TRANSACTION AGREEMENT by and among QUANTUM CORPORATION, DIALECTIC TECHNOLOGY SPV LLC, OC III LVS XXXIII LP and OC III LVS XL LP Dated as of September 23, 2025

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

TRANSACTION AGREEMENT

by and among

QUANTUM CORPORATION,

DIALECTIC TECHNOLOGY SPV LLC,

OC III LVS XXXIII LP

and

OC III LVS XL LP

Dated as of September 23, 2025

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TRANSACTION AGREEMENT

THIS TRANSACTION AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of September 23, 2025, by and among Quantum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Dialectic Technology SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Dialectic”), OC III LVS XXXIII LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“LVS XXXIII”), and OC III LVS XL LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“LVS XL” and together with LVS XXXIII, the “OC III Lenders”, and the OC III Lenders together with Dialectic, collectively the “Lenders” and each a “Lender”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Lenders are party to that certain Term Loan Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2021 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof (including by the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment), and as the same may be further amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, as the borrower, the guarantors party thereto (the “Guarantors”), the Lenders, and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as disbursing agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Agent”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain term loans to the Company (the “Term Loans”);

WHEREAS, on May 5, 2025, the Company, the Lenders, the Guarantors, and the Agent entered into the Thirteenth Amendment to the Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Thirteenth Term Loan Amendment”), which, among other things, (a) permits the Company to retain $15 million of any Net Cash Proceeds of the Company’s standby equity purchase agreement, dated as of January 25, 2025 (the “ELOC”), between the Company and YA II PN, LTD, received on or after the date of the Thirteenth Term Loan Amendment that are in excess of the Invoiced Expense Amount (as defined in the Thirteenth Term Loan Amendment) (the “Retained Proceeds”) and (b) requires the Company to prepay the Term Loans with any Net Cash Proceeds of the ELOC received on or after the date of the Thirteenth Term Loan Amendment that are in excess of the Retained Proceeds (the “Excess Proceeds”);

WHEREAS, the Excess Proceeds as of the date of this Agreement total approximately $50 million (the “Signing Excess Proceeds”);

WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to permit the Company to apply $1.2 million of the Signing Excess Proceeds to the payment of an exit fee to PNC Bank, National Association (the “Revolving Lender”) in connection with the termination of the Company’s revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) under that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2018 (as amended or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Revolving Credit Agreement”), by and among Quantum LTO Holdings, LLC and the Company, as borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, and the Revolving Lender, as lender and agent;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company, the Lenders and the Agent are entering into a Fifteenth Amendment to the Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment”), pursuant to which, among other things, (a) the Lenders are agreeing to permit the Company to (i) use approximately $2.5 million of the Signing Excess Proceeds to reimburse Dialectic for a portion of Dialectic’s outstanding and unpaid costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Transactions”), (ii) use $2.5 million of the Signing Excess Proceeds to repay a portion of the accrued fees owned to the Company’s external legal and financial advisors, and (iii) retain the remainder of the Signing Excess Proceeds for its working capital needs and other general corporate purposes, (b) certain tranches of Term Loans held by the OC III Lenders existing under the Term Loan Credit Agreement immediately prior to the execution of the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment are being converted into new and separate tranches of Term Loans under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (the Term Loans of the OC III Lenders under such new and separate tranches, the “New Term Loans”) pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment (the “OC III Term Loan Conversion”) and (c) the Lenders are agreeing to make certain other amendments to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Lenders and the Agent are entering into a Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement (the “Restated Intercreditor Agreement”);

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as consideration for the amendments granted by Dialectic to the Company pursuant to the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment, (a) the Company is issuing to Dialectic a warrant (the “Forbearance Warrant”) to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), equal to 19.9% of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock as of the date of this Agreement (the “Forbearance Warrant Issuance”), and (b) the Company and Dialectic are entering into a registration rights agreement (the “Warrant Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will provide Dialectic with certain demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon any exercise of the Forbearance Warrant;

WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, among other things, (a) the Company will issue to Dialectic pursuant to Section 1.2(b), on a dollar-for-dollar basis, one or more senior secured convertible notes in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Convertible Notes”) in exchange for (on a cashless basis), and as Payment in Full of, the Term Loan Obligations and other amounts then outstanding and owing to Dialectic under the Dialectic Term Loans (including principal, any prepayment penalties and exit fees (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any MOIC Amount), but excluding any accrued and unpaid interest thereon) (the issuance by the Company of such Convertible Notes pursuant to Section 1.2(b), the “Debt Exchange”), which Convertible Notes shall be governed by an indenture in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Convertible Notes Indenture”), provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) upon consummation of the Debt Exchange, the Deferred Cash Interest Amount shall not be converted into the principal amount of Convertible Notes and instead shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes Indenture, and (ii) any accrued and unpaid interest on the Dialectic Term Loans from and after January 1, 2026 shall be paid in accordance with Section 1.2(a) of this Agreement, and (b) the Company and Dialectic will enter into a registration rights agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Notes Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will provide Dialectic (or any assignee of the Convertible Notes) with certain demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon any conversion of the Convertible Notes; and

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WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has (a) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the Transactions, and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (b) determined that the terms of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the Transactions, and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and the Company’s stockholders, (c) directed that the Debt Exchange, the issuance of any Forbearance Warrant Excess Shares and, if applicable, any Additional Notes Issuance be submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Company Stockholder Meeting and (d) resolved to recommend that the Company’s stockholders approve the Debt Exchange, the issuance of any Forbearance Warrant Excess Shares and, if applicable, any Additional Notes Issuance on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (collectively, the matters referred to in this recital, the “Company Board Recommendation”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

THE CLOSING

Section 1.1 Closing. The closing of the Transactions (the “Closing”) shall take place remotely by electronic exchange of executed documents at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the date that is four (4) Business Days (or at such other time or on such other date as the Company and Dialectic may agree in writing, with prompt notice to the OC III Lenders) after the date on which all conditions set forth in Article V shall have been satisfied or, to the extent permitted by Law, waived (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied by actions to be taken at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by Law, waiver thereof at or prior to the Closing). The date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

Section 1.2 Company Closing Deliverables. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered:

(a) to Dialectic, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Dialectic at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, an amount in cash equal to all accrued and unpaid interest from and after January 1, 2026 owing to Dialectic under the Dialectic Term Loans through (but excluding) the Closing Date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include the Deferred Cash Interest Amount, which instead shall be due and payable in accordance with the Convertible Notes Indenture);

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(b) to Dialectic, one or more newly issued Convertible Notes in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Dialectic Term Loans held by Dialectic immediately prior to the Closing (including principal, any prepayment penalties and exit fees (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any MOIC Amount), but excluding any accrued and unpaid interest thereon), in exchange for (on a cashless basis), the sum of all Term Loan Obligations and other amounts outstanding and owing to Dialectic under the Dialectic Term Loans immediately prior to the Closing (including principal, any prepayment penalties and exit fees (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any MOIC Amount), but excluding any accrued and unpaid interest thereon); provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) upon consummation of the Debt Exchange, the Deferred Cash Interest Amount shall not be converted into the principal amount of Convertible Notes and instead shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes Indenture, and (ii) any accrued and unpaid interest on the Dialectic Term Loans from and after January 1, 2026 shall be paid in accordance with Section 1.2(a) of this Agreement;

(c) if the Additional Notes Issuance Approval shall have been received, to Dialectic, one or more newly issued Convertible Notes to effect any Additional Notes Issuance that the Company and Dialectic agree, pursuant to Section 4.3(b), will be consummated at the Closing;

(d) to Dialectic, the Convertible Notes Indenture duly executed by the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent;

(e) to Dialectic, a counterpart of the Notes Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company; and

(f) to each Person to which or to whom Unpaid Transaction Expenses are owed, the amount of such owed Unpaid Transaction Expenses by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account or accounts designated in the Statement of Unpaid Transaction Expenses delivered by Dialectic to the Company pursuant to Section 1.4.

Section 1.3 Dialectic Closing Deliverables. At the Closing, Dialectic shall deliver or cause to be delivered:

(a) if the Additional Notes Issuance Approval shall have been received, to the Company, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the purchase price for any Convertible Notes issued pursuant to Section 1.2(c); and

(b) to the Company, a counterpart of the Notes Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by Dialectic.

Section 1.4 Statement of Unpaid Transaction Expenses. At least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing, Dialectic shall deliver to the Company a statement setting forth all Unpaid Transaction Expenses, together with invoices with respect to such Unpaid Transaction Expenses, identifying each Person that is to be paid such Unpaid Transaction Expenses, the total amount payable to each such Person and wire transfer instructions for each such Person (collectively, the “Statement of Unpaid Transaction Expenses”).

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Section 1.5 Debt Exchange. The parties agree that the issuance of the Convertible Notes to Dialectic in the Debt Exchange pursuant to Section 1.2(b) shall be deemed to be an exchange (on a cashless basis) of 100% of the outstanding Dialectic Term Loans held by Dialectic immediately prior to the Closing, for such Convertible Notes, and shall constitute a Payment in Full of such Dialectic Term Loans (including principal, any prepayment penalties and exit fees, and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon through (but excluding) the Closing Date), in each case, for all purposes hereunder and under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Other Documents (as defined therein), on and as of the Closing Date.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Lender as follows (it being understood that each representation and warranty in this Article II is subject to (a) the exceptions and disclosures set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter (subject to Section 8.10) and (b) the disclosures set forth in the Company SEC Documents filed or furnished on or after April 1, 2022 and prior to the date of this Agreement, other than any cautionary or forward-looking information in the “Risk Factors” or “Forward-Looking Statements” sections of such Company SEC Documents):

Section 2.1 Due Organization; Subsidiaries.

(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Law”) and has all necessary power and authority to (i) conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted and (ii) own and use its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned and used, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Company is qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign Entity, and is in good standing (to the extent a concept of “good standing” is recognized), in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires such qualification or licensing, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed, or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Each Subsidiary of the Company is a corporation or other business Entity duly incorporated or organized (as applicable), validly existing, and in good standing (to the extent a concept of “good standing” is recognized) under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has full corporate or other organizational power and authority required to own, lease, or operate, as appropriate, the assets and properties that it purports to own, lease, and operate and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except, in each case, where any failure thereof would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse

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Effect. All outstanding shares of capital stock or voting securities of, or other equity interests in, each Subsidiary of the Company, which are held, directly or indirectly, by the Company, have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, and are owned by the Company, by another wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, or by the Company and another wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws or the organizational documents of any such Subsidiary or any Permitted Encumbrances.

(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any provision of its organizational documents, except for violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions by the End Date.

Section 2.2 Capitalization

(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 225,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 13,319,249 shares of Company Common Stock are issued and outstanding as of the close of business on September 5, 2025 (the “Reference Date”); and (ii) 20,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock, none of which have been issued or are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. As of the close of business on the Reference Date, 0 shares of Company Common Stock were held in treasury. All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and were created in accordance with applicable Law, the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and any agreement to which it is a party. The shares of Company Common Stock have been issued in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal securities laws and all applicable foreign and state securities or “blue sky” laws.

(b) As of the Reference Date, except as set forth in any of the organizational documents of the Company or in the Company SEC Documents: (i) no outstanding share of Company Common Stock is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of repurchase or forfeiture, right of participation, right of maintenance, or any similar right; (ii) no outstanding Company Share is subject to any right of first refusal in favor of the Company; (iii) no outstanding bond, debenture, note, or other Indebtedness of the Company has a right to vote on any matter on which the Company stockholders have a right to vote; and (iv) no Company Contract restricts any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging, or otherwise disposing of (or from granting any option or similar right with respect to), any Company Share. As of the Reference Date, the Company is not under any obligation, nor is it bound by any Contract pursuant to which it may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire any outstanding Company Share.

(c) As of the close of business on the Reference Date, (i) 168,094 shares of Company Common Stock are subject to issuance upon settlement of outstanding Company RSU Awards; (ii) 53,957 shares of Company Common Stock (assuming target level of performance) or 107,914 shares of Company Common Stock (assuming maximum level of performance) are subject to issuance upon settlement of outstanding Company PSU Awards; and (iii) 0 shares of Company Common Stock are subject to issuance upon the exercise of outstanding Company Options. Each Company Option, each Company RSU Award and each Company PSU Award was

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issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law. Other than as set forth in this Section 2.2(c), as of the close of business on the Reference Date, there is no issued, reserved for issuance, outstanding or authorized stock option, restricted stock unit award, restricted stock award, stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation, or similar right, or compensatory equity or equity-linked award with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is bound.

(d) Section 2.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all outstanding warrants to acquire shares of Company Common Stock (the “Company Warrants”). All of the Company Warrants: (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; (ii) have been offered, sold and issued in compliance with applicable Law, including federal and state securities Laws, and all requirements set forth in the Company’s organizational documents; and (iii) are not subject to, nor have they been issued in violation of, any purchase option, call option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of any applicable Law, the Company’s organizational documents or any Contract to which the Company is a party or otherwise bound.

(e) Except as set forth in this Section 2.2, as of the close of business on the Reference Date, there is no: (i) outstanding share of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company; (ii) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant, right (whether or not currently exercisable) or agreement to acquire any share of capital stock or other equity interest, restricted stock unit, stock-based performance unit, or any other right that is linked to, or the value of which is based on or derived from the value of any share of capital stock or other securities of the Company, in each case, issued by the Company or to which the Company is bound, except as set forth in the organizational documents of the Company; (iii) outstanding security, instrument, bond, debenture, note, or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any share of the capital stock or other securities of the Company; or (iv) Contract under which the Company is or may become obligated to sell or otherwise issue any share of its capital stock or any other security.

Section 2.3 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement. The Company has the necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, subject only to the Debt Exchange Approval, the Forbearance Warrant Excess Issuance Approval and, if applicable, the Additional Notes Issuance Approval. Except for obtaining the Debt Exchange Approval in connection with the consummation of the Debt Exchange, the Additional Notes Issuance Approval, if applicable, in connection with the consummation of any Additional Notes Issuance, and the Forbearance Warrant Excess Issuance Approval in connection with the issuance of any Forbearance Warrant Excess Shares, no other corporate action on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of any of the Transactions. The Company Board, at a meeting duly called and held on or prior to the date of this Agreement, has (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Debt Exchange, the issuance of any Forbearance Warrant Excess Shares and, if applicable, the Additional Notes Issuance, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, are advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (ii) approved and declared advisable

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this Agreement and the Transactions, (iii) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and (iv) made the Company Board Recommendation, which authorizations, approvals and recommendations have not been amended or modified as of the date of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due execution and delivery by the other Parties, constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions and except as would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions by the End Date.

Section 2.4 Non-Contravention; Consents.

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions will not, (i) conflict with or violate (A) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, or (B) any similar organizational documents of any Subsidiary of the Company, except, in the case of clause (B), where such conflict or violation, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to (1) be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (2) prevent or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions by the End Date; (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals, and other authorizations described in Section 2.4(b) have been obtained, that all filings and other actions described in Section 2.4(b) have been made or taken, and the Debt Exchange Approval, the Forbearance Warrant Excess Issuance Approval and, if applicable, the Additional Notes Issuance Approval, have been obtained, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is bound; or (iii) result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration, or cancellation of, or result in the loss of any benefit under, or the creation of any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) on the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to, any Company Material Contract, except, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflict, violation, breach, default, or other occurrence that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions.

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions will not, require any consent, approval, authorization, or permit of, filing or registration with, notification or report to, or expiration of waiting periods from, any Governmental Body except for (i) applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act; (ii) the filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement; (iii) any filing required under the rules and regulations of Nasdaq; and (iv) any other consent, approval, order, authorization, authority, transfer, waiver, disclaimer, registration, declaration, or filing, which, in each case, if not obtained or made, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions.

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Section 2.5 Vote Required. The (a) approval of the Debt Exchange by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the Company’s stockholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Company Stockholder Meeting (such approval, the “Debt Exchange Approval”), (b) approval of any Additional Notes Issuance by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the Company’s stockholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Company Stockholder Meeting (such approval, the “Additional Notes Issuance Approval”), and (c) approval, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the Company’s stockholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Company Stockholder Meeting, of the issuance of any shares of Company Common Stock upon exercise of the Forbearance Warrant (and any New Warrants (as defined in the Forbearance Warrant)) in excess of the Exchange Cap (as defined in the Forbearance Warrant) pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Warrant (such approval, the “Forbearance Warrant Excess Issuance Approval”, and any such shares in excess of the Exchange Cap, the “Forbearance Warrant Excess Shares”), are the only votes or approvals of the holders of any class or series of the Company’s capital stock, or any holder of any other security of the Company, required in connection with the approval of the consummation of the Debt Exchange, any Additional Notes Issuance, and the issuance of any Forbearance Warrant Excess Shares pursuant to the Forbearance Warrant, respectively, and will be sufficient to approve the Debt Exchange, any Additional Notes Issuance, and the issuance of any Forbearance Warrant Excess Shares pursuant to the Forbearance Warrant, respectively, in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq and the Company’s organizational documents. No other vote or approval of the holders of the Company Common Stock or any holder of any other security of the Company is required in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.

Section 2.6 Financial Statements; Internal Controls; Nasdaq.

(a) Since April 1, 2022, the Company has filed or furnished on a timely basis all reports, schedules, forms, statements, and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated therein, amendments and supplements thereto) required to be filed or furnished by the Company with or to the SEC (the “Company SEC Documents”). As of their filing or furnished date (or (x) if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, on the date of such amended or superseding filing, or (y) in the case of a registration statement, on the effective date of such filing), the Company SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder and applicable to such Company SEC Documents or the Company and, except to the extent that information in such Company SEC Document has been revised, amended, modified, or superseded (prior to the date of this Agreement) by a later-filed or furnished Company SEC Document, none of the Company SEC Documents as of such filing or furnished dates contained (or with respect to Company SEC Documents filed or furnished after the date of this Agreement, will contain) any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, in each case, that no

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representation is made as to the accuracy of any financial projection or forward-looking statement or the completeness of any information filed or furnished by the Company with or to the SEC solely for the purposes of complying with Regulation FD promulgated under the Exchange Act. No Subsidiary of the Company is required to file or furnish any report, statement, schedule, form, registration statement, information statement, certification, or other document with, or make any other filing with, or furnish any other material to, the SEC.

(b) The consolidated financial statements (including related notes and schedules) contained or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Documents as of their filing or furnished date with the SEC (or (x) if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, the date of such amended or superseding filing, with respect to the consolidated financial statements that are amended or restated therein, or (y) in the case of a registration statement, on the effective date of such filing, with respect to the consolidated financial statements that are included therein): (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or as permitted by Regulation S-X, or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q, Form 8-K, or any successor form under the Exchange Act); and (iii) fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby (subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to be material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole).

(c) The Company maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting (within the meaning of Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act in all material respects and has been designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, and includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and executed only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the assets of the Company that could have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Since April 1, 2022, none of the Company, the Company Board, its audit committee, the Company’s executive officers, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company’s independent registered accounting firm, has identified or been made aware of any: (A) significant deficiency or material weakness in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting utilized by the Company; (B) illegal act or fraud, whether or not material, that involves the management of the Company who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting; or (C) claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

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(d) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act that are reasonably designed to ensure that all information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that all such information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to enable each of the principal executive officer of the Company and the principal financial officer of the Company to make the certifications required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.

(e) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no outstanding or unresolved comment in any comment letter received by the Company or its representatives from the SEC with respect to Company SEC Documents. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company SEC Documents are the subject of ongoing SEC review and there is no material inquiry or investigation by the SEC of which it has been notified, or any material internal investigation pending or threatened in writing, in each case, regarding any accounting practice of the Company.

(f) The issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “QMCO.” There is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company by Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the shares of Company Common Stock or prohibit or terminate the listing of the shares of Company Common Stock on Nasdaq. The Company Common Stock constitutes the only outstanding class of securities of the Company registered under the Exchange Act.

Section 2.7 Absence of Changes.

(a) From (and including) April 1, 2025 through the date of this Agreement, there has not occurred any Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Except as contemplated by this Agreement, from (and including) April 1, 2025 through the date of this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have operated their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of business (except for discussions, negotiations and transactions related to this Agreement and the Transactions or other potential strategic transactions).

Section 2.8 Title to Assets. The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company has good and valid title to all material assets (excluding, to the extent relevant, any Intellectual Property Rights, which are covered under Section 2.10) owned by it as of the date of this Agreement, or valid leasehold interests in or valid right to use all other material assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and including all material assets reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2025 in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (the “Company Balance Sheet”), subject to Permitted Encumbrances, except (i) for assets sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business since April 1, 2025; or (ii) where such failure would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 2.9 Real Property.

(a) The Company or one of its Subsidiaries is the sole owner of each parcel of real property owned by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries (the “Company Owned Real Property”). The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to the Company Owned Real Property, and the Company Owned Real Property is free and clear of any Encumbrance, except for Permitted Encumbrances.

(b) The Company or one of its Subsidiaries holds a valid and existing leasehold interest in the real property that is leased, subleased, licensed, used, or otherwise occupied by the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, from another Person (the “Company Leased Real Property”), free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances. As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has received any written notice regarding any violation, breach or default under any Company Lease for Company Leased Real Property that has not since been cured, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(c) No casualty event has occurred with respect to any Company Owned Real Property or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Company Leased Real Property that has not been remedied, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, no condemnation event is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, with respect to any Company Owned Real Property or, to the Knowledge of the Company, Company Leased Real Property.

Section 2.10 Intellectual Property.

(a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect:

(i) All Company IP is subsisting, valid, enforceable, and in full force and effect.

(ii) No Legal Proceeding which challenges the validity, inventorship, ownership, scope or enforceability of any Company IP is pending or threatened in writing.

(iii) The Company or one of its Subsidiaries exclusively owns (in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances) all the Company Owned IP and otherwise has the right to use, pursuant to a valid Contract or other right, all other Intellectual Property Rights used or held for use in the conduct of the business as presently conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and such ownership and rights shall remain unchanged immediately after consummation of the Transactions. Each current and former employee, consultant and contractor who has created or developed any Intellectual Property Rights for or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has validly, pursuant to a written agreement, assigned to the Company or its relevant Subsidiary all of their right, title and interest in any such Intellectual Property Rights, to the extent such Intellectual Property Rights do not initially vest in the Company or its Subsidiaries by operation of law.

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(iv) To the Knowledge of the Company, the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted is not infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating, and as conducted since April 1, 2018 has not infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, any Intellectual Property Rights of any Person. To the Knowledge of the Company, no Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Company IP. There is currently no, and there has not been any, Legal Proceeding pending (or threatened in writing) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging that the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property Right of any Person.

(v) The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken all commercially reasonable measures to protect and maintain each item of Company IP, including the confidentiality of the Trade Secrets included in the Company IP. To the Knowledge of the Company, no confidential Company IP has been disclosed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the reasonable business judgment of the Company to no longer maintain such Company IP as confidential, or to the Knowledge of the Company by any other Person, to any Person, in either case, except pursuant to valid and appropriate non-disclosure agreements (unless such Person is otherwise bound by appropriate confidentiality obligations) and has not otherwise been misused or the subject of unauthorized access.

(vi) None of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of the Company, none of its licensors of Company IP, is party to any pending or outstanding Order that adversely restricts the use of any Company IP.

(vii) The Company IT Assets are owned by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or licensed or otherwise made available to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, pursuant to a valid and enforceable written agreement. The Company IT Assets are adequate for, and operate and perform satisfactorily and as required in connection with, the operation of the businesses of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, and have not failed or malfunctioned in the past three (3) years. To the Knowledge of the Company, no Company IT Assets contain any Malicious Code. The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable security, disaster recovery and backup plans and procedures for the Company IT Assets and have taken commercially reasonable steps to (A) protect against loss, destruction and unauthorized access, disclosure or use of the Company IT Assets and (B) detect for and prevent the introduction of any Malicious Code into such Company IT Assets. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has not been any incident of unauthorized access, disclosure or use or other security breach of the Company IT Assets. None of the Software owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is licensed, distributed or made available to any third party incorporates, is linked to or is derived from any Copyleft Software. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries (x) has disclosed or granted to any Person the current or contingent right to access, possess or use any source code for Software owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (y) is currently a party to any source code escrow Contract requiring the deposit of source code of any such Software or providing for access by any Person to same.

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Section 2.11 Data Privacy; Artificial Intelligence and Security.

(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and has been in compliance with all Data Protection Requirements and the AI Act, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. In particular, the Company and its Subsidiaries have (i) had the legal bases (including providing adequate notice and obtaining all necessary consents from end users, as applicable) required for the Processing of Personal Data as conducted by or for the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) abided by any notices, consents, authorizations, and privacy choices (including opt-in and opt-out preferences, as required), of end users relating to Personal Data (such obligations along with those contained in Company Privacy Policies). The Company and its Subsidiaries have documented the mechanisms and measures used to ensure and monitor compliance with each of their data protection obligations.

(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries have at all times had all rights, and all permissions, consents, licenses or authorizations required under Data Protection Requirements to use, Process, retain, produce copies, prepare derivative works, disclose, combine with other data, and grant third parties rights, as applicable, to each of the Company-Licensed Data and Personal Data as necessary for the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is, and has been, in compliance with all Contracts pursuant to which the Company and its Subsidiaries Processes or have Processed Company-Licensed Data, and the consummation of the Agreement will not conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, or default under, any such Contract. To the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ Knowledge, any third party who has provided Personal Data to the Company and its Subsidiaries has done so in compliance with Data Protection Requirements.

(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole:

(i) None of the Company and its Subsidiaries has transferred or permitted the transfer of Personal Data originating in the United Kingdom (the “U.K.”) or European Economic Area (the “EEA”) outside the U.K. or the EEA, respectively (or from any other jurisdiction with restrictions on the transfer of Personal Data), except where such transfers have complied with the requirements of Data Protection Requirements.

(ii) There are no unsatisfied written requests from individuals or other third parties to any of the Company or its Subsidiaries seeking to exercise any data protection or privacy rights (such as rights to access, rectify, or delete Personal Data, to restrict or object to processing of Personal Data, or relating to data portability).

(d) To the Knowledge of the Company, all notifications and registrations made by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ Processing of Personal Data are valid, accurate, complete and fully paid up, and the consummation of the Agreement will not invalidate any such notification or registration or require any such notification or registration to be amended. No other registrations or notifications are required in connection with the Processing of Personal Data by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

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(e) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, where the Company or its Subsidiaries use a data processor to Process Personal Data, the data processor has provided warranties or covenants in relation to Processing of Personal Data, confidentiality, security measures, breach notification requirements, and compliance with those obligations that are sufficient for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ compliance with Data Protection Requirements, and there is in existence a written Contract between the Company and its Subsidiaries and each such data processor that complies with the requirements of all Data Protection Requirements. To the Company and its Subsidiaries’ Knowledge, such data processors have not breached any such Contracts pertaining to Personal Data Processed by such Persons on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(f) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented, maintained and monitored a governance program and appropriate technical, physical and organizational controls, policies, procedures, safeguards, plans, measures and security systems and technologies with respect to the Processing of Company Data (including any automated data processing), and development, deployment, provision, operation, putting into service and use of AI Technology by or for the Company and its Subsidiaries that: (i) is consistent with (A) the risks represented by the Processing of such data by the Company and its Subsidiaries and their data processors, (B) is appropriate for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ use of AI Technology, and (C) complies with applicable Laws, guidelines and codes of practice, Data Protection Requirements and AI Industry Standards; (ii) includes commercially reasonable policies, notices, consents, procedures, processes, regulatory reporting and measures with respect to security, risk identification and remediation, elimination of bias, access control, change control, data integrity, model documentation, process verification, model inventory, version control, validation and outcome analysis; (iii) promotes transparency of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ use of AI Technology; (iv) identifies and mitigates bias in Training Data or in the algorithmic models used by any of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including implicit racial, gender or ideological bias; and (v) provides for management oversight and approval of employees’ use of AI Technology. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries maintains access control protocols and capabilities that meet or exceed AI Industry Standards and secure access to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ AI Technology and AI Inputs, and there has been no unauthorized access to the AI Technology, AI Inputs or IT Assets used by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with AI Technologies or AI Inputs.

(g) To the Knowledge of the Company, no Specified Data Breach or violation of any data security policy in relation to Company Data has occurred or is threatened in writing, and there has been no actual or threatened (in writing) unauthorized or illegal Processing of, or accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, acquisition, transmission or transfer of, or access to any Company Data. To the Knowledge of the Company, no circumstance has arisen in which: (i) Data Protection Requirements would require the Company or its Subsidiaries to notify a Governmental Body or regulatory authority of a Specified Data Breach, security breach, incident or cyberattack; or (ii) applicable guidance or codes of practice

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promulgated under Data Protection Requirements would recommend the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to notify a Governmental Body of a Specified Data Breach, security breach, incident or cyberattack. Neither the Company or its Subsidiaries nor any Person acting on the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ behalf or direction has: (A) paid any perpetrator of, or party making a threat regarding, any security breach, incident or cyberattack; or (B) paid any third party with actual or alleged information about a security breach, incident or cyberattack, pursuant to a request for payment from or on behalf of such perpetrator or other third Person.

(h) None of the Company or its Subsidiaries: (i) has received, and, to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ Knowledge, there is no circumstance (including any circumstance arising as a result of an audit or inspection carried out by any Governmental Body or regulatory authority), that would reasonably be expected to result in the receipt of, any written notice, inquiry, request or other communication from any individual, Governmental Body or other third party alleging non-compliance with Data Protection Requirements or the AI Act; or (ii) has been involved in any Legal Proceedings involving a breach or alleged breach of Data Protection Requirements.

(i) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ Knowledge, each of its data processors, has taken adequate steps to train and educate employees on relevant aspects of Data Protection Requirements and the AI Act and to ensure that all employees with access to such Personal Data are under written obligations of confidentiality with respect to such Personal Data.

(j) The Processing of Personal Data in the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions (including the disclosure to and use by the Lenders of such Personal Data) will not cause, constitute or result in a breach or violation of any Data Protection Requirements.

(k) None of the Company or its Subsidiaries have: (i) developed, or procured the development of, any AI Technology; or (ii) used any AI Technology: (A) that has been Trained or otherwise developed using any Personal Data; (B) that automatically ingests and learns from: (1) any AI Input inputted into the AI Technology by any personnel, officers, directors, consultants, agents or contractors of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (2) any AI Output generated by the AI Technology; (C) to generate software; (D) to generate any AI Output that is commercially significant to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (E) to provide legal or financial or other advice or support to customers, including through the use of chatbots; (F) for recruitment or other human resource activities; (G) to make automated decisions about individuals; (H) that is, or is reasonably likely to be considered, high risk pursuant to Article 6 of the AI Act; or (I) for a purpose or in a manner that is prohibited under applicable AI Laws. To the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries has used any AI Technology in the course of their employment duties that the Company or its Subsidiaries (as applicable) has not expressly authorized.

(l) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and its Subsidiaries have: (i) obtained all licenses, consents and permissions, provided all notices and disclosures, and otherwise have all rights, in each case as required under applicable Law, to collect

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and use (as applicable) all Training Data, AI Technology, AI Inputs and AI Outputs as used in the conduct of the business as currently conducted and contemplated to be conducted; and (ii) complied with all use restrictions and other requirements of any license, consent, permission or other Contract and any website terms of use, terms of service, or other terms governing the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ use of such Training Data, AI Technology, AI Inputs and AI Outputs. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has: (A) used any AI Technology in a manner that affects the ownership, validity, enforceability, registrability or patentability of any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property or any content or other output created by such AI Technology that the Company or its Subsidiaries intended to own or would have owned if such output were created without the use of such AI Technology, or the ownership by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any of their respective products and services; (B) included any confidential or proprietary information (including source code) as any AI Inputs into any AI Technology owned by any Person other than the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (C) used any AI in a manner that does not comply with applicable Law, guidelines or codes of practice, the Data Protection Requirements, the AI Industry Standards or the applicable license or other Contract terms.

Section 2.12 Company Contracts. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) as of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company (or its applicable Subsidiary) nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party is in breach of or default under any Company Contract that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (each, a “Company Material Contract”) and neither the Company (or its applicable Subsidiary) nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party has taken or failed to take any action, and no event has occurred, that with or without notice, lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach of or default under any Company Material Contract; (ii) as of the date hereof each Company Material Contract is, with respect to the Company (or its applicable Subsidiary) and, to the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, each other party thereto, a valid agreement, binding, and in full force and effect; (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, each Company Material Contract is enforceable by the Company (or its applicable Subsidiary) in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; and (iv) since April 1, 2023, (x) the Company has not received any written notice regarding any violation or breach or default under any Company Material Contract that has not since been cured and (y) no counterparty to any Company Material Contract has canceled or otherwise terminated, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing to cancel or otherwise to terminate, cancel, or materially modify any Company Material Contract.

