PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

FutureFuel Corp.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Dollars in thousands)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 FutureFuel Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

FutureFuel Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

FutureFuel Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited) 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of FutureFuel Corp. (“FutureFuel”, “the Company”, “we”, or “our”) should be read together with our consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto, set forth herein. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. See “Forward-Looking Information” below for additional discussion regarding risks associated with forward-looking statements. 

Unless otherwise stated, all dollar amounts are in thousands.
 
 

Overview

Our company is managed and reported in two reporting segments: chemicals and biofuels. Within the chemical segment are two product groupings: custom chemicals and performance chemicals. The custom product group is composed of specialty chemicals manufactured for a single customer whereas the performance product group is composed of chemicals manufactured for multiple customers. The biofuels segment is composed of one product group. Management believes that the diversity of each segment strengthens the company in the ability to utilize resources and is committed to growing each segment.

COVID-19

In March 2020, the World Health Organization categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic. COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the United States and other countries across the world, and the duration and severity of its effects are currently unknown. Our priority has been to protect the well-being of our employees, support our customers, obtain materials from our suppliers, and maintain our manufacturing operations. We have been able to continue supplying our products to our customers to date, however, some customers have reduced their near-term demand. We have also been able to find alternative sources for raw materials and inputs to meet our near-term supply requirements.

We are closely monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of our business, including its impact on our customers, employees, and suppliers. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our business, results of operations, and financial condition will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and are difficult to predict; these developments include, but are not limited to, the duration and spread of the outbreak, its severity, the actions to contain the virus or address its impact, U.S. and foreign government actions to respond to the reduction in global economic activity, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume.

Because the magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences are unclear, the pandemic’s impact on our performance is difficult to predict. The three principle areas we anticipate COVID-19 to negatively impact our financial performance are through its impact on our customer demand, the impact on our ability to procure raw materials and inputs from suppliers, and our ability to operate our manufacturing facility.

Customer Demand – Several of our major chemical customers sell the products we produce for them in to markets that have been significantly impacted by COVID-19. The energy and automotive markets in particular have drastically been impacted starting in April which we anticipate will reduce chemical segment revenue the remainder of the year based on current estimates. Low diesel prices and a Renewable Identification Number (RIN) market that has stagnated on uncertainty of required mandates has similarly reduced the value of our finished product. The duration of this impact of COVID-19 is clearly difficult to forecast. We currently expect these markets to recover over time. However, the speed at which these market sectors rebound is highly uncertain and will be determined by reopening of economies and restoration of consumer confidence. 

Supply Chain Impact – Supplier shutdowns may result in raw material or input shortages and negatively impact our ability to manufacture products and meet our customers’ demand. In our biofuel segment, we are seeing significant contraction among many of our feedstock suppliers. Closures and idling of restaurants (used cooking oil source), ethanol plants (corn oil source), rendering and poultry plants (tallow and grease source) have impacted our traditional supply chain. In addition, supply shortages may impact the timing of when customer facilities reopen and/or increase production and the speed at which customers ramp up production, negatively impacting demand for our products. Lower demand increases the risk that certain suppliers may face financial issues, potentially impacting their ability to supply.

Operations Impact - Our manufacturing is generally considered critical services and our plant remains open to meet customer demand. In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, maintain the well-being of our employees, ensure compliance with governmental requirements or respond to declines in demand from customers, we have had, where possible, employees work from home and temporarily closed portions of our offices. We continue to take actions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 at work including social distancing, expanded cleaning and sanitization, adjusting work hours and temperature checks. To date we have had no negative impact on our ability to operate the plant safely and in a way that meets our customers’ demands.

Even after the COVID-19 outbreak has subsided, we may continue to experience materially adverse impacts on our financial condition and results of operations. For more information on the risks associated with COVID-19, refer to Part II, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" herein.

Summary of Financial Results

Set forth below is a summary of certain consolidated financial information for the periods indicated.

We use adjusted EBITDA as a key operating metric to measure both performance and liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Adjusted EBITDA is not a substitute for operating income, net income, or cash flow from operating activities (each as determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of performance or liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of results as reported under GAAP. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses, excluding, when applicable, non-cash stock-based compensation expenses, public offering expenses, acquisition-related transaction costs, purchase accounting adjustments, losses on disposal of property and equipment, gains or losses on derivative instruments, and other non-operating income or expenses. Information relating to adjusted EBITDA is provided so that investors have the same data that we employ in assessing the overall operation and liquidity of our business. Our calculation of adjusted EBITDA may be different from similarly titled measures used by other companies; therefore, the results of our calculation are not necessarily comparable to the results of other companies.

Adjusted EBITDA allows our chief operating decision makers to assess the performance and liquidity of our business on a consolidated basis to assess the ability of our operating segments to produce operating cash flow to fund working capital needs, to fund capital expenditures, and to pay dividends. In particular, our management believes that adjusted EBITDA permits a comparative assessment of our operating performance and liquidity, relative to a performance and liquidity based on GAAP results. This measure isolates the effects of certain items, including depreciation and amortization (which may vary among our operating segments without any correlation to their underlying operating performance), non-cash stock-based compensation expense (which is a non-cash expense that varies widely among similar companies), and gains and losses on derivative instruments (which can cause net income to appear volatile from period to period relative to the sale of the underlying physical product).

We utilize commodity derivative instruments primarily to protect our operations from downward movements in commodity prices, and to provide greater certainty of cash flows associated with sales of our commodities. We enter into hedges, and we utilize mark-to-market accounting to account for these instruments. Thus, our results in any given period can be impacted, and sometimes significantly, by changes in market prices relative to our contract price along with the timing of the valuation change in the derivative instruments relative to the sale of biofuel. We include this item as an adjustment as we believe it provides a relevant indicator of the underlying performance of our business in a given period.

Additionally, we invest in marketable securities of certain debt securities (trust preferred stock and exchange-traded debt instruments) and in preferred stock and other equity instruments. The realized and unrealized gains and losses on these marketable securities can fluctuate significantly from period to period. We include this item as an adjustment as we believe it provides a relevant indicator of the underlying performance of our business in a given period.

The following table reconciles net income, the most directly comparable GAAP performance financial measure, with adjusted EBITDA. 

The following table reconciles cash flows from operations, the most directly comparable GAAP liquidity financial measure, with adjusted EBITDA.

Results of Operations 

Consolidated

Consolidated revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2020 increased $4,581 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019. This increase primarily resulted from increased sales volumes in the biofuels segment that were partially offset by decreased prices of biodiesel in the three-month period.

