Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

CONTENTS

This Amendment and Restatement Agreement (this "Agreement") is made between the following parties:

The parties listed under no. (1) to (6) above are collectively referred to as the "Parties".

Whereas:

It is agreed as follows:

Unless a contrary indication appears, a term defined in the Amended and Restated Facility Agreement (as defined below) has the same meaning in this Agreement. In addition:

"Amended and Restated Facility Agreement" means the Existing Facility Agreement as amended and restated by this Agreement.

"Effective Date" means the date on which the Agent confirms in writing to the Company satisfaction with the conditions precedent set out in Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) hereto.

In this Agreement any reference to a "Clause" or a "Schedule" is, unless the context otherwise requires or otherwise indicated, a reference to a Clause of or a Schedule to this Agreement.

The principles of construction set out in clause 1.2 (Construction) of the Existing Facility Agreement shall be incorporated into this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, as if such clause was set out in full save that references in the Existing Facility Agreement to "this Agreement" shall be construed as references to the Amended and Restated Facility Agreement.

In accordance with the Existing Facility Agreement, each of the Company and the Agent designate this Agreement as a Finance Document.

With effect from and subject to the occurrence of, the Effective Date,

The provisions of Clause 32 (Partial Invalidity) and Clause 33 (Remedies and Waivers) of the Existing Facility Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement and shall apply herein mutatis mutandis.

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Agreement are governed by German law and the Company submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of Frankfurt am Main, Germany in the terms set out in Clause 40 (Enforcement) of the

Existing Facility Agreement (as if references in that Clause 40 (Enforcement) to "this Agreement" were references to this Agreement).

This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

Schedule 1
The Parties

Part 1

The Obligors

Part 2
The Lenders

Schedule 2
Conditions Precedent

Schedule 3
The Amended and Restated Facility Agreement

Final Version

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THIS AGREEMENT is originally dated 21 June 2022 as amended and restated on 22 June 2023 (the "Agreement") and made between:

IT IS AGREED as follows:

In this Agreement:

"Acceptable Bank" means a bank or financial institution with a rating for its long-term unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations assigned by Moody's Investor Services, Inc., Standard & Poor's Corporation or any other reputable rating agency, such rating and agency to be reasonably acceptable to the relevant Issuing Bank.

"Accession Letter" means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of Accession Letter).

"Additional Borrower" means a company which becomes an Additional Borrower in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors).

"Additional Commitment Request" means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Form of Additional Commitment Request).

"Additional Guarantor" means a company which becomes an Additional Guarantor in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors).

"Additional Obligor" means an Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor.

"Adjusted Covenant Period" means, in connection with an acquisition that involves the payment of consideration by the Company and/or a member of the Group in excess of $75,000,000, a period commencing with the Financial Quarter in which such acquisition occurs and the four (4) consecutive full Financial Quarters ending thereafter.

"Adjusted Period" means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Adjusted Period Termination Date.

"Adjusted Period Termination Date" means the first date on or after April 1, 2025 that all principal, interest and other amounts owing in respect of the Term A-2 Loans have been paid in full.

"Affiliate" means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.

"Affiliate Borrower" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 5.8 (Affiliate of a Borrower).

"Agency Fee Letter" means the letter dated 16 June 2022 between the Agent and the Company setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 11.4 (Agency Fee).

"Amendment Agreement" means the amendment and restatement agreement dated 22 June 2023 in relation to the amendment and restatement of the Original Facility Agreement.

"Anti-Corruption Laws" means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

"Anti-Money Laundering Laws" means any applicable laws or regulations in any jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any Group Company is located or doing business that relate to money laundering and terrorism financing, any predicate crime to money laundering, or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto.

"Applicable GAAP" means, in the case of the consolidated financial statements of the Company (or the Group), U.S. GAAP, and in the case of the unconsolidated financial statements of any Obligor or the consolidated financial statements of any Obligor other than the Company, the accounting principles generally accepted in its jurisdiction of incorporation from time to time.

"Applicable Pledge Percentage" means (A) 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Pledge Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary and (B) 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in each Pledge Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary.

"Approved Fund" means any person (other than a natural person) that is regularly engaged in investing in L/G facilities and issuing L/Gs in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by:

"Approved Jurisdiction" means the U.S., United Kingdom, any member state of the European Union, Switzerland and any other jurisdiction in which an Obligor is incorporated.

"Attributable Indebtedness" means, on any date, in respect of any finance lease of any person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on the balance sheet of such person prepared as of such date in accordance with U.S. GAAP; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be treated

as Attributable Indebtedness regardless of whether such obligation appears on a balance sheet in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

"Authorisation" means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration of a Governmental Authority.

"Availability Period" means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the Termination Date.

"Available Commitment" means a Lender's Commitment minus:

provided that, in relation to any proposed Utilisation, that Lender's participation in any L/Gs that are due to expire, be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date shall not be deducted from a Lender's Commitment under the Facility.

"Available Facility" means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender's Available Commitment in respect of the Facility.

"Bank Levy" means (i) any amount payable by any Finance Party or any of its Affiliates on the basis of, or in relation to, its balance sheet or capital base or any part of it or its liabilities or minimum regulatory capital or any combination thereof (including the German bank levy as set out in the German Restructuring Fund Act 2010 (Restrukturierungsfondsgesetz)) and (ii) any other levy or tax in any jurisdiction levied on a similar basis or for a similar purpose, in each case only if and to the extent it has been enacted at the signing date of this Agreement or (if applicable) as at the date that Finance Party accedes to this Agreement.

"Base Currency" means EUR.

"Base Currency Amount" means,

and as adjusted under Clause 6 (Rebasing) and to reflect any repayment or prepayment of an L/G.

