EX-10.1 3 pmts-20240711xex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

Graphic

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

July 11, 2024

among

CPI CARD GROUP INC.,

as Parent

CPI CG INC. and

such additional Borrowers from time to time party hereto,

as Borrowers,

The Lenders Party Hereto

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Agent


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

1.

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

1

1.1

Definitions

1

1.2

Accounting Terms

71

1.3

Code

71

1.4

Construction

71

1.5

Time References

72

1.6

Schedules and Exhibits

72

1.7

Divisions

72

1.8

Certain Conditions

72

1.9

Rates

73

2.

LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT

73

2.1

Revolving Loans

73

2.2

[Reserved]

74

2.3

Borrowing Procedures and Settlements

74

2.4

Payments; Reductions of Commitments; Prepayments

81

2.5

Promise to Pay; Promissory Notes

85

2.6

Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations

86

2.7

Crediting Payments

88

2.8

Designated Account

88

2.9

Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations

88

2.10

Fees

88

2.11

Letters of Credit

89

2.12

SOFR Option

97

2.13

Capital Requirements

99

2.14

Incremental Facilities

101

2.15

Joint and Several Liability of Borrowers

102

2.16

Bank Product Obligations

105

2.17

Break Funding Payments

105

2.18

Eligible Cash

105

3.

CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT

106

3.1

Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit

106

3.2

Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit

108

3.3

Maturity

109

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3.4

Effect of Maturity

109

3.5

Early Termination by Borrowers

109

3.6

Conditions Subsequent

109

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

110

4.1

Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries

110

4.2

Due Authorization; No Conflict

111

4.3

Governmental Consents

111

4.4

Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens

111

4.5

Title to Assets; No Encumbrances

111

4.6

Litigation

112

4.7

Compliance with Laws

112

4.8

No Material Adverse Effect

112

4.9

Solvency

112

4.10

Employee Benefits

113

4.11

Environmental Condition

113

4.12

Complete Disclosure

113

4.13

Patriot Act

114

4.14

Indebtedness

114

4.15

Payment of Taxes

114

4.16

Margin Stock

114

4.17

Governmental Regulation

114

4.18

OFAC; Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws

114

4.19

Employee and Labor Matters

115

4.20

[Reserved]

115

4.21

Leases

115

4.22

Eligible Accounts

115

4.23

Eligible Inventory

116

4.24

[Reserved]

116

4.25

Location of Inventory

116

4.26

Inventory Records

116

4.27

Material Contracts

116

4.28

Senior Secured Notes Documents

116

4.29

Immaterial Subsidiaries

116

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Page

4.30

Hedge Agreements

116

5.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

116

5.1

Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates

116

5.2

Reporting

117

5.3

Existence

117

5.4

Maintenance of Properties

117

5.5

Taxes

117

5.6

Insurance

117

5.7

Inspection

118

5.8

Compliance with Laws

119

5.9

Environmental

119

5.10

Disclosure Updates

119

5.11

Formation of Subsidiaries

119

5.12

Further Assurances

120

5.13

Lender Meetings

120

5.14

Location of Inventory; Chief Executive Office

121

5.15

OFAC; Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws

121

5.16

Employee Benefits

121

6.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

121

6.1

Indebtedness

121

6.2

Liens

121

6.3

Restrictions on Fundamental Changes

121

6.4

Disposal of Assets

122

6.5

Nature of Business

122

6.6

Prepayments and Amendments

122

6.7

Restricted Payments

123

6.8

Accounting Methods

125

6.9

Investments

125

6.10

Transactions with Affiliates

125

6.11

Use of Proceeds

126

6.12

Restrictive Agreements

127

6.13

Inventory with Bailees

127

6.14

Immaterial Subsidiaries

127

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7.

FINANCIAL COVENANT

128

8.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

128

8.1

Payments

128

8.2

Covenants

128

8.3

Judgments

129

8.4

Voluntary Bankruptcy, etc

129

8.5

Involuntary Bankruptcy, etc.

129

8.6

Default Under Other Agreements

129

8.7

Representations, etc

129

8.8

Guaranty

129

8.9

Security Documents

129

8.10

Loan Documents

130

8.11

Change of Control

130

9.

RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

130

9.1

Rights and Remedies

130

9.2

Remedies Cumulative

131

10.

WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION

131

10.1

Demand; Protest; etc

131

10.2

The Lender Group’s Liability for Collateral

131

10.3

Indemnification; Limitation of Liability

131

11.

NOTICES

133

12.

CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; JUDICIAL REFERENCE PROVISION

134

13.

ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS

135

13.1

Assignments and Participations

135

13.2

Successors

139

14.

AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS

139

14.1

Amendments and Waivers

139

14.2

Replacement of Certain Lenders

141

14.3

No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies

141

15.

AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP

142

15.1

Appointment and Authorization of Agent

142

15.2

Delegation of Duties

143

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15.3

Liability of Agent

143

15.4

Reliance by Agent

143

15.5

Notice of Default or Event of Default

143

15.6

Credit Decision

144

15.7

Costs and Expenses; Indemnification

144

15.8

Agent in Individual Capacity

145

15.9

Successor Agent

145

15.10

Lender in Individual Capacity

146

15.11

Collateral Matters

146

15.12

Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments

148

15.13

Agency for Perfection

149

15.14

Payments by Agent to the Lenders

149

15.15

Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents

149

15.16

Field Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information

149

15.17

Several Obligations; No Liability

150

15.18

Posting of Communications

150

15.19

Certain ERISA Matters

151

16.

WITHHOLDING TAXES

152

16.1

Payments

152

16.2

Exemptions

153

16.3

Reductions

154

16.4

Refunds

155

17.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

155

17.1

Effectiveness

155

17.2

Section Headings

156

17.3

Interpretation

156

17.4

Severability of Provisions

156

17.5

Bank Product Providers

156

17.6

Debtor-Creditor Relationship

156

17.7

Counterparts; Electronic Execution

157

17.8

Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations; Certain Waivers

157

17.9

Confidentiality

157

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17.10

Survival

159

17.11

Patriot Act; Due Diligence

159

17.12

Integration

159

17.13

CPI CG as Agent for Borrowers

159

17.14

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

160

17.15

Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs

160

17.16

ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement

161

17.17

Erroneous Payments

161

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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

Exhibit A

Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

Exhibit C

Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit D

Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit J

Form of Joinder

Exhibit S

Form of SOFR Notice

Exhibit P

Form of Perfection Certificate

Schedule A-1

Agent’s Account

Schedule A-2

Authorized Persons

Schedule C-1

Commitments

Schedule C-2

Customs Brokers

Schedule D-1

Designated Account

Schedule D-2

Designated Subsidiary Guarantors

Schedule P-1

Permitted Investments

Schedule P-2

Permitted Liens

Schedule 3.6

Conditions Subsequent

Schedule 4.1(b)

Capitalization of Loan Parties

Schedule 4.1(c)

Capitalization of Loan Parties’ Subsidiaries

Schedule 4.1(d)

Subscriptions, Options, Warrants, Calls

Schedule 4.6(b)

Litigation

Schedule 4.11

Environmental Matters

Schedule 4.14

Permitted Indebtedness

Schedule 4.25

Location of Inventory

Schedule 4.27

Material Contracts Information

Schedule 5.1

Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates

Schedule 5.2

Collateral Reporting

Schedule 6.12

Restrictive Agreements

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, is entered into as of July 11, 2024 by and among the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (each of such lenders, together with its successors and permitted assigns, is referred to hereinafter as a “Lender”, as that term is hereinafter further defined), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., (“JPMorgan”), as administrative and collateral agent for each member of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “Agent”), CPI CARD GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), CPI CG Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CPI CG”) and those additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto as Borrowers in accordance with the terms hereof by executing the form of Joinder attached hereto as Exhibit J.

The parties agree as follows:

1.

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

1.1Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:

ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning specified therefor in ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement.

ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the Closing Date entered into by and among the Agent and the Note Agent, and acknowledged by the Borrowers, the Designated Subsidiary Guarantors, and the other Loan Parties, as the same may be amended, restated modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Acceptable Appraisal” means, with respect to an appraisal of Inventory, the most recent appraisal of such property received by Agent (a) from an appraisal company satisfactory to Agent, (b) the scope and methodology (including, to the extent relevant, any sampling procedure employed by such appraisal company) of which are satisfactory to Agent, and (c) the results of which are satisfactory to Agent, in each case, in Agent’s Permitted Discretion.

Account” means an account (as that term is defined in the Code).

Account Debtor” means any Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel paper, or a general intangible.

Account Party” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(h) of this Agreement.

Accounting Changes” means changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or successor thereto or any agency with similar functions).

Acquired Indebtedness” means (a) Indebtedness of a Person whose assets or Equity Interests are acquired by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition and (b) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset or Equity Interests acquired by a Loan Party of any of its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition; provided, that such Indebtedness (i) was in existence prior to


the date of such Permitted Acquisition, and (ii) was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition.

Acquisition” means (a) the purchase or other acquisition by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of (or any division or business line of) any other Person, or (b) the purchase or other acquisition (whether by means of a merger, consolidation, or otherwise) by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any other Person.

Adjusted REVSOFR30” (i) means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) REVSOFR30 for such calculation plus (b) 0.10%; provided that (x) if the Adjusted REVSOFR30 as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted REVSOFR 30 shall be deemed to be the Floor and (y) if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that REVSOFR30 shall not be available, then Adjusted REVSOFR30 shall be equal to the Base Rate (unless an alternate rate is established in accordance with Section 2.12).

Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

Administrative Borrower” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.13 of this Agreement.

Administrative Questionnaire” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(a) of this Agreement.

Affected Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.13(b) of this Agreement.

Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Equity Interests, by contract, or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.

Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.

Agent-Related Persons” means Agent, together with its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.

Agent’s Account” means the Deposit Account of Agent identified on Schedule A-1 to this Agreement (or such other Deposit Account of Agent that has been designated as such, in writing, by Agent to Borrowers and the Lenders).

Agent’s Liens” means the Liens granted by each Loan Party or its Subsidiaries to Agent under the Loan Documents and securing the Obligations.

Aggregate Outstanding Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Exposure of all the Lenders at such time.

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Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the applicable laws or regulations in any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or is doing business that relates to money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering, or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto.

Applicable Margin” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to Base Rate Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, the applicable margin set forth in the following table that corresponds to the Average Excess Availability of Borrowers for the most recently completed quarter; provided that the “Applicable Margin” shall be set at the margin in the row styled “Level I” during the period from the Closing Date to, and including, the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Loan Parties ending on or about September 30, 2024; provided, further, that any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Margin shall be set at the margin in the row styled “Level II”:

Level

Average Excess Availability

Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans (the “Revolving Loan Base Rate Margin”)

Applicable Margin for SOFR Loans (the “Revolving Loan SOFR Margin”)

I

Greater than 50.0% of the Maximum Revolver Amount

(a) if Adjusted REVSOFR30 is determined pursuant to clause (y) of the definition thereof, 0.50% or (b) in all other cases, 1.50%

1.50%

II

Less than or equal to 50.0% of the Maximum Revolver Amount

(a) if Adjusted REVSOFR30 is determined pursuant to clause (y) of the definition thereof, 0.75% or (b) in all other cases, 1.75%

1.75%

For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Average Excess Availability shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the first day of each fiscal quarter of the Loan Parties and ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, it being understood and agreed that, for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin on the first day of any fiscal quarter of the Loan Parties, the Average Excess Availability during the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Loan Parties shall be used.

Applicable Parties” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 15.18(c) of this Agreement.

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Application Event” means the occurrence of (a) a failure by Borrowers to repay all of the Obligations (other than Contingent Surviving Obligations) in full on the Maturity Date, or (b) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default and the election by Agent or the Required Lenders to require that payments and proceeds of Collateral be applied pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(iii) of this Agreement.

Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 15.18(a) of this Agreement.

Assignee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(a) of this Agreement.

Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this Agreement.

Authorized Person” means any one of the individuals identified as an officer of a Borrower on Schedule A-2 to this Agreement, or any other individual identified by Administrative Borrower as an authorized person and authenticated through Agent’s electronic platform or portal in accordance with its procedures for such authentication.

Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then- current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(iii)(D).

Availability” means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount and (ii) the Borrowing Base minus (b) Revolver Usage minus (c) Reserves (without duplication of Reserves in the definition of Borrowing Base) all as determined by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

Available Revolver Increase Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the result of (a) $25,000,000, minus (b) the aggregate principal amount of Increases to the Revolver Commitments previously made pursuant to Section 2.14 of this Agreement.

Average Excess Availability” means, with respect to any period, the sum of the aggregate amount of Excess Availability for each day in such period (as calculated by Agent as of the end of each respective day) divided by the number of days in such period.

Average Revolver Usage” means, with respect to any period, the sum of the aggregate amount of Revolver Usage for each day in such period (calculated as of the end of each respective day) divided by the number of days in such period.

Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union,

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the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail- In Legislation Schedule.

Bank Product” means any one or more of the following financial products or accommodations extended to any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries by a Bank Product Provider: (a) credit cards (including commercial cards (including so-called “purchase cards”, “procurement cards” or “p- cards”)), (b) payment card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) stored value cards, (e) Cash Management Services, or (f) transactions under Hedge Agreements.

Bank Product Agreements” means those agreements entered into from time to time by any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries with a Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of the Bank Products.

Bank Product Collateralization” means providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers (other than the Hedge Providers) in an amount determined by Agent as sufficient to satisfy the reasonably estimated credit exposure, operational risk or processing risk with respect to the then existing Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations).

Bank Product Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16.

Bank Product Obligations” means (a) all obligations, liabilities, reimbursement obligations, fees, or expenses owing by each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries to any Bank Product Provider pursuant to or evidenced by a Bank Product Agreement and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, (b) all Hedge Obligations, and (c) all amounts that Agent or any Lender is obligated to pay to a Bank Product Provider as a result of Agent or such Lender purchasing participations from, or executing guarantees or indemnities or reimbursement obligations to, a Bank Product Provider with respect to the Bank Products provided by such Bank Product Provider to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries.

Bank Product Provider” means any Lender or any of its Affiliates, including each of the foregoing in its capacity, if applicable, as a Hedge Provider, in each case, that has provided a Bank Product Notice pursuant to Section 2.16 (unless such Bank Product Notice is not required under Section 2.16); provided, that if, at any time, a Lender ceases to be a Lender under this Agreement (prior to the payment in full of the Obligations), then, from and after the date on which it so ceases to be a Lender hereunder, neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall constitute Bank Product Providers and the obligations with respect to Bank Products provided by such former Lender or any of its Affiliates shall no longer constitute Bank Product Obligations.

Bank Product Reserves” means, as of any date of determination, those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate to establish (based upon the Bank Product Providers’ determination of the liabilities and obligations of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries in respect of Bank Product Obligations) in respect of Bank Products then provided or outstanding.

Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, as in effect from time to time.

Base Rate” means, for any day, the greatest of (a) 0% percent per annum, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½%, (c) Adjusted Term SOFR for a one month tenor in effect on such day, plus 1%, provided that this clause (c) shall not be applicable during any period in which Term SOFR is unavailable or unascertainable, and (d) the Prime Rate in effect on such day; provided that, for the purpose of this definition, Adjusted Term SOFR for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at

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approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR, respectively; provided that if the Base Rate as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then the Base Rate shall be deemed to be the Floor.

Base Rate Loan” means each portion of the Revolving Loans that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to Adjusted REVSOFR30.

Base Rate Margin” means the Revolving Loan Base Rate Margin, as applicable.

Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

Benchmark” means, initially, (a) with respect to any SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or (b) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, REVSOFR30; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate, REVSOFR30 or the then- current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(iii)(A).

Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by Agent and Administrative Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then- prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement shall be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by Agent and Administrative Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then- prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a)in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or any other Benchmark that becomes current following the Closing Date that is a term rate, the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

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(b)in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if, with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or any other Benchmark that becomes current following the Closing Date that is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a)a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or any other Benchmark that becomes current following the Closing Date that is a term rate, will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(b)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(c)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, if the then-current Benchmark has any Available Tenors, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such

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prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).

Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.12(d)(iii) and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.12(d)(iii).

Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.

Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

Benefit Plan” means an “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA.

BHC Act Affiliate” of a Person means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such Person.

Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors (or comparable managers) of such Person, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or comparable managers).

Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

Borrowers” means, collectively, CPI CG Inc., a Delaware corporation, and those additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto as Borrowers in accordance with the terms hereof by executing the form of Joinder attached hereto as Exhibit J; sometimes individually referred to as a “Borrower”.

Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(c) of this Agreement.

Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made on the same day by the Lenders (or Agent on behalf thereof), or by Swing Lender in the case of a Swing Loan, or by Agent in the case of an Extraordinary Advance.

Borrowing Base” means, as of any date of determination, the result of:

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(a)(i) 85% of the amount of Eligible Accounts which are not Investment Grade Accounts, plus (ii) 90% of the amount of Eligible Accounts which are Investment Grade Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve plus

(b)(i) the product of 85% multiplied by the Net Recovery Percentage identified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Inventory, multiplied by the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices) of Eligible Finished Goods Inventory (such determination may be made as to different categories of Eligible Finished Goods Inventory based upon the Net Recovery Percentage applicable to such categories) at such time (not to exceed the product of 80% multiplied by the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices) of such Eligible Finished Goods Inventory), plus (ii) the lesser of (A) $7,500,000 and (B) the product of 85% multiplied by the Net Recovery Percentage identified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Inventory, multiplied by the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices) of Eligible Work-In-Process Inventory (such determination may be made as to different categories of Eligible Work-In-Process Inventory based upon the Net Recovery Percentage applicable to such categories) at such time, plus (iii) the product of 85% multiplied by the Net Recovery Percentage identified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Inventory, multiplied by the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices) of Eligible Raw Materials Inventory (such determination may be made as to different categories of Eligible Raw Materials Inventory based upon the Net Recovery Percentage applicable to such categories) at such time (not to exceed the product of 80% multiplied by the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices) of such Eligible Raw Materials Inventory), plus (iv) the lesser of (A) $7,500,000 and (B) the product of 85% multiplied by the Net Recovery Percentage identified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Inventory, multiplied by the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices) of Eligible In-Transit Inventory (such determination may be made as to different categories of Eligible In-Transit Inventory based upon the Net Recovery Percentage applicable to such categories) at such time (not to exceed the product of 80% multiplied by the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices) of such Eligible In-Transit Inventory), plus

(c)

100% of Eligible Cash, minus

(d)the aggregate amount of Reserves, if any, established by Agent from time to time under Section 2.1(c) of this Agreement.

Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B to this Agreement, which such form of Borrowing Base Certificate may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including without limitation, changes to the format thereof), as approved by Agent in Agent’s sole discretion; provided, that, at any time the Revolver Usage is less than or equal to Eligible Cash, such Borrowing Base Certificate shall (a) calculate Eligible Finished Goods Inventory, Eligible In-Transit Inventory, Eligible Raw Material Inventory and Eligible Work-in-Process Inventory on a “gross” basis, without giving effect to any criterion (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any criterion set forth in the definition of Eligible Inventory) that would result in Inventory of a Borrower or Designated Subsidiary Guarantor being excluded from the applicable calculation of Eligible Finished Goods Inventory, Eligible In-Transit Inventory, Eligible Raw Material Inventory, and/or Eligible Work-in- Process Inventory so long as a Borrower or Designated Subsidiary Guarantor has a direct ownership, interest or title to such Inventory and (b) reduce such calculation of Eligible Finished Goods Inventory,

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Eligible In-Transit Inventory, Eligible Raw Material Inventory and Eligible Work-in-Process Inventory by the applicable Ineligible Inventory Adjustment.

Borrowing Request” means a written request for a Borrowing in the form of Exhibit D to this Agreement.

Business Day” means any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City; provided that, in addition to the foregoing, a Business Day shall be any such day that is only a U.S. Government Securities Business Day in relation to Loans referencing Adjusted Term SOFR and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such Loans referencing Adjusted Term SOFR or any other dealings of such Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR.

Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the amount of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed, but excluding, without duplication (a) expenditures made during such period in connection with the replacement, substitution, or restoration of assets or properties permitted pursuant to Section 2.4(e) of this Agreement, (b) with respect to the purchase price of assets that are purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing assets during such period, the amount that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such assets for the assets being traded in at such time, and (c) expenditures made during such period to consummate one or more Permitted Acquisitions.

Capital Lease” means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP; provided, that any lease that would be characterized as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP on December 1, 2018 (whether or not such operating lease was in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as an operating lease (and not as a Capital Lease) for purposes of this Agreement to the extent such lease is not otherwise characterized as a financing lease in any Projections of financial statements delivered to the Agent regardless of any change in GAAP following December 1, 2018 that would otherwise require such lease to be recharacterized (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) as a Capital Lease.

Capital Stock” means: (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests, and (d) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

Capitalized Lease Obligation” means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.

Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party operating for the purpose of (i) insuring the businesses, operations or properties owned or operated by Parent, an Operating Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries, including their future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager, contractor, consultant or advisor (or their respective Affiliates or immediate family members), and related benefits and/or (ii) conducting any activities or business incidental thereto (it being understood and agreed that activities which are relevant or appropriate to qualify as an insurance company for U.S. federal or state tax purposes shall be considered “activities or business

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incidental thereto”) or (b) any Subsidiary of any such insurance subsidiary operating for the same purpose described in clause (a) above.

Cash Dominion Event” means the occurrence of either of the following: (a) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (b) any date on which Excess Availability is less than the greater of (i) 10.0% of the Maximum Revolver Amount and (ii) $7,500,000.

Cash Dominion Period” means any period commencing after the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event and continuing until the date when (a) no Event of Default shall exist and be continuing, and (b) Excess Availability is greater than the greater of (i) 10.0% of the Maximum Revolver Amount and

(ii) $7,500,000, in each case, for 30 consecutive days.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(a)

United States dollars;

(b)securities, including readily marketable obligations, issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America (provided, that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

(c)certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, money market or demand deposit accounts, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any Lender or with any nationally or state chartered commercial bank or any branch or agency of a foreign bank licensed to conduct business in the United States having combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000;

(d)repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above;

(e)short-term commercial paper having a rating of P-1 (or higher) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or A-1 (or higher) from Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“S&P”) and, in each case, maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition;

(f)marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-1 from Moody’s or A-1 from S&P and, in each case, maturing within 12 months after the date of creation thereof;

(g)readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P is rating such obligations, reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(h)(i) euro, or any national currency of any participating member of the EMU or any national currency of the United Kingdom or Canada, or (ii) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by them from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(i)investment funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (h) of this definition; and

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(j)in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are customarily used by companies in the jurisdiction of such Foreign Subsidiary for cash management purposes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (a) and (h) above; provided, that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (a) and (h) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

In addition, in the case of Investments by any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) such Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in issuers rated BBB- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Baa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in each case at the time of such Investment and (ii) any Investment with a maturity of more than 12 months that would otherwise constitute Cash Equivalents of the kind described in any of clauses of this definition above or clause (i) in this paragraph, if the maturity of such Investment was 12 months or less; provided, that the effective maturity of such Investment does not exceed 15 years.