Gross profit in the three months ended March 31, 2020 increased $13,137 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019. This increase primarily resulted from: i) the blenders’ tax credit (“BTC”) being in effect for the current period versus not being in effect in the prior three-month period; and ii) the change in the unrealized and realized activity in derivative instruments with a gain of $6,857 in the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to a loss of $1,476 in the three months ended March 31, 2019. Also benefiting gross profit in both the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was the adjustment in the carrying value of our inventory as determined utilizing the LIFO method of inventory accounting.  This adjustment increased gross profit by $1,319 and $1,637, respectively.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses increased $369 in the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to the three-months ended March 31, 2019. This slight increase was primarily from increased research and development expenses.

Income Tax Provision

The effective tax rate for the three-months ended March 31, 2020 reflects the positive effect of the reinstatement of certain tax credits and incentives for 2020, the most significant of which was the BTC and Small Agri-biodiesel Producer Tax Credit. The BTC and Small Producer Agri-biodiesel Producer Credit was retroactively extended for 2018 and 2019 on December 20, 2019 and further extended through December 31, 2022. On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R. 748) (“CARES Act”). The CARES Act provides that Net Operating Losses (“NOLs”) arising in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2021 shall be treated as a carryback to each of the 5 preceding taxable years unless the taxpayer elects to forego the carryback. This enacted NOL provision had a positive effect on the effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as FutureFuel will be able to carryback its 2019 federal NOL to a year with a higher tax rate rather than forward to a year with a lower tax rate.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019 reflects the unfavorable effect of the BTC and Small Producer Agri-biodiesel Producer Credit not being in the law for the first quarter of 2019. The rate was also favorably impacted from a retroactive research and development credit for a prior year in a state where FutureFuel does significant business.

There were no unrecognized tax benefits at March 31, 2020 or December 31, 2019.

FutureFuel recorded interest and penalties, net, as a component of income tax provision and had accrued balances of ($3) and ($557) at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Net Income

Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2020 increased $13,544 as compared to the same period in 2019. This increase resulted primarily from biodiesel tax credits and incentives that were in effect in the three months ended March 31, 2020 that were not in effect for 2019 (see Note 2) and tax benefits in effect in the first quarter of 2020 not in effect for the same period in 2019, see the income tax provision discussion above. Partially offsetting this increase was the unrealized loss on equity securities.

Chemical Segment

Chemical revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2020 increased 1.2% or $341 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019. Revenue for our custom chemicals (unique chemicals produced for specific customers) for the three months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $23,760, an increase of $60 from the same period in 2019. Increased sales of products sold to the energy market were mostly offset by declines in agrochemical sales volumes. Performance chemicals (composed of multi-customer products which are sold based on specification) revenue was $3,933 in the three months ended March 31, 2020, an increase of $281 from the three months ended March 31, 2019. This increase was primarily from increased sales volume of glycerin based on a reduced supply of imported material.

Gross profit for the chemical segment for the three months ended March 31, 2020, increased 9.6% or $705 when compared to the same period of 2019. This increase was driven mostly by favorable sales volume in the energy market.

Biofuels Segment

Biofuels revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2020 increased $4,240 as compared to the same period of 2019. The biodiesel and biodiesel blend volumes increased as compared to the prior year, primarily from a stronger market with the BTC in effect in the current quarter and not in effect in the prior year period. Partially offsetting this increase in the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the same period of 2019, was lower selling prices. Global fuel markets were impacted by reduced demand for oil caused by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of support by oil producing nations to cut supply. These factors resulted in significant declines in petroleum and biodiesel oil prices.     

Biofuels revenue from common carrier pipelines varies as its revenue recognition depends upon whether a transaction is bought from and sold to the same party. Purchases and sales of inventory with the same counterparty that are entered into in contemplation of one another (including buy/sell agreements) are combined and recorded on a net basis. Additionally, revenue from common carrier pipelines fluctuates with market conditions. Revenue from net transactions increased $169 in the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019.

A significant portion of our biodiesel sold was to one major refiner/blender in 2019 and in the first quarter of 2020 there were no significant customer concentrations.  No assurances can be given that we will continue to sell to such major refiners, or, if we do sell, the volume we will sell or the profit margin we will realize. We do not believe that the loss of this customer would have a material adverse effect on our biofuels segment or on us as a whole because: (i) we believe that we could readily sell our biodiesel to other customers as potential demand from other customers for biodiesel exceeds our production capacity; (ii) our sales to these customers are not under fixed terms and the customers have no fixed obligation to purchase any minimum quantities except as stipulated by short-term purchase orders; and (iii) the prices we receive from these customers are based upon then-market rates, as would be the case with sales of this commodity to other customers.

Biofuels gross profit was $8,385 in the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to a gross loss of $4,047 in the same period of 2019, primarily from: i) increased sales volumes given improved market conditions with the BTC in effect (which was not in effect in the prior year period); ii) the change in the activity in derivative instruments with a gain of $6,857 in the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to a loss of $1,476 in the same period of 2019. Also benefiting gross profit in both three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was the change in adjustments in the carrying value of our inventory as determined utilizing the LIFO method of inventory accounting. This adjustment increased gross profit $817 and $1,110, respectively.

We recognize all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets. Our derivative instruments do not qualify for hedge accounting under the specific guidelines of Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. None of the derivative instruments are designated and accounted for as hedges primarily due to the extensive record keeping requirements.

The volumes and carrying values of our derivative instruments were as follows:

*All derivative instruments are entered into with the standard contract terms and conditions in accordance with major trading authorities of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue under Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Certain long-term contracts had upfront non-cancellable payments considered material rights. The Company applied the renewal option approach in allocating the transaction price to the material rights. For each of these contracts, the Company estimated the expected contractual volumes to be sold at the most likely expected sales price as a basis for allocating the transaction price to the material right. Estimates are updated quarterly on a prospective basis. These custom chemical contracts have payment terms of 30 days. See Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements.

For most product sales, revenue is recognized when product is shipped from our facilities and risk of loss and title have passed to the customer, which is in accordance with our customer contracts and the stated shipping terms. Nearly all custom manufactured products are manufactured under written master service agreements. Performance chemicals and biodiesel are generally sold pursuant to the terms of written purchase orders. In general, customers do not have any rights of return, except for quality disputes. All of our products are tested for quality before shipment, and historically returns have been inconsequential. We do not offer rebates, except those related to the BTC.