Section 2.13 Liabilities. As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any liability of the type required to be disclosed as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for: (a) liabilities disclosed on the Company Balance Sheet; (b) liabilities or obligations incurred pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (c) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since April 1, 2025; (d) liabilities for performance of obligations under Company Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice (other than as a result of the breach or acceleration thereof); and (e) liabilities that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 2.14 Compliance with Laws. The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company has been, since April 1, 2022, in compliance with all applicable Laws, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, since April 1, 2022, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has been given written notice of, or been charged with, any violation of any Law, except, in each case, for any such violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, no investigation or review by any Governmental Body with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is pending or, as of the date of this Agreement, threatened in writing, except for such investigations or reviews the outcome of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Section 2.15 Certain Business Practices. Since April 1, 2021, neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary of the Company, nor any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, employees or agents, has violated any applicable Trade Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws, or Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Since April 19, 2019, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company, nor any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, employees or agents, has: (a) violated any applicable Sanctions; (b) been a Sanctioned Person; or (c) engaged in any transactions or dealings (i) with or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Persons or in any Sanctioned Country, but only to the extent such violation would reasonably be expected to result in a material violation of Trade Laws, or (ii) that would reasonably be expected to result in the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company becoming a Sanctioned Person. The Company and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions, and Trade Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is involved in any pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened Legal Proceedings concerning or relating to Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions, or Trade Laws.

Section 2.16 Governmental Authorizations. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold all Governmental Authorizations necessary to enable the Company and its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses in the manner in which their businesses are currently being conducted, except where the failure to hold such Governmental Authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The material Governmental Authorizations held by the Company and its Subsidiaries are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity or failure of such Governmental Authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are each in compliance with the terms and requirements of such Governmental Authorizations, to the extent applicable to them, except where failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Section 2.17 Tax Matters.

(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries have timely (i) filed (taking into account any extension of time to file granted or obtained) all income and other material Tax Returns with the appropriate Taxing Authority required to be filed by them, and such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects; (ii) paid all material amounts of Taxes required to be

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paid by them except to the extent that such Taxes are being contested in good faith in appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or the appropriate Subsidiary has set aside adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP; and (iii) collected, in all material respects, all amounts on account of sales or transfer Taxes, including goods and services, harmonized sales, value added and federal, provincial, state or territorial sales Taxes, required by applicable Laws to be collected by them and have timely remitted to the appropriate Taxing Authority all such collected Taxes required by applicable Laws to be remitted by them. All material amounts of Taxes required to have been withheld by the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor or other party have been timely withheld and remitted to the applicable Taxing Authority.

(b) There are no pending audits, actions, examinations, investigations, suits or other proceedings by a Taxing Authority in respect of any material Tax or material Tax Return of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no such audits, actions, examinations, investigations, suits or other proceedings have been proposed or threatened in writing. No deficiency for any material amount of Tax has been proposed, asserted, assessed or threatened by any Taxing Authority in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which deficiency has not been satisfied by payment, settled or been withdrawn.

(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any liability for the Taxes of another person pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law) by reason of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group (other than a group that solely includes the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries); (ii) has been a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group (other than a group that solely includes the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries); or (iii) has any liability for the Taxes of another person under, by any reason of being a party to, any Tax sharing or Tax indemnification agreement or other similar agreement (other than customary Tax indemnification provisions in commercial agreements or arrangements, in each case not primarily relating to Taxes, or any agreement solely between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries).

(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries was a “distributing corporation” or “controlled corporation” in a transaction intended to qualify under Section 355 of the Code within the past two (2) years.

(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4.

(f) There are no material Encumbrances for Taxes on the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Permitted Encumbrances.

(g) No private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda, closing agreements, or rulings have been entered into or issued by any Taxing Authority with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are binding on such Entity in respect of any taxable year for which the statute of limitations has not yet expired. There is no currently effective agreement (other than pursuant to extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business) or other document with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries extending the period of assessment or collection of any material Taxes.

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(h) No written claim has been made by any Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

Section 2.18 Employee Matters; Employee Plans.

(a) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) will require the consent of, or advance notification to or consultation with, any works councils, unions or similar labor organizations with respect to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (A) since January 1, 2022, there has not been any unfair labor practice charge, labor arbitration, grievance, strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, picketing, labor dispute, union organizing activity, or any threat thereof, or any similar activity or dispute, affecting the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective employees; and (B) there is not now pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing any unfair labor practice charge, labor arbitration, grievance, strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, picketing, labor dispute, union organizing activity, or any similar activity or dispute.

(b) There is no (and, since January 1, 2022, has been no) Legal Proceeding ongoing, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, arising out of or relating to the employment or engagement of any Company Associate by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any labor or employment practice of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, including arising out of or relating to any Company Employee Plan, other than any Legal Proceeding that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company as applicable, has at all times since January 1, 2022 complied with the WARN Act.

(c) The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company is in compliance and, since January 1, 2022, has complied with all applicable Laws related to labor or employment (which for the avoidance of doubt includes all Contracts for labor or employment, including all Collective Bargaining Agreements by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is bound), including all Laws regarding any term or condition of employment, employment practices, pensions obligations, hiring, payment of wages and hours of work, collective bargaining, worker classification (including the proper classification of workers as independent contractors and of employees as exempt or non-exempt), background checks, leaves of absence, plant closing and mass layoff notification, privacy rights, labor disputes, workplace safety, retaliation, immigration, accommodations, harassment and discrimination matters, and termination of employment, except any lack of compliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

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(d) None of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates sponsors, maintains, contributes to, is required to contribute to, or otherwise has liability, whether actual or contingent, with respect to (i) a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, including any “single employer” defined benefit plan or any “multiemployer plan,” each within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA, (ii) a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code, (iii) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA, or (iv) any U.K. defined benefit pension arrangement.

(e) As to each of the Company Employee Plans that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or circumstances that would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the qualified status for any such Company Employee Plan, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company Employee Plans is now, and has since January 1, 2022, been established, funded and operated in compliance with its terms and all applicable Laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code.

(f) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each Company Employee Plan that is subject to Laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States or provides compensation or benefits to or for the benefit of any Company Associates that primarily reside outside of the United States: (i) if such Company Employee Plan is intended to qualify for special tax treatment, such Company Employee Plan meets (and at all times has met) all the requirements for such treatment, and no facts or circumstances exist that could adversely affect such qualified treatment; and (ii) each such Company Employee Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities.

(g) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Company Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a nonqualified deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been operated and maintained in material operational and documentary compliance with Section 409A of the Code and all IRS guidance promulgated thereunder, to the extent such section and such guidance have been applicable to such Company Employee Plan; and (ii) no amounts paid or payable by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to or for the benefit of any Company Associate have been or are reasonably expected to be subject to any Tax or penalty imposed under Section 457A of the Code. There is no agreement, plan, Contract or other arrangement to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is otherwise bound to compensate any Company Associate in respect of Taxes pursuant to Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code.

(h) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, no Legal Proceeding (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) is (or, since January 1, 2022, has been) ongoing, pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against or in respect of any Company Employee Plan, the assets of any of the trusts under any Company Employee Plan or the plan sponsor, administrator, trustee or any fiduciary of any Company Employee Plan with respect to the operation thereof.

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(i) To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has ever been an “employer” nor (except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect) is, or has in the last six years been, an “associate of” or “connected with” an “employer” (as those terms in quotation marks are used in the U.K. Pensions Act 2004) of any U.K. defined benefit pension arrangement.

(j) Since January 1, 2022, (i) to the Knowledge of the Company, no material allegations of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct have been made by any current or former employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company against any current or former executive or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has entered into any settlement agreements related to allegations of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct by an executive or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; and (iii) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have promptly, thoroughly, and impartially investigated all material allegations of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct of which they are or were aware and have taken corrective actions with respect to such allegations that are reasonably calculated to prevent further harassment and misconduct with respect to each allegation with potential merit. To the Company’s Knowledge, no allegation of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct has been made since January 1, 2022, by any current or former employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company against any current or former executive or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company that would reasonably be expected to result in any material loss to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no such allegations have been made, that if known to the public, would reasonably be expected to bring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into material disrepute.

Section 2.19 Environmental Matters. Except for those matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Company and each of the Subsidiaries of the Company is, and since January 1, 2021, has been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes obtaining, maintaining or complying with all Governmental Authorizations required under Environmental Laws for the operation of their respective businesses; (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, there is no Legal Proceeding or Order arising under any Environmental Law that is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (iii) there is and has been no Hazardous Material present or Released on, at, under, or from any property or facility, including the Company Owned Real Property and the Company Leased Real Property, in a manner and concentration that would reasonably be expected to result in any claim against or liability of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company under any Environmental Law; and (iv) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has assumed, undertaken, or otherwise become subject to any known liability of another Person arising under Environmental Laws other than any indemnity in Company Material Contracts or other licenses, leases, or sub-leases for real property.

Section 2.20 Insurance. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries maintain or are otherwise covered by insurance in such amounts and against such risks as is sufficient to comply with applicable Law and Contracts to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or is bound; and (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, all insurance policies with respect to the business and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries are in full force and effect (except for any expiration thereof in accordance with their terms), all premiums due thereon have been paid in full, no written notice of cancellation or modification has been received, and there is no existing default or event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default by any insured thereunder.

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Section 2.21 Legal Proceedings; Orders.

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, other than any Legal Proceeding that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or to prevent or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate any of the Transactions by the End Date.

(b) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Order to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is subject that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 2.22 Financial Advisor. No broker, finder, investment banker, financial advisor, or other Person is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s, or other similar fee or commission, or the reimbursement of expenses in connection therewith, in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

Section 2.23 Related Party Transactions. As of the date of this Agreement, other than any Company Employee Plan, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to any transaction or arrangement or series of related transactions or arrangements between the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, on the one hand, and any (i) present or former executive officer (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of any class of the equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose status as a 5% holder is known to the Company as of the date of this Agreement; or (iii) Affiliate, “associate” or member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 of the Exchange Act) of any of the foregoing Persons described in clauses (i) or (ii) (but only, with respect to the Persons in clause (ii), to the Knowledge of the Company), on the other hand, in each case as would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act (each of the foregoing, a “Company Related Party Transaction”).

Section 2.24 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied in writing by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company expressly for inclusion in the Proxy Statement to be filed by the Company with the SEC will, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to stockholders of the Company, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not false or misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, no representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to any information or statement made or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement that was not supplied by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for use in the Proxy Statement or such other document incorporated therein by reference.

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Section 2.25 No Other Representation.

(a) Except for the express written representations and warranties made by the Company in this Article II (as modified by the Company Disclosure Letter) or in any of the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment, the Forbearance Warrant or the Warrant Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the “Representation Documents”), the Company makes no express or implied representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, at Law or in equity, with respect to the Company or any Company Affiliate or their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, or condition (financial or otherwise) or with respect to any other information (including projections, estimates, forecasts or budgets) provided, or made available, to any Lender or its Representatives or Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, including the accuracy or completeness thereof, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to any such Lender or any of its Representatives or Affiliates of any documentation, forecasts or other information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any other Person will have or be subject to any liability or other obligation to any Lender or its Representatives or Affiliates or any other Person resulting from such Lender’s or its Representatives’ or Affiliates’ use of any information, documents, projections, forecasts or other material made available to such Lender or its Representatives or Affiliates, including any information made available in the electronic data room maintained by the Company for purposes of the Transactions, teaser, marketing material, confidential information memorandum, management presentations, functional “break-out” discussions, responses to questions submitted on behalf of such Lender or its Representatives or Affiliates or in any other form in connection with the Transactions, unless and to the extent any such information is expressly included in a representation or warranty contained in this Article II (as modified by the Company Disclosure Letter) or in any Representation Document.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Company Parties) that: (i) except for the representations and warranties of the Lenders expressly set forth in Article III and the representations and warranties of the Lenders expressly set forth in any Representation Document, (x) none of the Lender Parties makes, or has made, any representation or warranty and (y) none of the Company Parties is relying on, or has relied on, any representation or warranty made, or information provided, by or on behalf of any Lender Party, regarding any Lender Party or their respective businesses, this Agreement, the Transactions or any other related matter; and (ii) the Company is a sophisticated party and has made its own independent investigation, review, and analysis regarding the Lenders and the Transactions, which investigation, review, and analysis were conducted by the Company together with expert advisors, including legal counsel, that they have engaged for such purpose.

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE LENDERS

Each Lender hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the other Lenders as follows:

Section 3.1 Due Organization.

(a) Such Lender is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing pursuant to Delaware Law and has all necessary power and authority to (i) conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted and (ii) own and use its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned and used, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Lender Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Such Lender is not in violation of its organizational documents, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Lender Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.2 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement. Such Lender has the necessary power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions. The governing body of such Lender has, on or prior to the date of this Agreement (i) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Transactions and (ii) determined that the terms of this Agreement and the Transactions are fair to, and in the best interests of, Lender and its equityholders. No other action on the part of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by such Lender of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and, assuming due execution and delivery by the Company and the other Lenders, constitutes the valid and binding agreement of such Lender, enforceable against such Lender in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

Section 3.3 Non-Contravention; Consents.

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Lender does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Lender and the consummation of the Transactions by such Lender will not, (i) conflict with or violate the organizational documents of such Lender; (ii) conflict with or violate any Law applicable to such Lender or by which any property or asset of such Lender is bound; or (iii) result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) by such Lender under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration, or cancellation of, or result in the loss of any benefit under, or the creation of any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) on the properties or assets of such Lender pursuant to, any material contract of such Lender, except, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflict, violation, breach, default, or other occurrence that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Lender Material Adverse Effect.

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(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Lender does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Lender and the consummation of the Transactions by such Lender will not, require any consent, approval, order, authorization, waiver or permit of, filing or registration with, notification or report to, or expiration of waiting periods from, any Governmental Body except for (i) applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act and (ii) any consent, approval, order, authorization, waiver, permit, filing, registration, notification, report or expiration which, in each case, if not obtained or made would not have a Lender Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.4 No Lender Vote or Approval Required. No vote or consent of the holders of any equity or voting interest in such Lender is necessary to approve this Agreement or the Transactions.

Section 3.5 CFIUS Foreign Person. Such Lender is not a foreign person, as defined in 31 C.F.R. § 800.224. The Transactions will not result in control (as defined in 31 C.F.R. § 800.208) of the Company and its Subsidiaries by any foreign person (as defined in 31 C.F.R. § 800.224) or will constitute a direct or indirect investment in the Company or its Subsidiaries by any foreign person that affords such foreign person with any of the access, rights, or involvement contemplated under 31 C.F.R. § 800.211(b).

Section 3.6 No Foreign Person. Such Lender is not a “foreign person” as defined in Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 or a “foreign interest” as defined in 32 C.F.R. § 117.3(b). No foreign government, agency of a foreign government, or representative of a foreign government; no business enterprise or other entity organized, chartered or incorporated under the laws of any country other than the United States or its territories; nor any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States (each a “Foreign Interest”) (a) individually or in the aggregate with other Foreign Interests, owns or has a beneficial ownership or voting interest of five percent (5%) or more of such Lender, and if such Lender does not issue stock, indirectly or directly, subscribed for five percent (5%) or more of such Lender’s total capital commitment, or (b) has the power, direct or indirect, whether or not exercised, and whether or not exercisable through the ownership of such Lender, by contractual arrangements or other means, to direct or decide matters affecting the management or operations of such Lender, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries or Affiliates, do not own five percent (5%) or more of any Foreign Interest. Such Lender acknowledges the restrictions that affiliation with or significant influence by a Foreign Interest may put on the prospects of the Company, and shall fully comply with the Law with respect to mitigation of any such affiliation or influence of such Foreign Interest.

Section 3.7 Financial Advisor. No broker, finder, investment banker, financial advisor, or other Person is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s, or other similar fee or commission, or the reimbursement of expenses in connection therewith, in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇.

Section 3.8 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied in writing by or on behalf of such Lender expressly for inclusion in the Proxy Statement to be filed by the Company with the SEC will, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to stockholders of the Company, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not false or misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, no representation or warranty is made by such Lender with respect to any information or statement made or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement that was not supplied by or on behalf of such Lender for use in the Proxy Statement or any document incorporated therein by reference.

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Section 3.9 Legal Proceedings; Orders.

(a) Neither such Lender nor any of its Affiliates is in default or violation of any applicable Law, except for any such defaults or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Lender Material Adverse Effect.

(b) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of such Lender, threatened in writing against such Lender or any of its Affiliates, that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Lender Material Adverse Effect or that challenges the validity or propriety of the Transactions, nor is there any judgment of any Governmental Authority outstanding against, or, to the knowledge of such Lender, investigation by any Governmental Authority involving such Lender or any of its Affiliates or any of the Transactions that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Lender Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Such Lender is not a Sanctioned Person.

Section 3.10 No Other Representation; Non-Reliance.

(a) Except for the express written representations and warranties made by such Lender in this Article III or in any Representation Document, such Lender makes no express or implied representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, at Law or in equity, with respect to such Lender or any Affiliate of such Lender or their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) or with respect to any other information (including projections, estimates, forecasts or budgets) provided, or made available, to the Company or its Representatives or Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, including the accuracy or completeness thereof, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the Company or any of its Representatives or Affiliates of any documentation, forecasts or other information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, such Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of its Lender Parties) that: (i) except for the representations and warranties of the Company expressly set forth in Article II or in any Representation Document, (x) none of the Company Parties makes, or has made, any representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, whether express or implied or at Law or in equity, including any implied representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries furnished or made available to such Lender or any of its Representatives and that all other representations and warranties of any kind or nature whether express, implied or statutory are specifically disclaimed by the Company and (y) none of the such Lender Parties is relying on, or has relied on, any representation or warranty made, or information provided, by or on behalf of any Company Party, in each case, regarding any Company Party, its or their business, this Agreement, the Transactions, or any other related matter;

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and (ii) such Lender is a sophisticated party and has made its own independent investigation, review, and analysis regarding the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Transactions, which investigation, review, and analysis were conducted by such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ together with expert advisors, including legal counsel, that it has engaged for such purpose. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this paragraph is intended to limit or modify any representations and warranties made in any definitive agreement relating to a prior transaction between the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any of the OC III Lenders or any of their respective Affiliates, on the other hand.

ARTICLE IV

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES

Section 4.1 Preparation of Proxy Statement; Company Stockholder Meeting.

(a) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) promptly (but not later than twenty (20) Business Days after the date of this Agreement) prepare and file with the SEC a preliminary Proxy Statement relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”); (ii) file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC on the date that is the earlier of (x) five (5) Business Days after the SEC declines to review the preliminary Proxy Statement or confirms that it has no further comments on the preliminary Proxy Statement, or (y) ten (10) calendar days after the filing of the preliminary Proxy Statement if the applicable waiting period has passed without receiving any communication from the SEC, as applicable; and (iii) mail the definitive Proxy Statement to the Company’s stockholders promptly after it is filed with the SEC. Each Lender shall promptly furnish to the Company all non-privileged information concerning such Lender that is required by applicable Law to be included in the Proxy Statement so as to enable the Company to file the Proxy Statement. Each of the Company and the Lenders shall promptly correct any information provided by it or any of its Representatives for use in the Proxy Statement if and to the extent that such information is discovered by the Company or such Lender, as applicable, to be or to have become false or misleading in any material respect. The Company shall, as promptly as practicable after the receipt thereof, provide the Lenders with copies of any written comments and advise the Lenders of any oral comments with respect to the Proxy Statement received by the Company from the SEC, including any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements thereto, and shall provide the Lenders with copies of all other material or substantive correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the preliminary Proxy Statement, the definitive Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto with the SEC or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Company shall provide the Lenders and their respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review such document (in the case of the preliminary Proxy Statement, the Company shall provide a substantially complete draft of such document to the Lenders no later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the filing of the preliminary Proxy Statement) or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and consider in good faith the comments of the Lenders in connection with any such document or response. None of the Company or its Representatives shall agree to participate in any material or substantive meeting or conference (including by telephone) with the SEC, or any member of the staff thereof, in respect of the Proxy Statement unless it consults with Dialectic in advance and, to the extent permitted by the SEC and practicable, allows Dialectic to participate.

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(b) Each of the Company and the Lenders agrees, as to itself and its Affiliates, that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it or its Affiliates for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto will, at the date of mailing to stockholders and at the time of the Company Stockholder Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company will cause the Proxy Statement to comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(c) If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company or any Lender, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company or such Lender that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties in writing and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall promptly be prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent required under applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company.

(d) Each of the Company and the Lenders shall, upon request, furnish to the other Parties all information concerning itself, its Affiliates, directors, officers and (to the extent reasonably available to the applicable Party) equityholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with any statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of the Company, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, to the SEC or Nasdaq in connection with the Proxy Statement.

(e) The Company shall (A) as soon as reasonably practicable following the filing of the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC, duly call and give notice of, and commence mailing of the Proxy Statement to the holders of Company Common Stock as of the record date established for, a meeting of holders of the Company Shares to consider and vote upon the approval of the Debt Exchange, issuance of any Forbearance Warrant Excess Shares and, if applicable, any Additional Notes Issuance (the “Company Stockholder Meeting”), and (B) as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within forty-five (45) days) following the filing of the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC, convene and hold the Company Stockholder Meeting; provided that the Company may adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholder Meeting to a later date to the extent the Company, after consultation with Dialectic and its Representatives, believes in good faith that such adjournment or postponement is reasonably necessary (w) to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is provided to the holders of Company Shares within a reasonable amount of time in advance of the Company Stockholder Meeting, (x) to allow reasonable additional time to solicit additional proxies necessary to obtain the Debt Exchange Approval, the Forbearance Warrant Excess Issuance Approval and/or, if applicable, the Additional Notes Issuance Approval, (y) to ensure that there are sufficient shares of Company Common Stock represented (either in person or by proxy) and voting to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Company Stockholder Meeting or (z) otherwise where required to comply with applicable Law.

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Section 4.2 Further Assurances. Each Party shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, use their respective reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, to file, or cause to be filed, all documents, and to do, or cause to be done, and to reasonably assist and cooperate with the other Parties in doing, all things necessary, proper, or advisable to consummate and make effective the Transactions as soon as reasonably practicable (and in any event no later than the End Date), and refrain from taking any action that would reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions.

Section 4.3 Additional Liquidity; Use of Proceeds.

(a) Following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to raise additional Net Cash Proceeds from the ELOC (i) to pay the Parties’ costs and expenses of the Transactions, (ii) to repay amounts outstanding and owing to the OC III Lenders under the Term Loans and (iii) for the working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of the Company (the purposes set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii), the “Specified Purposes”).

(b) In the event that the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to, but is unable to, raise Net Cash Proceeds from the ELOC that are sufficient for the Specified Purposes, upon the Company’s written request, Dialectic shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make additional funds available to the Company for the Specified Purposes by either (i) prior to the Closing, increasing the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans made by Dialectic to the Company, or (ii) at or following the Closing, purchasing additional Convertible Notes from the Company (in excess of the Convertible Notes to be issued to Dialectic in the Debt Exchange pursuant to Section 1.2(b)) (the issuance by the Company of any such additional Convertible Notes pursuant to this clause (ii), an “Additional Notes Issuance”, and any such additional funds provided to the Company pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) or this clause (ii), “Additional Liquidity”). Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, neither Dialectic nor any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to, and the Company shall not be obligated to pay to Dialectic or any of its Affiliates, any commitment fee, origination fee, syndication fee, amendment fee, break-up fee, or other similar remuneration in connection with, or as a condition to, the provision of such Additional Liquidity.

(c) The Company shall use (x) the Excess New ELOC Proceeds (as such term is defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement), and (y) the Net Cash Proceeds of any Additional Liquidity as follows: (i) first, in accordance with Section 2.3(c) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, (ii) then, to pay, or otherwise reimburse Dialectic and its Affiliates for, any Unpaid Transaction Expenses, and (iii) then, to repay any expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries incurred in connection with the Transactions. Any such Net Cash Proceeds or Additional Liquidity in excess of the amounts required to satisfy the obligations in the previous sentence may be retained by the Company for its working capital needs and other general corporate purposes (including, in the discretion of the Company, for repayment of amounts outstanding and owing to the OC III Lenders under the Term Loans).

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Section 4.4 Non-Solicitation; Company Board Recommendation.

(a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earliest to occur of (i) the Closing and (ii) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VI, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, and shall direct its and their respective Affiliates and Representatives to (A) immediately terminate (or cause to be terminated) any discussions or negotiations with any third party with respect to an Alternative Transaction Proposal; and (B) promptly (and in any case within forty-eight (48) hours after the execution and delivery of this Agreement) terminate (or cause to be terminated) such Person’s and its Affiliates’ and Representatives’ access to any data room or other depository of information maintained by or on behalf of such Party and its Subsidiaries for purposes of facilitating an Alternative Transaction Proposal. Additionally, until the earliest to occur of (i) the Closing and (ii) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VI, the Company shall not, shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall direct its and their respective Affiliates and Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit, initiate, or knowingly facilitate, or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information), or otherwise propose or knowingly induce the making, submission, or announcement of, any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to constitute or lead to, an Alternative Transaction Proposal; (B) engage in, continue, or otherwise participate in any discussion or negotiation regarding, or furnish to any other Person (other than Lenders and their Affiliates and any of their respective Representatives), any non-public information and data relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or afford to any Person (other than Lenders and their Affiliates and any of their respective Representatives) access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other information, or to any personnel, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, in connection with, or for the purpose of knowingly encouraging or knowingly facilitating, an Alternative Transaction Proposal or any inquiries or the making of any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction Proposal; (C) approve, adopt, endorse or recommend an Alternative Transaction Proposal or any offer or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction Proposal; (D) terminate, amend, release, modify or knowingly fail to enforce any provision (including any standstill or similar provision) of, or grant any permission, waiver or request under, any confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement, in each case, in furtherance of an Alternative Transaction Proposal; (E) grant any waiver, amendment or release under any Takeover Laws; (F) authorize or enter into any letter of intent, agreement, agreement in principle, or other Contract (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) relating to an Alternative Transaction Proposal (an “Alternative Agreement”); or (G) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the Company shall be permitted to grant a waiver of or terminate any “standstill” or similar obligation of any Person or grant a waiver of Takeover Laws with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if the Company Board has determined in good faith (after consultation with its legal counsel and financial advisor) that the failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law and (y) the Parties agree that it is not a breach of this Agreement for the Company, its Subsidiaries, or the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective Representatives to reply to an unsolicited Alternative Transaction Proposal or inquiry that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction Proposal to inform such Person that the Company and its directors and officers and Representatives are subject to a no-shop provision and cannot engage in discussions except in accordance with this Agreement.

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(b) The Company shall, promptly (and, in any event, within 48 hours) after receipt of any Alternative Transaction Proposal by it or any of its directors or executive officers, notify Dialectic of the material terms of such Alternative Transaction Proposal and the identity of the Person or “group” making such Alternative Transaction Proposal and shall provide Dialectic with copies of any written requests, proposals or offers, including proposed agreements, and the material terms and conditions of any proposals or offers (or where no such copies are available, a reasonably detailed written description thereof). In addition, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and Representatives to, keep Dialectic reasonably informed, on a prompt basis, of the status and terms of, and material changes in, any such Alternative Transaction Proposal. The Company agrees that it will not, directly or indirectly, enter into any agreement with any Person which directly or indirectly prohibits the Company from providing any information to Dialectic in accordance with, or otherwise complying with, this Section 4.4(b).

(c) Promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver a written notice to each Person that entered into a confidentiality agreement with the Company relating to an Alternative Transaction Proposal within the one hundred eighty (180) days preceding the date of this Agreement and were provided access to an electronic data room maintained by the Company or its Representatives requesting the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished to any Person pursuant to such confidentiality agreement within such 180-day period.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, at any time prior to obtaining the Debt Exchange Approval, in the event that the Company receives an Alternative Transaction Proposal that did not result from a material breach of this Section 4.4 from any Person or group of Persons, (i) the Company and its Representatives may contact such Person or group of Persons to clarify the terms and conditions thereof and (ii) the Company, the Company Board and their respective Representatives may engage in negotiations or discussions with, or furnish any information and other access to, any Person or group of Persons making such Alternative Transaction Proposal and any of their respective Representatives or potential sources of financing if the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with its legal counsel and financial advisor) that such Alternative Transaction Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal; provided that (x) prior to furnishing any material non-public information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company receives from such Person or group, to the extent that such Person or group is not already subject to a confidentiality agreement with the Company, an executed Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, and (y) any such material non-public information so furnished in writing shall be promptly made available to Dialectic to the extent that it was not previously made available to Dialectic or its Representatives. For the avoidance of doubt, the determination, in itself with no further action, by the Company Board that an Alternative Transaction Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal, will not constitute an Adverse Recommendation Change or violate this Section 4.4.

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(e) Except as otherwise permitted by this Section 4.4, none of the Company Board or any committee of the Company Board shall authorize or publicly propose to: (i)(A) withhold, withdraw or adversely qualify (or modify or amend in a manner adverse to Dialectic) the Company Board Recommendation; (B) authorize, approve, adopt or recommend, or declare the advisability of, any Alternative Transaction Proposal; or (C) make any recommendation in connection with any Alternative Transaction Proposal that is a tender offer or exchange offer other than a recommendation against such offer within ten (10) Business Days of commencement thereof pursuant to Rule 14d-2 of the Exchange Act or a temporary “stop, look and listen” communication by the Company Board pursuant to, or similar communication of the type contemplated by, Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act (any of the foregoing actions, an “Adverse Recommendation Change”); or (ii) cause or permit the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to enter into an Alternative Agreement relating to an Alternative Transaction Proposal or otherwise resolve or agree to do so.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VI and obtaining the Debt Exchange Approval, the Company Board may (i) make an Adverse Recommendation Change in response to an Intervening Event if the Company Board has determined in good faith (after consultation with its legal counsel and financial advisor) that the failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law; or (ii) in response to an Alternative Transaction Proposal made after the date of this Agreement that has not been withdrawn and that did not result from a material breach of Section 4.4, if the Company Board determines in good faith (in each case, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors) that (x) such Alternative Transaction Proposal is a Superior Proposal and (y) the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law, then, subject to the remainder of this Section 4.4(f), the Company Board may make an Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 6.1(e) in order to enter into a definitive agreement providing for a Superior Proposal (a “Superior Proposal Termination”). Before the Company Board may effect an Adverse Recommendation Change or a Superior Proposal Termination in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence: (A) the Company shall provide Dialectic at least four (4) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to effect an Adverse Recommendation Change or a Superior Proposal Termination, as applicable (if with respect to a Superior Proposal, a “Superior Proposal Notice”); (B) the Company shall provide Dialectic (I) in the case of a Superior Proposal Notice, a summary of the material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal (including the consideration offered therein and the identity of the Person or group of Persons making the Superior Proposal) and an unredacted copy of any written materials received from or on behalf of the Person or group of Persons making such Superior Proposal, or (II) in the case of an Adverse Recommendation Change pursuant to an Intervening Event, a reasonable description of the underlying terms and circumstances giving rise to such Intervening Event (and the reasons for taking such action); (C) if requested to do so by Dialectic, for a period of four (4) Business Days following delivery of such notice, the Company shall discuss and negotiate in good faith, and shall make its Representatives available to discuss and negotiate, with Dialectic and their Representatives, any proposed modifications to the terms and conditions of this Agreement in such a manner that would cause such Superior Proposal to no longer constitute a Superior Proposal or that obviates the need for the Company Board to effect, or cause the Company to effect, an Adverse Recommendation Change as a result of such Intervening Event, as applicable; and (D) no earlier than the end of such four (4) Business Day period, the Company Board shall determine in good faith, after considering the terms of any proposed amendment or modification to this Agreement proposed by Dialectic during such four (4) Business Day period and in consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors,

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that (1) (x) such Superior Proposal still constitutes a Superior Proposal or (y) that an Intervening Event has occurred and (2) the failure to effect a Superior Proposal Termination or an Adverse Recommendation Change would continue to be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law (it being understood and agreed that, with respect to each time that any material changes are made to the financial or other material terms of a proposal that was previously the subject of a Superior Proposal Notice hereunder, the Company shall be required to provide an additional notice to Dialectic as provided above, but with respect to such additional notice, references herein to a “four (4) Business Day period” shall be deemed references to a “two (2) Business Day period”).

(g) Nothing in this Section 4.4 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit the Company or the Company Board from (i) taking and disclosing to the stockholders of the Company a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a), Rule 14d-9 or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A promulgated under the Exchange Act or (ii) making any disclosure to the stockholders of the Company that the Company determines in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is required to make by applicable Law (it being agreed that a “stop, look and listen” communication by the Company Board to the Company’s stockholders pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or a factually accurate public statement by the Company that describes the Company’s receipt of an Alternative Transaction Proposal and the operation of this Agreement with respect thereto shall not be deemed to be an Adverse Recommendation Change or give rise to a Dialectic termination right pursuant to Section 6.1(h)).

(h) For the avoidance of doubt, all obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries under this Section 4.4 shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VI.

