Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement, dated October 29, 2021, by and among Ramaco Resources, Inc., Ramaco Development, LLC, RAM Mining, LLC, Ramaco Coal Sales, LLC, Ramaco Resources, LLC and Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC, as the borrowers, the lenders party thereto and KeyBank National Association, as the administrative agent

Exhibit 10.1

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Lender and Issuer)

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SUCH OTHER LENDERS THAT ARE NOW

OR HEREAFTER BECOME A PARTY HERETO

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RAMACO RESOURCES, INC.

RAMACO DEVELOPMENT, LLC

RAM MINING, LLC

RAMACO COAL SALES, LLC

RAMACO RESOURCES, LLC

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RAMACO RESOURCES LAND HOLDINGS, LLC

(as Borrowers)

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS

All Schedules to the Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement:

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All Exhibits to the Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement:

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), has been executed and is dated as of October 29, 2021, by and among RAMACO RESOURCES, INC., RAMACO DEVELOPMENT, LLC, RAM MINING, LLC, RAMACO COAL SALES, LLC, RAMACO RESOURCES, LLC, and RAMACO RESOURCES LAND HOLDINGS, LLC, as the Borrowers, the Lenders party hereto, and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Agent, a Lender, and the Issuer.

IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants and undertakings herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

1.1Accounting Terms.  As used in the Loan Documents, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.2 to the extent not defined shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP; provided, however, whenever such accounting terms are used for the purposes of determining compliance with financial covenants in this Agreement, such accounting terms shall be defined in accordance with GAAP.  All financial computations to be made under this Agreement shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, be made in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with the financial statements delivered to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (a) any lease that is treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of the date hereof shall not be treated as Indebtedness or as a capital lease and shall continue to be treated as an operating lease (and any future lease, if it were in effect on the date hereof, that would be treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of the date hereof shall be treated as an operating lease), in each case for purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any actual or proposed change in GAAP after the date hereof.

1.2General Terms.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Accommodation Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2.

“Acquisition” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of all or substantially all of any business or division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the Equity Interests of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary, (c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that is already a Subsidiary), or (d) the purchase of coal reserves or existing coal mining operations of another Person.

“Advances” shall mean and include the Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit.

“Affiliate” of any Person shall mean any Person (a) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person or (b) any Person who is a director or officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of any subsidiary of such Person, or (iii) of any Person described in clause (a) above.  For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, (x) to vote fifteen percent (15%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person, or (y) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

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“Agent” shall mean KeyBank, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders, and its successors and assigns.

“Aggregate Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the aggregate Credit Exposure of all of the Lenders.

“Aggregate Revolving Commitment” shall mean, at any time, the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders.   The initial Aggregate Revolving Commitment is $40,000,000.

“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Allocable Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

“Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall mean any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224, the USA Patriot Act, the laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the laws administered by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control.

“Applicable Base Rate Margin” shall mean 1.50%.

“Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Percentage” shall mean 2.00%.

“Applicable SOFR Rate Margin” shall mean 2.00%

“Applicable Unused Facility Fee Percentage” shall mean 0.375%.

“Approved Electronic Communication System” shall mean the StuckyNet System or any other equivalent electronic service, whether owned, operated or hosted by Agent, any affiliate of Agent or any other Person.

“Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender that is an assignee, that is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

“Authority” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.18(b).

“Authorized Officer” shall mean a Financial Officer or other individual authorized by a Financial Officer in writing (with a copy to the Agent), or any other officer approved by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, in each case to handle certain administrative matters in connection with this Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Event” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a   bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business, appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a “Bankruptcy Event” shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Body or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person 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 Person (or such Governmental Body or

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instrumentality), to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

“Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the higher of: (a) the rate of interest which is established from time to time by the Agent at its principal office in Cleveland, Ohio as its “prime rate” or “base rate” in effect, such rate to be adjusted automatically, without notice, as of the opening of business on the effective date of any change in such rate (it being agreed that: (i) such rate is not necessarily the lowest rate of interest then available from the Agent on fluctuating rate loans and (ii) such rate may be established by the Agent by public announcement or otherwise); (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%; (c) Daily Simple SOFR in effect on such day (taking into account any floor set forth in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”) plus 1.00%; and (d) the Floor.  Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the prime rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Daily Simple SOFR as applicable, shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the prime rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, respectively

“Base Rate Loan” shall mean any Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

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

“Beneficial Ownership Regulations” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

“Benefited Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d).

“Blocked Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.20(b).

“Borrower” and “Borrowers” shall mean, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the Borrower Representative, Ramaco Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, RAM Mining, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, RAMACO Coal Sales, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Ramaco Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, RAMACO Resources Land Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any other Person who may hereafter become a party hereto.

“Borrower Representative” shall mean Ramaco Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Borrowing Base” shall mean, at any time, the sum of:

(a) up to 85% of each Borrower’s Eligible Accounts at such time plus

The Agent may, from time to time, in its Permitted Discretion, reduce the advance rates set forth above, adjust Reserves or reduce one or more of the other elements used in computing the Borrowing Base.

“Borrowing Base Certificate” shall mean a certificate duly executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower Representative appropriately completed and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

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“Business Day” shall mean any day other than Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to be closed for business in Cleveland, Ohio.

“Capital Expenditures” shall mean any expenditure made or liability incurred which is, determined in accordance with GAAP, treated as a capital expenditure and not as an expense item for the year in which it was made or incurred, as the case may be.

“Cash Concentration Account” shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers, that certain commercial deposit account maintained at KeyBank, the funds within which: (a) shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Agent for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and (b) the Agent shall have the irrevocable and exclusive right to withdraw until all of the Obligations are paid, performed, satisfied and enforced in full and the commitments of the Lenders to make Advances hereunder and all Letters of Credit have terminated.

“Cash Dominion Period” shall mean the period (a) commencing on the earlier of the date on which (i) a Default or Event of Default has occurred, or (ii) Excess Availability is less than 12.5% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment (the “Cash Dominion Amount”) and (b) ending on the date on which (i) no Default or Event of Default exists and (ii) Excess Availability is greater than the Cash Dominion Amount for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the commencement of the third Cash Dominion Period, such Cash Dominion Period shall stay in effect until the Facility Termination Date.

“CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sections 9601 et seq.

“Change of Control” shall mean (a) the Permitted Holders shall cease to own, free and clear of all Liens or other encumbrances, 51% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of the Borrower Representative on a fully diluted basis; (b) any merger or consolidation of or with any or sale of all or substantially all of the property or assets of any Loan Party, other than with another Loan Party; or (c) each Borrower shall cease to own, free and clear of all Liens or other encumbrances (except Permitted Encumbrances), at least 100% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of any of its existing or future Subsidiaries (when aggregated with the ownership of the other Loan Parties in such Subsidiary).

“Charges” shall mean all taxes, charges, fees, imposts, levies or other assessments, including all net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital stock, license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation and property taxes, custom duties, fees, assessments, liens, claims and charges, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts, imposed by any taxing or other similar Governmental Body, domestic or foreign (including the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any environmental agency or superfund), upon the Collateral, any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates.

“Charter Documents” shall mean, as to any Person (other than a natural person), the charter, certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, by-laws, regulations, general or limited partnership agreement, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation, operating agreement, and other similar organizational or governing documents of such Person.

“CIP Regulations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.11.

“Clean Coal” shall mean coal that has been cleaned and processed through a preparation plant and is available for shipment to customers.

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“Clean Coal Equivalents” shall mean the aggregate of (a) all tons of raw coal that are available for direct shipment to customers without processing through a preparation plant, plus (b) all tons of raw coal that require further preparation and processing at a preparation plant multiplied by the clean coal recovery percentage at the preparation plant calculated in accordance with the Loan Party’s practice in the ordinary course of business and consistent with common industry standards.

“Closing Date” shall mean October 29, 2021.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Collateral” shall mean and include all personal property and as-extracted collateral, including, without limitation, all as-extracted coal, owned by the Loan Parties, whether now owned or existing, or hereafter arising or acquired or received by the Loan Parties, wherever located, including:

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any amendment or supplement hereto or thereto, or under any other agreement between the Agent or any Lender and the Loan Parties;

It is expressly understood that Collateral does not include any owned or leased Real Property of any Borrower or any improvements thereto or Fixtures thereon.

“Commitment Percentage” of any Lender shall mean the percentage set forth on the Commitment Schedule, as it may be adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“Commitment Schedule” shall mean the Schedule 1 attached to this Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

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

“Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate of the Loan Parties signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative on behalf of each Loan Party appropriately completed and in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.

“Consents” shall mean all filings and all licenses, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of Governmental Bodies and other third parties, domestic or foreign, necessary to carry on any Loan Party’s business, including any Consents required under all applicable Federal, state or other applicable law.

“Controlled Disbursement Account” shall mean a commercial Deposit Account designated “controlled disbursement account” and maintained by one or more of the Loan Parties with the Agent, without liability by the Agent or any Lender to pay interest thereon.

“Controlled Group” shall mean all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with any Person, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“Credit Exposure” shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s Revolving Exposure.

“Credit Insured Accounts” shall mean Eligible Accounts that are insured by third party credit insurance and satisfactory in all respects to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum (rounded upwards to the next higher multiple of 1/16^th if such rate is not such a multiple, unless a Hedging Contract with a Lender as the counterparty is in effect with respect to the Loans hereunder) equal to the greater of

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(a) SOFR for the day (such day, the “SOFR Determination Day”) that is five (5) SOFR Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a SOFR Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a SOFR Business Day, the SOFR Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as and when SOFR for such SOFR Rate Day is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website, and (b) the Floor.  For the avoidance of doubt, SOFR for any SOFR Rate Day is published on the SOFR Administrator’s website at approximately 8:00 a.m. New York City time on the immediately following SOFR Business Day.  If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on the second (2^nd) SOFR Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Day, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Day has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Day will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding SOFR Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than ten (10) consecutive SOFR Rate Days.  Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.

“Default” shall mean an event which, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

“Defaulting Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.15 hereof.

“Dodd-Frank Act” shall mean the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 111-203, H.R. 4173) signed into law on July 21, 2010, as amended from time to time.

“Dollar” and the sign “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

“Earnings Before Interest and Taxes” shall mean, for any fiscal period, the sum of (a)  net income (or loss) for such period calculated based on a valuation of Inventory using first-in first-out (FIFO) basis and valued at the lower of cost or market value in accordance with GAAP (excluding extraordinary gains and losses approved by the Lender), plus (b) all interest expense for such period plus (c) all charges against (or minus credits to) income for Federal, state and local taxes for such period, in each case, calculated on a consolidated basis for the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries.

“EBITDA” shall mean, for any fiscal period, the sum of (a) Earnings Before Interest and Taxes for such period, plus (b) depreciation expenses for such period, plus (c) amortization expenses for such period, plus (d) non-cash stock based compensation expense for such period, in each case, calculated on a consolidated basis for the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries.

“Eligible Accounts” shall mean, at any time, Accounts of the Borrowers that the Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion are eligible as the basis for the extension of Revolving Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit.  Without limiting the Agent’s Permitted Discretion provided herein, Eligible Accounts shall not include any Account:

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Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. § 3727 et seq. and 41 U.S.C. § 15 et seq.) and any other steps necessary to perfect the Lien of the Agent’s in such Account have been complied with to the Agent’s satisfaction;

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In the event that an Account in excess of $1,000,000 that was previously an Eligible Account ceases to be an Eligible Account hereunder, the Borrower Representative shall notify the Agent thereof within five (5) Business Days.  In determining the amount of an Eligible Account, the face amount of an Account may, in the Agent’s Permitted Discretion, be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that the Borrowers may be obligated to rebate to an Account Debtor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the Borrowers to reduce the amount of such Account.

“Eligible Assignee” shall mean any of the following Persons: (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; and (c) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Agent, and (ii) in the case of any assignment of a commitment to make Advances hereunder, the Issuer; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any Borrower or any of such Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries and; provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Person shall only be an “Eligible Assignee” if the assignment to or participation of such Person shall not constitute a “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code).

“Eligible Coal Inventory” shall mean, at any time, Inventory of the Borrowers consisting of Clean Coal and Clean Coal Equivalents that the Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion is eligible as the basis for the extension of Revolving Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit.  Without limiting the Agent’s Permitted Discretion provided herein, Eligible Coal Inventory shall not include any Inventory:

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In the event that Inventory in excess of $1,000,000 that was previously Eligible Coal Inventory ceases to be Eligible Coal Inventory hereunder, the Borrower Representative shall notify the Agent thereof within five (5) Business Days.

“Environmental Complaint” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.18(b).

“Environmental Laws” shall mean all federal, state and local environmental, land use, zoning, health, chemical use, safety and sanitation laws, statutes, ordinances and codes relating to the protection of the environment and/or governing the use, storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, production or disposal of Hazardous Substances and the rules, regulations, policies, guidelines, interpretations, decisions, orders and directives of Governmental Bodies with respect thereto.

“Equipment” shall mean only the equipment set forth on Exhibit E.

“Equity Interests” shall mean shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 15.12(a).

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 10.

“Excess Availability” shall mean, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a)  the Maximum Borrowing Amount, minus (b) the sum of (i) the Revolving Exposure plus (ii) all amounts due

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and owing to the Borrowers’ trade creditors which are outstanding sixty (60) days or more beyond the due date (without duplication with respect to any such amount deducted from the Borrowing Base), plus (iii) fees and expenses for which the Borrowers are liable but which have not been paid or charged to the Loan Account.

“Excluded Capital Expenditures” shall mean Capital Expenditures not funded by Indebtedness made by the Borrowers, which shall include (a) $8,000,000 for each testing period used to determine the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio provided in Section 6.3 ending on March 31, 2021 through and including December 31, 2021, plus (b) up to an additional $2,000,000 per fiscal quarter for each fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2021 through and including December 31, 2021, until an aggregate of $8,000,000 is excluded hereunder, plus (c) all or any portion of the purchase price paid by any Borrower for the acquisition of the assets of the Permitted Coronado Acquisition; provided that any Capital Expenditures financed by additional Indebtedness in respect of Capital Expenditures incurred during any such fiscal quarter shall reduce the foregoing amount on a dollar for dollar basis and the Borrowers shall be permitted to defer such reduced amount once to a subsequent fiscal quarter not more than four (4) quarters beyond the deferral period.

“Excluded Equity” shall mean (a) Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary, and (b) Equity Interests in any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary in excess of sixty-five percent (65%) of the total outstanding shares of voting Equity Interest of such first-tier Foreign Subsidiary.

“Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee 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) (a) by virtue of such Guarantor’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 guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (b) in the case of a Swap Obligation subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), because such Guarantor is a “financial entity,” as defined in Section 2(h)(7)(C)(i) the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), at the time the guarantee of such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such related 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 guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

“Executive Order No. 13224” shall mean Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.

“Existing Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain Credit and Security Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date, by and among the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent.

“Existing Loan Documents” shall mean the Existing Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), and every other document, instrument, note and other agreement executed in connection therewith.

“Facility Termination Date” shall mean December 31, 2024, or such other date that this Agreement and the obligations of parties hereto are terminated.

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“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest one hundredth of one percent (1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, however, that: (a) if the day for which such rate is to be determined is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such a rate on such transactions on the immediately preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day and (b) if such rate is not so published for any Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such Business Day shall be the average of quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent.

“Financial Officer” shall mean any of the following officers: chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, chief accounting officer, chief commercial officer, or manager.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a Financial Officer in this Agreement shall refer to a Financial Officer of a Borrower.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” shall mean and include, with respect to any fiscal period, the  ratio of (a) EBITDA less (i) total Capital Expenditures, provided that total Capital Expenditures will be reduced by (A) Excluded Capital Expenditures and (B) Capital Expenditures funded by Indebtedness less (ii) taxes paid in cash, less (iii) dividends and distributions paid in cash, in each case, of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis with respect to such period to (b) Fixed Charges.

“Fixed Charges” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period, the sum of (a) interest expense paid in cash plus (b) scheduled principal payments on Indebtedness, plus (c) optional prepayments of principal on Indebtedness unless otherwise approved by the Agent in its sole discretion, in each case, of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis and with respect to such period.

“Floor” shall mean a rate of interest equal to 0.00%.

“Foreign Lender” shall mean a Lender that is not a United States Person within the meaning of Code Section 7701(a)(30).

“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time.

“Governmental Body” shall mean any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof or any entity exercising the legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to a government.

“Guarantor” shall mean, individually or collectively, as the context may require, any Person that guaranties all or any portion of the Obligations, and, in each case, their respective successors and assigns.

“Hazardous Discharge” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.18(b).

“Hazardous Substance” shall mean, without limitation, any flammable explosives, radon, radioactive materials, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum

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and petroleum products, methane, hazardous materials, Hazardous Wastes, hazardous or Toxic Substances or related materials as defined in CERCLA, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Sections 1801, et seq.), RCRA or any other applicable Environmental Law and in the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

“Hazardous Wastes” shall mean all waste materials subject to regulation under CERCLA, RCRA or applicable state law, and any other applicable Federal and state laws now in force or hereafter enacted relating to hazardous waste disposal.

“Hedging Contracts” shall mean any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, commodities hedge agreement, interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, option agreement or any other similar hedging agreement or arrangement entered into by a Person in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes.

“Hedging Obligations” shall mean all liabilities of a Person under Hedging Contracts.

“Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to a Person at any date of determination, any and all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (but not including trade payables, rentals, royalties, wheelage fees, real and personal property taxes, and similar fees, and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness and which are not more than sixty (60) days past due) (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person, in each case, for or in respect of: (a) borrowed money, (b) amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit facility, (c) reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit, (d) Hedging Obligations, (e) any other transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements, (f) any guaranty of Indebtedness for borrowed money, and (g) all indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness actually shall have been created, assumed or incurred by such Person.

“Intellectual Property” shall mean patents, patent rights, patent applications, copyrights, works which are the subject matter of copyrights, copyright registrations, trademarks, trade names, trade styles, trademark and service mark applications, and licenses and rights to use any of the foregoing; all extensions, renewals, reissues, divisions, continuations, and continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing; all rights to sue for past, present and future infringement of any of the foregoing; inventions, trade secrets, formulae, processes, compounds, drawings, designs, blueprints, surveys, reports, manuals, and operating standards; goodwill; customer and other lists in whatever form maintained; and trade secret rights, copyright rights, rights in works of authorship, and contract rights relating to computer software programs, in whatever form created or maintained.

“Issuer” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuer of such Letter of Credit and shall be, with respect to any Letter of Credit hereunder, KeyBank, and each of its successors and assigns (in each case, which may be replaced by the Agent in its sole discretion).

“KeyBank” shall mean KeyBank National Association, a national banking association, in its individual capacity, and its successors.

“Lender” and “Lenders” shall mean each Person listed on the Commitment Schedule, as amended from time to time, and each additional Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

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“Lender Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.15.

“Letter of Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate amount of all disbursements relating to Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the Borrowers.

“Letter of Credit Fees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

“Letters of Credit” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien (whether statutory or otherwise), Charge, claim or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement held or asserted in respect of any asset of any kind or nature whatsoever including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction.

“Loan” shall mean each Revolving Loan; and “Loans” shall collectively mean all of the Revolving Loans.

“Loan Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.

“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Notes, the Perfection Certificate, the Letters of Credit, the Waivers, any Hedging Contracts, and any and all other agreements, instruments and documents, including guaranties, pledges, powers of attorney, consents, and all other writings heretofore, now or hereafter executed by any Loan Party and/or delivered to the Issuer, the Agent or any Lender in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

“Loan Party” or “Loan Parties” shall mean, singularly or collectively, as the context may require, each Borrower and their respective successors and assigns.

“Master Agreement” shall mean that Master Agreement entered into among the Borrowers and the Agent in connection with the cash management services undertaken by the Agent on behalf of Borrowers.

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects of the Borrowers on a consolidated basis, (b) the Borrowers’ ability to pay the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, or (c) the value of the Collateral, the Liens of the Agent or any Lender on the Collateral, or the priority of any such Lien.

“Material Recovery Determination Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(d).

“Material Recovery Event” shall mean (a) any casualty loss in respect of assets of a Loan Party covered by casualty insurance, and (b) any compulsory transfer or taking under threat of compulsory transfer of any asset of a Loan Party by any Governmental Body; provided that, in the case of either subpart (a) or (b), the proceeds received from such loss, transfer or taking exceeds Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000).

“Material Business Agreement” shall mean any agreement that if terminated (other than expiration in accordance with its terms), rescinded or breached (without timely cure of such breach) would have a Material Adverse Effect on any Loan Party.

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“Maximum Borrowing Amount” shall mean, at any time, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment minus all Reserves then in effect and (b) the Borrowing Base.

“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

“Net Orderly Liquidation Value” shall mean, the orderly liquidation value (net of costs and expenses estimated to be incurred in connection with such liquidation) of the Borrowers’ Eligible Coal Inventory that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Eligible Coal Inventory expressed as a percentage of the net book value thereof, such percentage to be as determined from time to time by reference to the most recent Eligible Coal Inventory appraisal completed by a qualified third-party appraisal company (approved by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion) delivered to the Agent.

“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.3(h) hereof.

“Non-Defaulting Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.15.

“Note” shall mean each Revolving Note; and “Notes” shall collectively mean all of the Revolving Notes.

“Obligations” shall mean and include any and all loans, advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties (absolute, contingent, matured or unmatured) of any kind or nature, present or future (including any interest accruing thereon after maturity, or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to any Loan Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether or not evidenced by any note, guaranty or other instrument, whether arising under any agreement, instrument or document (including the Loan Documents), whether or not for the payment of money, (a) owing by the Loan Parties to the Lenders, the Agent or the Issuer or to any other direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Lenders, the Agent or the Issuer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (b) owing by the Loan Parties to the Agent or any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Agent arising (i) by reason of an equipment lease or guarantee, (ii) under any Hedging Contract, (iii) in connection with any commercial credit cards, stored value cards, cash management or treasury administration services or in any other manner, whether arising out of overdrafts or deposit or other accounts or electronic funds transfers (whether through automated clearing houses or otherwise), (iv) out of the Agent’s non-receipt of or inability to collect funds or otherwise not being made whole in connection with depository transfer check or other similar arrangements, or (v) under any other agreement between the Agent and any Loan Party, in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment or participation), absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, regardless of how such indebtedness or liabilities arise or by what agreement or instrument they may be evidenced or whether evidenced by any agreement or instrument, and any amendments, extensions, renewals or increases and all costs and expenses of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer incurred in the documentation, negotiation, modification, enforcement, collection or otherwise in connection with any of the foregoing, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.  “Obligations” shall not include, with respect to any Guarantor, Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.

“Original Closing Date” shall mean November 2, 2018.

“Participant” shall mean have the meaning set forth in Section 16.3(d).

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“Payment Office” shall mean initially KeyBank National Association, Mail Code: OH-01-49-0114, 4900 Tiedeman Road, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144-2302; and, thereafter, such other office of the Agent, if any, which it may designate by notice to the Borrower Representative and the Lenders.

“Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 15.12(a).

“Perfection Certificate” shall mean the perfection certificate provided by the Borrowers to the Agent.

“Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition by any Loan Party, to the extent that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a)the assets, business or Person being acquired is engaged in the same business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries;

(b)(i) in the case of a stock Acquisition, the target thereof shall, upon Acquisition, be a Domestic Subsidiary of a Loan Party and (ii) in the case of an asset Acquisition, the assets being acquired shall be located in the United States;

(c)the Borrower Representative shall have delivered to the Agent (i) as soon as available (but no later than five (5) Business Days after the consummation of such Acquisition), final executed counterparts of the material agreements, documents and instruments pursuant to which such Acquisition is to be consummated (including any management, non-compete, employment and option agreements) and any schedules to such agreements, documents and instruments, (ii) to the extent required under the related Acquisition agreement, all consents and approvals from applicable governmental authorities and other Persons required to consummate such Acquisition and (iii) if reasonably requested by the Agent, environmental assessments reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;

(d)the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (including any new Subsidiary) shall execute and deliver the agreements, instruments and other documents required by Sections 4.2, 4.20, and 7.12, and upon the consummation of such Acquisition to the extent required by Section 7.12, the target thereof shall be a Borrower hereunder;

(e)there shall not exist on the date on which the Acquisition is consummated, both before and after giving effect to the Acquisition, a Default or Event of Default;

(f)such acquired assets and/or Equity Interests shall be acquired free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Encumbrances);

(g)if the Accounts and Inventory acquired in connection with such Acquisition are proposed to be included in the determination of the Borrowing Base, the Agent shall have conducted an audit and field examination of such Accounts and Inventory, the results of which shall be satisfactory to the Agent;

(h)as soon as available, but not less than five (5) days prior to such Acquisition, the Borrower Representative shall have provided the Agent (i) notice of such Acquisition and (ii) a copy of all business and financial information reasonably requested by the Agent including pro forma financial statements, statements of cash flow, and availability projections; and

(i)if the cash consideration paid at closing for such Acquisition, when added to the cash consideration paid at closing for all Acquisitions consummated during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date of such Acquisition, (i) is less than $3,000,000, the consent of the Agent shall not be required, (ii) is greater than or equal to $3,000,000 but less than $5,000,000, the consent of

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the Agent shall not be required if (A) the Loan Parties shall have Excess Availability of at least 25% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment prior to and immediately following such Acquisition, and (B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio calculated in accordance with Section 6.3 shall equal or exceed 1.25 to 1.00 as of the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such Acquisition and after giving effect to such Acquisition on a pro forma basis; and (iii) is (A) greater than or equal to $5,000,000, or (B) is greater than or equal to $3,000,000 but less than $5,000,000 and the conditions in clause (ii) are not met, the prior written consent of the Agent shall be obtained.

For the avoidance of doubt, leases of coal or other real property by any Loan Party from any other Person shall not be deemed to be an Acquisition and therefore permitted hereunder.

“Permitted Coronado Acquisition” shall mean the Acquisition by Ramaco Resources, LLC of coal reserves or existing coal mining operations known as the “Amonate Assets” located in McDowell County, West Virginia and Tazewell County, Virginia, pursuant to the terms of the Permitted Coronado Acquisition Documents and the schedules and exhibits thereto; provided that (a) Borrower shall provide copies of the Permitted Coronado Acquisition Documents and related due diligence, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, (b) the Revolving Loan shall not be used to finance any portion of the Permitted Coronado Acquisition, and (c) the assets acquired in connection with the Permitted Coronado Acquisition shall not be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base until the Borrower delivers evidence (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that such assets are subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and meet all other eligibility requirements set forth in definitions of Eligible Accounts and Eligible Coal Inventory.

“Permitted Coronado Acquisition Documents” shall mean, collectively, (a) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Coronado IV LLC and Buchanan Minerals, LLC, as the sellers, and Ramaco Resources, LLC, as the buyer dated on or around the Closing Date, and (b) each additional document and agreement related thereto.

“Permitted Discretion” shall mean a determination made in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable business judgment (from the perspective of a secured asset based lender).

“Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean (a) Liens in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer; (b) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental Charges that (i) are not delinquent or (ii) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings that stay the enforcement of such Liens and with respect to which proper reserves have been taken by the Loan Parties in accordance with GAAP; (c) deposits or pledges to secure obligations under worker’s compensation, social security or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance or general liability or product liability insurance; (d) deposits or pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, performance bonds, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of any Loan Party’s business; (e) mechanics, workers, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, common carriers, landlord’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of any Loan Party’s business with respect to obligations which are not more than 60 days past due or which are being contested in good faith by the applicable Loan Party; (f) Liens (including purchase money Liens) placed upon personal property (including equipment) and real estate assets created to secure a portion of the purchase price thereof or created to secure obligations in respect of capitalized leases, provided that any such Lien shall not encumber any other property of the Loan Parties other than insurance and other proceeds of such personal property and real estate; (g) zoning restrictions, easements, encroachments, rights of way, restrictions, leases, licenses, restrictive covenants and other similar title exceptions or Liens affecting Real Property, none of which materially impairs the use of such Real Property or the value thereof, and none of which is violated in any material respect by existing or

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supporting structures or land use; (h) attachment and judgment liens which do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 10.6; (i) Liens disclosed on Schedule 1.2(b) provided that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter increased, and no additional assets become subject to such Lien; (j) [reserved]; (k) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien referred to in this definition, provided that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter increased, and no additional assets become subject to such Lien, or (l) overriding royalties in favor of a sublessor, assignor or seller of assets.

“Permitted Holders” shall mean Yorktown Energy Partners IX L.P., Yorktown Energy Partners X, L.P., Yorktown Energy Partners XI, L.P. and Energy Capital Partners Mezzanine Opportunities Fund A, LP.

“Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, joint venture, entity or Governmental Body.

“Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained for employees of the Loan Parties or any member of the Controlled Group or any such Plan to which any Loan Party or any member of the Controlled Group is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.

“Pledged Securities” shall mean all of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created, and all proceeds thereof; provided that Pledged Securities shall exclude any Excluded Equity.  (Schedule 5.3 hereto lists, as of the Closing Date, all of the Pledged Securities.)

“RCRA” shall mean the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.

“Real Property” shall mean all real property, both owned and leased, of the Loan Parties.

“Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.3(c).

“Release” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(c).

“Required Lenders” shall mean, any of the Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) holding at least 51% in the aggregate, based on each Lender’s Commitment Percentage, of (a) prior to the Facility Termination Date, the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, and (b) after the Facility Termination Date, the Aggregate Credit Exposure; provided that, as long as (y) there are only two Lenders (that are not Defaulting Lenders), Required Lenders shall mean both Lenders (that are not Defaulting Lenders) and (z) there are more than two Lenders (that are not Defaulting Lenders), Required Lenders shall mean at least two Lenders (that are not Defaulting Lenders) holding at least 51% in the aggregate, based on each Lender’s Commitment Percentage.

“Reserves” shall mean any and all amounts the Agent deems necessary in its Permitted Discretion to block, withhold, reserve or maintain against the amount of the Loans that the Lenders will make available to the Borrowers with respect to such matters that will or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the value of the Collateral, the enforceability or priority of Liens of the Agent, or the amount that the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, would be likely to receive in the liquidation of such Collateral, including, without limitation, reserves for rent and royalties, if necessary.

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“Revolving Commitment” shall mean the commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Loans and issue Letters of Credit, as such commitment may be reduced pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on the Commitment Schedule.

“Revolving Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure at such time.

“Revolving Loan” shall mean a revolving loan made pursuant to Section 2.1.

“Revolving Note” or “Revolving Notes” shall mean, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the promissory notes referred to in Section 2.1.

“Sanctioned Country” shall mean, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

“Sanctioned Person” shall mean, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, (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).

“Sanctions” economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by 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.

“SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any governmental body or agency succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“Settlement Date” shall mean one or more Business Days of each week, or such longer period of time, as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“SOFR” or “SOFR Rate” means, with respect to any SOFR Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such SOFR Business Day.

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

“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

“SOFR Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

“SOFR Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily Simple SOFR.

“SOFR Rate Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.

“SOFR Unavailability Period” means, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that either (i) the SOFR Administrator permanently or indefinitely has ceased to provide SOFR or (ii) the SOFR Administrator has announced that SOFR is no longer representative and (b) ending at the time that either

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(i) the SOFR Administrator has resumed providing SOFR or (ii) the SOFR Administrator has announced that SOFR is representative, as applicable.

“Subsidiary” shall mean a corporation or other entity whose shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation, or other Persons performing similar functions for such entity, are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

“StuckyNet System” shall mean the Agent’s StuckyNet-Link internet-based communication system utilized by the Agent.

“Toxic Substances” shall mean and include any material present on the Real Property which has been shown to have significant adverse effect on human health or which is subject to regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. Sections 2601 et seq., applicable state law, or any other applicable Federal or state laws now in force or hereafter enacted relating to toxic substances, and includes asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and lead-based paints.

“Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.14(a).

“UFCA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2.

“UFTA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2.

“Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Ohio; provided, however, that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest or Lien in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than Ohio, “Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection.

“USA Patriot Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.

“Waivers” shall mean, collectively, any landlord’s waiver, warehouseman’s waiver, bailee’s waiver, creditor’s waiver, mortgagee waiver, processor waiver, customs broker waiver, and any similar waiver, executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

“Week” shall mean the time period commencing on Monday and ending on Friday of each calendar week.

1.3Uniform Commercial Code Terms.  All terms used herein and defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of Ohio from time to time shall have the meaning given therein unless otherwise defined herein.  Such terms shall include: “Account”, “Account Debtor”, “Certificated Security”, “Chattel Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claim”, “Commodities Account”, “Deposit Account”, “Document”, “Farm Products”, “Financial Asset”, “Fixture”, “General Intangible”, “Instrument”, “Inventory”, “Investment Property”, “Lease”, “Lessor”, “Letter-of-Credit Rights”, “money”, “Payment Intangibles”, “Proceeds”, “Product”, “Record”, “Secured Party”, “Securities Account”, “Security”, “Security Entitlement”, “Security Interest” and “Supporting Obligation”.  To the extent the definition of any category or type of Collateral is expanded by any amendment, modification or revision to the

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Uniform Commercial Code, such expanded definition will apply automatically as of the effective date of such amendment, modification or revision.

1.4General Matters of Construction.  For the purpose of computing periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”.  Unless the context otherwise expressly requires, (a) all references to laws, statutes and regulations shall include any amendments, renewals, extensions, replacements, or successor laws, statutes or regulations, (b) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, substituted, amended and restated, or replaced, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (d) the words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not any particular provision hereof, (e) any reference to payment, repayment, or prepayment shall be construed as referring to payment of immediately available funds in Dollars, (f) any pronoun used shall be deemed to cover all genders, (g) any reference to any Loan Document or other deliverable shall mean, unless the context expressly states otherwise, such Loan Document or deliverable in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (h) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (i) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”, (j) wherever appropriate in the context, terms used herein in the singular also include the plural and vice versa, and (k) captions used in this Agreement are intended for convenience only and do not constitute and shall not be interpreted as part of this Agreement.

1.5Time References.  All time references in the Loan Documents are to Cleveland, Ohio time.

1.6Benchmark Notification.  The Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to Daily Simple SOFR, any component definition thereof or rates referenced in the definition thereof or any alternative, comparable or successor rate thereto (including any then-current Benchmark or any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, comparable or successor rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the  same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, Daily Simple SOFR or any other Benchmark, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

ARTICLE 2

ADVANCES, PAYMENTS

2.1Revolving Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Lender, severally and not jointly, will make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in aggregate amounts outstanding at any time prior to the Facility Termination Date equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Maximum Borrowing Amount minus such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Exposure. All Revolving Loans bear interest as a SOFR Loan unless the Borrowers elect to convert them to Base Rate Loans pursuant to Section 2.2(b).  If requested by a Lender, that Lender’s Revolving Loans shall be evidenced by a secured promissory note (each, a “Revolving Note”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

2.2Procedure for Borrowing Advances.

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“Notice of Loan”) prior to 11:00 a.m. on a Business Day of a Borrower’s request to incur, on that day, a Revolving Loan hereunder.  Should any amount required to be paid as interest hereunder, or as fees or other charges under this Agreement or any other agreement with the Agent or any Lender, or with respect to any other Obligation, become due, the same shall be deemed a request for a Revolving Loan charged to the Loan Account as of the date such payment is due, in the amount required to pay in full such interest, fee, charge or Obligation under this Agreement or any other agreement with the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer, and such request shall be irrevocable.

2.3Disbursement of Loan Proceeds.  All Loans shall be disbursed from whichever office or other place the Agent may designate from time to time and, together with any and all other Obligations of the Borrowers to the Agent and the Lenders, shall be charged to the Loan Account on the Agent’s books.  During the term of this Agreement, the Borrower Representative may use the Revolving Loans by borrowing, prepaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.  The proceeds of each Revolving Loan requested by the Borrower Representative or deemed to have been requested by any Borrower under Section 2.2(a) shall, with respect to requested Revolving Loans to the extent the Lenders make such Revolving Loans, be made available to the Borrower Representative on the day so requested by way of credit to a Borrower’s operating account at KeyBank, in immediately available federal funds or other immediately available funds or, with respect to Revolving Loans deemed to have been requested by a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2(a), be disbursed to the Agent to be applied to the outstanding Obligations giving rise to such deemed request.

2.4Maximum Advances.  Subject to Section 4.4, the Revolving Exposure outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Maximum Borrowing Amount.  If the Revolving Exposure at any time exceeds the Maximum Borrowing Amount, subject to Section 4.4, such excess shall be immediately due and payable without the necessity of any demand, at the Payment Office, whether or not a Default or Event of Default has occurred.

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Business Day immediately following the Business Day on which such payments are deemed to have been received by the Lender pursuant to this paragraph.

2.6Reserved.

2.7Statement of Account.  The Agent shall maintain, in accordance with its customary procedures, a loan account (“Loan Account”) in the name of the Borrowers in which shall be recorded, among other things, the date and amount of each Advance made by the Agent and the date and amount of each payment in respect thereof; provided, however, the failure by the Agent to record the date and amount of any Advance shall not adversely affect the Agent or any Lender.

2.8Letters of Credit.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuer shall issue or cause the issuance of letters of credit (“Letters of Credit”) on behalf of the Borrowers; provided, however, that the Issuer will not be required to issue or cause to be issued any Letters of Credit to the extent that the face amount of such Letters of Credit would then cause the Revolving Exposure to exceed the Maximum Borrowing Amount.  The maximum amount of Letters of Credit outstanding shall not exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.  All disbursements or payments related to Letters of Credit shall be charged to the Loan Account as a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and added to the Obligations.

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2.9Issuance of Letters of Credit.

2.10Requirements For Issuance of Letters of Credit.

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unreimbursed costs and expenses relating to such disbursement.  In the event the Issuer makes a disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, each Lender shall pay to such Issuer, upon such Issuer’s demand, such Lender’s proportionate share of such disbursement together with such Lender’s proportionate share of such Issuer’s reasonable unreimbursed costs and expenses relating to such disbursement.  Upon receipt by the Agent of a repayment from any Borrower of any amount disbursed by the Agent for which the Agent had already been reimbursed by the Lenders, the Agent shall deliver to each Lender that Lender’s pro rata share of such repayment.  Each Lender’s participation commitment shall continue until the last to occur of any of the following events: (i) the Issuer ceases to be obligated to issue or cause to be issued Letters of Credit hereunder; (ii) no Letter of Credit issued hereunder remains outstanding and uncancelled or (iii) all Persons (other than the applicable Borrower) have been fully reimbursed for all payments made under or relating to Letters of Credit.

2.11Reserved.

2.12Additional Payments.  Any sums reasonably expended by the Agent or any Lender due to any Loan Party’s failure to perform or comply with its obligations under any Loan Document, including the Loan Party’s obligations under Sections 2.9, 4.2, 4.4, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 6.7 and 16.9, may be charged to the Loan Account as a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and added to the Obligations.

2.13Use of Proceeds.  The Borrowers shall apply the proceeds of Advances and other Loans (a) to refinance existing Indebtedness owed to the Agent and the Lenders, (b) to pay fees and expenses relating to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, (c) for general corporate purposes and (d) to provide for working capital needs. The Borrowers shall not request any Loan or Letter of Credit, and the Borrowers shall not use, and shall ensure that their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit (x) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (y) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any

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Sanctioned Country, or (z)  in any manner that would result in the violation of  any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

2.14Manner of Borrowing and Payment; Settlement.

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becomes immediately available to the Agent.  A certificate of the Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this subsection (e) shall be presumed correct, in the absence of manifest error.  If such amount is not in fact made available to the Agent by such Lender within three (3) Business Days after such Settlement Date, the Agent shall be entitled to recover such an amount, with interest thereon at the rate per annum then applicable to Revolving Loans hereunder, on demand from the Borrowers; provided, however, that the Agent’s right to such recovery shall not prejudice or otherwise adversely affect the Borrowers’ rights (if any) against such Lender.

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be deemed to release any Defaulting Lender from its obligations under this Agreement and the Loan Documents, shall alter such obligations, shall operate as a waiver of any default by such Defaulting Lender hereunder, or shall prejudice any rights which any Borrower, the Agent or any Lender may have against any Defaulting Lender as a result of any default by such Defaulting Lender hereunder.

A Defaulting Lender may be replaced in accordance with Section 16.3(g).  In the event a Defaulting Lender retroactively cures to the satisfaction of the Agent the breach which caused a Lender to become a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall no longer be a Defaulting Lender and shall be treated as a Lender under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 3

INTEREST AND FEES

3.1Interest.

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and the drafts thereunder, the Borrowers agree to pay to the Issuer issuance, amendment, renewal, negotiation, draw, acceptance, telex, courier, postage and similar transactional fees as are customarily charged by the Issuer in respect of the issuance and administration of similar letters of credit under its fee schedule as in effect from time to time.

3.3Unused Facility Fee.  If, for any calendar month during the term of this Agreement, the average daily Revolving Exposure for each day of such calendar month does not equal the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, then the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a fee at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Unused Facility Fee Percentage, multiplied by the amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitment exceeds such average daily Revolving Exposure, such fees shall be payable to the Agent in arrears on the first (1st) day of each calendar month after the date hereof until the Facility Termination Date and on the Facility Termination Date.

3.4Reserved.

3.5Reserved.

3.6Computation of Interest and Fees.  Interest and fees hereunder, including Letter of Credit Fees, shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and for the actual number of days elapsed.  If any payment to be made hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest thereon shall be payable at the applicable interest rate during such extension.

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3.7Maximum Charges.  In no event whatsoever shall interest and other charges charged hereunder exceed the highest rate permissible under law.  In the event interest and other charges as computed hereunder would otherwise exceed the highest rate permitted under law, such excess amount shall be first applied to any unpaid principal balance owed by the Borrowers, and if the remaining excess amount is greater than the previously unpaid principal balance, the Lenders shall promptly refund such excess amount to the Borrowers and the provisions hereof shall be deemed amended to provide for such permissible rate.

3.8Increased Costs.  In the event that, (a) the introduction after a Lender becomes a party to this Agreement of any law, treaty, rule or regulation or any change therein after such Lender becomes a party hereto, (b) any change after a Lender becomes a party to this Agreement in the interpretation or administration of any law, treaty, rule or regulation by any central bank or other Governmental Body or (c) the compliance by the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer with any guideline, request or directive from any central bank or other Governmental Body (whether or not having the force of law) after such Agent, Lender or Issuer becomes a party to this Agreement (for purposes of this Section 3.8, the term “Agent” or “Lender” shall include the Agent or any Lender and any corporation or bank controlling the Agent or any Lender and the office or branch where the Agent or any Lender (as so defined) makes or maintains any Loans), shall:

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Agent or any Lender of making, renewing or maintaining its Advances  or other Loans hereunder by an amount that the Agent or any such Lender deems to be material or to reduce the amount of any payment (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) in respect of any of the Advances or other Loans by an amount that the Agent or such Lender deems to be material, then, in any case the Borrowers shall promptly pay the Agent or such Lender, upon its demand, such additional amount as will compensate the Agent or such Lender for such additional cost or such reduction, as the case may be.  For purposes of this Section 3.8, any rules or directives concerning capital adequacy promulgated by the Bank of International Settlements pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act or the Basel Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices (or any successor or similar authority) under Basel III, and any rules, regulations, orders and directives adopted, promulgated or implemented in connection with any of the foregoing, regardless of the date adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented, are deemed to have been introduced and adopted after the Closing Date.  The Agent or such Lender shall certify the amount of such additional cost or reduced amount to the Borrower Representative, and such certification shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.

Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Agent for any taxes (but only to the extent that the Loan Parties have not already indemnified the Agent for such taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so) attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Agent

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in connection with any Loan Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Body.  This indemnity obligation shall be paid within ten (10) days after the Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount of taxes so paid or payable by the Agent.  Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.

3.9Illegality; Inability to Determine Interest Rate; Benchmark Replacement Setting.

(a)Illegality.  If, because of the introduction of or any change in, or because of any judicial, administrative, or other governmental interpretation of, any law or regulation, it becomes unlawful for any Lender to make, fund, or maintain any advance at Daily Simple SOFR or SOFR, then such Lender shall notify the Agent and the Borrower Representative that such Lender is no longer able to maintain the interest rate at Daily Simple SOFR or SOFR, (b) the Borrower Representative shall not be entitled to elect Daily Simple SOFR or SOFR for Loans, and (c) the Loans shall automatically be converted to Base Rate Loans.

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(c)Benchmark Replacement Setting.

“Benchmark” means, initially, Daily Simple SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Daily Simple SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable

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Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to this Section 3.9.

“Benchmark Replacement” means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event , the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, in each case, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will 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, 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 the Agent and the 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 U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities.

“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” or “SOFR Business Day”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of any “breakage” provisions and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

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“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) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(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 no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c).

For the avoidance of doubt, (A) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (B) 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 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 will cease to provide 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 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 Federal Reserve Board, 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 such Benchmark (or such component thereof)

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permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide 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 such Benchmark (or such component thereof) is no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, 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 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 90^th 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 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) (a) 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 this Section 3.9(c) and (b) 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 this Section 3.9(c).

“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means four (4) SOFR Business Days prior to (a) if the date of such setting is a SOFR Business Day, such date or (b) if the date of such setting is not a SOFR Business Day, the SOFR Business Day immediately preceding such date.

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

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

3.10Capital Adequacy.  In the event that the Agent or any Lender shall have determined that (a) the introduction after the Closing Date of any law, treaty, rule or regulation or any change therein after the Closing Date, (b) any change after the Closing Date in the interpretation or administration of any law,

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treaty, rule or regulation by any central bank or other Governmental Body or (c) the compliance by the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer with any guideline, request or directive from any central bank or other Governmental Body (whether or not having the force of law) after the Closing Date (for purposes of this Section 3.10, the term “Agent or any Lender” shall include the Agent or any Lender and any corporation or bank controlling the Agent or any such Lender and the office or branch where the Agent or any such Lender (as so defined) makes or maintains any Loans), has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Agent’s or any such Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which the Agent or any such Lender could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration the Agent’s or any such Lender’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Agent or any such Lender to be material, then, from time to time, the Borrowers shall pay upon demand to the Agent or any such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Agent or such Lender for such reduction.  In determining such amount or amounts, the Agent or any such Lender may use any reasonable averaging or attribution methods.  The protection of this Section 3.10 shall be available to the Agent or any Lender regardless of any possible contention of invalidity or inapplicability with respect to the applicable law, regulation or condition.  For purposes of this Section 3.10, any rules or directives concerning capital adequacy promulgated by the Bank of International Settlements pursuant to the Dodd Frank Act or the Basel Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices (or any successor or similar authority) under Basel III, and any rules, regulations, orders and directives adopted, promulgated or implemented in connection with any of the foregoing, regardless of the date adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented, are deemed to have been introduced and adopted after the Closing Date.  A certificate of the Agent or any Lender setting forth such amount or amounts as shall be necessary to compensate the Agent or such Lender with respect to this Section 3.10 when delivered to the Borrower Representative shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.

ARTICLE 4

COLLATERAL: GENERAL TERMS

4.1Security Interest in the Collateral.  To secure the prompt payment and performance of the Obligations, each Loan Party hereby grants to the Agent, for its benefit, the benefit of the Lenders, the benefit of the Issuer, and the benefit of each of their respective Affiliates, a continuing security interest in and a pledge of all of its Collateral.  Each Loan Party shall mark its books and records as may be necessary or appropriate to evidence, protect and perfect the security interest of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer and shall cause its financial statements to reflect such security interest.  Each Loan Party shall promptly provide the Agent with written notice of any commercial tort claims, such notice to contain the case title together with the applicable court and a brief description of the claim(s).  Upon delivery of each such notice, such Loan Party shall be deemed to hereby grant to the Agent a security interest and Lien in and to such commercial tort claims and all proceeds thereof.

4.2Perfection of Security Interest.  Each Loan Party shall take all action that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Agent may request, so as at all times to maintain the validity, perfection, enforceability and priority of the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral or to enable the Agent to protect, exercise or enforce its rights hereunder and in the Collateral, including (a) immediately discharging all Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances, (b) using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such Waivers as the Agent may request, (c) delivering to the Agent, endorsed or accompanied by such instruments of assignment as the Agent may specify, and stamping or marking, in such manner as the Agent may specify, any and all chattel paper, instruments, vehicle titles, letters of credit and advices thereof and documents evidencing or forming a part of the Collateral, (d) entering into lockbox and other custodial arrangements satisfactory to the Agent, and (e) executing and delivering control agreements, instruments of pledge, notices and assignments, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, relating to the creation, validity, perfection, maintenance or continuation of the Agent’s security

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interest in Collateral under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law.  By its signature hereto, each Loan Party hereby authorizes the Agent to file against such Loan Party, one or more financing, continuation, or amendment statements pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code to perfect Liens securing Obligations arising hereunder in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.  All charges, expenses and fees the Agent may incur in doing any of the foregoing, and any local taxes relating thereto, shall be charged to the Loan Account as a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and added to the Obligations, or, at the Agent’s option, shall be paid to the Agent promptly, but in no event later than three days, after demand.

4.3Disposition of Collateral.  Each Loan Party will safeguard and protect all Collateral for the Agent’s general account and shall make no disposition thereof whether by sale, lease or otherwise except as may be otherwise permitted under this Agreement.

4.4Preservation of Collateral.  Following the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, in addition to the rights and remedies set forth in Section 11.1, the Agent may at any time take such steps as the Agent deems necessary to protect the Agent’s interest in and to preserve the Collateral, including (a) the hiring of such security guards or the placing of other security protection measures as the Agent may deem appropriate; (b) employing and maintaining at any of any Loan Party’s premises a custodian who shall have full authority to do all acts necessary to protect the Agent’s interests in the Collateral; (c) leasing warehouse facilities to which the Agent may move all or part of the Collateral; and (d) using any Loan Party’s owned or leased lifts, hoists, trucks and other facilities or equipment for handling or removing the Collateral.  The Agent shall have, and is hereby granted by the Loan Parties to the fullest extent that the Loan Parties can provide such grant, a right of ingress and egress to any Real Property where the Collateral is located, and may proceed over and through any such Real Property.  Each Loan Party shall cooperate fully with all of the Agent’s efforts to preserve the Collateral as permitted in the first sentence of this Section 4.4 and will take such actions to preserve the Collateral as the Agent may direct.  The Agent is hereby authorized by the Loan Parties, the Lenders, and the Issuer, from time to time in the Agent’s sole discretion, (a) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, or (b) at any time that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 8.2 hereof have not been satisfied, to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers which the Agent, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable (i) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (ii) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Advances and other Obligations, or (iii) to pay any other amount chargeable to the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.  All of the Agent’s expenses of preserving the Collateral in accordance with the foregoing, including any expenses relating to the bonding of a custodian, shall be charged to the Loan Account as a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and added to the Obligations.  With respect to custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, the Agent shall deal with the Collateral in the same manner as the Agent deals with similar property for similarly situated borrowers.

4.5Ownership of Collateral.  With respect to the Collateral, at the time the Collateral becomes subject to the Agent’s security interest: (a) each Loan Party shall be the sole owner of and fully authorized and able to sell, transfer, pledge and/or grant a first priority security interest in each and every item of its respective Collateral to the Agent, subject to any Permitted Encumbrances; and, except for Permitted Encumbrances, the Collateral shall be free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances whatsoever; (b) each document and agreement executed by each Loan Party or delivered to the Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects; (c) all signatures and endorsements of each Loan Party that appear on such documents and agreements shall be genuine and each Loan Party shall have full capacity to execute same; and (d) each Loan Party’s Inventory and Equipment shall be located as set forth on Schedule 4.5 (as such schedule may be updated from time to time) and shall not be removed from such location(s) without the prior written consent of the Agent except with respect to repair, maintenance, or rebuild of such Equipment required to be performed off-site

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in the usual and customary course of business in the industry, the sale or other disposition of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and Equipment in accordance with this Agreement, and with respect to Inventory and Equipment in transit from one location identified on Schedule 4.5 (as such schedule may be updated from time to time) to another location identified on Schedule 4.5.

4.6Defense of the Interests of the Agent and the Lenders.  Until (a) payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations (other than contingent obligations that expressly survive the termination of this Agreement), and (b) termination of this Agreement the interests of the Agent and the Lenders in the Collateral shall continue in full force and effect.  During such period no Loan Party shall, without the Agent’s prior written consent, pledge, sell (except Inventory in the ordinary course of business), assign, transfer, create or suffer to exist a Lien upon or encumber or allow or suffer to be encumbered in any way except for Permitted Encumbrances, and except for sales, assignments, and transfers expressly permitted elsewhere herein, any part of the Collateral.  Each Loan Party shall defend the interests of the Agent and the Lenders in the Collateral against any and all Persons whatsoever.  At any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right to take possession of the indicia of the Collateral and the Collateral in whatever physical form contained, including: labels, stationery, documents, instruments and advertising materials.  If the Agent exercises such right to take possession of the Collateral, the Loan Parties shall, upon demand, assemble it in the best manner possible and make it available to the Agent at a place reasonably convenient to the Agent.  In addition, with respect to all Collateral, the Agent, the Lenders, and the Issuer shall be entitled to all of the rights and remedies set forth herein and further provided by the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law.  After the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Loan Party shall, and the Agent may, at its option, instruct all suppliers, carriers, forwarders, warehousers or others receiving or holding cash, checks, Inventory, documents or instruments in which the Agent holds a security interest to deliver same to the Agent and/or subject to the Agent’s order and if they shall come into any Loan Party’s possession, they, and each of them, shall be held by such Loan Party in trust as the Agent’s trustee, and such Loan Party will immediately deliver them to the Agent in their original form together with any necessary endorsement.

4.7Books and Records.  Each Loan Party shall (a) keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries will be made of all dealings or transactions of or in relation to its business and affairs; (b) set up on its books accruals with respect to all Charges; and (c) on a reasonably current basis set up on its books, from its earnings, allowances against doubtful Accounts, advances and investments and all other proper accruals (including accruals for premiums, if any, due on required payments and accruals for depreciation, obsolescence, or amortization of properties), which shall be set aside from such earnings in connection with its business.  All determinations pursuant to this Section 4.7 shall be made in all material respects in accordance with, or as required by, GAAP consistently applied in the opinion of such independent public accountant as shall then be regularly engaged by the Loan Parties.

4.8Financial Disclosure.  Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs all accountants and auditors employed by such Loan Party at any time and promptly after the request of the Agent to exhibit and deliver to the Agent copies of any Loan Party’s financial statements (if any exist at or prior to the date of such request), trial balances or other accounting records of any sort in the accountant’s or auditor’s possession, and to disclose to the Agent any information such accountants may have concerning such Loan Party’s financial status and business operations.  Each Loan Party hereby authorizes all federal, state and municipal authorities to furnish to the Agent copies of reports or examinations relating to such Loan Party, whether made by such Loan Party or otherwise; however, the Agent will attempt to obtain such information or materials directly from such Loan Party prior to obtaining such information or materials from such accountants or such authorities.

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4.9Compliance with Laws.  Each Loan Party shall be in compliance in all material respects with all laws, acts, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Body with jurisdiction over it or the Collateral or any part thereof or to the operation of such Loan Party’s business, including, without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulations.  The Collateral at all times shall be maintained in accordance with the material requirements of all insurance carriers which provide insurance with respect to the Collateral so that such insurance shall remain in full force and effect. Each Loan Party will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Loan Parties, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

4.10Inspection of Premises; Appraisals.  At all times as the Agent reasonably deems necessary, the Agent shall have full access to and the right to audit, check, inspect and make abstracts and copies from each Loan Party’s books, records, audits, correspondence and all other papers relating to the Collateral and the operation of each Loan Party’s business.  The Agent and its agents may enter upon any of each Loan Party’s premises at any time during business hours and at any other reasonable time, and from time to time as the Agent deems necessary or desirable, for the purpose of auditing, inspecting and appraising the Collateral and any and all records pertaining thereto and the operation of such Loan Party’s business.  The Agent shall have the right to conduct such audits, including “Desk Top” appraisals, inspections and appraisals at such times as the Agent deems necessary, in each case, at the Borrowers’ expense; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else contained herein to the contrary, the Borrowers shall be required to pay for no more than two (2) field exams and one (1) appraisal per calendar year unless an Event of Default occurs, in which case such limitation shall not apply.

4.11Insurance.  Each Loan Party shall bear the full risk of any loss of any nature whatsoever with respect to the Collateral.  At each Loan Party’s own cost and expense in amounts and with carriers reasonably acceptable to the Agent, each Loan Party shall (a) keep all of its insurable properties and properties in which each Loan Party has an interest insured against the hazards of fire, flood, sprinkler leakage, those hazards covered by extended coverage insurance and such other hazards, and for such amounts, as is customary in the case of companies engaged in businesses similar to such Loan Party, including business interruption insurance for its preparation plants; (b) maintain a bond in such amounts as is customary in the case of companies engaged in businesses similar to such Loan Party insuring against larceny, embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation of insured’s officers and employees who may either singly or jointly with others at any time have access to the assets or funds of such Loan Party either directly or through authority to draw upon such funds or to direct generally the disposition of such assets; (c) maintain general and excess liability insurance against claims for personal injury, death or property damage suffered by others; (d) maintain all such worker’s compensation or similar insurance as may be required under the laws of any state or jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is engaged in business; and (e) furnish the Agent with (i) a status report with respect to the renewal of all such insurance, no later than ten (10) days before the expiration date thereof, (ii) evidence of the maintenance of all such insurance by the renewal thereof no later than the expiration date thereof, and (iii) appropriate loss payable and additional insured endorsements in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, naming the Agent as a co-insured and lender loss payee as its interests may appear but only with respect to all insurance coverage covering damage, loss or destruction of Collateral, and providing (A) that all proceeds thereunder covering a loss of or damage to Collateral shall be payable to the Agent, (B) no such insurance shall be affected by any act or neglect of the insured or owner of the property described in such policy, and (C) that such policy and loss payable clauses may not be cancelled, amended or terminated unless at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice is given to the Agent.  The Loan Parties shall provide copies of all such insurance policies (including the appropriate lender loss payee and additional insured endorsements) within thirty (30) days after the Agent’s request, however, only certificates of such insurance shall be required on the Closing Date.  In the event of any loss under any insurance covering Collateral, the carriers named in such insurance policies covering Collateral hereby are directed by the

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Agent and the applicable Loan Party to make payment for such loss to the Agent and not to such Loan Party and the Agent jointly.  If any insurance losses with respect to Collateral are paid by check, draft or other instrument payable to any Loan Party and the Agent jointly, the Agent may endorse such Loan Party’s name thereon and do such other things as the Agent may deem advisable to reduce the same to cash. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent is hereby authorized to adjust and compromise claims under insurance coverage with respect to Collateral.

4.12Failure to Pay Insurance.  If any Loan Party fails to obtain insurance as hereinabove provided, or to keep the same in force, the Agent, if the Agent so elects, may obtain such insurance and pay the premium therefor on behalf of such Loan Party, and such premium shall be charged to the Loan Account as a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and added to the Obligations.

4.13Payment of Taxes.  Each Loan Party will pay, when due, all taxes, assessments and other Charges lawfully levied or assessed upon such Loan Party or any of the Collateral including real and personal property taxes, assessments and Charges and all franchise, income, employment, social security benefits, withholding, and sales taxes, except those taxes, assessments or Charges to the extent that any Loan Party has contested or disputed those taxes, assessments or Charges in good faith, by expeditious protest, administrative or judicial appeal or similar proceeding provided that any related tax Lien is stayed and sufficient reserves are established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent to protect the security interest of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in or Lien on the Collateral.  If any (a) tax (other than U.S. withholding taxes as a result of FATCA or taxes based on net income, gross receipts or profits) is or may be imposed by any Governmental Body on or as a result of any transaction between any Loan Party and the Agent, any Lender, or the Issuer, on one hand, and the Loan Parties on the other hand, after such Person becomes a party to this Agreement and the Agent, any Lender, or the Issuer may is required to withhold or pay or (b) taxes, assessments, or other Charges remain unpaid after the date fixed for their payment, or if any claim shall be made in connection therewith which, in the Agent’s opinion, may possibly create a valid Lien on the Collateral, the Agent may without notice to the Loan Parties pay the taxes, assessments or other Charges and each Loan Party hereby indemnifies and holds the Agent, each Lender and the Issuer harmless in respect thereof.  The Agent will not pay any taxes, assessments or Charges to the extent that any Loan Party has contested or disputed those taxes, assessments or Charges in good faith, by expeditious protest, administrative or judicial appeal or similar proceeding provided that any related tax lien is stayed and sufficient reserves are established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent to protect the Agent’s security interest in or Lien on the Collateral.  The amount of any payment by the Agent or any Lender under this Section 4.13 shall be charged to the Loan Account as a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and added to the Obligations and, until the Loan Parties shall furnish the Agent or such Lender with an indemnity therefor (or supply the Agent or such Lender with evidence satisfactory to the Agent that due provision for the payment thereof has been made), the Agent or such Lender may hold without interest any balance standing to the Loan Parties’ credit and the Agent or such Lender shall retain its security interest in any and all Collateral held by the Agent or such Lender.  Each Foreign Lender shall provide to the Agent and the Borrowers any tax form (including any applicable supporting document) and document or information required under FATCA on or before becoming a party to this Agreement that will eliminate or reduce the rate of any taxes with respect to payments made under a Loan Document.

4.14Payment of Leasehold Obligations.  Each Loan Party shall at all times pay, when and as due, its rental obligations under all leases under which it is a tenant, and shall otherwise comply, in all material respects, with all other terms of such leases and keep them in full force and effect and, at the Agent’s reasonable request, each Loan Party will provide evidence of having done so.

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4.15Accounts.

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Debtor; (H) prepare, file and sign such Loan Party’s name on any notice of Lien, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document in connection with the Accounts; and (I) do all other acts and things necessary to carry out this Agreement.  All acts of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified and approved, and said attorney or designee shall not be liable for any acts of omission or commission nor for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or of law; this power being coupled with an interest is irrevocable while any of the Obligations remain unpaid.  The Agent shall have the right at any time following the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default, to change the address for delivery of mail addressed to any Loan Party to such address as the Agent may designate and to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to any Loan Party.

Any collections received by the Borrowers shall be deemed held by the Borrowers in trust and as fiduciary for the Lenders.  The Borrowers agree not to commingle any such collections with any of Borrowers’ other funds or property, but to hold such funds separate and apart in trust and as fiduciary for the Agent until deposit is made into the Cash Concentration Account.

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4.16Maintenance of Equipment.  Each Loan Party shall maintain its equipment in good operating condition and repair in substantial accordance with industry standards (reasonable wear and tear excepted) and shall make all necessary replacements of and repairs thereto so that the value and operating efficiency of such equipment shall be maintained and preserved in the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s business.  No Loan Party shall use or operate its equipment in material violation of any law, statute, ordinance, code, rule or regulation.

4.17Exculpation of Liability.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to constitute the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer as any Loan Party’s agent for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer be responsible or liable for any shortage, discrepancy, damage, loss or destruction of any part of the Collateral wherever the same may be located and regardless of the cause thereof.  Neither the Agent, nor the Issuer nor the Lenders, whether by anything herein or in any assignment or otherwise, assume any of any Loan Party’s obligations under any contract or agreement assigned to the Agent, the Issuer or the Lenders, and neither the Agent, nor the Issuer nor any Lender shall be responsible in any way for the performance by any Loan Party of any of the terms and conditions thereof.

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4.19Financing Statements.  Except for (a) the financing statements filed by the Agent, and (b) those financing statements permitted to be filed hereunder, no financing statement covering any of the Collateral or any proceeds thereof is on file in any public office.

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filing with, any Governmental Body or any other Person is required for the pledge by such Loan Party of such Pledged Securities pursuant to this Agreement or for the exercise by the Agent of remedies in respect of the Pledged Securities, except as may be required in connection with such disposition by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.

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4.21Cash Management System.  The Borrowers shall establish and maintain, until the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of the Commitment, the cash management systems described below:

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4.22Mineral Interest Descriptions.  The leasehold and mineral interests described in the applicable UCC-1 Financing Statements naming Ramaco Resources, LLC, as debtor, and the Lender, as lender, previously prepared by the Borrowers and delivered to Lender, for filing of record in the official records of Logan County, West Virginia, McDowell County, West Virginia, Wyoming County, West Virginia, Buchanan County, Virginia, and Tazewell County, Virginia, as applicable, constitute all of the leasehold and mineral interests of Ramaco Resources, LLC in such counties from which Ramaco Resources, LLC presently extracts coal or other minerals.  No Borrower other than Ramaco Resources, LLC has any leasehold and mineral interests in such counties from which it presently extracts coal or other minerals.  Not later than ten (10) days before Ramaco Resources LLC or any other Borrower commences extraction of coal or other minerals from any property not described in such UCC-1 Financing Statements, the applicable Borrower shall prepare and deliver to the Lender a UCC-1 Financing Statement naming such Borrower, as debtor, and the Lender, as lender.  Such UCC-1 Financing Statement shall describe such new property from which such Borrower anticipates extraction of coal or other mineral interests, shall be in form sufficient for filing in the official records of the applicable county in which such new property sits, and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Lender.

ARTICLE 5

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Loan Party represents and warrants as follows:

5.1Authority.  Each Loan Party has the full power, authority and legal right to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform all of its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder, as the case may be.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which each Loan Party is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such

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Loan Party, enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and of the other Loan Documents by each Loan Party a party hereto or thereto has been approved by all necessary corporate action.

5.2Formation and Qualification; Subsidiaries.  Each Loan Party is duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 5.2(a) and is qualified to do business and is in good standing in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 5.2(a) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time) which constitute all jurisdictions in which qualification and good standing are necessary for such Loan Party to conduct its business and own its property and where the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  As of the Closing Date, all of the Subsidiaries of each Loan Party are listed on Schedule 5.2(b).

5.3Officers, Directors, Shareholders, Capitalization.  The names and titles of all executive officers and directors of each Loan Party, as of the Closing Date, are set forth on Schedule 5.3.  Schedule 5.3 also sets forth for each Loan Party, as of the Closing Date, the names of such Loan Party’s (other than that of Borrower Representative) shareholders and a description of such Person’s Equity Interest in such Loan Party (including, if applicable, a listing of the share certificates and the number of shares of capital stock held by such Person).  There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments of any nature relating to any Equity Interests in any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, except as set forth on Schedule 5.3.

5.4Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.  The transactions contemplated by this Agreement (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Body, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except for filings necessary to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any law applicable to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any Material Business Agreement, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except Permitted Encumbrances.

5.5Tax Returns.  Each Loan Party has filed all federal, state and local tax returns and other reports such Loan Party is required by law to file and has paid all taxes, assessments, fees and other Charges that are due and payable.  The provision for taxes on the books of such Loan Party is adequate for all years not closed by applicable statutes, and for its current fiscal year, and no Loan Party has any knowledge of any deficiency or additional assessment in connection therewith not provided for on its books.  No tax Liens have been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any taxes.

5.6Reserved.

5.7Corporate Name.  No Loan Party has been known by any other corporate name in the past five (5) years and does not sell Inventory under any other name, nor has any Loan Party been the surviving entity of a merger or consolidation or acquired all or substantially all of the assets of any Person during the preceding five (5) years.

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Safety and Health Act, the Environmental Protection Act, RCRA and all other Environmental Laws; and, there have been no outstanding citations, notices or orders of non-compliance issued to any Loan Party or relating to its business, assets, property, leaseholds or Equipment under any such laws, rules or regulations which could have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.9Solvency; No Litigation, No Violation, ERISA.

5.10Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses.  All patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service mark applications, copyrights, copyright applications, design rights, tradenames, assumed names, trade secrets and licenses owned or utilized by any Loan Party are set forth on Schedule 5.10 (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time), are valid and have been duly registered or filed with all appropriate Governmental Bodies and constitute all of the patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, design rights, tradenames, assumed names, trade secrets and licenses which are necessary for the operation of its business; there is no objection to or pending challenge to the validity of any such patent, trademark, copyright, design right, tradename, trade secret or license and no Loan Party is aware of any grounds for any challenge, except as set forth in Schedule 5.10. Each patent, patent application, patent license, trademark, trademark application, trademark license, service mark, service mark application, service mark license, design right, copyright,

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copyright application and copyright license owned or held by any Loan Party consists of original material or property developed by such Loan Party or was lawfully acquired by such Loan Party from the proper and lawful owner thereof.  Each of such items has been maintained so as to preserve the value thereof from the date of creation or acquisition thereof.  With respect to all customized software licensed by any Loan Party, such Loan Party is in possession of all source and object codes related to each piece of software or is the beneficiary of a source code escrow agreement, each such source code escrow agreement being listed on Schedule 5.10.

5.11Licenses and Permits.  Each Loan Party (a) is in compliance with and (b) has procured and is now in possession of, all material licenses or permits required by any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation for the operation of its business in each jurisdiction wherein it is now conducting or proposes to conduct business and where the failure to comply with or procure such licenses or permits would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.12Default of Indebtedness.  No Loan Party is in default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Indebtedness with a principal amount outstanding in excess of $­­250,000, or under any instrument or agreement under or subject to which any such Indebtedness has been issued and no event has occurred under the provisions of any such instrument or agreement which with or without the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, constitutes or would constitute an event of default thereunder.

5.13No Burdensome Restrictions; No Default.  No Loan Party is subject to any restriction or party to any contract or agreement, the compliance with or the performance of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Loan Party has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien which is not a Permitted Encumbrance.  No Loan Party is in default in the payment or performance of any of its contractual obligations.

5.14No Labor Disputes.  No Loan Party is involved in any labor dispute and there are no strikes or walkouts or union organization of any of the Loan Party’s employees in existence, or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened, and no labor contract is scheduled to expire during the term of this Agreement.

5.15Margin Regulations.  No Loan Party is engaged, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time hereafter in effect.  No part of the proceeds of any Advance or any other Loans will be used for “purchasing” or “carrying” “margin stock” as defined in Regulation U of such Board of Governors.

5.16Investment Company Act.  No Loan Party is an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, nor is it controlled by such a company.

5.17Disclosure.  No representation or warranty made by any Loan Party in this Agreement or in any financial statement, report, certificate or any other document furnished in connection herewith contains any untrue statement of fact or omits to state any fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein not misleading.

5.18Hedging Contracts.  No Loan Party is a party to, nor will it be a party to, any Hedging Contract unless same provides that damages upon termination following an event of default thereunder are payable on a “two-way basis” without regard to fault on the part of either party.

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5.19Material Business Agreements.  All Material Business Agreements to which any Loan Party is a party or is bound are listed on Schedule 5.19.  No Loan Party is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any Material Business Agreement to which it is a party.

5.20Anti-Terrorism Laws.

No Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any of its agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Advances, the Loans or other transactions hereunder, (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person, or (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224.

5.21Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.  Each Loan Party has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Loan Parties, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Loan Parties, their Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of each Loan Party and its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in any Loan Party being designated as a Sanctioned Person.  No (a) Loan Party, Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to

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the knowledge of any Loan Party, any agent of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.   No Loan or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.

ARTICLE 6

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each Loan Party shall until payment in full of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement:

6.1Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence and Assets.