Biodiesel selling prices can at times fluctuate based on the timing of unsold, internally generated RINs. From time to time, sales of biodiesel are on a “RINs-free” basis. Such method of selling results in applicable RINs being held. The value of the RINs is not reflected in revenue until such time as the RIN sale has been completed.

Revenue from bill-and-hold transactions in which a performance obligation exists is recognized when the total performance obligation has been met and control of the product has transferred. Bill-and-hold transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 were related to custom chemicals customers whereby revenue was recognized in accordance with contractual agreements based upon product being produced and ready for use by the customer. These sales were subject to written monthly purchase orders with agreement that production was reasonable. The product was custom manufactured and stored at the customer’s request and could not be sold to another buyer. Credit and payment terms for bill-and-hold customers are similar to other custom chemicals customers. Revenue under bill-and-hold arrangements were $10,153 and $11,756 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our net cash from operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are set forth in the following table.

We believe that existing cash balances and cash flow to be generated from operating activities and borrowing capacity under the amended and restated credit agreement will be sufficient to fund operations, product development, cash dividends, and capital requirements for the foreseeable future. However, as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and our operations evolves, we will continue to assess our liquidity needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted global supply chains and created significant volatility and disruption of financial markets. An extended period of global supply chain and economic disruption could materially affect our business, results of operations, ability to meet debt covenants, access to sources of liquidity and financial condition.

Operating Activities

Cash was provided by operating activities of $4,034 in the first quarter of 2020 as compared to $3,289 of cash used in the first quarter of 2019. This $7,323 increase was primarily attributable to the change in net income of $5,499 in the first quarter of 2019 compared to $19,043 for the same period in 2020 for a net increase of $13,544. Also contributing to the cash inflows from operations in the first quarter of 2020, by comparison to the first quarter of 2019, there was a net cash inflow resulting from fair value adjustments to equity securities of approximately $12,578 and from less cash outflows from inventory reductions of $10,048 during the first quarter of 2020 compared to the first quarter of 2019. Partially offsetting these net cash inflows, there was a net change in the income tax receivable, demonstrating a cash outflow of $13,587 in the first quarter of 2020 as compared to a cash inflow of $1,340, and a net change in accounts receivable, including accounts receivable-related parties, demonstrating a cash outflow of $13,628 in the first quarter of 2020 as compared to a cash inflow of $400 in the first quarter of 2019.  

Investing Activities

Cash from investing activities increased from $3,038 of cash used in the first three months of 2019 to $3,838 of cash provided by investing activities in the first three months of 2020. Of the $6,876 change, $8,132 was the result of a decrease in net purchases of marketable securities in the first three months of 2020 compared to the first three months of 2019. Such net purchases totaled $964, in the first three months of 2020, compared to $9,096 in net purchases in the first three months of 2019. Our capital expenditures and customer reimbursements for capital expenditures for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are summarized in the following table: 

*This receipt of cash was reported as an increase in deferred revenue in cash flows from operations.

Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities was $3,101 and $2,624, in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The increase of $477 was related to Debt origination costs in the three months ended March 31, 2020 from the amendment of our existing credit facility. The remaining $2,624 resulted from payments of dividends on our common stock in the first three months of 2020 and 2019.

Credit Facility

Effective March 30, 2020, we entered into an amended and restated credit agreement with a syndicated group of commercial banks for $100,000. The loan is a revolving facility, the proceeds of which may be used for our working capital, capital expenditures, and general corporate purposes. The facility terminates on March 30, 2025. See Note 10 to our consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding our Credit Agreement.

We intend to fund future capital requirements for our businesses from cash flow as well as from existing cash, cash investments, and, if the need should arise, borrowings under our credit facility. We do not believe there will be a need to issue any securities to fund such capital requirements.

Dividends

In the first three months of 2020 and 2019, we paid a regular quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.06 per share on our common stock. The regular cash dividend amounted to $2,624 in each period. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, we also declared a special cash dividend of $3.00 per share in the amount of $131,230 that was payable on April 17, 2020.

Capital Management

As a result of our initial equity offering, our subsequent positive operating results, the exercise of warrants, and the issuance of shares in our at-the-market offering, we accumulated excess working capital. Some of this excess working capital has been paid out as special and regular cash dividends. Additionally, regular and special cash dividends will be paid in 2020, as previously reported. Third parties have not placed significant restrictions on our working capital management decisions.

A significant portion of these funds was held in cash or cash equivalents at multiple financial institutions. In the periods ended March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we also had investments in certain preferred stock, trust preferred securities, exchange-traded debt instruments, and other equity instruments. We classify these investments as current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and designate the debt securities as being “available-for-sale.” Accordingly, the debt securities are recorded at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, reported as a component of stockholders’ equity. We also held equity securities with readily available market values. These equity instruments are recorded at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of net income. The fair value of the debt securities and equity instruments totaled $59,644 and $73,620 at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Lastly, we maintain depositary accounts such as checking accounts, money market accounts, and other similar accounts at selected financial institutions.

Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements

We engage in two types of hedging transactions. First, we hedge our biofuels sales through the purchase and sale of futures contracts and options on futures contracts of energy commodities. This activity was captured in our consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Second, we hedge our biofuels feedstock through the execution of purchase contracts and supply agreements with certain vendors or they meet the normal purchase and normal sales exception of ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging. These hedging transactions are recognized in earnings and were not recorded in our consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2020 or December 31, 2019 because they do not meet the definition of a hedge instrument as defined under GAAP. The purchase of biofuels feedstock generally involves two risk components: basis and price. Basis covers any refining or processing required as well as transportation. Price covers the purchases of the actual agricultural commodity. Both basis and price fluctuate over time. A supply agreement with a vendor constitutes a hedge when we have committed to a certain volume of feedstock in a future period and have fixed the basis for that volume.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

All dollar amounts expressed as numbers in these Market Risk Disclosures are in thousands (except per share amounts).

In recent years, general economic inflation has not had a material adverse impact on our costs and, as described elsewhere herein, we have passed some price increases along to our customers. However, we are subject to certain market risks as described below.

Market risk represents the potential loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. Commodity price risk is inherent in the chemicals and biofuels business both with respect to inputs (electricity, coal, raw materials, biofuels feedstock, etc.) and outputs (manufactured chemicals and biofuels).

We seek to mitigate our market risks associated with the manufacturing and sale of chemicals by entering into long-term sale contracts that include contractual market price adjustment protections to allow changes in market prices of key raw materials to be passed on to the customer. Such price protections are not always obtained, however, and some raw material price risk remains significant.

