AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 27, 2017 (this “Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings provided in Article I), is entered into among SNYDER’S-LANCE, INC., a North Carolina corporation (the “Borrower”), each Lender a party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders.

The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 24, 2014, Amendment No. 2 dated as of December 4, 2014, Amendment No. 3 dated as of December 16, 2015 and Amendment No. 4 dated as of January 19, 2016, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as so amended, the “Credit Agreement”).

The Borrower has requested that, pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders agree to certain amendments to the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

The Lenders party to this Agreement (the “Consenting Lenders”) are, on the terms and conditions stated below, willing to grant such request and to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party to this Agreement agrees, as follows:

1.01    Definitions. The following terms (whether or not underscored) when used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, shall have the following meanings (such definitions to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):

“Administrative Agent” is defined in the preamble.

“Agreement” is defined in the preamble.

“Agreement Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement as specified in Article III herein have been satisfied.

“Borrower” is defined in the preamble.

“Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Agreement, as the same may hereafter be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.

“Deemed Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Article III herein.

“Lender” means each lender from time to time party to the Credit Agreement.

1.02    Other Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.

1.03    Other Interpretive Provisions. The rules of construction in Sections 1.02 and 1.03 of the Credit Agreement shall be equally applicable to this Agreement.

2.01    Amendments. Effective as of the Deemed Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a)    Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement. Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the definition of “EBIT” to read as follows:

“EBIT” means, without duplication, for any Computation Period, “EBITDA” of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, excluding the effect of all depreciation and amortization included in such calculation of EBITDA.

(b)    Other Loan Documents. From and after the Agreement Effective Date, each reference to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Agreement, as the same may hereafter be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.

3.01    Conditions to Effectiveness. This Agreement is subject to the provisions of Section 11.01 of the Credit Agreement, and shall become effective as of December 16, 2015 (the “Deemed Effective Date”), when, and only when, each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a)    Deliveries. The Administrative Agent shall have received all of the following documents, each such document (unless otherwise specified) dated the Agreement Effective Date and, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(i)    Agreement. Counterparts of this Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; and

(ii)    Officer’s Certificate. A certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, dated as of the Agreement Effective Date, certifying that:

(A)    the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.04, 6.08, 6.13, 6.20 and 6.21 of the Credit

Agreement are accurate and complete in all respects on and as of such date, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are accurate and complete in all respects as of such earlier date;

(B)    no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists or would result from the effectiveness of this Agreement; and

(C)    since January 2, 2016, no event or condition has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur that, either individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement. Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 16, 2015 among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, shall have become effective.

(c)    Costs and Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall have received payment for the costs and expenses required to be reimbursed on or before the Agreement Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof.

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender for itself and each of its Subsidiaries that on and as of the Agreement Effective Date after giving effect to this Agreement:

4.01    Due Authorization; No Conflict. The execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Agreement and the performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the Credit Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action of the Borrower, and do not and will not: (a) contravene the terms of the Borrower’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any document evidencing any material Contractual Obligation to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their property is subject; or (c) violate any Requirement of Law.

4.02    Enforceability. Each of this Agreement and the Credit Agreement constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

4.03    Credit Agreement Representations. The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article VI of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects

(except, if such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar concept applies, such representation or warranty is true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Agreement Effective Date with the same effect as if made on and as of such Agreement Effective Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (except, if such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar concept applies, such representation or warranty is true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date).

4.04    No Default. No Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or resulted from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.01    Loan Document. This Agreement is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.

5.02    Lender Consent. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required hereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Agreement Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.

5.03    Effect of Agreement. (1) The Credit Agreement, as specifically amended or otherwise modified by this Agreement, is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.

(a)    The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement.

5.04    Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in accordance with the terms of Section 11.04 of the Credit Agreement.

5.05    Section Captions. Section captions used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.

5.06    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

5.07    Certain Provisions. The provisions of Sections 11.14(b) and 11.15 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.