"Borrower" means an Original Borrower or an Additional Borrower unless it has ceased to be a Borrower in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors) and, in respect of an Ancillary Facility only, any Affiliate of a Borrower that becomes a borrower of that Ancillary

Facility with the approval of the relevant Lender pursuant to Clause 5.8 (Affiliate of a Borrower).

"Budget" means the budget for the financial year 2021/2022 plus the 3 (three) year forecast of the Company (each on an annual consolidated basis) including a balance sheet, profit and loss statement and cash flow calculation (the profit and loss statement also including a break down on business segments).

"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in New York City, Frankfurt am Main and Luxembourg and in relation to any Utilisation by way of issuance, or any reduction or rebasing or repayment of an L/G on which banks are open for general business at the place of the Agent and the Facility Office of the Issuing Bank.

"Cash Cover" means the cash collateral for an L/G referred to in Clause 10 (Cash Cover).

"Change of Control" means any person or group of persons acting in concert (other than a member of the Hillenbrand Family Group) gains control of the Company and/ or Coperion GmbH ceases to be a wholly-owned (direct or indirect) Subsidiary of the Company.

For the purpose of this definition "control" means: (a) the ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record of the lower of (i) shares of capital stock having voting rights representing more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company having voting rights or (ii) Equity Interests representing more than 40% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company; or (b) the occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by persons who were neither (y) nominated or approved by the board of directors of the Company nor (z) appointed by directors so nominated or approved; and

"a group of persons acting in concert" means two or more persons acting as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate, or other group for the purpose of acquiring, holding, or disposing of securities of an issuer or shares of capital stock in a corporation.

"Code" means, at any date, the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor legislation thereto) and the regulations promulgated and the judicial and administrative decisions rendered under it, all as the same may be in effect at such date.

"Collateral" means any and all property of any Domestic Obligor, now existing or hereafter acquired, that is at any time subject to a security interest or Security in favor of the Security Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties pursuant to the Collateral Documents to secure the Secured Obligations, other than the Excluded Assets. For purposes of clarification, any such property shall constitute “Collateral” only during the Collateral Period.

"Collateral Documents" means, collectively, the Security Agreement, and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed in connection with this Agreement that are intended to create, perfect or evidence Security to secure the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation, all other security agreements, pledge agreements, pledges, collateral assignments or similar agreements hereafter executed by any Domestic Obligor and delivered to the Agent.

"Collateral Period" means the period from and after the date of a Collateral Springing Event.

"Collateral Springing Event" means the occurrence of the following during the Adjusted Period: both (i) the Corporate Family Rating from S&P is BB or lower and (ii) the Corporate Family Rating from Moody’s is Ba2 or lower.

"Commercial Lifetime" means, in respect of any L/G which does not provide for a specific expiration date, the period from the date of issuance of that L/G until the expected maturity of that L/G as indicated by the Borrower in the relevant Utilisation Request determined on the basis of the lifetime of the underlying obligations.

"Commitment" means:

in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, as reduced due to any cancellation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 9 (Form of Compliance Certificate).

"Confidential Information" means all information relating to the Company, any Obligor, the Group and any other Subsidiary or their respective businesses, the Finance Documents or the Facility of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents or the Facility from either:

in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes information that:

"Confidentiality Undertaking" means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the LMA as set out in Schedule 10 (LMA Form of Confidentiality Undertaking) or in any other form agreed between the Company and the Agent.

"Consolidated EBITDA" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).

"Consolidated Indebtedness" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).

"Consolidated Revenues" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).

"Consolidated Total Assets" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).

"Contractual Obligation" means, as to any person, any provision of any security issued by such person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

"Corporate Family Rating" means the public corporate credit rating established for the Company by S&P and the public corporate family rating established for the Company by Moody’s.

"Counter Guarantee" means a guarantee (or similar instrument acceptable to the relevant Issuing Bank) issued by an Acceptable Bank for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and being either substantially in the form agreed between the Company and each of the Issuing Banks prior to the date of this Agreement as attached in Schedule 14 (Form of Bank Guarantee) or otherwise in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to that Issuing Bank and the Company.

"CPS" means the Crown Prosecution Service of the United Kingdom (or any successor or replacement body from time to time).

"Criminal Pension Power" means any action taken under, pursuant to or in connection with section 58A, section 58B, section 58C or section 58D of the United Kingdom Pensions Act 2004.

"CTA" means the United Kingdom Corporation Tax Act 2009.

"Default" means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender:

unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:

payment is made within five Business Days of its due date; or

"Disposal" means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposal (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property or asset by a person, including any sale, assignment (excluding any Security), transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith and "dispose" shall be construed accordingly.

"Disruption Event" means either or both of:

and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.

"Domestic Foreign Holdco Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary organised under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States (excluding any possession or territory thereof), substantially all of the assets of which consist of the Equity Interests (including Equity Interests held through entities disregarded from their owner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes) of (and/or receivables or other amounts due from) one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are "controlled foreign corporations" within the meaning of section 957 of the Code, so long as such Domestic Subsidiary (i) does not conduct any business or other activities other than the ownership of such Equity Interests and/or receivables and (ii) does not incur, and is not otherwise liable for, any Financial Indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness permitted pursuant to paragraph (b)(vii) of Clause 21.14 (Financial Indebtedness)), in each case, other than immaterial assets and activities reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

"Domestic Obligor" means the Company and each other Obligor that is a Domestic Subsidiary.

"Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary organised under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States (excluding any possession or territory thereof) other than any Domestic Foreign Holdco Subsidiary.

"Effective Date" has the meaning given to such term in the Amendment Agreement.

"Electronic Platform" means any internet communication system for the communication, processing and calculations to be made in connection with the issuance and administration of L/Gs the implementation of which shall be agreed between the Company and each Issuing Bank, and which may be replaced from time to time provided that the Company and all Issuing Banks agree to such change, provided, however, that the Parties hereby agree to use a multi-bank internet communication system as described above at any relevant point in time, unless the Electronic Platform is not available, during the term of this Agreement.