In order to manage price risk caused by market fluctuations in biofuels prices, we may enter into exchange-traded commodity futures and options contracts. We account for these derivative instruments in accordance with Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Under this standard, the accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative instrument depends upon whether it has been designated as an accounting hedging relationship and, further, on the type of hedging relationship. To qualify for designation as an accounting hedging relationship, specific criteria must be met and appropriate documentation maintained. We had no derivative instruments that qualified under these rules as designated accounting hedges in the first three months of 2020 or 2019. Changes in the fair value of our derivative instruments are recognized at the end of each accounting period and recorded in the consolidated statement of operations as a component of cost of goods sold within the biodiesel segment.

Our immediate recognition of derivative instrument gains and losses can cause net income to be volatile from period to period due to the timing of the change in value of the derivative instruments relative to the volume of biofuel being sold. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the fair values of our derivative instruments were a net asset of $1,607 and a net liability of $267, respectively.

Our gross profit will be impacted by the prices we pay for raw materials and conversion costs (costs incurred in the production of chemicals and biofuels) for which we do not possess contractual market price adjustment protection. These items are principally composed of crude corn oil and yellow grease and petrodiesel. The availability and price of these items are subject to fluctuations due to unpredictable factors such as weather conditions, overall economic conditions, governmental policies, commodity markets, and global supply and demand.

We prepared a sensitivity analysis of our exposure to market risk with respect to key raw materials and conversion costs for which we do not possess contractual market price adjustment protections, based on average prices for the first three months of 2020. We included only those raw materials and conversion costs for which a hypothetical adverse change in price would result in a 1% or greater decrease in gross profit. Assuming that the prices of the associated finished goods could not be increased and assuming no change in quantities sold, a hypothetical 10% change in the average price of the commodity listed below would result in the following change in gross profit.

(Volume and dollars in thousands)

We had no borrowings at March 31, 2020 or December 31, 2019 and, as such, we were not exposed to interest rate risk for those periods. Due to the relative insignificance of transactions denominated in foreign currency, we consider our foreign currency risk to be immaterial.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and our principal financial officer and other senior management personnel, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e)) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and our principal financial officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures at March 31, 2020 were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our last fiscal quarter that materially affected, or were reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

We are not a party to, nor is any of our property subject to, any material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to our business. However, from time to time, we may be a party to, or a target of, lawsuits, claims, investigations, and proceedings, including product liability, personal injury, asbestos, patent and intellectual property, commercial, contract, environmental, antitrust, health and safety, and employment matters, which we expect to be handled and defended in the ordinary course of business. While we are unable to predict the outcome of any matters currently pending, we do not believe that the ultimate resolution of any such pending matters will have a material adverse effect on our overall financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. However, adverse developments could negatively impact earnings or cash flows in future periods.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors we previously disclosed in Item 1A of our Form 10-K, Annual

Report for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on March 13, 2020, except for the addition of the Risk Factor below:

We are subject to risks associated with public health threats and epidemics, including the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19").

We are subject to risks associated with public health threats and epidemics, including the global health concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The global pandemic has adversely impacted and is likely to further adversely impact our business and markets, including our workforce and operations and the operations of our customers and suppliers. In particular, we may experience material financial or operational impacts, including:

The extent to which the COVID-19 global pandemic and measures taken in response thereto impact our business, results of operations and financial condition will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and are difficult to predict; these developments include, but are not limited to, the duration and spread of the outbreak, its severity, the actions to contain the virus or address its impact, U.S. and foreign government actions to respond to the reduction in global economic activity, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume. Even after the COVID-19 outbreak has subsided, we may continue to experience materially adverse impacts on our financial condition and our results of operations and many of our known risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 may be heightened.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

None.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

Item 6. Exhibits.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This report, and the documents incorporated by reference into this report contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements deal with our current plans, intentions, beliefs, and expectations, and statements of future economic performance. Statements containing such terms as “believe,” “do not believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” and other phrases of similar meaning are considered to contain uncertainty and are forward-looking statements. In addition, from time to time we or our representatives have made or will make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements may be included in various filings that we make with the SEC, or in press releases, or in oral statements made by or with the approval of one of our authorized executive officers.

These forward-looking statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, those set forth under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in FutureFuel’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2019 and in our future filings made with the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements contained in this report which reflect our management’s opinions only as of their respective dates. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revisions to forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties described in this report and in subsequent filings with the SEC are not the only ones we face. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which will arise. There may be additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial to our business. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. If any such risks occur, our business, operating results, liquidity, and financial condition could be materially affected in an adverse manner. You should consult any additional disclosures we have made or will make in our reports to the SEC on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, and any amendments thereto. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this report.

S I G N A T U R E S

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

Exhibit 10.20

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of March 30, 2020

among

FUTUREFUEL CORP.
and
FUTUREFUEL CHEMICAL COMPANY,
as Borrowers,

CERTAIN Subsidiaries OF THE BORROWERS
PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,
as Guarantors

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

REGIONS BANK,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent

REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS,
a division of Regions Bank,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Section 1.     DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION     1

Section 1.1     Definitions.     1

Section 1.2     Accounting Terms.     30

Section 1.3     Rules of Interpretation.     31

Section 2.     LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT     32

Section 2.1     Revolving Loans.     32

Section 2.2     Swingline Loans.     35

Section 2.3     Issuances of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein.     37

Section 2.4     Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.     41

Section 2.5     Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes.     42

Section 2.6     Scheduled Principal Payments.     43

Section 2.7     Interest on Loans.     43

Section 2.8     Conversion/Continuation.     45

Section 2.9     Default Rate of Interest.     45

Section 2.10     Fees.     46

Section 2.11     Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.     48

Section 2.12     Application of Prepayments.     49

Section 2.13     General Provisions Regarding Payments.     49

Section 2.14     Sharing of Payments by Lenders.     50

Section 2.15     Cash Collateral.     51

Section 2.16     Defaulting Lenders.     52

Section 2.17     Removal or Replacement of Lenders.     54

Section 2.18     Additional Borrowers.     55

Section 2.19     Appointment of Borrower Agent.     56

Section 2.20     Joint and Several Liability.     56

Section 3.     YIELD PROTECTION     58

Section 3.1     Making or Maintaining LIBOR Loans.     58

Section 3.2     Increased Costs.     60

Section 3.3     Taxes.     62

Section 3.4     Mitigation Obligations; Designation of a Different Lending Office.     65