Section 4.5 Disclosure. No Party or any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of its or their Affiliates or Representatives acting on their behalf, shall issue or cause the publication of any press release or otherwise make any public statement, disclosure, or communication with respect to this Agreement and the Transactions except (i) as may be required by any applicable Law, court process or the rules or regulations of any applicable United States securities exchange or interdealer quotation service, or (ii) with the prior written consent of (A) the Lenders, in the case of any such public statement, disclosure, or communication by any Company Party, (B) the Company, in the case of any such public statement, disclosure, or communication by any Lender Party; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any public statement, disclosure, or communication so long as the statements, disclosures, or communications therein concerning this Agreement or the Transactions are substantially similar in substance to previous public statements, disclosures, or communications made by any Party or any of its Affiliates or Representatives in compliance with this Section 4.5.

Section 4.6 Intended Tax Treatment. The Parties agree to the following U.S. federal, and applicable state and local, income tax characterization of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Intended Tax Treatment”):

(a) The Parties agree that the Forbearance Warrant has a fair market value, as of the date hereof, of $16,583,175 (the “Forbearance Warrant FMV”).

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(b) The Parties agree that the Term Loans, the Convertible Notes, and the New Term Loans, in each case, will not be considered to be traded on an established market within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1273-2 on the date hereof or at the time of the Debt Exchange or the OC III Term Loan Conversion. The Parties hereto agree further that this Agreement shall constitute a statement described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1273-2(f)(9)(i) from the Company to the relevant Lenders evidencing the Company’s determination that the Term Loans, the Convertible Notes, and the New Term Loans, in each case, are not traded on an established market within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1273-2.

(c) The Parties agree that (i) the receipt of the Forbearance Warrant by Dialectic, together with the forbearance and waivers granted to the Company in the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment, shall constitute a “significant modification” (as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3) with respect to the Term Loans held by Dialectic immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment (such deemed transaction, the “First Significant Modification”), and (ii) the issue price of the Term Loans deemed issued to Dialectic as a result of the First Significant Modification shall be their applicable stated principal amount in accordance with Section 1274 of the Code.

(d) The Parties agree that (i) the Debt Exchange shall constitute a “significant modification,” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3, of the Term Loans deemed issued to Dialectic as a result of the First Significant Modification, and (ii) the issue price of the Convertible Notes shall equal their stated principal amount in accordance with Section 1274 of the Code.

(e) The Parties agree that neither the effectiveness of the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment nor the OC III Term Loan Conversion (whether considered separately or together) shall constitute a “significant modification,” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3, of the Term Loans held by the OC III Lenders prior to the effectiveness of the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment.

The Parties will not take any action inconsistent with the Intended Tax Treatment, including on a Tax Return or otherwise, in each case, unless otherwise required by a “determination” as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code, or a change in Law after the date hereof.

ARTICLE V

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE CLOSING

Section 5.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Closing. The respective obligations of each Party to effect the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by Dialectic and the Company, to the extent permitted by applicable Law), at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions:

(a) Debt Exchange Approval. The Debt Exchange Approval shall have been obtained.

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(b) No Legal Restraints. (i) No injunction or similar order by any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over any Party or any of its Subsidiaries (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) shall have been issued that prohibits the consummation of the Transactions to be consummated at the Closing and shall continue to be in effect; and (ii) no Law shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced, or deemed applicable by any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over any Party or any of its Subsidiaries that has the effect of making any of such Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of any of such Transactions and shall continue to be in effect (any such injunction, order or Law in clause (i) or (ii), a “Legal Restraint”).

Section 5.2 Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect the Closing. The obligation of the Company to effect the Closing is further subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Company to the extent permitted by applicable Law), at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of Dialectic set forth in (i) Section 3.1, Section 3.2 and Section 3.7 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as if made as of such date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date); and (ii) the other Sections of Article III (disregarding all materiality and Lender Material Adverse Effect qualifications contained therein) shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date as if made as of such date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date), except with respect to this clause (ii) where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Lender Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Dialectic shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.

(c) Dialectic shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of Dialectic, certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 5.2(a) and Section 5.2(b) have been satisfied.

(d) Dialectic shall have delivered or caused to be delivered the closing deliverables required by Section 1.3.

Section 5.3 Conditions to Obligations of Dialectic to Effect the Closing. The obligation of Dialectic to effect the Closing is further subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by Dialectic to the extent permitted by applicable Law), at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in (i) Section 2.2(b) and Section 2.2(e) shall be true and correct (except for de minimis inaccuracies), both when made and at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date); (ii) Section 2.1(a), Section 2.1(d), Section 2.2(a), Section 2.2(c), Section 2.2(d), Section 2.3 and Section 2.22 shall be true and correct in all material respects, both when made and at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date); and (iii) the other Sections of Article II (disregarding all materiality and

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Company Material Adverse Effect qualifications contained therein) shall be true and correct both when made and at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date), except with respect to this clause (iii) where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.

(c) No Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement and be continuing.

(d) The Company shall have delivered to Dialectic a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 5.3(a), Section 5.3(b) and Section 5.3(c) have been satisfied.

(e) The Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered the closing deliverables required by Section 1.2.

ARTICLE VI

TERMINATION

Section 6.1 Termination and Abandonment. This Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing:

(a) by the mutual written consent of the Company and Dialectic;

(b) by either the Company or Dialectic in the event that the Closing shall not have occurred on or before March 23, 2026 (as such date may be extended by the mutual written consent of the Company and Dialectic, the “End Date”);

(c) by either the Company or Dialectic in the event that (i) any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over the Company or Dialectic shall have issued a Legal Restraint permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Debt Exchange and such Legal Restraint shall have become final and non-appealable and (ii) the Party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.1(c) shall not have breached or failed to perform in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in any manner that has been a principal cause of, or primarily resulted in, the imposition of such Legal Restraint or the failure of such Legal Restraint to be resolved or lifted;

(d) by the Company in the event that Dialectic shall have breached in any material respect any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement in this Agreement, in each case, which breach (i) would result in a failure of the condition set forth in Section 5.2(a) or Section 5.2(b) and (ii) cannot be cured by the End Date or, if curable, is not cured by the earlier of (x) the End Date and (y) twenty (20) Business Days following the Company’s delivery of written notice to Dialectic stating the Company’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this

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Section 6.1(d) and the basis for such termination; provided that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.1(d) if the Company is then in material breach of any representation, warranty, agreement, or covenant in this Agreement such that Dialectic would have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1(f);

(e) by the Company, if (and only if) (i) the Company Board has determined that an Alternative Transaction Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal in accordance with the terms of Section 4.4(f); (ii) the Company Board has authorized the Company to enter into a definitive agreement providing for a Superior Proposal; (iii) concurrently with the termination of this Agreement, the Company, subject to compliance in all material respects with the terms of Section 4.4(f), enters into a definitive agreement providing for the Superior Proposal referred to in clause (i) hereof; and (iv) the Company pays the Unpaid Transaction Expenses pursuant to Section 6.3; provided that Dialectic shall provide a Statement of Unpaid Transaction Expenses within two (2) Business Days of the Company’s request in order for such amounts to be paid concurrent with the termination of this Agreement; provided, further, however, that the failure of Dialectic to timely deliver such Unpaid Transaction Expense information within such timeframe will not relieve the Company of its obligation following the termination of this Agreement to reimburse Dialectic for Unpaid Transaction Expenses;

(f) by Dialectic, in the event that the Company shall have breached in any material respect any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement in this Agreement, in each case, which breach (i) would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 5.3(a) or Section 5.3(b) and (ii) cannot be cured by the End Date or, if curable, is not cured by the earlier of (x) the End Date and (y) twenty (20) Business Days following Dialectic’s delivery of written notice to the Company stating Dialectic’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.1(f) and the basis for such termination; provided that Dialectic shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.1(f) if Dialectic is then in material breach of any representation, warranty, agreement, or covenant in this Agreement such that the Company would have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1(d);

(g) by either the Company or Dialectic in the event that the Debt Exchange Approval shall not have been obtained at the Company Stockholder Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof taken in accordance with this Agreement; and

(h) by Dialectic, if at any time prior to obtaining the Debt Exchange Approval, the Company Board shall have made an Adverse Recommendation Change.

Section 6.2 Effect of Termination. The Party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1 shall give written notice of such termination to the other Parties in accordance with Section 8.7, specifying the provision of this Agreement pursuant to which such termination is effected and the basis for such termination, described in reasonable detail. In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 6.1, (a) this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect and the Transactions shall be abandoned, each as of the date of termination (the “Termination Date”), and (b) there shall be no liability to any Person on the part of any Party following any such termination; provided that (i) Section 2.25, Section 3.10, Section 4.3(c), this Section 6.2, Section 6.3 and Article VIII shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect; (ii) the Confidentiality Agreement shall

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survive the termination of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms; (iii) the termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any Party from any liability for Fraud or Willful Breach by another party of any of its representations, warranties, covenants, or other agreements set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination; and (iv) in the event of any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1(e), the relevant breach by the Company giving rise to such termination by Dialectic shall constitute an Event of Default under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Section 6.3 Expense Reimbursement. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 6.1, Dialectic shall as promptly as reasonably practicable following the Termination Date deliver to the Company a Statement of Unpaid Transaction Expenses. Within two (2) Business Days’ of the Company’s receipt of such Statement of Unpaid Transaction Expenses, the Company shall pay to each Person to which or to whom Unpaid Transaction Expenses are owed, the amount of such owed Unpaid Transaction Expenses by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account or accounts designated in such Statement of Unpaid Transaction Expenses. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to pay any Unpaid Transaction Expenses if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 6.1(d).

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 7.1 Survival. The representations and warranties contained in Article III shall not survive the Closing and, subject to the limitations and other provisions of this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained in Article II shall survive the Closing and shall remain in full force and effect until the date that is twelve (12) months following the Closing Date; provided, that the representations and warranties in Section 2.17 shall survive until sixty (60) days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations period; and provided, further, that the representations in Section 2.1, Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.22 and Section 2.23 (collectively, the “Company Fundamental Representations”) shall survive until the date that is six (6) years following the Closing Date. All covenants and agreements of the Parties contained herein shall survive until fully performed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the nonbreaching Party to the breaching Party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of the relevant representation or warranty and such claims shall survive until finally resolved.

Section 7.2 Indemnification by the Company. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless (i) Dialectic, its Affiliates, and its and their respective successors, assigns and Representatives (collectively, the “Dialectic Indemnitee Group”, and each individually, a “Dialectic Indemnitee”) and (ii) the OC III Lenders and their Affiliates, and their respective successors, assigns and Representatives (collectively, the “OC III Indemnitee Group”, and each individually, an “OC III Indemnitee”) from and against any Losses that any Dialectic Indemnitee or OC III Indemnitee (an “Indemnitee”) may suffer or incur (including any Losses any Indemnitee may suffer or incur after the end of such survival period, provided that an indemnification claim with respect to such Loss is made pursuant to this Article VII prior to the end of such survival period) resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of, or caused by any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made in Article II.

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Section 7.3 Limitations on Indemnification by the Company.

(a) The Company will have no liability under Section 7.2 to any Indemnitee (i) in respect of any individual claim, or series of related claims arising out of or based upon the same or similar facts and circumstances and/or that is otherwise recurring, in each case, unless the aggregate amount of Losses in respect of such claim or series of related claims exceeds $10,000, and (ii) until such Indemnitee’s Indemnitee Group has suffered aggregate Losses in excess of $50,000 (the “Threshold”) by reason of all claims or series of related claims that satisfy the claim threshold in the preceding clause (i), after which point the Company will be obligated to indemnify all members of such Indemnitee Group from and against all such Losses from the first dollar; provided, that the foregoing limitations shall not apply in respect of any Losses relating to Fraud or any breaches of or inaccuracies in any Company Fundamental Representations.

(b) The aggregate amount of all Losses for which the Company shall be liable to either Indemnitee Group pursuant to Section 7.2 (other than with respect to Fraud or breaches of or inaccuracies in any Company Fundamental Representations) shall not exceed $5,000,000. The aggregate amount of all Losses for which the Company shall be liable to either Indemnitee Group pursuant to Section 7.2 (other than with respect to Fraud) shall not exceed the aggregate portion of the Signing Excess Proceeds that would be payable to members of such Indemnitee Group pursuant to the terms of the Thirteenth Term Loan Amendment (without giving effect to the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment or any other amendment or variation of, or any waiver under, the Term Loan Credit Agreement agreed to by the Lenders after the Thirteenth Term Loan Amendment). The Company’s liability for Losses relating to claims of Fraud shall be uncapped.

(c) For all purposes of this Article VII, “Losses” shall be net of any insurance or other recoveries actually recovered by the applicable Indemnitees in connection with the facts giving rise to the right of indemnification (net of any costs related to the collection of such amounts).

Section 7.4 Third-Party Claims.

(a) If a third party initiates a claim, demand, dispute, lawsuit or arbitration (a “Third-Party Claim”) against any Indemnitee with respect to any matter that such Indemnitee might make a claim for indemnification against the Company under this Article VII, then such Indemnitee must promptly notify the Company in writing of the existence of such Third-Party Claim and deliver copies of any documents served on such Indemnitee or any member of its Indemnitee Group with respect to such Third-Party Claim, describing, in reasonable detail, the facts and circumstances with respect to the subject matter of such Third-Party Claim, including the amount of such Third-Party Claim (if known) and the representation or warranty alleged to have been breached or inaccurate (such notice, a “Claim Notice”); provided, however, that the failure to timely provide such Claim Notice shall not release the Company from any of its obligations under this Article VII except and only to the extent that the Company is prejudiced by such failure, it being agreed that notices for Third-Party Claims in respect of a breach of a representation or warranty must be delivered prior to the expiration of any applicable survival period specified in this Article VII for such representation or warranty.

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(b) Upon receipt of a notice of a Third-Party Claim for indemnification from an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7.4(a), the Company shall be entitled, by notice to such Indemnitee delivered within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of such Indemnitee’s notice of such Third-Party Claim, to assume the defense and control of such Third-Party Claim; provided, that the Company shall not be entitled to assume or continue such defense or control if (i) such Third-Party Claim involves an injunction or other equitable relief, (ii) such Third-Party Claim involves claims of criminal conduct, (iii) such Third-Party Claim creates a conflict of interest between such Indemnitee and the Company or (iv) the Company failed or is failing to reasonably defend or prosecute such Third-Party Claim, as determined in the reasonable judgement of such Indemnitee, and the Company does not cure such failure within ten (10) Business Days following delivery of written notice thereof from such Indemnitee; provided, further, that, if assuming such defense or control, the Company shall (x) keep such Indemnitee and its counsel reasonably informed of the status of such Third-Party Claim and (y) allow such Indemnitee a reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense of such Third-Party Claim with its own counsel and at the own expense of such Indemnitee. If the Company does not assume the defense and control of any Third-Party Claim pursuant to this Section 7.4(b), such Indemnitee shall be entitled to control such defense and the Company shall indemnify such Indemnitee for all Losses arising therefrom in accordance with (and, for the avoidance of doubt, subject to the applicable limitations set forth in) this Article VII. The Company may nonetheless participate in the defense of any such Third-Party Claim with its own counsel and at the Company’s own expense.

(c) An Indemnitee shall, and shall cause its Indemnitee Group to, reasonably cooperate with the Company in the defense of any Third-Party Claim, including by furnishing books and records, personnel and witnesses, as appropriate for any defense of such Third-Party Claim, in each case, at the cost of the Company. If the Company shall have assumed the defense and control of a Third-Party Claim, it shall be authorized to consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, such Third-Party Claim, in its reasonable discretion and without the consent of any Indemnitee; provided, that such settlement or judgment does not involve any injunctive or other equitable relief or finding or admission of any violation of any law or admission of any wrongdoing by any Indemnitee, and the Company shall, as a condition of any settlement, judgment or other resolution, (A) pay or cause to be paid all Losses from such Third-Party Claim, including all amounts in such settlement or judgment, (B) not encumber any of the assets of any Indemnitee or agree to any restriction or condition that would apply to or adversely affect any Indemnitee or the conduct of any Indemnitee’s businesses and (C) obtain a complete, unconditional and irrevocable release of each Indemnitee potentially affected by such Third-Party Claim from all claimants. No Indemnitee shall consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or compromise with respect to a Third-Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

Section 7.5 Other Indemnification Matters. For purposes of determining whether there has been any misrepresentation or breach of a representation or warranty, and for purposes of determining the amount of Losses resulting therefrom, all qualifications or exceptions in any representation or warranty relating to or referring to the terms “material”, “materiality”, “in all material respects”, “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar term or phrase shall be disregarded, it being the understanding of the Parties that for purposes of determining liability under this Article VII, the representations and warranties of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall be read as if such terms and phrases were not included in them.

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ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 8.1 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.

Section 8.2 Waiver. No failure on the part of any Party to exercise any power, right, privilege, or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any Party in exercising any power, right, privilege, or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege, or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege, or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege, or remedy. No Party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege, or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege, or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party, and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.

Section 8.3 Entire Agreement; Counterparts. The Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior and concurrent agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; provided that the Confidentiality Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by PDF shall be sufficient to bind the Parties to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Section 8.4 Applicable Laws; Jurisdiction; Specific Performance; Remedies.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, Delaware Law, without giving effect to any law, rule, or provision that would cause the application of any Law other than Delaware Law. The Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that: (i) the requirements of 6 Del. C. § 2708 are satisfied by the provisions of this Agreement and that such statute mandates the application of Delaware Law to this Agreement, the relationship of the Parties, the Transactions, and the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of any Party; (ii) the Parties have a reasonable basis for the application of Delaware Law to this Agreement, the relationship of the Parties, the Transactions, and the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of any Party; (iii) no other jurisdiction has a materially greater interest in the foregoing; and (iv) the application of Delaware Law would not be contrary to the fundamental policy of any other jurisdiction that, absent the Parties’ choice of Delaware Law hereunder, would have an interest in the foregoing.

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(b) Subject to Section 8.4(e), in any Legal Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions (including any amount due or payable in connection therewith or any matter arising out of or relating to the termination of either of them), each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally: (i) consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom or, if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any other state or federal court in the State of Delaware (the “Chosen Courts”); (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction of such Chosen Court by motion, other request for leave, or other Legal Proceeding; (iii) agrees that any Legal Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions shall be brought, tried, and determined only in the Chosen Courts; (iv) waives any claim of improper venue or any claim that the appropriate Chosen Court is an inconvenient forum; and (v) agrees that it will not bring any Legal Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions in any court or elsewhere other than the Chosen Courts. Each of the Parties irrevocably consents to service of process in the same manner as for the giving of notices under Section 8.7 or any other manner permitted by applicable Law. A final judgment in any Legal Proceeding commenced in accordance with this Section 8.4 shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable Law; provided that nothing in the foregoing shall restrict any Party’s right to seek any post-judgment relief regarding, or any appeal from, such final trial court judgment.

(c) The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any Party does not perform its obligations under the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with its terms or otherwise breaches such provisions. Subject to the following sentence, the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance, or other non-monetary equitable relief, to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in the Chosen Courts without proof of damages or otherwise, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement, at Law or in equity. No Party shall oppose the (i) granting of an injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief on the basis that the other Parties have an adequate remedy at law or that an award of specific performance is unenforceable, invalid or not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity and (ii) specific performance of the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Any Party seeking any injunction or other equitable relief to prevent any breach of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 8.4(c) shall not be required to obtain, furnish, post or provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction and each Party irrevocably waives any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing, posting or providing of any such bond or other security.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any and all remedies expressly conferred upon a Party will be cumulative with, and not exclusive of, any other remedy contained in this Agreement, at Law, or in equity. The exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise by it of any other remedy. For the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in this Agreement, any Party may concurrently seek specific performance or other equitable relief, subject to the terms of this Section 8.4.

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(e) EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING BETWEEN OR AMONG THE PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS. EACH PARTY HEREBY (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.4(e).

Section 8.5 Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided that neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation hereunder may be assigned without the prior written consent of the other Parties, and any attempted assignment of this Agreement or any such right or obligation without such consent shall be void ab initio and of no effect.

Section 8.6 No Third-Party Beneficiary. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the Parties) any power, right, privilege, or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement, except for Section 8.12 (which shall be for the express benefit of, and enforceable by, the Non-Recourse Parties).

Section 8.7 Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered to any Party under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed properly delivered, given and received (a) upon receipt when delivered by hand, (b) two (2) Business Days after being sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, or by nationally recognized overnight courier or express delivery service, (c) if sent by email transmission prior to 6:00 p.m. recipient’s local time, upon transmission (provided that no “bounce back” or similar message of non-delivery is received with respect thereto) or (d) if sent by email transmission after 6:00 p.m. recipient’s local time, on the Business Day following the date of transmission (provided that no “bounce back” or similar message of non-delivery is received with respect thereto); provided that, in each case, the notice or other communication is sent to the physical address or email address set forth beneath the name of such Party as follows (or to such other physical address or email address as such Party shall have specified in a written notice given to the other Parties):

if to the Company, to:

Quantum Corporation

▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇

Centennial, CO 80112

Attention:   ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Email:

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

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Pillsbury ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP

▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

Email: ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇

and

Pillsbury ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇

36th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇

E-mail: ▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇

if to Dialectic, to:

Dialectic Technology SPV LLC

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇

Rowayton, CT 06853

Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

Email:

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ US LLP

▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇

Email: ▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇

▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇

if to the OC III Lenders, to:

c/o Sheppard, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3460

Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.

Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇

Section 8.8 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If a final judgment

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of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties shall not object to the court making such determination having the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid, enforceable, and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power available to it in the prior sentence, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will most closely achieve the economic, business, and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision.

Section 8.9 Expenses. Except as set forth in Section 1.2(f), Section 6.3 and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses.

Section 8.10 Company Disclosure Letter. The disclosures set forth in any particular part or subpart of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to, and shall be deemed to apply to and qualify: (a) the representations and warranties or covenants of the Company that are set forth in the corresponding section or subsection of this Agreement (including to the extent that such section or subsection does not include a reference to the Company Disclosure Letter) and (b) any other representation and warranty or covenant of the Company that is set forth in this Agreement to the extent, in the case of this clause (b), the relevance of that disclosure as an exception to (or a disclosure for purposes of) such other representation and warranty or covenant is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure. No Party may deem the mere inclusion of an item in the Company Disclosure Letter as (a) an admission that such item represents a material exception or material fact, event, or circumstance or that such item is material, is outside the ordinary course of the business or constitutes a Company Material Adverse Effect (and no Party concedes such materiality, that such item is outside the ordinary course of business or any such effect by its inclusion), or (b) an admission or indication of any non-compliance with, or breach or violation of, any third party rights (including any Intellectual Property Rights), any Contract or any Law, and no reference to, or disclosure of, any item or other matter in the Company Disclosure Letter shall necessarily imply that any other undisclosed matter or item having a greater value or significance is material.

Section 8.11 Construction.

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; and one gender shall include all other genders.

(b) The Parties agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

(c) As used in this Agreement, the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

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(d) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Sections,” “Exhibits,” “Annexes,” and “Schedules” are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement and Exhibits, Annexes, and Schedules to this Agreement, as applicable.

(e) The phrase “made available,” when used in reference to anything made available prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company or any of its Representatives, in each case, shall be deemed to include anything (i) uploaded to the electronic data room maintained by or on behalf of the Company or its Representatives for purposes of the Transactions prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii) publicly available in the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (▇▇▇▇▇) database of the SEC prior to 6:00 p.m., New York City time, two (2) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement.

(f) The table of contents to this Agreement is for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement, and shall not be referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The bold-faced headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement, and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

(g) Any reference to (i) any Contract (including this Agreement) is to such Contract as amended, modified, supplemented, restated, or replaced from time to time (in the case of any Contract, to the extent permitted by the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms of this Agreement); (ii) any Governmental Body includes any successor to that Governmental Body; and (iii) any applicable Law refers to such applicable Law as amended, modified, supplemented, or replaced from time to time (and, in the case of statutes, includes any rule and regulation promulgated under such statute and any authoritative interpretations thereof (including applicable SEC interpretations thereof)) and references to any section of any applicable Law include any successor to such section (provided that, for purposes of any representation and warranty in this Agreement that is made as of a specific date, references to any Law or Contract shall be deemed to refer to such Law or Contract, as amended, and to any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, in each case, as of such date).

(h) The terms “Dollars” and “$” mean U.S. dollars.

(i) Any reference herein to “as of the date hereof,” “as of the date of this Agreement,” or words of similar import shall be deemed to mean the date set forth in the Preamble.

(j) When “since” is used in connection with a date, the period covered thereby shall be inclusive of such date.

(k) Any reference in this Agreement to a date or time shall be deemed to be such date or time in the City of New York, New York, U.S.A., unless otherwise specified.

(l) The word “or” will not be exclusive.

(m) Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to hereby are “facts ascertainable” (as such term is used in Section 251(b) of the DGCL) and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, are not a part of this Agreement.

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(n) The words “hereof”, “hereto”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.

(o) All accounting terms used and not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, except to the extent otherwise specifically indicated or that the context otherwise requires.

(p) References to “days” shall mean “calendar days” unless expressly stated otherwise.

(q) When used in reference to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the term “material” shall be measured against the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(r) Nothing contained in Article II or Article III may be construed as a covenant under the terms of this Agreement, other than the acknowledgments and agreements set forth in Section 2.25 and Section 3.10 to the extent necessary to give full effect to the acknowledgments and agreements set forth therein.

Section 8.12 Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any Legal Proceeding based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or any of the Transactions, may only be brought against, the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party, except for claims that may be asserted in accordance with the other Transaction Documents (in each case, solely in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof). Except (a) to the extent a named party to this Agreement (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such named Party) or (b) as set forth in any Transaction Document (in each case, solely in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof), no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative or Affiliate of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Non-Recourse Parties”) shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise) for any one or more of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations or liabilities of any Party under this Agreement or of or for any Legal Proceeding based on, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the Transactions. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no recourse under this Agreement or any other agreement referenced herein or in connection with any Transactions shall be sought or had against any Non-Recourse Party, except for claims that any Party may assert (i) against another Party solely in accordance with, and pursuant to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement or (ii) pursuant to any Transaction Document (in each case, solely in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

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EXHIBIT A

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Agreement (including this Exhibit A):

“Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means any confidentiality agreement entered into by the Company that contains customary confidentiality, use and standstill provisions that are no less restrictive in any material respect to the counterparty than the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement; provided, that an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” shall not include any provision (i) prohibiting the Company or its Affiliates from satisfying its or their obligations hereunder or (ii) requiring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay or reimburse the counterparty’s fees, costs or expenses.

“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For this purpose, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by Contract or otherwise.

“Agreement” means the Transaction Agreement to which this Exhibit A is attached, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“AI” collectively means the AI Inputs, AI Outputs and AI Technology.

“AI Act” means Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 13, 2024, laying down harmonized rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act).

“AI Industry Standards” means industry standards applicable to security, risk identification and remediation, elimination of bias, access control, change control, data integrity, model documentation, process verification, model inventory, version control, validation and outcome analysis for AI Technology with which it would be good industry practice to comply in any jurisdiction relevant to the Business, including, as applicable, in respect of the United States: (a) the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST), Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0); (b) the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) 7000-2021—IEEE Standard Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns During System Design; (c) the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Principles for Responsible Algorithmic Systems; and (d) the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission’s AI Management System Standard (ISO/IEC 42001).

“AI Inputs” means any and all data (including Personal Data), content, writings, works of authorship, graphics, pictures, recordings, any electronic or other information, text or numerals, audio or visual content, or materials of any nature or description, in each case of the foregoing, inputted into, entered into or otherwise used to train any AI Technology which are, in whole or in part, used or relied upon, or licensed, sold, otherwise provided or accessed, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

A-1

“AI Outputs” means any and all services, products, data (including Personal Data), writings, works of authorship, graphics, pictures, recordings, electronic or other information, text or numerals, content, decisions, recommendations, assessments, or materials of any nature or description generated or derived by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, from any AI Technology or, to the extent used in connection with AI Technology or AI Inputs.

“AI Technology” means any and all training, self-improving, or machine learning software, models, algorithms, hardware or other artificial intelligence tools and any other machine-based systems designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments.

“Alternative Transaction Proposal” means any bona fide offer, proposal, written inquiry or indication of interest from any third party relating to any transaction or series of related transactions involving (A)(i) any acquisition or purchase by any Person, directly or indirectly, of (x) 20% or more of the aggregate outstanding voting or equity securities of the Company on an as converted basis (including with respect to convertible debt instruments accounting for any price reset or other similar provisions) or (y) 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (measured by the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof), (ii) any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in any Person beneficially owning 20% or more of the aggregate outstanding equity or voting securities of the Company on an as converted basis (including with respect to convertible debt instruments accounting for any price reset or other similar provisions) or (iii) any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, joint venture, liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which (x) any Person would beneficially own 20% or more of the aggregate outstanding voting or equity securities of the Company after giving effect to the consummation of such transaction on an as converted basis (including with respect to convertible debt instruments accounting for any price reset or other similar provisions) or (y) any Person would acquire 20% or more of the consolidated assets or revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (measured by the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof), or (B) any refinancing of 20% or more of the Company’s indebtedness under the Term Loan Credit Agreement. For purposes of this definition, the term “Person” means any Person or Group.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 and any other similar applicable Law related to bribery or corruption.

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, the USA PATRIOT Act, the U.K. Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and any other Law concerning or relating to money laundering, terrorist financing, or financial recordkeeping and reporting.

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“Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday, or any other day on which commercial banks in the State of New York and in the State of California are authorized or required by applicable Law to be closed.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collective Bargaining Agreement” means any collective bargaining agreement or Contract or understanding with a labor or trade union, works council, other labor organization, employee association or other bargaining unit representative, together with any addenda, side letters, memoranda of understandings, amendments and other ancillary agreements thereto.

“Company Associate” means each current or former officer, employee, individual independent contractor, individual consultant, or individual manager or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Company Contract” means any Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any party other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand.

“Company Data” means all data Processed in connection with the operation of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business, including Company-Licensed Data, Company-Owned Data and Personal Data.

“Company Disclosure Letter” means the Disclosure Letter that has been prepared by the Company in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement and that has been delivered by the Company to the Lenders on the date of this Agreement.

“Company Employee Plan” means an Employee Plan sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability (whether actual or contingent) to provide compensation or benefits to any Company Associate, in each case with respect to Company Associates, in all cases, excluding plans, programs or arrangements sponsored by any Governmental Body.

“Company Equity Plans” means, collectively, the Quantum Corporation 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement, the Quantum Corporation Executive Officer Incentive Plan, the Quantum Corporation 2021 Inducement Plan and the Quantum Corporation 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement, in each case, as amended or restated from time to time.

“Company IP” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Company IT Assets” means the IT Assets that are owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

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“Company Lease” means any Company Contract pursuant to which Company Leased Real Property is leased, subleased, licensed, used, or otherwise occupied by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, from another Person, including all material amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties, and other agreements with respect thereto.

“Company-Licensed Data” means all data owned by third parties that is Processed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Company Material Adverse Effect” means an Effect that, individually or in the aggregate with all other Effects, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided that no Effect to the extent arising out of, relating to, or resulting from any of the following shall be deemed either alone or in combination to constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there is, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) any change in the market price or trading volume of the Company’s securities or any change in the credit ratings or the ratings outlook for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (it being agreed, however, that the underlying facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to any such changes in market price, trading volume, credit ratings or ratings outlook may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the extent permitted by this definition and not otherwise excepted by another clause of this proviso); (b) the execution of this Agreement, the announcement, pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the terms of this Agreement (including the identity of Dialectic or any Affiliate of Dialectic), including the impact of the foregoing on the relationships with officers, employees, labor unions, works councils, customers, franchisees, suppliers, distributors, partners, lenders and other financing sources, Governmental Bodies, or others having business relationships with the Company (other than for purposes of any representation or warranty in Section 2.4 or condition to Closing related thereto but subject to disclosures in Section 2.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter); (c) general changes or developments in the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operates (including labor disruptions) or in the economy generally or other general market conditions; (d) any change in financial, credit, securities or capital market conditions, whether globally, in the United States or in any other country or region in the world, including interest rates, foreign exchange or exchange rates, fluctuations in the value of any currency and any suspension of trading in securities (whether equity, debt, derivative or hybrid securities) generally on any security exchange or over-the-counter market; (e) any domestic, foreign or global political or social condition (including any actual or potential sequester, stoppage, shutdown, default, sanction or similar event or occurrence by or involving any Governmental Body affecting a national or federal government as a whole), any act of terrorism, war (whether or not declared), civil unrest, civil disobedience, riots, protests, public demonstrations, strikes, insurrection, national or international calamity, sabotage or terrorism (including cyberattacks, cyber intrusions, cyberterrorism or other cybersecurity breaches), pandemic or epidemic (including COVID-19 and compliance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any COVID-19 Measure), or other outbreaks of diseases or quarantine restrictions, or any other similar event, any volcano, tsunami, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, other natural or man-made disaster, weather-related event, or act of God or other national or international calamity, or any other force majeure event (and, in each case, including any escalation or worsening thereof and any action taken by any Governmental Body in response to any of the foregoing); (f) the failure of the Company to meet any internal, published, or analyst’s projection, expectation, forecast, performance, estimate or prediction in respect of revenues, earnings, or other

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financial or operating metrics for any period (it being agreed, however, that the underlying facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such failure may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the extent permitted by this definition and not otherwise excepted by another clause of this proviso); (g) any change after the date hereof in, or any compliance with or action taken for the purpose of complying with, any change in Law or GAAP after the date hereof, including the adoption, implementation, enforcement, promulgation, repeal, modification, interpretation, reinterpretation, or proposal of any Law or new requirement under GAAP after the date hereof; (h) any action taken or omitted by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Lender in accordance with the written request or direction of Dialectic, or the taking or omission by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Lender of any action or omission in accordance with this Agreement that the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Lender, as applicable, is specifically required to take or omit from taking; (i) any Legal Proceeding commenced after the date hereof by a securityholder of the Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of the Company) arising out of this Agreement or the Transactions; or (j) the Company’s compliance with the terms of the Company Warrants, including with respect to any payments or issuances of Equity Interests by the Company thereunder in accordance with the terms of such Company Warrants; provided, however, that the exceptions set forth in subclauses (c), (d), (e) and (g) shall only apply to the extent that such Effect does not have a materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared to other companies that operate in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate (in which case only the incremental disproportionate adverse effect may be taken into account in determining whether there has occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect).