For the avoidance of doubt, any items identified as Cash Equivalents under this definition will be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for all purposes hereunder regardless of the treatment of such items under GAAP.

Cash Management Obligations” means obligations in respect of any Cash Management Services, including, without limitation, (a) any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements, electronic fund transfer, treasury services and cash management services, including controlled disbursement services, working capital lines, lines of credit, overdraft facilities, foreign exchange facilities, trade finance services, deposit and other accounts and merchant services, or other cash management arrangements or any automated clearing house arrangements, (b) other obligations in respect of netting or setting off arrangements, credit, debit or purchase card programs, stored value card and similar arrangements, and (c) obligations in respect of any other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing (including any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management services, corporate credit and purchasing cards and related programs or any automated clearing house transfers of funds).

Cash Management Services” means any cash management or related services including treasury, cash pooling, depository, return items, overdraft, controlled disbursement, merchant store value cards, e-payables services, electronic funds transfer, interstate depository network, automatic clearing house transfer (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic funds transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) and other cash management arrangements.

CFC” means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the IRC) in which any Loan Party is a “United States shareholder” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the IRC.

Change in Law” means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of: (a) the adoption or effectiveness of any law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application by any Governmental Authority of any law, rule, regulation, guideline or treaty, (c) any new, or adjustment to, requirements prescribed by the Board of Governors for “Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors), requirements imposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or similar requirements imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental authority or resulting from compliance by Agent or any Lender with any request or directive (whether or

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not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority and related in any manner to SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or (d) the making or issuance by any Governmental Authority of any request, rule, guideline or directive, whether or not having the force of law; provided, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(a)the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, respectively) other than to one or more Permitted Holders,

(b)

the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Parent,

(c)the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger, amalgamation or consolidation), the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as defined above), other than one or more Permitted Holders, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50.0% of the Voting Stock of the Parent, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; provided that (i) if any “person” or “group” includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of a Parent Entity, the Borrowers, directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such “person” or “group” shall not be treated as being owned by such “person” or “group” for purposes of determining whether clause (c) of this definition is triggered, and (ii) a “person” or “group” shall not be deemed to beneficially own the Equity Interests of another Person as a result of its ownership of Equity Interests or other securities of such other Person’s parent (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Equity Interests entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other Person’s parent having a majority of the aggregate votes on the board of directors of such other Person’s parent,

(d)Parent fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party, except where such failure is the result of a transaction permitted by this Agreement, or

(e)

the occurrence of any “Change of Control” as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Documents.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control solely as a result of CPI CG becoming a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company if (A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company or any ultimate parent holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding (1) a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence and (2) one or more Permitted Holders is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock representing 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such holding company. For purposes of this definition, (x) no Change of Control shall be deemed to have

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occurred solely as a result of a merger or consolidation between or among any Borrower and any Guarantor or the transfer of assets between or among any Borrower and any Guarantor and (y) a Person shall not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of securities subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.

Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 3.1 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 14.1).

Code” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time.

Collateral” means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted by such Person in favor of Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Assets (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement)).

Collateral Access Agreement” means a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in any Loan Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ books and records, Equipment, or Inventory, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

Collections” means, all cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment (including insurance proceeds, cash proceeds of asset sales, rental proceeds and tax refunds).

Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, as the context requires, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lender’s name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 to this Agreement or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender under this Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of this Agreement.

Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Approved Electronic Platform.

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this Agreement delivered by the chief financial officer or treasurer of Administrative Borrower to Agent.

Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR, REVSOFR30 or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of

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lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.17) and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the aggregate of the net income of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, that, without duplication:

(a)the Net Income (or loss) of any Person (a “Specified Person”) that is not the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent (or, in the case of loss, only to the extent funded from the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent or out of the earnings of such Specified Person);

(b)

the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

(c)any gain or loss from any Disposition other than a Permitted Disposition or extinguishment or repayment of Indebtedness by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent during such period will be excluded;

(d)

[reserved];

(e)

any unusual, infrequent or extraordinary non-cash loss or charge will be excluded;

(f)non-cash expenses or charges arising from the grant, issuance or repricing of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards or any amendment, modification, substitution or change of any stock, stock options or other equity-based awards will be excluded;

(g)

the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense will be excluded;

(h)

the net unrealized gains and losses with respect to Hedge Obligations will be excluded;

(i)any effect of any purchase accounting adjustments in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, Investment or disposition and the amortization or write-off of any amounts in respect thereof, will be excluded;

(j)any impairment charge (including any charge relating to the impairment of goodwill and other assets) and asset write off and/or write down and the amortization of intangibles (including software and goodwill) will be excluded;

(k)any realized or unrealized foreign currency exchange net gain or loss (including any currency re-measurement of Indebtedness, any net gain or loss resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk associated with the foregoing or any other currency related risk and any gain or loss resulting from intercompany Indebtedness) will be excluded; provided, that with respect to realized net gains or losses, such amount shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate for any such period; and

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(l)any unusual or extraordinary state sales tax liability expense, including any interest thereon will be excluded.

Confidential Information” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(a) of this Agreement.

Contingent Surviving Obligations” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.

Control Agreement” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries, Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).

Copyright Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

Covenant Testing Period” means a period (a) commencing on the last day of the calendar month of Loan Parties most recently ended prior to the occurrence of a Covenant Trigger Event for which Borrowers are required to deliver to Agent quarterly or annual financial statements pursuant to Schedule 5.1 to this Agreement, and (b) continuing through and including the first day after the occurrence of such Covenant Trigger Event that Excess Availability has equaled or exceeded the greater of (i) 10.0% of the Maximum Revolver Amount and (ii) $7,500,000, in each case, for 30 consecutive days.

Covenant Trigger Event” means at any date on which Excess Availability is less than the greater of (a) 10.0% of the Maximum Revolver Amount and (b) $7,500,000.

Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(a)a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

(b)a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(c)a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

Covered Party” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.15 of this Agreement.

CPI CG” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.

Customs Brokers” means the persons listed on Schedule C-2 hereto or such other person or persons as may be selected by Administrative Borrower after the date hereof and after written notice by Administrative Borrower to Agent who are reasonably acceptable to Agent to handle the receipt of Inventory within the United States or to clear Inventory through the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection or other domestic or foreign export control authorities or otherwise perform port of entry services to process Inventory imported by a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor from outside the United States (such persons sometimes being referred to herein individually as a “Customs Broker”); provided, that as to each such person, (a) Agent shall have received a customs broker agreement by such person in favor of Agent (in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) duly authorized, executed and delivered by

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such person, (b) such agreement shall be in full force and effect, (c) no Affiliate of a vendor or supplier in respect of the applicable Inventory shall be a Customs Broker for purposes of this Agreement and (d) such person shall be in compliance in all material respects with the terms thereof.

Default” means an event, condition, or default that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies Agent and Administrative Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable Default or Event of Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to Agent, Issuing Bank, or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified any Borrower, Agent or Issuing Bank in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable Default or Event of Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by Agent or Administrative Borrower, to confirm in writing to Agent and Administrative Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided, that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Agent and Administrative Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of any Insolvency Proceeding, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through

(d)above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to Administrative Borrower, Issuing Bank, and each Lender.

Defaulting Lender Rate” means (a) for the first three days from and after the date the relevant payment is due, the Base Rate, and (b) thereafter, the interest rate then applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans (inclusive of the Base Rate Margin applicable thereto).

Deposit Account” means any deposit account (as that term is defined in the Code).

Designated Account” means the Deposit Account identified on Schedule D-1 to this Agreement (or such other Deposit Account located at the Designated Account Bank).

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Designated Account Bank” has the meaning specified therefor in Schedule D-1 to this Agreement (or such other bank that is located within the United States that has been designated as such, in writing, by the Administrative Borrower to the Agent).

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by a Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or conversion of or collection on such Designated Non- cash Consideration.

Designated Subsidiary Guarantors” means, individually and collectively, CPI HOLDING CO., a Colorado corporation, CPI CARD GROUP – INDIANA, INC., an Indiana corporation, CPI CARD GROUP – TENNESSEE, INC., a Tennessee corporation (or any successor entity thereto by merger completed in compliance with Section 6.3), CPI CARD GROUP – MINNESOTA, INC., a Delaware corporation, CPI CARD GROUP – COLORADO, INC., a Colorado corporation, and such other Guarantors listed on Schedule D-2 to this Agreement, as such schedule may be updated from time to time by the Administrative Borrower (it being understood and agreed that any Accounts and/or Inventory of a Guarantor hereafter added by the Administrative Borrower shall not be eligible until the completion of a field examination and/or appraisal, and confirmation of such Accounts and Inventory (as applicable), satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion)

Dilution” means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the experience of the immediately prior 12 months, that is the result of dividing the Dollar amount of (a) bad debt write- downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or other dilutive items with respect to Borrowers’ Accounts during such period, by (b) Borrowers’ billings with respect to Accounts during such period.

Dilution Reserve” means, as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts by the extent to which Dilution is in excess of 5%.

Disposition” means (1) the sale, lease, license, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights, other than sales of Inventory and Equipment in the ordinary course of business; or (2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Operating Loan Parties’ Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by any Operating Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.

Disqualified Institution” means, on any date, (a) any Person designated by Administrative Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to Agent prior to the date hereof, and

(b) those Persons who are direct competitors of the Borrowers identified in writing by Administrative Borrower to Agent from time to time; provided, that “Disqualified Institutions” shall exclude any Person that Administrative Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to Agent from time to time; provided, further, that in connection with any assignment or participation, the Assignee or Participant with respect to such proposed assignment or participation that is an investment bank, a commercial bank, a finance company, a fund, or other Person which merely has an economic interest in any such direct competitor, and is not itself such a direct competitor of Borrowers or its Subsidiaries, shall not be deemed to be a Disqualified Institution for the purposes of this definition. In no event shall the designation of any Person as a Disqualified Institution apply (x) to disqualify any Person until three (3) Business Days after such Person shall have been identified in writing to the Agent via electronic mail submitted to JPMDQ_Contact@jpmorgan.com (or to such other address as the Agent may designate to the Borrowers from time to time). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable “Trade Date” for purposes of an Assignment and Assumption (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the

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notice period referred to in, this definition) or is otherwise party to a pending trade as of the date of such notice, (x) such assignee shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender and (y) the execution by the Borrowers of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution.

Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require any issuer to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the issuer may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 6.7. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars.

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of any Loan Party that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

Drawing Document” means any Letter of Credit or other document presented for purposes of drawing under any Letter of Credit, including by electronic transmission such as SWIFT, electronic mail, facsimile or computer generated communication.

Earn-Outs” means unsecured liabilities of a Loan Party arising under an agreement to make any deferred payment as a part of the Purchase Price for a Permitted Acquisition, including performance bonuses or consulting payments in any related services, employment or similar agreement, in an amount that is subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of the target of such Permitted Acquisition.

EBITDA” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined, in each case, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP: (a) the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (b) without duplication, to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period:

(1)expense or provision for taxes, paid or accrued, based on, or by reference to, income, profits or capital paid or accrued during such period, including federal foreign, state, franchise and similar taxes (and for the avoidance of doubt, specifically excluding any sales taxes or any other taxes held in trust for a governmental authority);

(2)Fixed Charges during such period (including losses on Hedge Obligations or any other derivative instruments including those entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of gains on such Hedge Obligations or other derivative instruments, to the extent included in Fixed Charges);

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(3)depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (including non-cash impairment charges but excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period, but including, for the avoidance of doubt, non-cash compensation expenses incurred in connection with any issuance of Equity Interests to or repurchase of Equity Interests from a current or former officer, director or employee of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and non-cash restructuring charges or reserves) for such period;

(4)transaction fees, charges and other amounts related to (i) the Transactions, (ii) any Permitted Investment or (iii) any restructuring initiative and related charges consistent with the Parent’s or any other Loan Party’s past practices, any acquisition, merger, recapitalization, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument, in each case in respect of this clause (iii), to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents and in each case with respect to this clause (4), to the extent paid within six months of the closing of the Transactions, such restructuring initiative, Permitted Investment or such other permitted transaction, as applicable; provided that, in each such case, such fees, charges and other amounts shall not exceed an aggregate amount for any such period equal to (together with amounts included pursuant to clauses (5) and (6) of the definition of “EBITDA” and amounts in respect of cash charges, fees or costs included pursuant to clause (18) of the definition of “EBITDA”) 30.0% of EBITDA for such period (prior to giving effect to this clause (4) and such clauses (5), (6) and (18));

(5)extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual losses for such period provided that such losses shall not exceed an aggregate amount for any such period equal to (together with amounts included pursuant to clauses (4) and (6) of the definition of “EBITDA” and amounts in respect of cash charges, fees or costs included pursuant to clause (18) of the definition of “EBITDA”) 30.0% of EBITDA for such period (prior to giving effect to this clause (5) and such clauses (4), (6) and (18));

(6)the amount of pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies resulting from any acquisition, Investments, dispositions or any cost savings initiative or other restructuring initiative and projected by a responsible financial or accounting officer in good faith to be reasonably anticipated to be realizable within 12 months after the Closing Date or the date of such transaction or event, as the case may be; provided, that, in each such case, such cost savings, operating expense reductions operating improvements and synergies (i) shall be limited to those that are factually supportable and reasonably identifiable in the good faith judgment of a responsible financial or accounting officer, (ii) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period relating to such specified transaction, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions and (iii) shall not exceed, an aggregate amount for any such period equal to (together with amounts included pursuant to clauses (4) and

(5) of the definition of “EBITDA” and amounts in respect of cash charges, fees or costs included pursuant to clause (18) of the definition of “EBITDA”) 30.0% of EBITDA for such period (prior to giving effect to this clause (6) and such clauses (5), (6) and (18));

(7)expenses deducted in determination of Consolidated Net Income during such period and covered by indemnification or purchase price adjustments in connection with any acquisition permitted under the Senior Secured Notes Documents or any joint venture not prohibited under the Senior Secured Notes Documents, in each case to the extent actually received in cash during such period or will be received in cash within 365 days of the end of such period;

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(8)any charge that is actually reimbursed or reimbursable by one or more third parties pursuant to indemnification or reimbursement provisions or similar agreements or insurance; provided, that the relevant Person in good faith expects to receive reimbursement for such fee, cost, expense or reserve within the next four fiscal quarters (it being understood that to the extent any reimbursement amount is not actually received within such fiscal quarters, such reimbursement amount shall be deducted in calculating EBITDA for such fiscal quarters);

(9)

losses on early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedge Obligations for such period;

(10)expenses with respect to casualty events and charges, losses or expenses to the extent indemnified, insured, reimbursed or reimbursable or otherwise covered by a third party during such period;

(11)the portion of any loss on any sale or disposition of fixed assets attributable to the net book value of such assets;

(12)(x) any charge incurred as a result of, in connection with or pursuant to any management equity plan, profits interest or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement (including any 401K plan), any pension plan (including any post-employment benefit scheme to which the relevant pension trustee has agreed), any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, any employee benefit trust, any employee benefit scheme or any similar equity plan or agreement (including any deferred compensation arrangement), and (y) any charge incurred in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock held by management of such Person (or any Parent Entity), in each case under this clause (y), to the extent that any cash charge is funded with a capital contribution or the net proceeds of a sale or issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of such Person (or any Parent Entity) contributed to such Person;

(13)the amount of any expense or deduction associated with any Restricted Subsidiary that is attributable to any non-controlling interest and/or minority interest of any third party;

(14)to the extent not otherwise included in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, the amount of any proceeds of any business interruption insurance policy received during such period in an amount representing the earnings for the applicable period that such proceeds are intended to replace whether or not then received; provided the relevant Person in good faith expects to receive such amount within the next four fiscal quarters (it being understood that, to the extent any such amount is not actually received within such fiscal quarters, such amount shall be deducted in calculating EBITDA for such fiscal quarters);

(15)to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income for such period, cash actually received (or any netting arrangement resulting in reduced cash expenditures) during such period, so long as the non-cash gain relating to the relevant cash receipt or netting arrangement was deducted in the calculation of EBITDA for any previous period and not added back;

(16)any amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been included for any non-cash income or non-cash gain, all as determined in accordance with GAAP (provided, that if any non-cash income or non-cash gain represents an accrual or deferred income in respect of potential cash items in any future period, such Person may determine not to deduct the relevant non-cash gain or income in the then-current period);

(17)

[reserved]; and

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(18)any charges, fees or costs in relation to any long-term incentive plan and any interest component of pension or postretirement benefits schemes; provided that, in each such case, the amount of cash charges, fees and costs shall not exceed an aggregate amount for any such period equal to (together with amounts included pursuant to clauses (4), (5) and (6) of the definition of “EBITDA”) 30.0% of EBITDA for such period (prior to giving effect to this clause (18) and such clauses (4), (5) and (6));

less (c) the sum of the following, without duplication, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

(1)non-cash extraordinary or unusual gains or non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income, excluding other items in the ordinary course of business, such as the accrual of revenue and the amortization of deferred revenue, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP;

(2)

gains on early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedge Obligations for such period; and

(3)the portion of any gain on any sale or disposition of fixed assets attributable to the net book value of such assets.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to any adjustment set forth above with respect to any transactions occurring after the Closing Date, EBITDA shall be $23,265,000, $21,155,000,

$19,903,000 and $22,988,000 for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2023, September 30, 2023, December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2024, respectively.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to a Loan Party by such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.

EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Electronic System” means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, web portal access for the Borrowers and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is

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owned, operated or hosted by the Agent or any Issuing Bank and any of its respective Agent-Related Persons or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.

Eligible Accounts” means those Accounts created by a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor in the ordinary course of its business (and do not relate to payments of interest), that arise out of such Borrower’s or Designated Subsidiary Guarantor’s sale of goods or rendition of services, that comply with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below and which the Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion are eligible as the basis for the extensions of credit in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion (in each case, to address to differences in the results of the most recent field examination performed by the Agent after the Closing Date); provided, further, that any change of criteria that results in a change in Eligible Accounts (as included in the Borrowing Base) of five percent (5%) or more shall be discussed with the Borrowers and implemented in good faith, after notice to Borrowers. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits, unapplied cash, taxes, finance charges, service charges, discounts, credits, allowances, and rebates. Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:

(a)(i) Accounts that the Account Debtor (other than the Specified Client) has failed to pay within 120 days of original invoice date or 60 days of due date and (ii) Accounts that the Specified Client has failed to pay within 180 days of original invoice date or 60 days of due date,

(b)Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where 50% or more of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,

(c)

[reserved],

(d)Accounts with respect to which (i) the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of any Borrowers or any Designated Subsidiary Guarantors, (ii) an employee or agent of any Borrower, any Designated Subsidiary Guarantor or any Affiliate of any Borrower or any Designated Subsidiary Guarantor,

(iii) (A) any Permitted Holder or (B) other stockholder, acting in an individual capacity, that has a contractual right to (I) nominate or elect a director of Parent or any Borrower or (II) any form of board participation and/or observation or, (iv) any director of any Borrower, any Designated Subsidiary Guarantor or any Affiliate of any Borrower or any Designated Subsidiary Guarantor,

(e)Accounts (i) arising in a transaction wherein goods are placed on consignment or are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold, or any other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional, (ii) with respect to which the payment terms are “C.O.D.”, cash on delivery or other similar terms or (iii) that are contingent upon such applicable Borrower’s or Designated Subsidiary Guarantor’s completion of any further performance,

(f)

Accounts that are not payable in Dollars,

(g)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor either (i) does not maintain its chief executive office or a place of business in the United States or Canada, or (ii) is not organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any state or province thereof, or (iii) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless (A) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to Agent (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank) that has been delivered to Agent and, if requested by

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Agent, is directly drawable by Agent, or (B) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, reasonably satisfactory to Agent,

(h)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is either (i) the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which Borrowers or Designated Subsidiary Guarantors have complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC §3727), or (ii) any state of the United States or any other Governmental Authority,

(i)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor has or has asserted a right of recoupment, setoff or any similar claim, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such right of recoupment or setoff, similar claim or dispute,

(j)Accounts owing by (i) an Account Debtor (other than the Specified Client) whose total obligations owing to Borrowers or Designated Subsidiary Guarantors exceed 25.0% of the aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts (such percentage, as applied to a particular Account Debtor, being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates), to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage; or (ii) the Specified Client whose total obligations owing to Borrowers or Designated Subsidiary Guarantors exceed 40.0% of the aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts (such percentage being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates), to the extent of the obligations owing by the Specified Client in excess of such percentage; provided, that, in each case of the foregoing clauses (i) through (ii), the amount of Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limits,

(k)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, is not Solvent, has gone out of business, or as to which any Borrower or any Designated Subsidiary Guarantor has received notice of an imminent Insolvency Proceeding of such Account Debtor,

(l)Accounts, (i) the collection of which, Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, believes to be doubtful, including by reason of the Account Debtor’s financial condition or (ii) which are owed by any Account Debtor which has sold all or substantially all of its assets,

(m)Accounts that (i) are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent’s Lien or (ii) are subject to any Lien other than the (A) Agent’s Lien, (B) an Excepted Lien or (C) Permitted Encumbrance,

(n)Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, (ii) no invoice or other documentation satisfactory to the Agent (acting in its Permitted Discretion) exists, has been sent to the Account Debtor or has been issued more than once or (iii) the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor,

(o)

Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Sanctioned Person,

(p)Accounts (i) that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of performance by the applicable Borrower or Designated Subsidiary Guarantor of the subject contract for goods or services, or (ii) that represent credit card sales,

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(q)Accounts owned by a target acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment, or Accounts owned by a Person that is joined to this Agreement as a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, until the completion of a field examination with respect to such Accounts, in each case, reasonably satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion (which field examination may be conducted prior to the closing of such Permitted Acquisition, Permitted Investment or joinder),

(r)Accounts which do not comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations, whether Federal, state or local, including without limitation the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z of the Federal Reserve Board, or

(s)Accounts which are for goods that have been sold under a purchase order or pursuant to the terms of a contract or other agreement or understanding (written or oral) that indicates or purports that any Person other than such Borrower or such Designated Subsidiary Guarantor has or has had an ownership interest in such goods, or which indicates any party other than such Borrower or such Designated Subsidiary Guarantor as payee or remittance party.

Eligible Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of cash, subject to Section 2.18, of the Operating Loan Parties in a segregated and fully blocked Deposit Account maintained in the United States with Agent, which Deposit Account is subject to a Control Agreement in favor of Agent, which is not subject to any Liens other than the first priority Lien of Agent and a Lien that is described in clause (q) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and which may not be withdrawn except as expressly provided in Section 2.18. For the avoidance of doubt, Eligible Cash does not include any amounts posted in connection with Letter of Credit Collateralization.

Eligible Finished Goods Inventory” means Inventory that qualifies as Eligible Inventory and consists of first quality finished goods held for sale in the ordinary course of Borrowers’ and the Designated Subsidiary Guarantors’ business.