6.2Violations.  Immediately notify the Agent in writing of any violation of any law, statute, regulation or ordinance of any Governmental Body, or of any agency thereof, applicable to any Loan Party or the Collateral which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.3Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  Maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (for the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis) of not less than 1.10 to 1.00 calculated as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending on September 30, 2021 for the period equal to four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending and as of the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter for the period equal to the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending.

6.4Execution of Supplemental Instruments.  Execute and deliver, and will cause each Subsidiary to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Agent and the Lenders such documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, and other documents and such other actions), which may be required by law or which the Agent or any Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.

6.5Payment of Indebtedness.  Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity (subject, where applicable, to specified grace periods and, in the case of the trade payables, to normal payment practices) all its Indebtedness.

6.6Standards of Financial Statements.  Cause all financial statements referred to in Sections 9.5, 9.6 and 9.8 to be complete and correct in all material respects (subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and to be prepared in reasonable detail.

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creates a Lien on the Collateral which the Agent, in the exercise of its sole judgment, determines is currently enforceable and neither inchoate nor stayed, the Agent may without notice to the Loan Parties pay the taxes, assessments or other Charges.  Any such payments shall be charged to the Loan Account as a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and added to the Obligations, or, at the Agent’s option, shall be paid to the Agent immediately upon demand.

6.8Deposit Accounts.    Not maintain any deposit, investment, brokerage and any other account with any financial institution other than KeyBank, unless such account is set forth on Schedule 6.8.  Other than the petty cash accounts maintained with Logan Bank and Fifth Third Bank, and payroll accounts maintained with The Huntington National Bank, each such account set forth on Schedule 6.8 shall be and remain subject to an account control agreement duly executed on behalf of the applicable financial institution; provided that no petty cash account shall contain more than $20,000 at any time.  Following the Closing Date, no Loan Party shall open a deposit, investment, brokerage and other account with any financial institution unless (a) it has received the prior written consent of the Agent and (b) it delivers to the Agent an account control agreement with respect to such account duly executed by the financial institution.

6.9Interest Rate Protection.  Promptly upon the Agent’s request, maintain Hedging Contracts with financial institutions reasonably acceptable to the Agent on such terms and under such conditions as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

ARTICLE 7

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

No Loan Party shall until satisfaction in full of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement:

7.1Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition and Sale of Assets.  Except with the Agent’s written consent in its Permitted Discretion:

7.2Creation of Liens.  Create, assign, transfer or suffer to exist any Lien upon or against any of its Collateral, except Permitted Encumbrances.

7.3Guarantees. Except as set forth Schedule 7.3, become liable upon the obligations of any Person by assumption, endorsement or guaranty thereof or otherwise (other than to the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer), except (a) the endorsement of checks in the ordinary course of business, (b) guarantees made by a Loan Party with respect to the Obligations of another Loan Party, (c) guarantees incurred by any Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness of any other Loan Party permitted by Section 7.8, and (d) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, unsecured guarantees of mineral rights leases and royalty agreements if such guarantees contain customary terms and conditions consistent with existing guarantees; provided that, the Borrower Representative shall have provided prior written notice to the Agent of any such guarantees.

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7.4Investments.  Purchase, hold, acquire or invest in the obligations or stock of, or any other interest in, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) any Person, except (a) investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.4, (b) obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof, (c) commercial paper with maturities of not more than one hundred eighty (180) days and a published rating of not less than A-1 or P-1 (or the equivalent rating), (d) certificates of time deposit and bankers’ acceptances having maturities of not more than one hundred eighty (180) days and repurchase agreements backed by United States government securities of a commercial bank if (i) such bank has a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000, or (ii) its debt obligations, or those of a holding company of which it is a Subsidiary, are rated not less than A (or the equivalent rating) by a nationally recognized investment rating agency, or (e) U.S. money market funds (i) rated AAA by Standard & Poors, Inc. or with an equivalent rating from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or (ii) that invest solely in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or an agency thereof.

7.5Loans.  Make advances, loans or extensions of credit to any Person (other than another Loan Party), including any Subsidiary or Affiliate, except with respect to the extension of commercial trade credit in connection with the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of its business.

7.6Reserved.

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7.8Indebtedness.  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except in respect of:

7.9Nature of Business.  Substantially change the nature of the business in which it is currently engaged, nor, except as specifically permitted hereby purchase or invest, directly or indirectly, in any assets or property other than in the ordinary course of business for assets or property which are useful in, necessary for and are to be used in its business, as presently conducted.

7.10Transactions with Affiliates.  Directly or indirectly, purchase, acquire or lease any property from, or sell, transfer or lease any property to, or otherwise deal with, any Affiliate, except transactions on an arm’s length basis on terms no less favorable than terms which would have been obtainable from a Person other than an Affiliate.

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percentage the Equity Interest of such Subsidiary to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, so that such percentage of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interest becomes Pledged Securities; or

7.13Reserved.

7.14Fiscal Year and Accounting Changes.  Change its fiscal year from a calendar year or make any material change (a) in accounting treatment and reporting practices except as required by GAAP or (b) in tax reporting treatment except as required or permitted by law.

7.15Pledge of Credit.  Now or hereafter pledge the credit of the Agent or any Lender on any purchase or for any purpose whatsoever.

7.16Amendment of Charter Documents.  Amend, modify or waive any material term or provision of its Charter Documents.

7.17ERISA.  Become part of a Controlled Group or create, maintain or become obligated to contribute to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan.

7.18Prepayment of Indebtedness.  At any time, directly or indirectly, prepay any Indebtedness (other than to the Agent, the Lenders or the Issuer or other than payment of rentals, royalties, trade payables or similar items in the ordinary course of business) or repurchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of any Loan Party (other than to the Agent, the Lenders or the Issuer).

7.19Modification of Material Business Agreements.  Amend, waive or otherwise modify in any material respect the terms of any Material Business Agreement which could result in a Material Adverse Effect without the prior written consent of the Agent.

7.20Anti-Terrorism Laws.  At any time, (a) directly or through its Affiliates and agents, conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person, including the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person; (b) directly or through its Affiliates and agents, deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224; (c) directly or through its Affiliates and agents, engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No. 13224, the USA Patriot Act or any other Anti-Terrorism Law or (d) fail to deliver to the Agent, the Lenders or the Issuer any certification or other evidence requested from time to time by the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer in their sole judgment, confirming each Loan Party’s compliance with this Section 7.20.

7.21Ramaco Coal, Inc.  So long as Ramaco Coal, Inc., is not a Borrower hereunder, permit Ramaco Coal, Inc. to engage in any business or own any material assets, other than ownership of the membership interests of RAMACO Coal Sales, LLC which is expressly permitted, or have any liabilities; provided that it may engage in those activities that are incidental to (a) the maintenance of its corporate existence in compliance with applicable law, (b) ownership of the membership interests of RAMACO Coal Sales, LLC, and (c) legal, tax and accounting matters in connection with any of the foregoing activities; provided further that the Borrowers are permitted to dissolve Ramaco Coal, Inc. without the consent of the Agent so long as the Borrowers provide the Agent notice of dissolution.

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ARTICLE 8

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

8.1Conditions to Initial Loans.  The agreement of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer, as the case may be, to make the initial Loans and other Advances requested to be made on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer, immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such Loans and other Advances, of the following conditions precedent, unless waived by the Agent:

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8.2Conditions to Each Advance.  The agreement of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer to make any Advance requested to be made on any date (including the initial Loans and Advances), is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent as of the date such Advance is made:

Each request for an Advance by the Borrower Representative hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers as of the date of such Advance that the conditions contained in this subsection shall have been satisfied.

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ARTICLE 9

INFORMATION AS TO THE LOAN PARTIES

Each Borrower shall, on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties, until satisfaction in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement:

9.1Disclosure of Material Matters.  Immediately upon learning thereof, report to the Agent all matters materially affecting the value, enforceability or collectability of any portion of the Collateral  including any Lien or claim asserted against the Collateral, any loss, damage or destruction of any material portion of the Collateral, and any Loan Party’s reclamation or repossession of, or the return to any Loan Party of, a material amount of goods or material claims or material disputes asserted by any Account Debtor or other obligor.

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Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative, concurrently with the delivery of the Borrowing Base Certificate referenced in subsection (a) above, based upon month-end balances reconciled to the month-end balance sheet and the month-end Borrowing Base Certificate, and accompanied by an Inventory certification, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent and including a calculation of the Eligible Coal Inventory of the Borrowers (the calculation of Eligible Coal Inventory reflecting the then most recent month-end balance).  The Borrowers shall deliver to the Agent, after the end of each month, Inventory records, in such detail as the Agent shall deem reasonably necessary to determine the level of Eligible Coal Inventory.  The values shown on the Inventory reports shall be at the lower of cost or market value, determined in accordance with the usual cost accounting system of the Borrowers.  The Borrowers shall provide such other reports with respect to the Inventory of the Borrowers as the Agent may reasonably request from time to time.

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9.3Litigation.  Immediately notify the Agent in writing of any litigation, suit or administrative proceeding affecting any Loan Party, whether or not the claim is covered by insurance, and of any suit or administrative proceeding, which in any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.4Material Occurrences.  Immediately notify the Agent in writing upon the occurrence of (a) any Event of Default or Default under this Agreement; (b) any default (which is not timely cured) under any Material Business Agreement; (c) any event, development or circumstance whereby any financial statements or other reports furnished to the Agent fail in any material respect to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, the financial condition or operating results of the Loan Parties on a consolidated or consolidating basis as of the date of such statements; (d) each and every default by any Loan Party which would reasonably be expected to result in the acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness including the names and addresses of the holders of such Indebtedness with respect to which there is a default existing or with respect to which the maturity has been or could be accelerated, and the amount of such Indebtedness; and (e) any other development in the business or affairs of any Loan Party which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; in each case, to the extent permitted by applicable law, describing the nature thereof and the action the Loan Parties propose to take with respect thereto.

9.5Annual Financial Statements.  Furnish the Agent within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Loan Parties, audited financial statements of the Borrower Representative on a consolidated and consolidating basis including statements of income and stockholders’ equity and cash flow from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such fiscal year and the balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal year, in all cases prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior practices, and in reasonable detail and reported upon without qualification by an independent certified public accounting firm selected by the Loan Parties and satisfactory to the Agent. In addition, the reports shall be accompanied by a Compliance Certificate and a copy of any management report, letter or similar writing that may have been furnished to the Borrowers by the independent public accountants in respect of the systems, operations, financial condition or properties of the Loan Parties.

9.6Monthly Financial Statements.  Furnish the Agent within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month, an unaudited balance sheet of the Loan Parties on a consolidated and consolidating basis and unaudited statements of income and stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Loan Parties on a consolidated and consolidating basis reflecting results of operations from the beginning of the fiscal year to the end of such month and for such month, prepared on a basis consistent with prior practices and complete and correct in all material respects, subject to normal and recurring year end adjustments that individually and in the aggregate are not material to the business of the Loan Parties and setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures from the projected annual operating budget delivered pursuant to Section 9.8 covering the current fiscal year.  In addition, the financial statements furnished as of the last day of each of the Borrowers’ fiscal quarters shall be accompanied by a Compliance Certificate and a

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copy of any management report, letter or similar writing, if any, that may have been furnished to the Borrowers by the independent public accountants in respect of the systems, operations, financial condition or properties of the Loan Parties.

9.7Additional Information.  Furnish the Agent with such additional information as the Agent shall reasonably request in order to enable the Agent to determine whether the terms, covenants, provisions and conditions of this Agreement and the Notes have been complied with by the Loan Parties,  including, without the necessity of any request by the Agent, (a) all documentation and other information that the Agent requests to enable the Agent and the Lenders to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulations, (b) copies of all environmental audits and reviews, (c) at least thirty (30) days prior thereto, notice of any Loan Party’s opening of any new place of business, closing of any existing place of business or a change in its legal name, and (d) immediately upon any Loan Party’s learning thereof, notice of any material labor dispute to which any Loan Party may become a party, any strikes or walkouts relating to any of its plants or other facilities, and the expiration of any labor contract to which any Loan Party is a party or by which any Loan Party is bound.

9.8Projected Operating Budget, Availability Forecast.  Furnish the Agent no later than the beginning of each fiscal year of the Loan Parties, commencing with fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter during the term of this Agreement, a month by month projected operating budget and cash flows of the Loan Parties on a consolidated and consolidating basis for such fiscal year (including an income statement and statement of cash flows for each calendar month, and a balance sheet and availability projection as at the end of each calendar month), such projections to be accompanied by a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative to the effect that such projections and forecasts have been prepared on the basis of sound financial planning practice consistent with past budgets and financial statements and that such officer has no reasonable basis to question the reasonableness of any material assumptions on which such projections and forecasts were prepared.

9.9Notice of Suits, Adverse Events.  Furnish the Agent with immediate notice of (a) any lapse or other termination of any Consent issued to any Loan Party by any Governmental Body or any other Person that is material to the operation of any Loan Party’s business, (b) any refusal by any Governmental Body or any other Person to renew or extend any such Consent, (c) copies of any periodic or special reports filed by any Loan Party with any Governmental Body or Person, if such reports indicate any material adverse change in the business, operations, affairs or condition of any Loan Party, or if copies thereof are requested by the Agent and/or the Issuer, and (d) copies of any material notices and other communications from any Governmental Body which specifically relate to any Loan Party.