“Company Option” means an option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (whether or not granted pursuant to any Company Equity Plan).

“Company-Owned Data” means each element of data collected, generated, or received that (a) is used or held for use in the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business that is not Personal Data or Company-Licensed Data and (b) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owns or purports to own.

“Company Owned IP” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Company Parties” means the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, and any of their respective current or former stockholders, optionholders, unitholders, members, Affiliates or Representatives.

“Company Preferred Stock” means the shares of preferred stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.

“Company Privacy Policies” means each published or internal, past or present privacy policy and security policy of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any policy or practice relating to: (a) the privacy of users of any website of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) the collection, storage, disclosure and transfer of any Company Data; (c) any employee, job applicant, consultant or contingent worker information; and (d) the security of Company Data, including information security, breach response plans, disaster recovery and business continuity plans and programs.

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“Company PSU Award” means an award of restricted share units with respect to Company Common Stock (whether or not granted pursuant to any the Company Equity Plan), the vesting of which is conditioned in whole or in part on the satisfaction of any performance goals or metrics.

“Company Registered IP” means any Intellectual Property Rights, including Patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names, included in Company Owned IP that are registered or issued under the authority of any Governmental Body or internet domain name registrar, and any application for the registration of any of the foregoing.

“Company RSU Award” means an award of restricted share units with respect to Company Common Stock (whether or not granted pursuant to any Company Equity Plan) which is not a Company PSU Award.

“Company Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock.

“Confidentiality Agreement” means the Confidentiality Agreement, dated February 26, 2024, between the Company and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated July 30, 2024, by and between the Company and Dialectic Capital Management LP, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 dated October 17, 2024, by and between the Company and Dialectic Capital Management LP, and as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 dated November 6, 2024, by and between the Company and Dialectic Capital Management LP.

“consent” means any approval, consent, ratification, permission, waiver or authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).

“Contract” means any legally binding agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, sublease, understanding, instrument, bond, debenture, note, option, warrant, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan or other legally binding commitment or undertaking of any nature, inclusive of all material amendments, supplements or modifications thereto (except, in each case, ordinary course of business purchase orders).

“Copyleft Software” means Software subject to a Contract that requires as a condition of use, modification or distribution of such Software that other Software or technology that incorporates, is derived from or is distributed with such Software (i) be licensed, disclosed or distributed to licensees or any other Person, (ii) be licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, (iii) be redistributable at no or minimal charge or (iv) except as specifically permitted by Law, be allowed to be decompiled, disassembled or otherwise reverse engineered.

“COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 and any evolution or variant thereof or any related or associated epidemic, pandemic, or disease outbreak.

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“COVID-19 Measures” means quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester, safety or similar laws, directives, restrictions, guidelines, responses, or recommendations of, or promulgated by, any Governmental Body, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, or other reasonable actions taken, in each case, in connection with or in response to COVID-19.

“Data Protection Requirements” means, collectively, (a) all applicable Privacy Laws (including EU GDPR, U.K. GDPR, the Gramm ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Children’s On-Line Privacy Protection Act, U.S. comprehensive state privacy laws, and the China Personal Information Protection Act), (b) the Company Privacy Policies and (c) contractual terms to which the Company and its Subsidiaries are bound, with respect to the receipt, collection, compilation, use storage, sharing, safeguarding, security (both technical and physical), disposal, destruction, transmission, disclosure, Processing, retention, disposal, data protection, data privacy, data security, data breach notification, or transfer (including cross-border data transfer) or use of Company Data.

“Deferred Cash Interest Amount” has the meaning set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Dialectic Term Loans” has the meaning set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Effect” means an effect, event, change, occurrence, development, condition or circumstance.

“Employee Plan” means any compensation, employment, individual consulting, individual independent contractor, salary, bonus, commission, vacation, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, stock purchase, equity or equity-based, phantom equity, severance pay, termination pay, death benefit, disability benefit, hospitalization, medical, dental, vision, health and welfare, life insurance, flexible benefits, supplemental unemployment benefit, profit-sharing, pension, retirement, change of control, transaction bonus, retention, perquisite, relocation, repatriation or expatriation plan, policy, practice, program, agreement, arrangement or Contract and each other “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to ERISA and whether written or unwritten.

“Encumbrance” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien (whether statutory or otherwise), encumbrance, preference, priority, license or other security agreement or preferential arrangement held or asserted in respect of any asset of any kind or nature whatsoever including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under any capital lease (or financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing), and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York from time to time or comparable law of any jurisdiction.

“Enforceability Exceptions” means legal limitations on enforceability: (a) arising from applicable bankruptcy and other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally; (b) arising from Laws governing specific performance, injunctive relief, and other equitable remedies, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity; and (c) based on any indemnity against liabilities under securities laws in connection with the offering, sale or issuance of securities.

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“Entity” means any corporation (including any nonprofit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability company, or joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise, association, organization or entity.

“Environmental Law” means any federal, state, local, or foreign Law relating to pollution or human health, worker health, natural resources, or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface, or subsurface strata), including any Law or regulation relating to emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.

“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, membership 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.

“ERISA Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such Person, is or was at the relevant time considered under common control with or treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

“Fraud” means, with respect to any Person, common law fraud under the Laws of the State of Delaware, by such Person in the making of the representations and warranties in Article II or Article III of this Agreement, as applicable, involving an actual and intentional misrepresentation of a material existing fact, with knowledge of its falsity and made for the purpose of inducing the other Parties to act, and upon which the other party justifiably relies with resulting damages. For the avoidance of doubt, Fraud shall not include any claim for equitable fraud, constructive fraud, promissory fraud, unfair dealings fraud, fraud by reckless or negligent misrepresentations or any tort based on negligence or recklessness.

“Governmental Authorization” means any (a) permit, license, certificate, franchise, permission, variance, clearance, registration, qualification or authorization issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or pursuant to any Law or (b) right under any Contract with any Governmental Body.

“Governmental Body” means any (a) nation, state, supra-national body, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district, or other jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government; (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature, including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality, official, ministry, foundation, center, self-regulatory organization (including Nasdaq) or other organization, unit, body or Entity; or (d) any court, arbitrator or other tribunal.

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“Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

“Hazardous Materials” means any waste, material, or substance that is listed, regulated or defined under any Environmental Law as a contaminant, pollutant, chemical substance, or as hazardous or toxic (or words of similar import), including asbestos, toxic mold, radioactive materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste.

“Indebtedness” means , with respect to any Person, (a) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, (c) the capitalized liability under all capital and finance leases of such Person (determined in accordance with GAAP), (d) any outstanding amounts owed by such person for the deferred purchase price of property, (e) any amounts payable by such Person as a result of terminating any interest rate swap, currency swap, forward currency or interest rate contracts or other interest rate or currency hedging arrangements, (f) all outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect of drawn letters of credit issued for the account of, or on behalf of, such Person, and (g) all obligations of the type referred to any in the foregoing clauses (a) through (f) of other Persons for the payment of which such first Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor, surety or otherwise, including any guarantee of such obligations.

“Intellectual Property Rights” means any intellectual property rights, including any of the following arising pursuant to the Laws of any jurisdiction throughout the world, whether registered or unregistered: (a) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, brands, trade names, company names and similar indicia of source or origin, together with the goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized by any of the foregoing; (b) copyrights, works of authorship and database rights, together with all common law rights and moral rights therein; (c) trade secrets, proprietary know-how and, to the extent protectable under the Law and confidential, designs, processes, procedures, data, databases, drawings, specifications, records, formulae, methods and confidential business information (collectively, “Trade Secrets”); (d) industrial property rights, patents and other patent rights (including any and all substitutions, revisions, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, provisionals, interferences, reexaminations and reissues of the foregoing, as well as invention disclosures relating thereto) (collectively, “Patents”); (e) rights in Software (including rights in source code, object code and related documentation and specifications); (f) name, image, likeness, biographical information and rights of publicity; and (g) Internet domain names, social media account identifiers and URLs; in each case, including any applications, registrations, issuances, extensions and renewals for any of the foregoing with any Governmental Body or internet domain name registrar.

“Indemnitee Group” means, in respect of any Dialectic Indemnitee, the Dialectic Indemnitee Group, and in respect of any OC III Indemnitee, the OC III Indemnitee Group.

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“Intervening Event” means any Effect that materially affects the business, assets or operations of the Company and that was not known to the Company Board as of or prior to the date hereof (or if known, the consequences of which are not known nor reasonably foreseeable by the Company Board as of or prior to the date hereof); provided, however, that in no event shall the following events, circumstances, or changes in circumstances constitute an Intervening Event: (a) the receipt, existence, or terms of an Alternative Transaction Proposal or any matter relating thereto or consequence thereof; (b) any change in the price, or change in trading volume, of the Company Common Stock, in and of itself; (c) the mere fact, in and of itself, that the Company meets or exceeds any internal or published financial projections or forecasts for any period ending on or after the date hereof; (d) the public announcement, execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the identity of Dialectic or the pendency or consummation of the Transactions; or (e) changes in general economic or geopolitical conditions, or changes in conditions in the global, international or U.S. economy generally; provided, however, that the exceptions to this clause contained in (b) and (c) shall not apply to the underlying causes giving rise to or contributing to such change or prevent any of such underlying causes from being taken into account in determining whether an Intervening Event has occurred.

“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.

“IT Assets” means hardware, Software, systems, networks, databases, websites, applications and other information technology assets and equipment, including any data on any of the foregoing, and all documentation relating to any of the foregoing.

“Knowledge” means, with respect to the matter in question when used with respect to the Company or any of its Affiliates, the actual knowledge of the individuals listed on Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter.

“Law” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, multinational or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, rule, regulation or other legal requirement (excluding contractual terms and clauses) issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or under the authority of Nasdaq, or any Order.

“Legal Proceeding” means any action, claim, suit, complaint, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding commenced, brought, conducted, or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court, arbitrator or other Governmental Body.

“Lender Material Adverse Effect” means, in respect of any Lender, an Effect that, individually or in the aggregate with all other Effects, would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Lender to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions by the End Date.

“Lender Parties” means, in respect of any Lender, such Lender or any of its current, former or future equityholders, members, Representatives or Affiliates.

“Losses” means any loss, demand claim, damage, liability, cost, deficiency, obligation, judgment, fine, award, royalty, Tax (without duplication), penalties and costs and expenses paid in investigation or defense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses), and amounts paid in settlement of the foregoing.

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“Malicious Code” means any undisclosed or hidden device or feature designed to disrupt, disable, or otherwise impair the functioning of any Software or IT Assets or any “back door,” “time bomb”, “Trojan horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” or other malicious Software that permit unauthorized access, disclosure or use or the unauthorized disablement or destruction of such Software or IT Assets.

“MOIC Amount” has the meaning set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC or any successor thereto.

“Net Cash Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

“Order” means any judgment, order, ruling, decision, writ, injunction, decree, ruling, verdict or arbitration award of, or any conciliation or other agreement with, any Governmental Body.

“Parties” means the Company and the Lenders.

“Payment In Full” means “Payment In Full” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement after giving effect to the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment.

“Permitted Company Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, Indebtedness under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Permitted Encumbrance” means (a) any Encumbrance for Taxes that is either (i) not yet due and payable or (ii) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in the consolidated financial statements of the Company to the extent required by GAAP, (b) any Encumbrance representing the right of any customer, supplier or subcontractor in the ordinary course of business under the terms of any Contract to which the relevant party is a party or under general principles of commercial or government contract Law (including mechanic’s, materialmen’s, carriers’, workmen’s, warehouseman’s, repairmen’s, landlords’ and similar liens granted or which arise in the ordinary course of business and for which amounts thereunder are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in the consolidated financial statements of the Company to the extent required by GAAP), (c) in the case of any Contract, any Encumbrance that is a restriction against the transfer or assignment thereof and is included in the terms of such Contract, (d) any Encumbrance for which appropriate reserves have been established in the consolidated financial statements of the Company, (e) any defect, imperfection of title, or other Encumbrance not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course, (f) in the case of real property, (i) the rights of landlords, licensors or grantors under Company Leases set forth therein, (ii) any Encumbrances to which the fee (or any superior leasehold) interest in Company Leased Real Property is subject, (iii) all zoning, entitlement, building and other land use regulations imposed by Governmental Bodies having jurisdiction over such real property not materially interfering with, and not violated by, the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course thereat, (iv) any matters that would be disclosed by a current, accurate survey or

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physical inspection of Company Owned Real Property so long any such matters, individually or in the aggregate, do not and would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the present use, utility or value of the applicable real property or otherwise would not materially impair the present or contemplated business operations at such location and (v) any Encumbrance that is an easement, right-of-way, encroachment, covenant, restriction, condition, or other similar Encumbrance that, individually or in the aggregate, does not and would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the use (or contemplated use), utility or value of the applicable real property or otherwise materially impair the present or contemplated business operations at such location, and (g) Encumbrances granted pursuant to, or permitted by, Permitted Company Indebtedness.

“Person” means any individual, Entity or Governmental Body.

“Personal Data” means, in addition to any definition for any similar term (e.g., “personal data,” “personally identifiable information,” “nonpublic personal data,” Sensitive Data, or the equivalent under any Data Protection Requirement), any information that: (a) relates to an identified or identifiable individual, household or device, or that may be used to identify an individual, household or device, including name, street address, telephone number, email address, photograph, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, government ID number, financial account information, username and password combinations or customer or account number; data regarding an individual’s activities online or on a mobile device or application, IP addresses, device identifiers, or other persistent identifiers; or (b) is governed, regulated or protected by Data Protection Requirements. Personal Data may relate to any individual, including a current, prospective or former customer, end user or employee of any person or entity, and includes information in any form or media, whether paper, electronic or otherwise.

“Privacy Laws” means all Laws, rules, regulatory guidance and decisions, legal requirements, contractual terms to which the Company and its Subsidiaries are bound, and binding industry or self-regulatory rules or standards relating to the receipt, collection, compilation, use, storage, sharing, safeguarding, security (both technical and physical), disposal, destruction, transmission, disclosure, Processing, retention, disposal, data protection, data privacy, data security, data breach notification, or transfer (including cross-border data transfer) or use of Company Data, and wiretapping, the interception of electronic communications, the tracking or monitoring of online activity, and marketing email, text message or telephone communications.

“Process”, “Processed” or “Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on data or set of data, including Personal Data, Sensitive Data and sets of Personal Data and/or Sensitive Data, whether or not by automated means (including AI), including the receipt, adaptation, alignment, alteration, collection, combination, compilation, consultation, creation, derivation, destruction, disclosure, disposal, dissemination, erasure, interception, maintenance, making available, organizing, recording, restriction, retention, retrieval, storage, structuring, transmission, training of AI, transfer (including cross-border transfers), security measures with respect thereto or use thereof.

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“Release” means any emission, spill, seepage, leak, escape, leaching, discharge, injection, pumping, pouring, emptying, dumping, disposal, migration, or release of Hazardous Materials from any source into or upon the environment, including any abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles containing Hazardous Materials.

“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s officers, directors, employees, managers, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, agents, financial advisors, other advisors, financing sources and other representatives.

“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory that is the target of comprehensive sanctions (as of the date of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine).

“Sanctioned Person” means any Person that: (a) is listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the United States (including OFAC or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any member state, or the United Kingdom; (b) is operating, organized, or ordinarily resident in a Sanctioned Country; (c) a Governmental Body of a Sanctioned Country; (d) owned 50% or more or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any such Person or Persons; or (e) is otherwise targeted by Sanctions.

“Sanctions” means any economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the United States (including OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any member state, or the United Kingdom (including His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom).

“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act” means the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002.

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.

“Sensitive Data” means (a) in addition to any definition for any similar term (e.g., “sensitive information,” “special categories,” etc.), or the equivalent under the applicable Data Protection Requirement), and any information, any data involving genetic information, biometric data, political opinions, racial or ethnic origin, precise geolocation information, data concerning health, trade union membership, religious or philosophical beliefs, data concerning sex life or sexual orientation, and (b) other confidential or proprietary business information or Trade Secrets.

“Software” means all computer programs, including all software implementation of algorithms, models, formulas and methodologies, whether in source code, object code, human readable form or other form, and all documentation relating to any of the foregoing.

“Specified Data Breach” means (a) any unauthorized, inadvertent or unlawful access, loss, interruption of access, misuse (by any means), alteration, destruction, unauthorized disclosure, acquisition, transmission or transfer of Company Data Processed by the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any third-party service provider on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including as a result of denial-of-service or ransomware attacks), (b) any other act or omission by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that compromises the security, integrity, or confidentiality of Company Data or requires notification under applicable Data Protection Requirements, and (c) any phishing, ransomware, credential stuffing, denial-of-service, security failure, fraud, denial of service (DoS) or other cyberattack that results in a monetary loss to or business disruption affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, any other Person, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which (a) at least 50% of the securities or ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions, (b) a general partner interest or (c) a managing member interest, in each case, is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries.

“Superior Proposal” means any written Alternative Transaction Proposal that is on terms that the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors) and after taking into account such factors as the Company Board considers to be appropriate, including the legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Alternative Transaction Proposal (including the risks, conditions and timing of the consummation of such proposal) and this Agreement, (a) is reasonably capable of being consummated in accordance with its terms, and (b) if consummated would result in a transaction more favorable to the Company’s stockholders (solely in their capacities as such) from a financial point of view, than the Stockholder Approval Transactions (taking into account any proposed amendment or modification proposed by Dialectic pursuant to Section 4.4(f)). For purposes of the reference to “Alternative Transaction Proposal” in this definition, all references to “20%” shall be deemed to be references to “50%,” and with respect to clause (B) of the definition of “Alternative Transaction Proposal, such Superior Proposal must also involve the purchase or acquisition directly or indirectly (including through a series or related transactions) of 50% or more of the aggregate outstanding voting or equity securities of the Company on an as converted basis (including with respect to convertible debt instruments accounting for any price reset or similar provision).

“Takeover Laws” means any “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “supermajority,” “affiliate transactions,” “business combination statute or regulation,” or other similar state anti-takeover Laws and regulations.

“Tax” or “Taxes” means any tax of any kind whatsoever (including any income tax, franchise tax, license tax, capital gains tax, gross receipts tax, value-added tax, surtax, estimated tax, employment or unemployment tax, severance tax, excise tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, alternative minimum tax, documentation or stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, property tax, business tax, digital tax, withholding tax, or payroll tax), including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not, in each case, imposed, assessed, or collected by or under the authority of any Governmental Body.

“Tax Return” means any return (including any information return), report, statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form, election, certificate, claim for refund or other document or information, including any amendment thereof, filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Taxing Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection, or payment of any Tax.

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“Taxing Authority” means any Governmental Body exercising Tax regulatory authority or otherwise imposing or administering any Tax.

“Term Loan Obligations” means the “Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Trade Laws” means (a) all applicable trade, export control, import, and antiboycott laws and regulations imposed, administered, or enforced by the U.S. government, including the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. § 1778), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701–1706), Section 999 of the Code, the U.S. customs laws at Title 19 of the U.S. Code, the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. §§ 4801-4861), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R. Parts 120–130), the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774), the U.S. customs regulations at 19 C.F.R. Chapter 1, the Foreign Trade Regulations (15 C.F.R. Part 30), and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (Public Law No. 117-78); and (b) all applicable trade, export control, import, and antiboycott laws and regulations imposed, administered or enforced by any other country, except to the extent inconsistent with U.S. Law.

“Train” means, in relation to an AI Technology, the activities comprised in training, testing, validating, and fine-tuning that AI Technology, and “Trained” shall have a corresponding meaning.

“Training Data” means training data, validation data, and test data or databases used to train or improve an algorithm or artificial intelligence.

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter, the Fifteenth Term Loan Amendment, the Restated Intercreditor Agreement, the Forbearance Warrant, the Warrant Registration Rights Agreement, the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes Indentures, the Notes Registration Rights Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement and any and all other agreements or certificates delivered by any Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code.

“Unpaid Transaction Expenses” means all of the reasonable and invoiced expenses (including all reasonable and invoiced fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, consultants and investors) incurred by Dialectic and its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions prior to the Closing Date or Termination Date, as applicable, including any such expenses incurred in connection with Dialectic’s acquisition of Term Loans in April 2025, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any such expenses already paid by the Company prior to the Closing Date or Termination Date, as applicable.

“WARN Act” means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended, and any similar foreign, state or local law.

“Willful Breach” means any material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to the date of its termination that is a consequence of any act, or failure to act, undertaken by the breaching Party with the knowledge that the taking of such act, or failure to act, would result in such breach.

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Other capitalized terms used herein and not defined in this Exhibit A shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the following Sections:

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTES

See attached.

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

[Global Notes Legend]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

[Transfer Restricted Notes Legend]

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN “INSTITUTIONAL” ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER REGULATION D PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF THE COMPANY, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN “INSTITUTIONAL” ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER REGULATION D PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH ACCREDITED INVESTOR, (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C), (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM) OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

[Regulation S Legend]

THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

[Definitive Notes Legend]

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

10.00% PIK SENIOR SECURED EXCHANGEABLE NOTES DUE 2028

QUANTUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ (  ) on [  ], 2028.

Interest Payment Dates: Annually [  ], commencing [  ], 202[ ].

Record Dates: [  ].

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the _____ day of ___________.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

10.00% PIK Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2028

Interest. Quantum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay interest annually, in arrears, on [ ] of each year, commencing [ ], 2025. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes in in kind (“PIK Interest”). Any such PIK Interest shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.14(b) of the Indenture (each a “PIK Payment”).

Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

1. Method of Payment

The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Notes at the close of business on the [ ] next preceding the applicable interest payment date even if the Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender the Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Cash payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company (the “Depository”). The Company shall make all cash payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that cash payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $[ ] aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

At all times, PIK Interest on the Notes shall be payable in accordance with Section 2.14 of the Indenture.

2. Paying Agent, Exchange Agent and Registrar

Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (the “Trustee”), shall act as Paying Agent, Exchange Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Exchange Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

3. Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of [  ], 2025 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by express reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.

The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and can be issued in an initial amount of up to $[  ] and additional amounts as part of the same series under the Indenture up to $[ ]. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock, purchase or redeem capital stock, enter into transactions with stockholders or certain affiliates, create liens or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of its assets. These limitations are subject to significant exceptions set forth in the Indenture.

The Guarantors (including each Subsidiary of the Company that is required to guarantee the Guarantor Obligations pursuant to the Indenture) shall jointly and severally guarantee the Guarantor Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

4. Company Mandatory Exchange

As provided in, and subject to the terms of, Section 3.02 of the Indenture, the Company may, at its election and subject to satisfaction of the Equity Conditions (as defined in the Indenture), require the exchange of all or a portion of the then-outstanding principal amount of the Notes (together with any accrued and unpaid interest and any other amounts payable thereon) into shares of Common Stock at the then-applicable Exchange Price, in accordance with the schedule and conditions set forth in the Indenture (a “Company Mandatory Exchange”). The Company may effect a Company Mandatory Exchange only if the conditions specified in the Indenture are satisfied, including, but not limited to, the requirement that the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes to be issued upon conversion are eligible for sale pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that no more than twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes has been mandatorily converted in any rolling thirty (30)-day period.

If the Company elects to effect a Company Mandatory Exchange, it will deliver a notice to the Holders, the Trustee, and the Exchange Agent specifying, among other things, (i) that the Notes have been called for Company Mandatory Exchange, (ii) the applicable schedule and percentage of the Note Outstanding Amount subject to such exchange, (iii) the date on which such exchange will occur (the “Mandatory Exchange Date”), (iv) the Exchange Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, (v) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent, and (vi) reasonable evidence of satisfaction of the Equity Conditions as of the notice date. The Company Mandatory Exchange shall be effected on a pro rata basis among all outstanding Notes, and each Holder shall be required to exchange the same proportion of the principal amount of its Notes as is required of all other Holders.

Upon the Mandatory Exchange Date, the Company shall deliver to the Holders the applicable number of shares of Common Stock (and any fractional shares, rounded up to the nearest whole share) in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. From and after the Mandatory Exchange Date, unless the Company fails to deliver the shares of Common Stock as required, interest shall cease to accrue on the Note Outstanding Amount subject to the Company Mandatory Exchange. The procedures for settlement, delivery of shares, treatment of fractional shares, and payment of taxes in connection with a Company Mandatory Exchange shall be governed by, and subject to, Article X of the Indenture.

5. Sinking Fund

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

6. Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a Delisting Event

As provided in, and subject to the terms of, Section 3.05 of the Indenture, if a Delisting Event occurs, then each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in amounts of $1.00 or whole multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof) for cash in amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes subject to repurchase plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to, but excluding, the applicable Delisting Event Repurchase Date.

7. Exchange Consideration

The Holder of this Note may exchange this Note into Exchange Consideration in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article X of the Indenture.

8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements

or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange of any Note that has been surrendered for exchange into shares of Common Stock (except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to exchange), that is subject to a Delisting Event Repurchase Notice validly delivered and not withdrawn, that is subject to a Company Mandatory Exchange in accordance with Article III of the Indenture, or for a period beginning 10 days before an interest payment date.

9. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

10. Unclaimed Money

If money for the payment of principal, premium or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

The Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented as provided in Article IX of the Indenture.

12. Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, subject to certain limitations, may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default and shall result in the Notes being immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default without any further act of the Trustee or any Holder.

Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Required Holders may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power under the Indenture. The Required Holders, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind any declaration of acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except non-payment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration.

13. Security

The Notes shall be secured by the Collateral on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and other Security Documents. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hold the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, in each case pursuant to the Security Documents. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and the Indenture and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents on the Issue Date, and at any time after Issue Date, as applicable, and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith.

14. Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA and incorporated by reference into the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

15. No Recourse Against Others

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

16. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

17. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

18. Governing Law

THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

19. ISINs and CUSIP Numbers

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused ISINs and/or CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use ISINs and/or CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while the Notes are Transfer Restricted Notes after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

☐ (1) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or

☐ (2) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or

☐ (3) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or

☐ (4) pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933; or

☐ (5) (i) pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State in the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or

☐ (6) to the Company or a Subsidiary of either of the foregoing; or

☐ (7) to the registrar for registration in the name of the holder, without transfer; or

☐ (8) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if boxes (3), (4), (5) or (8) are checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

Dated:

NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $_______. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made (including as a result of payments of PIK Interest):

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTES INDENTURE

See attached.

QUANTUM CORPORATION,

THE GUARANTORS PARTIES HERETO

AND

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE AND NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT

10.00% PIK SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2028

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF [    ], 2025

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INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], 2025, among QUANTUM CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) party hereto from time to time and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Notes Collateral Agent”).

Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties hereto and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of (i) the Company’s 10.00% PIK Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2028 issued on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $[ ] in exchange for senior secured term loans held by the Holders on the Closing Date under the Credit Agreement (each as defined herein) (the “Initial Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by the Guarantors (as defined herein) and (ii) if and when issued pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, up to $[ ] of additional 10.00% PIK Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2028 that may be offered [from time to time subsequent to / as of] the Closing Date as provided for in this Indenture (the “Additional Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by the Guarantors:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions.

“2025 Equity Line of Credit” means the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to that certain Standby Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2025, between the Company and YA II PN, Ltd.

“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person whose assets or Equity Interests are acquired by a Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment; provided that such Indebtedness (a) was in existence prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment and (b) was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment.

“Additional Reporting Period” means the period commencing upon the occurrence of an Additional Reporting Triggering Event and ending upon the occurrence of an Additional Reporting Satisfaction Event.

“Additional Reporting Satisfaction Event” means the earliest date after the occurrence of an Additional Reporting Triggering Event on which EBITDA for the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis (tested by reference to the financial statements with respect to such fiscal quarter delivered (or required to be delivered) to the Trustee and Holders pursuant to Section 13.07) is greater than $0.

“Additional Reporting Triggering Event” means if, at the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2025 and tested by reference to the financial statements with respect to such fiscal quarter delivered (or required to be delivered) to the Trustee and the Holders pursuant to Section 13.07), EBITDA for the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, being less than $0; provided that, (i) with respect to the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2025, EBITDA shall be calculated for the one fiscal quarter period then ended, (ii) with respect to the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2026, EBITDA shall be calculated for the two consecutive fiscal quarter period then ended and (iii) with respect to the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2026, EBITDA shall be calculated for the three consecutive fiscal quarter period then ended.

“Affiliate” of any Person means (a) any Person who, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or (b) any Person who is a director, manager, member, managing member, general partner or officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of any Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, (x) solely for the purposes of Section 4.27, to vote 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for any such Person, and (y) for all other purposes, to vote a majority of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for any such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by ownership of Equity Interests, contract or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, no Holder, in its capacity as a holder of Equity Interests of the Company, shall constitute an Affiliate of the Company.

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“Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any Laws applicable to any Company Group Obligor relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes, import/export licensing, money laundering or bribery, and any regulation, order, or directive promulgated, issued or enforced pursuant to such Laws, all as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time, including Executive Order No. 13224, the USA PATRIOT Act, the laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the laws administered by OFAC (as any of the foregoing laws may from time to time be amended, renewed, extended, or replaced).

“Applicable Law” means all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Person, conduct, transaction, covenant, Other Document or contract in question, including all applicable common law and equitable principles, all provisions of all applicable state, federal and foreign constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations, treaties, directives and orders of any Governmental Body, and all binding orders, judgments and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.

“Approved Electronic Communication” means each notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by e-mail, e-fax or any other equivalent electronic service agreed to by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, whether owned, operated or hosted by the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent, any Holder, any of their Affiliates or any other Person, that any party is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or the Holders pursuant to this Indenture or any Other Document, including any financial statement, financial and other report, notice, request, certificate and other information material; provided that Approved Electronic Communications shall not include any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or the Required Holders specifically instruct a Person to deliver in physical form.

“Average Liquidity” means, for any period of determination, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of Liquidity for each day during the applicable period ending on the day immediately preceding such date of determination by (b) the number of days in such period.

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

“Bankruptcy Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors, or any arrangement, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, assignment for the benefit of creditors, any other marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally.

“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Person or any direct or indirect parent of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.

“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America, or any successor thereto.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks in New York, New York, or the city in which the Trustee’s office is located are authorized or required by law to be closed for business, or, if no Notes are outstanding, the city in which the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is located.

“Buy-In Payment Amount” means, with respect to any Exchange Failure, an amount in cash equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the Buy-In Price over (y) the product of (i) the number of Exchange Shares subject to the applicable Exchange Failure multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Price applicable to the Voluntary Exchange or Mandatory Exchange, as applicable, relating to such Exchange Failure.

“Buy-In Price” means the total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other out-of-pocket expenses) actually paid by any Holder (or any Affiliate of such Holder acting on its behalf) to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Common Stock to settle a sale or other bona fide disposition made in anticipation of receiving Exchange Shares in respect of a Voluntary Exchange or Mandatory Exchange, as applicable, that became subject to an Exchange Failure.

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“Capital Lease” means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, obligations of such Person under a Capital Lease.

“Cash Equivalents” means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued or fully guaranteed by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, (c) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, (d) certificates of deposit, time deposits, overnight bank deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any United States branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000, (e) deposit accounts maintained with (i) any bank that satisfies the criteria described in clause (d) above, or (ii) any other bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long as the full amount maintained with any such other bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (f) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (d) of this definition or any recognized securities dealer having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000, having a term of not more than seven days, with respect to securities satisfying the criteria in clauses (a) or (d) above, (g) debt securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the criteria described in clause (d) above, and (h) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (g) above.

