable in cash on a quarterly basis, except that, (a) at Odyssey’s option and upon notice to the holder of the DP SPV Note, any quarterly interest payment may be satisfied, in lieu of paying such cash interest, by adding an equivalent amount to the principal amount of the DP SPV Note (“PIK Interest”), and (b) the first quarterly interest payment due under the DP SPV Note will be satisfied with PIK Interest. The DP SPV Note provides Odyssey with the right, but not the obligation, upon notice to the holder of the DP SPV Note to redeem (x) at any time before the first anniversary of the issuance of the DP SPV Note, all or any portion of the indebtedness outstanding under the DP SPV Note (together with all accrued and unpaid interest, including PIK Interest) for an amount equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the outstanding principal amount so being redeemed, and (y) at any time on or after the first anniversary of the issuance of the DP SPV Note, all or any portion of the indebtedness outstanding under the DP SPV Note (together with all accrued and unpaid interest, including PIK Interest). Unless the DP SPV Note is sooner redeemed at Odyssey’s option, all indebtedness under the DP SPV Note is due and payable on September 6, 2024. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Odyssey agreed to use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities to fund Odyssey’s obligations under the Termination Agreement (as defined above), to pay legal fees and costs related to Odyssey’s NAFTA arbitration against the United Mexican States, to pay fees and expenses related to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and for working capital and other general corporate expenditures. Odyssey’s obligations under Note are secured by a security interest in substantially all of Odyssey’s assets (subject to limited stated exclusions). Under the terms of the Warrant, the holder has the right for a period of three years after issuance to purchase up to 3,465,778 shares of Odyssey’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.78 per share, which represents 120.0% of the official closing price of Odyssey’s common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market immediately preceding the signing of the Purchase Agreement, upon delivery of a notice of exercise to Odyssey. Upon exercise of the Warrant, Odyssey has the option to either (a) deliver the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise or (b) pay to the holder an amount equal to the difference between (i) the aggregate exercise price payable under the notice of exercise and (ii) the product of (A) the number of shares of common stock indicated in the notice of exercise multiplied by (B) the arithmetic average of the daily volume-weighted average price of the common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market for the five consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately prior to the date of the notice of exercise. The warrant provides for customary adjustments to the exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise in the event of a stock split, recapitalization, reclassification, combination or exchange of shares, separation, reorganization, liquidation, or the like. In connection with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, Odyssey entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which Odyssey registered the offer and sale of the shares (the “Exercise Shares”) of Odyssey common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant in a Prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and declared effective as of June 1, 2023. We incurred $98,504 in related fees which are being amortized over the term of the Purchase Agreement and charged to legal expense with-in marketing, general and administrative expense. The total proceeds of $13.6 million were allocated between debt and equity for the warrants based on the relative fair value of the two instruments. As a result, there was a debt discount of $3,536,154, which is being amortized over the remaining term of the Purchase Agreement using the effective interest method, which is charged to interest expense. For the three months ended June 30, 2023, we recorded $542,186 of interest expense from the amortization of the debt discount and $16,268 interest from the fee amortization, respectively. The June 30, 2023 carrying value of the debt was $10,789,776 and was net of unamortized debt fees of $77,587, net of unamortized debt discount of $2,785,283 associated with the fair value of the warrant. The total face value of this obligation at June 30, 2023 was $13,652,646. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we recorded $750,871 of interest expense from the amortization of the debt discount and $20,916 interest from the fee amortization, respectively. The June 30, 2023 carrying value of the debt was $10,789,776 and was net of unamortized debt fees of $77,587, net of unamortized debt discount of $2,785,283 associated with the fair value of the warrant. The total face value of this obligation at June 30, 2023 was $13,652,646. 37North On June 29, 2023 we entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (“Note Agreement”) with 37North SPV 11, LLC (“37N”) pursuant to which 37N agreed to loan us $1,000,000. The proceeds from this transaction were received in full on June 29, 2023. Pursuant to the Note Agreement, the indebtedness was non-interest bearing and matured on July 30, 2023. At any time from 31 days after the maturity date, 37N has the option to convert all or a portion of the outstanding amount of the indebtedness into conversion shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) 120% of the amount of the indebtedness, by (B) the lower of $3.66 or 70% of the 10-day volume-weighted average price of Common Stock. The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with conversion of the indebtedness is not to exceed (i) 19.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock prior to the date of the Agreement, (ii) 19.9% of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities, or (iii) exceed the applicable listing rules of the Principal Market if the stockholders did not approve the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion of the indebtedness. Any time prior to maturity, we had the option to prepay the indebtedness at an amount of 108% of the unpaid principal. From the maturity date to 29 days after the maturity date (August 27, 2023), we are permitted to repay all (but not less than) of an amount equal to 112.5% of the unpaid amount of the indebtedness. At any time after the 30th day after the maturity date (August 28, 2023), we are permitted to repay all (but not less than) of an amount equal to 115% of the unpaid amount of the indebtedness after 10 days' notice. If 37N delivers an exercise notice during this 10-day period, the Note would be converted to shares of Common Stock, instead of being repaid. If 37N delivers an exercise notice and the number of shares issuable is limited by the 19.9% limitation outlined above, then we are permitted to repay all of the remaining unpaid amount of the Loan in an amount equal to 130% of the remaining unpaid amount. Accounting considerations We evaluated the indebtedness and determined that the embedded conversion option is not considered clearly and closely related to the host contract and requires bifurcation. The optional prepayment option provides the right to accelerate the settlement of debt; however, the prepayment options can only be exercised by the Company. As such, they are considered clearly and closely related to the debt host instrument and bifurcation was not necessary. Although the indebtedness did not bear interest, it was required to be repaid at amounts greater than the face value. According to ASC 470-10-35-2, if a debt instrument has a contractual maturity date that can be extended at the issuer’s option, at an increasing rate, the debt discounts and issuance costs must be amortized over the period in which the debt is estimated to be outstanding, even if that period extends beyond the debt’s original contractual maturity date. The difference between the proceeds received and the repayment amount are generally amortized over the expected life of the indebtedness using the effective interest method. Management estimated the expected life to be very limited, so the expected repayment amount of $1.2 million, representing 120% of the indebtedness, was recorded upon issuance of the Note Agreement. Certain default put provisions were not considered to be clearly and closely related to the debt host, but management concluded that the value of these default put provisions was de minimis. Seller Note Payable On December 2, 2022, we executed an Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement ("Purchase and Sale Agreement") with the seller of certain marine equipment ("Seller"). Pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, Seller agreed to sell us the marine equipment, related tooling items and spares for $2.5 million. On or before the closing date, Odyssey paid the Seller $1.1 million for the acquisition of the assets. Pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, we paid the Seller the $1.4 million balance of the purchase price as a fully amortizing loan, bearing interest at a rate of 20% per annum, and maturing on June 5, 2024 (the "Seller Note"). On April 4, 2023, we paid this loan in full. Accrued interest Total accrued interest associated with our financings was $29,718,006 and $35,131,587 as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Accrued interest is included in accrued expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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