On June 29, 2020, the Company and certain of its direct and indirect U.S. subsidiaries commenced the Chapter 11 Cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Primary factors causing us to file for Chapter 11 protection included unsustainable long-term debt obligations and significant excess operating costs, as well as the economic slowdown impacting the Company and several of its end markets due to COVID-19, among others.

The Restructuring Support Agreement contemplates agreed-upon terms for a prearranged plan of reorganization (as defined above, the “Plan”). Under the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Consenting Stakeholders have agreed, subject to certain terms and conditions, to support a financial restructuring (the “Restructuring”) of the existing debt of, existing equity interests in, and certain other obligations of the Company Parties, pursuant to the Plan to be filed in the Chapter 11 Cases of title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

The Plan will be implemented in accordance with the restructuring term sheet attached to, and incorporated into, the Restructuring Support Agreement (the “Term Sheet”) (such transactions described in, and in accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement and the Term Sheet, the “Restructuring Transactions”) which, among other things, contemplates:

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the Restructuring Transactions will be implemented through prearranged Chapter 11 Cases by the Company Parties to pursue confirmation of the Plan, on which votes will be solicited from (i) the Term Loan Lenders and holders of claims under certain interest rate swap agreements to which the Company is a party (such claims, “Swap Agreement Claims”) and (ii) certain holders of general unsecured claims;

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the Receivables Facility will be terminated and replaced with a letter of credit facility (the “L/C Facility”) pursuant to an interim order authorizing, among other things, (i) the Company’s funding of a new letter of credit collateral account held at Covia Financing, (ii) entry into the Payoff and Reassignment Agreement (the “Payoff Agreement”), among the Company, Covia Financing, the sub-originators party thereto (the “RSA Sub-Originators”), PNC, and PNC Capital Markets LLC (“PNC Capital”), (iii) the Company’s and the RSA Sub-Originators’ entry into, and performance of, their respective obligations under the Payoff Agreement and, as applicable, the Reimbursement Agreement for Cash-Collateralized Standby Letters of Credit, among PNC, Covia Financing, and the Company (the “Reimbursement Agreement” and, together with the Payoff Agreement, the “Letter of Credit Agreements”), and (iv) execution of the transactions contemplated by the Letter of Credit Agreements;

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on the effective date of the Plan, the reorganized Company Parties will enter into a $825 million senior secured term loan (the “New Term Loan”) with an interest rate of LIBOR + 400 bps (100 bps floor), payable in cash unless the Company elects a PIK and cash option, a minimum liquidity covenant of $50 million to be tested quarterly, and on other terms reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Consenting Stakeholders as set forth in a supplement to the Plan;

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on the effective date of the Plan, the reorganized Company Parties may enter into at least a $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Exit Facility”) on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Consenting Stakeholders, with the terms of the Exit Facility being set forth in a supplement to the Plan and sufficient to replace the Company Parties’ existing letters of credit and fund their ongoing liquidity;

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the Term Loan Lenders and holders of Swap Agreement Claims will receive, in exchange for their claims under the Term Loan Agreement (the “Term Loan Claims”) and Swap Agreement Claims, respectively, their pro rata share of (i) all excess cash on the Company’s balance sheet pro forma for all remaining professional fees expected to be paid through the date upon which the Company emerges from bankruptcy (the “Emergence Date”) as of the date of the last available month-end balance sheet as of ten business days prior to the Emergence Date as of the effective date of the Plan, subject to minimum liquidity and cash requirements and working capital adjustments, net of any proceeds associated with receipt of the CARES Act Tax Refund; (ii) $825 million in take-back debt pursuant to the New Term Loan; and (iii) 100% of the equity in the reorganized Company, subject to adjustment for treatment of general unsecured claims and dilution from a new management incentive plan of the reorganized Company (the “MIP”);

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the holders of claims under an industrial revenue bond issued by the Company and certain other secured debt of the Company (such claims, the “Other Secured Claims”) will have such claims reinstated;

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the holders of general unsecured claims will receive their pro rata share of a to be determined portion of the equity in the reorganized Company, subject to dilution from the MIP; and

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on the effective date of the Plan, (i) the Term Loan Claims, Swap Agreement Claims, general unsecured claims, and existing equity interests of the Company will be cancelled, released, and extinguished and will be of no further force and effect, (ii) the L/C Facility may be reinstated (or refinanced with the Exit Facility), and (iii) the Other Secured Claims will be reinstated.

In accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Consenting Stakeholders agreed, among other things, to: (i) support the Restructuring Transactions and vote and exercise any powers or rights available to it (including in any board, shareholders’, or

creditors’ meeting or in any process requiring voting or approval to which they are legally entitled to participate), in each case, in favor of any matter requiring approval to the extent necessary to implement the Restructuring Transactions; (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with and assist the Company Parties in obtaining additional support for the Restructuring Transactions from the Company Parties’ other stakeholders; (iii) vote and consent to accept the Plan; (iv) negotiate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to execute and implement the Definitive Documents and any other required agreements to effectuate and consummate the Restructuring Transactions as contemplated by this Restructuring Support Agreement to which it is required to be a party; (v) not to object to, delay, impede, or take any other action to interfere with acceptance, implementation, or consummation of the Restructuring Transactions; and (vi) except as permitted in the Restructuring Support Agreement, not transfer any ownership (including any beneficial ownership as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) held by each Consenting Stakeholder.

In accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Company Parties agreed, among other things, to: (i) support and take all steps necessary and desirable to consummate the Restructuring Transactions in accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement; (ii) not take any action, that is inconsistent in any material respect, or that would reasonably be expected to prevent, interfere with, delay, frustrate or impede approval, implementation and consummation of the Restructuring Transactions; (iii) to the extent any legal or structural impediment arises that would prevent, hinder, or delay the consummation of the Restructuring Transactions contemplated in the Restructuring Support Agreement or the Plan, support and take all steps reasonably necessary and desirable to address any such impediment; (iv) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any and all required governmental, regulatory and/or third-party approvals for the Restructuring Transactions; (v) negotiate in good faith and execute and deliver the Definitive Documents and any other required agreements to effectuate and consummate the Restructuring Transactions as contemplated by this Restructuring Support Agreement; and (vi) use commercially reasonable efforts to seek additional support for the Restructuring Transactions from their other material stakeholders to the extent reasonably prudent.

The Restructuring Support Agreement may be terminated upon the occurrence of certain events set forth therein, including, among other things, the failure to meet specified milestones specified in the Restructuring Term Sheet.

To implement the Plan, on June 29, 2020, the Company Parties filed the Chapter 11 Cases under the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court. The Chapter 11 Cases are being jointly administered under the caption In re: Covia Holdings Corporation, et al.

The Company Parties continue to operate their businesses and manage their properties as “debtors-in-possession” under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Bankruptcy Court. To ensure the Company Parties’ ability to continue operating in the ordinary course of business and minimize the effect of the Restructuring on the Company Parties’ customers and employees, the Company Parties filed with the Bankruptcy Court motions seeking a variety of “first-day” relief, including authority to pay employee wages and benefits, and pay vendors and suppliers for goods and services provided both before and after the filing date.

Further, the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases constituted an event of default under, and resulted in the acceleration of, certain of the Company Parties’ obligations, including under the following debt instruments (the “Debt Instruments”):

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$37.0 million in principal amount, including reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit, plus accrued and unpaid interest (at the non-default rate), fees, and other expenses arising and payable under the Receivables Facility;

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Approximately $35.8 million in obligations under five separate interest rate swap transactions that were entered into pursuant to either (i) that certain 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2018, by and between BNP Paribas and the Company, as successor in interest to Unimin Corporation, or (ii) that certain 1992 ISDA Master Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2018, by and between Barclays Bank PLC and the Company; and

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Approximately $10.0 million in aggregate principal amount of other indebtedness, consisting of an industrial revenue bond.

The Debt Instruments provide that as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases, the principal and interest due thereunder shall be immediately due and payable. The Debtors believe that any efforts to enforce the financial obligations under the Debt Instruments are stayed as a result of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases in the Bankruptcy Court.

The Company expects to be notified by the staff of NYSE Regulation, Inc. (“NYSE Regulation”) that it plans to commence proceedings to delist the common stock of the Company from NYSE as a result of the Company Parties commencing the Chapter 11 Cases.