Eligible In-Transit Inventory” means those items of Inventory that do not qualify as Eligible Inventory solely because they are not in a location set forth on Schedule 4.25 to this Agreement (as such Schedule 4.25 has been amended from time to time in accordance with Section 5.14) or in transit among such locations and a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof, but as to which,

(a)such Inventory currently is in transit (whether by vessel, air, or land) from a location outside of the continental United States to a location set forth on Schedule 4.25 to this Agreement (as such Schedule 4.25 has been amended from time to time in accordance with Section 5.14),

(b)title to such Inventory has passed to a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor and Agent shall have received such evidence thereof as it may from time to time require in its Permitted Discretion,

(c)such Inventory is insured against types of loss, damage, hazards, and risks, and in amounts, reasonably satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and Agent shall have received a copy of the certificate of insurance in connection therewith in which it has been named as an additional insured and loss payee in a manner acceptable to Agent in its Permitted Discretion,

(d)

unless Agent otherwise agrees in writing, such Inventory either:

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(i)is not subject to a negotiable bill of lading (or other negotiable document of title) that is in transit within the continental United States, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, from the applicable customs broker, freight forwarder or carrier for such Inventory, or

(ii)is the subject of a negotiable bill of lading (or other negotiable document of title) (A) that is not located in the United States or is in transit with a common carrier from vendors or suppliers or has not been released or cleared for sale by US Customs and Border Protection, Food and Drug Administration or other regulatory agencies, (B) that is consigned or in the possession of the Agent , (C) that was issued by the carrier (including a non-vessel operating common carrier) in possession of the Inventory that is subject to such bill of lading (or other negotiable document of title) and (D) subject to an acceptable agreement that has been executed with the Customs Broker in which the Customs Broker will agree that it holds the negotiable bill as agent for the Agent and has granted the Agent access to the Inventory;

(e)

[reserved];

(f)such Inventory is in the possession of a common carrier that is not an Affiliate of the applicable vendor or supplier (including on behalf of any non-vessel operating common carrier) that has issued the bill of lading or other document of title with respect thereto or the Customs Broker handling the importing, shipping and delivery of such Inventory,

(g)the documents of title related thereto are subject to the valid and perfected first priority Lien of Agent,

(h)Agent determines that such Inventory is not subject to (i) any Person’s right of reclamation, repudiation, stoppage in transit or diversion or (ii) any other right or claim of any other Person which is (or is capable of being) senior to, or pari passu with, the Lien of Agent or Agent determines that any Person’s right or claim impairs, or interferes with, directly or indirectly, the ability of Agent to realize on, or reduces the amount that Agent may realize from the sale or other disposition of such Inventory,

(i)Administrative Borrower has provided (i) a certificate to Agent that certifies that, (A) to the best knowledge of such Borrower, such Inventory meets all of a Borrower’s or Designated Subsidiary Guarantor’s representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents concerning Eligible In-Transit Inventory, and, if such Inventory is in transit to the continental United States, that it knows of no reason why such Inventory would not be accepted by such Borrower or Designated Subsidiary Guarantor when it arrives in the continental United States and that the shipment as evidenced by the documents conforms to the related order documents and (B) a good faith estimate from the Administrative Borrower of the customs duties and customs fees associated with Inventory in order to establish an appropriate Reserve and (ii) upon Agent’s request, a copy of the invoice, packing slip and manifest with respect thereto, and

(j)such Inventory shall not have been in transit for more than thirty (30) days.

Eligible Inventory” means Inventory of a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor, that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Inventory made in the Loan Documents, that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below and which the Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion are eligible as the basis for the extensions of credit in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to the Borrowers’ and the Designated Subsidiary Guarantors’ business or assets of which Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date (in each case, to address differences in the results of the most recent field examination performed by the Agent after the Closing Date) and provided, further, that any change of

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criteria that results in a change in Eligible Inventory (as included in the Borrowing Base) of five percent (5%) or more shall be discussed with the Borrowers and implemented in good faith, after notice to Borrowers. In determining the amount to be so included, Inventory shall be valued at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor’s historical accounting practices. An item of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory if:

(a)if any Person other than such Borrower or Designated Subsidiary Guarantor has a direct or indirect ownership, interest or title in or to such Inventory,

(b)(i) it consists of Ineligible Work-In-Process Inventory or (ii) a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or through a bailee or agent of a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor),

(c)it is not located at one of the locations in the continental United States set forth on Schedule 4.25 to this Agreement (as such Schedule 4.25 has been amended from time to time in accordance with Section 5.14) (or in-transit from one such location to another such location or is physically located in the continental United States and is in transit to one such location in the continental United States),

(d)it is in-transit to or from a location of a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in-transit from one location set forth on Schedule 4.25 to this Agreement to another location set forth on Schedule 4.25 to this Agreement (as such Schedule 4.25 has been amended from time to time in accordance with Section 5.14) or is physically located in the continental United States and is in transit to a location set forth on Schedule 4.25 to this Agreement (as such Schedule 4.25 has been amended from time to time in accordance with Section 5.14)),

(e)at any time 90 days following the Closing Date (unless such date is extended by Agent in writing (which may be via email)), it is located on real property leased by a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor or in a contract warehouse or with a bailee, in each case, unless either (i) it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the lessor or warehouseman, as the case may be, and it is segregated or otherwise separately identifiable from goods of others, if any, stored on the premises, or (ii) Agent has established a Landlord Reserve with respect to such location,

(f)

it is the subject of a bill of lading or other document of title,

(g)it is (i) not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent’s Lien or (ii) subject to any Lien other than the (A) Agent’s Lien, (B) an Excepted Lien or (C) a Permitted Encumbrance,

(h)it consists of goods returned or rejected by a Borrower’s or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor’s customer,

(i)it consists of goods that are obsolete, slow moving, unmerchantable, unfit for sale, not salable at prices approximating at least the cost of such Inventory, spoiled or are otherwise past the stated expiration, “sell-by” or “use by” date applicable thereto, or goods that constitute spare parts, packaging and shipping materials, supplies used or consumed in Borrowers’ or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor’s business, bill and hold goods, defective goods, “seconds,” or Inventory acquired on consignment,

(j)it is subject to third party Intellectual Property, licensing or other proprietary rights, unless Agent is satisfied that such Inventory can be freely sold by Agent on and after the occurrence of an Event of Default despite such third party rights,

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(k)it is stored at locations holding less than $100,000 of the aggregate value of such Borrower’s or such Designated Subsidiary Guarantor’s Inventory, or

(l)it was acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment, or such Inventory is owned by a Person that is joined to this Agreement as a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, until the completion of an Acceptable Appraisal of such Inventory and the completion of a field examination with respect to such Inventory that is satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

Eligible Raw Material Inventory” means Inventory that qualifies as Eligible Inventory (without duplication of and excluding Eligible Finished Goods Inventory and Eligible Work in Process Inventory of any Borrower or any Designated Subsidiary Guarantor) and consists of goods that are first quality raw materials used or consumed by a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor in the ordinary course of business in the manufacture or production of other inventory that would constitute Eligible Inventory or Eligible Work in Progress Inventory.

Eligible Work-in-Process Inventory” means Inventory that qualifies as Eligible Inventory and consists of goods that are first quality work-in-process, excluding Eligible Finished Goods Inventory and Eligible Raw Material Inventory of a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor.

Eligible Transferee” means (a) any Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender), any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund of any Lender; (b) (i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (ii) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country or a political subdivision thereof; provided, that (A) (x) such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States, or (y) such bank is organized under the laws of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of such country, and (B) such bank has total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (c) any other entity (other than a natural person) that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) that extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses including insurance companies, investment or mutual funds and lease financing companies, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; and (d) during the continuation of an Event of Default, any other Person approved by Agent; provided, that no Sponsor Affiliated Entity shall qualify as an Eligible Transferee.

Engagement Letter” means that engagement letter, dated May 15, 2024, between the Agent and Parent.

Environmental Action” means any written complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other written communication from any Governmental Authority, or any third party involving violations of Environmental Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials giving rise to liability under Environmental Laws

(a) from any assets, properties, or businesses of any Borrower, any Subsidiary of any Borrower, or any of their predecessors in interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Borrower any Designated Subsidiary Guarantor, any Subsidiary of any Borrower of Designated Subsidiary Guarantor, or any of their predecessors in interest.

Environmental Law” means any applicable federal, state, provincial, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and enforceable guideline, binding and enforceable written policy, or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or

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judgment, in each case, to the extent binding on any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on employee health, or Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.

Environmental Liabilities” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required, by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.

Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities.

Equipment” means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code).

Equity Interests” means, with respect to a Person, all of the shares, options, warrants, interests, participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including capital stock (or other ownership or profit interests or units), preferred stock, or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act).

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.

ERISA Affiliate” means (a) any Person whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of any Loan Party under IRC Section 414(b), (b) any trade or business whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of any Loan Party under IRC Section 414(c), (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any organization that is a member of an affiliated service group of which any Loan Party is a member under IRC Section 414(m), or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any Person that is a party to an arrangement with any Loan Party and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of such Loan Party under IRC Section 414(o).

Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.17 of this Agreement.

Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.17 of this Agreement.

Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.17 of this Agreement.

Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.17 of this Agreement.

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 8 of this Agreement.

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Excepted Lien” means any Lien that is described in clauses (e), (i), (k), (l), (o), (p), (q) and (w) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and that are junior to the Agent’s Lien.

Excess” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14 of this Agreement.

Excess Availability” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of Availability.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from time to time.

Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Foreign Subsidiary, (b) any Foreign Holdco, (c) any Immaterial Subsidiary, (d) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (e) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (f) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (g) [reserved], (h) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable law, contractual obligation, or regulation from guaranteeing the Obligations (and for so long as such restriction is in effect); provided, that in the case of contractual obligations, such contractual obligations existed on the Closing Date or, with respect to any Subsidiary acquired by the Borrowers, or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, on the date such Subsidiary is so acquired (and was not created in anticipation of such acquisition), (i) any Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Borrowers (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrowers (which notice may be via e- mail)), the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence of providing a guarantee outweighs or is disproportionate to the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (j) any Subsidiary that would require any consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority to provide a guarantee (including any regulatory consent, approval, license or authorization and any consent, approval, license or authorization under any financial assistance, corporate benefit, fraudulent preference, equitable subordination, exchange control restrictions, thin capitalization, capital maintenance, liquidity maintenance, retention of title claims, employee consultation or approval requirements or similar legal principles or otherwise), unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, (k) any not-for-profit Subsidiary, any Subsidiary that is a special purpose entity used for permitted securitization facilities and sale-leaseback transactions, (l) any Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrowers (in consultation with the Agent), the provision of a guaranty would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse tax consequence, and (m) any Subsidiary of any of the foregoing.

Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guaranty of such Loan Party of (including by virtue of the joint and several liability provisions of Section 2.15), or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guaranty of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes” means (i) any tax imposed on the net income or net profits of any Lender or any Participant (including any branch profits taxes), in each case imposed by the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender or such Participant is organized or the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender’s or such Participant’s principal office is located in or as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender or such Participant and the jurisdiction or taxing authority imposing the tax (other than any such connection arising solely from such Lender or such Participant having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payment under, or enforced its rights or remedies under this Agreement or any other

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Loan Document), (ii) United States federal withholding taxes that would not have been imposed but for a Lender’s or a Participant’s failure to comply with the requirements of Section 16.2 of this Agreement, (iii) any United States federal withholding taxes that would be imposed on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender based upon the applicable withholding rate in effect at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office, other than a designation made at the request of a Loan Party), except that Excluded Taxes shall not include (A) any amount that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was previously entitled to receive pursuant to Section 16.1 of this Agreement, if any, with respect to such withholding tax at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), and (B) additional United States federal withholding taxes that may be imposed after the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), as a result of a change in law, rule, regulation, treaty, order or other decision or other Change in Law with respect to any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority, and (iv) any United States federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Credit Facility” means the credit facility evidenced by the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2021, by and among Parent, CPI CG, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as agent.

Extraordinary Advances” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(d)(iii) of this Agreement.

Extraordinary Receipts” means (a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, proceeds of judgments, proceeds of settlements, or other consideration of any kind received in connection with any cause of action or claim, and (b) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any payments received by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (and not consisting of proceeds described in Section 2.4(e)(iii) of this Agreement) consisting of (i) proceeds of judgments, proceeds of settlements, or other consideration of any kind received in connection with any cause of action or claim (and not consisting of proceeds described in Section 2.4(e)(iii) of this Agreement, but including proceeds of business interruption insurance), (ii) indemnity payments (other than to the extent such indemnity payments are immediately payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries), and (iii) any purchase price adjustment received in connection with any purchase agreement.

Fair Market Value” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Administrative Borrower.

FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the IRC, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), and (a) any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, (b) any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the IRC, and (c) any intergovernmental agreement entered into by the United States (or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection therewith).

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as shall be set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate, provided that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.00% for the purposes of this Agreement.

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Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means any CFC the Equity Interests of which are owned directly by any Loan Party.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Loan Parties determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for such period minus Unfinanced Capital Expenditures made (to the extent not already incurred in a prior period) or incurred during such period, to (b) Fixed Charges for such period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any fiscal period:

(a)if at any time during such fiscal period (and after the Closing Date), any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition, Fixed Charges and Unfinanced Capital Expenditures for such fiscal period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto or in such other manner acceptable to Agent as if any such Permitted Acquisition occurred on the first day of such fiscal period;

(b)the EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of during such fiscal period, will be excluded;

(c)the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of during such fiscal period, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of determination;

(d)any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the date of determination will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such fiscal period; and

(e)any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the date of determination will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such fiscal period.

For the purposes of calculating Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any fiscal period, if at any time during such fiscal period (and after the Closing Date), any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition, Fixed Charges and Unfinanced Capital Expenditures for such fiscal period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto or in such other manner acceptable to Agent as if any such Permitted Acquisition occurred on the first day of such fiscal period.

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Loan Parties determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum, without duplication, of (a) Interest Expense required to be paid (other than interest paid-in-kind, amortization of financing fees, and other non- cash Interest Expense) during such period, (b) scheduled principal payments in respect of Indebtedness that are required to be paid in cash during such period, (c) all federal, state, and local income taxes required to be paid during such period (net of any refunds therefor), including any cash paid with respect to unusual or extraordinary state sales tax liability expense (to the extent such state sales tax liability expense for such period has been added back to EBITDA, including by virtue of being included in determining Consolidated Net Income), including any interest thereon included in Consolidated Net Income and, without duplication, any other expense or provision for taxes added back to EBITDA pursuant to clause (1) of the definition

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thereof, (d) all Restricted Payments paid by any Operating Loan Party paid in cash during such period (other than any Restricted Payments paid to any Operating Loan Party and any Restricted Payments made under Section 6.7(a) (to the extent the applicable Loan Party would have been able to satisfy both conditions set forth in clause (b)(i) and (b)(ii) of the definition of “Payment Conditions” at the time such Restricted Payment was made) and (e) any charges, fees or costs required to be paid during such period in cash with respect to any long-term incentive plan and any cash interest component of pension or postretirement benefits schemes (to the extent such charges, fees or costs for such period have been added back to EBITDA).

Flood Laws” means the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, and related laws, rules and regulations, including any amendments or successor provisions.

Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0%.

Flow of Funds Agreement” means a flow of funds agreement, dated as of even date with this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Borrowers and Agent.

Foreign Holdco” means any Domestic Subsidiary if it has no material assets other than Equity Interests or a combination of Equity Interests and Indebtedness of one or more CFCs.

Foreign Lender” means any Lender or Participant that is not a United States person within the meaning of IRC section 7701(a)(30).

Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of any Loan Party that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

Funding Date” means the date on which a Borrowing occurs.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.

Governing Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documents of such Person.

Governmental Authority” means the government of any nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether at the national, state, territorial, provincial, county, municipal or any other level, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of, or pertaining to, government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Guarantor” means (a) each Person that guaranties all or a portion of the Obligations, including any Person that is a “Guarantor” under the Guaranty and Security Agreement, and (b) each other Person that becomes a guarantor after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.11 of this Agreement.

Guaranty and Security Agreement” means a guaranty and security agreement, dated as of even date with this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to Agent.

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Hazardous Materials” means (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” or any other formulation intended to define, list, or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or “EP toxicity”, (b) oil, petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million.

Hedge Agreement” means any of the following entered into by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with one or more Hedge Providers: (a) a “swap agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(53B)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, including interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and (c) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

Hedge Obligations” means any and all obligations or liabilities, whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries arising under, owing pursuant to, or existing in respect of Hedge Agreements.

Hedge Provider” means any Bank Product Provider that is a party to a Hedge Agreement with a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise provides Bank Products under clause (f) of the definition thereof; provided, that if, at any time, a Lender ceases to be a Lender under this Agreement (prior to the payment in full of the Obligations), then, from and after the date on which it ceases to be a Lender thereunder, neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall constitute Hedge Providers and the obligations with respect to Hedge Agreements entered into with such former Lender or any of its Affiliates shall no longer constitute Hedge Obligations.

Immaterial Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower that is not a Material Subsidiary.

Increase” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14.

Increase Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14.

Increase Joinder” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14.

Increased Appraisal Event” means the occurrence of either of the following: (a) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (b) if at any time Excess Availability is less than the greater of (i) 12.5% of the Maximum Revolver Amount and (ii) $9,375,000.

Increased Reporting Event” means the occurrence of either of the following: (a) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (b) if at any time Excess Availability is less than the greater of (i) 10.0% of the Maximum Revolver Amount and (ii) $7,500,000.

Increased Reporting Period” means any period commencing after the occurrence of an Increased Reporting Event and continuing until the date when (a) no Event of Default shall exist and be

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continuing, and (b) Excess Availability is greater than the greater of (i) 10.0% of the Maximum Revolver Amount and (ii) $7,500,000, in each case, for thirty (30) consecutive days.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:

(a)

in respect of borrowed money;

(b)evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(c)

in respect of banker’s acceptances;

(d)

representing Capitalized Lease Obligations;

(e)

representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services;

(f)

representing any net Hedge Obligations; or

(g)

the liquidation value of all Disqualified Stock of such Person,

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedge Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person, to the extent, as applicable, of the amount of Indebtedness covered by such guarantee, or the lesser of the Fair Market Value of the asset or assets subject to such Lien or the principal (or accreted) amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien.

The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any time in the case of a revolving credit or similar facility shall be the total amount of funds borrowed and then outstanding. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be (a) the accreted value thereof in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount and (b) the principal amount of Indebtedness, or liquidation preference thereof, in the case of any other Indebtedness. Indebtedness shall be calculated without giving effect to the effects of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815—Derivatives and Hedging and related pronouncements to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under the Senior Secured Notes Documents as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness.

Notwithstanding the above provisions, in no event shall the following constitute Indebtedness:

(i)contingent or guarantee obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, other than guarantees or other assumptions of Indebtedness;

(ii)

Cash Management Obligations;

(iii)any lease, concession or license of property (or guarantee thereof) which would be considered an operating lease under GAAP (without giving effect to FASB 842), sale-leaseback

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transactions or any prepayments of deposits received from clients or customers in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(iv)obligations under any license, permit or other approval (or guarantees given in respect of such obligations) incurred prior to the Closing Date or in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(v)in connection with the purchase by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, any deferred or prepaid revenue, post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however, that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid in a timely manner;

(vi)for the avoidance of doubt, any obligations in respect of workers’ compensation claims, early retirement or termination obligations, pension fund obligations or contributions or similar claims, obligations or contributions or social security or wage Taxes;

(vii)

[reserved];

(viii)Indebtedness of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of any Loan Party solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP;

(ix)

Capital Stock;

(x)the pledge of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary; or

(xi)amounts owed to dissenting stockholders (including in connection with, or as a result of, exercise of dissenters’ or appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or action (whether actual, contingent or potential)), pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with Section 6.3.

Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3 of this Agreement.

Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3 of this Agreement.

Indemnified Taxes” means, (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by, or on account of any obligation of, any Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in the foregoing clause (a), Other Taxes.

Ineligible Inventory Adjustment” means, for each of Eligible Finished Goods Inventory, Eligible In-Transit Inventory, Eligible Raw Material Inventory, and Eligible Work-in-Process Inventory, the product of (a) the percentage of the gross amount of Eligible Finished Goods Inventory, Eligible In- Transit Inventory, , Eligible Raw Material Inventory, or Eligible Work-in-Process Inventory that was determined to be ineligible pursuant to the most recently completed Acceptable Appraisal and (b) the gross amount of Eligible Finished Goods Inventory, Eligible In-Transit Inventory, Eligible Raw Material Inventory, or Eligible Work-in-Process Inventory as calculated pursuant to any applicable Borrowing Base Certificate.

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Ineligible Work-In-Process Inventory” means Inventory owned by the Borrowers that consists of goods that are work-in-process which are being processed at a facility not owned or leased by a Borrower.

Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.

Intellectual Property” has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means an intercompany subordination agreement executed and delivered by each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (as applicable), and Agent, the form and substance of which is reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

Intercreditor Agreement” means each of (a) the ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, and

(b) any other intercreditor agreements executed in connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness secured by Liens that are permitted by this Agreement to be incurred and to have the priority provided for in that intercreditor agreement and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent.

Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum of (a) all cash interest payments, in each case to the extent paid, or required to be paid, in cash and treated as interest in accordance with GAAP and

(b) the portion of rent expense under Capitalized Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, in each case, of or by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period; provided that Interest Expense shall not include any upfront fees in connection with any issuance of Indebtedness, any agent fees and any expenses in connection with any issuance or amendment of Indebtedness (whether or not consummated).

Interest Period” means, with respect to any SOFR Loan, a period commencing on the date of the making of such SOFR Loan (or the continuation of a SOFR Loan or the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a SOFR Loan) and ending 1, 3 or 6 months thereafter; provided, that (a) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon Adjusted Term SOFR from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (b) any Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (c) with respect to an Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month that is 1, 3 or 6 months after the date on which the Interest Period began, as applicable, (d) Borrowers may not elect an Interest Period which will end after the Maturity Date and (e) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(iii)(D) shall be available for specification in any SOFR Notice or conversion or continuation notice.

Inventory” means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).

Inventory Reserves” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Landlord Reserves in respect of Inventory, (b) those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain (including reserves for slow moving Inventory and Inventory shrinkage) with respect to Eligible Inventory including based on the results of appraisals, and (c) with respect to Eligible In-Transit Inventory, those reserves that Agent deems necessary

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or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain with respect to Eligible In-Transit Inventory (i) for the estimated costs relating to unpaid freight charges, warehousing or storage charges, taxes, duties, and other similar unpaid costs associated with the acquisition of such Eligible In-Transit Inventory, plus (ii) for the estimated reclamation claims of unpaid sellers of such Eligible In-Transit Inventory.

Investment” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans or other extensions of credit (including guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers, directors, consultants, managers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Loan Party such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, such selling or disposing Loan Party or Subsidiary, as the case may be, will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of such Person’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined by such Person. The acquisition by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary as applicable in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person. Except as otherwise provided herein, the amount of an Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment (and will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) minus the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (to the extent the amounts deducted do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto).

Investment-Grade” means a rating of (a) “BBB-” (or the equivalent) or higher as determined by S&P (or any successor to the rating agency business thereof) and (b) “Baa3” (or the equivalent) or higher as determined by Moody’s (or any successor to the rating agency business thereof) or S&P (or any successor to the rating agency business thereof) (it being understood that if S&P ceases to provide a corporate family credit rating with respect to any Person, clause (a) shall no longer apply so long as clause (b) is satisfied with respect to such Person, and if Moody’s ceases to provide a corporate family credit rating with respect to any Person, clause (b) shall no longer apply so long as clause (a) is satisfied with respect to such Person).

Investment Grade Accounts” means any Accounts owing from Account Debtors, which Account Debtor has an Investment-Grade credit rating.

IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time.

ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 (International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590) and any version or revision thereof accepted by the Issuing Bank for use.

Issuer Document” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, a letter of credit application, a letter of credit agreement, or any other document, agreement or instrument entered into (or to be entered into) by a Borrower in favor of Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.

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Issuing Bank” means JPMorgan or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrowers and with the consent of Agent, agrees, in such Lender’s sole discretion, to become an Issuing Bank for the purpose of issuing Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.11 of this Agreement, and Issuing Bank shall be a Lender.

Joinder” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J to this Agreement.

Landlord Reserve” means, as to each location at which a Borrower has Inventory or books and records located and as to which a Collateral Access Agreement has not been received by Agent accordance with, and subject to, clause (e) of the definition of “Eligible Inventory” (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the post-closing period to deliver such Collateral Access Agreements, as such post- closing period may be extended pursuant to clause (e) of the definition of “Eligible Inventory”), a reserve in an amount equal to three (3) months’ rent, storage charges, fees or other amounts under the lease or other applicable agreement relative to such location.

Lender” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement, shall include Issuing Bank and the Swing Lender, and shall also include any other Person made a party to this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.1 of this Agreement and “Lenders” means each of the Lenders or any one or more of them.

Lender Group” means each of the Lenders (including Issuing Bank and the Swing Lender) and Agent, or any one or more of them.

Lender Group Expenses” means all (a) costs or expenses (including taxes and insurance premiums) required to be paid by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Lender Group, (b) documented out-of-pocket fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent in connection with the Lender Group’s transactions with each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents, including, photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches, filing fees, recording fees, publication, real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental audits, (c) Agent’s customary fees and charges imposed or incurred in connection with any background checks or OFAC/PEP searches related to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, (d) Agent’s customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of any Borrower (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, (e) customary charges imposed or incurred by Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan Party, (f) reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Lender Group to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the continuance of an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (g) field examination, appraisal, and valuation fees and expenses of Agent related to any field examinations, appraisals, or valuation to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) provided in Section 5.7(c) of this Agreement, (h) Agent’s reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for the Agent and the Lenders, taken as a whole, and one firm of external local counsel for the Agent in any applicable jurisdiction as to which the Agent reasonably determines local counsel is necessary) relative to third party claims or any other lawsuit or adverse proceeding paid or incurred, whether in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral, or the Lender Group’s relationship with the Borrowers or any of the other Loan Parties, (i) Agent’s reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses

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((including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for the Agent and the Lenders, taken as a whole, and one firm of external local counsel for the Agent in any applicable jurisdiction as to which the Agent reasonably determines local counsel is necessary) and due diligence expenses) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering (including travel, meals, and lodging), syndicating (including reasonable costs and expenses relative to CUSIP, DXSyndicate™, SyndTrak or other communication costs incurred in connection with a syndication of the loan facilities), or amending, waiving, or modifying the Loan Documents, and (j) Agent’s and each Lender’s reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a “workout,” a “restructuring,” or an Insolvency Proceeding concerning any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether a lawsuit or other adverse proceeding is brought, or in taking any enforcement action or any Remedial Action with respect to the Collateral.

Lender Group Representatives” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9 of this

Agreement.

Lender-Related Person” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender, together with such Lender’s Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.

Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit (as that term is defined in the Code) issued by Issuing Bank.

Letter of Credit Collateralization” means either (a) providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent (including that Agent has a first priority perfected Lien in such cash collateral), including provisions that specify that the Letter of Credit Fees and all commissions, fees, charges and expenses provided for in Section 2.11(k) of this Agreement (including any fronting fees) will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, (b) delivering to Agent documentation executed by all beneficiaries under the Letters of Credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank, terminating all of such beneficiaries’ rights under the Letters of Credit, or (c) providing Agent with a standby letter of credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from a commercial bank acceptable to Agent (in its sole discretion) in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit Fee and all fronting fees set forth in this Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding and that any such fees that accrue must be an amount that can be drawn under any such standby letter of credit).

Letter of Credit Disbursement” means a payment made by Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

Letter of Credit Exposure” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s participation in the Letter of Credit Usage pursuant to Section 2.11(e) on such date.

Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.6(b) of this Agreement.

Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(f) of this Agreement.

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Letter of Credit Related Person” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(f) of this Agreement.

Letter of Credit Sublimit” means $10,000,000.

Letter of Credit Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (b) the aggregate amount of outstanding reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit which remain unreimbursed or which have not been paid through a Revolving Loan.

Lien” means any (i) mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest, or other security arrangement and (ii) any other preference, priority, or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

Line Deficiency” means that the Revolver Usage at the time of determination exceeds (B) the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base reflected in the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered by Borrowers to Agent, or (y) the Maximum Revolver Amount.

Loan” means any Revolving Loan, Swing Loan, or Extraordinary Advance made (or to be made) hereunder.

Loan Account” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.9 of this Agreement.

Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Control Agreements, each Copyright Security Agreement, any Borrowing Base Certificate, the Guaranty and Security Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, any other Intercreditor Agreement, any Issuer Documents, the Letters of Credit, each Patent Security Agreement, each Subordination Agreement, each Trademark Security Agreement, any note or notes executed by Borrowers in connection with this Agreement and payable to any member of the Lender Group, and any other instrument or agreement entered into, now or in the future, by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any member of the Lender Group in connection with this Agreement (but specifically excluding Bank Product Agreements).

Loan Party” means any Borrower or any Guarantor.

Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time.

Market Capitalization” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of Parent (or any successor of Parent) on such date of determination multiplied by (b) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such Capital Stock for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding such date of determination.

Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect in the business, results of operations, assets or financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ ability to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are parties or of the Lender Group’s ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral (other than as a result of as a result of an action taken or not taken that is

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solely in the control of Agent), or (c) a material impairment of the enforceability or priority of Agent’s Liens with respect to all or a material portion of the Collateral.

Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, any single contract or agreement, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Material Real Property Asset” has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

Material Subsidiary” means (a) each Borrower, and (b) each Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party that (i) owns at least 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) generates at least 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) is the owner of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party that otherwise constitutes a Material Subsidiary, or (iv) any group comprising Subsidiaries of a Loan Party that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) but that, taken together, had revenues or total assets in excess of 10% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries.

Maturity Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) July 11, 2029, and (b) the date that is ninety-one days prior to the maturity of the Senior Secured Notes (as in effect on the date hereof and giving effect to any modification of the Senior Secured Notes Documents in accordance with the terms of the ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be deemed to have occurred as of the opening of business on the immediately following Business Day.

Maximum Revolver Amount” means $75,000,000, increased by the amount of any Increase made in accordance with Section 2.14 of this Agreement.

Moody’s” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.

Mortgages” means, individually and collectively, one or more mortgages, deeds of trust, or deeds to secure debt, executed and delivered by a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries in favor of Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that encumber the Collateral constituting Material Real Property Assets.

Net Cash Proceeds” means:

(a)with respect to any sale or disposition by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of assets, the amount of cash proceeds received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, in connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (i) the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Lien on any asset (other than (A) Indebtedness owing to Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B) Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is required to be, and is, repaid in connection with such sale or disposition, (ii) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such sale or disposition, (iii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such sale or disposition, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction, and (iv) all amounts that are set aside as a reserve (A) for adjustments in respect of the purchase price of such assets, (B) for any liabilities associated with such sale or casualty, to

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the extent such reserve is required by GAAP, and (C) for the payment of unassumed liabilities relating to the assets sold or otherwise disposed of at the time of, or within 30 days after, the date of such sale or other disposition, to the extent that in each case the funds described above in this clause (iv) are (x) deposited into escrow with a third party escrow agent or set aside in a separate Deposit Account that is subject to a Control Agreement in favor of Agent, and (y) paid to Agent as a prepayment of the applicable Obligations in accordance with Section 2.4(e) of this Agreement at such time when such amounts are no longer required to be set aside as such a reserve; and

(b)with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or the issuance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interests, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, after deducting therefrom only

(i) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, and (ii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction.

Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income or loss of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

Net Recovery Percentage” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage of the book value of Borrowers’ or Designated Subsidiary Guarantors’ Inventory that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Inventory net of all associated costs and expenses of such liquidation, such percentage to be determined as to each category of Inventory and to be as specified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Inventory.

Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 14.2(a) of this Agreement.

Non-Defaulting Lender” means each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness (a) as to which none of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (ii) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (iii) constitutes the lender; (b) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to the stated maturity of such Indebtedness; and (c) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that Non- Recourse Debt shall include Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary which is secured by the Capital Stock of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, notwithstanding the limitations set forth above.

Notes Collateral Agent” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.

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Notes Priority Collateral” has the meaning specified therefor in the ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement.

NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined would be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.00% for purposes of this Agreement.

NYFRB’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

Obligations” means (a) all loans (including the Revolving Loans (inclusive of Extraordinary Advances and Swing Loans)), debts, principal, interest (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), reimbursement or indemnification obligations with respect to Letters of Credit (irrespective of whether contingent), premiums, liabilities (including all amounts charged to the Loan Account pursuant to this Agreement), obligations (including indemnification obligations), fees (including the fees provided for in the Engagement Letter), Lender Group Expenses (including any fees or expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), guaranties, and all covenants and duties of any other kind and description owing by any Loan Party arising out of, under, pursuant to, in connection with, or evidenced by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid when due and all other expenses or other amounts that any Loan Party is required to pay or reimburse by the Loan Documents or by law or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents, and (b) all Bank Product Obligations; provided that, anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing notwithstanding, the Obligations shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of Borrowers under the Loan Documents include the obligation to pay (i) the principal of the Revolving Loans, (ii) interest accrued on the Revolving Loans, (iii) the amount necessary to reimburse Issuing Bank for amounts paid or payable pursuant to Letters of Credit, (iv) Letter of Credit commissions, fees (including fronting fees) and charges, (v) Lender Group Expenses, (vi) fees payable under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and (vii) indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document. Any reference in this Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all or any portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding.

OFAC” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Operating Loan Parties” means each Loan Party other than the Parent; sometimes individually referred to as an “Operating Loan Party”.

Originating Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(e) of this Agreement.

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Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court, excise, value added, or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.

Outstanding Exposure” means, as at any time with respect to any Lender, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans at such time, (b) its Letter of Credit Exposure and (c) its Swing Loan Exposure.

Overadvance” means, as of any date of determination, that the Revolver Usage is greater than any of the limitations set forth in Section 2.1 or Section 2.11 of this Agreement.

Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.

Parent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.

Parent Entity” means any direct or indirect parent of CPI CG.

Participant” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(e) of this Agreement.

Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(i) of this Agreement.

Patent Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

Patriot Act” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4.13 of this Agreement.

Payment Conditions” means, at the time of determination with respect to the relevant action as to which the satisfaction of the Payment Conditions is being determined, that: (a) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of the entering into of such transaction or the making of such payment; and (b) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such transaction or payment and any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in connection therewith, either (i) Excess Availability on such date and for the 30 consecutive day period preceding such transaction or payment and any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness is equal to or greater than 17.5% of the Maximum Revolver Amount; or (ii)(A) Excess Availability on such date and for the 30 consecutive day period preceding such transaction or payment and any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness is equal to or greater than 15% of the Maximum Revolver Amount, and (B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (with such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be tested as of the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which internal financial statements are available) is at least 1.10 to 1.00; provided, that, in connection with any transaction or payment, Administrative Borrower shall have delivered to Agent a written certification stating that in connection with each such transaction or payment, the conditions above are satisfied.

Payment Recipient” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.17 of this Agreement.

Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit P to this Agreement.

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Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition so long as:

(a)no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the proposed Acquisition,

(b)Borrowers have provided Agent with written notice of the proposed Acquisition at least ten (10) days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition and, not later than two

(2) Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition, copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to the proposed Acquisition, which agreement and documents must be reasonably acceptable to Agent,

(c)the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ total assets), or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired, are useful in or engaged in, as applicable, any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by Parent and the Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, any other business or businesses in the reasonably related or ancillary thereto or that are reasonable extensions thereof,

(d)the subject assets or Equity Interests, as applicable, are being acquired directly by the Borrowers or one of its Subsidiaries, and, in connection therewith, the applicable Loan Party shall have complied (or will comply) with Section 5.11 or 5.12, as applicable, of this Agreement, and

(e)on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to each such acquisition and any Revolving Loans made in connection therewith, the Payment Conditions are satisfied.

Permitted Business” means the lines of business engaged in by the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date and any business related, ancillary, complementary or incidental, or necessary or appropriate for activities described above (including any reasonably related extensions or expansions thereof).

Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.

Permitted Dispositions” means:

(a)sales, lease, conveyance, abandonment, or other Dispositions of Equipment that is worn, damaged, or obsolete or no longer material, used or useful in the ordinary course of business and leases or subleases of Real Property not useful in the conduct of the business of the Operating Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries,

(b)sales of Inventory to buyers or other sales or Dispositions of assets in the ordinary course of business,

(c)the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,

(d)the license or sublicense of Intellectual Property or other general intangibles and the sale, lease, sublease, assignment, license or sublicense of products or services, in each case, (i) in the ordinary course of business or (ii) which do not materially interfere with the business of any of the Operating

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Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, determined in good faith by the Operating Loan Parties,

(e)

the creation and granting of Permitted Liens,

(f)the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of accounts receivable (other than Eligible Accounts) arising in the ordinary course of business in an amount not to exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year,

(g)

any involuntary loss, damage or destruction of property,

(h)any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property,

(i)the leasing, assignment or subleasing of assets in the ordinary course of business, or dispositions and/or terminations in the ordinary course of business of leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, in each case, which do not materially interfere with the business of any of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, determined in good faith by the Operating Loan Parties,

(j)an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of an Operating Loan Party to an Operating Loan Party or to any Restricted Subsidiary of an Operating Loan Party,

(k)(i) the lapse of registered patents, trademarks, copyrights and other Intellectual Property of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent not economically desirable in the conduct of its Business, or (ii) the abandonment of patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business so long as (in each case under clauses (i) and (ii)), (A) such Intellectual Property is not material to the business of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, and

(B) such lapse or abandonment is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lender Group,

(l)the making of Restricted Payments that are expressly permitted to be made pursuant to this Agreement,

(m)

the making of Permitted Investments,

(n)transfers of assets (i) from any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Borrower) to an Operating Loan Party, and (ii) from any Restricted Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party that is not an Operating Loan Party to any other Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party, or (iii) not constituting ABL Priority Collateral by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided, that the aggregate amount of such assets sold or transferred pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year,

(o)dispositions of Equipment or Real Property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property or (iii) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the IRC, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Permitted Business; provided, that to the extent the property being disposed of constitutes Collateral, such replacement property shall constitute Collateral,

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(p)dispositions of assets acquired by the Operating Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition consummated within 12 months of the date of the proposed disposition so long as (i) the consideration received for the assets to be so disposed is at least equal to the fair market value of such assets, (ii) the assets to be so disposed are not necessary or economically desirable in connection with the business of the Operating Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries, and (iii) the assets to be so disposed are readily identifiable as assets acquired pursuant to the subject Permitted Acquisition, dispositions of property pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions;

(q)dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(r)any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of any contract, tort or other claim of any kind;

(s)any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets (other than ABL Priority Collateral) or Equity Interests having a Fair Market Value of less than the greater of $10,000,000 and 10% of EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available;

(t)Dispositions of assets (i) between or among Operating Loan Parties, and (ii) between or among Restricted Subsidiaries which are not Operating Loan Parties,

(u)the sale or other Disposition of the Capital Stock or property or assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary,

(v)any exchange of property pursuant to Section 1031 of the IRC, as amended, for use in a Permitted Business,

(w)the sale or disposition of any assets or property received as a result of foreclosure by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on any secured Investment or any other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default,

(x)the surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind, in each case, in the ordinary course of business,

(y)

any Disposition governed by and effected in compliance with Section 6.3,

(z)

the settlement, termination or unwinding of any Hedge Obligations,

(aa)(i) any release or surrender of contract rights, or (ii) the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business,

(bb)foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation, damage, destruction or any similar action on assets of any Operating Loan Party and their Restricted Subsidiaries (but not the sale of property subject to a Lien),

(cc)the disposition of the Capital Stock in, Indebtedness of, or other securities issued by, an Unrestricted Subsidiary,

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(dd)Dispositions of assets (including ABL Priority Collateral having a value not to exceed $100,000 in any single transaction and $250,000 for all transactions so long as such ABL Priority Collateral, at the time of Disposition, is not Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory) or Equity Interests not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (cc) above so long as:

(1)the Operating Loan Party (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Disposition at least equal to the Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of contractual agreement to such Disposition) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;

(2)in the case of a Disposition of Collateral, the consideration from such Disposition is pledged as Collateral (to the extent required by the Loan Documents), at least until such time it is otherwise applied in accordance with this Agreement; and

(3)at least 75% of the consideration received in a Disposition by an Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents or Replacement Assets. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

(A)any Indebtedness or liabilities, as shown on the Parent’s most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto (or, if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Parent’s most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by CPI CG), of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary has been released in writing;

(B)any securities, notes or other obligations received by any Operating Loan Party or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Operating Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 180 days of the receipt thereof, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion;

(C)any (1) Capital Stock of another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of an Operating Loan Party or (2) Replacement Assets or acquire long-term assets in another Permitted Business; and

(D)any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by CPI CG or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being determined as of the date of contractual agreement to such Disposition) taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (D) that is at that time outstanding not to exceed the greater of $15,000,000 and 15.0% of EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available.

A Disposition need not be incurred solely by reference to one category described in the definition of “Permitted Disposition” but may be incurred under any combination of such categories

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(including in part under one such category and in part under any other such category) and in the event that a Disposition (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of such categories described in the definition of “Permitted Dispositions”, the Operating Loan Parties, in their sole discretion, may classify or may subsequently reclassify at any time such Disposition (or any portion thereof) in any manner that results in compliance with Section 6.4.

Permitted Encumbrance” means any Lien that is described in clauses (h) and (r) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”.

Permitted Holder” means, collectively (a) each Person that directly or indirectly beneficially owns more than 10.0% of the Equity Interests of Parent on the Closing Date and (b) the members of the management of Parent and its Subsidiaries.

Permitted Indebtedness” means:

(a)

Indebtedness in respect of the Obligations;

(b)Indebtedness as of the Closing Date set forth on Schedule 4.14 to this Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness;

(c)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of (i) Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness or (ii) Indebtedness represented by Capitalized Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing (whether prior to or within 270 days after) all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, development, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment or other assets used or useful in the business of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and whether such Indebtedness is owed to the seller or Person carrying out such construction or improvement or to any third party) (including any reasonably related fees or expenses incurred in connection with such purchase, design, construction, installation or improvement); provided that the aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding, including all Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (c), shall not exceed the greater of (i) $35,000,000 and

(ii) 40.0% of EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available;

(d)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Agreement be incurred under clauses (d), (e), (l), (m) or (o) of this definition;

(e)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among any Loan Parties and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that: (i) if any Operating Loan Party is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not any Operating Loan Party, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations (or obligations under a guaranty, as applicable) pursuant to a Subordination Agreement; and (ii) (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not any Operating Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by any Operating Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (e);

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(f)the issuance by any Operating Loan Party or any Operating Loan Party’s Restricted Subsidiaries to any Operating Loan Party or to any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that: (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than any Operating Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party; and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not any Operating Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (f);

(g)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedge Obligations entered into for bona fide hedging purposes (and not for speculative purposes) as determined in good faith by such Operating Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(h)the guarantee by any Operating Loan Party or any of the guarantors of Indebtedness of any Operating Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this covenant;

(i)Indebtedness incurred by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business constituting reimbursement or indemnification obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that either upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence or self-insurance;

(j)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability and other types of employee benefits, social security benefits, unemployment and other self-insurance obligations, vehicle, property, casualty or liability insurance or other similar bonds, the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business, bankers’ acceptances, performance, surety, judgment, appeal, bid and performance bonds, trade contracts and leases, cash management obligations and netting, overdraft protection and other similar facilities or arrangements and completion guarantees in the ordinary course of business;

(k)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from (i) the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within ten (10) Business Days of notification to any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its incurrence and (ii) Cash Management Obligations;

(l)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from agreements of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, working capital adjustments, holdback, earn- outs or similar obligations of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in each case, incurred in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any Restricted Subsidiary, business, property or asset;

(m)Acquired Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (m).

(n)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness owed on a short-term basis of not longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business with such banks or financial institutions in

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connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(o)the Senior Secured Notes Indebtedness (subject to the terms of the ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement),

(p)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (p), not to exceed the greater of (i) $40,000,000 and (ii) 45.0% of EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available;

(q)Indebtedness consisting of obligations to make payments to current or former officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, its estates, spouses or former spouses with respect to the cancellation, purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such cancellation, purchase or redemption is permitted under Section 6.7;

(r)Indebtedness of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums with the providers of such insurance or their affiliates,

(ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, (iii) deferred compensation or equity-based compensation to current or former officers, directors, consultants, advisors or employees thereof, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (iv) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and (v) taxes, assessments or governmental charges to the extent such taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP;

(s)Indebtedness in the form of (i) guarantees of loans and advances to officers, directors, consultants, managers and employees, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $7,000,000 at any one time outstanding and (ii) reimbursements owed to officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for business expenses in the ordinary course of business of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(t)the incurrence by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Indebtedness equal to 100.0% of the net cash proceeds received by any Operating Loan Party since the Closing Date from the issuance or sale of Capital Stock of any Operating Loan Party or cash contributed to the capital of any Operating Loan Party (in each case, other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Capital Stock to any Operating Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries); provided, however, that (i) any such net cash proceeds that are so received or contributed shall not increase the amount available for making Restricted Payments to the extent any Operating Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries incur Indebtedness in reliance thereon, (ii) any net cash proceeds that are so received or contributed shall be excluded for purposes of incurring Indebtedness pursuant to this clause to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have been applied to make Restricted Payments and (iii) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such transaction or payment and any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in connection therewith, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (with such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be tested as of the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which internal financial statements are available) is at least 1.00 to 1.00;

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(u)obligations in respect of (i) statutory obligations, bids, leases, governmental contracts, trade contracts, performance, surety, stay, customs, appeal, performance and/or return of money bonds, completion guarantees and similar obligations not in connection with money borrowed, in each case, provided in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and (ii) letters of credit, bank guarantees, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments to support any of the foregoing;

(v)Indebtedness in respect of overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and similar arrangements and in respect of incentive, supplier finance or similar programs, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(w)Indebtedness in respect of any bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, letters of credit or similar instruments or facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(x)

[reserved];

(y)guarantee obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations to or of suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners to the extent constituting a Permitted Investment;

(z)unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities incurred by any Operating Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary and their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent that the same are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable law;

(aa)[reserved];

(bb)unsecured Indebtedness of any Operating Loan Party or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that is incurred on the date of the consummation of a Permitted Acquisition solely for the purpose of consummating such Permitted Acquisition so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) such unsecured Indebtedness is not incurred for working capital purposes, (iii) such unsecured Indebtedness does not mature prior to the date that is 12 months after the Maturity Date, (iv) such unsecured Indebtedness does not amortize until 12 months after the Maturity Date, (v) such unsecured Indebtedness does not provide for the payment of interest thereon in cash or Cash Equivalents prior to the date that is 12 months after the Maturity Date, and (vi) such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent and is otherwise on terms and conditions (including economic terms and absence of covenants) reasonably satisfactory to Agent,

(cc)Indebtedness comprising Permitted Investments;

(dd)accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, or the payment of interest in kind, in each case, on Indebtedness that otherwise constitutes Permitted Indebtedness;

(ee)Subordinated Indebtedness, the aggregate outstanding amount of which does not exceed the greater of (i) $20,000,000 and (ii) 20% of EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financials statements are available; and

(ff)other Indebtedness incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, so long as the aggregate outstanding amount outstanding at any time shall not exceed the greater of $40,000,000 and

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45% of EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available.