“Cash Management Policy” means that certain Domestic Investment Policy of the Company, as approved by its Board of Directors and as in effect on the Closing Date.

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

“Change of Control” means:

(a) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(a) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act) of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the voting Equity Interests of the Company;

(b) any person or group of persons, other than one or more Permitted Holders, shall have acquired, by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, control over the Equity Interests of such persons entitled to vote for members of the Board of Directors of the Company (on a fully diluted basis and taking into account all such Equity Interests that such person or group of persons has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right) representing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of such Equity Interests;

(c) except pursuant to a transaction permitted hereunder, the failure of the Company to beneficially own, directly or indirectly (on a fully diluted basis), 100% of the voting Equity Interests of any other Company Group Obligor; or

(d) any “change of control” or similar event (however denominated) shall occur under any indenture or other agreement with respect to Material Indebtedness of any Company Group Obligor.

“Charges” means all taxes, charges, fees, imposts, levies or other assessments, including all net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital stock, license,

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withholding, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation and property taxes, custom duties, fees, assessments, liens, claims and charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts, imposed by any taxing authority or other Governmental Body, domestic or foreign (including the PBGC or any environmental agency or superfund), upon the Collateral, any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

“Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

“Closing Date” means [ ], 20[ ].

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.

“Collateral” means and includes all right, title and interest of each Company Group Obligor in all of the following property and assets of such Company Group Obligor, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising or created and whether now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever located:

(a) all Receivables and all supporting obligations relating thereto;

(b) all Equipment and fixtures;

(c) all general intangibles (including all payment intangibles and all software) and all supporting obligations related thereto;

(d) all Inventory;

(e) all Subsidiary Stock, securities, Investment Property, and financial assets;

(f) all Real Property;

(g) all Intellectual Property, including, as applicable, all (i) reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, renewals, reversions and extensions of the foregoing, (ii) goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each trademark and trademark application, (iii) any claims for damages by way of any past, present, or future infringement of any of the foregoing and proceeds thereof (including, without limitation, any proceeds resulting under insurance policies), and (iv) all cash, income, royalties, fees, other proceeds, Receivables, accounts and general intangibles that consist of rights of payment to or on behalf of any Company Group Obligor, proceeds from the sale, licensing or other disposition of all or any part of, or rights in, the foregoing by or on behalf of any Company Group Obligor, and all rights to sue and recover at law or in equity for any past, present and future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof;

(h) all contract rights, rights of payment which have been earned under a contract, chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper and tangible chattel paper), commercial tort claims (whether now existing or hereafter arising); documents (including all warehouse receipts and bills of lading), deposit accounts, goods, instruments (including promissory notes), letters of credit (whether or not the respective letter of credit is evidenced by a writing) and letter-of-credit rights, cash and cash equivalents, certificates of deposit, insurance proceeds (including hazard, flood and credit insurance), security agreements, eminent domain proceeds, condemnation proceeds, commercial tort claim proceeds and all supporting obligations;

(i) all ledger sheets, ledger cards, files, correspondence, records, books of account, business papers, computers, computer software (owned by any Company Group Obligor or in which it has an interest), computer programs, tapes, disks and documents, and any other books and records, including all of such property relating to the property described in clauses (a) through and including (h) of this definition;

(j) all proceeds and products of the property described in clauses (a) through and including (i) of this definition, in whatever form; and

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(k) all Pledged Collateral.

It is the intention of the parties that if the Notes Collateral Agent shall fail to have a perfected Lien in any particular property or assets of any Company Group Obligor for any reason whatsoever, but the provisions of this Indenture and/or of the Other Documents, together with all financing statements and other public filings relating to Liens filed or recorded against the Company Group Obligor, would be sufficient to create a perfected Lien in any property or assets that such Company Group Obligor may receive upon the Disposition of such particular property or assets, then all such “proceeds” of such particular property or assets shall be included in the Collateral as original collateral that is the subject of a direct and original grant of a security interest as provided for herein and in the Other Documents (and not merely as proceeds (as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) in which a security interest is created or arises solely pursuant to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code).

Notwithstanding the forgoing, Collateral shall not include any Excluded Property.

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.

“Company Group Obligors” means, collectively, the Company and the Guarantors.

“Compliance Certificate” means a compliance certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto to be signed by a Financial Officer of the Company.

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

“Control Agreement” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Required Holders, executed and delivered by a Company Group Obligor, the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Agent (if applicable) and the applicable depository bank (with respect to a Depository Account) or securities intermediary (with respect to a securities account).

“Controlled Group” means, at any time, each Company Group Obligor and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control and all other entities which, together with any Company Group Obligor, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“Convertible Notes Documents” means, collectively, the following (as the same may be amended, restated, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited by the Intercreditor Agreement): (a) this Indenture; (b) the Notes; (c) the Registration Rights Agreement; (d) the other Security Documents; (e) the Intercreditor Agreement; (f) the Other Documents; and (g) other operative agreements evidencing or governing the Convertible Notes Obligations and each other agreement entered into for the purpose of securing the Convertible Notes Obligations.

“Convertible Notes Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (monetary (including post-petition interest, fees and other charges whether or not allowed or allowable) or otherwise) of each Company Group Obligor under the Convertible Notes Documents owing to any Secured Party, in each case howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing or due or to become due.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, West Side Flats St ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. E., Saint ▇▇▇▇, MN 55107, Attention: Global Corporate Trust – Quantum Corporation Administrator.

“COVID-19 Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred under the Paycheck Protection Program or any similar program provided by a U.S. Governmental Body as part of a stimulus package associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Credit Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including by the Fifteenth Amendment), by and among the Loan Parties, the Term Loan Agent, and the Term Loan Lenders party thereto from time to time.

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“Currency Exchange Rate” means, with respect to a currency, the rate determined by the Company in good faith as the spot rate for the purchase of such currency with another currency.

“Customer” means and includes the account debtor with respect to any Receivable and/or the prospective purchaser of goods, services or both with respect to any contract or contract right, and/or any party who enters into or proposes to enter into any contract or other arrangement with any Company Group Obligor, pursuant to which such Company Group Obligor is to deliver any personal property or perform any services.

“Daily VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “QMCO <EQUITY> AQR” (or, if such page is not available, its equivalent successor page) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or, if such volume weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day, determined, using a volume-weighted average price method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to afterhours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.

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

“Delisting Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Common Stock ceases to be listed or quoted for trading on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market, or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors), and is not contemporaneously listed or quoted for trading on another U.S. national securities exchange; or (b) the Common Stock is suspended from trading from any such exchange for a period of more than thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (other than as a result of a voluntary delisting in connection with a transaction that constitutes a Merger Event in which the Notes become convertible into cash or listed securities of a successor entity or its parent, in accordance with Section 10.12).

“Delisting Event Repurchase Date” means a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than thirty-five (35), nor less than twenty (20), Business Days after the Company sends the related Delisting Event Repurchase Notice; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary provided in this Indenture, the Delisting Event Repurchase Date will be subject to postponement to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable rules under the Exchange Act.

“Delisting Event Repurchase Notice” means a notice (including a notice substantially in the form of the “Delisting Event Repurchase Notice” set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A) containing the information, or otherwise complying with the requirements, set forth in Section 3.05(e).

“Delisting Event Repurchase Price” means an amount in cash equal to (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes subject to such Repurchase Upon Delisting Event plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest (which shall be deemed to accrue at the PIK Rate) on such Notes to (but excluding) the applicable Delisting Event Repurchase Date, subject to Section 3.05(b).

“Depository Accounts” means depositary accounts to which all proceeds of Collateral are deposited by the Company Group Obligors (other than with respect to Excluded Accounts) subject to Control Agreements.

“Directing Creditors” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Discharge of OC III Term Loans” means (a) Discharge of Fourth Amendment Loan Obligations (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and (b) Discharge of OC III Senior Term Loan Obligations (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

“Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

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“Disposition” means, with respect to any particular property or asset (other than cash or Cash Equivalents), the sale, lease, license, exchange, transfer or other disposition of such property or asset, and to “Dispose” of any particular property or asset shall mean to sell, lease, license, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of such property or asset.

“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests which, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) mature or are mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the Maturity Date (excluding any provisions requiring redemption upon a “change of control” or similar event; provided that such “change of control” or similar event results in the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations), (b) are convertible into or exchangeable for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in (a) above, in each case, at any time on or prior to the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the Maturity Date, or (c) are entitled to receive scheduled dividends or distributions in cash prior to the time that the Convertible Notes Obligations are Paid in Full.

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

“Dollar Equivalent” means, as of any date of determination, (a) as to any amount denominated in Dollars, the amount thereof as of such date of determination, and (b) as to any amount denominated in another currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent on the basis of the Currency Exchange Rate for the purchase of Dollars with such currency in effect on such date of determination.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, and its successors.

“EBITDA” means, for any period, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, the result of:

(a) net income (or loss) for such period; minus

(b) without duplication, the sum of the following amounts for such period (in each case to the extent included in determining net income (or loss) for such period);

(i) tax credits based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign, state, franchise and similar taxes;

(ii) extraordinary, unusual, or non-recurring revenue, income and gains;

(iii) interest income;

(iv) income arising by reason of the application of FAS 141R;

(v) gains attributable to Investments in joint ventures and partnerships to the extent not distributed in cash to the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(vi) cash or non-cash exchange, translation or performance gains relating to any Interest Rate Hedge, Foreign Currency Hedge or foreign currency exchange transaction, and;

(vii) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring non-cash gains or income (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior Reference Period (as defined below)); plus

(c) without duplication, the sum of the following amounts for such Reference Period (in each case to the extent included in determining net income (or loss) for such Reference Period):

(i) extraordinary, unusual, or non-recurring cash costs, cash expenses and cash losses, severance, facility closure costs and other restructuring charges, costs or reserves; provided that the aggregate amount of all such costs, expenses, losses, charges and reserves added to net income

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pursuant to this clause (c)(i) shall not exceed (x) $5,000,000 in any Reference Period; provided that, together with each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 13.06 or Section 13.07 for each Reference Period ending on or after the Closing Date, the Company shall provide the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent with a reasonably detailed itemization of all such costs, expenses, losses, charges and reserves added to net income pursuant to this clause (c)(i),

(ii) Interest Expense,

(iii) cash or non-cash exchange, translation, or performance losses relating to any Interest Rate Hedge, Foreign Currency Hedge or foreign currency exchange transaction,

(iv) tax expense based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign, state, franchise, excise, VAT, property, withholding and similar taxes (and for the avoidance of doubt, specifically excluding any sales taxes or any other taxes held in trust for a Governmental Body),

(v) depreciation and amortization expenses,

(vi) service parts lower of cost or market non-cash adjustment up to an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 in any fiscal quarter,

(vii) reasonable costs, expenses, and fees (whether paid in cash, capitalized through amortization or written off) (A) incurred at any time prior to, on, or within the six (6) month period following the Closing Date or any Issue Date, in each case, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or (B) incurred at any time prior to, on, or within the six (6) month period following September 23, 2025 in connection with Fifteenth Amendment Transactions,

(viii) [reserved],

(ix) non-cash compensation expenses (including deferred non-cash compensation expenses), or other non-cash expenses or charges, arising from the sale or issuance of Equity Interests, the granting of stock options, and the granting of stock appreciation rights and similar arrangements (including any repricing, amendment, modification, substitution, or change of any such Equity Interests, stock option, stock appreciation rights, or similar arrangements), minus the amount of any such expenses or charges when paid in cash to the extent not deducted in the computation of net income (or loss),

(x) expenses reimbursed in cash by a third Person pursuant to an indemnity or guaranty in favor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such amounts are actually received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during such Reference Period,

(xi) with respect to any Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment consummated after August 5, 2021,

(A) out-of-pocket costs, fees, charges or expenses paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person for services performed by such Person in connection with such Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment to the extent incurred on or within 180 days prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment;

(B) purchase accounting adjustments, including, without limitation, a dollar for dollar adjustment for that portion of revenue that would have been recorded in the relevant period had the balance of deferred revenue (unearned income) recorded on the closing balance sheet and before application of purchase accounting not been adjusted downward to fair value to be recorded on the opening balance sheet in accordance with GAAP purchase accounting rules; and

(C) non-cash adjustments in accordance with GAAP purchase accounting rules under FASB Statement No. 141R and EITF Issue No. 01-3, in the event that such an adjustment is required by the Company’s independent auditors, in each case, as determined in accordance with GAAP;

provided, that, any amounts added back pursuant to clause (c)(xi)(A) shall not exceed 10% of EBITDA for such Reference Period (prior to giving effect to clause (c)(xi)(A)),

(xii) non-cash losses, expenses, and charges attributable to Investments in joint ventures and partnerships,

(xiii) non-cash losses on sales or write-downs of assets, non-cash amortization or debt issuance costs, non-cash costs or charges associated with the issuance of any warrants issued by the Company prior to the August 5, 2021, the Fourth Amendment Warrants, the Tenth Amendment Warrants, the warrants issued pursuant to the Fifteenth Amendment Transaction Agreement and any other warrants issued to the Lenders and any other non-cash charges or losses in accordance with GAAP; provided that if any such non-cash items represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (A) the Company Group Obligors may elect not to add back such non-cash item in the current period and (B) to the extent the Company Group Obligors elect to add back any such non-cash item, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, and

(xiv) losses and costs arising from the extinguishment of Indebtedness under the Notes, the other Convertible Notes Documents, the Prior Loan Documents, the Credit Agreement or the Other Credit Agreement Documents, or otherwise in connection with the Fifteenth Amendment Transactions.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of this Indenture or the Notes to the contrary, (x) for purposes of calculating EBITDA for any fiscal period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “Reference Period”), (A) if at any time during such Reference Period, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment, EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment had occurred on the first day of the applicable Reference Period (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case to be mutually and reasonably agreed upon by the Company Group Obligors and the Required Holders) and (B) if at any time during such Reference Period, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made any Disposition of any division or line of business outside the ordinary course of business that is permitted under this Indenture, EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period, and (y) to the extent that any portion of the COVID-19 Debt is forgiven during any fiscal quarter, such portion shall be ignored for purposes of calculating EBITDA for each period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters that includes such fiscal quarter.

“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state and local environmental, land use, zoning, health, chemical use, safety and sanitation laws, statutes, ordinances and codes as well as common laws, relating to the protection of the environment, human health and/or governing the use, storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, production or disposal of Hazardous Materials and the rules, regulations, policies, guidelines, interpretations, decisions, orders and directives of federal, state, international and local governmental agencies and authorities with respect thereto.

“Equipment” has the meaning given to the term “equipment” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

“Equity Conditions” means the satisfaction of each of the following:

(a) the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exchange for the portion of the Notes being so exchanged are, at the time of such exchange, eligible for resale by the Holders pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;

(b) in connection with a Company Mandatory Exchange, no more than 20% of the Note Outstanding Amount has been exchanged pursuant to one or more Company Mandatory Exchanges in the 30-day period prior to the Company Mandatory Exchange Notice Date; and

(c) the Company is not, at the time of such exchange, imposing, and will not impose during the 20 calendar days following such exchange, any black-out period or other restriction that would prohibit or restrict the trading of the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such exchange.

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, rights to purchase from such Person, options, warrants, general, limited or limited liability partnership interests, member interests, participation or other equivalents of or interest in (regardless of how designated) equity of such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act), including in each case all rights relating to such Equity Interests, whether arising under the Organizational Documents of the Person issuing such Equity Interests or under the Applicable Laws of such issuer’s jurisdiction of organization relating to the formation, existence and governance of corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships or business trusts or other legal entities, as the case may be.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Exchange Failure” means the failure of the Company, with respect to any Mandatory Exchange or Voluntary Exchange, to settle such delivery of Exchange Shares in accordance with terms of Article III or Article X, as applicable, on or prior to the applicable Exchange Date.

“Exchange Price” means, initially, $10.00 per share of Common Stock, as adjusted or reset as set forth in this Indenture, including Section 10.06; provided that, prior to the Closing Date, if the terms of this Indenture would have adjusted or reset the Exchange Price, including a reset pursuant to Section 10.06, had the Indenture been in effect prior to the Closing Date, the initial Exchange Price shall be such adjusted or reset Exchange Price as of the Closing Date; provided further that whenever this Indenture refers to the Exchange Price as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date, such reference will be deemed to be to the Exchange Price immediately after the Close of Business on such date.

“Exchange Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable by the Company to the applicable Holder upon exchange, conversion or settlement of any portion of the Notes pursuant to Article III or Article X, as applicable.

“Excluded Accounts” means (a) deposit accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries maintained at one or more depository banks located in the United States having an aggregate amount on deposit in all such accounts of not more than $250,000 at any one time, (b) deposit accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries maintained at depository banks located outside of the United States having an aggregate amount on deposit in all such accounts of not more than $2,000,000 at any one time, (c) deposit accounts specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (d) deposit accounts or securities accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries maintained for the sole purpose of providing deposits permitted pursuant to clause (k) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances.”

“Excluded Property” means: (a) any lease, license (including from a Governmental Body), state or local franchise, charter or authorization, license agreement, permit, contract or agreement to which any Company Group Obligor is a party, and any of its rights or interests thereunder, if and to the extent that a security interest therein (i) is prohibited by or in violation of any Applicable Law or a term, provision or condition of any such lease, license, franchise, charter, authorization, license agreement, permit, contract or agreement or (ii) would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization (unless in each case, such Applicable Law, term, provision or condition or the requirement for such consent, approval, license or authorization would be rendered ineffective with respect to the creation of such security interest pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other Applicable Law); provided, however, that the foregoing shall cease to be treated as “Excluded Property” (and shall constitute Collateral) immediately at such time as the contractual or legal prohibition shall no longer be applicable and to the extent severable, such security interest shall attach immediately to any portion of such lease, license, franchise, charter, authorization, contract or agreement not subject to the prohibitions specified in clauses (i) or (ii) above; provided, further that Excluded Property shall not include any proceeds of any such lease, license, franchise, charter, authorization, contract or agreement or any goodwill of the Company Group Obligors’ business associated therewith or attributable thereto; (b) Excluded Accounts; (c) any Real Property of any Company Group Obligor with a fair market value of less than $1,000,000; (d) Equity Interests issued by any Foreign Subsidiary other than Equity Interests described in clause (b) of the definition of Subsidiary Stock; (e) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law, provided that upon submission and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of a “statement to allege use” or an “amendment to allege use” with respect thereto, such intent-to-use trademark application shall be considered Collateral; (f) commercial tort claims where the amount of damages claimed by the applicable Company Group Obligor is less than $500,000; (g) Margin Stock (to the extent a security interest therein would violate the provisions of the regulations of the Board of Governors, including Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X) and Equity Interests in any Person other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries that cannot be pledged without the consent of unaffiliated third parties; and (h) any assets located outside the United States to the extent that such assets require action under the law of any non-U.S. jurisdiction to create or perfect a security interest in such assets under such non-U.S. jurisdiction, including any intellectual property registered in any non-U.S. jurisdiction, to the extent that the Required Holders determine in their reasonable discretion that the cost of obtaining such perfected security interest in such non-U.S. jurisdiction outweighs the value to the Holders of obtaining such perfected security interest.

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“Extraordinary Receipts” means the Net Cash Proceeds received by any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries not in the Ordinary Course of Business (and not consisting of (x) proceeds from the sale of Inventory or (y) proceeds or other amounts described in clauses (a) or (b) of the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”), including, without limitation, (a) proceeds under any insurance policy on account of damage or destruction of any assets or property of such Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary, (b) condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), (c) indemnity payments, (d) foreign, United States, state or local tax refunds, (e) pension plan reversions and (f) judgments, proceeds of settlements or other consideration of any kind in connection with any cause of action.

“Fifteenth Amendment” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Fifteenth Amendment Transaction Agreement.”

“Fifteenth Amendment Transaction Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Fifteenth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2025 (the “Fifteenth Amendment”), by and among the Loan Parties, the Term Loan Agent, and the Term Loan Lenders party thereto.

“Fifteenth Amendment Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.

“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.

“Flood Laws” means all Applicable Laws relating to policies and procedures that address requirements placed on federally regulated lenders under the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and other Applicable Laws related thereto.

“Forbearance Warrant” means that certain warrant issued to the Initial Purchaser on September 23, 2025.

“Foreign Cash Equivalents” means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United Kingdom or any European Union Central Bank or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United Kingdom or any European Union Central Bank, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued or fully guaranteed by any state, province or territory of the United Kingdom or any European Union Central Bank, or any political subdivision of any such state, province, territory or country or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, (c) certificates of deposit, time deposits, overnight bank deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United Kingdom or any European Union Central Bank at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than the Dollar Equivalent of $500,000,000, (d) deposit accounts maintained with (i) any bank that satisfies the criteria described in clause (c) above, or (ii) any other bank organized under the laws of the United Kingdom so long as the full amount maintained with any such other bank is insured by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, (e) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (c) of this definition or any recognized securities dealer having combined capital and surplus of not less than the Dollar Equivalent of $500,000,000, having a term of not more than seven days, with respect to securities satisfying the criteria in clauses (a) or (c) above, (f) debt securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above, and (g) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (f) above.

“Foreign Currency Hedge” means any foreign exchange transaction, including spot and forward foreign currency purchases and sales, listed or over-the-counter options on foreign currencies, non-deliverable forwards and options, foreign currency swap agreements, currency exchange rate price hedging arrangements, and any other similar transaction providing for the purchase of one currency in exchange for the sale of another currency.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary of any Person that is not organized or incorporated in the United States, any State or territory thereof or the District of Columbia, or (b) any Subsidiary of any Person that is organized or incorporated in the United States, any State or territory thereof or the District of Columbia that owns (directly or indirectly) no assets other than Equity Interests and/or debt interests of one or more Subsidiaries described in clause (a) above and other de minimis assets.

“Format Development Agreement” means: (a) the Format Development Agreement, dated March 10, 2016, among the Company, Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) and International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”)

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relating to LTO8; (b) the Format Development Agreement, dated August 20, 2012, between the Company, HP, and IBM relating to LTO7; (c) the Format Development Agreement, dated August 24, 2009, between the Company, HP and IBM relating to LTO6; (d) the Format Development Agreement, dated March 23, 2007, between the Company, HP and IBM relating to LTO 5; (e) the Format Development Agreement, dated August 18, 2005, between the Company, HP and IBM relating to LTO4; (f) the Format Development Agreement, dated January 22, 2003, between Certance LLC, HP and IBM relating to LTO3; and (g) any prior or subsequent format development agreement relating to LTO to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party.

“Fourth Amendment” means the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2023, by and among the Term Loan Agent, the Term Loan Lenders party thereto, and the Loan Parties.

“Fourth Amendment Warrants” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(u) of the Fourth Amendment.

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

“Government Securities” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer’s option.

“Governmental Body” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof or any entity, authority, agency, division or department exercising the executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to a 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 (including, without limitation, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

“guarantee” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or

(b) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

provided that the term “guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantees” or “Guaranty” means any guaranty of the Convertible Notes Obligations executed by a Guarantor in favor of the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the ratable benefit of Holders. Each such Guarantee will be in the form prescribed in this Indenture.

“Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; provided that upon the release or discharge of the such Subsidiary from its Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Guarantor.

“Hazardous Materials” means, without limitation, any flammable explosives, radon, radioactive materials, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum and petroleum products, methane, hazardous materials, Hazardous Wastes, hazardous or Toxic Substances or related materials as defined in or subject to regulation under Environmental Laws.

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

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary of any Company Group Obligor (a) designated as such by the Company after the Closing Date in a written notice delivered to the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent and (b) which does not (i) (x) own or generate any Receivables or Inventory, (y) have revenues in any fiscal year in excess of $250,000 (other than, in the case of Quantum International, revenue generated through foreign branch offices pursuant to the Transfer Pricing Program) and (z) receive or generate any royalty revenue or (ii) own, hold or have an exclusive license to use any Material Intellectual Property; it being understood that, as of the Closing Date, each of (1) Advanced Digital Information Corporation, a Washington corporation, (2) Certance (US) Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (3) Certance Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (4) Certance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (5) Quantum International, (6) Quantum India Development Center Private Ltd. and (7) Quantum Government shall be deemed to be an “Immaterial Subsidiary.”

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at any time, any and all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of such Person (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in respect of: (a) borrowed money; (b) amounts received under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit facility, and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations; (d) reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit agreement, banker’s acceptance agreement or similar arrangement that have been drawn but not yet reimbursed; (e) obligations (determined as the mark-to-market value(s)) under any Interest Rate Hedge, Foreign Currency Hedge, or other interest rate management device, foreign currency exchange agreement, currency swap agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement, in each case, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting arrangement relating to such obligations; (f) any other advances of credit made to or on behalf of such Person or any other transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements including to finance the purchase price of property or services and all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding (1) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness (and, for the avoidance of doubt, any royalty payments payable in the Ordinary Course of Business in respect of non-exclusive licenses) and (2) the consideration payable in respect of any acquisition or other Permitted Investment); (g) all Equity Interests of such Person subject to repurchase or redemption rights or obligations (excluding repurchases or redemptions at the sole option of such Person); (h) all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such indebtedness, obligations or liabilities are otherwise an obligation of such Person; (i) all obligations of such Person for “earnouts,” purchase price adjustments, profit sharing arrangements, deferred purchase money amounts and similar payment obligations or continuing obligations of any nature of such Person arising out of purchase and sale contracts and in each case to the extent appearing as a liability on such Person’s balance sheet in accordance with GAAP; (j) off-balance sheet liabilities of such Person; (k) obligations arising under bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation or similar arrangements, other than those arising in the Ordinary Course of Business; and (l) any guaranty of any indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of a type described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (k).

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as supplemented from time to time.

“Initial Purchaser” means Dialectic Technology SPV LLC.

“Initial Purchaser Disposition Date” means the first date on which the Initial Purchaser, together with its Affiliates and affiliated funds, no longer beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes, counting for this purpose any Exchange Shares (or, after a Merger Event, the applicable Reference Property in a form other than cash) received upon exchange, conversion or settlement of any portion of the Initial Notes, but only to the extent then beneficially owned and only up to the principal amount of Initial Notes surrendered for such Exchange Shares (or Reference Property). Beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

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“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to any Person, including without limitation any Customer, that such Person or such Person’s direct or indirect Parent (a) becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding (including any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code), or regulatory restrictions, (b) has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it or has called a meeting of its creditors, (c) admits in writing its inability, or is generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or ceases operations of its present business, (d) with respect to a Holder, is unable to perform hereunder due to the application of Applicable Law, or (e) has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment of a type described in clauses (a) or (b), provided that an Insolvency Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person or such Person’s direct or indirect Parent by a Governmental Body or instrumentality thereof if, and only if, such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Body or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

“Intellectual Property” means property constituting a patent, copyright, trademark, service mark, trade name, mask work, trade secrets or design right under Applicable Law (and any registration or application in respect of the foregoing), including any such property to which a Company Group Obligor has a license or other right to use any of the foregoing under Applicable Law.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2025, among the Term Loan Agent and the other parties named therein, as acknowledged and agreed to by the Company Group Obligors, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the aggregate interest expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Interest Rate Hedge” means an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreement entered into by any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, any Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.

“Inventory” means and includes as to each Company Group Obligor all of such Company Group Obligor’s inventory (as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) and all of such Company Group Obligor’s goods, merchandise and other personal property, wherever located, to be furnished under any consignment arrangement, contract of service or held for sale or lease, all raw materials, work in process, finished goods and materials and supplies of any kind, nature or description which are or might be used or consumed in such Company Group Obligor’s business or used in selling or furnishing such goods, merchandise and other personal property, and all Documents. For the purpose of this definition, “Document” shall have the meaning given to the term “document” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any investment by such Person in any other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances, capital contributions (excluding (a) commission, travel, moving expenses and similar advances to officers and employees of such Person made in the Ordinary Course of Business and (b) bona fide accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business), or acquisitions of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person). The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustment for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment.

“Investment Property” means and includes, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s now owned or hereafter acquired securities (whether certificated or uncertificated), securities entitlements, securities accounts, commodities contracts and commodities accounts, and any other asset or right that would constitute “investment property” under the Uniform Commercial Code.

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“Investment Property Collateral” means all Collateral comprised of Investment Property.

“Junior Priority Standstill Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Junior Priority Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices per share) of the shares of Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. If the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day from a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company.

“Leasehold Interests” means all of each Company Group Obligor’s right, title and interest in and to, and as lessee of, the premises identified as leased Real Property on Schedule 1.01(A).

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

“Lien Waiver Agreement” means an agreement which is executed in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent by a Person who owns or occupies premises at which any Collateral may be located from time to time in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Required Holders.

“Loan Parties” mean the Company and each borrower or guarantor that is now or which hereafter become a party to the Credit Agreement (together with their respective successors and assigns).

“Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of all Qualified Cash on such date.

“LTO Consortium” means any Person party to a Format Development Agreement.

“LTO Program” means assets (including Intellectual Property) and revenue directly related and attributable to the Linear Tape-Open (“LTO”) format for which a Format Development Agreement exists.

“LTO Subsidiary” means Quantum LTO Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.

“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, assets, business or properties of either (i) the Company or (ii) the Company Group Obligors, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of either (i) the Company or (ii) the Company Group Obligors, taken as a whole, to duly and punctually pay or perform the Convertible Notes Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof, (c) the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens on the Collateral or the priority of any such Lien on all or a material portion of the Collateral or (d) the practical realization of the benefits of the Trustee’s, the Notes Collateral Agent’s and each Holder’s rights and remedies under this Indenture and the Other Documents.

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“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than the Convertible Notes Obligations or any Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) of any Company Group Obligor to any Person with a then-outstanding principal balance (or, in the case of any Indebtedness not so denominated, with a then-outstanding total obligation amount) of $3,000,000 or more.

“Material Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property that is material to the business of any Company Group Obligor, individually, or the Company Group Obligors, taken as a whole, and which shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include material software owned, held or licensed by the Company Group Obligors and their Subsidiaries (other than non-exclusive software licenses granted in the ordinary course of business).

“Material Non-Public Information” means information regarding the Company, any Company Group Obligor or any of their respective securities that is material for purposes of U.S. federal securities laws and is not publicly available within the meaning of Regulation FD under the Exchange Act.

“Maturity Date” means [ ], 2028.

“▇▇▇▇▇’▇” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which contributions are required or, within the preceding five plan years, were required by any Company Group Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group.

“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including any Company Group Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means:

(a) with respect to any Disposition by any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries of any assets, the amount of cash proceeds received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary in connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (i) the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Encumbrance on any asset (other than (A) the Convertible Notes Obligations and (B) Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is required to be, and is, repaid in connection with such Disposition, (ii) reasonable fees, commissions and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by such Company Group Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition, (iii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by such Company Group Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition, in each case of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction; and (iv) all amounts that are set aside as a reserve (A) for adjustments in respect of the purchase price of such assets, (B) for any liabilities associated with such sale or casualty, to the extent such reserve is required by GAAP, and (C) for the payment of unassumed liabilities relating to the assets sold or otherwise Disposed of at the time of, or within 30 days after, the date of such Disposition;

(b) with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or the issuance by any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interests, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Company Group Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, after deducting therefrom only (i) reasonable fees, commissions and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by such Company Group Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence and (ii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by such Company Group Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction; and

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(c) with respect to any Extraordinary Receipts received by any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, the amount of cash proceeds received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary in connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (i) the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Encumbrance on any asset (other than the Convertible Notes Obligations) and which is required to be, and is, repaid in connection with such Extraordinary Receipt; (ii) reasonable fees, commissions and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by such Company Group Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection with such Extraordinary Receipt; and (iii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by such Company Group Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection with such Extraordinary Receipt, in each case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash proceeds, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction.

“Notes” means, collectively, the Initial Notes and (if permitted to be issued hereunder) the Additional Notes.

“Notes Collateral Agent” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent for the holders of the Notes under this Indenture and the other Security Documents and any successor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and other Security Documents.

“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest, fees, or expenses accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest, fees, or expenses is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law and including, for the avoidance of doubt, PIK Interest), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness.

“OC III Priority Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Officer” means the chief executive officer, chief marketing officer, chief financial officer, president, vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary, or other similar officer, manager or a director of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, and with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, sole member, managing member or general partner thereof.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Officer of the Company.

“Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City Time.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel to the Company licensed in any State of the United States of America and applying the laws of such State or any other Person reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

“Ordinary Course of Business” means, with respect to any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiary, the ordinary course of the business of such Company Group Obligor or such Subsidiary, as applicable.

“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, any charter, articles or certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, registration or formation, certificate of partnership or limited partnership, bylaws, operating agreement, limited liability company agreement, or partnership agreement of such Person and any and all other applicable documents relating to such Person’s formation, organization or entity governance matters (including any shareholders’ or equity holders’ agreement or voting trust agreement) and specifically includes, without limitation, any certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity.

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“Other Documents” means the Notes, any Guaranty, the Registration Rights Agreement, any other Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Perfection Certificate and any and all other agreements, instruments and documents, including any subordination agreements, guaranties, pledges, trustee fee letters, powers of attorney, consents, and all other agreements, documents or instruments heretofore, now or hereafter executed by any Company Group Obligor and/or delivered to the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder pursuant to this Indenture, in each case together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals, extensions, restatements, substitutions and replacements thereto and thereof.

“Other Credit Agreement Documents” has the meaning given to the term “Other Documents” in the Credit Agreement.

“Parent” of any Person means a corporation or other entity owning, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the Equity Interests issued by such Person having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such Person, or other Persons performing similar functions for any such Person.

“Payment Conditions” means, on any applicable date of determination: (a) Liquidity shall be equal to or greater than $30,000,000 on such date and (b) no Event of Default shall exist or shall have occurred and be continuing on such date.

“Payment in Full” or “Paid in Full” means (a) the final payment or repayment in full, (x) in cash, in immediately available funds and/or (y) pursuant to an exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, of all of the Convertible Notes Obligations, including without limitation all principal amounts, accrued and unpaid interest, fees or charges that have accrued hereunder or under any Other Document and are unpaid and the obligations of the Company Group Obligors under the Notes or this Indenture (other than contingent indemnification Obligations which pursuant to the express terms of this Indenture, the Note or any of the Other Documents survive the termination hereof or thereof but are not then asserted and are unknown) and (b) the receipt by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent of cash collateral in order to secure any contingent Obligations for which a claim or demand for payment has been made on or prior to such time or in respect of matters or circumstances known to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or a Holder at such time that are reasonably expected to result in any loss, cost, damage or expense (including attorneys’ fees and legal expenses), such cash collateral to be in such amount as the Required Holders reasonably determine is appropriate to secure such contingent Obligations. If after receipt of any payment of, or proceeds of Collateral applied to the payment of, any of the Obligations, the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder is required to surrender or return such payment or proceeds to any Person for any reason, then the Obligations intended to be satisfied by such payment or proceeds shall be reinstated and continue as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder.

“PBGC” mans the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any successor.

“Pension Benefit Plan” means at any time any “employee pension benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (including a Multiple Employer Plan, but not a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412, 430 or 436 of the Code and either (a) is maintained or to which contributions are required by any Company Group Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group or (b) has at any time within the preceding five years been maintained or to which contributions have been required by a Company Group Obligor or any entity which was at such time a member of the Controlled Group.

“Permitted Acquisition” means an acquisition by a Company Group Obligor of the assets, Equity Interests or of any division or line of business of another Person (the “Target”); provided that:

(a) at least five Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed acquisition, the Company has provided the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders with written notice of the proposed acquisition;

(b) the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of the Target shall have duly approved the acquisition;

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(c) if such acquisition includes general partnership interests or any other Equity Interest that does not have a corporate (or similar) limitation on liability of the owners thereof, then such acquisition shall be effected by having such Equity Interests acquired by a corporate or other limited liability holding company directly or indirectly wholly-owned by a Company Group Obligor and newly formed for the sole purpose of effecting such acquisition;

(d) the Target or assets acquired shall be used or useful in the business of the Company, and the Company shall have provided the Holders all material memoranda and presentations delivered to the board of directors of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary describing the rationale for such acquisition;

(e) no Indebtedness will be incurred, assumed or would exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries as a result of such acquisition, other than Permitted Indebtedness, and no Liens will be incurred, assumed or would exist with respect to the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries as a result of such acquisition, other than Permitted Encumbrances;

(f) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, within 15 days after the consummation of such acquisition (or such longer period as the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent shall agree), the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received a first priority Lien in all acquired assets or Equity Interests which do not constitute Excluded Property, subject to documentation consistent with the Collateral-related provisions of this Indenture and the Other Documents or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent;

(g) to the extent available, the Company Group Obligor shall have delivered to the Holders financial statements of the acquired entity for the two most recent fiscal years then ended;

(h) in connection with the acquisition of Equity Interests, (1) the Target shall have EBITDA, calculated in accordance with GAAP immediately prior to such acquisition, of at least $1 (or such other minimum amount as Required Holders shall agree), and (2) within 30 days after the consummation of such acquisition (or such longer period as the Required Holders shall agree), the Target shall be added as a Guarantor and be jointly and severally liable for all Convertible Notes Obligations, in each case, to the extent that the Target would have been required to do so under Section 4.28 as if it were a newly formed Subsidiary; provided that the foregoing requirement shall not apply to any Target acquired using the non-guarantor cap set forth in clause (n) below;

(i) [reserved];

(j) if the total consideration, including the purchase price and liabilities assumed (including, without limitation, all Acquired Indebtedness, Indebtedness under Permitted Seller Notes and Permitted Earnouts), of any such acquisition shall exceed $15,000,000, the Company shall have delivered to the Holders a quality of earnings report performed by a third-party firm reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders;

(k) [reserved];

(l) on the date of any such acquisition, the Company shall have Average Liquidity for the 30 days immediately preceding the date of such acquisition of not less than $30,000,000;

(m) on the date of any such acquisition and after giving pro forma effect thereto, each of the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied;

(n) except to the extent made with the proceeds of the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company, the total consideration, including the purchase price and liabilities assumed (including, without limitation, all Acquired Indebtedness, Indebtedness under Permitted Seller Notes and Permitted Earnouts but excluding consideration in the form of issuance of Equity Interests permitted hereunder or paid with the proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests permitted hereunder), of all such acquisitions, together with any Permitted Investments entered into pursuant to clause (r) of such definition, of (x) Targets that are not organized or incorporated in the United States, any State or territory thereof or the District of Columbia or (y) assets located outside of the United States, shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate during the Term; and

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(o) if the total consideration, including the purchase price and liabilities assumed (including, without limitation, all Acquired Indebtedness, Indebtedness under Permitted Seller Notes and Permitted Earnouts), of any such acquisition shall exceed $7,500,000, not later than five Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed acquisition, the Company has provided the Holders with copies of the most recent drafts of the acquisition agreement and other material agreements, documents and instruments related to the proposed acquisition, including, without limitation, any related management, non-compete, employment, option or other material agreements (the “Acquisition Documents”), and, in any event, promptly following the closing date of the acquisition, the Company shall provide the Holders with true, correct and complete copies of the Acquisition Documents, in each case duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, together with any schedules to such Acquisition Documents.

“Permitted Dispositions” means:

(a) Dispositions of Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged or obsolete or no longer used or useful in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Company Group Obligors or their Subsidiaries and leases or subleases of Real Property that is not useful in the conduct of the business of the Company Group Obligors or their Subsidiaries;

(b) sales of Inventory to Customers in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(c) the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture or any of the Other Documents;

(d) the licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other Intellectual Property rights (i) on a non-exclusive basis in the Ordinary Course of Business or (ii) on a non-exclusive basis (other than with respect to exclusivity for specific geographic locations), in each case under this clause (ii), in the Ordinary Course of Business to the extent consistent with past practice;

(e) the granting of Permitted Encumbrances;

(f) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of Receivables arising in the Ordinary Course of Business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;

(g) any involuntary loss, damage or destruction of property;

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

(i) the leasing or subleasing of assets of any Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(j) (i) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company, including, without limitation, in connection with the 2025 Equity Line of Credit, (ii) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of any wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is itself a Company Group Obligor to such Company Group Obligor, (iii) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of any Subsidiary that is not a Company Group Obligor to any Subsidiary that is not a Company Group Obligor, and (iv) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests of the Company pursuant to the Convertible Notes Documents;

(k) (i) the lapse of registered patents, trademarks, copyrights and other Intellectual Property of any Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries to the extent not economically desirable in the conduct of its business or (ii) the abandonment of patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property rights so long as (in each case under clauses (i) and (ii)), (A) such patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property rights do not generate material revenue, (B) such lapse or abandonment would not reduce the recurring royalty revenue stream of assets not Disposed of, and (C) such lapse or abandonment is not materially adverse to the interests of the Notes Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties;

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

(m) the making of Permitted Investments;

(n) Dispositions of assets acquired by any Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment consummated within twelve (12) months of the date of the proposed Disposition so long as (i) the consideration received for the assets to be so Disposed of is at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by such Company Group Obligor or the applicable Subsidiary) of such assets, (ii) the assets to be so Disposed of are not necessary or economically desirable in connection with the business of the Company Group Obligors and their Subsidiaries, and (iii) the assets to be so Disposed of are readily identifiable as assets acquired pursuant to the subject Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment;

(o) transfers of assets (i) from any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to a Company Group Obligor and (ii) from any Subsidiary of any Company Group Obligor that is not a Company Group Obligor to a Company Group Obligor, in each case, to the extent made in accordance with Section 4.27;

(p) Dispositions of intangible assets not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (o) above, so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise therefrom, (ii) such Disposition would not reduce the recurring royalty revenue stream of assets not Disposed of, (iii) such intangible assets do not generate material revenue, (iv) any such Disposition would not result in a material increase in any costs or expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (v) such Disposition is made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary), and (vi) the aggregate fair market value of all such intangible assets Disposed of in any fiscal year (including the proposed Disposition) would, together with the aggregate fair market value of all assets Disposed of pursuant to clause (q) of this definition, not exceed $12,000,000;

(q) Dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (o) above, so long as (i) such Disposition would not reduce the recurring royalty revenue stream of assets not Disposed of, (ii) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise therefrom, (iii) such Disposition is made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary), (iv) the aggregate fair market value of all such assets Disposed of in any fiscal year (including the proposed Disposition) would, together with the aggregate fair market value of all assets Disposed of pursuant to clause (p) of this definition, not exceed $12,000,000, and (v) in any such Disposition, at least 75% of the purchase price is paid to such Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary in cash;

(r) [reserved]; and

(s) Dispositions of Service Inventory pursuant to one or more transactions to a purchaser separately identified to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, so long as (i) the aggregate purchase price received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of all such Dispositions pursuant to this clause (s) does not exceed $7,600,000, (ii) in any such Disposition, the purchase price is (x) no less than the cost value of such Service Inventory as reflected in the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and (y) paid to such Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiary 100% in cash and (iii) the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Disposition are applied to prepay the Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) as (and to the extent) required by Section 2.3(a) of the Credit Agreement, in the amounts set forth therein;

provided that, if any Permitted Disposition of Material Intellectual Property (other than the grant of a non-exclusive license thereof) is made to a Subsidiary or Affiliate who is not a Company Group Obligor, the purchaser, assignee or other transferee thereof shall agree in writing to be bound by a non-exclusive royalty-free worldwide license of such Material Intellectual Property in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for use in connection with the exercise of the

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rights and remedies of the Secured Parties, which license shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent; provided further that the foregoing proviso shall not apply to transactions that (i) have a bona fide business purpose and (ii) are not undertaken to facilitate a financing or a Restricted Payment or undertaken in connection with a liability management transaction.

“Permitted Earnouts” means, with respect to a Company Group Obligor, any obligations of such Company Group Obligor arising from a Permitted Acquisition which are payable to the seller based on the achievement of specified financial results over time and, if in excess of $2,000,000 are subject to subordination terms (or a Subordination Agreement in favor of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders) reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders.

“Permitted Encumbrances” means:

(a) Liens in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the Convertible Notes Obligations;

(b) Liens created under (i) the Revolving Loan Documents (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) to secure the Revolving Loan Indebtedness (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) that are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the Term Loan Documents to secure the Term Loan Obligations that are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, and, in case, any refinancing in respect of such Indebtedness that is incurred in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) Liens for unpaid taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies that either (i) are not yet delinquent or (ii) do not have priority over the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens and the underlying taxes, assessments, charges or levies are being Properly Contested;

(d) judgment Liens arising solely as a result of the existence of judgments, orders or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.01(c);

(e) Liens set forth on Schedule 1.01(B); provided that such Liens shall secure only the Indebtedness or other obligations which they secure on the Closing Date (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof permitted hereunder) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Company Group Obligors other than the property and assets to which they apply as of the Closing Date;

(f) the interests of lessors (and interests in the title of such lessors) under operating leases and non-exclusive licensors (and interests in the title of such licensors) under license agreements;

(g) purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and so long as (i) such Lien attaches only to the asset purchased or acquired and the proceeds thereof, and (ii) such Lien only secures the Indebtedness that was incurred to acquire the asset purchased or acquired or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(h) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers or suppliers arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and not in connection with the borrowing of money and which Liens either (i) are for sums not yet delinquent, or (ii) are being Properly Contested;

(i) Liens on amounts deposited to secure obligations of the Company Group Obligors and their Subsidiaries in connection with worker’s compensation or other unemployment insurance;

(j) Liens on amounts deposited to secure obligations of the Company Group Obligors and their Subsidiaries in connection with the making or entering into of bids, tenders, or leases in the Ordinary Course of Business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

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(k) Liens on amounts deposited to secure reimbursement obligations of the Company Group Obligors and their Subsidiaries with respect to surety or appeal bonds obtained in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(l) with respect to any Real Property, easements, rights of way, and zoning restrictions that do not materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof;

(m) to the extent constituting a Permitted Disposition, licenses of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other Intellectual Property rights;

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

(o) rights of setoff or bankers’ liens upon deposits of funds in favor of banks or other depository institutions, solely to the extent incurred in connection with the maintenance of deposit accounts of the Company Group Obligors and their Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(p) Liens granted in the Ordinary Course of Business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent such financing is permitted under the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;

(q) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(r) Liens solely on any ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money deposits made by the Company Group Obligors and their Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment;

(s) Liens that secure Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted under clause (o) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;

(t) other Liens as to which the aggregate amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $1,500,000;

(u) Liens on amounts deposited to secure obligations in respect of (x) netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements and (y) letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments, in each case, permitted under clause (n) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;

(v) Liens that secure Indebtedness permitted under clause (v) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”; and

(w) Liens that secure Indebtedness permitted under clause (w) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness.”

“Permitted Holders” means each of (a) the Initial Purchaser and any funds, limited partnerships or investment vehicles (including co-investment vehicles) managed or advised by the Initial Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, (b) any investors (including limited partners) in the Persons identified in clause (a) who are investors in such Persons as of the Closing Date, and from time to time, invest directly or indirectly in the Company, (c) any Affiliates of any of the foregoing Person(s) described in clause (a) or clause (b), or any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of any such Person(s), or any funds, limited partnerships or investment vehicles (including co-investment vehicles) managed or advised by any such Person(s), or over which any such Person(s) exercise governance rights or have an advisory relationship, and (d) any group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of which the Persons described in clauses(a), (b) or (c) above are members; provided that (i) without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Persons described in clauses(a), (b) and (c) above, collectively, beneficially own (as defined in Rules 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) Equity Interests representing at least a majority of the

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aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interest of the Company then held by such group, and (ii) to the extent that beneficial ownership of Equity Interests of any member of such group is attributed to one or more other members of such group, each such member of the group that is by attribution deemed to be the beneficial owner of such additional Equity Interests shall also be deemed to be a Permitted Holder.

“Permitted Indebtedness” means:

(a) the Convertible Notes Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness as of the Closing Date set forth on Schedule 1.01(C) hereto and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness;

(c) Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time;

(d) endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit;

(e) Indebtedness consisting of guarantees permitted under this Indenture;

(f) Indebtedness incurred on the date of the consummation of a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment solely for the purpose of consummating such Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment; provided that (i) such Indebtedness shall at all times be unsecured, (ii) such Indebtedness is not incurred for working capital purposes, (iii) such Indebtedness shall not amortize or mature prior to the date that is six months after the Maturity Date and such Indebtedness shall not provide for the payment of interest thereon in cash or Cash Equivalents prior to the date that is six (6) months after the Maturity Date, (iv) such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Notes Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders; and (v) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $12,000,000 at any time;

(g) Acquired Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Acquired Indebtedness; provided that (i) such Indebtedness shall at all times be unsecured, and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time;

(h) Indebtedness (x) constituting deferred purchase price obligations arising in connection with Permitted Acquisitions and other Permitted Investments, (y) under Permitted Seller Notes and Permitted Earnouts arising in connection with Permitted Acquisitions and other Permitted Investments, and (z) under non-compete payment obligations arising in connection with Permitted Acquisitions and other Permitted Investments, provided that, (i) such Indebtedness shall at all times be unsecured, and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time;

(i) Indebtedness incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business under performance, surety, bid, statutory, or appeal bonds;

(j) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability or other insurance to any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is outstanding only during such year;

(k) Indebtedness consisting of Interest Rate ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Foreign Currency ▇▇▇▇▇▇ that is incurred for the bona fide purpose of hedging the interest rate, commodity or foreign currency risks associated with the operations of the Company Group Obligors and their Subsidiaries and not for speculative purposes;

(l) unsecured Indebtedness of the Company owing to former employees, officers or directors (or any spouses, ex-spouses or estates of any of the foregoing) incurred in connection with the repurchase by the Company of the Equity Interests of the Company that has been issued to such Persons, so long as (i) such

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Indebtedness shall at all times be unsecured; (ii) such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Notes Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders; and (iii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $1,500,000 at any time;

(m) Indebtedness constituting Permitted Investments;

(n) Indebtedness in respect of (x) netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements in the Ordinary Course of Business and (y) letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries that are (i) outstanding as of [ ], 2025 (and any renewals or extensions thereof) or (ii) entered into after the [ ], 2025; provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness under this clause (n)(y)(ii) shall not exceed $3,000,000 at any time;

(o) Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company; provided that (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $3,000,000 at any time and (ii) such Indebtedness is not directly or indirectly recourse to any of the Company Group Obligors or of their respective assets;

(p) Indebtedness of any Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries in respect of Permitted Intercompany Advances;

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

(r) any other Indebtedness which is unsecured (or, to the extent a Lien securing such Indebtedness constitutes a Permitted Encumbrance, secured Indebtedness) incurred by any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (q) above, and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness outstanding at any one time shall not exceed an amount equal to $7,500,000;

(s) any other unsecured Subordinated Indebtedness incurred by any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness) not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (r) above; provided that (i) on the date such Indebtedness is incurred and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $15,000,000;

(t) the Revolving Loan Indebtedness (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) (and any refinancing in respect of such Revolving Loan Indebtedness that is incurred in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement);

(u) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of the Qualified Contributions made to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(v) Indebtedness pursuant to the Term Loan Documents (and any refinancing in respect of such Indebtedness that is incurred in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement); and

(w) from and after the Discharge of OC III Senior Term Loan Obligations (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), Indebtedness pursuant to a working capital revolving facility in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders (and any refinancing thereof).

“Permitted Intercompany Advances” means any loans and/or advances made:

(a) pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Transfer Pricing Program;

(b) by a Company Group Obligor to another Company Group Obligor;

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(c) by a Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is not a Company Group Obligor to another Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is not a Company Group Obligor;

(d) by a Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is not a Company Group Obligor to a Company Group Obligor; and

(e) by a Company Group Obligor to a Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is not a Company Group Obligor; provided that (i) the aggregate amount of all such loans and advances made after the Closing Date at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $2,500,000; (ii) on the date any such loan or advance is made and after giving effect thereto, each of the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied; and (iii) in connection with any loan or advance made for purposes of funding a Permitted Acquisition, such loan or advance shall promptly be repaid in full by such Subsidiary to such Company Group Obligor if such Permitted Acquisition is not consummated within 30 days of the making of such loan or advance.

“Permitted Investments” means:

(a) Investments in (i) cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) Foreign Cash Equivalents, and (iii) readily marketable United States corporate securities that are made in compliance with the Cash Management Policy;

(b) Investments in negotiable instruments deposited or to be deposited for collection in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(c) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(d) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries effected in the Ordinary Course of Business or owing to any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of an Insolvency Event involving a Customer or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries;

(e) Investments owned by any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date;

(f) guarantees permitted under Section 4.18;

(g) Permitted Intercompany Advances, so long as, (i) the applicable loan or advance is evidenced by a promissory note on terms and conditions (including terms subordinating payment of the Indebtedness evidenced by such note to the prior Payment in Full of all of the Convertible Notes Obligations) acceptable to the Required Holders (it being understood and agreed that the form and substance of the Subordinated Intercompany Note (as defined in the Credit Agreement) is acceptable to the Required Holders) and (ii) such note has been delivered to Agent either endorsed in blank or together with an undated instrument of transfer executed in blank by the applicable Company Group Obligors that are the payees on such note;

(h) Investments in the form of capital contributions and the acquisition of Equity Interests made by any Company Group Obligor in any other Company Group Obligor (other than capital contributions to or the acquisition of Equity Interests of the Company);

(i) Equity Interests or other securities acquired in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to a Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries (in bankruptcy of Customers or suppliers or otherwise outside the Ordinary Course of Business) or as security for any such Indebtedness or claims;

(j) deposits of cash made in the Ordinary Course of Business to secure performance of operating leases;

(k) (i) non-cash loans and advances to employees, officers and directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests in the Company, so long as the proceeds of such loans or advances are used in their entirety to purchase such Equity Interests in the Company, and

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(ii) loans and advances to employees and officers of any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business for any other business purpose and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 at any one time;

(l) Permitted Acquisitions and Specified Immaterial Acquisitions;

(m) Investments resulting from entering into (i) Interest Rate ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Foreign Currency ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Cash Management Products and Services, or (ii) agreements relative to Indebtedness that is permitted under clause (j) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;

(n) equity Investments by any Company Group Obligor in any Subsidiary of such Company Group Obligor which is required by Applicable Law to maintain a minimum net capital requirement or as may be otherwise required by Applicable Law;

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

(p) any Investment by way of (i) merger, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization, (ii) reclassification of Equity Interests; or (iii) transfer of assets, in each case solely to the extent permitted by Section 4.25;

(q) to the extent constituting an Investment, any Restricted Payment to the extent permitted by Section 4.23; and

(r) any other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 outstanding at any time; provided that (i) on the date any Investment is made and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (ii) on the date any Investment is made which would cause the aggregate amount of all Investments outstanding under this clause (r) to exceed the greater of $1,400,000, and after giving effect to such Investment, each of the other Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied.

“Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, Indebtedness (other than the Convertible Notes Obligations, but including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred after the Closing Date and at the time of, or within 90 days after, the acquisition of any fixed assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition cost thereof.

“Permitted Seller Note” means a promissory note with respect to unsecured Indebtedness of any Company Group Obligor incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment and payable to the seller in connection therewith (excluding Indebtedness arising from deferred purchase price obligations) and, if the initial principal amount of such promissory note is equal to or greater than $1,500,000, containing subordination terms (or subject to a Subordination Agreement in favor of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders) and other terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Required Holders.

“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, institution, public benefit corporation, joint venture, entity or Governmental Body (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).

“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Benefit Plan and a Multiemployer Plan, as defined herein) maintained by any Company Group Obligor or to which any Company Group Obligor is required to contribute or, solely with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, maintained by any member of the Controlled Group or to which any member of the Controlled Group is required to contribute.

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“Pledged Collateral” means the Equity Interests owned by the Guarantors described on Schedule 1.01(D) attached hereto and made a part hereof, together with any additions, exchanges, replacements and substitutions therefor, dividends and distributions with respect thereto, and the proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, all of the stock, membership interests or units and/or partnership units in the Persons listed on Schedule 1.01(D) attached hereto, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such Guarantor or in which such Guarantor now or hereafter has any rights, options or warrants, together with any certificates representing such interest and all rights (but none of the obligations) under or arising out of the applicable Organizational Documents of such Persons.

“Prior Loan Documents” means, collectively, the Term Loan Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2018, as heretofore amended, modified and supplemented, by and among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as agent, and the lenders party thereto, and all of the other agreements, documents and instruments executed and/or delivered in connection therewith or related thereto.

“Properly Contested” means, in the case of any Indebtedness, Lien or Taxes, as applicable, of any Person that are not paid as and when due or payable by reason of such Person’s bona fide dispute concerning its liability to pay the same or concerning the amount thereof: (a) such Indebtedness, Lien or Taxes, as applicable, are being properly contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted; (b) such Person has established appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with GAAP; (c) the non-payment of such Indebtedness or Taxes will not have a Material Adverse Effect or will not result in the forfeiture of any assets of such Person; (d) except for Permitted Encumbrances set forth in clause (c) of the definition thereof, no Lien is imposed upon any of such Person’s assets with respect to such Indebtedness or taxes unless such Lien (x) does not attach to any Receivables or Inventory, (y) is at all times junior and subordinate in priority to the Liens in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent (except only with respect to property Taxes that have priority as a matter of applicable state law) and (z) enforcement of such Lien is stayed during the period prior to the final resolution or disposition of such dispute; and (e) if such Indebtedness or Lien, as applicable, results from, or is determined by the entry, rendition or issuance against a Person or any of its assets of a judgment, writ, order or decree, enforcement of such judgment, writ, order or decree is stayed pending a timely appeal or other judicial review.

“Qualified Cash” means, as of any date of determination, so long as the Company is in compliance with Section 6.15(b) of the Credit Agreement, all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company which is maintained in a Depository Account that is subject to a Control Agreement; provided that, prior to the post-closing deadline for delivering Control Agreements set forth in Section 6.15(b) of the Credit Agreement, Qualified Cash shall include consolidated unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company Group Obligors held in Depository Accounts in the United States.

“Qualified Contribution” means cash proceeds from (a) one or more cash equity contributions made, directly or indirectly, to the Company by its equity holders in exchange for Qualified Equity Interests of the Company or (b) Subordinated Indebtedness issued by the Company in favor of any direct or indirect holder of its Equity Interests, so long as such Indebtedness has been subordinated in right of payment and priority (if secured) to the Convertible Notes Obligations in a manner satisfactory to the Required Holders in their sole discretion.

“Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests issued by the Company (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.

“RCRA” means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq., as same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“Real Property” means all of the real property owned, leased or operated by any Company Group Obligor on or after the Closing Date, together with, in each case, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures, equipment, personal property, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

“Receivables” means and includes, as to each Company Group Obligor, all of such Company Group Obligor’s accounts (as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) and all of such Company Group Obligor’s contract rights, instruments (including those evidencing indebtedness owed to such Company Group Obligor by its Affiliates), documents, chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper), general intangibles relating to accounts, contract rights, instruments, documents and chattel paper, and drafts and acceptances, credit card receivables and all other forms of obligations owing to such Company Group Obligor arising out of or in connection with the sale

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or lease of Inventory or the rendition of services, all supporting obligations, guarantees and other security therefor, whether secured or unsecured, now existing or hereafter created, and whether or not specifically sold or assigned to the Notes Collateral Agent hereunder.

“Recurring Royalty Revenue” means revenue received and recognized by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Format Development Agreement relating to the LTO Program.

“Refinancing Indebtedness” means any refinancing, renewal or extension of Indebtedness so long as:

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

(b) such refinancing, renewal or extension does not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity (measured as of the date of the refinancing, renewal or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed or extended, and such refinancing, renewal or extension is not on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are less favorable to the interests of the Secured Parties than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being refinanced, renewed or extended;

(c) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended was Subordinated Indebtedness, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal or extension shall include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Secured Parties as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed or extended Indebtedness; and

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

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [ ], 2025, by and among the Company and certain Holders named therein, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time.

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time.

“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time.

“Reportable ERISA Event” means a reportable event described in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations promulgated thereunder, other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived.

“Repurchase Upon Delisting Event” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 3.05.

“Required Holders” means, at any time, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates).

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

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

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders and the respective successors and assigns of each of them.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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“Security Agreement” means any security agreement executed by any Guarantor in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent or Trustee securing the Convertible Notes Obligations or the Guaranty of such Guarantor, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Required Holders (it being agreed that the form attached as Exhibit G is satisfactory to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Required Holders).

“Security Documents” means, collectively, this Indenture, the Security Agreement, any control agreements required under the Convertible Notes Documents, the other security agreements relating to the Collateral and the mortgages and instruments filed and recorded in appropriate jurisdictions to preserve and protect the Liens on the Collateral (including, without limitation, financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant states) applicable to the Collateral, each for the benefit of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee, as amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Senior Priority Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Senior Priority Obligations” means the OC III Senior Term Loan Obligations as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Service Inventory” means Inventory consisting of (a) component parts used to repair defective products and (b) finished units provided for Customer use either permanently or on a temporary basis while a defective product is being repaired and, in each case, specified as “service parts inventories” (or with a similar description) on the balance sheets of the Company Group Obligors.

“Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.

“Specified Immaterial Acquisition” means an acquisition by a Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries of the assets, Equity Interests or of any division or line of business of another Person (the “Target”); provided that:

(a) on the date of any such acquisition and after giving pro forma effect thereto, (i) Liquidity shall be equal to or greater than $25,000,000 and (ii) no Event of Default shall exist or shall have occurred and be continuing;

(b) the total consideration, including the purchase price and liabilities assumed (including, without limitation, all Acquired Indebtedness, Indebtedness under Permitted Seller Notes and Permitted Earnouts but excluding consideration in the form of issuance of Equity Interests permitted hereunder or paid with the proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests permitted hereunder), of any individual acquisition shall not exceed $2,500,000 and for all such acquisitions shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate;

(c) [reserved];

(d) the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the conduct of business covenant set forth in Section 4.17; and

(e) the Company and its Subsidiaries are (or will be within the specified timeframes) in compliance with the covenants relating to the guaranties and collateral set forth in Article XII.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means: (a) Indebtedness under any Permitted Seller Notes (to the extent required to be subordinated pursuant to the definition thereof), (b) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Earnouts (to the extent required to be subordinated pursuant to the definition thereof), and (c) any other unsecured Indebtedness of any Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries incurred from time to time that is subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Notes Obligations and that (i) is guaranteed by the Company Group Obligors, (ii) is not subject to scheduled amortization, redemption, sinking fund or similar payment and does not have a final maturity, in each case, on or before the date that is six months after the Maturity Date, (iii) does not include any covenant (including without limitation any financial covenant) or agreement that is more restrictive or onerous on any Company Group Obligor in

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any material respect than any comparable covenant in the Agreement; provided that with respect to any financial covenant, such covenant shall not be more restrictive or onerous on any Company Group Obligor in any respect, and (iv) contains customary subordination (including customary payment blocks during a payment default under any “senior debt” designated thereunder) and turnover provisions and shall be limited to cross-payment default and cross-acceleration to other “senior debt” designated thereunder.

“Subordination Agreement” means any subordination agreement by and among the Notes Collateral Agent, any Company Group Obligor and any holder of Subordinated Indebtedness, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time.

“Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” of any Person means a corporation or other entity whose Equity Interests having ordinary voting power (other than Equity Interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation, or other Persons performing similar functions for such entity, are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

“Subsidiary Stock” means (a) with respect to the Equity Interests issued to a Company Group Obligor by any Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary), 100% of such issued and outstanding Equity Interests, and (b) with respect to any Equity Interests issued to a Company Group Obligor by any Foreign Subsidiary (i) 100% of such issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and (ii) 65% (or such greater percentage that could not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) of such issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956 2(c)(2)).

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Body, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Tenth Amendment” means the Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2024, by and among the Term Loan Agent, the Term Loan Lenders party thereto, and the Loan Parties.

“Tenth Amendment Warrants” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(w) of the Tenth Amendment.

“Term Loan Agent” means Alter Domus (US) LLC, in its capacity as agent under the Credit Agreement, and any successor or permitted assign in such capacity.

“Term Loan Deferred Cash Interest Amount” means the principal amount of $[  ], the amount of accrued but unpaid interest (including any applicable premium) owed by the Company to the Initial Purchaser as the “Deferred Cash Interest Amount” under the Credit Agreement as of the Closing Date.

“Term Loan Documents” means, collectively, the Credit Agreement, all notes, guarantees, security agreements, pledge agreements, intercreditor agreements, fee letters and all other agreements, documents and

instruments executed and/or delivered in connection therewith or related thereto, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Term Loan Lenders” means the financial institutions which are now or which hereafter become a party to the Credit Agreement as a lender (together with their respective successors and assigns).

“Term Loan Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (monetary or otherwise) of the Company and the Guarantors under the Credit Agreement and the other Term Loan Documents, including, without limitation, all principal, interest (including interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable in such proceeding), fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

“Term Pari Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

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“Termination Event” means: (a) a Reportable ERISA Event with respect to any Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Company Group Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group from a Pension Benefit Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) the providing of notice of intent to terminate a Pension Benefit Plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) any event or condition (i) which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or (ii) that results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A of ERISA; (f) the partial or complete withdrawal, within the meaning of Section 4203 or 4205 of ERISA, of any Company Group Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group from a Multiemployer Plan; (g) notice that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent, upon any Company Group Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group.

“Toxic Substance” means and includes any material present on any Real Property owned or leased by any Company Group Obligor (including the Leasehold Interests) which has been shown to have significant adverse effect on human health or which is subject to regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq., applicable state law, or any other applicable Federal or state laws now in force or hereafter enacted relating to toxic substances. “Toxic Substance” includes but is not limited to asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and lead-based paints.