"Electronic Platform Agreement" means the Agreement entered into between the Company and an Issuing Bank in relation to the use of the Electronic Platform, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 13.

"Employee Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV or Section 303 of ERISA, or Section 412 of the Code and in respect of which an Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

"Environmental Laws" means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, or binding orders, decrees, judgments or injunctions, issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of or governing exposure to any Hazardous Material.

"Environmental Licence" means any permit, license or other approval required at any time under Environmental Laws.

"Equity Interests" means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership in a person and any warrants, options or other similar rights entitling the holder thereof to, purchase or acquire any of the foregoing provided that "Equity Interests" shall not include Financial Indebtedness that is convertible into Equity Interests.

"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

"ERISA Event" means:

"Event of Default" means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 22 (Events of Default).

"Excluded Accounts" means (i) Payroll Accounts, (ii) deposit accounts consisting of withheld income, employment or other taxes in such amounts as are required in the reasonable judgment of the Company to be paid to the IRS or other Governmental Authority, (iii) deposit accounts consisting of amounts required to be paid over to an employee benefit plan on behalf of or for the benefit of employees of one or more Obligors or their Subsidiaries and (iv) deposit accounts that hold funds not owned by any Obligor or funds being held in trust or in escrow for the benefit of or on behalf of a Person that is not an Obligor, (v) zero-balance disbursement accounts (that are not collection accounts) and (vi) other deposit accounts with an aggregate amount on deposit therein of not more than $10,000,000 at any one time for all Obligors (provided that the amount on deposit in any individual deposit account for such deposit account to constitute “Excluded Accounts” pursuant to the foregoing de minimis threshold must be less than $2,500,000 at all times).

"Excluded Assets" means, collectively: (i) any fee-owned real property and all leasehold interests and similar rights in real property such as occupancy agreements and licenses, (ii) any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing and acceptance of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such application or any registration that issues from such intent to use application under applicable federal law, (iii) assets in respect of which pledges and security interests are prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation or agreements with any governmental authority (other than to the extent that such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, 9-409 or other applicable provisions of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law); provided that, immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such prohibitions, such assets shall automatically cease to constitute Excluded Assets, (iv) governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations and any other property and assets to the extent that the grant of security interests therein are prohibited or restricted thereby or under applicable laws (including, without limitation, rules and regulations of any governmental authority or agency) or the pledge or creation of a security interest in which would require governmental consent,

approval, license or authorization not obtained, other than to the extent such prohibition or limitation is rendered ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition and other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is not prohibited under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, (v) Equity Interests in any entity other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries to the extent the pledge of which is not permitted by the terms of such entity’s organizational or joint venture documents (unless any such restriction (A) would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, 9-409 or other applicable provisions of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law or (B) is implemented for the purpose of causing such Equity Interests to constitute Excluded Assets), (vi) aircraft, railroad rolling stock, motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title; letter of credit rights (except to the extent constituting a supporting obligation for other Collateral as to which perfection of the security interest in such other Collateral may be accomplished by the filing of a UCC financing statement); and commercial tort claims with a value, in the case of commercial tort claims, of less than $35,000,000, (vii) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security interest or other arrangement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or any other arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or a Guarantor) (other than (x) to the extent that any such term has been waived or (y) to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, 9-409 or other applicable provisions of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law); provided that, immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such term, such assets shall automatically cease to constitute Excluded Assets, (viii) Excluded Accounts, (ix) foreign assets (other than pledges of 65% of the voting Equity Interests and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests in any First Tier Foreign Subsidiary which is a Material Foreign Subsidiary as contemplated by this Agreement) and assets of any Foreign Subsidiary, (x) Equity Interests in Excluded Subsidiaries and Foreign Subsidiaries (other than pledges of 65% of the voting Equity Interests and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests in any First Tier Foreign Subsidiary which is a Material Foreign Subsidiary as contemplated by this Agreement), (xi) Margin Stock, (xii) Specified Principal Property, (xiii) Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that owns a Specified Principal Property, (xiv) any asset subject to a Security permitted by paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi), (b)(viii), (b)(xx), (b)(xxii) or (b)(xxviii) of Clause 21.3 (Negative Pledge), in each case, for so long as the contract or other agreement or arrangement pursuant to which such Security is granted or created prohibits the creation of any other Security on such property, and (xv) those assets as to which the Agent and the Company reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are likely to be excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby; provided that, other than any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets described in clause (xiv) above, “Excluded Assets” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Assets (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Assets).

"Excluded Subsidiary" means:

"Existing Bilateral Agreement" means the existing bilateral guarantee agreement (Rahmenavalkreditvertrag) originally dated 11/26 September 2018 (as amended from time to time) entered into by Coperion GmbH as borrower and DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main as lender.

"Existing L/G" means any standby, commercial or trade letter of credit (Akkreditive), surety (Bürgschaft) or guarantee (Garantie) excluding any surety or guarantee serving as collateral for any credit obligations (Kreditbesicherungsavale) issued under the Existing Syndicated L/G Facility Agreement and under the Existing Bilateral Agreement at the request of a Borrower or an Affiliate of a Borrower by a Lender as listed in Schedule 16 (List of Existing L/Gs).

"Existing Syndicated L/G Facility Agreement" means the EUR 175,000,000 syndicated L/G facility agreement originally dated 8 March 2018 (as amended or amended and restated on 4 September 2019, 10 January 2020, 19 May 2020 and 5 November 2020) originally among, inter alios, Hillenbrand, Inc. as the Company (as defined therein), the borrowers from time to time party thereto and guarantors from time to time party thereto, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft as mandated lead arranger and bookrunner, the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto and Commerzbank Finance & Covered Bond S.A. as Agent of the other Finance Parties (each as defined therein) as amended from time to time.