In the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof, but excluding the Obligations) at any time meets the criteria of more than one of the categories described in the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, the Operating Loan Parties, in their sole discretion, may classify or reclassify (or later divide, classify or reclassify) such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and shall only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of the specified clauses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this covenant, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values.

Permitted Intercompany Advances” means loans made by (a) a Loan Party to another Loan Party, (b) a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party, or (c) a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party, so long as the parties thereto are party to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, and (d) a Loan Party to a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party so long as (i) the aggregate amount of all such loans under this clause (d) does not exceed, at any time outstanding, $2,000,000, and (ii) at the time of the making of such loan, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom.

Permitted Investments” means:

(a)any Investment in (i) any Loan Party by a Loan Party or (ii) a Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not itself a Loan Party;

(b)any Investment in (i) cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) accounts receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary terms, (iii) negotiable instruments held for collection in the ordinary course of business and (iv) pledges or deposits with respect to leases, utilities or other similar pledges or deposits provided to third parties;

(c)any Investment by any Operating Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party in a Person, if as a result of such Investment, (i) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party, or (ii) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, any Operating Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party;

(d)any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from a Disposition that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 6.4;

(e)any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for or out of the net proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of any Operating Loan Party;

(f)any Investments received in settlement, satisfaction, compromise or resolution of: (i) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (ii) judgments, foreclosure of Liens, settlement of Indebtedness, litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;

(g)Investments represented by Hedge Obligations to the extent such Hedge Obligations would constitute Permitted Indebtedness;

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(h)loans or advances to officers, directors, consultants, managers and employees made in the ordinary course of business (including without limitation, for business related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses) of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Operating Loan Party in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any one time outstanding;

(i)

repurchases of the Senior Secured Notes;

(j)guarantees of indebtedness of any Operating Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof permitted under Section 6.1 and performance guarantees in the ordinary course of business;

(k)any Investment made in connection with the purchase price adjustments, contingent purchase price payments or other earn-out obligations paid in connection with any Investment otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

(l)Investments consisting of (i) [reserved], (ii) [reserved], (iii) [reserved], (iv) extensions of trade credit or advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP and endorsements for collection or deposit, in any case, in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in accordance with the Senior Secured Notes Documents, (v) loans and advances of payroll payments or other compensation to present or former employees of any Parent Entity (to the extent such payments or other compensation relate to services provided to such Parent Entity (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the portion of any such amount, if any, attributable to the ownership or operations of any subsidiary of any Parent Entity other than any Operating Loan Party, their Restricted Subsidiaries and/or their subsidiaries)), any Operating Loan Party and/or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, (vi) [reserved], (vii) guarantees of obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of any Operating Loan Party and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (viii) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers, (ix) Investments in Subsidiaries in connection with internal reorganizations and/or restructurings and activities related to tax planning, (x) Investments made in joint ventures as required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture agreements and similar binding arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business (including, Investments consisting of the licensing of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons), provided that, in each instance described in this clause (x), the Payment Conditions are satisfied, (xi) unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities to the extent that the same are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable law;

(m)any Investment to the extent that the consideration therefor is Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent;

(n)other Investments in any Person; provided that, for any Investment permitted under this clause (n), in each instance, the Payment Conditions are satisfied;

(o)any guarantees of operating leases or of other obligations of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that do not constitute Indebtedness entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(p)any Investments set forth on Schedule P-1 to this Agreement to the extent such Investments are existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Closing Date and any Investment consisting of an extension, modification, replacement or renewal of any such Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the Closing Date, but only to the extent

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not involving additional advances, contributions or other Investments of cash or other assets or other increases thereof other than (i) pursuant to the terms of such Investment or binding commitment, as the case may be as in effect on the Closing Date (or as subsequently amended or otherwise modified in a manner not disadvantageous to the Lender Group in any material respect) or (ii) as otherwise permitted by this Agreement;

(q)Investments in a Parent Entity, any Operating Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary, any Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and/or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements and related activities in the ordinary course of business;

(r)

Permitted Intercompany Advances;

(s)

[reserved];

(t)

[reserved];

(u)Purchases of inventory, supplies, materials, equipment or licenses, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(v)Investments owned by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule P-1 to this Agreement;

(w)

Permitted Acquisitions;

(x)

Investments arising from Bank Product Obligations,

(y)Investments held by a Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and were in existence on the date of such Permitted Acquisition, and

(z)other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed, in any year , $2,000,000, so long as no Event of Default exists and is continuing or would result therefrom.

An Investment under clauses (a) through (z) of this definition of “Permitted Investments” need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Investment described in the definition of “Permitted Investments” but may be incurred under any combination of such clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part under any other such clause) and in the event that an Investment (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of such clauses of Investments described in the definition of “Permitted Investments”, the Operating Loan Parties, in their sole discretion, may classify or may subsequently reclassify at any time such Investment (or any portion thereof) in any manner that results in compliance with Section 6.2; it being understood and agreed that any classification or reclassification of any Investment shall be subject to compliance with the provisions of such applicable clause as of the date of such classification or reclassification.

Permitted Liens” means:

(a)Liens granted to, or for the benefit of, Agent to secure the Obligations, including Bank Product Obligations;

(b)

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(c)Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with any Operating Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party pursuant to a transaction permitted under this Agreement; provided that such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with any Operating Loan Party or the Subsidiary;

(d)Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness permitted hereunder existing at the time of acquisition of the property, or the acquisition of the Person owning such property, by any Operating Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party (including, without limitation, Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness) pursuant to a transaction permitted under this Agreement; provided that such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any assets other than those subject to such acquisition; provided, further that such Liens encumber no other property other than the property so acquired;

(e)Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(f)purchase money security interests (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and other Liens to secure Permitted Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) pursuant to clause (c) or (f), as applicable, and covering only the property, plant or equipment (including, without limitation, rental equipment purchased as inventory held for sale or lease) purchased in accordance with such clause (c) or (f), as applicable and assets reasonably related thereto and the proceeds thereof (or in the case of Capitalized Lease Obligations, acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness);

(g)Liens set forth on Schedule P-2 to this Agreement; provided, that to qualify as a Permitted Lien, any such Lien described on Schedule P-2 shall only secure the Indebtedness that it secures on the Closing Date and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(h)Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges, claims or levies that are (i) permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for amounts that are past due, (ii) not yet due or payable or (iii) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor for any such Liens described in clause (iii) and if enforcement proceedings are commenced in respect of such Liens, such proceedings are not effectively stayed;

(i)Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s, mechanics’ Liens and other like Liens, and customary Liens retained by or granted to carriers, landlords and mechanics under the terms of agreements pursuant to which services are rendered or property is leased by such Persons to any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, either (i) incurred or arising in the ordinary course of business or (ii) for sums not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(j)leases or subleases of real property granted to others that do not materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of any Operating Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(k)survey exceptions, encroachments, set-back lines, encumbrances, deeds, covenants, conditions, use restrictions, easements, reservations of or rights of others affecting title to the property, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, water lines, gas lines, telegraph and telephone lines, storm water, and utility or other similar encumbrances, or building, zoning, land use or other restrictions as to the ownership, use or operation of real property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness

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and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(l)Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Senior Secured Notes Obligations, which Liens that are upon the Collateral are on the terms set forth in the ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement;

(m)Liens to secure any Refinancing Indebtedness permitted under Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that: (i) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof), and (ii) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Refinancing Indebtedness and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge;

(n)Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;

(o)Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual or warranty requirements of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off;

(p)Liens arising from precautionary filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in connection with operating leases or purchase or consignment of goods;

(q)Liens in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including, without limitation, rights of set-off and credit balances) with respect to deposit accounts (as defined under the Uniform Commercial Code) that are within the general parameters customary to the banking industry;

(r)judgment Liens incurred as a result of a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that does not otherwise (i) constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.3 or (ii) give rise to an Event of Default under the Senior Secured Notes Documents, so long as (A) such Liens are adequately bonded and (B) to the extent enforcement of such judgment may be adequately stayed by an applicable appeal or review, any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for such appeal or review of such judgment, shall not have been terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

(s)Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clauses (m) and (aa) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness on assets acquired or on the Equity Interests in and assets of the relevant newly acquired Subsidiary and such Liens are subject to an Intercreditor Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent; provided that no such Lien (i) extends to or covers any other assets (other than the proceeds or products thereof, accessions or additions thereto and improvements thereon) and (ii) was not created in contemplation of the applicable acquisition of assets or Equity Interests;

(t)Liens on Equity Interests deemed to exist in connection with any options, put and call agreements, rights of first refusal and similar rights relating to Investments in Persons that are not Subsidiaries;

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(u)Liens on any assets held by a trustee (i) under any indenture or other debt instrument where the proceeds of the securities issued thereunder are held in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof and (ii) under any indenture pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions;

(v)pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability insurance carriers and Liens on insurance proceeds or unearned premiums incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the financing of insurance premiums;

(w)pledges or deposits under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for payment of Indebtedness) or leases of real property to which any Operating Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Operating Loan Party is a party;

(x)Liens on and pledges of the assets or Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary securing any Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(y)Liens relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft, cash pooling or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(z)Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(aa)Liens incurred by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that at the time any such Lien is incurred, the obligations secured by such Lien, when added to all other obligations secured by Liens incurred pursuant to this clause (aa), shall not exceed the greater of (i) $40,000,000 and (ii) 45.0% of EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available (provided that (i) if such Lien secures Indebtedness for borrowed money, such Lien shall be subordinated to the Lien securing the Obligations pursuant to an Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) such Indebtedness shall not be secured by any assets included in the Borrowing Base);

(bb)[reserved];

(cc)Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement;

(dd)any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Equity Interests of any joint venture, minority investment or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture, shareholder, investor rights or similar agreement;

(ee)Liens on the assets of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (or the Capital Stock thereof) securing Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party solely to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes Permitted Indebtedness;

(ff)Liens that are replacements of Permitted Liens to the extent that the original Indebtedness is the subject of permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and so long as the replacement Liens only encumber those assets that secured the original Indebtedness;

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(gg)Liens assumed by any Operating Loan Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Acquisition that secure Acquired Indebtedness that is Permitted Indebtedness; and

(hh)Liens on any assets (other than any assets included in the Borrowing Base) held by a trustee (i) under any indenture or other debt instrument where the proceeds of the securities issued thereunder are held in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof and (ii) under any indenture pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions.

A Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Liens described in the definition of “Permitted Liens” but may be incurred under any combination of such categories (including in part under one such category and in part under any other such category) and in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of such categories of Liens described in the definition of “Permitted Liens”, the Borrowers, in its sole discretion, may classify or may subsequently reclassify at any time such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that results in compliance with Section 6.2.

Permitted Protest” means the right of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to protest any Lien (other than any Lien that secures the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or taxes that are the subject of a United States federal tax lien), or rental payment; provided, that (a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established on such Loan Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ books and records in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any such protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by such Loan Party or its Subsidiary, as applicable, in good faith, and (c) Agent is satisfied that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no impairment of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of Agent’s Liens.

Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but including Capitalized Lease Obligations), incurred after the Closing Date and at the time of, or within twenty (20) days after, the acquisition of any fixed assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition cost thereof.

Person” means natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, land trusts, business trusts, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.

Platform” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(c) of this Agreement.

Post-Increase Revolver Lenders” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14 of this Agreement.

Pre-Increase Revolver Lenders” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14 of this Agreement.

Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

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Projections” means Parent and its Subsidiaries’ forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a basis consistent with Parent and its Subsidiaries’ historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions.

Pro Rata Share” means, as of any date of determination:

(a)with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make all or a portion of the Revolving Loans, with respect to such Lender’s right to receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect to the Revolving Loans, and with respect to all other computations and other matters related to the Revolver Commitments or the Revolving Loans, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure of such Lender, by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders,

(b)with respect to a Lender’s obligation to participate in the Letters of Credit, with respect to such Lender’s obligation to reimburse Issuing Bank, and with respect to such Lender’s right to receive payments of Letter of Credit Fees, and with respect to all other computations and other matters related to the Letters of Credit, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure of such Lender, by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders; provided, that if all of the Revolving Loans have been repaid in full and all Revolver Commitments have been terminated, but Letters of Credit remain outstanding, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (A) the Letter of Credit Exposure of such Lender, by (B) the Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders, and

(c)with respect to all other matters and for all other matters as to a particular Lender (including the indemnification obligations arising under Section 15.7 of this Agreement), the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure of such Lender, by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders, in any such case as the applicable percentage may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant to Section 13.1 of this Agreement; provided, that if all of the Loans have been repaid in full and all Commitments have been terminated, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (A) the Letter of Credit Exposure of such Lender, by (B) the Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders.

Protective Advances” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(d)(i) of this Agreement.

Public Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(c) of this Agreement.

Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Acquisition, an amount equal to the aggregate consideration, whether cash, property or securities (including the fair market value of any Equity Interests of Parent issued in connection with such Acquisition and including the maximum amount of Earn-Outs), paid or delivered by a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Acquisition (whether paid at the closing thereof or payable thereafter and whether fixed or contingent), but excluding therefrom (a) any cash of the seller and its Affiliates used to fund any portion of such consideration, and (b) any cash or Cash Equivalents acquired in connection with such Acquisition.

QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 5390(c)(8)(D).

QFC Credit Support” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.15 of this Agreement.

Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock.

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Qualified Equity Interests” means and refers to any Equity Interests issued by Parent (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that is not Disqualified Stock.

Real Property” means any estates or interests in real property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries and the improvements thereto.

Receivable Reserves” means, as of any date of determination, those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain (including Landlord Reserves for books and records locations and reserves for rebates, discounts, warranty claims, and returns) with respect to the Eligible Accounts.

Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

Refinancing” means the repayment in full, termination of all commitments, release of all guarantees, and release of all liens under the Existing Credit Facility and any related Loan Documents (as such term is defined in the Existing Credit Facility).

Refinancing Indebtedness” means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as:

(a)such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon and the fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto,

(b)such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the final stated maturity or the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Borrower, are or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,

(c)if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Lender Group as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness,

(d)the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended,

(e)the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended, to the extent guaranteed, is so guaranteed solely by those persons who guaranteed the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended and to the same extent of the guarantee of the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended,

(f)if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended was unsecured, such refinancing, renewal or extension shall be unsecured, and

(g)if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was secured (i) such refinancing, renewal, or extension shall be secured by substantially the same or less collateral as secured

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such refinanced, renewed or extended Indebtedness on terms no less favorable to Agent or the Lender Group and (ii) the Liens securing such refinancing, renewal or extension shall not have a priority more senior than the Liens securing such Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended.

Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(h) of this Agreement.

Registered Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(h) of this Agreement.

Related Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.

Related Taxes” means, without duplication, (1) any franchise or similar taxes (other than, in each case, U.S. federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other taxes imposed on or measured by income or net income and federal, state, local, or other withholding taxes imposed by any government or other taxing authority on payments made by any Parent Entity) required to be paid by any Parent Entity (a) to maintain its corporate existence or (b) by virtue of its being incorporated or having Capital Stock outstanding (but not by virtue of owning stock or other equity interests of any corporation or other entity other than any Loan Party or any of any Loan Party’s Subsidiaries) and (2) if and for so long as any Loan Party is a member of a group filing a consolidated, combined, affiliated, unitary, or similar tax return with any Parent Entity, any U.S. federal, state, or local taxes measured by income for which such Parent Entity is liable up to an amount not to exceed, with respect to U.S. federal taxes, the amount of any such taxes that any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis or on a consolidated basis as if any Loan Party had filed a consolidated return on behalf of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code) consisting only of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, or with respect to state and local taxes, the amount of any such taxes that any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated, combined, unitary, or affiliated basis as if any Loan Party had filed a consolidated, combined, unitary, or affiliated tax return on behalf of such a group consisting only of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries; provided that distributions attributable to the income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be permitted only to the extent that such Unrestricted Subsidiary made distributions to any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary for such purpose.

Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

Remedial Action” means all actions required by Environmental Laws to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) restore or reclaim natural resources or the environment, (d) perform any pre- remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation and maintenance activities, or (e) conduct any other actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.

Replacement Assets” means, on any date, property or assets (other than current assets that are not purchased accounts receivable) of a nature or type or that are used or useful in a Permitted Business (or an Investment in a Permitted Business), which shall include the controlling or majority equity interest in any Person engaged in a Permitted Business.

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Replacement Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.13(b) of this Agreement.

Report” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 15.16 of this Agreement.

Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having or holding more than 50% of the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders; provided, that (a) the Revolving Loan Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Required Lenders, and (b) at any time there are two or more Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another or Defaulting Lenders), “Required Lenders” must include at least two Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).

Requirement of Law” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the Governing Documents of such Person and (b) any statute, law (including common law), treaty, rule, regulation, code, ordinance, order, decree, writ, judgment, injunction or determination of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority (including Environmental Laws), in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Reserves” means, as of any date of determination, Inventory Reserves, Receivables Reserves, Bank Product Reserves, and those other reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), including reserves with respect to (a) sums that any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries are required to pay under any Section of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (such as taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and has failed to pay, and (b) amounts owing by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral (other than a Permitted Lien), which Lien or trust, in the Permitted Discretion of Agent likely would have a priority superior to the Agent’s Liens (such as Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for ad valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where given priority under applicable law) in and to such item of the Collateral.

Responsible Officer” means the president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel, treasurer, chief accounting officer or any other Authorized Person of any Loan Party.

Restricted Payment” means (a) any declaration or payment of any dividend or the making of any other payment or distribution, directly or indirectly, on account of Equity Interests issued by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Parent) or to the direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests issued by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Equity Interests issued by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries), or (b) any purchase, redemption, making of any sinking fund or similar payment, or other acquisition or retirement for value (including in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Parent) of any Equity Interests issued by any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (c) any making of any payment to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Equity Interests of any Operating Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding. For the avoidance of doubt, any dividends, purchase, payment or distribution described in the preceding sentence shall include dividends, purchases, payments or distributions which are not made in the form of cash.

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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Revolver Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, its Revolver Commitment, and, with respect to all Revolving Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Revolving Lender’s name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 to this Agreement or in the Assignment and Assumption or Increase Joinder pursuant to which such Revolving Lender became a Revolving Lender under this Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of this Agreement, and as such amounts may be decreased by the amount of reductions in the Revolver Commitments made in accordance with Section 2.4(c) hereof.

Revolver Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the amount of outstanding Revolving Loans (inclusive of Swing Loans and Protective Advances), plus (b) the amount of the Letter of Credit Usage.

Revolving Lender” means a Lender that has a Revolving Loan Exposure or Letter of Credit Exposure.

Revolving Loan Base Rate Margin” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.

Revolving Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, as of any date of determination (a) prior to the termination of the Revolver Commitments, the amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment, and (b) after the termination of the Revolver Commitments, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans of such Lender.

Revolving Loan SOFR Margin” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.

Revolving Loans” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement.

REVSOFR30” means the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a one (1) month period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first (1st) Business Day of each month, adjusted monthly on the first (1st) Business Day of each month. Any change in the REVSOFR30 Rate shall be effective from and include the effective date of such change.

Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, any Person subject or target of any Sanctions, including (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the U.S. government, including by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or the U.S. Department of Commerce, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) (including, without limitation for purposes of defining a Sanctioned Person, as ownership and control may be defined and/or established in and/or by any applicable laws, rules, regulations, or orders).

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Sanctions” means all economic or financial sanctions, trade embargoes or similar restrictions imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.

S&P” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.

Securities Account” means a securities account (as that term is defined in the Code).

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Senior Secured Notes” means those certain 10.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 issued by Parent pursuant to the Senior Secured Notes Indenture in the original aggregate principal amount of $285,000,000, as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented on or prior to the Closing Date, and as the same may be further amended, restated modified and/or supplemented or refinanced in connection with Refinancing Indebtedness from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

Senior Secured Notes Documents” means any and all agreements and guaranties relating to the Senior Secured Notes, including but not limited to the Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented or refinanced with Refinancing Indebtedness on or prior to the Closing Date, and as the same may be further amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

Senior Secured Notes Indebtedness” means the Indebtedness and the other obligations owing to the Notes Collateral Agent, the trustee under the Senior Secured Notes Indenture and holders of the Senior Secured Notes.

Senior Secured Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, between Parent, the Borrower, as issuer, and US Bank National Association, as trustee and Notes Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented on or prior to the Closing Date, and as the same may be further amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time or refinanced with Refinancing Indebtedness in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

Settlement” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(e)(i) of this Agreement.

Settlement Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(e)(i) of this Agreement.

Similar Business” means (a) any businesses, services or activities engaged in by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any associates on the Closing Date, (b) any businesses, services and activities engaged in by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any associates that are related, complementary, incidental, ancillary or similar to any of the foregoing or are extensions or developments of any thereof, and (c) a Person conducting a business, service or activity specified in clauses (a) and (b), and any Subsidiary thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, any Person that invests in or owns Capital Stock or Indebtedness of another Person that is engaged in a Similar Business shall be deemed to be engaged in a Similar Business.

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SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

SOFR Deadline” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(b)(i) of this Agreement.

SOFR Loan” means each portion of a Revolving Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”).

SOFR Margin” means the Revolving Loan SOFR Margin.

SOFR Notice” means a written notice in the form of Exhibit S to this Agreement.

SOFR Option” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(a) of this Agreement.

Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that (a) at fair valuations, the sum of such Person’s debts (including contingent liabilities) is less than all of such Person’s assets, (b) such Person is not engaged or about to engage in a business or transaction for which the remaining assets of such Person are unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction or for which the property remaining with such Person is an unreasonably small capital, (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or reasonably believe that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise), and (d) such Person is “solvent” or not “insolvent”, as applicable within the meaning given those terms and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).

Specified Client ” means the client, as disclosed to Agent in writing on or prior to the Closing Date.

Specified Contract” means the contract, as identified as the “Specified Contract” and disclosed to Agent in writing on or prior to the Closing Date.

Sponsor” means Parallel49 Equity, ULC, Tricor Pacific Capital Partners (Fund IV), Limited Partnership and Tricor Pacific Capital Partners (Fund IV) US, Limited Partnership, and, in each case, its Affiliates.

Sponsor Affiliated Entity” means Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (other than Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries and other than operating portfolio companies of Sponsor and its Affiliates).

Standard Letter of Credit Practice” means, for Issuing Bank, any domestic or foreign law or letter of credit practices applicable in the city in which Issuing Bank issued the applicable Letter of Credit or, for its branch or correspondent, such laws and practices applicable in the city in which it has advised, confirmed or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, in each case, (a) which letter of credit

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practices are of banks that regularly issue letters of credit in the particular city, and (b) which laws or letter of credit practices are required or permitted under ISP or UCP, as chosen in the applicable Letter of Credit.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries incurred from time to time that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and is subject to a Subordination Agreement or contains terms and conditions of subordination that are acceptable to Agent.

Subordination Agreement” means any subordination agreement in favor of Agent with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness, which subordination agreement shall be in form and content acceptable to Agent.

Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity.

Supermajority Lenders” means, at any time, Revolving Lenders having or holding more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Revolving Lenders; provided, that (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Supermajority Lenders, and (ii) at any time there are two or more Revolving Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another), “Supermajority Lenders” must include at least two Revolving Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another or Defaulting Lenders).

Supported QFC” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.15 of this Agreement.

Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Swing Lender” means JPMorgan or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrowers and with the consent of Agent agrees, in such Lender’s sole discretion, to become the Swing Lender under Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.

Swing Loan” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(b)(i) of this Agreement.

Swing Loan Exposure” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Swing Loans on such date.

Taxes” means any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto.

Tax Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 14.2(a) of this Agreement.

Term SOFR” means,

(a)for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR

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Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and

(b)for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day.

Term SOFR Adjustment” means, for any calculation, a percentage per annum of 0.10%.

Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by Agent in its reasonable discretion).

Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

Trademark Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, the incurrence of Loans on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof, (b) the consummation of the transactions in respect of the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes, (c) the Refinancing and (d) the payment of all fees and expenses required to be paid by the Loan Parties in connection with the foregoing in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and the Senior Secured Notes Documents.

UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits 2007 Revision, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 and any version or revision thereof accepted by Issuing Bank for use.

U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (or any successor thereto) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities; provided, that for purposes of notice requirements in Sections 2.3(a), 2.3(c) and 2.12(b), in each case, such day is also a Business Day.

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

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Unfinanced Capital Expenditures” means, for any fiscal period, Capital Expenditures (a)

(i) not financed with the proceeds of any incurrence of Indebtedness (other than the incurrence of any Revolving Loans), the proceeds of any sale or issuance of Equity Interests or equity contributions, the proceeds of any asset sale (other than the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business) or any insurance proceeds or (ii) financed with any such proceeds described in the preceding clause (a)(i) to the extent such proceeds are neither received by, nor originally credited to, the Person making such Capital Expenditures within ninety (90) days of the date such Capital Expenditures are actually made, and (b) that are not reimbursed by a third person (excluding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates) in the period such expenditures are made pursuant to a written agreement.

United States” means the United States of America.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent (and any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary) that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Parent, as the case may be, as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and a written notice delivered to the Agent in accordance with Section 11, so long as such Subsidiary:

(a)

is not a Borrower or a Designated Subsidiary Guarantor;

(b)

has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

(c)has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than through the pledge of Equity Interests in such Unrestricted Subsidiary);

(d)is substantially simultaneously designated as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under the Senior Secured Notes Indenture (and, to the extent applicable, any other agreement governing Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Secured Notes);

(e)such designation is deemed to be an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount equal to the fair market value (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrowers) as of the date of such designation of the Parent’s direct and indirect ownership interest in such Subsidiary and such Investment would be a Permitted Investment under clause (n) of the definition thereof;

(f)

does not hold any Equity Interests in, or any Indebtedness of, any Loan Party; and

(g)does not own or exclusively license Intellectual Property that is material to the business of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Borrower.

Unused Line Fee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.10(b) of this Agreement.

U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.15 of this Agreement.

Voidable Transfer” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.8 of this Agreement.

Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Equity Interests of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

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Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary” means a Domestic Subsidiary of Parent, all of the Equity Interests of which is owned by a Borrower or a Guarantor.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of Parent, all of the Equity Interests of which is owned by a Borrower or a Guarantor.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

1.2Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP; provided, that if Administrative Borrower notifies Agent that Borrowers request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if Agent notifies Administrative Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such Accounting Change or in the application thereof, then Agent and Borrowers agree that they will negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that are directly affected by such Accounting Change with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and Borrowers after such Accounting Change conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions immediately before such Accounting Change took effect and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon and agreed to by the Required Lenders, the provisions in this Agreement shall be calculated as if no such Accounting Change had occurred. When used herein, the term “financial statements” shall include the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the term “Parent” or “Borrowers” is used in respect of a financial covenant or a related definition, it shall be understood to mean the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (a) all financial statements delivered hereunder shall be prepared, and all financial covenants contained herein shall be calculated, without giving effect to any election under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 825 (or any similar accounting principle) permitting a Person to value its financial liabilities or Indebtedness at the fair value thereof, and (b) the term “unqualified opinion” as used herein to refer to opinions or reports provided by accountants shall mean an opinion or report that is (i) unqualified, and (ii) does not include any explanation, supplemental comment, or other comment concerning the ability of the applicable Person to continue as a going concern or concerning the scope of the audit.

1.3Code. Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein; provided, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in different Articles of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article 9 of the Code shall govern.

1.4Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,

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modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Obligations shall mean (a) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of (i) the principal amount of, and interest accrued and unpaid with respect to, all outstanding Loans, together with the payment of any premium applicable to the repayment of the Loans, (ii) all Lender Group Expenses that have accrued and are unpaid regardless of whether demand has been made therefor, and (iii) all fees or charges that have accrued hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including the Letter of Credit Fee and the Unused Line Fee) and are unpaid, (b) in the case of contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization, (c) in the case of obligations with respect to Bank Products (other than Hedge Obligations), providing Bank Product Collateralization, (d) the receipt by Agent of cash collateral in order to secure any other contingent Obligations for which a claim or demand for payment has been made on or prior to such time or in respect of matters or circumstances known to Agent or a Lender at such time that are reasonably expected to result in any loss, cost, damage, or expense (including attorneys’ fees and legal expenses), such cash collateral to be in such amount as Agent reasonably determines is appropriate to secure such contingent Obligations, (e) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of all other outstanding Obligations (including the payment of any termination amount then applicable (or which would or could become applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Obligations) under Hedge Agreements provided by Hedge Providers) other than (i) unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations, (ii) any Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations) that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid or cash collateralized, and (iii) any Hedge Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Hedge Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid, and (f) the termination of all of the Commitments of the Lenders. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.

1.5Time References. Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, all references to time of day refer to Eastern standard time or Eastern daylight saving time, as in effect in New York, New York on such day. For purposes of the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, unless otherwise expressly provided, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to and including”; provided, that with respect to a computation of fees or interest payable to Agent or any Lender, such period shall in any event consist of at least one full day.

1.6Schedules and Exhibits. All of the schedules and exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.

1.7Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

1.8Certain Conditions. For purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of EBITDA (including, without limitation, tests measured as a percentage of EBITDA), Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or Excess Availability with respect to any

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transaction, if such transaction was permitted under this Agreement based on such calculations as of the date of such transaction, such transactions shall not constitute an Event of Default due to the fact that the applicable test is not met in any subsequent period.

1.9Rates. Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any then-current Benchmark or any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement), as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(iii), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to a Borrower. Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

2.

LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.

2.1Revolving Loans.

(a)Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during the term of this Agreement, each Revolving Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make revolving loans (“Revolving Loans”) to Borrowers in an amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the lesser of:

(i)

such Lender’s Revolver Commitment, or

(ii)

such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser of:

(A)the amount equal to (1) the Maximum Revolver Amount, less (2) the sum of (y) the Letter of Credit Usage at such time, plus (z) the principal amount of Swing Loans outstanding at such time, and

(B)the amount equal to (1) the Borrowing Base as of such date (based upon the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrowers to Agent, as adjusted for Reserves established by Agent in accordance with Section 2.1(c)), less (2) the sum of (x) the Letter of Credit Usage at such time, plus (y) the principal amount of Swing Loans outstanding at such time.

(b)Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1 may be repaid and, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, reborrowed at any time during the term of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) SOFR Loans outstanding. The outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans,

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together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon, shall constitute Obligations and shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which they otherwise become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(c)Anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1 notwithstanding, Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) at any time, in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, to establish and increase or decrease Reserves against the Borrowing Base or the Maximum Revolver Amount. The amount of any Reserve established by Agent, and any changes to the eligibility criteria set forth in the definitions of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory and Eligible In-Transit Inventory shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition, other circumstance, or fact that is the basis for such reserve or change in eligibility and shall not be duplicative of any other reserve established and currently maintained or eligibility criteria. Upon establishment or increase in Reserves, Agent agrees to make itself available to discuss the Reserve or increase, and Borrowers may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition, circumstance, or fact that is the basis for such reserve or increase no longer exists, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion. In no event shall such opportunity limit the right of Agent to establish or change such Reserve, unless Agent shall have determined, in its Permitted Discretion, that the event, condition, other circumstance, or fact that was the basis for such Reserve or such change no longer exists or has otherwise been adequately addressed by Borrowers.

2.2[Reserved].

2.3Borrowing Procedures and Settlements.

(a)Procedure for Borrowing Revolving Loans. Each Borrowing shall be made by submitting a Borrowing Request to Agent (which may be delivered through Agent’s Electronic System) and received by Agent no later than 2:00 p.m. (i) on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date in the case of a request for a Base Rate Loan, and (ii) on the U.S. Government Securities Business Day that is three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the requested Funding Date in the case of a request for a SOFR Loan, specifying (A) the amount of such Borrowing, and (B) the requested Funding Date (which shall be a Business Day); provided, that Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to accept as timely requests that are received later than 2:00 p.m. on the applicable Business Day or U.S. Government Securities Business Day, as applicable. All Borrowing requests which are not made on-line via Agent’s Electronic System shall be subject to (and unless Agent elects otherwise in the exercise of its sole discretion, such Borrowings shall not be made until the completion of) Agent’s authentication process (with results satisfactory to Agent) prior to the funding of any such requested Revolving Loan.

(b)

Making of Swing Loans.

(i)The Agent, the Swing Lender and the Revolving Lenders agree that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, promptly after the Borrowers request a Borrowing, the Swing Lender may elect to have the terms of this Section 2.3(b)(i) apply to such Borrowing request by advancing, on behalf of the Revolving Lenders and in the amount requested, same day funds to the Borrowers on the date of the applicable Borrowing to the Loan Account (each such Loan made solely by the Swing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(i) is referred to in this Agreement as a “Swing Loan”), with settlement among them as to the Swing Loans to take place on a periodic basis as set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i). Each Swing Loan shall be subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to other Loans funded by the Revolving Lenders, except that all payments thereon shall be payable to the Swing Lender solely for its own account. The Swing Lender shall not make any Swing Loan if the requested Swing Loan exceeds Excess Availability (before or after giving effect to such Swing Loan).

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(ii)Upon the making of a Swing Loan (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default and regardless of whether a Settlement has been requested with respect to such Swing Loan), each Revolving Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Swing Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Swing Loan equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Swing Loan. The Swing Lender may, at any time, require the Revolving Lenders to fund their participations. From and after the date, if any, on which any Revolving Lender is required to fund its participation in any Swing Loan purchased hereunder, the Agent shall promptly distribute to such Revolving Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Agent in respect of such Swing Loan.

(iii)The Agent, on behalf of the Swing Lender, shall request settlement (a “Settlement”) with the Revolving Lenders on at least a weekly basis or on any date that the Agent elects, by notifying the Revolving Lenders of such requested Settlement by facsimile, telephone, or e-mail no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of such requested Settlement (the “Settlement Date”). Each Revolving Lender (other than the Swing Lender, in the case of the Swing Loans) shall transfer the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding principal amount of the applicable Loan with respect to which Settlement is requested to the Agent, to such account of the Agent as the Agent may designate, not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time), on such Settlement Date. Settlements may occur during the existence of a Default and whether or not the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 have then been satisfied. Such amounts transferred to the Agent shall be applied against the amounts of the Swing Lender’s Swing Loans and, together with Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swing Loan, shall constitute Revolving Loans of such Revolving Lenders, respectively. If any such amount is not transferred to the Agent by any Revolving Lender on such Settlement Date, the Swing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender on demand such amount, together with interest thereon, as specified in Section 2.3(c)(i).

(c)

Making of Revolving Loans.

(i)In the event that Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan, then after receipt of a request for a Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(a)(i), Agent shall notify the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, through Electronic System, of the requested Borrowing; such notification to be sent on the Business Day or U.S. Government Securities Business Day, as applicable, that is (A) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, prior to 2:00 p.m. on the requested Funding Date, or (B) in the case of a SOFR Loan, prior to 2:00 p.m. at least three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the requested Funding Date. If Agent has notified the Lenders of a requested Borrowing on the Business Day that is one Business Day prior to the Funding Date, then each Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agent’s Account, not later than(x) 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date in the case of a Base Rate Loan and (y) 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date in the case of a SOFR Loan. After Agent’s receipt of the proceeds of such Revolving Loans from the Lenders, Agent shall make the proceeds thereof available to Borrowers on the applicable Funding Date by transferring immediately available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent to the Designated Account; provided, that subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(d)(ii), no Lender shall have an obligation to make any Revolving Loan, if

(1) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing unless such condition has been waived, or (2) the requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on such Funding Date.

(ii)Unless Agent receives notice from a Lender prior to 12:30 p.m. on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date relative to a requested Borrowing as to which Agent has notified the Lenders of a requested Borrowing that such Lender will not make available as and when required hereunder to Agent for the account of Borrowers the amount of that Lender’s Pro Rata Share of

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the Borrowing, Agent may assume that each Lender has made or will make such amount available to Agent in immediately available funds on the Funding Date and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrowers a corresponding amount. If, on the requested Funding Date, any Lender shall not have remitted the full amount that it is required to make available to Agent in immediately available funds and if Agent has made available to Borrowers such amount on the requested Funding Date, then such Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agent’s Account, no later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day that is the first Business Day after the requested Funding Date (in which case, the interest accrued on such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing for the Funding Date shall be for Agent’s separate account). If any Lender shall not remit the full amount that it is required to make available to Agent in immediately available funds as and when required hereby and if Agent has made available to Borrowers such amount, then that Lender shall be obligated to immediately remit such amount to Agent, together with interest at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day until the date on which such amount is so remitted. A notice submitted by Agent to any Lender with respect to amounts owing under this Section 2.3(c)(ii) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If the amount that a Lender is required to remit is made available to Agent, then such payment to Agent shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan for all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is not made available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding Date, Agent will notify Administrative Borrower of such failure to fund and, upon demand by Agent, Borrowers shall pay such amount to Agent for Agent’s account, together with interest thereon for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Revolving Loans composing such Borrowing.

(d)

Protective Advances and Optional Overadvances.

(i)Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document notwithstanding (but subject to Section 2.3(d)(iv)), at any time (A) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 are not satisfied, Agent hereby is authorized by Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time, in Agent’s sole discretion, to make Revolving Loans to, or for the benefit of, Borrowers, on behalf of the Revolving Lenders, that Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or (2) to enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) (the Revolving Loans described in this Section 2.3(d)(i) shall be referred to as “Protective Advances”). Agent’s authorization to make Protective Advances may be revoked at any time by the Required Lenders delivering written notice of such revocation to Agent. Any such revocation shall become effective prospectively upon Agent’s receipt thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of all Protective Advances outstanding at any one time shall not exceed 10% of the Borrowing Base.

(ii)Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document notwithstanding, the Lenders hereby authorize Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, and either Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, may, but is not obligated to, knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans) to Borrowers notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists or would be created thereby, so long as (A) after giving effect to such Revolving Loans, the outstanding Revolver Usage does not exceed the Borrowing Base by more than 10% of the Borrowing Base, and (B) subject to Section 2.3(d)(iv) below, after giving effect to such Revolving Loans, the outstanding Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) does not exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount. In the event Agent obtains actual knowledge that the Revolver Usage exceeds the amounts permitted by this Section 2.3(d), regardless of the amount of, or reason for, such excess, Agent shall notify the Lenders as soon as practicable (and prior to making any (or any additional) intentional Overadvances (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) unless Agent determines that prior notice would

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result in imminent harm to the Collateral or its value, in which case Agent may make such Overadvances and provide notice as promptly as practicable thereafter), and the Lenders with Revolver Commitments thereupon shall, together with Agent, jointly determine the terms of arrangements that shall be implemented with Borrowers intended to reduce, within a reasonable time, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans to Borrowers to an amount permitted by the preceding sentence. In such circumstances, if any Lender with a Revolver Commitment objects to the proposed terms of reduction or repayment of any Overadvance, the terms of reduction or repayment thereof shall be implemented according to the determination of the Required Lenders. In any event, if any Overadvance not otherwise made or permitted pursuant to this Section 2.3(d)(ii) remains outstanding for more than 30 days, unless otherwise agreed to by the Required Lenders, Borrowers shall immediately repay Revolving Loans in an amount sufficient to eliminate all such Overadvances not otherwise made or permitted to this Section 2.3(d). The foregoing provisions are meant for the benefit of the Lenders and Agent and are not meant for the benefit of Borrowers, which shall continue to be bound by the provisions of Section 2.4(e). Agent’s and Swing Lender’s authorization to make intentional Overadvances may be revoked at any time by the Required Lenders delivering written notice of such revocation to Agent. Any such revocation shall become effective prospectively upon Agent’s receipt thereof.

(iii)Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance (each, an “Extraordinary Advance”) shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder, except that no Extraordinary Advance shall be eligible to be a SOFR Loan. Prior to Settlement of any Extraordinary Advance, all payments with respect thereto, including interest thereon, shall be payable to Agent solely for its own account. Each Revolving Lender shall be obligated to settle with Agent as provided in Section 2.3(e) (or Section 2.3(g), as applicable) for the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Extraordinary Advance. The Extraordinary Advances shall be repayable on demand, secured by Agent’s Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans. The provisions of this Section 2.3(d) are for the exclusive benefit of Agent, Swing Lender, and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit Borrowers (or any other Loan Party) in any way.

(iv)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, no Extraordinary Advance may be made by Agent if such Extraordinary Advance would cause the aggregate Revolver Usage to exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount or any Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolver Usage to exceed such Lender’s Revolver Commitments; provided, that Agent may make Extraordinary Advances in excess of the foregoing limitations so long as such Extraordinary Advances that cause the aggregate Revolver Usage to exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount or a Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolver Usage to exceed such Lender’s Revolver Commitments are for Agent’s sole and separate account and not for the account of any Lender. No Lender shall have an obligation to settle with Agent for such Extraordinary Advances that cause the aggregate Revolver Usage to exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount or a Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolver Usage to exceed such Lender’s Revolver Commitments as provided in Section 2.3(e) (or Section 2.3(g), as applicable).

(e)Settlement. It is agreed that each Lender’s funded portion of the Revolving Loans is intended by the Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Revolving Loans. Such agreement notwithstanding, Agent, Swing Lender, and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of Borrowers) that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among the Lenders as to the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:

(i)Agent shall request settlement (“Settlement”) with the Lenders on a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by Agent in its sole discretion (1) on behalf of Swing Lender, with respect to the outstanding Swing Loans, (2) for itself, with respect to the outstanding

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Extraordinary Advances, and (3) with respect to any Loan Party’s or any of their Subsidiaries’ payments or other amounts received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement (the date of such requested Settlement being the “Settlement Date”). Such notice of a Settlement Date shall include a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) for the period since the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein (including Section 2.3(g)): (y) if the amount of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) made by a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender exceeds such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) as of a Settlement Date, then Agent shall, by no later than 3:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a Deposit Account of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances), and (z) if the amount of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) made by a Lender is less than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) as of a Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later than 3:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date transfer in immediately available funds to Agent’s Account, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon transfer of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances). Such amounts made available to Agent under clause (z) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable Swing Loans or Extraordinary Advances and, together with the portion of such Swing Loans or Extraordinary Advances representing Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, shall constitute Revolving Loans of such Lenders. If any such amount is not made available to Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof, Agent shall be entitled to recover for its account such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate.

(ii)In determining whether a Lender’s balance of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) is less than, equal to, or greater than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part of the relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of payments actually received in good funds by Agent with respect to principal, interest, fees payable by Borrowers and allocable to the Lenders hereunder, and proceeds of Collateral.

(iii)Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent Extraordinary Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, any payments or other amounts received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Revolving Loans, for application to the Extraordinary Advances or Swing Loans. Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent no Extraordinary Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Swing Lender any payments or other amounts received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Revolving Loans, for application to Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans. If, as of any Settlement Date, payments or other amounts of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries received since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have been applied to Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans other than to Swing Loans, as provided for in the previous sentence, Swing Lender shall pay to Agent for the accounts of the Lenders, and Agent shall pay to the Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender if Agent has implemented the provisions of Section 2.3(g)), to be applied to the outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lenders, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans. During the period between Settlement Dates, Swing Lender with respect to Swing Loans, Agent with respect to Extraordinary Advances, and each Lender with respect to the Revolving Loans other than Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances, shall be entitled to interest at

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the applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on the daily amount of funds employed by Swing Lender, Agent, or the Lenders, as applicable.

(iv)Anything in this Section 2.3(e) to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Agent shall be entitled to refrain from remitting settlement amounts to the Defaulting Lender and, instead, shall be entitled to elect to implement the provisions set forth in Section 2.3(g).

(f)Notation. Consistent with Section 13.1(h), Agent, as a non-fiduciary agent for Borrowers, shall maintain a register showing the principal amount and stated interest of the Revolving Loans, owing to each Lender, including the Swing Loans owing to Swing Lender, and Extraordinary Advances owing to Agent, and the interests therein of each Lender, from time to time and such register shall, absent manifest error, conclusively be presumed to be correct and accurate.

(g)

Defaulting Lenders.