“Trading Day” means any day on which trading in Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day. A Trading Day will not include after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session of 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. New York City Time.

“Transfer Pricing Program” means the transactions between the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of the Company pursuant to which the Company, directly or indirectly, reimburses expenses incurred by its Subsidiaries in the operation of the business, in each case, in accordance with Applicable Law, in the Ordinary Course of Business and in a manner consistent with past practice.

“Trust Officer” means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” means such successor Trustee.

“UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Notes Collateral Agent’s security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a U.S. jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.

“U.S. Dollars” and the symbol “$” each means currency of the United States of America.

“Vehicles” means all railcars, cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving equipment and other vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state and all tires and other appurtenances to any of the foregoing.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a subsidiary of such Person, all of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

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Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

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Section 1.03 [Reserved].

Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

(d) “including” means including without limitation;

(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness; and

(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Amount of Notes; Additional Notes.

All Notes shall be substantially identical in all respects other than issue prices, issuance dates, first interest payment amount, first interest payment date and denominations. Additional Notes may be issued from time to time by the Company subject to the consent of the Initial Purchaser and, when issued, shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes; provided, such Additional Notes will not be issued with the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes unless such Additional Notes are fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments and offers to purchase.

Subject to Section 2.03, the Trustee shall authenticate the Initial Notes for original issue on the Closing Date in the aggregate principal amount of $[  ]. With respect to any Additional Notes issued, there shall be established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, and subject to Section 2.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes:

(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (which shall be calculated without reference to any Additional Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.07 or 2.09 or Exhibit A or any Additional Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

(b) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest on such Additional Notes shall accrue; and

(c) if applicable, that such Additional Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositories for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends that shall be borne by any such Global Notes in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.3 of Exhibit A in which any such Global Notes may be exchanged in whole or in part for Additional Notes registered, and any transfer of such Global Notes in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depository for such Global Note or a nominee thereof.

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If any of the terms of any Additional Notes are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate or the trust indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Notes

Section 2.02 Form and Dating.

Provisions relating to the Notes are set forth in Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication and any Notes shall be substantially in the form of Appendix I to Exhibit A which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and “institutional accredited investors” as that term is defined in subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act shall include the form of assignment set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S (other than Notes offered on the Closing Date) shall include the form of certificate set forth in Exhibit B. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage; provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.

Section 2.03 Execution and Authentication.

An Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual, electronic or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

Subject to the conditions and terms herein, at any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver the Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company in the form of an Officer’s Certificate for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order of the Company shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Notes if the issue thereof will adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture.

Section 2.04 Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent.

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”) or for exchange for Common Stock (the “Exchange Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more registrars for so long as the Notes are held in registered form, and one or more co-registrars. The Company initially appoints the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office to act as the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent under this Indenture.

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The Registrars and the transfer agents will maintain a register reflecting ownership of Notes in the form of Definitive Notes (as defined in Exhibit A) outstanding from time to time, if any, and will make payments on and facilitate transfers of Definitive Notes on behalf of the Company. Each transfer agent shall perform the functions of a transfer agent. The Registrar will inform the company of any transfers of Definitive Notes.

The Company may change any Paying Agent, Exchange Agent, Registrar or transfer agent for the Notes without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Exchange Agent or Registrar in respect of the Notes.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent, Exchange Agent or transfer agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent, Exchange Agent or transfer agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Exchange Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.

Section 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold the Notes in Trust. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company or any Guarantor in making any such payment. If the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.05, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

Section 2.06 Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company on its own behalf and on the behalf of each of the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee, at such times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders and the Company and the Guarantors shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes. If a mutilated security is surrendered to a Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that such Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent for such Note, the Registrar for such Note and any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of Company.

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Subject to Section 14.05, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) maturing and such Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

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Section 2.09 Temporary Notes. Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes and deliver them in exchange for temporary Notes. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Notes representing an equal principal amount of Notes. Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of definitive Notes.

Section 2.10 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. Any Registrar and any Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act), in accordance with the Trustee’s customary procedures, all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver cancelled Notes to the Company upon a written direction of the Company. Except as expressly permitted herein, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

If the Company or any Guarantor acquires any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.10. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a registration of transfer or exchange of such Notes.

At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for definitive Notes, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Securities Custodian with respect to such Global Note to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

Section 2.11 Defaulted Interest. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Note, all due and unpaid Convertible Notes Obligations shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 2.0% in excess of the interest rate applicable to the Notes (plus interest on such defaulted interest at such rate, to the extent lawful), which interest shall be payable in cash. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such defaulted interest, which date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 14.01, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such defaulted interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the Close of Business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable.

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The Company may make payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

Section 2.12 CUSIP Numbers or ISINs. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers, “ISINs” or other similar numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers, “ISINs” or other similar numbers as a convenience to Holders in any notice; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in the “CUSIP” number, “ISIN” or other similar number that appears on any Note, check or advice of payment notice, and any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number, ISIN or other similar numbers.

Section 2.13 Computation of Interest. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, compounded annually on each anniversary of the Closing Date. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Closing Date, until the principal hereof is due.

Section 2.14 Payment of Interest.

(a) The Company shall pay interest on the Notes in kind (“PIK Interest”). Such PIK Interest shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.14(b) (each a “PIK Payment”) at a rate of 10.00% per annum (the “PIK Rate”).

(b) PIK Interest on the Notes will be payable (x) with respect to Notes represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, the Depository or its nominee on the relevant record date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Global Note by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest cent) and (y) with respect to Notes not represented by Global Notes, by automatically increasing on the applicable interest payment date the principal amount of such outstanding Note by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded to the nearest cent). Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the Notes will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Payment. All amounts added to the Notes pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on the Maturity Date and will be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture and shall have the same rights and benefits as the Notes issued on the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, all interest on the Notes shall be paid in kind and compounded as set forth above, and no interest shall be paid in cash except as expressly required by this Indenture in connection with a redemption, default or other event specifically providing for cash settlement.

(c) The calculation of PIK Interest will be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate, and such calculation and verifying the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee. PIK Interest on the Notes will be paid in denominations of $0.01 and integral multiples of $0.01 in excess thereof.

(d) So long as any amount of the Term Loan Deferred Cash Interest Amount remains outstanding, the daily outstanding amount of such Term Loan Deferred Cash Interest Amount (and all interest compounded thereon) shall bear interest at a rate equal [  ]%, determined based on a year of 360 days, and with such interest compounded annually on each anniversary of the Closing Date.

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Section 2.15 Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Exchanged.

(a) If only a portion of a Definitive Note of a Holder is to be exchanged pursuant to Article X, then, as soon as reasonably practicable after such Definitive Note is surrendered for such exchange, the Company will cause such Definitive Note to be exchanged for (i) one or more Definitive Notes that are in amounts of $1.00 or whole multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Definitive Note that is not to be so exchanged and deliver such Definitive Note(s) to such Holder; and (ii) a Definitive Note having a principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so exchanged which Definitive Note will be exchanged pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Definitive Note referred to in this clause (ii) need not be issued at any time after which such principal amount subject to such exchange is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.08.

(b) If a Definitive Note (or any portion thereof that has not theretofore been exchanged pursuant to Section 2.15(a)) of a Holder is to be exchanged pursuant to Article X, then, promptly after the later of the time such Definitive Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.08 and the time such Definitive Note is surrendered for such conversion (i) such Definitive Note will be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.10; and (ii) in the case of a partial conversion, the Company will issue, execute and deliver to such Holder, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Definitive Notes that (x) are in amounts of $1.00 or whole multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Definitive Note that is not to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required in accordance with Section 2.02.

(c) If a Global Note (or any portion thereof) is to be exchanged pursuant to Article X, then, promptly after the time such Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.08, the Trustee will reflect a decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note to be so exchanged by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if the principal amount of such Global Note is zero following such notation, cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.10).

ARTICLE III

EXCHANGE

Section 3.01 Mandatory Exchange at Maturity.

(a) At the Company’s option, all outstanding principal amount, accrued and unpaid interest and premium, if any, of all Notes that remain outstanding on the Maturity Date shall be exchanged for shares of Common Stock on the Maturity Date (the “Mandatory Maturity Exchange”) on not less than 30 calendar days’ written notice by the Company to the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (the “Maturity Exchange Notice”); provided, however, that a Mandatory Maturity Exchange shall be effective only if the Equity Conditions shall have been satisfied as of the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, for the purposes of the Mandatory Maturity Exchange only, the applicable Exchange Price shall be equal to 80% of the Market Price (as defined below).

(b) For purposes of this Section 3.01, “Market Price” means the average of the Daily VWAP for each of the five lowest consecutive Trading Days during the 20 consecutive Trading Days ending on (and including) the Trading Day immediately prior to the Maturity Date.

(c) The Maturity Exchange Notice shall specify (i) the anticipated aggregate principal amount, accrued and unpaid interest and premium, if any, of the Notes subject to exchange on the Maturity Date, including a detailed calculation thereof, (ii) the Maturity Date and (iii) the name and address of the Exchange Agent.

(d) On the Maturity Date, the Company shall (i) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holders, the shares of Common Stock that are issuable pursuant to the Mandatory Maturity Exchange (the “Maturity Date Shares”) and (ii) deliver to each Holder, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent a written notice (the “Maturity Date Notice”). The Maturity Date Notice shall specify: (A) the Market Price applied for the exchange, including a detailed calculation thereof, and (B) reasonable evidence of satisfaction of the Equity Conditions as of the Maturity Date.

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(e) If, during the 20 consecutive Trading Days following the Maturity Date, the average of the Daily VWAP for the five lowest consecutive Trading Days in such period (the “True-Up Price”) is less than the Market Price as determined in clause (b) above, the Company shall deliver to the Holders whose Notes were exchanged pursuant to the Mandatory Maturity Exchange, as additional consideration, such additional number of shares of Common Stock (the “True-Up Shares”) as is necessary such that, when added to the Maturity Date Shares, the effective Market Price with respect to such Mandatory Maturity Exchange equals 80% of the True-Up Price, with such delivery to be made within two Business Days following the end of such 20 Trading Day period following the Maturity Date (the “True-Up,” and such date of delivery of additional consideration pursuant to the True-Up, the “True-Up Delivery Date”).

(f) On the True-Up Delivery Date, the Company shall deliver to each Holder, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent a written notice (the “True-Up Notice”). The True-Up Notice shall specify (i) the True-Up Price, including a detailed calculation thereof, (ii) reasonable evidence of satisfaction of the Equity Conditions as of the True-Up Delivery Date and (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the True-Up and detailed calculations thereof; provided that, if the Company fails to satisfy the Equity Conditions as of the True-Up Delivery Date, in lieu of delivering the True-Up Shares, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee and the Holders, as applicable, cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) the number of True-Up Shares and (ii) the Last Reported Sale Price on the True-Up Delivery Date.

(g) The procedures for settlement, delivery of shares, treatment of fractional shares and payment of taxes in connection with an exchange pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall be governed by, and subject to, Article X (including, without limitation, Section 10.03 (Settlement of Exchange Privilege), Section 10.05 (Fractions of Shares), Section 10.06 (Quarterly Resets; Anti-Dilution Protection), Section 10.07 (Adjustments of Prices)) Section 10.09 (Certain Covenants), Section 10.10 (Taxes on Exchanges) and Section 10.16 (Exchange Failure), mutatis mutandis.

Section 3.02 Mandatory Exchange at the Election of the Company.

(a) Beginning on the date that is the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, and subject at all times to satisfaction of the Equity Conditions and the terms set forth in this Section 3.02, the Company may, at its election, require the exchange of a portion of the total aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes as of the date of original issuance (together with any PIK Interest on such principal amount, the “Note Outstanding Amount”) into shares of Common Stock at the then-applicable Exchange Price, in accordance with the following schedule and conditions (each, a “Company Mandatory Exchange” and, together with a Mandatory Maturity Exchange, a “Mandatory Exchange”):

(i) The Company may require the exchange of 20% of the Note Outstanding Amount if, at any time, the average of the Daily VWAP for 10 consecutive Trading Days (“10-Day VWAP”) exceeds 250% of the then-applicable Exchange Price.

(ii) The Company may require the exchange of an additional 20% of the Note Outstanding Amount if, at any time, the 10-Day VWAP exceeds 300% of the then-applicable Exchange Price.

(iii) The Company may require the exchange of an additional 30% of the Note Outstanding Amount if, at any time, the 10-Day VWAP exceeds 350% of the then-applicable Exchange Price.

(iv) The Company may require the exchange of the remaining Note Outstanding Amount if, at any time, the 10-Day VWAP exceeds 400% of the then-applicable Exchange Price.

(b) The Company may require a Company Mandatory Exchange pursuant to each of the conditions set forth in Section 3.02(a)(i) through (iv) one time each.

(c) The Company’s right to require any Mandatory Exchange pursuant to this Section 3.02 is subject to the satisfaction of the Equity Conditions as of the date of the Company Mandatory Exchange Notice and through the applicable Mandatory Exchange Date.

(d) Any Company Mandatory Exchange pursuant to this Section 3.02 shall be effected on a pro rata basis among all outstanding Notes, such that the applicable percentage of the Note Outstanding Amount subject to the Company Mandatory Exchange shall be applied equally to each Note then outstanding, and each Holder shall be required to exchange the same proportion of the principal amount of its Notes as is required of all other Holders.

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(e) If the Company elects to require a Company Mandatory Exchange, the Company will send notice of the Company Mandatory Exchange prior to noon, New York City time (a “Company Mandatory Exchange Notice”; the date of such notice, the “Company Mandatory Exchange Notice Date”), electronically or by first-class mail, with a copy to (x) the Trustee and (y) each Holder to the address of such Holder appearing in the notes register, and, if applicable with respect to any Global Note, otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC.

The Company Mandatory Exchange Notice shall state:

(i) that the Notes have been called for Company Mandatory Exchange pursuant to this Section 3.02;

(ii) the applicable clause of the Company Mandatory Exchange pursuant to Section 3.02(a);

(iii) both the aggregate and applicable Note Outstanding Amount subject to such Company Mandatory Exchange;

(iv) the date on which such exchange will occur (the “Mandatory Exchange Date”); provided that, such date shall be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than five, nor less than three, Business Days after the Company Mandatory Exchange Notice Date;

(v) the Exchange Price (including the calculation showing any adjustments applicable pursuant to this Indenture) applicable for such Company Mandatory Exchange, and the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued for conversion;

(vi) the name and address of the Exchange Agent;

(vii) the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of such Notes (provided that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes); and

(viii) reasonable evidence of satisfaction of the applicable 10-Day VWAP and Equity Conditions as of the Company Mandatory Exchange Notice Date.

Section 3.03 Effect of Company Mandatory Exchange Notice. Once the Company delivers a Company Mandatory Exchange Notice in accordance with Section 3.02, the specified portion of the Notes subject to such notice (the “Mandatory Exchange Amount”) shall become mandatorily exchangeable into shares of Common Stock on the Mandatory Exchange Date set forth in the notice, at the then-applicable Exchange Price and in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon the Mandatory Exchange Date, the Company shall deliver to the Holders the applicable number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article X. From and after the Mandatory Exchange Date, unless the Company fails to deliver the shares of Common Stock as required, interest shall cease to accrue on such portion of the Note Outstanding Amount subject to the Company Mandatory Exchange.

Section 3.04 Deposit of Exchange Shares(a) . On the Mandatory Exchange Date, the Company shall (i) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Exchange Agent or the applicable Holders the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Mandatory Exchange Amount and (ii) a notice to the Trustee and the Holders that provides reasonable evidence of satisfaction of the Equity Conditions on the Mandatory Exchange Date. The procedures for settlement, delivery of shares, treatment of fractional shares and payment of taxes in connection with an exchange pursuant to Section 3.02 shall be governed by, and subject to, Article X (including, without limitation, Section 10.03 (Settlement of Exchange Privilege), Section 10.05 (Fractions of Shares), Section 10.06 (Quarterly Resets; Anti-Dilution Protection), Section 10.07 (Adjustments of Prices)) Section 10.09 (Certain Covenants), Section 10.10 (Taxes on Exchanges) and Section 10.16 (Exchange Failure), mutatis mutandis.

Section 3.05 Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a Delisting Event.

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(a) Subject to the other terms of this Section 3.05, if a Delisting Event occurs, then each Holder will have the right (the “Delisting Event Repurchase Right”), at any time after the Discharge of OC III Term Loans, to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in amounts of $1.00 or whole multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof) on the Delisting Event Repurchase Date at the then-applicable Delisting Event Repurchase Price.

(b) If a Delisting Event Repurchase Date is after a record date and on or before the next interest payment date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such record date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Repurchase Upon Delisting Event, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such interest payment date, the unpaid interest in cash that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such interest payment date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such interest payment date, if such Delisting Event Repurchase Date is before such interest payment date); and (ii) the Delisting Event Repurchase Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Delisting Event Repurchase Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an interest payment date is not a Business Day and such Delisting Event Repurchase Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such interest payment date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such interest payment date will be paid on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding record date; and (y) the Delisting Event Repurchase Price will include interest on Notes to be repurchased from, and including, such interest payment date.

(c) On or before the twentieth calendar day before the effective date of a Delisting Event, the Company will send to each Holder, the Trustee and the Paying Agent a notice of such Delisting Event (a “Delisting Event Repurchase Notice”). Such Delisting Event Repurchase Notice must state:

(i) briefly, the events causing such Delisting Event;

(ii) the effective date of such Delisting Event;

(iii) the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase its Notes pursuant to this Section 3.05, including the deadline for exercising the Delisting Event Repurchase Right and the procedures for submitting and withdrawing a Delisting Event Repurchase Notice;

(iv) the Delisting Event Repurchase Date for such Delisting Event;

(v) the Delisting Event Repurchase Price per $1.00 principal amount of Notes for such Delisting Event (and, if such Delisting Event Repurchase Date is after a record date and on or before the next interest payment date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the definition thereof and Section 3.05(b));

(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and Trustee;

(vii) the Exchange Price in effect on the date of such Delisting Event Repurchase Notice and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Exchange Price that may result from such Delisting Event;

(viii) that Notes for which a Delisting Event Repurchase Notice has been duly tendered and not duly withdrawn must be delivered to the Paying Agent for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the Delisting Event Repurchase Price;

(ix) that Notes (or any portion thereof) that are subject to a Delisting Event Repurchase Notice that have been duly tendered may be exchanged only if such Delisting Event Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture; and

(x) the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.

Neither the failure to deliver a Delisting Event Repurchase Notice nor any defect in a Delisting Event Repurchase Notice will limit the Delisting Event Repurchase Right of any Holder or otherwise affect the validity of any proceedings relating to any Repurchase Upon Delisting Event.

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(d) To exercise its Delisting Event Repurchase Right for a Note following a Delisting Event, the Holder thereof must deliver:

(i) to the Paying Agent, before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Delisting Event Repurchase Date (or such later time as may be required by law), a duly completed, written Delisting Event Repurchase Exercise Notice with respect to such Note; and

(ii) such Note, to the Trustee duly endorsed for transfer (if such Note is a Definitive Note) or to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer (if such Note is a Global Note).

The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of each Delisting Event Repurchase Exercise Notice that it receives.

(e) Each Delisting Event Repurchase Exercise Notice with respect to a Note must state:

(i) if such Note is a Definitive Note, the certificate number of such Note;

(ii) the principal amount of such Note to be repurchased, which must be in a minimum denomination of $0.01 or whole multiples of $0.01 in excess thereof; and

(iii) that such Holder is exercising its Delisting Event Repurchase Right with respect to such principal amount of such Note;

provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such Delisting Event Repurchase Exercise Notice must comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (and any such Delisting Event Repurchase Exercise Notice delivered in compliance with the applicable procedures of DTC will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.05(e)).

(f) A Holder that has delivered a Delisting Event Repurchase Exercise Notice with respect to a Note may withdraw such Delisting Event Repurchase Exercise Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent at any time before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately preceding the related Delisting Event Repurchase Date. Such withdrawal notice must state:

(i) if such Note is a Definitive Note, the certificate number of such Note;

(ii) the principal amount of such Note to be withdrawn, which must be in a minimum denomination of $0.01 or whole multiples of $0.01 in excess thereof; and

(iii) the principal amount of such Note, if any, that remains subject to such Delisting Event Repurchase Exercise Notice, which must be in a minimum denomination of $1.00 or whole multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof;

provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such withdrawal notice must comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (and any such withdrawal notice delivered in compliance with the applicable procedures of DTC will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.05(f)).

Upon receipt of any such withdrawal notice with respect to a Note (or any portion thereof), the Paying Agent will (x) promptly deliver a copy of such withdrawal notice to the Company; and (y) if such Note is surrendered to the Paying Agent, cause such Note (or such portion thereof in accordance with Section 2.15, treating such Note as having been then surrendered for partial repurchase in the amount set forth in such withdrawal notice as remaining subject to repurchase) to be returned to the Holder thereof (or, if applicable with respect to any Global Note, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Note in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC).

(g) The Company will cause the Delisting Event Repurchase Price for a Note (or portion thereof) to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Delisting Event to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the later of (i) the applicable Delisting Event Repurchase Date; and (ii) the date (x) such Note is delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent (in the case of a Definitive Note) or (y) the applicable procedures of DTC relating to the repurchase, and the

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delivery to the Paying Agent, of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s beneficial interest in such Note to be repurchased are complied with (in the case of a Global Note). For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to Section 3.05(b) on any Note to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Delisting Event must be paid pursuant to such Section regardless of whether such Note is delivered or such applicable procedures of DTC are complied with pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 3.05(g).

(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.05, the Company will be deemed to satisfy its obligations under this Section 3.05 if (i) one or more third parties conduct any Repurchase Upon Delisting Event and related offer to repurchase Notes otherwise required by this Section 3.05 in a manner that would have satisfied the requirements of this Section 3.05 if conducted directly by the Company; and (ii) an owner of a beneficial interest in any Note repurchased by such third party or parties will not receive a lesser amount (as a result of taxes, additional expenses or for any other reason) than such owner would have received had the Company repurchased such Note.

(i) [reserved].

(j) To the extent applicable, the Company will comply in all material respects with all federal and state securities laws in connection with a Repurchase Upon Delisting Event (including complying with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and filing any required Schedule TO, to the extent applicable) so as to permit effecting such Repurchase Upon Delisting Event in the manner set forth in this Indenture; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 3.05 conflict with any law or regulation that is applicable to the Company, the Company’s compliance with such law or regulation will not be considered to be a default of such obligations.

(k) Subject to the terms of this Section 3.05, Notes may be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Delisting Event in part, but only in a minimum denomination of $0.01 or whole multiples of $0.01 in excess thereof. Provisions of this Section 3.05 applying to the repurchase of a Note in whole will equally apply to the repurchase of a permitted portion of a Note.

(l) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Delisting Event Repurchase Right and the other terms set forth in this Section 3.05 shall only be exercisable by the Holder following the Discharge of OC III Term Loans. In no event shall any Delisting Event Repurchase Date occur at any time prior to the Discharge of OC III Term Loans; provided, however, that if a Delisting Event occurs prior to the Discharge of OC III Term Loans, each Holder shall have the right to receive a Delisting Event Repurchase Notice and deliver a Delisting Event Repurchase Exercise Notice in accordance with this Section 3.05, but the repurchase of any Notes pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall not occur, and the Delisting Event Repurchase Price shall not become due and payable, until immediately following the Discharge of OC III Term Loans, which shall be the applicable Delisting Event Repurchase Date.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Notes and Term Loan Deferred Cash Interest Amount. The Company shall pay or deliver (or cause to be paid or delivered) the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. The Company shall pay the Term Loan Deferred Cash Interest Amount (including all interest then accrued thereon pursuant to Section 2.14(d), regardless of whether otherwise then due or payable) to the Initial Purchaser on the date on which all of the Notes become due and payable in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. The Company may otherwise elect to repay the Term Loan Deferred Interest Amount (including all interest then accrued thereon pursuant to Section 2.14(d)) to the Initial Purchaser at any time and any such amounts paid by the Company at its election prior to the Notes becoming due and payable shall no longer be payable on such later date. Principal and interest, if any, shall be considered paid or delivered, as applicable, on the date due if on such date (i) in respect of any such amount required to be paid or delivered hereunder in cash, the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay such amount and (ii) in respect of such amount required to be settled hereunder in Common Stock, the Company’s transfer agent has received instructions for delivery in accordance with this Indenture of the requisite number of shares of Common Stock, and, in each case, the Trustee or the Paying Agent or the Company’s transfer agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying or delivering such money or shares of Common Stock to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

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Section 4.02 Compliance with Laws. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, comply with all Applicable Laws with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or governing the conduct or operation of its business the non-compliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (except to the extent any separate provision of this Indenture shall expressly require compliance with any particular Applicable Laws pursuant to another standard). Each Company Group Obligor may, however, contest or dispute any Applicable Laws in any reasonable manner; provided that any related Lien is inchoate or stayed and sufficient reserves are established in accordance with GAAP.

Section 4.03 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence and Assets. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, (a) conduct continuously and operate actively its business according to good business practices and maintain all of its properties useful or necessary in its business in good working order and condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted and except as may be disposed of in accordance with the terms of this Indenture), and use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce and protect the validity of any Intellectual Property right or other right included in the Collateral where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) except pursuant to a transaction permitted hereunder, keep in full force and effect its existence; and (c) make all such reports and pay all such franchise and other taxes and license fees and do all such other acts and things as may be lawfully required to maintain its rights, licenses, leases, powers and franchises under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.04 Books and Records. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, keep proper books of record and account in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects will be made of all dealings or transactions of or in relation to its business and affairs (including without limitation accruals for taxes, assessments, Charges, levies and claims, allowances against doubtful Receivables and accruals for depreciation, obsolescence or amortization of assets), all in accordance with, or as required by, GAAP.

Section 4.05 Payment of Taxes. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, pay, when due, all material taxes, assessments and other Charges lawfully levied or assessed upon it or any of the Collateral, including real and personal property taxes, assessments and charges and all franchise, income, employment, social security benefits, withholding, and sales taxes, except to the extent that such Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary has Properly Contested such taxes, assessments or charges.

Section 4.06 Insurance. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations:

(a) (i) Keep all its insurable properties and properties in which such Company Group Obligor has an interest insured against such hazards, and for such amounts, as is customary in the case of companies engaged in businesses similar to such Company Group Obligor’s including business interruption insurance and, if applicable, the hazards of fire, flood and sprinkler leakage; (ii) maintain a bond in such amounts as is customary in the case of companies engaged in businesses similar to such Company Group Obligor insuring against larceny, embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation of the insured’s officers and employees who may either singly or jointly with others at any time have access to the assets or funds of such Company Group Obligor either directly or through authority to draw upon such funds or to direct generally the disposition of such assets; (iii) maintain public and product liability insurance against claims for personal injury, death or property damage suffered by others; (iv) maintain all such worker’s compensation or similar insurance as may be required under the laws of any state or jurisdiction in which such Company Group Obligor is engaged in business; (v) deliver to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders (A) copies of all policies (if requested by any of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or the Holders) and evidence of the maintenance of such policies by the renewal thereof at least 30 days before any expiration date, and (B) appropriate loss payable endorsements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Required Holders, naming the Notes Collateral Agent as an additional insured and mortgagee and/or lender loss payee (as applicable) as its interests may appear with respect to all insurance

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coverage referred to in clauses (i) and (iii) above, and providing (I) that all proceeds thereunder shall be payable to the Notes Collateral Agent, (II) no such insurance shall be affected by any act or neglect of the insured or owner of the property described in such policy, and (III) that such policy and loss payable clauses may not be cancelled, amended or terminated unless at least 30 days prior written notice is given to the Notes Collateral Agent (or in the case of non-payment, at least 10 days prior written notice). In the event of any loss thereunder, the carriers named therein hereby are directed by the Notes Collateral Agent and the applicable Company Group Obligor to make payment for such loss to the Notes Collateral Agent and not to such Company Group Obligor and the Notes Collateral Agent jointly. If any insurance losses are paid by check, draft or other instrument payable to any Company Group Obligor and the Notes Collateral Agent jointly, the Notes Collateral Agent may endorse such Company Group Obligor’s name thereon and do such other things as the Notes Collateral Agent may deem advisable (or as the Required Holders instruct) to reduce the same to cash.

(b) Each Company Group Obligor shall take all actions required under the Flood Laws and/or reasonably requested by the Required Holders to assist in ensuring that each Holder is in compliance with the Flood Laws applicable to the Collateral, including, but not limited to, providing such Holders with the address and/or GPS coordinates of each structure on any Real Property that will be subject to a mortgage or deed of trust in favor of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, and, to the extent required, obtaining flood insurance for such property, structures and contents prior to such property, structures and contents becoming Collateral, and thereafter maintaining such flood insurance in full force and effect for so long as required by the Flood Laws.

(c) The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent (in each case, acting at the direction of the Required Holders) are hereby authorized (without obligation) to adjust and compromise claims under insurance coverage referred to in Section 4.06(a)(i) and (iii) and Section 4.06(b) above. Any surplus shall be paid by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent to the Company Group Obligors or applied as may be otherwise required by law. Any deficiency thereon shall be paid by the Company Group Obligors to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, on demand.

(d) If any Company Group Obligor fails to obtain insurance as hereinabove provided, or to keep the same in force, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent (in each case, acting at the direction of the Required Holders) may (but shall not be obligated to) obtain such insurance and pay the premium therefor on behalf of such Company Group Obligor, which payments shall be at the sole expense of the Company and payable by the Company to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent not later than 10 Business Days after written demand.

Section 4.07 Payment of Indebtedness and Leasehold Obligations. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy (i) at or before maturity (subject, where applicable, to specified grace periods) all of its Material Indebtedness, except when the amount or validity thereof is currently being Properly Contested, subject at all times to any applicable subordination arrangement in favor of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders and (ii) when due, its material rental obligations under all leases under which it is a tenant, and shall otherwise comply, in all material respects, with all other terms of such leases and keep them in full force and effect.

Section 4.08 Environmental Matters. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations:

(a) Ensure that all of the Real Property owned or leased by it and all operations and businesses conducted thereon are in compliance and remain in compliance with all Environmental Laws and it shall manage any and all Hazardous Materials on any Real Property owned or leased by it in compliance with Environmental Laws, except where the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Establish and maintain an environmental management and compliance system to assure and monitor continued compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

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(c) Respond promptly to any Hazardous Discharge or Environmental Complaint and take all necessary action in order to safeguard the health of any Person and to avoid subjecting the Collateral or Real Property to any Lien. If any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to respond promptly to any Hazardous Discharge or Environmental Complaint or any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to comply with any of the requirements of any Environmental Laws, the Notes Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Holders) on behalf of Holders may, but without the obligation to do so, for the sole purpose of protecting the Notes Collateral Agent’s interest in the Collateral: (i) give such notices or (ii) enter onto the applicable Real Property (or authorize third parties to enter onto such Real Property) and take such actions as the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent (or such third parties as directed by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent) or the Required Holders deem reasonably necessary or advisable, to remediate, remove, mitigate or otherwise manage with any such Hazardous Discharge or Environmental Complaint. All reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders (or such third parties) in the exercise of any such rights, including any sums paid in connection with any judicial or administrative investigation or proceedings, fines and penalties shall be paid by the Company Group Obligors within 10 Business Days of demand.

(d) Promptly upon the written request of the Required Holders if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company Group Obligors shall provide Holders, at the Company Group Obligors’ expense, with an environmental site assessment or environmental compliance audit report prepared by an environmental engineering firm acceptable in the reasonable opinion of the Required Holders, to assess with a reasonable degree of certainty the existence of a Hazardous Discharge and the potential costs in connection with abatement, remediation and removal of any Hazardous Materials found on, under, at or within all of the Real Property owned or leased by any Company Group Obligor. Holders hereby acknowledge that any report or investigation of such Hazardous Discharge proposed and acceptable to the responsible Governmental Body shall be acceptable to the Required Holders. If such estimates, individually or in the aggregate, exceed $2,000,000, the Required Holders shall have the right to require the Company Group Obligors to post a bond, letter of credit or other security reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders to secure payment of these costs and expenses.

Section 4.09 Standards of Financial Statements. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, cause all financial statements referred to in Section 13.06, Section 13.07 and Section 13.09 hereof as to which GAAP is applicable to fairly present in all material respects the financial condition or operating condition (subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal year-end and audit adjustments) and to be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein (except as disclosed therein).

Section 4.10 Federal Securities Laws. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, promptly notify Holders in writing if any Company Group Obligor (other than the Company) or any of its Subsidiaries (a) is required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act, (b) registers any securities under the Exchange Act or (c) files a registration statement under the Securities Act.

Section 4.11 Execution of Supplemental Instruments. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations and the termination of the Notes, execute and deliver to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders from time to time, promptly upon demand, such supplemental agreements, statements, assignments and transfers, or instructions or documents relating to the Collateral, and such other instruments as the Required Holders may reasonably request in order that the provisions of this Indenture may be carried into effect.