ARTICLE 10

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

10.1Payment of Obligations.  Failure by any Borrower to pay any principal or interest on the Obligations when due, whether at maturity or by reason of acceleration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or by required prepayment or failure to pay any other liabilities or make any other payment, fee or charge provided for in any Loan Document;

10.2Misrepresentations.  Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party in this Agreement or any related agreement or in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished at any time in connection herewith or therewith, as the case may be, shall prove to have been misleading in any material respect on the date when made or deemed to have been made;

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10.3Failure to Furnish Information.  Failure by any Loan Party to (a) furnish financial information required to be provided hereunder when due, (b) furnish any additional financial information requested by the Agent within ten (10) days after such information is requested, or (c) permit the inspection of its books or records;

10.4Liens Against Assets.  Issuance of a notice of Lien, levy, assessment, injunction or attachment against a material portion of any Loan Party’s property other than as permitted hereunder;

10.5Breach of Covenants.  Failure or neglect of any Loan Party to perform, keep or observe any term, provision, condition, covenant contained in any Loan Document (other than those in Sections 4.7, 4.9, 4.16, 6.1, 6.2, 6.7 or 6.8 hereof) or contained in any Loan Document hereafter entered into; and (b) failure or neglect of any Loan Party to perform, keep or observe any other term, provision, condition, covenant contained in Sections 4.7, 4.9, 4.16, 6.1, 6.2, 6.7 or 6.8 hereof and such failure shall continue for fifteen (15) days from the occurrence of such failure or neglect;

10.6Judgment.  Any judgment or judgments are rendered or judgment liens filed against any Loan Party for an aggregate amount in excess of $500,000 which within thirty (30) days of such rendering or filing is not either appealed, satisfied, stayed, discharged of record or bonded;

10.7Insolvency and Related Proceedings.  Any Loan Party or any Affiliate or Subsidiary thereof shall (a) apply for, consent to or suffer the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, liquidator or similar fiduciary of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (b) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (c) admit in writing its inability, or be generally unable to pay its debts as they become due or cease operations of its present business, (d) commence a voluntary case under any state or Federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (e) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (f) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law providing for the relief of debtors, (g) acquiesce to, or fail to have dismissed, within thirty (30) days, any petition filed against it in any involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws, or (h) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

10.8Material Adverse Effect.  Except as covered under any other Section of this Article 10, any Material Adverse Effect occurs;

10.9Loss of Priority Lien.  Any Lien created hereunder or provided for hereby or under any related agreement for any reason ceases to be or is not a valid and perfected Lien having a first priority interest (except as subject to the Permitted Encumbrances);

10.10Breach of Material Business Agreements.  A default of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Material Business Agreement to which it is a party shall not be cured within any applicable cure period if such default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

10.11Cross Default; Cross Acceleration.  Any Loan Party shall (a) default in any payment of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness with an outstanding principal amount in excess of $250,000 beyond any period of grace with respect to such payment or (b) default beyond any period of grace in the observance of any other covenant, term or condition contained in any agreement or instrument pursuant to which such Indebtedness with an outstanding principal amount in excess of $250,000 is created, secured or evidenced, if the effect of such default is to permit the acceleration of any such Indebtedness (whether or not such right shall have been waived);

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10.13Invalidity of Loan Documents.  Any material provision of any Loan Document shall, for any reason, cease to be valid and binding on any Loan Party, or any Loan Party shall so claim in writing to the Agent;

10.14Loss of Material Intellectual Property.  (a) Any Governmental Body shall (i) revoke, terminate, suspend or adversely modify any license, permit, patent, trademark or tradename of any Loan Party, or (ii) commence proceedings to suspend, revoke, terminate or adversely modify any such license, permit, trademark, tradename or patent and such proceedings shall not be dismissed or discharged within sixty (60) days, or (iii) schedule or conduct a hearing on the renewal of any license, permit, trademark, tradename or patent necessary for the continuation of any Loan Party’s business and the staff of such Governmental Body issues a report recommending the termination, revocation, suspension or material adverse modification of such license, permit, trademark, tradename or patent; or (b) any agreement which is necessary or material to the operation of any Loan Party’s business shall be revoked or terminated and not replaced by a substitute acceptable to the Agent within thirty (30) days after the date of such revocation or termination, and such revocation or termination and non-replacement would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

10.15Destruction of Collateral.  Any portion of the Collateral shall be seized or taken by a Governmental Body, or any Loan Party or the title and rights of any Loan Party shall have become the subject matter of litigation which might, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, upon final determination, result in material impairment or loss of the security provided by any Loan Document;

10.16Business Interruption.  The operations of any Loan Party are interrupted at any time for more than seven (7) consecutive days, which interruption would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

10.17Guarantor Repudiation.  Any applicable guaranty of the Obligations shall fail to remain in full force or effect or any action shall be taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of such guaranty, or any guarantor of the Obligations shall fail to comply with any of the terms or provisions of the guaranty to which it is a party, or any such guarantor shall deny that it has any further liability under the guaranty to which it is a party, or shall give notice to such effect.

ARTICLE 11

LENDER’S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AFTER DEFAULT

11.1Rights and Remedies.  Upon the occurrence of (a) an Event of Default pursuant to Section 10.7, all Obligations shall be immediately due and payable and this Agreement and the obligation of the Lenders and the Issuer to make Advances and maintain Loans shall be deemed terminated; and (b) any other Event of Default and at any time thereafter (such Event of Default not having previously been waived by the Agent), at the option of the Required Lenders, all Obligations shall be immediately due and payable and the Lenders and the Issuer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and to terminate the obligation of the Lenders and the Issuer to make Advances and maintain Loans.  Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right to exercise any and all other rights and remedies provided for herein, under the Uniform Commercial Code and at law or equity generally, including the right to foreclose the security interests granted herein and to realize upon any Collateral by any available judicial procedure and/or to take, to the extent permitted by applicable law, possession of and sell any or all of the Collateral with or without judicial process.  The Agent may enter any of any Loan Party’s premises or other premises without legal process and without incurring liability to any Loan Party therefor, and the Agent may thereupon, or at any time thereafter, in its discretion without notice or demand, take the Collateral and remove the same to such place as the Agent may deem advisable and the Agent may require the Loan Parties to make the Collateral available to the Agent at a convenient place.  With or without having the Collateral at the time or place of sale, the Agent may sell the Collateral, or any

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part thereof, at public or private sale, at any time or place, in one or more sales, at such price or prices, and upon such terms, either for cash, credit or future delivery, as the Agent may elect.  Except as to that part of the Collateral which is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, the Agent shall give the Loan Parties reasonable notification of such sale or sales, it being agreed that in all events written notice mailed to the Loan Parties at least ten (10) days prior to such sale or sales is reasonable notification.  At any public sale the Agent or the Issuer may bid for and become the purchaser, and the Agent, any Lender, the Issuer or any other purchaser at any such sale thereafter shall hold the Collateral sold absolutely free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind, including any equity of redemption and such right and equity are hereby expressly waived and released by each Loan Party.  In connection with the exercise of the foregoing remedies, the Agent is granted permission to use all of each Loan Party’s trademarks, trade styles, trade names, patents, patent applications, licenses, franchises and other proprietary rights which are used in connection with (y) Inventory for the purpose of disposing of such Inventory and (z) equipment for the purpose of completing the manufacture of unfinished goods.  The proceeds realized from the sale of any Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 11.6.  If any deficiency shall arise, the Loan Parties shall remain liable to the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer therefor.

11.2Agent Discretion.  The Agent shall have the right in its sole discretion to determine which rights, Liens, security interests or remedies the Agent may at any time pursue, relinquish, subordinate, or modify or to take any other action with respect thereto and such determination will not in any way modify or affect any rights of the Agent, the Lenders or the Issuer hereunder.

11.3Setoff.  In addition to any other rights which the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer may have under applicable law, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, the Agent, such Lender and the Issuer, including any branch, Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof, shall have a right to apply any Loan Party’s property held by the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer, such branch, Subsidiary or Affiliate to reduce the Obligations.

11.4Rights and Remedies not Exclusive.  The enumeration of the foregoing rights and remedies is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other right or remedies provided for herein or otherwise provided by law, all of which shall be cumulative and not alternative.

11.5Appointment of Receiver.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Agent shall be entitled, to the immediate appointment of a receiver for all or any part of the Collateral, whether such receivership is incidental to a proposed sale of the Collateral, pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise.  Each Loan Party hereby consents to the appointment of such a receiver without notice or bond, to the full extent permitted by applicable statute or law; and waives any and all notices of and defenses to such appointment and agrees not to oppose any application therefor by the Agent, but nothing herein is to be construed to deprive the Agent or any Lender of any other right, remedy or privilege the Agent or any Lender may have under law to have a receiver appointed, provided, however, that, the appointment of such receiver shall not impair or in any manner prejudice the rights of the Agent or any Lender to receive any payments provided for herein.  Such receivership shall, at the option of the Agent, continue until full payment of all of the Obligations.

11.6Allocation of Payments After Event of Default.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts collected or received by the Agent or any Lender on account of the Obligations or any other amounts outstanding under any of the Loan Documents or in respect of the Collateral shall be paid over or delivered as follows:

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FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) of the Agent in connection with enforcing the rights of the Lenders and the Issuer under this Agreement and the Loan Documents and any protective advances made by the Agent with respect to the Collateral under or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;

SECOND, to payment of any fees owed to the Agent;

THIRD, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) of each of the Lenders and the Issuer in connection with enforcing its rights under this Agreement and the Loan Documents or otherwise with respect to the Obligations owing to such Lender or the Issuer;

FOURTH, to the payment of all of the Obligations consisting of accrued fees and interest arising under or pursuant to this Agreement or the Loan Documents;

FIFTH, to the payment of the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations constituting Advances (including the payment or cash collateralization of the outstanding amount of Letters of Credit), treasury management services and Hedging Contracts;

SIXTH, to all other Obligations and other obligations which shall have become due and payable under the Loan Documents or otherwise and not repaid pursuant to clauses “FIRST” through “FIFTH” above; and

SEVENTH, to the payment of the surplus, if any, to whoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.

In carrying out the foregoing, (a) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to application to the next succeeding category; (b) each of the Lenders and the Issuer shall receive (so long as it is not a Defaulting Lender) an amount equal to its pro rata share (based on the proportion that the then outstanding Advances held by such Lender or the Issuer bears to the aggregate then outstanding Advances) of amounts available to be applied pursuant to clauses “THIRD”, “FOURTH”, “FIFTH”, and “SIXTH” above; and (c) to the extent that any amounts available for distribution pursuant to clause “FIFTH” above are attributable to the issued but undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit, such amounts shall be held by the Agent in a cash collateral account and applied (i) first, to reimburse the Issuer from time to time for any drawings under such Letters of Credit and (ii) then, following the expiration of all Letters of Credit, to all other obligations of the types described in clause “SIXTH” above in the manner provided in this Section 11.6.

ARTICLE 12

WAIVERS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

12.1Waiver of Notice.  Each Loan Party hereby waives notice of non-payment of any of the Accounts, demand, presentment, protest and notice thereof with respect to any and all instruments, notice of acceptance hereof, Notice of Loans or advances made, credit extended, Collateral received or delivered, or any other action taken in reliance hereon, and all other demands and notices of any description, except such as are expressly provided for herein.

12.2Delay.  No delay or omission on the Agent’s, any Lender’s or the Issuer’s part in exercising any right, remedy or option shall operate as a waiver of such or any other right, remedy or option or of any default.

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12.3Jury Waiver.  EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (A) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, OR (B) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE AND EACH PARTY HEREBY CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

ARTICLE 13

EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION

13.1Term.  This Agreement, which shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the respective successors and permitted assigns of each Loan Party, the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer, shall become effective on the date hereof and shall continue in full force and effect until the Facility Termination Date unless sooner terminated as herein provided.  Without limiting Section 11.1, (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Facility Termination Date and (b) all unpaid Obligations shall be paid in full by the Borrowers on the Facility Termination Date. The Borrowers may terminate this Agreement with at least thirty (30) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof to the Agent, upon (a) the payment in full of all outstanding Loans, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (b) the cancellation and return of all outstanding Letters of Credit (or alternatively, with respect to each such Letter of Credit, the furnishing to the Agent of a cash deposit as required by Section 2.10(d), (c) the payment in full of all reimbursable expenses and other Obligations together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (d) the payment in full of any amount due under Section 2.12.

13.2Termination.  The termination of this Agreement shall not affect any Loan Party’s, the Agent’s, any Lender’s or the Issuer’s rights, or any of the Obligations having their inception prior to the effective date of such termination, and the provisions hereof shall continue to be fully operative until all transactions entered into, rights or interests created or Obligations have been fully disposed of, concluded or liquidated.  The security interests, Liens and rights granted to the Agent, each Lender and the Issuer hereunder and the financing statements filed hereunder shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement or the fact that the Loan Account may from time to time be temporarily in a zero or credit position, until all of the Obligations of each Loan Party have been paid or performed in full after the termination of this Agreement or each Loan Party has furnished the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer with an indemnification satisfactory to the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer with respect thereto. Accordingly, each Loan Party waives any rights which it may have under the Uniform Commercial Code to demand the filing of termination statements with respect to the Collateral, and the Agent shall not be required to send such termination statements to each Loan Party, or to file them with any filing office, unless and until this Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms and all Obligations paid in full in immediately available funds and upon such payment, the Agent promptly shall file all necessary termination statements. All representations, warranties, covenants, waivers and agreements contained herein shall survive the termination hereof until all Obligations are

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paid or performed in full.  Without limitation, all indemnification obligations contained herein shall survive the termination hereof and payment in full of the Obligations.

ARTICLE 14

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manner, consent to the transfer of any security and bid and purchase at any sale; or (g) consent to the merger, change or any other restructuring or termination of the corporate or partnership existence of any Borrower, or any other Person, and correspondingly restructure the Obligations evidenced hereby, and any such merger, change, restructuring or termination shall not affect the liability of any Borrower or the continuing effectiveness hereof, or the enforceability hereof with respect to all or any part of the Obligations evidenced hereby. Each Borrower states and acknowledges that: (w) pursuant to this Agreement, the Borrowers desire to utilize their borrowing potential on a consolidated basis to the same extent possible as if they were merged into a single corporate entity and that this Agreement reflects the establishment of credit facilities which would not otherwise be available to such Borrower if each Borrower were not jointly and severally liable for payment of the Obligations; (x) it has determined that it will benefit specifically and materially from the advances of credit contemplated by this Agreement; (y) it is both a condition precedent to the Obligations of  the Agent and the Lenders hereunder and a desire of the Borrowers that each Borrower execute and deliver to the Agent and the Lenders this Agreement; and (z) the Borrowers have requested and bargained for the structure and terms of and security for the advances contemplated by this Agreement.  Each Borrower agrees if such Borrower’s joint and several liability hereunder, or if any Liens securing such joint and several liability, would, but for the application of this Section 14.2, be unenforceable under applicable law, such joint and several liability and each such Lien shall be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent that would not cause such joint and several liability or such Lien to be unenforceable under applicable law, and such joint and several liability and such Lien shall be deemed to have been automatically amended accordingly at all relevant times.  To the extent that any Borrower shall, under this Agreement as a joint and several obligor, repay any of the Obligations constituting Loans or Advances made to another Borrower hereunder or other Obligations incurred directly and primarily by any other Borrower (an “Accommodation Payment”), then the Borrower making such Accommodation Payment shall be entitled to contribution and indemnification from, and, be reimbursed by, each of the other Borrowers in an amount, for each of such other Borrowers, equal to a fraction of such Accommodation Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such other Borrower’s “Allocable Amount” (as defined below) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Borrowers.  As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of each Borrower shall be equal to the maximum amount of liability for Accommodation Payments which could be asserted against such Borrower hereunder without (A) rendering such Borrower “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (“UFTA”) or Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (“UFCA”), (B) leaving such Borrower with unreasonably small capital or assets, within the meaning of Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, Section 4 of the UFTA, or (C) leaving such Borrower unable to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA. All rights and claims of contribution, indemnification and reimbursement under this Section shall be subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations. The provisions of this Section shall, to the extent expressly inconsistent with any provision in any Loan Document, supersede such inconsistent provision.