(i)Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.4(b)(iii), Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any payments made by Borrowers to Agent for the Defaulting Lender’s benefit or any proceeds of Collateral that would otherwise be remitted hereunder to the Defaulting Lender, and, in the absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Agent shall transfer any such payments (A) first, to Agent to the extent of any Extraordinary Advances that were made by Agent and that were required to be, but were not, paid by Defaulting Lender, (B) second, to Swing Lender to the extent of any Swing Loans that were made by Swing Lender and that were required to be, but were not, paid by the Defaulting Lender, (C) third, to Issuing Bank, to the extent of the portion of a Letter of Credit Disbursement that was required to be, but was not, paid by the Defaulting Lender, (D) fourth, to each Non-Defaulting Lender ratably in accordance with their Commitments (but, in each case, only to the extent that such Defaulting Lender’s portion of a Revolving Loan (or other funding obligation) was funded by such other Non-Defaulting Lender), (E) fifth, in Agent’s sole discretion, to a suspense account maintained by Agent, the proceeds of which shall be retained by Agent and may be made available to be re-advanced to or for the benefit of Borrowers (upon the request of Borrowers and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.2) as if such Defaulting Lender had made its portion of Revolving Loans (or other funding obligations) hereunder, and (F) sixth, from and after the date on which all other Obligations have been paid in full, to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with tier (L) of Section 2.4(b)(iii). Subject to the foregoing, Agent may hold and, in its discretion, re-lend to Borrowers for the account of such Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to the Loan Documents (including the calculation of Pro Rata Share in connection therewith) and for the purpose of calculating the fee payable under Section 2.10(b), such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a “Lender” and such Lender’s Commitment shall be deemed to be zero; provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to any of the matters governed by Section 14.1(a)(i) through (iii). The provisions of this Section 2.3(g) shall remain effective with respect to such Defaulting Lender until the earlier of (y) the date on which all of the Non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, Issuing Bank, and Borrowers shall have waived, in writing, the application of this Section 2.3(g) to such Defaulting Lender, or (z) the date on which such Defaulting Lender makes payment of all amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, pays to Agent all amounts owing by Defaulting Lender in respect of the amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, and, if requested by Agent, provides adequate assurance of its ability to perform its future obligations hereunder (on which earlier date, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any remaining cash collateral held by Agent pursuant to Section 2.3(g)(ii) shall be released to Borrowers). The operation of this Section 2.3(g) shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the performance by any Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder to Agent, Issuing Bank, or to the

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Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender. Any failure by a Defaulting Lender to fund amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this Agreement and shall entitle Borrowers, at their option, upon written notice to Agent, to arrange for a substitute Lender to assume the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, such substitute Lender to be reasonably acceptable to Agent. In connection with the arrangement of such a substitute Lender, the Defaulting Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder, and agrees to execute and deliver a completed form of Assignment and Assumption in favor of the substitute Lender (and agrees that it shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such document if it fails to do so) subject only to being paid its share of the outstanding Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations, but including (1) all interest, fees, and other amounts that may be due and payable in respect thereof, and (2) an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of its participation in the Letters of Credit); provided, that any such assumption of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of the Lender Groups’ or Borrowers’ rights or remedies against any such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to such failure to fund. In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.3(g) and any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.3(g) shall control and govern.

(ii)If any Swing Loan or Letter of Credit is outstanding at the time that a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then:

(A)such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Loan Exposure and Letter of Credit Exposure shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares but only to the extent (x) the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Pro Rata Share of Revolver Usage plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Loan Exposure and Letter of Credit Exposure does not exceed the total of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolver Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 are satisfied at such time;

(B)if the reallocation described in clause (A) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, Borrowers shall within one Business Day following notice by the Agent (x) first, prepay such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Loan Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (A) above), and (y) second, cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (A) above), pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, for so long as such Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding; provided, that Borrowers shall not be obligated to cash collateralize any Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure if such Defaulting Lender is also Issuing Bank;

(C)if Borrowers cash collateralize any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to this Section 2.3(g)(ii), Borrowers shall not be required to pay any Letter of Credit Fees to Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.6(b) with respect to such cash collateralized portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period such Letter of Credit Exposure is cash collateralized;

(D)to the extent the Letter of Credit Exposure of the Non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.3(g)(ii), then the Letter of Credit Fees payable to the Non- Defaulting Lenders pursuant to Section 2.6(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Letter of Credit Exposure;

(E)to the extent any Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is neither cash collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.3(g)(ii), then, without prejudice to any

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rights or remedies of Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit Fees that would have otherwise been payable to such Defaulting Lender under Section 2.6(b) with respect to such portion of such Letter of Credit Exposure shall instead be payable to Issuing Bank until such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is cash collateralized or reallocated;

(F)so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Lender shall not be required to make any Swing Loan and Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend, or increase any Letter of Credit, in each case, to the extent (x) the Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swing Loans or Letter of Credit cannot be reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.3(g)(ii), or (y) the Swing Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has not otherwise entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Swing Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, and Borrowers to eliminate the Swing Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s participation in Swing Loans or Letters of Credit; and

(G)Agent may release any cash collateral provided by Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.3(g)(ii) to Issuing Bank and Issuing Bank may apply any such cash collateral to the payment of such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement that is not reimbursed by Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.11(d). Subject to Section 17.14, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(h)Independent Obligations. All Revolving Loans (other than Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. It is understood that (i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligation to make any Revolving Loan (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder.

2.4

Payments; Reductions of Commitments; Prepayments.

(a)

Payments by Borrowers.

(i)Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrowers shall be made to Agent’s Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 4:30 p.m. on the date specified herein; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any payments deposited into a Controlled Account (as defined the Guaranty and Security Agreement) shall be deemed not to be received by Agent on any Business Day unless immediately available funds have been credited to Agent’s Account prior to 4:30 p.m. on such Business Day. Any payment received by Agent in immediately available funds in Agent’s Account later than 4:30 p.m. shall be deemed to have been received (unless Agent, in its sole discretion, elects to credit it on the date received) on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue until such following Business Day.

(ii)Unless Agent receives notice from Borrowers prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders that Borrowers will not make such payment in full as and when required, Agent may assume that Borrowers have made (or will make) such payment in full to Agent on such date in immediately available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent Borrowers do not make such payment in full to Agent on the date when due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender, together with interest

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thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date repaid.

(b)

Apportionment and Application.

(i)So long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all principal and interest payments received by Agent shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each Lender) and all payments of fees and expenses received by Agent (other than fees or expenses that are for Agent’s separate account or for the separate account of Issuing Bank) shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of Commitment or Obligation to which a particular fee or expense relates.

(ii)Subject to Section 2.4(b)(v), Section 2.4(d)(ii), and Section 2.4(e), and subject to the ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, all payments to be made hereunder by Borrowers shall be remitted to Agent and all such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, shall be applied, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, to reduce the balance of the Revolving Loans outstanding and, thereafter, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.

(iii)At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, and subject to the ABL/Notes Intercreditor Agreement, all payments remitted to Agent and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent shall be applied as follows:

(A)first, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to Agent under the Loan Documents and to pay interest and principal on Extraordinary Advances that are held solely by Agent pursuant to the terms of Section 2.3(d)(iv), until paid in full,

(B)second, to pay any fees or premiums then due to Agent under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,

(C)

third, to pay interest due in respect of all Protective Advances, until paid in full,

(D)fourth, to pay the principal of all Protective Advances, until paid in full,

(E)fifth, ratably, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,

(F)sixth, ratably, to pay any fees or premiums then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,

(G)

seventh, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Swing Loans, until paid in full,

(H)

eighth, to pay the principal of all Swing Loans, until paid in full,

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(I)ninth, ratably, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Revolving Loans (other than Protective Advances and Swing Loans, until paid in full),

(J)

tenth,

i.ratably, to pay the principal of all Revolving Loans (other than Protective Advances and Swing Loans) until paid in full,

ii.to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Bank (and for the ratable benefit of each of the Lenders that have an obligation to pay to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, a share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement), as cash collateral in an amount up to 105% of the Letter of Credit Usage (to the extent permitted by applicable law, such cash collateral shall be applied to the reimbursement of any Letter of Credit Disbursement as and when such disbursement occurs and, if a Letter of Credit expires undrawn, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Letter of Credit shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be reapplied pursuant to this Section 2.4(b)(iii), beginning with tier (A) hereof),

iii.ratably, up to the amount (after taking into account any amounts previously paid pursuant to this clause iii. during the continuation of the applicable Application Event) of the most recently established Bank Product Reserve, which amount was established prior to the occurrence of, and not in contemplation of, the subject Application Event, (after taking into account any amounts previously paid pursuant to this clause iii. during the continuation of the applicable Application Event), to (I) the Bank Product Providers based upon amounts then certified by each applicable Bank Product Provider to Agent (in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) to be due and payable to such Bank Product Provider on account of Bank Product Obligations (but not in excess of the Bank Product Reserve established for the Bank Product Obligations of such Bank Product Provider), and (II) with any balance to be paid to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Bank Product Providers, as cash collateral (which cash collateral may be released by Agent to the applicable Bank Product Provider and applied by such Bank Product Provider to the payment or reimbursement of any amounts due and payable with respect to Bank Product Obligations owed to the applicable Bank Product Provider as and when such amounts first become due and payable) and, if and at such time as all such Bank Product Obligations are paid or otherwise satisfied in full, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Bank Product Obligations shall be reapplied pursuant to this Section 2.4(b)(iii), beginning with tier (A) hereof

(K)eleventh, to pay any other Obligations other than Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders (including being paid, ratably, to the Bank Product Providers on account of all amounts then due and payable in respect of Bank Product Obligations, with any balance to be paid to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Bank Product Providers, as cash collateral) (which cash collateral may be released by Agent to the applicable Bank Product Provider and applied by such Bank Product Provider to the payment or reimbursement of any amounts due and payable with respect to Bank Product Obligations owed to the applicable Bank Product Provider as and when such amounts first become due and payable and, if and at such time as all such Bank Product Obligations are paid or otherwise satisfied in full, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Bank Product Obligations shall be reapplied pursuant to this Section 2.4(b)(iii), beginning with tier (A) hereof),

(L)

twelfth, ratably to pay any Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders; and

(M)thirteenth, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.

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(iv)Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable wire instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to receive, subject to a Settlement delay as provided in Section 2.3(e).

(v)In each instance, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, Section 2.4(b)(ii) shall not apply to any payment made by Borrowers to Agent and specified by Borrowers to be for the payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(vi)For purposes of Section 2.4(b)(iii), “paid in full” of a type of Obligation means payment in cash or immediately available funds of all amounts owing on account of such type of Obligation, including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, irrespective of whether any of the foregoing would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding.

(vii)In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.4 and any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, if the conflict relates to the provisions of Section 2.3(g) and this Section 2.4, then the provisions of Section 2.3(g) shall control and govern, and if otherwise, then the terms and provisions of this Section 2.4 shall control and govern.

(c)Reduction of Commitments. The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date or earlier termination thereof pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Borrowers may reduce the Revolver Commitments, without premium or penalty, to an amount (which may be zero) not less than the sum of (A) the Revolver Usage as of such date, plus (B) the principal amount of all Revolving Loans not yet made as to which a request has been given by Borrowers under Section 2.3(a), plus (C) the amount of all Letters of Credit not yet issued as to which a request has been given by Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.11(a). Each such reduction shall be in an amount which is not less than $1,000,000 (unless the Revolver Commitments are being reduced to zero and the amount of the Revolver Commitments in effect immediately prior to such reduction are less than $1,000,000), shall be made by providing not less than five Business Days prior written notice to Agent, which such notice may be revoked until such time as the applicable such reduction has taken effect and been reflected in the Agent’s systems of record. The Revolver Commitments, once reduced, may not be increased. Each such reduction of the Revolver Commitments shall reduce the Revolver Commitments of each Lender proportionately in accordance with its ratable share thereof. In connection with any reduction in the Revolver Commitments prior to the Maturity Date, if any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Margin Stock, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent an updated Form U-1 (with sufficient additional originals thereof for each Lender), duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers, together with such other documentation as Agent shall reasonably request, in order to enable Agent and the Lenders to comply with any of the requirements under Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors.

(d)Optional Prepayments. Borrowers may prepay the principal of any Revolving Loan at any time in whole or in part, without premium or penalty but subject to Section 2.17 and delivery of a written notification to the Agent through Electronic System, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Agent, of any prepayment hereunder not later than (i) 11:00 a.m. (A) in the case of prepayment of a SOFR Loan, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment or (B) in the case of prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, one (1) Business Day before the date of prepayment or (ii) noon on the date of prepayment, in the case of prepayment of a Swing Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Loan or portion thereof to be prepaid.

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Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Loan, the Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.

(e)

Mandatory Prepayments.

(i)Borrowing Base. If, at any time, (A) a Line Deficiency exists, in all cases as adjusted for Reserves established by Agent in accordance with Section 2.1(c), then Borrowers shall promptly, but in any event, within one Business Day, prepay the outstanding principal of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.4(f) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such excess.

(ii)

[Reserved].

(iii)Dispositions. Immediately upon any sale or other disposition of ABL Priority Collateral not in the ordinary course of business by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or not otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 6.4, if a Cash Dominion Period exists, Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.4(f) in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the net cash proceeds received by such Person in connection with such sale or disposition.

(iv)Extraordinary Receipts. Within one Business Day of the date of receipt by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts in excess of $500,000, if a Cash Dominion Period exists, Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.4(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of such Extraordinary Receipts, net of any reasonable expenses incurred in collecting such Extraordinary Receipts.

(v)Indebtedness. Upon the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness), Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.4(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of such proceeds. The provisions of this Section 2.4(e)(v) shall not be deemed to be implied consent to any such incurrence otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.

(f)

Application of Payments.

(i)Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(i) shall, (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans until paid in full, and second, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then outstanding Letter of Credit Usage, and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.4(b)(iii).

(ii)Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(iii), 2.4(e)(iv), or 2.4(e)(v) shall (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans (with a corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount), until paid in full, and second, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then outstanding Letter of Credit Usage (without a corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount); provided that such cash collateral shall be returned to Borrowers promptly if an Overadvance does not exist (or after an Overadvance no longer exists) upon delivery to Agent of a written request of Administrative Borrower requesting the return of such cash collateral, and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.4(b)(iii).

2.5Promise to Pay; Promissory Notes.

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(a)Borrowers agree to pay the Lender Group Expenses on the earlier of (i) the first day of the month following the date on which the applicable Lender Group Expenses were first incurred, or (ii) five (5) days after the date on which demand therefor is made by Agent (it being acknowledged and agreed that any charging of such costs, expenses or Lender Group Expenses to the Loan Account pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.6(d) shall be deemed to constitute a demand for payment thereof for the purposes of this subclause (ii)). Borrowers promise to pay all of the Obligations (including principal, interest, premiums, if any, fees, costs, and expenses (including Lender Group Expenses)) in full on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Borrowers agree that their obligations contained in the first sentence of this Section 2.5(a) shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other Obligations.

(b)Any Lender may request that any portion of its Commitments or the Loans made by it be evidenced by one or more promissory notes. In such event, Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender the requested promissory notes payable to the order of such Lender in a form furnished by Agent and reasonably satisfactory to Borrowers. Thereafter, the portion of the Commitments and Loans evidenced by such promissory notes and interest thereon shall at all times be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein.

2.6Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations.

(a)Interest Rates. Except as provided in Section 2.6(c) and Section 2.12(d), all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest as follows:

(i)if the relevant Obligation is a SOFR Loan, at a per annum rate equal to Adjusted Term SOFR plus the SOFR Margin, and

(ii)if the relevant Obligation is a Base Rate Loan or otherwise, at a per annum rate equal to Adjusted REVSOFR30 plus the Base Rate Margin.

(b)Letter of Credit Fee. Borrowers shall pay Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Lenders), a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) (which fee shall be in addition to the fronting fees and commissions, other fees, charges and expenses set forth in Section 2.11(k)) that shall accrue at a per annum rate equal to the SOFR Margin times the times the average amount of the Letter of Credit Usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof).

(c)Default Rate. (i) Automatically upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 8.4 or 8.5 and (ii) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any other Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 8.4 or 8.5), at the direction of Agent or the Required Lenders, and upon written notice by Agent to Borrowers of such direction (provided, that such notice shall not be required for any Event of Default under Section 8.1), (A) all Loans and all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to two percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable thereunder, and (B) the Letter of Credit Fee shall be increased to two percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder.

(d)Payment. Except to the extent provided to the contrary in Section 2.10, Section 2.11(k) or Section 2.12(a), (i) all interest and all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (other than Letter of Credit Fees) shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the first day of each quarter, (ii) all Letter of Credit Fees payable hereunder, and all fronting fees and all commissions, other fees, charges and expenses provided for in Section 2.11(k) shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the

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first Business Day of each quarter, and (iii) all costs and expenses payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, and all other Lender Group Expenses shall be due and payable on (x) with respect to Lender Group Expenses outstanding as of the Closing Date, the Closing Date, and (y) otherwise, the earlier of (A) the first day of the quarter following the date on which the applicable costs, expenses, or Lender Group Expenses were first incurred, or (B) the date on which demand therefor is made by Agent (it being acknowledged and agreed that any charging of such costs, expenses or Lender Group Expenses to the Loan Account pursuant to the provisions of the following sentence shall be deemed to constitute a demand for payment thereof for the purposes of this subclause (y)). Borrowers hereby authorize Agent, from time to time without prior notice to Borrowers, to charge to the Loan Account (A) on the first day of each quarter, all interest accrued during the prior quarter on the Revolving Loans hereunder, (B) on the first Business Day of each quarter, all Letter of Credit Fees accrued or chargeable hereunder during the prior quarter, (C) as and when incurred or accrued, all fees and costs provided for in Section 2.10(a), (D) on the first day of each quarter, the Unused Line Fee accrued during the prior quarter pursuant to Section 2.10(b), (E) as and when due and payable, all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, (F) on the Closing Date and thereafter as and when incurred or accrued, all other Lender Group Expenses, and (G) as and when due and payable all other payment obligations payable under any Loan Document or any Bank Product Agreement. All amounts (including interest, fees, costs, expenses, Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any Bank Product Agreement) charged to the Loan Account shall thereupon constitute Revolving Loans hereunder, shall constitute Obligations hereunder, and shall initially accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans (unless and until converted into SOFR Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).

(e)Computation. All interest and fees chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year (other than the Base Rate at times when the Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate, which shall be computed on the basis of a 365 day year (or 366 days in a leap year)) in each case, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which the interest or fees accrue (including the first day but excluding the last day). All interest hereunder on any Loan shall be computed on a daily basis based upon the outstanding principal amount of such Loan as of the applicable date of determination. A determination of the applicable Adjusted Term SOFR, Adjusted REVSOFR30, Base Rate, REVSOFR30 or Term SOFR shall be determined by the Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(f)Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the interest rate or rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable. Borrowers and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated within it; provided, that anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if such rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrowers are and shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum amount as is allowed by law, and payment received from Borrowers in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.

(g)Term SOFR Conforming Changes. In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Agent will promptly notify Administrative Borrower and Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.

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2.7Crediting Payments. The receipt of any payment item by Agent shall not be required to be considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately available funds made to Agent’s Account or unless and until such payment item is honored when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment, then Borrowers shall be deemed not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated accordingly. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be deemed received by Agent only if it is received into Agent’s Account on a Business Day on or before 4:30 p.m. If any payment item is received into Agent’s Account on a non-Business Day or after 4:30 p.m. on a Business Day (unless Agent, in its sole discretion, elects to credit it on the date received), it shall be deemed to have been received by Agent as of the opening of business on the immediately following Business Day.

2.8Designated Account. Agent is authorized to make the Revolving Loans and Issuing Bank is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon telephonic or other instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person or, without instructions, if pursuant to Section 2.6(d). Unless otherwise agreed by Agent and Borrowers, any Revolving Loan or Swing Loan requested by Borrowers and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be made to the Designated Account.

2.9Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations. Agent shall maintain an account on its books in the name of Borrowers (the “Loan Account”) on which Borrowers will be charged with all Revolving Loans (including Extraordinary Advances and Swing Loans) made by Agent, Swing Lender, or the Lenders to Borrowers or for Borrowers’ account, the Letters of Credit issued or arranged by Issuing Bank for Borrowers’ account, and with all other payment Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and Lender Group Expenses. In accordance with Section 2.7, the Loan Account will be credited with all payments received by Agent from Borrowers or for Borrowers’ account. Agent shall make available to Borrowers monthly statements regarding the Loan Account, including the principal amount of the Revolving Loans, interest accrued hereunder, fees accrued or charged hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and a summary itemization of all charges and expenses constituting Lender Group Expenses accrued hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and each such statement, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrowers and the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after Agent first makes such a statement available to Borrowers, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in such statement.

2.10Fees.

(a)Agent Fees. Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the account of Agent, as and when due and payable under the terms of a fee letter agreed to in writing by CPI CG and the Agent upon the successful syndication of the Revolver Commitments and Revolving Loans to at least two or more Lenders that are otherwise not Affiliated with a Lender existing on the Closing Date; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, any fees charged hereunder shall be customary for facilities of this type.

(b)Unused Line Fee. Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable account of the Revolving Lenders, an unused line fee (the “Unused Line Fee”) in an amount equal to (i) from the Closing Date through and including September 30, 2024, 0.50% per annum times the result of (A) the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments, less (B) the Average Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof); and (ii) from and after October 1, 2024, (A) if the Average Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding quarter (or portion thereof) is greater than 50% of the Maximum Revolver Amount, 0.375% per annum times the result of (1) the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments, less (2) the Average Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof), or (B) if the Average Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding quarter (or portion thereof) is less than or equal to 50% of the Maximum Revolver Amount, 0.50% per annum times the result

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of (1) the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments, less (2) the Average Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof). The Unused Line Fee shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the first day of each quarter from and after the Closing Date up to the first day of the quarter prior to the date on which the Obligations are paid in full and on the date on which the Obligations are paid in full.

2.11Letters of Credit.

(a)Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request and for the account of Borrowers made in accordance herewith, and prior to the Maturity Date, Issuing Bank agrees to issue a requested standby Letter of Credit or a sight commercial Letter of Credit to or for the benefit of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries , in a form reasonably acceptable to such Issuing Bank. By submitting a request to Issuing Bank for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested that Issuing Bank issue the requested Letter of Credit. Each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or the amendment or extension of any outstanding Letter of Credit, shall be (i) irrevocable and made in writing by an Authorized Person, (ii) delivered to Agent and Issuing Bank via facsimile or other electronic method of transmission reasonably acceptable to Agent and Issuing Bank and reasonably in advance of (but in any event no less than three (3) Business Days prior to) the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension, and (iii) subject to Issuing Bank’s authentication procedures with results satisfactory to Issuing Bank. Each such request shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank and (i) shall specify (A) the amount of such Letter of Credit, (B) the date of issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, (C) the proposed expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (D) the name and address of the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit, and (E) such other information (including, the conditions to drawing, and, in the case of an amendment or extension, identification of the Letter of Credit to be so amended, renewed, or extended) as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such Letter of Credit, and (ii) shall be accompanied by such Issuer Documents as Agent or Issuing Bank may request or require, to the extent that such requests or requirements are consistent with the Issuer Documents that Issuing Bank generally requests for Letters of Credit in similar circumstances. Issuing Bank’s records of the content of any such request will be conclusive. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Issuing Bank may, but shall not be obligated to, issue a Letter of Credit that supports the obligations of a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries in respect of (x) a lease of real property to the extent that the face amount of such Letter of Credit exceeds the highest rent (including all rent-like charges) payable under such lease for a period of one year, or (y) an employment contract to the extent that the face amount of such Letter of Credit exceeds the highest compensation payable under such contract for a period of one year.

(b)Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit if any of the following would result after giving effect to the requested issuance:

(i)

the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or

(ii)

[reserved], or

(iii)the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount less the outstanding amount of Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans), or

(iv)the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Borrowing Base at such time less the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans (inclusive of Swing Loans) at such time.

(c)In the event there is a Defaulting Lender as of the date of any request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue or arrange for such Letter of Credit to the extent (i) the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure with respect to such Letter of Credit may

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not be reallocated pursuant to Section 2.3(g)(ii), or (ii) Issuing Bank has not otherwise entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and Borrowers to eliminate Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the participation in such Letter of Credit of the Defaulting Lender, which arrangements may include Borrowers cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure in accordance with Section 2.3(g)(ii). Additionally, Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue or extend a Letter of Credit if (A) any order, judgment, or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall, by its terms, purport to enjoin or restrain Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over Issuing Bank shall prohibit or request that Issuing Bank refrain from the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular, (B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally, or (C) if amounts demanded to be paid under any Letter of Credit will not or may not be in United States Dollars.

(d)Any Issuing Bank (other than JPMorgan or any of its Affiliates) shall notify Agent in writing no later than the Business Day prior to the Business Day on which such Issuing Bank issues any Letter of Credit. Any Issuing Bank for any Letter of Credit shall, within the time allowed by applicable law or the specific terms of the Letter of Credit following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under such Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly after such examination notify Agent and Borrowers by telephone (confirmed by fax or through electronic systems) of such demand for payment if such Issuing Bank has made or will make a Letter of Credit Disbursement thereunder. In addition, each Issuing Bank (other than JPMorgan or any of its Affiliates) shall, on the first Business Day of each week, submit to Agent a report detailing the daily undrawn amount of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the prior calendar week. Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Issuing Bank, including the requirement that the amounts payable thereunder must be payable in Dollars. If Issuing Bank makes a payment under a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall pay to Agent an amount equal to the applicable Letter of Credit Disbursement on the Business Day such Letter of Credit Disbursement is made and, in the absence of such payment, the amount of the Letter of Credit Disbursement immediately and automatically shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder (notwithstanding any failure to satisfy any condition precedent set forth in Section 3) and, initially, shall bear interest at the rate then applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans. If a Letter of Credit Disbursement is deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder, Borrowers’ obligation to pay the amount of such Letter of Credit Disbursement to Issuing Bank shall be automatically converted into an obligation to pay the resulting Revolving Loan. Promptly following receipt by Agent of any payment from Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, Agent shall distribute such payment to Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.11(e) to reimburse Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.

(e)Promptly following receipt of a notice of a Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.11(d), each Revolving Lender agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Revolving Loan deemed made pursuant to Section 2.11(d) on the same terms and conditions as if Borrowers had requested the amount thereof as a Revolving Loan and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit) and without any further action on the part of Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders, Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have granted to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have purchased, a participation in each Letter of Credit issued by Issuing Bank, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Letter of Credit, and each such Revolving Lender agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Bank under the applicable Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by Borrowers on the date due as provided in

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Section 2.11(d), or of any reimbursement payment that is required to be refunded (or that Agent or Issuing Bank elects, based upon the advice of counsel, to refund) to Borrowers for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to deliver to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to this Section 2.11(e) shall be absolute and unconditional and such remittance shall be made notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default or Default or the failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Section 3. If any such Revolving Lender fails to make available to Agent the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of a Letter of Credit Disbursement as provided in this Section, such Revolving Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender and Agent (for the account of Issuing Bank) shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in full.

(f)Each Borrower agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each member of the Lender Group (including Issuing Bank and its branches, Affiliates, and correspondents) and each such Person’s respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents (each, including Issuing Bank, a “Letter of Credit Related Person”) (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, and damages, and all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, experts, or consultants and all other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), which may be incurred by or awarded against any such Letter of Credit Related Person (other than Taxes, which shall be governed by Section 16) (the “Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs”), and which arise out of or in connection with, or as a result of:

(i)

any Letter of Credit or any pre-advice of its issuance;

(ii)any transfer, sale, delivery, surrender or endorsement (or lack thereof) of any Drawing Document at any time(s) held by any such Letter of Credit Related Person in connection with any Letter of Credit;

(iii)any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, any Letter of Credit (whether administrative, judicial or in connection with arbitration), including any action or proceeding to compel or restrain any presentation or payment under any Letter of Credit, or for the wrongful dishonor of, or honoring a presentation under, any Letter of Credit;

(iv)

any independent undertakings issued by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit;

(v)any unauthorized instruction or request made to Issuing Bank in connection with any Letter of Credit or requested Letter of Credit, or any error, omission, interruption or delay in such instruction or request, whether transmitted by mail, courier, electronic transmission, SWIFT, or any other telecommunication including communications through a correspondent;

(vi)an adviser, confirmer or other nominated person seeking to be reimbursed, indemnified or compensated;

(vii)any third party seeking to enforce the rights of an applicant, beneficiary, nominated person, transferee, assignee of Letter of Credit proceeds or holder of an instrument or document;

(viii)the fraud, forgery or illegal action of parties other than the Letter of Credit Related Person;

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(ix)any prohibition on payment or delay in payment of any amount payable by Issuing Bank to a beneficiary or transferee beneficiary of a Letter of Credit arising out of Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or Sanctions;

(x)Issuing Bank’s performance of the obligations of a confirming institution or entity that wrongfully dishonors a confirmation;

(xi)any foreign language translation provided to Issuing Bank in connection with any Letter of Credit;

(xii)any foreign law or usage as it relates to Issuing Bank’s issuance of a Letter of Credit in support of a foreign guaranty including the expiration of such guaranty after the related Letter of Credit expiration date and any resulting drawing paid by Issuing Bank in connection therewith; or

(xiii)the acts or omissions, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto governmental or regulatory authority or cause or event beyond the control of the Letter of Credit Related Person;

provided, that such indemnity shall not be available to any Letter of Credit Related Person claiming indemnification under clauses (i) through (xiii) above to the extent that such Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs may be finally determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Letter of Credit Related Person claiming indemnity. Borrowers hereby agree to pay the Letter of Credit Related Person claiming indemnity on demand from time to time all amounts owing under this Section 2.11(f). If and to the extent that the obligations of Borrowers under this Section 2.11(f) are unenforceable for any reason, Borrowers agree to make the maximum contribution to the Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs permissible under applicable law. This indemnification provision shall survive termination of this Agreement and all Letters of Credit.

(g)The liability of Issuing Bank (or any other Letter of Credit Related Person) under, in connection with or arising out of any Letter of Credit (or pre-advice), regardless of the form or legal grounds of the action or proceeding, shall be limited to direct damages suffered by Borrowers that are caused directly by Issuing Bank’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in (i) honoring a presentation under a Letter of Credit that on its face does not at least substantially comply with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, (ii) failing to honor a presentation under a Letter of Credit that strictly complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, or (iii) retaining Drawing Documents presented under a Letter of Credit. Borrowers’ aggregate remedies against Issuing Bank and any Letter of Credit Related Person for wrongfully honoring a presentation under any Letter of Credit or wrongfully retaining honored Drawing Documents shall in no event exceed the aggregate amount paid by Borrowers to Issuing Bank in respect of the honored presentation in connection with such Letter of Credit under Section 2.11(d), plus interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder. Borrowers shall take action to avoid and mitigate the amount of any damages claimed against Issuing Bank or any other Letter of Credit Related Person, including by enforcing its rights against the beneficiaries of the Letters of Credit. Any claim by Borrowers under or in connection with any Letter of Credit shall be reduced by an amount equal to the sum of (x) the amount (if any) saved by Borrowers as a result of the breach or alleged wrongful conduct complained of, and (y) the amount (if any) of the loss that would have been avoided had Borrowers taken all reasonable steps to mitigate any loss, and in case of a claim of wrongful dishonor, by specifically and timely authorizing Issuing Bank to effect a cure.

(h)Borrowers are responsible for the final text of the Letter of Credit as issued by Issuing Bank, irrespective of any assistance Issuing Bank may provide such as drafting or recommending text or by Issuing Bank’s use or refusal to use text submitted by Borrowers. Borrowers understand that the

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final form of any Letter of Credit may be subject to such revisions and changes as are deemed necessary or appropriate by Issuing Bank, and Borrowers hereby consent to such revisions and changes not materially different from the application executed in connection therewith. Borrowers are solely responsible for the suitability of the Letter of Credit for Borrowers’ purposes. If Borrowers request Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit for an affiliated or unaffiliated third party (an “Account Party”), (i) such Account Party shall have no rights against Issuing Bank; (ii) Borrowers shall be responsible for the application and obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) communications (including notices) related to the respective Letter of Credit shall be among Issuing Bank and Borrowers. Borrowers will examine the copy of the Letter of Credit and any other documents sent by Issuing Bank in connection therewith and shall promptly notify Issuing Bank (not later than three (3) Business Days following Borrowers’ receipt of documents from Issuing Bank) of any non-compliance with Borrowers’ instructions and of any discrepancy in any document under any presentment or other irregularity. Borrowers understand and agree that Issuing Bank is not required to extend the expiration date of any Letter of Credit for any reason. With respect to any Letter of Credit containing an “automatic amendment” to extend the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, Issuing Bank, in its sole and absolute discretion, may give notice of non-extension of such Letter of Credit and, if Borrowers do not at any time want the then current expiration date of such Letter of Credit to be extended, Borrowers will so notify Agent and Issuing Bank at least 30 calendar days before Issuing Bank is required to notify the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any advising bank of such non-extension pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(i)Borrowers’ reimbursement and payment obligations under this Section 2.11 are absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of:

(i)any lack of validity, enforceability or legal effect of any Letter of Credit, any Issuer Document, this Agreement, or any Loan Document, or any term or provision therein or herein;

(ii)payment against presentation of any draft, demand or claim for payment under any Drawing Document that does not comply in whole or in part with the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit or which proves to be fraudulent, forged or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, or which is signed, issued or presented by a Person or a transferee of such Person purporting to be a successor or transferee of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit;

(iii)Issuing Bank or any of its branches or Affiliates being the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit;

(iv)Issuing Bank or any correspondent honoring a drawing against a Drawing Document up to the amount available under any Letter of Credit even if such Drawing Document claims an amount in excess of the amount available under the Letter of Credit;

(v)the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against any beneficiary or transferee beneficiary, any assignee of proceeds, Issuing Bank or any other Person;

(vi)Issuing Bank or any correspondent honoring a drawing upon receipt of an electronic presentation under a Letter of Credit requiring the same, regardless of whether the original Drawing Documents arrive at Issuing Bank’s counters or are different from the electronic presentation;

(vii)any other event, circumstance or conduct whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing that might, but for this Section 2.11(i), constitute a legal or equitable defense to or discharge of, or provide a right of set-off against, any Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’

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reimbursement and other payment obligations and liabilities, arising under, or in connection with, any Letter of Credit, whether against Issuing Bank, the beneficiary or any other Person; or

(viii)

the fact that any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

provided, that subject to Section 2.11(g) above, the foregoing shall not release Issuing Bank from such liability to Borrowers as may be finally determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction against Issuing Bank following reimbursement or payment of the obligations and liabilities, including reimbursement and other payment obligations, of Borrowers to Issuing Bank arising under, or in connection with, this Section 2.11 or any Letter of Credit.

(j)Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, Issuing Bank and each other Letter of Credit Related Person (if applicable) shall not be responsible to or have any liability to Borrowers for, and Issuing Bank’s rights and remedies against Borrowers and the obligation of Borrowers to reimburse Issuing Bank for each drawing under each Letter of Credit shall not be impaired by:

(i)honor of a presentation under any Letter of Credit that on its face substantially complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, even if the Letter of Credit requires strict compliance by the beneficiary;

(ii)honor of a presentation of any Drawing Document that appears on its face to have been signed, presented or issued (A) by any purported successor or transferee of any beneficiary or other Person required to sign, present or issue such Drawing Document or (B) under a new name of the beneficiary;

(iii)acceptance as a draft of any written or electronic demand or request for payment under a Letter of Credit, even if nonnegotiable or not in the form of a draft or notwithstanding any requirement that such draft, demand or request bear any or adequate reference to the Letter of Credit;

(iv)the identity or authority of any presenter or signer of any Drawing Document or the form, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Drawing Document (other than Issuing Bank’s determination that such Drawing Document appears on its face substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit);

(v)acting upon any instruction or request relative to a Letter of Credit or requested Letter of Credit that Issuing Bank in good faith believes to have been given by a Person authorized to give such instruction or request;

(vi)any errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any message, advice or document (regardless of how sent or transmitted) or for errors in interpretation of technical terms or in translation or any delay in giving or failing to give notice to any Borrower;

(vii)any acts, omissions or fraud by, or the insolvency of, any beneficiary, any nominated person or entity or any other Person or any breach of contract between any beneficiary and any Borrower or any of the parties to the underlying transaction to which the Letter of Credit relates;

(viii)assertion or waiver of any provision of the ISP or UCP that primarily benefits an issuer of a letter of credit, including any requirement that any Drawing Document be presented to it at a particular hour or place;

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(ix)payment to any presenting bank (designated or permitted by the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit) claiming that it rightfully honored or is entitled to reimbursement or indemnity under Standard Letter of Credit Practice applicable to it;

(x)acting or failing to act as required or permitted under Standard Letter of Credit Practice applicable to where Issuing Bank has issued, confirmed, advised or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be;

(xi)honor of a presentation after the expiration date of any Letter of Credit notwithstanding that a presentation was made prior to such expiration date and dishonored by Issuing Bank if subsequently Issuing Bank or any court or other finder of fact determines such presentation should have been honored;

(xii)dishonor of any presentation that does not strictly comply or that is fraudulent, forged or otherwise not entitled to honor; or

(xiii)honor of a presentation that is subsequently determined by Issuing Bank to have been made in violation of international, federal, state or local restrictions on the transaction of business with certain prohibited Persons.

(k)Borrowers shall pay immediately upon demand to Agent for the account of Issuing Bank as non-refundable fees, commissions, and charges (it being acknowledged and agreed that any charging of such fees, commissions, and charges to the Loan Account pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.6(d) shall be deemed to constitute a demand for payment thereof for the purposes of this Section 2.11(k)):

(i) a fronting fee which shall be imposed by Issuing Bank equal to 0.125% per annum times the average amount of the Letter of Credit Usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof), plus (ii) any and all other customary commissions, fees and charges then in effect imposed by, and any and all expenses incurred by, Issuing Bank, or by any adviser, confirming institution or entity or other nominated person, relating to Letters of Credit, at the time of issuance of any Letter of Credit and upon the occurrence of any other activity with respect to any Letter of Credit (including transfers, assignments of proceeds, amendments, drawings, extensions or cancellations).

(l)If by reason of (x) any Change in Law, or (y) compliance by Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group with any direction, request, or requirement (irrespective of whether having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or monetary authority including, Regulation D of the Board of Governors as from time to time in effect (and any successor thereto):

(i)any reserve, deposit, or similar requirement is or shall be imposed or modified in respect of any Letter of Credit issued or caused to be issued hereunder or hereby, or any Loans or obligations to make Loans hereunder or hereby, or

(ii)there shall be imposed on Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group any other condition regarding any Letter of Credit, Loans, or obligations to make Loans hereunder, and the result of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost to Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group of issuing, making, participating in, or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount receivable in respect thereof, then, and in any such case, Agent may, at any time within a reasonable period after the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced, notify Borrowers, and Borrowers shall pay within 30 days after demand therefor, such amounts as Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group for such additional cost or reduced receipt, together with interest on such amount from the date of such demand until payment in full thereof at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder; provided, that (A) Borrowers shall not be required to provide any compensation pursuant to this Section 2.11(l) for any such amounts incurred

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more than 180 days prior to the date on which the demand for payment of such amounts is first made to Borrowers, and (B) if an event or circumstance giving rise to such amounts is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. The determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to this Section 2.11(l), as set forth in a certificate setting forth the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, shall, in the absence of manifest or demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all of the parties hereto.

(m)Each standby Letter of Credit shall expire not later than the date that is 12 months after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit; provided, that any standby Letter of Credit may provide for the automatic extension thereof for any number of additional periods each of up to one year in duration; provided further, that with respect to any Letter of Credit which extends beyond the Maturity Date, Letter of Credit Collateralization shall be provided therefor on or before the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date. Each commercial Letter of Credit shall expire on the earlier of (i) 120 days after the date of the issuance of such commercial Letter of Credit and (ii) five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.

(n)If (i) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, or (ii) Availability shall at any time be less than zero, then on the Business Day following the date when the Administrative Borrower receives notice from Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Obligations has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with Letter of Credit Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Letter of Credit Exposure) demanding Letter of Credit Collateralization pursuant to this Section 2.11(n) upon such demand, Borrowers shall provide Letter of Credit Collateralization with respect to the then existing Letter of Credit Usage to the extent not already cash collateralized in accordance with the terms thereof. If Borrowers fail to provide Letter of Credit Collateralization as required by this Section 2.11(n), the Revolving Lenders may (and, upon direction of Agent, shall) advance, as Revolving Loans the amount of the cash collateral required pursuant to the Letter of Credit Collateralization provision so that the then existing Letter of Credit Usage is cash collateralized in accordance with the Letter of Credit Collateralization provision (whether or not the Revolver Commitments have terminated, an Overadvance exists or the conditions in Section 3 are satisfied).

(o)Unless otherwise expressly agreed by Issuing Bank and Borrowers when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

(p)Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have acted with due diligence and reasonable care if Issuing Bank’s conduct is in accordance with Standard Letter of Credit Practice or in accordance with this Agreement.

(q)In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Section 2.11 and any provision contained in any Issuer Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.11 shall control and govern.

(r)The provisions of this Section 2.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment in full of the Obligations with respect to any Letters of Credit that remain outstanding.

(s)At Borrowers’ costs and expense, Borrowers shall execute and deliver to Issuing Bank such additional certificates, instruments and/or documents and take such additional action as may be reasonably requested by Issuing Bank to enable Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit pursuant to this Agreement and related Issuer Document, to protect, exercise and/or enforce Issuing Banks’ rights and interests under this Agreement or to give effect to the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any Issuer

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Document. Each Borrower irrevocably appoints Issuing Bank as its attorney-in-fact and authorizes Issuing Bank, without notice to Borrowers, to execute and deliver ancillary documents and letters customary in the letter of credit business that may include but are not limited to advisements, indemnities, checks, bills of exchange and issuance documents. The power of attorney granted by the Borrowers is limited solely to such actions related to the issuance, confirmation or amendment of any Letter of Credit and to ancillary documents or letters customary in the letter of credit business. This appointment is coupled with an interest.

2.12SOFR Option.

(a)Interest and Interest Payment Dates. In lieu of having interest charged at the rate based upon the Base Rate, Borrowers shall have the option, subject to Section 2.12(b) below (the “SOFR Option”) to have interest on all or a portion of the Revolving Loans be charged (whether at the time when made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion from a Base Rate Loan to a SOFR Loan, or upon continuation of a SOFR Loan as a SOFR Loan) at a rate of interest based upon Adjusted Term SOFR. Interest on SOFR Loans shall be payable on the earliest of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided, that subject to the following clauses (ii) and (iii), in the case of any Interest Period greater than three months in duration, interest shall be payable at three month intervals after the commencement of the applicable Interest Period and on the last day of such Interest Period, (ii) the date on which all or any portion of the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof, or (iii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest Period, unless Borrowers have properly exercised the SOFR Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable to such SOFR Loan automatically shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the same type hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the election of Agent or the Required Lenders, Borrowers no longer shall have the option to request that Revolving Loans bear interest at a rate based upon Adjusted Term SOFR.

(b)

SOFR Election.

(i)Borrowers may, at any time and from time to time, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to exercise the SOFR Option by notifying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. at least three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the “SOFR Deadline”). Notice of Borrowers’ election of the SOFR Option for a permitted portion of the Revolving Loans and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by delivery to Agent of a SOFR Notice received by Agent before the SOFR Deadline. Promptly upon its receipt of each such SOFR Notice, Agent shall provide a notice thereof to each of the affected Lenders.

(ii)Borrowers may only exercise the SOFR Option for proposed SOFR Loans of at least $1,000,000.

(c)Conversion; Prepayment. Borrowers may convert SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans or prepay SOFR Loans at any time; provided, that in the event that SOFR Loans are converted or prepaid on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including as a result of any prepayment through the required application by Agent of any payments or proceeds of Collateral in accordance with Section 2.4(b) or for any other reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, each Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders and their Participants harmless against any and all amounts payable in accordance with Section 2.17.

(d)

Special Provisions Applicable to Adjusted Term SOFR.

(i)Adjusted Term SOFR may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs (other than Taxes which

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shall be governed by Section 16), in each case, due to changes in applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable Interest Period, or pursuant to any Change in Law or change in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors, which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding or maintaining loans bearing interest at Adjusted Term SOFR. In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Borrowers and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Borrowers may, by notice to such affected Lender (A) require such Lender to furnish to Borrowers a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for adjusting Adjusted Term SOFR and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or (B) repay the SOFR Loans or Base Rate Loans determined with reference to Adjusted Term SOFR, in each case, of such Lender with respect to which such adjustment is made (together with any amounts due under Section 2.17).

(ii)Subject to the provisions set forth in Section 2.12(d)(iii) below, in the event that any change in market conditions or any Change in Law shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain SOFR Loans (or Base Rate Loans determined with reference to Adjusted Term SOFR or Adjusted REVSOFR30) or to continue such funding or maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates at the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, Adjusted REVSOFR30, REVSOFR30 or SOFR, such Lender shall give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Borrowers and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and (y)(i) in the case of any SOFR Loans of such Lender that are outstanding, such SOFR Loans of such Lender will be deemed to have been converted Base Rate Loans on the last day of the Interest Period of such SOFR Loans, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans, and thereafter interest upon the SOFR Loans of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans (and if applicable, without reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR component thereof) and (ii) in the case of any such Base Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding and that are determined with reference to Adjusted Term SOFR or Adjusted REVSOFR30, interest upon the Base Rate Loans of such Lender after the date specified in such Lender’s notice shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans without reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR component thereof or Adjusted REVSOFR30, as applicable and (z) Borrowers shall not be entitled to elect the SOFR Option and Base Rate Loans shall not be determined with reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR component thereof or Adjusted REVSOFR30, as applicable, in each case, until such Lender determines that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to do so.

(iii)

Benchmark Replacement Setting.

(A)Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Agent and Administrative Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and Administrative Borrower so long as Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.12(d)(iii) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.

(B)Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will

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become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(C)Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. Agent will promptly notify Administrative Borrower and the Lenders of (1) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (2) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. Agent will notify Administrative Borrower of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.12(d)(iii)(D) and (y) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.12(d)(iii), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.12(d)(iii).

(D)<