Section 4.12 Government Receivables. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, if any Company Group Obligor shall at any time after the date of this Indenture acquire or become the beneficiary of Receivables in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate in respect of which the account debtor is a Governmental Body, promptly notify the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders in writing and, upon the reasonable request of the Required Holders, take any necessary steps to perfect the Lien of the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties therein, and make such Lien enforceable against the account debtor.

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Section 4.13 Board Observation Rights. Until the earlier of the Initial Purchaser Disposition Date and the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, the Company shall permit one authorized representative of the Holders to attend and participate (in the capacity of a non-voting observer) in all meetings of its Board of Directors (the “Quantum Board”), whether in person, by telephone or otherwise. The Company shall provide such representative the same notice of all such meetings and copies of all such meeting materials distributed to members of the Quantum Board concurrently with provision of such notice and materials to the Quantum Board; provided, however, that such representative (i) shall hold all information and materials disclosed or delivered to such representative in confidence (in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 16.15 of the Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date), mutatis mutandis) and (ii) may be excluded from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof if (A) the Quantum Board determines in good faith, with advice from legal counsel, that such exclusion is reasonably necessary to preserve the attorney-client privilege or if such representative’s access or attendance could materially and adversely affect the Quantum Board’s fiduciary duties or (B) such material relates to, or such meeting or portion thereof involves discussions regarding, the refinancing or restructuring of, or interpretation of any legal matter regarding, the Notes or an executive session of the Quantum Board. The Company Group Obligors shall pay such representative’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, the cost of airfare, meals and lodging) in connection with such representative’s attendance at such meetings to the extent consistent with the Company’s policies of reimbursing directors generally for such expenses. If it is proposed that any action be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting of the Quantum Board, the Company shall provide such representative a copy of the written consent at the time such written consent is distributed to members of the Quantum Board. The representative shall be free to contact the members of the Quantum Board and discuss the proposed written consent.

Section 4.14 LTO Program. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations:

(a) ensure that (i) all of the rights and interests under, in and to the LTO Program, the Recurring Royalty Revenue, all Format Development Agreements and any other contracts related to the foregoing, and (ii) all Intellectual Property necessary to, and primarily used in, the LTO Program, are owned by, in the name of and registered under, as applicable, LTO Subsidiary; and

(b) upon the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, and at the reasonable request of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent (in each case, acting at the direction of the Required Holders), promptly transfer to LTO Subsidiary any additional rights or interests relating to the LTO Program, including without limitation any Intellectual Property used in the LTO Program and any employees engaged in work relating to, or servicing, the LTO Program.

Section 4.15 Chief Restructuring Officer. Each Company Group Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, until the earlier of the Initial Purchaser Disposition Date and the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations:

(a) Retain ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (or another Person reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Required Holders) as Chief Restructuring Officer (“CRO”), to evaluate cost savings initiatives and achieve positive EBITDA for the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, commencing with the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2025 (calculated on a quarterly basis in accordance with the definition of “Additional Reporting Triggering Event”), with economic terms for such employment as are reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Required Holders (it being understood that (x) the economic terms in effect on the Closing Date are acceptable to the Required Holders and (y) at the discretion of the Company, such economic terms may include equity-based compensation).

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the occurrence of an Additional Reporting Triggering Event shall not cause a Default or Event of Default hereunder or under any Other Document, so long as (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (or another Person reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Required Holders) continues to be retained by the Company as CRO and (ii) the Company is working in good faith with such CRO to achieve cost savings and positive quarterly EBITDA for the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis (calculated on a quarterly basis in accordance with the definition of “Additional Reporting Triggering Event”).

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(c) Upon the occurrence of any Additional Reporting Triggering Event, the form and scope of any quarterly operating budget delivered during any Additional Reporting Period that is continuing shall be subject to the approval of the board of directors of the Company and the CRO (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

Section 4.16 Minimum Liquidity. So long as any Note is outstanding, the Company shall not permit the Liquidity of the Company:

(a) as of March 31, 2026 to be less than $3,750,000;

(b) as of June 30, 2026 to be less than $5,000,000;

(c) as of September 30, 2026 to be less than $6,250,000; and

(d) as of the last day of any fiscal quarter following October 1, 2026 to be less than $7,500,000.

Section 4.17 Nature of Business. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, substantially change the nature of the business in which it is presently engaged, nor except as specifically permitted hereby purchase or invest, directly or indirectly, in any assets or property other than in the Ordinary Course of Business for assets or property which are useful in, necessary for and are to be used in its business as presently conducted; provided that the foregoing shall not prevent the Company and its Subsidiaries from engaging in any business that is reasonably related or ancillary to its or their business or is a reasonable extension of its or their business.

Section 4.18 Limitation on Indebtedness. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness^.

Section 4.19 Limitation on Investments. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, purchase or acquire obligations or Equity Interests of, or any other interest in, any Person, other than Permitted Investments or, solely in the case of the Company Group Obligors, make any direct or indirect Investment in the form of a capital contribution or disposition of any Intellectual Property or any other asset material to the business of the Company Group Obligors in any Person that is not a Company Group Obligor.

Section 4.20 Limitation on Liens. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or against any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter created or acquired, except Permitted Encumbrances.

Section 4.21 [Reserved].

Section 4.22 Guarantees. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, become liable upon the obligations or liabilities of any Person by assumption, endorsement or guaranty thereof or otherwise (other than to Holders) except (a) the endorsement of checks in the Ordinary Course of Business, (b) as disclosed on Schedule 4.22 hereto, (c) unsecured guarantees incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, completion guarantee and similar obligations, (d) unsecured guarantees arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations to purchasers in connection with Permitted Dispositions, (e) guarantees with respect to other Permitted Indebtedness, to the extent that the Person that is obligated under such guaranty could have incurred such underlying Indebtedness, and (f) guarantees of operating leases and other obligations not constituting Indebtedness.

Section 4.23 Restricted Payments. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, declare, pay or make any Restricted Payment, except that:

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(a) the Company may make Restricted Payments to former employees, officers or directors of the Company (or any spouses, ex-spouses or estates of any of the foregoing) on account of redemptions of Equity Interests of the Company held by such Persons; provided that (i) such Restricted Payments are permitted by Applicable Law; (ii) no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred or would occur after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment; and (iii) the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments (whether in exchange for cash or the issuance of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”) during the term of this Indenture shall not exceed $1,000,000;

(b) the Company may make Restricted Payments to former employees, officers or directors of the Company (or any spouses, ex-spouses or estates of any of the foregoing), solely in the form of forgiveness of Indebtedness of such Persons owing to the Company on account of repurchases of the Equity Interests of the Company held by such Persons; provided (i) such Restricted Payments are permitted by Applicable Law; (ii) no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred or would occur after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment; and (iii) such Indebtedness was incurred by such Persons solely to acquire Equity Interests of the Company;

(c) the Company may exchange Qualified Equity Interests for other Qualified Equity Interests in a cashless exchange (other than with respect to any cash payments made in exchange for fractional shares); provided that (i) such exchange is permitted by Applicable Law; and (ii) no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred or would occur after giving pro forma effect to such exchange; and

(d) a Subsidiary of the Company may make Restricted Payments to the Company or any other Company Group Obligor or a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Company Group Obligor may make Restricted Payments to another Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Company Group Obligor; provided that, in each case, such Restricted Payment is permitted by Applicable Law; and

(e) the Company may make payments or distributions in respect of the Notes.

Section 4.24 Limitation on Loans. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, make advances, loans or extensions of credit to any Person, including any Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate, other than any advance, loan or extension of credit constituting a Permitted Investment.

Section 4.25 Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition and Sale of Assets. Section 4.26 Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations:

(a) enter into any merger, consolidation or other reorganization with or into any other Person, permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge with it, or acquire all or substantially all of the assets or Equity Interests of any Person, or of any division or line of business of any Person, except that:

(i) any Company Group Obligor may merge, consolidate or reorganize with another Company Group Obligor or a Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor or acquire the assets or Equity Interests of another Company Group Obligor or a Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor so long as (A) in each case, the Company shall provide the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders with notice of such merger, consolidation, reorganization or acquisition within five Business Days following the consummation thereof or, to the extent that such merger, consolidation, reorganization or acquisition does not affect the priority or perfection of the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens, concurrently with the delivery of the monthly financial statements required to be delivered to Holders pursuant to Section 13.08, (B) in connection with any merger, consolidation or reorganization to which the Company is a party, the Company must be the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or reorganization, (C) in connection with any merger, consolidation or reorganization to which a Company Group Obligor is, and the Company is not, a party, the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or reorganization must be, or concurrently with the consummation of such merger, consolidation or reorganization become, a Company Group Obligor, (D) in connection with any merger, consolidation or reorganization to which a Guarantor is, and a Company Group Obligor is not, a party, the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or

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reorganization must be, or concurrently with the consummation of such merger, consolidation or reorganization become, a Guarantor, and (E) the Company shall deliver to Holders true, correct and complete copies of all of the material agreements, documents and instruments related to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or acquisition concurrently with the delivery of the monthly financial statements required to be delivered to Holders pursuant to Section 13.08; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the surviving entity of any merger, consolidation or reorganization described in this subsection (i) must be a Company Group Obligor;

(ii) any Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is not a Company Group Obligor may merge, consolidate or reorganize with another Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is not a Company Group Obligor or acquire the assets or Equity Interests of another Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is not a Company Group Obligor so long as such Subsidiary shall deliver to Holders true, correct and complete copies of all of the relevant agreement, documents and instruments evidencing such merger, consolidation or reorganization concurrently with the delivery of the monthly financial statements required to be delivered to Holders pursuant to Section 13.08;

(iii) a Company Group Obligor and any of its Subsidiaries may make Permitted Investments; and

(iv) a Company Group Obligor may make Permitted Acquisitions;

(b) Dispose of any of its properties or assets, except for Permitted Dispositions; or

(c) liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), except for:

(i) the liquidation or dissolution of Immaterial Subsidiaries;

(ii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Company Group Obligor (other than the Company) so long as all of the assets (including any interest in any Equity Interests) of such liquidating or dissolving Company Group Obligor are transferred to other Company Group Obligor that is not liquidating or dissolving;

(iii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Company Group Obligor (other than the Company) or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries so long as all of the assets (including any interest in any Equity Interests) of such liquidating or dissolving Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary are transferred to a Company Group Obligor that is not liquidating or dissolving; and

(iv) the liquidation or dissolution of a Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is not a Company Group Obligor so long as all of the assets of such liquidating or dissolving Subsidiary are transferred to a Company Group Obligor or a Subsidiary of a Company Group Obligor that is not liquidating or dissolving.

Section 4.26 Senior Financing. From and after the Closing Date until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, no Company Group Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries shall incur any Indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a senior or pari passu basis with any Note that is outstanding on the Closing Date without the written consent of the Required Holders with respect to such Notes (except (x) for the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness incurred under the Credit Agreement (as in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date), (y) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture as in effect on the Closing Date (or as amended, restated, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited by the Intercreditor Agreement) or (z) in connection with a “debtor in possession” financing (or any similar financing arrangement in an insolvency proceeding in a non-U.S. jurisdiction) that is consented to by the Required Holders) (such Indebtedness, “Senior Financing”), in each case under this Section 4.26, unless each directly and adversely affected Holder has been (or will be) offered an opportunity to fund or otherwise provide or acquire its pro rata share of such Senior Financing on the same economic terms received by the Holders (or their Affiliates) providing such Senior Financing; provided that such economic terms shall not include bona fide backstop and similar fees (including fees paid to Holders as compensation for backstopping debt or equity rights offering) incurred, and the reimbursement of counsel fees and other expenses incurred, in connection with such Senior Financing or the negotiation of the transactions in connection with which the Senior Financing is to be (or was) incurred.

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Section 4.27 Transactions with Affiliates. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, purchase, acquire or lease any property from, or sell, transfer or lease any property to, or otherwise enter into any transaction or deal with, any Affiliate, except for:

(a) transactions (other than the payment of management, consulting, monitoring or advisory fees) between any Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of such Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary, on the other hand, so long as (i) if such transactions involve one or more payments by such Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary in excess of $5,000,000 for any single transaction or series of related transactions, such transactions are fully disclosed to Holders prior to the consummation thereof, and (ii) such transactions are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Company Group Obligors and their Subsidiaries than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-Affiliate;

(b) any indemnity provided for the benefit of directors (or comparable managers) of such Company Group Obligor or its applicable Subsidiary, so long as such indemnity has been approved by the board of directors of such Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary in accordance with Applicable Law;

(c) the payment of reasonable compensation, severance or employee benefit arrangements to employees, officers and outside directors of such Company Group Obligor or its Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business and consistent with industry practice, so long as such payment has been approved by the board of directors of such Company Group Obligor or Subsidiary in accordance with Applicable Law;

(d) transactions permitted by Section 4.23 or Section 4.25;

(e) transactions pursuant to, and made in accordance with, the Transfer Pricing Program;

(f) Permitted Intercompany Advances;

(g) transactions permitted under clause (j) of the definition of “Permitted Dispositions”;

(h) Investments permitted under clauses (h) and (n) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”;

(i) Indebtedness owing to Affiliates permitted under clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” or loans or advances to Affiliates permitted under clause (j) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”; and

(j) transactions in connection with this Indenture, the Other Documents, the Credit Agreement or the Other Credit Agreement Documents, among any Company Group Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchaser (or any of its Affiliates) on the other hand.

Section 4.28 Subsidiaries. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations:

(a) Form any Subsidiary unless: (i) if such Subsidiary is either a Foreign Subsidiary or an Immaterial Subsidiary, the Company provides the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent with written notice of the formation of such Subsidiary and, if requested by the Required Holders, true, correct and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of such Subsidiary and all of the material agreements, documents and instruments related to such formation concurrently with the delivery of the monthly financial statements required to be delivered to Holders pursuant to Section 13.08 with respect to the month in which such formation occurs, (ii) if such Subsidiary is not a Foreign Subsidiary or an Immaterial Subsidiary, (A) the Company provides the Trustee with written notice of the formation of such Subsidiary and, if requested by the Required Holders, true, correct and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of such Subsidiary and all of the material agreements, documents and instruments related to such formation within 15 Business Days following the date of such formation, and (B) such Subsidiary (x) expressly joins in this Indenture as a Company Group Obligor and becomes jointly and severally liable for the obligations of the Company Group Obligors hereunder and under the Other Documents, (y) executes a joinder to this Indenture and/or a Guaranty

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and a Security Agreement in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent and such Other Documents related thereto as the Required Holders shall reasonably request in connection therewith and (z) if requested by the Required Holders, provides a legal opinion in favor of the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent and Holders, which shall be reasonably satisfactory to such recipients, with respect to matters that are applicable to such Subsidiary.

(b) Enter into any partnership, joint venture or similar arrangement which does not constitute a Permitted Investment.

(c) Permit any Immaterial Subsidiary to (i) own or generate any Receivables or Inventory, (ii) have revenues in any fiscal year in excess of $250,000 (other than, in the case of Quantum International, revenue generated through foreign branch offices pursuant to the Transfer Pricing Program) or (iii) receive or generate any royalty revenue, unless the Company causes such Immaterial Subsidiary to become a Company Group Obligor or a Guarantor hereunder and under the Other Documents by providing to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or the Holders the agreements, documents and instruments required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.28(a)(ii) (except as required by GAAP).

Section 4.29 Fiscal Year and Accounting Changes. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, change its fiscal year from March 31 or make any change to its method of accounting.

Section 4.30 Amendment of Organizational Documents. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations:

(a) Change (i) its legal name or its form of legal entity (e.g., converting from a corporation to a limited liability company or vice versa) without providing the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders with (A) written notice of such change within five Business Days following such change and (B) true, correct and complete copies of all of the agreements, documents and instruments related to such name change and any documents necessary or reasonably requested by the Notes Collateral Agent or the Required Holders to maintain the Notes Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Collateral of such Company Group Obligor, or (ii) its jurisdiction of organization or become (or attempt or purport to become) organized in more than one jurisdiction.

(b) Amend, modify or waive any term or material provision of its Organizational Documents if the effect thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or the Holders; provided, that such Company Group Obligor shall provide Holders with true, correct and complete copies of any amendment, modification or waiver concurrently with the delivery of the monthly financial statements required to be delivered to Holders pursuant to Section 13.08 with respect to the month in which such amendment, modification or waiver occurs.

Section 4.31 Prepayment of Indebtedness. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, at any time, prepay any Indebtedness, or repurchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of any Company Group Obligor, prior to the scheduled maturity thereof, except:

(a) the Company may prepay the Convertible Notes Obligations to the extent permitted hereunder;

(b) the Company may prepay the Term Loan Obligations to the extent permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) any Company Group Obligor and its Subsidiaries may prepay, repurchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness described in clauses (c), (f), (g), (h), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (r) and (t) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”; provided that, in connection with any prepayment, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of Indebtedness described in clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” (i) on the date of any such prepayment, repurchase, redemption,

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retirement or other acquisition and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall exist or shall have occurred and be continuing; and (ii) all of the applicable subordination provisions (or the conditions set forth in the applicable subordination agreement) related to such Indebtedness shall have been satisfied; and

(d) the Company may make payments in exchange for fractional shares in connection with the conversion of any Indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Notes Obligations, in an otherwise cashless exchange (with cash payment made in exchange for fractional shares) into Qualified Equity Interests so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.

Section 4.32 Amendments to Certain Documents. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, enter into any amendment, waiver or modification of any of the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than any such amendment, waiver, or modification which is not, and could not reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to the interests of the Holders.

Section 4.33 LTO Subsidiary as a Special Purpose Vehicle . Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, at any time, permit LTO Subsidiary to incur any Indebtedness other than (a) the Term Loan Obligations, (b) the Convertible Notes Obligations, (c) Indebtedness permitted under clause (w) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and (d) liabilities arising in connection with the LTO Program in the ordinary course of business.

Section 4.34 Hedging Agreements. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, at any time, enter into any Interest Rate Hedge or Foreign Currency Hedge, other than for non-speculative purposes.

Section 4.35 Compliance with ERISA. Each Company Group Obligor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, until the Payment in Full of the Convertible Notes Obligations, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) (x) maintain, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to maintain, or (y) become obligated to contribute to, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to become obligated to contribute to, any Pension Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan, other than those Pension Benefit Plans or Multiemployer Plans disclosed on Schedule 4.35(a) hereto, (b) engage, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to engage, in any non-exempt “prohibited transaction” in respect of a Pension Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan, as that term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, (c) terminate, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to terminate, any Pension Benefit Plan where such event could reasonably be expected to result in any liability of any Company Group Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group or the imposition of a lien on the property of any Company Group Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA, (d) incur, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to incur, any withdrawal liability to any Multiemployer Plan; (e) fail promptly to notify the Trustee and the Holders of the occurrence of any Termination Event of which any Company Group Obligor has actual knowledge or has reason to know, (f) fail to comply, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to fail to comply, with the requirements of ERISA or the Code or other Applicable Laws in respect of any Plan, (g) fail to meet, permit any member of the Controlled Group to fail to meet, or permit any Plan to fail to meet all minimum funding requirements under ERISA and the Code, without regard to any waivers or variances, or postpone or delay or allow any member of the Controlled Group to postpone or delay any funding requirement with respect to any Plan, or (h) cause, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to cause, the statement in Schedule 4.35(h) to cease to be true and correct.

ARTICLE V

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

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(a) the failure by any Company Group Obligor to pay (a) when due, any principal on any Note or the Term Loan Deferred Cash Interest Amount (including all interest then accrued thereon pursuant to Section 2.14(d)), or (b) within 30 days of being due, any interest on the Convertible Notes Obligations, in each case whether at maturity or by reason of acceleration pursuant to the terms of this Indenture;

(b) the failure or neglect of any Company Group Obligor to perform, keep or observe any other term, provision, condition or covenant contained in the Convertible Notes Documents (other than a default under Section 6.01(a)), which is not cured within 60 days after the earlier of (x) knowledge of such failure or neglect by an authorized officer of any Company Group Obligor or (y) the receipt by the Company of written notice of such failure or neglect from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; provided that, in the case of a failure to comply with any provision of Article XIII, such period of continuance of such default or breach shall be 120 days after written notice described in this clause (b) has been given;

(c) any judgment, writ, order or decree for the payment of money is rendered against any Company Group Obligor for an aggregate amount in excess of $3,000,000 or against all Company Group Obligors for an aggregate amount in excess of $3,000,000 (except to the extent fully covered (other than to the extent of customary deductibles) by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has not denied coverage) and (a) action shall be legally taken by any judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of any Company Group Obligor to enforce any such judgment or (b) such judgment shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect;

(d) any Company Group Obligor or any Subsidiary of any Company Group Obligor (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) shall (a) apply for, consent to or suffer the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, liquidator or similar fiduciary of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (b) admit in writing its inability, or be generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or cease operations of its present business, (c) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (d) commence a voluntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy or receivership laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (e) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent (including by entry of any order for relief in any involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding commenced against it), (f) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law providing for the relief of debtors, (g) acquiesce to, or fail to have dismissed, within 60 days, any petition filed against it in any involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws or (h) take any formal action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(e) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, any Lien created hereunder or provided for hereby or under any Other Document for any reason ceases to be or is not a valid and perfected Lien having first priority (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) except (a) as a result of a Disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted hereunder, (b) with respect to Collateral the aggregate value of which, for all such Collateral, does not exceed at any time $5,000,000 or (c) as the result of an action or failure to act on the part of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent;

(f) (x) the failure by any Company Group Obligor to pay the principal amount of any Material Indebtedness within any applicable grace period after final maturity or (y) the acceleration of any Material Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default;

(g) termination or limitation by any Company Group Obligor of any Guaranty, Guarantor Security Agreement, or similar agreement executed and delivered to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent in connection with the Convertible Notes Obligations of any Company Group Obligor, or if any Company Group Obligor or pledgor attempts to terminate, challenges the validity of, or its liability under, any such Guaranty, Guarantor Security Agreement, or similar agreement (other than any termination permitted in accordance with the terms of this Indenture);

(h) any Change of Control shall occur; or

(i) this Indenture or any Convertible Notes Documents shall, for any reason, cease to be valid and binding on any Company Group Obligor, or any Company Group Obligor shall so claim in writing to

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the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder or any Company Group Obligor challenges the validity of or any Company Group Obligor’s liability under this Indenture or any Convertible Notes Documents.

Section 6.02 Rights and Remedies.

(a) Upon the occurrence of: (i) an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(d), all Convertible Notes Obligations shall be immediately due and payable, and (ii) any of the other Events of Default and at any time thereafter, at the option of the Required Holders, all Convertible Notes Obligations shall be immediately due and payable. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent (in each case, acting at the direction of the Required Holders) shall have the right to exercise any and all rights and remedies provided for herein, under the Convertible Note Documents, under the Uniform Commercial Code and at law or equity generally, including the right to foreclose the security interests granted herein and to realize upon any Collateral by any available judicial procedure and/or to take possession of and sell any or all of the Collateral with or without judicial process. The Notes Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Holders) may enter any of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s premises or other premises without legal process and without incurring liability to the Company on any Guarantor therefor, and the Notes Collateral Agent may thereupon, or at any time thereafter, without notice or demand, take the Collateral and remove the same to such place as the Notes Collateral Agent may deem advisable and the Notes Collateral Agent may require the Company and the Guarantors to make the Collateral available to the Notes Collateral Agent at a convenient place. With or without having the Collateral at the time or place of sale, the Notes Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Holders) may sell the Collateral, or any part thereof, at public or private sale, at any time or place, in one or more sales, at such price or prices, and upon such terms, either for cash, credit or future delivery, as the Notes Collateral Agent may elect. Except as to that part of the Collateral which is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, the Notes Collateral Agent shall give the Company or the relevant Guarantor reasonable notification of such sale or sales, it being agreed that in all events written notice mailed to the Company at least ten (10) days prior to such sale or sales is reasonable notification. At any public sale the Notes Collateral Agent (or its designee) or any Holder may bid (including credit bid) for and become the purchaser, and the Notes Collateral Agent, any Holder or any other purchaser at any such sale thereafter shall hold the Collateral sold absolutely free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind, including any equity of redemption and all such claims, rights and equities are hereby expressly waived and released by the Company and each Guarantor. In connection with the exercise of the foregoing remedies, including the sale of Inventory, the Notes Collateral Agent is granted a perpetual nonrevocable, royalty free, nonexclusive license and the Notes Collateral Agent is granted permission to use all of the Company’s and each Guarantor’s (a) Intellectual Property which is used by the Company or such Guarantor in connection with Inventory for the purpose of marketing, advertising for sale and selling or otherwise disposing of such Inventory and (b) Equipment for the purpose of completing the manufacture of unfinished goods. The Net Cash Proceeds realized from the sale of any Collateral shall be applied to the Convertible Notes Obligations in the order set forth in Section to Section 6.09 hereof. Non-cash proceeds will only be applied to the Convertible Notes Obligations as they are converted into cash. If any deficiency shall arise, the Company and the Guarantors shall remain liable to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders therefor.

(b) To the extent that Applicable Law imposes duties on the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each Company Group Obligor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent: (i) to fail to incur expenses to prepare Collateral for Disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for Disposition; (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be Disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or Disposition of Collateral to be collected or Disposed of; (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Customers or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral; (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Customers and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists; (v) to advertise Dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature; (vi) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as any Company Group Obligor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral; (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the Disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature; (viii) to Dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets; (ix) to Dispose of assets in wholesale rather

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than retail markets; (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent against risks of loss, collection or Disposition of Collateral or to provide to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or Disposition of Collateral; or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent in the collection or Disposition of any of the Collateral. Each Company Group Obligor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 6.02(b) is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent would not be commercially unreasonable in the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 6.02(b). Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.02(b) shall be construed to grant any rights to any Company Group Obligor or to impose any duties on the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent that would not have been granted or imposed by this Indenture or by Applicable Law in the absence of this Section 6.02(b).

(c) Without limiting any other provision hereof:

(i) At any bona fide public sale, and to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, at any private sale, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent or such party’s designee shall be free to purchase all or any part of the Investment Property Collateral. Any such sale may be on cash or credit. The Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so and acting on the direction of the Required Holders) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Investment Property Collateral for their own account in compliance with Regulation D of the Securities Act or any other applicable exemption available under the Securities Act. The Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent will not be obligated to make any sale if it determines not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of the sale may have been given. The Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may adjourn any sale and sell at the time and place to which the sale is adjourned. If the Investment Property Collateral is customarily sold on a recognized market or threatens to decline speedily in value, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may sell such Investment Property Collateral at any time without giving prior notice to any Company Group Obligor or other Person.

(ii) Each Company Group Obligor recognizes that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may be unable to effect or cause to be effected a public sale of the Investment Property Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions of the Securities Act, so that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obligated to agree, among other things, to acquire the Investment Property Collateral for their own account, for investment and without a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Company Group Obligor understands that private sales so made may be at prices and on other terms less favorable to the seller than if the Investment Property Collateral were sold at public sales, and agrees that Agent has no obligation to delay or agree to delay the sale of any of the Investment Property Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer of the securities which are part of the Investment Property Collateral (even if the issuer would agree), to register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. Each Company Group Obligor agrees that private sales made under the foregoing circumstances shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner.

(iii) The Net Cash Proceeds arising from the Disposition of the Investment Property Collateral after deducting expenses incurred by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent will be applied to the Convertible Notes Obligations pursuant to Section 6.02(b). If any excess remains after the discharge of all of the Convertible Notes Obligations, the same will be paid to the applicable Company Group Obligor or to any other Person that may be legally entitled thereto.

At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (A) the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent (in each case, acting at the direction of the Required Holders) may transfer any or all of the Investment Property Collateral into its name or that of its nominee and may exercise all voting rights with respect to the Investment Property Collateral, but no such transfer shall constitute a taking of such Investment Property Collateral in satisfaction of any or all of the Convertible Notes Obligations, and (B) the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive, for application to the Convertible Notes Obligations, all cash or stock dividends and distributions, interest and premiums declared or paid on the Investment Property Collateral.

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(d) The Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent (in each case, acting at the direction of the Required ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) shall have the right to determine which rights, Liens, security interests or remedies the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may at any time pursue, relinquish, subordinate, or modify, which procedures, timing and methodologies to employ, and what any other action to take with respect to any or all of the Collateral and in what order, thereto and such determination will not in any way modify or affect any of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent’s or Holders’ rights hereunder as against the Company Group Obligors or each other.

(e) In addition to any other rights which the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder may have under Applicable Law, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent and such Holder shall have a right, immediately and without notice of any kind, to apply any Company Group Obligor’s property held by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent and such Holder or any of their Affiliates to reduce the Convertible Notes Obligations and to exercise any and all rights of setoff which may be available to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent and such Holder with respect to any deposits held by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent or such Holder.

(f) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, if any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, each of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent (in each case, acting at the direction of the Required Holders) shall have the right to transfer the whole or any part of the Pledged Collateral into the name of itself or its nominee or to conduct a sale of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to the UCC or pursuant to any other Applicable Law; (b) the right to exercise all voting rights, or any other ownership or consensual rights (including, without limitation, (i) the right to remove and vote for board members or the equivalent thereof, and (ii) any dividend or distribution rights) in respect of the Pledged Collateral (but under no circumstances is the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent obligated by the terms of this Indenture to exercise such rights); (c) the right to notify, in the name of any Guarantor, the Persons obligated under any of the Pledged Collateral to make payment to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent of any amounts due or to become due with respect to such Pledged Collateral; and (d) the right to release, surrender or exchange any of the Pledged Collateral at any time, or to compromise any dispute with respect to the same. At any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent (in each case, acting at the direction of the Required Holders) may proceed against the Pledged Collateral, or any other Collateral, in any order, and against any Guarantor in any order to satisfy the Convertible Notes Obligations. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Guarantor waives and releases any right to require the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent to first collect any of the Convertible Notes Obligations secured hereby from any other Collateral of such Guarantor or any other Person (including, without limitation, the Company Group Obligors) securing the Convertible Notes Obligations under any theory of marshalling of assets, or otherwise.

(g) Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably severally appoints the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, and any Trustee’s or Notes Collateral Agent’s nominee, or any other Person whom the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may designate, as such Guarantor’s attorney-in-fact and irrevocable proxy, subject to the terms hereof, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default at the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent option (in each case, acting at the direction of the Required Holders) and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement: (a) to effectuate the transfer of the Pledged Collateral on the books of the issuer thereof to the name of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent or to the name of Trustee’s or Notes Collateral Agent’s nominee, designee or assignee; (b) to endorse and collect checks, notes, drafts, money orders and other forms of payment or security payable to such Guarantors representing distributions or other payments on the Pledged Collateral; (c) to demand, collect, receive and sue for any and all sums or properties which may become due or payable in respect of the Pledged Collateral of such Guarantor with full power to settle, adjust or compromise any claim thereunder as fully as such Guarantor could do itself; and (d) to carry out the terms and provisions hereof. Each Guarantor hereby ratifies and approves all acts of such attorney-in-fact made in accordance with this Indenture and agrees that such attorney-in-fact will not be liable for any such acts, omissions, errors of judgment or mistakes of law or fact other than by such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(h) EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS THE TRUSTEE AND THE NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT, ACTING SEVERALLY, AS ITS IRREVOCABLE

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PROXIES AND ATTORNEYS IN FACT OF SUCH GUARANTOR WITH RESPECT TO ITS PLEDGED COLLATERAL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE RIGHT TO VOTE ANY OF THE PLEDGED COLLATERAL, WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION TO DO SO, IN EACH CASE, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS HEREOF AND FOLLOWING THE OCCURRENCE AND DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHT TO VOTE ANY OF THE PLEDGED COLLATERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS INDENTURE, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TRUSTEE AND THE NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT AS PROXIES AND ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT SHALL INCLUDE THE RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN CLAUSES (E), (F) AND (G) ABOVE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO EXERCISE ALL RIGHTS, POWERS, PRIVILEGES AND REMEDIES TO WHICH A HOLDER OF ANY OF THE PLEDGED COLLATERAL WOULD BE ENTITLED (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, GIVING OR WITHHOLDING WRITTEN CONSENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS OR MEMBERS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND CALLING OR ATTENDING SPECIAL OR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS OR MEMBERS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND VOTING AT SUCH MEETINGS), IN EACH CASE, FOLLOWING THE OCCURRENCE AND DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. SUCH PROXY SHALL BE EFFECTIVE, AUTOMATICALLY AND WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF ANY ACTION OR NOTICE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY TRANSFER OF ANY OF THE PLEDGED COLLATERAL ON THE RECORD BOOKS OF THE ISSUER THEREOF) BY ANY PERSON (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ISSUER OF THE PLEDGED COLLATERAL OR ANY OFFICER OR AGENT THEREOF), FOLLOWING THE OCCURRENCE AND DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT.