UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 2, 2016

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Net Element, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

On May 2, 2016, TOT Group, Inc. ("TOT"), TOT Payments, LLC (“Payments”), TOT BPS, LLC (“BPS”), TOT FBS, LLC (“FBS”), Process Pink, LLC (“Pink”), TOT HPS, LLC (“HPS”) and TOT New Edge, LLC (“New Edge”; together with TOT, Payments, BPS, FBS, Pink and HPS, “Co-Borrowers”), each a wholly owned subsidiary of Net Element, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment”) to the Loan and Security Agreement with RBL Capital Group, LLC (“RBL”).

Pursuant to the Amendment, the parties amended the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2014 (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which RBL previously provided an up to $10 million credit facility to Co-Borrowers during the period of 18 months from the closing of this credit facility. Because such 18 months period has expired, the Amendment (i) renewed the term of the credit facility for an additional 22 months from the date of the Amendment and (ii) increased the maximum funding amount of such credit facility to $15 million.

The Amendment also amended the definition of “Prepayment Premium” to either (i) 3% of the aggregate principal balance of the outstanding note under such facility if the pre-payment of such note takes place on or before the first anniversary date, (ii) 2% of the aggregate principal balance of outstanding note under such facility if the pre-payment of such note takes place after the first anniversary date and on or before the second anniversary date or (iii) 0% of the principal balance of outstanding note under such facility if the pre-payment of such note takes place after the second anniversary date. Prepayment Premium for Notes 1, 2 and 3 remained 0%. The Amendment also provided that Co-Borrowers may request RBL for additional loans subject to certain conditions set forth in the Agreement, as amended.

The Amendment provided that Co-Borrowers may prepay the principal of any term loan, in whole or in part, by (i) paying the Prepayment Premium on that portion of the term loan Note being prepaid, and (ii) paying all other amounts then due and outstanding under the term loan Note being prepaid; and, (iii) upon prepayment of the final amounts due under the term loan note, paying any backend financing fees applicable to that note. The Amendment provides that Co-Borrowers would be obligated to pay RBL an upfront financing fee equal to 2% of the face amount of each term loan note and a backend financing fee equal to 4% of the face amount of each term loan note. RBL agreed to finance the upfront fee as part of the applicable term loan. Co-Borrowers are obligated to pay the backend financing fees when the payment of the final term loan installment of each term loan is effected. In addition, Co-Borrowers agreed to pay a one-time supplemental backend financing fee of $20,000 at the time of the final installment is paid on Note 3.

The above description of the Amendment is intended as a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions set forth therein. A copy of the Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

The disclosure provided in Item 1.01 of this Report is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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