"Existing US Facility Agreement" means that certain fourth amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of 8 June 2022, among the Company, the borrowers from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent"), and the lenders from time to time party thereto (as amended from time to time).

"Face Amount" means the principal face amount of an L/G in the Base Currency or, as the case may be, any Optional Currency in which such L/G has been issued, such amount representing the maximum liability of the Issuing Bank under such L/G.

"Facility" means the letter of credit facility made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2.1 (The Facility).

"Facility Office" means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five Business Days' written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

"FATCA" means:

"FATCA Application Date" means:

"FATCA Deduction" means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.

"FATCA Exempt Party" means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.

"Finance Document" means this Agreement, the Amendment Agreement, the Mandate Letter, the Agency Fee Letter, any Accession Letter, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, any Increase Confirmation, any Compliance Certificate, any Utilisation Request, any Cash Cover Security Document, and any other document designated as such by the Agent and the Company.

"Finance Party" means the Agent, the Security Agent, the Arranger or a Lender.

"Financial Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness as defined in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions) of this Agreement.

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

"Financial Quarter" means each period of three months ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December.

"Financial Year" means the financial year of the Company ending on 30 September as at the date of this Agreement; provided that the Company may change the financial year to end on 31 December with prior notice to the Agent but without consent of Agent or any Lender.

"First Tier Foreign Subsidiary" means each Foreign Subsidiary with respect to which any one or more of the Domestic Obligors directly owns more than 50% of such Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity Interests.

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

"Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

"Governmental Authority" means any government of any nation or political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, the Pensions Regulator, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

"Group" means the Company and its Subsidiaries from time to time.

"Group Company" means any member of the Group.

"Group Structure Chart" means the group structure chart in the agreed form.

"Guarantor" means an Original Guarantor or an Additional Guarantor, unless any such entity has ceased to be a Guarantor in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors).

"Guidelines" means, together, the guidelines S-02.123 in relation to inter bank transactions of 22 September 1986 as issued by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (Merkblatt S-02.123 vom 22 September 1986 betreffend Zinsen von Bankguthaben, deren Gläubiger Banken sind (Interbankguthaben)), S-02.130.1 in relation to money market instruments and book claims of April 1999 (Merkblatt S-02.130.1 vom April 1999 "Geldmarktpapiere und Buchforderungen inländischer Schuldner"), the circular letter No. 15 (1-015-DVS-2017) of 3 October 2017 in relation to bonds and derivative financial instruments as subject matter of taxation of Swiss federal income tax, Swiss withholding tax and Swiss stamp taxes (Kreisschreiben Nr. 15 "Obligationen und derivative Finanzinstrumente als Gegenstand der direkten Bundessteuer, der Verrechnungssteuer sowie der Stempelabgaben" vom 3. Oktober 2017), the circular letter No. 34 of 26 July 2011 (1-034-V-2011) in relation to customer credit balances (Kreisschreiben Nr. 34 "Kundenguthaben" vom 26. Juli 2011), the circular letter No. 46 of 24 July 2019 in relation to syndicated credit facilities (Kreisschreiben Nr. 46 "Steuerliche Behandlung von Konsortialdarlehen, Schuldscheindarlehen, Wechseln und Unterbeteiligungen" vom 24. Juli 2019) and the circular letter No. 47 of 25 July 2019 in relation to bonds (Kreisschreiben Nr. 47 "Obligationen" vom 25. Juli 2019) as issued, and as amended or replaced from time to time by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, or as applied in accordance with a tax ruling (if any) issued by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, or as substituted or superseded and overruled by any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, court decision or the like as in force from time to time.

"Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants and contaminants listed, defined, designated, regulated or classified under applicable Environmental Laws as hazardous, toxic, radioactive, dangerous, a pollutant, a contaminant, petroleum, oil or words of similar meaning or effect, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes.

"Hillenbrand Family Group" means the descendants of John A. Hillenbrand in the direct line (direkte Nachkommen) and members of such descendants' families (i.e. spouses and registered partners) and trusts for the benefit of such natural persons.

"Holding Company" means, in relation to a person, any other person in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.

"Impaired Agent" means the Agent at any time when:

unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:

payment is made within five (5) Business Days of its due date; or

"Increase Confirmation" means a confirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Form of Increase Confirmation).

"Increase Lender" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 2.2 (Increase).

"Increase Period" means the period beginning on the date falling six Months after the date of this Agreement and ending on the date falling six Months prior to the Termination Date provided that if only one or more of the Original Lenders participate in an increase, such period shall begin on the date of this Agreement in respect of such increase.

"Ineligible Institution" means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Holding Company, (c) the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates, or (d) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof.

"Insolvency Event" in relation to a Finance Party means that Finance Party:

"Issuing Bank" means each Lender.

"ITA" means the United Kingdom Income Tax Act 2007.

"Legal Reservations" means:

"Lender" means:

which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

"Leverage Ratio" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).

"L/G" means a standby, commercial or trade letter of credit (Akkreditive), surety (Bürgschaft) or guarantee (Garantie) but excludes any surety or guarantee serving as collateral for any credit obligations (Kreditbesicherungsavale) which is:

and which in each case satisfies the L/G Approved Criteria and is issued for any of the purposes set out in Clause 3.1 (Purpose).

"L/G Approved Criteria" means the following:

"L/G Fee Rate" means 0.80 per cent. per annum applicable from the Effective Date until the date the Compliance Certificate for the Relevant Period ending 30 June 2023 has been delivered and thereafter if:

then the L/G Fee Rate for each L/G will be the percentage per annum set out below in the column opposite that range:

However:

"Liquidity Amount" means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (i) the sum of (a) 100% of the unrestricted and unencumbered cash and cash equivalents maintained by the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries as of such date, plus (b) 70% of the unrestricted and unencumbered cash and cash equivalents maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries in notional pooling structures outside of the United States and by its Foreign Subsidiaries as of such date and (ii) USD 500,000,000; provided however, that amounts calculated under this definition shall exclude any amounts that would not be considered “cash” or “cash equivalents” as recorded on the books of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary.