Section 4.     Guaranty     66

Section 4.1     The Guaranty.     66

Section 4.2     Obligations Unconditional.     66

Section 4.3     Reinstatement.     67

Section 4.4     Certain Additional Waivers.     67

Section 4.5     Remedies.     67

Section 4.6     Rights of Contribution.     68

Section 4.7     Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.     68

Section 4.8     Keepwell.     68

Section 5.     CONDITIONS PRECEDENT     68

Section 5.1     Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions.     68

Section 5.2     Conditions to Each Credit Extension.     71

Section 6.     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES     71

Section 6.1     Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification.     72

Section 6.2     Equity Interests and Ownership.     72

Section 6.3     Due Authorization.     72

Section 6.4     No Conflict.     72

Section 6.5     Governmental Consents.     72

Section 6.6     Binding Obligation.     72

Section 6.7     Financial Statements.     73

Section 6.8     No Material Adverse Effect; No Default.     73

Section 6.9     Tax Matters.     73

Section 6.10     Properties.     74

Section 6.11     Environmental Matters.     74

Section 6.12     No Defaults.     74

Section 6.13     No Litigation or other Adverse Proceedings.     75

Section 6.14     Information Regarding each Borrower and its Subsidiaries.     75

Section 6.15     Governmental Regulation.     75

Section 6.16     Employee Matters.     76

Section 6.17     Pension Plans.     77

Section 6.18     Solvency.     77

Section 6.19     Compliance with Laws.     77

Section 6.20     Disclosure.     77

Section 6.21     Insurance.     78

Section 6.22     Pledge and Security Agreement.     78

Section 7.     AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS     78

Section 7.1     Financial Statements and Other Reports.     78

Section 7.2     Existence.     81

Section 7.3     Payment of Taxes and Claims.     81

Section 7.4     Maintenance of Properties.     81

Section 7.5     Insurance.     81

Section 7.6     Inspections.     82

Section 7.7     Lenders Meetings.     82

Section 7.8     Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts.     82

Section 7.9     Use of Proceeds.     82

Section 7.10     Environmental Matters.     82

Section 7.11     Pledge of Personal Property Assets.     83

Section 7.12     Books and Records.     84

Section 7.13     Additional Subsidiaries.     84

Section 8.     NEGATIVE COVENANTS     84

Section 8.1     Indebtedness.     84

Section 8.2     Liens.     85

Section 8.3     No Further Negative Pledges.     87

Section 8.4     Restricted Payments.     87

Section 8.5     Burdensome Agreements.     87

Section 8.6     Investments.     88

Section 8.7     Use of Proceeds.     89

Section 8.8     Financial Covenants.     89

Section 8.9     Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions.     89

Section 8.10     Disposal of Subsidiary Interests.     89

Section 8.11     Sales and Lease-Backs.     90

Section 8.12     Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.     90

Section 8.13     Prepayment of Other Funded Debt.     90

Section 8.14     Conduct of Business.     90

Section 8.15     Fiscal Year.     90

Section 8.16     Amendments to Organizational Agreements/Material Agreements.     90

Section 8.17     Consolidated Capital Expenditures.     91

Section 8.18     Master Custody Account     91

Section 9.     EVENTS OF DEFAULT; Remedies; Application of Funds.     91

Section 9.1     Events of Default.     91

Section 9.2     Remedies.     93

Section 9.3     Application of Funds.     93

Section 10.     AGENCY     94

Section 10.1     Appointment and Authority.     94

Section 10.2     Rights as a Lender.     95

Section 10.3     Exculpatory Provisions.     95

Section 10.4     Reliance by Administrative Agent.     96

Section 10.5     Delegation of Duties.     97

Section 10.6     Resignation of Administrative Agent.     97

Section 10.7     Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.     98

Section 10.8     No Other Duties, etc.     98

Section 10.9     Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.     98

Section 10.10     Collateral Matters.     99

Section 10.11     ERISA Representations     100

Section 11.     MISCELLANEOUS     101

Section 11.1     Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.     101

Section 11.2     Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.     103

Section 11.3     Set-Off.     104

Section 11.4     Amendments and Waivers.     105

Section 11.5     Successors and Assigns.     107

Section 11.6     Independence of Covenants.     111

Section 11.7     Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.     111

Section 11.8     No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.     111

Section 11.9     Marshalling; Payments Set Aside.     112

Section 11.10     Severability.     112

Section 11.11     Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights.     112

Section 11.12     Headings.     112

Section 11.13     Applicable Laws.     112

Section 11.14     WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.     113

Section 11.15     Confidentiality.     113

Section 11.16     Usury Savings Clause.     114

Section 11.17     Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.     115

Section 11.18     No Advisory of Fiduciary Relationship.     115

Section 11.19     Electronic Execution of Assignments and Other Documents.     115

Section 11.20     USA PATRIOT Act.     116

Section 11.21     Amendment and Restatement.     116

Section 11.22     Waiver of Notice Period and Breakage Costs.     116

Section 11.23     Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.     116

Section 11.24     Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.     117

Appendices

Appendix A          Lenders, Commitments and Commitment Percentages

Appendix B          Notice Information

Schedules

Schedule 6.1          Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification

Schedule 6.2          Equity Interests and Ownership

Schedule 6.10(b)     Real Estate Assets

Schedule 6.14          Name, Jurisdiction and Tax Identification Numbers of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries

Schedule 6.21          Insurance Coverage

Schedule 8.1          Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 8.2          Existing Liens

Schedule 8.6          Existing Investments

Exhibits

Exhibit 1.1          Form of Secured Party Designation Notice

Exhibit 2.1          Form of Funding Notice

Exhibit 2.3          Form of Issuance Notice

Exhibit 2.5-1          Form of Revolving Loan Note

Exhibit 2.5-2          Form of Swingline Note

Exhibit 2.8          Form of Conversion/Continuation Notice

Exhibit 2.18-1          Form of Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement

Exhibit 2.18-2          Form of New Borrower Notice

Exhibit 3.3          Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates (Forms 1 – 4)

Exhibit 7.1(c)          Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit 7.13          Form of Guarantor Joinder Agreement

Exhibit 11.5          Form of Assignment Agreement

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 30, 2020 (as amended, restated, increased, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among FUTUREFUEL CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), and FUTUREFUEL CHEMICAL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, and together with the Parent and any Additional Borrowers (defined herein), the “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrowers from time to time party hereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party hereto, and REGIONS BANK, as administrative agent (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Guarantors identified therein, certain Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 16, 2015 (as amended or modified to date, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, at the request of the Borrowers, the parties hereto agree that the Existing Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

Section 1.     DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1     Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the introductory paragraph, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:

“Acquisition” means, with respect to any Person, the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of (a) all or any substantial portion of the property of another Person, or any division, line of business or other business unit of another Person or (b) at least a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person and whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.