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agrees that any action taken by the Borrower Representative or the Borrowers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Borrower Representative of its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Borrowers.

ARTICLE 15

REGARDING THE AGENT

15.1Appointment.  Each Lender and the Issuer hereby designates KeyBank to act as the Agent for each such Lender and the Issuer under this Agreement and the Loan Documents.  Each Lender and the Issuer hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and the Agent shall hold all Collateral, payments of principal and interest, fees, charges and collections (without giving effect to any collection days) received pursuant to this Agreement, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Issuer.  The Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder by or through its agents or employees.  As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including without limitation, collection of the Notes) the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding; provided, however, that the Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Agent to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or the Loan Documents or applicable law unless the Agent is furnished with an indemnification reasonably satisfactory to the Agent with respect thereto.

15.2Nature of Duties.  The Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the Loan Documents.  Neither the Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be (a) liable for any action taken or omitted by them as such hereunder or in connection herewith, unless caused by their gross negligence or willful misconduct, or (b) responsible in any manner for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement, or in any of the Loan Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, as the case may be, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, due execution, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement, or any of the Loan Documents or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder.  The Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender or the Issuer to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any

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of the Loan Documents, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.  The duties of the Agent as respects the Advances to the Loan Party shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Agent shall not have by reason of this Agreement a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or the Issuer; and nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agent any obligations in respect of this Agreement except as expressly set forth herein.

15.3Lack of Reliance on the Agent and Resignation.  Independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any other Lender or the Issuer, each Lender and the Issuer has made and shall continue to make (a) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of each Loan Party in connection with the making and the continuance of the Advances hereunder and the taking or not taking of any action in connection herewith, and (b) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Loan Party.  The Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender or the Issuer with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before making of the Advances or at any time or times thereafter except as shall be provided by any Loan Party pursuant to the terms hereof.  The Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender or the Issuer for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any agreement, document, certificate or a statement delivered in connection with or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectibility or sufficiency of this Agreement or any Loan Document, or of the financial condition of any Loan Party, or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement, the Note, the Loan Documents or the financial condition of any Loan Party, or the existence of any Event of Default or any Default.

The Agent may resign on thirty (30) days’ written notice to each of the Lenders, the Issuer and the Borrower Representative and upon such resignation, the Required Lenders will designate prior to the end of such thirty day period a successor the Agent reasonably satisfactory to the Loan Parties.

Any such successor of the Agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Agent, and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the former the Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former the Agent.  After the Agent’s resignation as the Agent, the provisions of this Article 15 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Agent under this Agreement.

15.4Certain Rights of the Agent.  If the Agent shall request instructions from the Lenders and the Issuer with respect to any act or action (including failure to act) in connection with this Agreement or any Loan Document, the Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until the Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders; and the Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Lenders and the Issuer shall not have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of its acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders.

15.5Reliance.  The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or telecopier message, cablegram, order or other document or telephone message believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person or entity, and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to this Agreement and the Loan Documents and its duties hereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.  The Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by the Agent with reasonable care.

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15.6Notice of Default.  The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder or under the Loan Documents, unless the Agent has received notice from a Lender, the Issuer or a Loan Party referring to this Agreement or the Loan Documents, describing such Default or Event of Default.  In the event that the Agent receives such a notice, the Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Issuer.  The Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided, that, unless and until the Agent shall have received such directions, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders and the Issuer.

15.7Indemnification.  To the extent the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Loan Parties, each Lender will reimburse and indemnify the Agent and the Issuer in proportion to its respective portion of the Loans and other Advances (or, if no Loans or other Advances are outstanding, according to its Commitment Percentage), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent or the Issuer in performing its duties hereunder, or in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any Loan Document; provided that, the Lenders shall not be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

15.8The Agent in its Individual Capacity.  With respect to the obligation of the Agent to lend under this Agreement, the Loans and other Advances made by it shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and as if it were not performing the duties as the Agent specified herein; and the term “Lender” or any similar term shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender.  The Agent may engage in business with any Loan Party as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from any Loan Party for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders.

15.9Delivery of Documents.  To the extent the Agent receives financial statements required under Article 9 of this Agreement, the Agent will promptly furnish such documents and information to the Lenders and the Issuer.

15.10Loan Parties’ Undertaking to the Agent.  Without prejudice to their respective obligations to the Lenders and/or the Issuer under the other provisions of this Agreement, each Loan Party hereby undertakes with the Agent to pay to the Agent from time to time on demand all amounts from time to time due and payable by it for the account of the Agent, the Lenders or the Issuer or any of them pursuant to this Agreement to the extent not already paid.  Any payment made pursuant to any such demand shall pro tanto satisfy the relevant Loan Party’s obligations to make payments for the account of the Lenders and the Issuer or the relevant one or more of them pursuant to this Agreement.

15.11No Reliance on the Agent’s Customer Identification Program.  Each of the Lenders and the Issuer acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender nor the Issuer, nor any of their Affiliates, participants or assignees, may rely on the Agent to carry out such Lender’s, Issuer’s, Affiliate’s, participant’s or assignee’s customer identification program, or other obligations required or imposed under or pursuant to the USA Patriot Act or the regulations thereunder, including the regulations contained in 31 CFR 103.121 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the “CIP Regulations”), or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, including any programs involving any of the following items relating to or in connection with any of the Loan Parties, their Affiliates or their agents, this Agreement, the Loan Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby: (a) any identity verification procedures,

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(b) any record keeping, (c) comparisons with government lists, (d) customer notices or (e) other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or such other laws.

15.12Erroneous Payments.

(i)(A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and

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ARTICLE 16

MISCELLANEOUS

16.1Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.  Any judicial proceeding brought by or against any Loan Party with respect to any of the Obligations, this Agreement or any related agreement may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Ohio, United States of America, and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Loan Party accepts for itself and in connection with its properties, generally and unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts, and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement.  Each Loan Party hereby waives personal service of any and all process upon it and consents that all such service of process may be made by registered mail (return receipt requested) directed to the Borrower Representative at its address set forth in Section 16.6 and service so made shall be deemed completed five (5) days after the same shall have been so deposited in the mails of the United States of America, or, at the Agent’s, any Lender’s and/or the Issuer’s option, by service upon the Borrower Representative which each Loan Party irrevocably appoints as such Loan Party’s agent for the purpose of accepting service within the State of Ohio.  Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer to bring proceedings against any Loan Party in the courts of any other jurisdiction.  Each Loan Party waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue of any action

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instituted hereunder and shall not assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction or venue or based upon forum non conveniens.  Any judicial proceeding by any Loan Party against the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer involving, directly or indirectly, any matter or claim in any way arising out of, related to or connected with this Agreement or any related agreement, shall be brought only in a Federal or state court located in the County of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio.

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Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of each Lender shall be required to release any such Collateral.

Any such supplemental agreement shall apply equally to each Lender and the Issuer and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Issuer, the Agent and all future holders of the Obligations.  In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuer shall be restored to their former positions and rights, and any Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, but no waiver of a specific Event of Default shall extend to any subsequent Event of Default (whether or not the subsequent Event of Default is the same as the Event of Default which was waived), or impair any right consequent thereon.

Notwithstanding (a) the existence of a Default or an Event of Default, (b) that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 8.2 hereof have not been satisfied or (c) any other provision of this Agreement, the Agent may at its discretion and without the consent of the Lenders, voluntarily permit the outstanding Revolving Loans and the amount of Letters of Credit outstanding at any time to exceed one hundred five percent (105%) of the Borrowing Base for up to ninety (90) consecutive Business Days provided that such outstanding Advances do not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the discretion granted to the Agent hereunder shall not preclude involuntary overadvances that may result from time to time due to the fact that the Borrowing Base was unintentionally exceeded for any reason, including, but not limited to, Collateral previously deemed to be either “Eligible Accounts” or “Eligible Coal Inventory”, as applicable, becomes ineligible or collections of Accounts applied to reduce outstanding Advances are thereafter returned for insufficient funds or overadvances are made to protect or preserve the Collateral.  In the event the Agent involuntarily permits the outstanding Advances to exceed the Borrowing Base by more than five percent (5%), the Agent shall use its efforts to have the Loan Parties decrease such excess in as expeditious a manner as is practicable under the circumstances and not inconsistent with the reason for such excess.  Advances made after the Agent has determined the existence of involuntary overadvances shall be deemed to be involuntary overadvances and shall be decreased in accordance with the preceding sentence.

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assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Advances or the commitment to make Advances hereunder assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations in Advances on a non-pro rata basis; (iii) any assignment of a commitment to make Advances hereunder must be approved by the Agent unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Lender with a commitment to make Advances hereunder (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee); and (iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500).  Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Agent pursuant to Section 16.3(b), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 16.5 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 16.3(d).

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and (iv) the selling Lender maintains a register that reflects the name and address and principal amounts of the Advances owing to such Participant.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any  provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in Section 16.2(b)(i) through 16.2(b)(ix) that affects such Participant.  The Loan Parties agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, and 16.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 16.3(a).

A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 16.5 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Loan Parties’ prior written consent.

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to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Loan Parties (in the case of all other amounts).  No Lender shall be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower Representative to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

16.4Application of Payments.  The Agent shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply or reverse and re-apply any payment and any and all proceeds of Collateral to any portion of the Obligations in such order as the Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion.  To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or the Agent, the Lenders or the Issuer receives any payment or proceeds of the Collateral for any Loan Party’s benefit, which are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver, custodian or any other party under any bankruptcy law, common law or equitable cause, then, to such extent, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continue as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Agent, the Lenders or the Issuer.

16.5Indemnity.Each Loan Party shall indemnify the Agent, each Lender, the Issuer and each of their respective officers, directors, attorneys, representatives, Affiliates, employees and agents from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including fees and disbursements of counsel) which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer in any litigation, proceeding or investigation with respect to any aspect of, or any transaction contemplated by, or referred to in, or any matter related to, the Loan Documents, whether or not the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer is a party thereto, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct.

16.6Notice.  Any notice or request hereunder may be given to the Borrower Representative or any Loan Party or to the Agent, any Lender or the Issuer at their respective addresses set forth below or at such other address as may hereafter be specified in a notice designated as a notice of change of address under this Section.  Any notice, request, demand, direction or other communication (for purposes of this

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Section 16.6 only, a “Notice”) to be given to or made upon any party hereto under any provision of this Agreement shall be given or made in writing (which includes by means of electronic transmission (i.e., “e-mail”) or facsimile transmission).  Any such Notice must be delivered to the applicable parties hereto at the addresses and numbers set forth under their respective names on Section 16.6 or in accordance with any subsequent unrevoked Notice from any such party that is given in accordance with this Section 16.6.  Any notice provided to the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to have been given to each other Loan Party.  Any Notice shall be effective:

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16.7Survival.  The obligations of the Loan Parties under Sections 2.10, 2.12, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 16.5 shall survive termination of the Loan Documents and payment in full of the Obligations.

16.8Severability.  If any part of this Agreement is contrary to, prohibited by, or deemed invalid under applicable laws or regulations, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given effect so far as possible.

16.9Expenses.

16.10Injunctive Relief.  Each Loan Party recognizes that, in the event any Loan Party fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Agent, the Lenders, the Issuer, or any thereof; therefore, the

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Agent, if the Agent so requests, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving that actual damages are not an adequate remedy.

16.11Consequential Damages.  No party to this Agreement, nor any agent or attorney for any of them, shall be liable to any other party to this Agreement for any special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising from any breach of contract, tort or other wrong relating to the establishment, administration or collection of the Obligations.

16.12Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, all of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile or email transmission shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto.

16.13Construction.  The parties acknowledge that each party and its counsel have reviewed this Agreement and that the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement or any amendments, schedules or exhibits hereto.

16.14Confidentiality; Sharing Information.

16.15Conflict Clause.  In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Loan Documents and any other collateral agreements, the provisions giving the Agent or any Lender greater rights or remedies shall govern to the maximum extent permitted by any applicable law, it being understood and agreed that the purpose of this Agreement and any Loan Documents is to add to, and not to limit, detract or derogate from, diminish or

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otherwise impair or reduce the rights granted to the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement or the Loan Documents.  For greater certainty, where the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Loan Documents deal with the same subject matter but are not identical, no conflict between the said documents shall exist or be deemed to exist unless the observance of or compliance with the provisions of one of the said documents will cause a default under or breach of the provisions of the other document or documents.

16.16Approved Electronic Communication System.

(a)Unless otherwise specifically identified therein, each posting to an Approved Electronic Communication System shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrowers, the Authorized Officer of any such Borrower submitting the information to the Approved Electronic Communication System and, if such Authorized Officer is not a Financial Officer, the Financial Officer who authorized such Authorized Officer to submit such information, as of the date of such posting, of the accuracy of the information provided with respect thereto, and that each of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct as if made on and as of the date of such posting, except to the extent that any thereof expressly relate to an earlier date.

(b)Although the Approved Electronic Communication System is secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified from time to time, the Borrowers and each other Loan Party acknowledge and agree that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers and each other Loan Party hereby approves of the use of the Approved Electronic Communication System and understands and assumes the risks of using such forms of communication.

(c)The Approved Electronic Communication System is provided “as is” and “as available”.  Neither the Agent nor any of the Agent’s Affiliates, officers, directors, attorneys, agents or employees warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communication System and each expressly disclaims any liability for errors or omissions in the Approved Electronic Communication System. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by the Agent (or any of the Agent’s Affiliates, officers, directors, attorneys, agents or employees) in connection with the Approved Electronic Communication System.

(d)The Borrowers and each other Loan Party agree that the Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, store information provided through the Approved Electronic Communication System in accordance with the Agent’s generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies in effect from time to time.

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unconditionally owing by the Borrowers to the Agent and the Lenders to the extent set forth in the Existing Loan Documents, without offset, defense or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description whatsoever.