"LMA" means the Loan Market Association.

"Majority Lenders" means a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 66 2/3 per cent. of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 66 2/3 per cent. of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the reduction).

"Mandate Letter" means the letter dated 16 May 2022 between the Arranger and the Company.

"Margin Stock" has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on:

"Material Domestic Subsidiary" means, as of any date of determination, each Domestic Subsidiary:

in each case as of the last day of the immediately preceding Financial Year of the Company for which annual financial statements of the Company are available. Compliance with the conditions set out above shall be determined by reference to the annual audited consolidated financial statements of the Company.

"Material Foreign Subsidiary" means a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary.

"Material Indebtedness" means, as of any date, Financial Indebtedness (other than Financial Indebtedness arising under this Agreement), or the net obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Company and any other member of the Group in an aggregate principal amount exceeding USD 75,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) as of such date. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the net obligations of the Company or any member of the Group in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.

"Material Subsidiary" means, as of any date of determination, a member of the Group (other than the Company):

in each case as of the last day of the immediately preceding Financial Year of the Company for which annual financial statements of the Company are available. Compliance with the conditions set out above shall be determined by reference to the annual audited consolidated financial statements of the Company.

A list of the initial Material Subsidiaries is set out in Schedule 14 (List of initial Material Subsidiaries).

"Maturity Date" means the last day of the Term of an L/G.

"Milacron Pension Scheme" means the existing pension scheme for which Milacron UK Ltd. (a registered company in England with number 04444980) is an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the United Kingdom Pensions Act 2004).

"Month" means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:

The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period. "Monthly" shall be construed accordingly.

"Moody’s" means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

"Multiemployer Plan" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates is contributing or has any obligation to contribute.

"New Lender" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders).

"Obligor" means a Borrower or a Guarantor.

"Optional Currency" means a currency (other than the Base Currency) which complies with the conditions set out in Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating to Optional Currencies).

"Original Facility Agreement" refers to this Agreement prior to the Effective Date.

"Original Financial Statements" means:

"Original Obligor" means an Original Borrower or an Original Guarantor.

"Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement" means an intercreditor agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent and (if appointed) the Security Agent, to be entered into after a Collateral Springing Event and to be by and among the Agent, (if appointed) the Security Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Company and the other Domestic Obligors and other parties from time to time party thereto.

"Participating Member State" means any member state of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

"Party" means a party to this Agreement.

"Payroll Account" means any deposit account of a Domestic Obligor that is used by such Domestic Obligor solely for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage benefit payments to or for the benefit of the employees of such Domestic Obligor.

"PBGC" means the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

"Pensions Regulator" means the body corporate established under section 1 of the United Kingdom Pensions Act 2004 (or any replacement or successor body from time to time).

"Pledge Subsidiary" means (i) each Domestic Subsidiary and (ii) each First Tier Foreign Subsidiary which is a Material Foreign Subsidiary.

"Qualifying Lender" has the meaning given to it in Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities).

"Quarter Date" has the meaning given to it in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).

"Regulations T, U and X" means, respectively, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor) as now and from time to time in effect from the date of this Agreement.

"Relevant Nominating Body" means any applicable central bank, regulator or other supervisory authority or a group of them, or any working group or committee sponsored or chaired by, or constituted at the request of, any of them or the Financial Stability Board.

"Relevant Period" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).

"Related Fund" in relation to a fund (the "first fund"), means a fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser of the first fund.

"Repeated Representations" means each of the representations set out in Clause 18 (Representations) other than Clauses 18.7 (Deduction of Tax), 18.10 (No default), 18.12 (No misleading Information), 18.13 (Financial statements), 18.16 (Environmental laws and licences) and 18.17 (Good title to assets).

"Representative" means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or custodian.

"Resignation Letter" means a letter substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8 (Form of Resignation Letter).

"Responsible Officer" means the chief executive officer, president, Financial Officer or any other person designated by any such person in writing to the Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

"Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in any member of the Group or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property) on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in any member of the Group or any option, warrant or other right to acquire such Equity Interests in any member of the Group.

"S&P" means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.

"Sanctioned Country" means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any comprehensive Sanctions (as of the Effective Date, including but not limited to, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, South-Sudan and Syria).

"Sanctioned Person" means, at any time, (a) any person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated persons maintained by, or public announcement of Sanctions designation made by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union including its member states, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or the Swiss Confederation and its State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO and/or its Directorate of International Law or any other respective governmental institution and agency of any of the foregoing each as amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time, (b) any person located, organized or

resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any person owned 50% or more or controlled by any such person or persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

"Sanctions" means any international economic sanctions imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union including its member states or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or (c) the Swiss Confederation and administered by its State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO and/or Directorate of International Law or any other respective governmental institution and agency of any of the foregoing.

"Schenck" means, collectively, Schenck Process Holding North America, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Delaware, and Baker Perkins Holdings Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.

"Schenck Acquisition" means the acquisition of all of the outstanding equity interests of Schenck by Milacron LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Milacron"), pursuant to the share purchase agreement, dated as of May 23, 2023 (together with all exhibits, schedules and disclosure letters thereto), by and between Schenck Process Holding GmbH as seller, Milacron as purchaser and Schenck.

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

"Secured Obligations" means all present and future liabilities and obligations owing or incurred by any member of the Group and by each Obligor to any Secured Party under the Finance Documents (as amended from time to time), both actual and contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly and as principal or surety or in any other capacity.

"Secured Parties" means the Security Agent, the Agent or a Lender.