“Additional Borrower” means as defined in Section 2.18.

“Adjusted LIBOR Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (a) (i) the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to the LIBOR or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an average settlement rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such

period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by (b) an amount equal to (i) one, minus (ii) the Applicable Reserve Requirement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall not be less than zero.

“Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest based on the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.

“Administrative Agent” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with its successors and assigns.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire provided by the Lenders in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, whether pending, threatened in writing against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any material property of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

“Affected Lender” means as defined in Section 3.1(b).

“Affected Loans” means as defined in Section 3.1(b).

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

“Agent” means each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders. The aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect on the Effective Date is ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000).

“Agreement” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“ALTA” means American Land Title Association.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq, the UK Bribery Act of 2010 and all other laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

“Applicable Laws” means all applicable laws, including all applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules, ordinances, regulations and orders of all Governmental Authorities and all orders, rulings, writs and decrees of all courts, tribunals and arbitrators.

“Applicable Margin” means (a) from the Effective Date through the date two (2) Business Days immediately following the date on which the first Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(c) following the Effective Date, the percentage per annum based upon Pricing Level I in the

table set forth below, and (b) thereafter, the percentage per annum determined by reference to the table set forth below using the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the Compliance Certificate most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.1(c), with any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio becoming effective on the date two (2) Business Days immediately following the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) if at any time a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance herewith, then Pricing Level V as set forth in the table above shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered and (y) the determination of the Applicable Margin for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.7(e).

“Applicable Reserve Requirement” means, at any time, for any LIBOR Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other applicable banking regulator. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (a) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted LIBOR Rate or LIBOR Index Rate or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (b) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which include Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Index Rate. Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Index Rate shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefit of credit for pro ration, exception or offsets that may be available from time to time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Index Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Asset Sale” means a sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor), Securitization Transaction, transfer or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, created, leased or licensed, including the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of any Borrower, other than (a) dispositions of surplus, obsolete or worn out property or property no longer used or useful in the business of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business; (b) dispositions of inventory sold, and Intellectual Property licensed, in the ordinary course of business; (c)

dispositions of accounts or payment intangibles (each as defined in the UCC) resulting from the compromise or settlement thereof in the ordinary course of business for less than the full amount thereof; (d) dispositions of Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business; and (e) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to any third parties in arm’s-length commercial transactions in the ordinary course of business that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Assignment Agreement” means an assignment agreement entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.5(b)) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit 11.5 or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Attributable Principal Amount” means (a) in the case of Capital Leases, the amount of Capital Lease obligations determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) in the case of Synthetic Leases, an amount determined by capitalization of the remaining lease payments thereunder as if it were a Capital Lease determined in accordance with GAAP, (c) in the case of Securitization Transactions, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve amounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (d) in the case of Sale and Leaseback Transactions, the present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the term of such lease.

“Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president or one of its vice presidents (or the equivalent thereof), chief financial officer or treasurer and, solely for purposes of making the certifications required under Section 5.1(b)(ii) and (iv), any secretary or assistant secretary.

“Auto Borrow Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b)(vi).

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

“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of one percent (0.5%) and (c) the LIBOR Index Rate in effect on such day plus one percent (1.0%). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the LIBOR Index Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate

or the LIBOR Index Rate, respectively. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Base Rate shall not be less than zero.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means as defined in Section 5.1(h).

“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

“Borrower” and “Borrowers” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“Borrower Agent” means as defined in Section 2.19.

“Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement” means as defined in Section 2.18(a).

“Borrowing” means (a) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type of Loan and, in the case of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, or (b) a borrowing of Swingline Loans, as appropriate.

“Business Day” means (a) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close, and (b) with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted LIBOR Rate and Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans (and in the case of determinations, the Index Rate and Base Rate Loans based on the LIBOR Index Rate), the term “Business Day” means any day which is a Business Day described in clause (a) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capitalized lease or financing lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

“Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations or Swingline Loans, as applicable, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect thereof, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, may agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank and/or Swingline Lender, as applicable. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, any of the following: (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of

any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III and (iii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives issued by a Governmental Authority in connection with a Lender’s submission or re-submission of a capital plan under 12 C.F.R. § 225.8 or a Governmental Authority’s assessment thereof shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:

(a)     any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding (i) any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, (ii) Paul Anthony Novelly (“Novelly”), (iii) St. Albans Global Management, LLLP (“St. Albans”), so long as Novelly or any one or several immediate family members of Novelly directly or indirectly control, and own substantially all of the Equity Interests in, St. Albans, (iv) any trust created by or for the benefit of Novelly and/or an immediate family member of Novelly (“Novelly Trust”), or (v) any company or other business entity controlled by a Novelly Trust) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the Equity Interests of the Parent entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Parent on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or

(b)     during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Parent cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such

election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or

(c)     the Parent shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, at least 95% of the outstanding Equity Interests of the Company.

“Collateral” means the collateral identified in, and at any time covered by, the Collateral Documents.

“Collateral Agent” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with its successors and assigns.

“Collateral Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Specified Securities Account Control Agreement and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a Lien on any property of any Credit Party as security for the Obligations.

“Commitment Fee” means as defined in Section 2.10(a).

“Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments.

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).

“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 7.1(c).

“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all capital expenditures, as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include (a) expenditures made with proceeds of any Involuntary Disposition to the extent such expenditures are used to purchase property that is the same as or similar to the property subject to such Involuntary Disposition or (b) Permitted Acquisitions.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period, (c) non-cash asset impairment charges and (d) depreciation and amortization expense for such period.

“Consolidated Funded Debt” means Funded Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in

connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) the portion of rent expense with respect to such period under Capital Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP plus (c) the implied interest component of Synthetic Leases with respect to such period.

“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four (4) Fiscal Quarters most recently ended to (b) Consolidated Interest Charges for the period of the four (4) Fiscal Quarters most recently ended.

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four (4) Fiscal Quarters most recently ended.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Parent and its Subsidiaries (excluding extraordinary gains) for that period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, total assets as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Conversion/Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.

“Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.8.

“Credit Date” means the date of a Credit Extension.

“Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the Collateral Documents, any Guarantor Joinder Agreement, the Fee Letter, any Auto Borrow Agreement, any document executed and delivered by any Borrower and/or any other Credit Party pursuant to which any Aggregate Revolving Commitments are increased pursuant to Section 2.1(c), any documents or certificates executed by any Credit Party in favor of any Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit, and, to the extent evidencing or securing the Obligations, all other documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by any Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection herewith or therewith, and including for the avoidance of doubt, any Guarantor Joinder Agreement (but specifically excluding any Secured Swap Agreements and Secured Treasury Management Agreements).

“Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan or the issuing or extending of a Letter of Credit.

“Credit Parties” means, collectively, each Borrower and each Guarantor.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

“Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) with respect to Obligations other than Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and the Letter of Credit Fee (such Obligations to include Base Rate Loans referencing the LIBOR Index Rate), the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to such Loans plus two percent (2%) per annum, (b) with respect to Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans plus two percent (2%) per annum and (c) with respect to the Letter of Credit Fee, the Applicable Margin plus two percent (2%) per annum.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrowers, each Issuing Bank, each Swingline Lender and each Lender.

“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanction.

“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the United States.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“Earn Out Obligations” means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) pursuant to the documentation relating to such Acquisition. The amount of any Earn Out Obligations at the time of determination shall be the aggregate amount, if any, of such Earn Out Obligations that are required at such time under GAAP to be recognized as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent.

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

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

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

“Effective Date” means March 30, 2020.

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.5(b), subject to any consents and representations, if any as may be required therein.

“Environmental Claim” means any known investigation, written notice, notice of violation, written claim, action, suit, proceeding, written demand, abatement order or other written order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Person arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (b) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to human health, safety, natural resources or the environment.

“Environmental Permits” means all permits, licenses, orders, and authorizations which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has obtained under Environmental Laws in connection with such Borrower’s or any such Subsidiary’s current Facilities or operations.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other written requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (a)  any Hazardous Materials Activity; (b) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (c)  protection of human health and the environment from pollution, in any manner applicable to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective Facilities.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Borrower, any other Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract,

agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which any Borrower or any Subsidiary assumed liability with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, any successor statute, and the regulations thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (c) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above is a member.

“ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code), the failure to make by its due date any minimum required contribution or any required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make by its due date any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal from any Pension Plan with two (2) or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan, in either case resulting in material liability pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition reasonably likely to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (f) the imposition of liability pursuant to Section 4062(a) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA, each case reasonably likely to result in material liability; (g) the withdrawal of any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if such withdrawal is reasonably likely to result in material liability, or the receipt by any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it is in “critical” or “endangered” status within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA, if such insolvency or termination is reasonably likely to result in material liability; (h) the imposition of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Pension Plan if such fines, penalties, taxes or related charges are

reasonably likely to result in material liability; (i) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits and funding obligations in the ordinary course) against any Pension Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against any Person in connection with any Pension Plan such Person sponsors or maintains reasonably likely to result in material liability; (j) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of a final written determination of the failure of any Pension Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any such plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (k) the imposition of a lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to Section 303(k) or 4068 of ERISA.

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

“Event of Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 9.1.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“Excluded Property” means, with respect to the Borrowers and each other Credit Party, including any Person that becomes a Credit Party after the Effective Date as contemplated by Section 7.13, (a) any disbursement deposit account the funds in which are used solely for the payment of salaries and wages, employee benefits, workers’ compensation and similar expenses, (b) any owned or leased personal property which is located outside of the United States, (c) any owned or leased real property, (d) any personal property (including, without limitation, motor vehicles and rolling stock) in respect of which perfection of a Lien is not (i) governed by the UCC or (ii) effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (e) the Equity Interests of any direct Foreign Subsidiary of any Borrower or any other Credit Party to the extent not required to be pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to Section 7.11(a), (f) any property which, subject to the terms of Section 8.3, is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 8.2(m) pursuant to documents which prohibit the Credit Parties from granting any other Liens in such property, (g) any property to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein would violate Applicable Laws, require a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority, or constitute a breach of or default under, or result in the termination of or require a consent not obtained under, any contract, lease, license or other agreement evidencing or giving rise to such property, or result in the invalidation thereof or provide any party thereto with a right of termination (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the applicable UCC or any other Applicable Law or principles of equity), (h) any certificates, licenses and other authorizations issued by any Governmental Authority to the extent that Applicable Laws prohibit the granting of a security interest therein and (i) proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing excluded property described in clauses (a) through (h) above only to the extent such proceeds and products would constitute property or assets of the type described in clauses (a) through (h) above; provided, however, that the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent under the Pledge and Security Agreement or any other Credit Document shall attach immediately to any asset of any Obligor (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) at such time as such asset ceases to meet any of the criteria for “Excluded Property” described in any of the foregoing clauses (a) through (h) above.

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Credit Party of, or the grant under a Credit Document by such Credit Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act (or the application or official interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Credit Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible

contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 4.8 hereof and any and all guarantees of such Credit Party’s Swap Obligations by other Credit Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Credit Party, or grant by such Credit Party a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap Agreement, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swap Agreements for which such Guaranty or security interest becomes illegal.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrowers under Section 2.17) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.3, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.3(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“Existing Credit Agreement” means as defined in the recitals hereto.

“Facility” means any real property including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located on such real property now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one 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, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to Regions Bank or any other Lender selected by the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter dated March 3, 2020 among the Parent, the Company, Regions Bank and Regions Capital Markets, a division of Regions Bank.

“Financial Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of the chief financial officer of the Parent that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries

as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments; provided that with respect to financial statements filed by a Credit Party with the SEC, the certification of the chief financial officer with respect to such financial statements included in the SEC filing may be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall be deemed to have satisfied any corresponding Financial Officer Certification requirement herein.

“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.

“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.

“Foreign Lender” means (a) if a Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if a Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of outstanding Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

“Funded Debt” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a)     all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the Obligations hereunder), and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b)     all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than sixty (60) days after the date on which such trade account payable was created), including, without limitation, any Earn Out Obligations recognized as a liability on the balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP;

(c)     all obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments (including bank guaranties);

(d)     the Attributable Principal Amount of Capital Leases, Synthetic Leases and Securitization Transactions;

(e)     all preferred stock and comparable equity interests providing for mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other like payments;

(f)     all Funded Debt of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Funded Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed;

(g)     all Guarantees in respect of Funded Debt of another Person; and

(h)     Funded Debt of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as such, has personal liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof.

For purposes hereof, the amount of Funded Debt shall be determined (x) based on the outstanding principal amount in the case of borrowed money indebtedness under clause (a) and purchase money indebtedness and the deferred purchase obligations under clause (b), (y) based on the maximum amount available to be drawn in the case of letter of credit obligations and the other obligations under clause (c), and (z) based on the amount of Funded Debt that is the subject of the Guarantees in the case of Guarantees under clause (g).

“Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.1.

“GAAP” means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section 1.2, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States in effect as of the date of determination thereof.

“Governmental Acts” means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards).

“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to

protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guaranteed Obligations” means as defined in Section 4.1.

“Guarantor Joinder Agreement” means a guarantor joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 7.13 delivered by a Domestic Subsidiary of a Borrower pursuant to Section 7.13.

“Guarantors” means (a) each Person identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, (b) each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.13, (c) with respect to (i) Secured Swap Obligations, (ii) Secured Treasury Management Obligations, and (iii) Swap Obligations of a Specified Credit Party (determined before giving effect to Sections 4.1 and 4.8) under the Guaranty hereunder, each Borrower, and (d) their successors and permitted assigns.

“Guaranty” means the Guarantee made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other holders of the Obligations pursuant to Section 4.

“Hazardous Materials” means any hazardous substances defined by the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 USCA 9601, et. seq., as amended (“CERCLA”), including any hazardous waste as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270, gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), asbestos or polychlorinated biphenyls.

“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under Applicable Laws relating to any Lender which are currently in effect or, to the extent allowed under such Applicable Laws, which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than Applicable Laws now allow.

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, on any date, any Subsidiary of the Parent that (a) had less than (i) five percent (5%) of Consolidated Total Assets and (ii) five percent (5%) of annual consolidated net revenues of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, in each case, as reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 prior to such date and (b) has been designated as such by the Parent in a written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent (other than any such Subsidiary as to which the Parent has revoked such designation by written notice to the Administrative Agent); provided that (x) at no time shall all Immaterial Subsidiaries have an aggregate amount of consolidated total assets as determined in accordance with GAAP or annual consolidated net revenues in excess of five percent (5%) of Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated net revenues, respectively, of the Parent and its Subsidiaries (as reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 prior to

such time) and (y) in no event shall any Subsidiary of the Parent that has become a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement be deemed to be an Immaterial Subsidiary.

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a)     all Funded Debt;

(b)     net obligations under any Swap Agreement;

(c)     all Guarantees in respect of Indebtedness of another Person; and

(d)     all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which a Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Borrower or such Subsidiary.

For purposes hereof, the amount of Indebtedness shall be determined based on Swap Termination Value in the case of net obligations under any Swap Agreement under clause (b).

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

“Indemnitee” means as defined in Section 11.2(b).

“Index Rate” means, for any Index Rate Determination Date with respect to any Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Index Rate, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to (a) the LIBOR or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for deposits with a term equivalent to one (1) month in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to such Index Rate Determination Date, or (b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an average settlement rate for deposits with a term equivalent to one (1) month in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to such Index Rate Determination Date. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Index Rate shall not be less than zero.

“Index Rate Determination Date” means the Effective Date and the first Business Day of each calendar month thereafter; provided, however, that, solely for purposes of the definition of Base Rate, Index Rate Determination Date means the date of determination of the Base Rate.

“Intellectual Property” means all trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises related to intellectual property, licenses related to intellectual property and other intellectual property rights.

“Interest Payment Date” means with respect to (a) any Base Rate Loan and any Swingline Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date and the final maturity date of such Loan; and (b) any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided, in the case of each Interest Period of longer than three (3) months “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each date that is three (3) months, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period.

“Interest Period” means, in connection with an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, an interest period of one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months (in each case, subject to availability), as selected by the applicable Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (a) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (b) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided, (i) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; (ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (iii) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and (iii) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) an Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

“Involuntary Disposition” means the receipt by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation awards payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of its Property.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).

“Issuance Notice” means an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.3.

“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by any Issuing Bank and any Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of such Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.

“Issuing Bank” means Regions Bank, in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.

“Lender” means each financial institution with a Revolving Commitment, together with its successors and permitted assigns. The initial Lenders are identified on the signature pages hereto and are set forth on Appendix A.

“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder.

“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable Issuing Bank.

“Letter of Credit Borrowing” means any Credit Extension resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.

“Letter of Credit Fees” means as defined in Section 2.10(b)(i).

“Letter of Credit Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum amount available to be drawn under Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements for drawings referenced therein, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the Borrowers, including Letter of Credit Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, (i) amounts available to be drawn under Letters of Credit will be calculated as provided in Section 1.3(i), and (ii) if a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS ($30,000,000) and (b) the aggregate unused amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.

“LIBOR” means the London Interbank Offered Rate.

“LIBOR Index Rate” means, for any Index Rate Determination Date, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (a) the Index Rate by (b) an amount equal to (i) one, minus (ii) the Applicable Reserve Requirement.

“LIBOR Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or LIBOR Index Rate (including a Base Rate Loan referencing the LIBOR Index Rate), as applicable.

“LIBOR Replacement Rate” means as defined in Section 3.1(h).

“LIBOR Scheduled Unavailability Date” means as defined in Section 3.1(h).

“Lien” means (a) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, and (b) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.

“Loan” means any Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan, and the Base Rate Loans and Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans comprising such Loans.

“Margin Stock” means as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time.

“Marketable Securities” means, at any date, securities that would, in conformity with GAAP, be categorized as “Marketable Securities” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries at such date.

“Master Agreement” means as defined in the definition of “Swap Agreement”.

“Material Adverse Effect” means any effect, event, condition, action, omission, change or state of facts that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a material adverse effect with respect to (a) the business operations, properties, assets, or financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) the ability of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to fully and timely perform the Obligations; (c) the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against a Credit Party of any material term of any Credit Document to which it is a party; (d) the value of the whole or any material part of the Collateral or the priority of Liens in the whole or any material part of the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the holders of the Obligations; or (e) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent and any Lender or any holder of Obligations under any Credit Document.

“Material Contract” means any Contractual Obligation to which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets, are bound (other than those evidenced by the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means any Domestic Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.

“Minimum Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, on an aggregate basis for all Credit Parties, the sum of (a) unrestricted and unencumbered (other than by (x) Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent or (y) statutory Liens in favor of banks solely to the extent permitted under clause (r) of Section 8.2) cash maintained in accounts located in the United States, (b) Cash Equivalents and (c) the fair market value of the Marketable Securities.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., together with its successors.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates or with respect to which any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates previously sponsored, maintained or contributed to or was required to contributed to, and still has liability.

“New Borrower Notice” means as defined in Section 2.18.

“Non-Consenting Lender” means as defined in Section 2.17.

“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.