"Security Agent" means the security agent appointed by the Finance Parties after the date of a Collateral Springing Event.

"Security Agreement" means a pledge and security agreement (including any and all supplements thereto), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lenders, between the Domestic Obligor and the Security Agent, for the benefit of the Security Agent and/or the other Secured Parties, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

"Security" means a mortgage, land charge, charge, pledge, lien, assignment or transfer for security purposes, retention of title arrangement or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.

"Specified Time" means a time determined in accordance with Schedule 11 (Timetables).

"Specified Principal Property" means all "Principal Property" as defined in the indenture, dated as of July 9, 2010, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated as of September 25, 2019, among the Company, certain of the Subsidiaries as guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as further supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of June 16, 2020, among the Company, certain of the Subsidiaries as guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and as further supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 7, dated as of March 3, 2021, among the Company, certain of the Subsidiaries as guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. As used herein, “Principal Property” is defined in such

indentures as of the Effective Date and without giving effect to any subsequent amendment, supplement or other modification of any such definition or any such indenture.

"Spot Rate of Exchange" means the exchange rate between Euro and an alternative currency which is displayed on the European Central Bank Website at https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/index.en.html (or, the rate displayed on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes the rate from time to time) or, if the respective alternative currency is not listed there, the current selling rate determined in the over-the-counter market (purchase Euro, sale alternative currency).

"Subsidiary" means:

"Swap Agreement" means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any other member of the Group shall be a Swap Agreement.

"Swap Termination Value" means, in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in subsection (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

"Swiss Borrower" means a Borrower incorporated in Switzerland and/or having its registered office in Switzerland and/or qualifying as a Swiss resident pursuant to Art. 9 of the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax Act.

"Swiss Federal Withholding Tax" means the Tax levied pursuant to the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax Act.

"Swiss Federal Withholding Tax Act" means the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax Act (Bundesgesetz über die Verrechnungssteuer vom 13 Oktober 1965); together with the related ordinances, regulations and guidelines, all as amended and applicable from time to time.

"Swiss Non-Bank Rules" means the Swiss Ten Non-Qualifying Bank Creditor Rule and the Swiss Twenty Non-Qualifying Bank Creditor Rule.

"Swiss Qualifying Bank" means a person or entity (including any commercial bank or financial institution (irrespective of its jurisdiction of organisation)) acting on its own account which has a banking licence in force and effect issued in accordance with the banking laws in its jurisdiction of incorporation, or if acting through a branch, issued in accordance with the banking laws in the jurisdiction of such branch, and which, in both cases, effectively exercises as its main purpose a true banking activity, having bank personnel, premises, communication devices of its own and authority of decision making all in accordance and as defined in the Guidelines or in the legislation and explanatory notes addressing the same issues which are in force at such time.

"Swiss Ten Non-Qualifying Bank Creditor Rule" means the rule that the aggregate number of creditors (or deemed creditors) under this Agreement which are not Swiss Qualifying Banks must not exceed 10 (ten), all in accordance with the meaning of the Guidelines or legislation or explanatory notes addressing the same issues which are in force at such time.

"Swiss Twenty Non-Qualifying Bank Creditor Rule" means the rule that the aggregate number of creditors (or deemed creditors) (including the Lenders), other than Swiss Qualifying Banks, of a Swiss Borrower under all outstanding debts relevant for classification as debenture (Kassenobligation) (within the meaning of the Guidelines), such as loans, facilities and/or private placements (including under the Finance Documents) must not at any time exceed 20 (twenty), all in accordance with the meaning of the Guidelines or legislation or explanatory notes addressing the same issues which are in force at such time.

"Tax or Taxes" means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by or paid to any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

"Term" means such period determined under this Agreement for which the Issuing Bank is under a liability under an L/G.

"Term A-2 Loans" means the term loans made by certain lenders under the Existing US Facility Agreement to the Company pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of the Existing US Facility Agreement.

"Termination Date" means the earlier of (i) date falling five (5) years following the date of this Agreement and (ii) the date of the termination of the Existing US Facility Agreement (as such agreement may be from time to time extended or refinanced).

"Total Commitments" means the aggregate of the Commitments, being EUR 325,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.

"Transfer Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Company.

"Transfer Date" means, in relation to an assignment and transfer by way of assumption of contract (Vertragsübernahme) pursuant to Clause 23.5 (Procedure for assignment and transfer by way of assumption of contract (Vertragsübernahme)), the later of:

"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York, or in any other State (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time

to time in the State of New York), if the laws of such other State are required to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection or priority of security interests.

"Unpaid Sum" means any sum due and payable by an Obligor but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance Documents.

"U.S." and "United States" means the United States of America, its territories, possessions and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America.

"U.S. Borrower" means a Borrower whose jurisdiction of incorporation is a state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

"U.S. GAAP" means the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as recognised by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other body or authority that succeeds the Financial Accounting Standards Board in determining the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States from time to time.

"U.S. Person" means a "United States person" within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

"U.S. Tax Obligor" means:

"Utilisation" means the issuance of an L/G.

"Utilisation Date" means the date on which a Utilisation is to be made, being the date on which the relevant L/G is to be issued.

"Utilisation Request" means (i) a notice automatically generated by the Electronic Platform and sent to the respective Issuing Bank or (ii) in case the Electronic Platform is not available for such purpose, a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Utilisation Request).

"VAT" means:

"Withdrawal Liability" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

and the amount by which an L/G is repaid or prepaid under paragraphs 1.2(e)(i) to (iii) above is the amount of the relevant Cash Cover or reduction or Counter Guarantee (in the case Cash Cover is provided for an L/G denominated in an Optional Currency, converted into the currency in which that L/G is denominated at the Spot Rate of Exchange on the date on which Cash Cover is provided).

If the Electronic Platform cannot provide one of the services as assigned to under this Agreement it shall be treated as "not available" on in regard to any such (unavailable) service.

"€", "EUR" and "euro" denote the single currency of the Participating Member States, "£", "GBP" and "sterling" denote the lawful currency of the United Kingdom, "$", "USD" and "dollars" denote the lawful currency of the United States of America, "CHF" denotes the lawful currency of Switzerland, "SEK" denotes the lawful currency of Sweden, "SGD" denotes the lawful currency of Singapore, "CNY" denotes the lawful currency of the People's Republic of China, "INR" denotes the lawful currency of India, "SAR" denotes the lawful currency of Saudi Arabia and "YEN" denotes the lawful currency of Japan.

This Agreement is made in the English language. For the avoidance of doubt, the English language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation of this Agreement. However, where a German translation of a word or phrase appears in the text of this Agreement, the German translation of such word or phrase shall prevail.

Except as otherwise provided herein, all pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence, assumption or repayment of Financial Indebtedness, or other transaction shall in each case be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto (and, in the case of any pro forma computation made hereunder to determine whether such acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence, assumption or repayment of Financial Indebtedness, or other transaction is permitted to be consummated hereunder, to any other such transaction consummated since the first day of the period covered by any component of such pro forma computation and on or prior to the date of such computation) as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of the period of four consecutive Financial Quarters ending with the most recent Financial Quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, ending with the last Financial Quarter included in the Original Financial Statements of the Company), and, to the extent applicable, to the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of (but without giving effect to any synergies or cost savings unless permitted by Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933) and any related incurrence or reduction of Financial Indebtedness, all in accordance with that Article. If any Financial Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Financial Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Swap Agreement pertaining to interest rates applicable to such Financial Indebtedness).

For all purposes under the Finance Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original person to the subsequent person, and (b) if any new person comes into existence, such new person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.

No Default or Event of Default shall arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars in Clause 20 (Financial covenants) and 21 (General undertakings) under this Agreement being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates from those rates applicable on the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company immediately preceding the fiscal quarter of the Company in which the applicable transaction or occurrence requiring a determination occurs.

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Issuing Banks make available to the Borrowers a multicurrency letter of credit facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments provided that the aggregate Base Currency Amount of all outstanding L/Gs issued by the Issuing Banks on behalf of (or at the request of) the Company may not exceed EUR 25,000,000 at any time.

request that the Commitments be increased (and the Commitments shall be so increased) in an aggregate amount in the Base Currency of up to the amount of the Available Commitments or Commitments so cancelled.

Each Borrower shall use any L/G to collateralise obligations of, or claims against, any Borrower (or, subject to Clause 5.8 (Affiliate of a Borrower), any Affiliate Borrower) in each case arising in connection with the operational business requirements of any Borrower (or, subject to Clause 5.8 (Affiliate of a Borrower), any Affiliate Borrower) in relation to the issuance of:

No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the use of an L/G granted pursuant to this Agreement.

No Borrower may deliver a Utilisation Request to an Issuing Bank unless the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part 1 (Conditions Precedent to Initial Utilisation) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.

An Issuing Bank will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.3 (Issue of L/Gs) if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:

A currency will constitute an Optional Currency in relation to an L/G if it is:

provided that in the case of paragraphs (b) and (c) above, the aggregate Base Currency Amount of all L/Gs denominated in any such currencies shall not exceed EUR 20,000,000 at any time. Each Issuing Bank will only be obliged to issue an L/G in an Optional Currency if this Optional Currency (other than in the case of paragraphs (a) and (b) above) is approved between the relevant Issuing Bank and the relevant Borrower.

For the avoidance of doubt, any letter of credit or similar instrument issued by an Issuing Bank in excess of the amounts described above will be issued on a bilateral basis and not be subject to (nor benefit from) the provisions of this Agreement.

Paragraph (b) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

On the last Business Day of each calendar quarter (a "Calendar Quarter Date") on which at least one L/G is outstanding under this Agreement which is denominated in an Optional Currency, the Electronic Platform shall automatically and, if the Electronic Platform is not available, each relevant Issuing Bank shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each L/G outstanding by notionally converting the amount of that L/G into the Base Currency on the basis of the Spot Rate of Exchange on the date of calculation.

If, in any applicable jurisdiction, it becomes unlawful for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any Utilisation or it becomes unlawful for any Affiliate of a Lender for that Lender to do so:

In the event of a Change of Control:

The Company may, if it gives the Agent not less than three Business Days' prior written notice (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree), cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of EUR 5,000,000) of the Available Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 9.3 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably under the Facility.

If the first Utilisation Date has not occurred by the date falling one Month after the date of this Agreement, the Facility will be automatically cancelled in full.

A Borrower on whose request an L/G has been issued may, if it gives the relevant Issuing Bank not less than three Business Days' prior notice (or such shorter period as the relevant Issuing Bank (or in case of any L/G issued by several Issuing Banks, all such Issuing Banks) may agree), prepay the whole or any part of that L/G.

the Company may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that increase, indemnification or Defaulting Lender status continues, give the Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that Lender's participation in the L/Gs.

If on the date falling six months before the earliest FATCA Application Date for any payment by a Party to a Lender (or to the Agent for the account of that Lender), that Lender is not a FATCA Exempt Party and, in the opinion of that Lender (acting reasonably), that Party will, as a consequence, be required to make a FATCA Deduction from a payment to that Lender (or to the Agent for the account of that Lender) on or after that FATCA Application Date (a "FATCA Event"):

and the account will bear interest at a rate equal to: for GBP, SONIA (Sterling Over Night Index Average), for USD, FFE (Feds Funds Effective), for EUR, €STR (Euro short-term rate) and for CHF, SARON (Swiss Overnight Index Average) (in each case as determined by the Issuing Bank and referred to as "Screen Rate") for deposits in that currency for one month (if that amount is placed on a one month time deposit), or upon the request of any of the Issuing Banks the applicable risk free rate for the relevant currency (GBP, USD, EUR or CHF), or otherwise (if it is not or if the deposit is in a currency other than GBP, USD, EUR or CHF) at a normal commercial rate or as otherwise agreed between the Company or the relevant Borrower with the relevant Issuing Bank.

in each case if no Event of Default has occurred which is continuing.

The Company shall pay to the Arranger an arrangement fee and a participation fee in the amount and at the times agreed in the Mandate Letter.

The Company shall pay to the Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in the Agency Fee Letter.

Each Borrower shall pay to the relevant Issuing Bank (for its own account) an issuance and administration fee in respect of each L/G requested by it and issued by that Issuing Bank in the amount of EUR 50 per issued L/G or as otherwise agreed between that Issuing Bank and the Company.

"Borrower DTTP Filing" means an HM Revenue & Customs' Form DTTP2 duly completed and filed by the relevant Borrower, which:

"German Borrower" means a Borrower incorporated in Germany.

"Protected Party" means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document.

"Qualifying Lender" means:

"Tax Confirmation" means a confirmation by a Lender that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document is either:

"Tax Credit" means a credit against, relief or remission for, or refund or repayment of any Tax.

"Tax Deduction" means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.

"Tax Payment" means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity).

"Treaty Lender" means a Lender which:

"Treaty State" means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a "Treaty") with the jurisdiction of incorporation of the relevant Borrower which makes provision for full exemption for tax imposed by the jurisdiction of incorporation of the relevant Borrower on interest.

"UK Borrower" means a Borrower incorporated in the United Kingdom.

"UK Non-Bank Lender" means:

and, having done so, that Lender shall be under no obligation pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) above.

and in each case, the Borrower has notified that Lender in writing, that Lender and the Borrower shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for that Borrower to obtain authorisation to make that payment without a Tax Deduction.

if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party; or

If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that:

the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Obligor. If a Finance Party makes a payment to an Obligor pursuant to this Clause 12.4 in connection with a Tax Credit, the Obligor, upon the request of the Finance Party, shall repay to the Finance Party such amount that was paid pursuant to Clause 12.4 (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant governmental or taxing authority) in the event that the Finance Party loses the benefit of, or has to repay to such governmental or taxing authority, such Tax Credit.

Each Lender which becomes a Party to this Agreement after the date of this Agreement shall indicate, in the Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation which it executes on becoming a Party, and for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, which of the following categories it falls in with respect to each relevant Borrower:

If a New Lender or Increase Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Clause 12.5 with respect to a German Borrower, a UK Borrower or a U.S. Borrower (as applicable), then such New Lender or Increase Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by each Obligor) as if it is not a Qualifying Lender with respect to such Borrower until such time as it notifies the Agent which category applies (and the Agent, upon receipt of

such notification, shall inform the Company). For the avoidance of doubt, a Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this Clause 12.5.

The Company shall pay and, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document.

supply to the Agent:

which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document. Such amounts shall be determined in good faith consistent with similarly situated customers of the applicable Finance Party under agreements having provisions similar to this Clause 13.1 after consideration of such factors as such Finance Party then reasonably determines to be relevant.

that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.

Subject to and without any duplication of Clause 16.3 (Enforcement Costs) which shall prevail over this Clause 14.2, the Company shall (or shall procure that an Obligor will), within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost (which in the case of counsel, shall be limited to the fees, charges and disbursements of (x) one primary counsel and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Agent, (y) one additional primary counsel and one additional local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, for all Lenders other than the Agent and (z) additional counsel for affected Lenders in light of actual or potential conflicts of interest), loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:

provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Finance Party, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgement to have resulted from any dispute solely among the Finance Parties (not arising as a result of any act or omission by any member of the Group) other than claims against the Agent or any Issuing Bank or any Arranger in its capacity as, or in fulfilling its role as, the Agent or an Issuing Bank or an Arranger or any similar role under this Agreement.

The Company shall promptly on demand pay the Agent and the Arranger the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees subject to the agreed cap (if any)) reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of:

If (a) an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent or (b) an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 28.10 (Change of currency), the Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, reimburse the Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including pre-agreed legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.

The Company shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount of all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (which in the case of counsel, shall be limited to the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Agent and one additional primary counsel and one additional local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for all Lenders other than the Agent and additional counsel for affected Lenders in light of actual or potential conflicts of interest) incurred by that Finance Party in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.

Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally (but subject to any limitations set out in any Accession Letter by which such Guarantor becomes a party hereto) jointly and severally (gesamtschuldnerisch):

For the avoidance of doubt this guarantee and indemnity does not constitute a guarantee upon first demand (Garantie auf erstes Anfordern) and, in particular, receipt of such written demand shall not preclude any rights and/or defences the Guarantor may have with respect to any payment requested by a Finance Party (or the Agent on its behalf) under this guarantee and indemnity.

If any payment by an Obligor or any discharge given by a Finance Party (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is avoided or reduced as a result of insolvency or any similar event:

No Finance Party will be required to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Guarantor under this Clause 17. This applies irrespective of any provision of a Finance Document to the contrary.

Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance Party may:

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Clause 17.6 shall be construed as creating a liability for a Borrower for the amounts which may be or become payable by the other Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents.

Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Agent otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising, under this Clause 17:

If a Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Finance Parties by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents to be repaid in full on trust for the Finance Parties and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Agent or as the Agent may direct for application in accordance with Clause 28 (Payment Mechanics) of this Agreement.

If any Guarantor (a "Retiring Guarantor") ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with Clause 24.5 (Resignation of a Guarantor) or Clause 24.6 (Release of a Guarantor) or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents for the purpose of any sale or other disposal of that Retiring Guarantor then on the date such Retiring Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor: