Exhibit 10.48

THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this

Amendment”), is dated as of October 27, 2022, by and among ALICO, INC., a Florida corporation (“Alico”), ALICO-AGRI, LTD., a Florida limited partnership (“Alico-Agri”), ALICO PLANT WORLD, L.L.C., a Florida limited liability company (“Plant World”), ALICO FRUIT COMPANY, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“Fruit Company”), ALICO LAND DEVELOPMENT INC., a Florida corporation (“Land Development”), ALICO CITRUS NURSERY, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“Citrus Nursery”, and together with Alico, Alico-Agri, Plant World, Fruit Company and Land Development, each a “Borrower” and collectively the “Borrowers”), the Guarantors party hereto and RABO AGRIFINANCE LLC (formerly known as Rabo Agrifinance, Inc.), a Delaware limited liability company (“Lender”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers and Lender are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 1, 2014, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent dated as of February 26, 2015, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 16, 2015, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016, that certain Consent and Waiver Agreement dated as of December 20, 2016, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 6, 2017, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 30, 2017, that certain Sixth Amendment, Consent and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of July 18, 2018, that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 26, 2018, that certain Eighth Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of August 29, 2019, that certain Ninth Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of June 26, 2020, that certain Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 25, 2020, that certain Eleventh Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent dated as of January 7, 2021, and that certain Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 19, 2021 (as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested that Lender amend the Credit Agreement as more fully set forth herein, on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that all capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement, and further agree as follows:

 

1.
Amendment to Credit Agreement.

 

(a)
Effective on the Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement shall be amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same

 

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manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

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(b) The Credit Agreement is hereby further modified and amended by replacing Schedules 3.10, 3.14, 3.19, 6.1, and 6.5 thereto with Schedules 3.10, 3.14, 3.19, 6.1, and 6.5, respectively, as set forth in Schedule I hereto.

 

2.
No Other Amendments. Except as expressly set forth above, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as an amendment, modification or waiver of any right, power or remedy of Lender under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Except for the amendments set forth above, the text of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and each Borrower and each Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms its obligations thereunder. This Amendment shall not constitute a modification of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or a course of dealing with Lender at variance with the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents such as to require further notice by Lender to require strict compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the future. Each Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledges and expressly agrees that Lender reserves the right to, and does in fact, require strict compliance with all terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as amended herein.

 

3.
Representations and Warranties. In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Amendment by Lender, each Borrower and each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants in favor of Lender as follows:

 

(c)
The execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower and each Guarantor of this Amendment (i) are all within such Borrower’s corporate, limited liability company or other similar powers, as applicable, (ii) have been duly authorized,

(iii) do not require any consent, authorization or approval of, registration or filing with, notice to, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, except for such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (iv) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the Organizational Documents of such Borrower or Guarantor, (v) will not violate or result in a default under any material agreement binding upon such Borrower or Guarantor, (vi) will not conflict with or result in a breach or contravention of, any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Borrower or Guarantor is a party or affecting such Borrower or Guarantor or their respective properties, and (vii) except for the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents, will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of such Borrower or Guarantor or any of their respective properties;

 

(d)
This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and each Guarantor, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of each such Borrower or Guarantor enforceable against each Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and (ii) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

 

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(e)
As of the date hereof and after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties made by or with respect to any Borrower or Guarantor under the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) and the other Loan Documents, are true and correct in all material respects (unless any such representation or warranty is qualified as to materiality or as to Material Adverse Effect, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date hereof, both before and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (unless any such representation or warranty is qualified as to materiality or as to Material Adverse Effect, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date;

 

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(d) Immediately after giving effect hereto, no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or would constitute a Default or an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both; and

 

(e)
No Borrower or Guarantor has knowledge of any challenge to Lender’s claims arising under the Loan Documents, or to the effectiveness of the Loan Documents.

 

4.
Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date set forth above (the “Amendment Effective Date”) upon Lender’s receipt of each of the following, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Lender:

 

(e)
this Amendment duly executed by each Borrower, Guarantor and

Lender;

 

(f)
the Fifth Renewal Promissory Note in the form attached hereto;

 

(g)
the written consent of each of MetLife and New England Life

Insurance Company to the extension of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date;

 

(h)
the results of a recent Lien search in each of the jurisdictions and offices where each Obligor is located or recorded, and such searches shall reveal no Liens on any of its assets except for Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement;

 

(i)
such documents and certificates as Lender may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Obligor, the authorization of this Amendment, the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer authorized to act on behalf of an Obligor in connection with this Amendment and the other Loan Documents and any other legal matters relating to a Borrower, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

 

(j)
payment to Lender of a renewal fee in the amount of $15,000;

 

(k)
the payment of all reasonably estimated fees, charges and disbursements required to be paid pursuant to this Amendment or Section 9.3 of the Credit

 

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Agreement to Lender to the extent invoiced on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date; and

 

(h) all other documents, certificates, reports, statements, instruments or other documents as Lender may reasonably request.

 

5.
Costs and Expenses. Each Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of Lender in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for Lender with respect thereto).

 

6.
Affirmation of Guaranty/Loan Documents. Each Obligor hereby acknowledges that as of the date hereof, the security interests and liens granted to Lender under the Loan Documents are in full force and effect and are enforceable in accordance with the terms of the applicable Loan Documents and will continue to secure the Obligations. Additionally, by executing this Amendment, each Guarantor hereby acknowledges, consents and agrees that all of its obligations and liability under the Guaranty Agreement and all other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party remain in full force and effect, and that the execution and delivery of this Amendment and any and all documents executed in connection therewith shall not alter, amend, reduce or modify its obligations and liability under such Guaranty Agreement and all other Loan Documents.

 

7.
Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of a signature page hereto by facsimile transmission or by other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

8.
Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

9.
Governing Law. This Amendment shall be deemed to be made pursuant to the laws of the State of Florida with respect to agreements made and to be performed wholly in the State of Florida and shall be construed, interpreted, performed and enforced in accordance therewith.

 

10.
Final Agreement. This Amendment represents the final agreement between Borrowers, Guarantors and Lender as to the subject matter hereof and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.

 

11.
Loan Document. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a Loan Document for all purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their respective duly authorized officers or representatives to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

 

BORROWERS:

ALICO, INC., a Florida corporation

 

 

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

ALICO-AGRI, LTD., a Florida limited partnership

By: Alico, Inc., a Florida corporation, its General Partner

 

 

 

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

 

 

 

ALICO PLANT WORLD, L.L.C., a Florida

limited liability company

By: Alico-Agri, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership, its Sole Member

By: Alico, Inc., a Florida corporation, its General Partner

 

 

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

 

 

 

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ALICO FRUIT COMPANY, LLC, a Florida

limited liability company

By: Alico, Inc., a Florida corporation, its Managing Member

 

 

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

ALICO LAND DEVELOPMENT INC., a

Florida corporation

 

 

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

ALICO CITRUS NURSERY, LLC, a Florida

limited liability company

 

 

By: Alico, Inc., a Florida corporation, its Managing Member

 

 

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

 

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GUARANTORS:

734 CITRUS HOLDINGS, LLC

By: Alico, Inc., as its sole Member

 

 

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

734 HARVEST, LLC

 

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

734 CO-OP GROVES, LLC

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

 

 

734 LMC GROVES, LLC

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

734 BLP GROVES, LLC,

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

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ALICO CHEMICAL SALES, LLC

 

 

 

 

By: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ALICO SKINK MITIGATION, LLC

By: Alico, Inc., its Manager

Name: John E. Kiernan

Name: John E. Kiernan

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

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LENDER: RABO AGRIFINANCE LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

 

By: S. Siebert

Name: S. Siebert

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule I

 

Updated Schedules (See attached.)

 

 

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Schedule 3.10 ERISA Plans

1.
Alico, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

 

2.
Alico, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan (includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance programs)

 

 

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Schedule 3.14 Subsidiaries

 

Name

Ownership

1. Alico-Agri, Ltd.

99% owned by Alico Land Development Inc.; 1% owned by Alico, Inc.

2. Alico Citrus Nursery, LLC.

100% owned by Alico, Inc.

3. Alico Fruit Company, LLC.

100% owned by Alico, Inc.

4. Alico Land Development Inc.

100% owned by Alico, Inc.

5. Alico Plant World, L.L.C.

100% owned by Alico-Agri, Ltd.

6. Citree Holdings 1, LLC

51% owned by Alico, Inc.

7. 734 Citrus Holdings, LLC

100% owned by Alico, Inc.

8. 734 Harvest, LLC

100% owned by 734 Citrus Holdings, LLC

9. 734 Co-op Groves, LLC

100% owned by 734 Citrus Holdings, LLC

10. 734 LMC Groves, LLC

100% owned by 734 Citrus Holdings, LLC

11. 734 BLP Groves, LLC

100% owned by 734 Citrus Holdings, LLC

12. Alico Chemical Sales, LLC

100% owned by Alico, Inc.

13. Alico Skink Mitigation, LLC

100% owned by Alico, Inc.

 

 

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Schedule 3.19 Labor Matters

None.

 

 

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Schedule 6.1 Indebtednes

1.
Loan Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2014, by among Alico Land Devel- opment Inc., Alico-Agri, Ltd., Alico Plant World, L.L.C., Alico Fruit Company, LLC, and Alico Citrus Nursery, LLC, as substitute guarantors, and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as lender.

 

2.
Loan Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2014 (as amended, restated, consolidated, spread or otherwise modified from time to time) among Citree Holdings 1, LLC, a Florida lim- ited liability company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as lender.

 

 

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Schedule 6.5 Investments

1.
Joint venture interests in Graham Road Partners, LLC.

 

 

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Exhibit A

 

(See attached)

 

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Exhibit A

Conformed through: (i) First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 26, 2015, (ii) Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 16, 2015, (iii) Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016, (iv) Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 6, 2017, (v) Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 30, 2017, (vi) Sixth Amendment, Consent and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of July 18, 2018, (vii) Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 26, 2018, (viii) Eighth Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of August 29, 2019, (ix) Ninth Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of June 26, 2020, (x) Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 25, 2020, (xi) Eleventh Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent dated as of January 7, 2021, (xii) Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 19, 2021, and (xiii) Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 27, 2022

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COMPOSITE CREDIT AGREEMENT
 

by and between

ALICO, INC.,
ALICO-AGRI, LTD.,
ALICO PLANT WORLD, L.L.C.,
ALICO FRUIT COMPANY, LLC,
ALICO LAND DEVELOPMENT INC.,

and

ALICO CITRUS NURSERY, LLC,

as Borrowers

and

RABO AGRIFINANCE, INC.,
as Lender

Dated as of December 1, 2014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

Page

1. DEFINITIONS 1

1.1 Defined Terms 1

1.2 Interpretation 2833

1.3 Accounting Terms; GAAP 2934

1.4 Letter of Credit Amounts 3035

1.5 Disclaimer 35

2. THE CREDIT 3035

2.1 The Commitment 3035

2.2 Minimum Amounts 30Loans and Borrowings 35

2.3 Requests for Borrowings 3036

2.4 Letters of Credit 3036

2.5 Funding of Borrowings 3540

2.6 Termination and Reduction of the Commitment 3540

2.7 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt 3541

2.8 Prepayment of Loans 3641

2.9 Fees 3642

2.10 Interest 3742

2.11 Inability to Determine Rates; Alternative Rate 37Alternate Rate of Interest; Illegality 43

2.12 Increased Costs 3944

2.13 Taxes 4045

2.14 Payments Generally 4147

2.15 Note 4247

2.16 Sweep to Loan Arrangement 4248

2.17 Benchmark Replacement Setting 48

2.18 SOFR Conforming Changes 49

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 4249

3.1 Corporate Existence 4250

3.2 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations 4350

3.3 No Conflicts 4350

3.4 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change 4350

3.5 Properties 4451

3.6 Litigation 4451

3.7 Compliance with Laws and Agreements 4451

3.8 Investment Company Status 4451

3.9 Taxes 4451

3.10 ERISA 4552

3.11 Disclosure 4552

3.12 Use of Credit 4552

3.13 [Intentionally Omitted] 4552

3.14 Subsidiaries 4552

3.15 [Intentionally Omitted] 4552

3.16 Environmental Matters 4552

3.17 Sanctions/Anti-Corruption Representations 4552

3.18 [Intentionally Omitted] 4653

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3.19 Labor Matters, Etc 4653

3.20 Solvency 4653

3.21 No Burdensome Restriction 4653

3.22 Security Documents 4653

4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 4653

4.1 Effective Date 4654

4.2 Each Credit Event 4856

5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 4956

5.1 Financial Statements and Other Information 4956

5.2 Notices of Material Events 5158

5.3 Existence; Conduct of Business 5259

5.4 Payment of Obligations 5259

5.5 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance 5259

5.6 Books and Records; Inspection Rights 5360

5.7 Compliance with Laws 5360

5.8 Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries 5360

5.9 General Further Assurances 5461

5.10 Food Security Act Compliance 5461

5.11 [Intentionally Omitted] 5462

5.12 Cash Management Systems 5562

5.13 Intentionally Omitted 5562

6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 5562

6.1 Indebtedness 5562

6.2 Liens 5663

6.3 Fundamental Changes; Lines of Business 5663

6.4 Dispositions 5764

6.5 Investments 5865

6.6 Restricted Payments 5966

6.7 Transactions with Affiliates 6067

6.8 [Intentionally Omitted] 6067

6.9 [Intentionally Omitted] 6067

6.10 Modifications of Certain Documents 6067

6.11 Accounting Changes 6067

6.12 Hedging Agreements 6067

6.13 Sale Lease Back 6067

6.14 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit 6068

7. FINANCIAL COVENANTS 6168

7.1 Consolidated Current Ratio 6168

7.2 Consolidated Tangible Net Worth 6168

7.3 Consolidated Debt to Total Asset Ratio 6168

7.4 Debt Service Coverage Ratio 6168

7.5 Capital Expenditures 6168

8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES 6169

8.1 Event of Default; Remedies 6169

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8.2 Application of Payment 6471

8.3 Performance by Lender 6572

9. MISCELLANEOUS 6572

9.1 Notices 6572

9.2 Waivers; Amendments 6673

9.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver 6674

9.4 Successors and Assigns 6775

9.5 Survival 6876

9.6 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness 6976

9.7 Severability 6976

9.8 Right of Set-off 6976

9.9 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc 6977

9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 7078

9.11 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality 7178

9.12 Interest Rate Limitation 7279

9.13 USA Patriot Act 7279

9.14 Administrative Borrower 7279

9.15 Joint and Several Obligations 7280

9.16 Press Release and Related Matters 7582

9.17 No Duty 7582

9.18 No Fiduciary Relationship 7583

9.19 Construction 7583

9.20 Payments Set Aside 7683

9.21 Benefits of Agreement 7683

9.22 Keepwell 7683

9.23 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 7683

9.24 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs 7784

9.25 Reaffirmation 85

 

 

SCHEDULES:

Schedule 2.4(e)

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Existing Letters of Credit

Schedule 3.10

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ERISA Plans

Schedule 3.14

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Subsidiaries

Schedule 3.19

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Labor Matters

Schedule 6.1

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Indebtedness

Schedule 6.5

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Investments

 

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A

Exhibit N

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Form of Assignment and Assumption

Form of Promissory Note

Exhibit 2.3

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Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit 5.1

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Form of Compliance Certificate

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of December 1, 2014, is by and between ALICO, INC., a Florida corporation (“Alico”); ALICO-AGRI, LTD., a Florida limited partnership (“Alico-Agri”); ALICO PLANT WORLD, L.L.C., a Florida limited liability company (“Plant World”); ALICO FRUIT COMPANY, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“Fruit Company”); ALICO LAND DEVELOPMENT INC., a Florida corporation (“Land Development”); ALICO CITRUS NURSERY, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“Citrus Nursery”, and together with Alico, Alico-Agri, Plant World, Fruit Company and Land Development, each a “Borrower” and collectively the “Borrowers”), and RABO AGRIFINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Lender”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested that Lender make available for the purposes specified in this Agreement a revolving credit and letter of credit facility; and

WHEREAS, Lender is willing to make available to Borrowers such revolving credit and letter of credit facility upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Defined Terms

. As used in this Agreement (including the foregoing preamble and recitals), the following terms have the meanings specified below:

734 Citrus” means 734 Citrus Holdings, LLC, a Florida limited liability company.

734 Sub means 734 Sub, LLC, a Florida limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Alico.

Accounts Receivable” means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s “accounts” (as such term is defined in the UCC).

Acquired Entity or Business” means any Person or business unit acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition.

Acquisition” means the acquisition of the “Purchased Assets” (as such term is defined in the Orange-Co Acquisition Agreement) pursuant to the Orange-Co Acquisition Agreement.

Adjust” means to increase or decrease; “Adjusted” means increased or decreased; and “Adjustment” means an increase or decrease.

Adjustment Date” means each date, on or after the last day of the Fiscal Quarter ended at least 3 months after the Effective Date, that is the third Business Day following the later of (a) receipt by Lender of both (i) the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b), as applicable, for the most recently completed fiscal period and (ii) the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(c) with respect to such fiscal period, and (b) the latest date on which such financial statements are permitted to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof for such fiscal period.

Administrative Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.

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

Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of

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a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of the Board of Directors of such Person, or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise; provided, however, that, for purposes of Section 6.66.7, the term “Affiliate” shall also include any individual that is an officer or director of the Person specified.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Alico” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Alico-Agri” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Alico Prudential Limited Guaranty” means that certain guaranty agreement to be entered into by Alico in favor of PRUDENTIAL MORTGAGE CAPITAL COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in the maximum amount of $8,000,000, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender.

Amendment Effective Date” means October 27, 2022.

Anti-Corruption Laws” means the laws, rules, and regulations of the jurisdictions applicable to any Obligor or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any laws, regulations, or orders of any Governmental Authority of the United States, the United Nations, United Kingdom, European Union, or the Netherlands relating to terrorism financing or money laundering, including, but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.), the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 5 et seq.), the International Security Development and Cooperation Act (22 U.S.C. § 2349aa-9 et seq.), the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”), the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (the “USA Patriot Act”), and any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to or under the authority of any of the foregoing.

Applicable Margin” means, for any day, with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable margin per annum set forth below under the heading “ApplicableSOFR Loan Margin”,Base Rate Loan Margin”,Letter of Credit Fee” or “Commitment Fee”, respectively, which corresponds to the Debt Service Coverage Ratio determined from the financial statements and Compliance Certificate relating to the Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year end immediately preceding such Adjustment Date; provided that the “Applicable Margin” shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth in Category 1 below until the first Adjustment Date to occur after the Effective Date:

Category

Debt Service Coverage Ratio

ApplicableSOFR Loan Margin

Base Rate Loan Margin

Letter of Credit Fee

Commitment
Fee

Category 1

Greater than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00

1.75%

0.75%

1.25%

0.20%

Category 2

Greater than or equal to 1.15 to 1.00 but less than 1.75 to 1.00

2.125%

1.125%

1.625%

0.25%

Category 3

Less than
1.15 to 1.00

2.50%

1.50%

2%

0.30%

In the event that the information contained in any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 is shown to be inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have

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led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Margin actually applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) Borrowers shall immediately deliver to Lender a correct Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) such higher Applicable Margin shall be deemed to have been in effect for such Applicable Period, and (iii) Borrowers shall immediately deliver to Lender full payment in respect of the accrued additional interest on the Loans and the additional amount of the fees pursuant to Section 2.9 as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period (it being understood that this definition shall in no way limit the rights of Lender to exercise its rights under Section 8.1).

Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by Lender and an assignee (with the consent of each party whose consent is required by Section 9.4), substantially in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by Lender.

Assignment of Crop Insurance” means, with respect to any effective crop year and each Crop Insurance Policy, an Assignment of Indemnity covering such effective crop year under such Crop Insurance Policy, among the Obligors, a provider of such Crop Insurance Policy acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion, and Lender.

Availability” means, as of any date of determination, the amount that Borrowers are entitled to borrow as Loans under Section 2.1 (after giving effect to the then outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure).

Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.17.

Avoidance Provisions” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15(c)(iii).

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

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

Bank Product Agreements” means (a) any Hedging Agreement between a Borrower and a Bank Product Provider, and (b) those agreements entered into from time to time by Borrowers with a Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of the Cash Management Services.

Bank Product Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities, reimbursement obligations, fees, or expenses owing by Borrowers to any Bank Product Provider pursuant to or evidenced by a Bank Product Agreement and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.

Bank Product Provider” means Lender or any of its Affiliates.

Bankruptcy Code means the Bankruptcy Code in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, modified, succeeded, or replaced from time to time.

 

Base Rate” means, at any time, the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate at such time, (b) 1/2 of 1.0% in excess of the Federal Funds Effective Rate at such time, and (c) Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect at such time plus 1.0%; provided that in no event shall the Base Rate as so determined be less than

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1.0%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, or Term SOFR, as applicable, shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR, respectively. “Base Rate, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event” means and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (a) of Section 2.17.

Benchmark Cessation Changes” means any replacement of a Benchmark hereunder and all documents, instruments, and amendments executed, delivered or otherwise implemented or effected (automatically or otherwise) after the date hereof in accordance with or in furtherance of Section 2.17 (including any Conforming Changes).

Benchmark Replacement” means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by Lender and Administrative Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by Lender and Administrative Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities.

Benchmark Replacement Date means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative or non-compliant with or non-aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks; provided that such non-representativeness,

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non-compliance or non-alignment will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to the then-current Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the LIBO Ratesuch Benchmark:

(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the LIBO Ratesuch Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the LIBO Rateall Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the LIBO Rateany Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Rate, the U.S.such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBO Ratesuch Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBO Ratesuch Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the LIBO Ratesuch Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of the LIBO Ratesuch Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide the LIBO Rateall Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the LIBO Rateany Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(c) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Ratesuch Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that the LIBO Rate is no longer representativeall Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks.

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

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Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).

Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to the then current Benchmark, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.17 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.17.

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

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (a) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers or managing member or members of such Person, (c) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such Person, and (d) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

Borrower” and “Borrowers” have the meanings set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date.

Borrowing Request” means a request by Borrowers for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.3.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks in St. Louis, Missouri or New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Loan, the term Business Day shall also exclude anya day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank marketthe Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

Capital Expenditure Exclusion” means expenditures in connection with any purchase of any citrus grove during Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022, solely to the extent such expenditures are made with the proceeds of non-citrus ranch land sales completed during Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022 to the extent permitted by Section 6.4.

Capital Expenditures” means for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a Capital Lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period but excluding normal maintenance which is properly charged to operation) which are required to be capitalized under GAAP on a balance sheet of such Person.

Capital Lease” means a lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of a fixed asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Lease Obligations” means with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any Capital Lease.

Cash Collateralize means to deposit in a Controlled Account or to pledge and deposit with or deliver to Lender, for the benefit of Lender, as collateral for the LC Exposure or obligations of Lender to fund participations in respect of the LC Exposure, cash or Deposit Account balances or, if Lender shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Lender. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, any of the following: (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States government or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed

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by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency); (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency); (c) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within three months after such date and issued or accepted by Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator), (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $1,000,000,000, and (iii) has a rating of at least AA- from S&P and Aa3 from Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency); (d) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency); and (e) other short term liquid investments approved in writing by Lender.

Cash Management Services” means cash management, treasury, or related services (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic fund transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system, and controlled disbursement accounts or services) provided by a depository bank to its customers in the Ordinary Course of Business.

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

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Alico cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board, or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board; (b) Alico shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, 100% of each class of outstanding Equity Interests of each other Borrower, (c) any Subsidiary of Borrowers shall cease to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrowers, except in connection with a transaction permitted by Section 6.3 or 6.4; or (d) a “change of control” or similar event shall occur as provided in the MetLife Facility or any Refinancing Indebtedness of the foregoing.

Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12.

Citree” means Citree Holdings 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Citree Facility” means the credit facility established for Citree pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2014, with MetLife, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

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Citrus Nursery” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral” means the property over which a Lien has been or is intended to be granted to Lender pursuant to the Security Documents.

Collateral Access Agreement” means a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, grower, consignee, or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in any Obligor’s books, records, equipment, or Inventory, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

Collateral Account” means a blocked, non-interest-bearing Cash Collateral account opened by Lender and constituting Collateral.

Commitment” means at any time the commitment, if any, of Lender to make Loans and to issue Letters of Credit hereunder in an amount reflected on Lender’s signature page to this Agreement, as such commitment may be adjusted pursuant to (a) an Assignment and Assumption, or (b) the provisions contained in Section 2.6. The initial amount of Lender’s Commitment is $70,000,000.

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

Communications” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.1(a).

Company” or “Companies” means Alico and each Subsidiary of Alico.

Compliance Certificate has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1(c).

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

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

Consolidated Current Assets” means, as of the date of determination thereof, the aggregate of all assets which in accordance with GAAP would be so classified and appear as current assets on the consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group; provided, however, Citree shall be deemed to not be part of the Consolidated Group for purposes of this calculation.

Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as of the date of determination thereof, the aggregate of all liabilities which in accordance with GAAP would be so classified and appear as current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group; provided that, for the purposes hereof, Consolidated Current Liabilities shall not include any deferred gains realized in connection with the Sugarcane Sale.

Consolidated Current Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Current Assets, to (b) Consolidated Current Liabilities.

Consolidated Debt to Total Asset Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Liabilities as of such date, to (b) the Consolidated Total Assets as of such date.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the total of the following, each calculated without duplication for the Consolidated Group for such period: (a) net income; plus (b) any provision for (or less any benefit from) income taxes included in determining such net income; plus (c) interest expense

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deducted in determining such net income; plus (d) amortization and depreciation expenses deducted in determining such net income; minus (e) Restricted Payments made in cash; minus (f) extraordinary income; minus (g) gains from the sale of assets (excluding any gains from the sale of assets in the Ordinary Course of Business); plus (h) cash proceeds from sale of assets; plus (i) collections of mortgages and notes receivable; plus (j) any non-cash extraordinary losses; provided, however, Citree shall be deemed to not be part of the Consolidated Group for purposes of this calculation.

Consolidated Group” means, collectively, Alico and its Subsidiaries (including the other Borrowers).

Consolidated Intangible Assets” means, at any time, goodwill (including, without limitation, any amounts, however designated, representing the excess of the purchase price paid for assets or stock acquired subsequent to the date of this Agreement over the value assigned thereto on the books of the Consolidated Group), patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, and all other intangible assets of the Consolidated Group calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time.

Consolidated Net Income” means the net income of the Consolidated Group for a Fiscal Year, after eliminating inter-company items, all as consolidated and determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Tangible Assets” means, as of the date of determination thereof, the total of all assets of the Consolidated Group which would appear on the asset side of the consolidated balance sheet of Alico prepared in accordance with GAAP, less (without duplication of deductions) the sum of the following:

(a) (a) the amount at which intangible assets (such as patents, patent rights, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, copyrights, licenses, goodwill, or other items treated as intangible under GAAP) are carried on such balance sheet;

(b) (b) deferred income taxes and other deferred credits or items appearing on said balance sheet as non-current liabilities and not otherwise deducted from such assets;

(c) (c) depreciation and asset valuation reserves;

(d) (d) the amount, if any, at which any of the ownership interests of Alico and its Subsidiaries appear on the asset side of such balance sheet; and

(e) (e) any amounts due from shareholders, Affiliates, officers, or employees of the Consolidated Group and other restricted investments of the Consolidated Group;

provided, however, Citree shall be deemed to not be part of the Consolidated Group for purposes of this calculation.

Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, at any time, the total of Consolidated Tangible Assets less Consolidated Total Liabilities.

Consolidated Total Assets” means the aggregate of, as of the date of determination thereof, the amount of “total assets” (or any like caption) shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group in conformity with GAAP; provided, however, Citree shall be deemed to not be part of the Consolidated Group for purposes of this calculation.

Consolidated Total Liabilities” means, as of the date of determination thereof, the aggregate of all liabilities which in accordance with GAAP would be so classified and appear as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group; provided that, for the purposes hereof, Consolidated Total Liabilities shall not include any deferred gains realized in connection with the Sugarcane Sale.

Contributing Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15(f).

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Control Agreements” means, collectively, those control agreements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender entered into among (a) the depository institution maintaining any deposit account, the securities intermediary maintaining any securities account, or commodity intermediary maintaining any commodity account, (b) any Borrower, and (c) Lender, pursuant to which Lender obtains control (within the meaning of the applicable provision of the UCC) over such deposit account, securities account or commodity account.

Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan or the issuing, extending, renewing, or amending of a Letter of Credit.

Crop Insurance Policy” means a crop insurance policy obtained by or for the benefit of any Obligor which is the owner of any growing crops, which policy has been issued by an insurance company acceptable to Lender.

Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination for the four Fiscal Quarter period then ended, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period, to (b) Interest Expense of the Consolidated Group calculated without duplication for such period, plus the current portion of any long-term debt, excluding any amounts due upon the final maturity of such long-term debt, of the Consolidated Group calculated without duplication, as of the last day of such period.

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

Default means 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.

Default Rate” means a per annum interest rate equal to the lesser of (a) the Maximum Rate or (b) 10% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan.

Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook, or similar account maintained with an organization engaged in the business of banking, including savings banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, and trust companies.

Designated Account” means a demand deposit account of a Borrower maintained at a bank approved by Lender and set forth in a notice in form and substance satisfactory to Lender delivered by a Borrower to Lender.

Disposition” means any sale, assignment, lease, license, transfer, division or other disposition of any property or assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) by any Borrower to any other Person. The term “Dispose” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event are be subject to the prior Full Satisfaction of the Obligations), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 180 days after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States.

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

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

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

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

Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 4.1 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 4.1).

Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, permits, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices, or binding agreements issued, promulgated, or entered into by any Governmental Authority, regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning pollution or protection of the environment, natural resources, or the generation, use, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, or release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, as has been, is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in effect.

Equity Interest means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations, or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or nonvoting), of equity of such Person, including, if such Person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), if such Person is a limited liability company, membership interests and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued on or after the Effective Date, but excluding debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder and any successor thereto.

ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Company, any corporation or other trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 or 303 of ERISA and Section 412 or 430 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived), (b) the failure to make sufficient contributions to a Plan for any plan year to satisfy the minimum required contribution determined under Section 412 of the Code, Section 430 of the Code, or Section 303 of ERISA for the Plan for the plan year, (c) the existence with respect to any Multiemployer Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 431 of the Code or Section 304 of ERISA), whether or not waived, (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (e) the incurrence by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by any Company, or any of its ERISA Affiliates, of any notice from the PBGC relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the incurrence by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or (h) the receipt by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.1.

Event of Loss” means with respect to any asset of any Company, any of the following: (a) any loss, destruction or damage of such asset; (b) any pending or threatened institution of any proceedings for the condemnation or seizure of such asset or of any right of eminent domain; or (c) any actual condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, of such asset, or confiscation of such asset or requisition of the use of such asset.

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Executive Order has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Anti-Terrorism Laws”.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Obligor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Obligor of, or the grant by such Obligor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or a Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Obligor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Obligor or the grant of such security interests becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interests is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Lender: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of Lender being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or its lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.13, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.13(f), and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Credit Agreements” means (a) (i) that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2007, by and between Orange-Co, as borrower, and Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank Nederland”, New York Branch, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and (ii) the other agreements referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of Partnership Credit Facilities (as defined in the Orange-Co Acquisition Agreement), and (b) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2010, by and between Alico, Alico-Agri, Land Development, Plant World, and Bowen Brothers Fruit, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (now known as Fruit Company), and Rabo, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Farm Products” means all “farm products” as such term is defined in the UCC.

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

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by Lender from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that in no event shall the Federal Funds Effective Rate be less than zero.

Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter, dated as of the Effective Date, executed by Borrowers setting forth the applicable fees relating to this Agreement to be paid to Lender.

Fiscal Period” means each calendar month.

Fiscal Quarter” means each calendar quarter.

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Fiscal Year means Borrowers’ fiscal year for accounting purposes, being a period of four Fiscal Quarters ending on each September 30.

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

Food Security Act” means the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended by Sec. 662 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, Sec. 10604 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and Sec. 776 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, and as further amended from time to time.

Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of a Borrower that is (a) not a U.S. Person and (b) a controlled foreign corporation (within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code) with respect to which a Borrower (or any corporation which in addition to a Borrower is a member of an affiliated group, within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code, for which a consolidated return is filed pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code) is a United States shareholder within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code.

Fruit Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Fruit Production Contracts” means any fruit sale contractor participation contract for citrus fruit crops of any Obligor, now existing or hereafter contracted, including but not limited to the Minute Maid Contract.

Fully Satisfied or “Full Satisfaction” means, as of any date, that on or before such date:

(a) (a) with respect to the Loans and Letters of Credit: (i) the principal of and interest accrued to such date on the Loans (other than the contingent LC Exposure) shall have been paid in full in cash, (ii) all fees, expenses, and other amounts then due and payable (other than the contingent LC Exposure and other contingent amounts for which a claim has not been made) shall have been paid in full in cash, (iii) the Commitment shall have expired or irrevocably been terminated, and (iv) the contingent LC Exposure, if any, shall have been secured by: (A) the grant of a first-priority, perfected Lien on Cash Collateral in an amount at least equal to 105% of the amount of such LC Exposure or other collateral which is acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion or (B) the issuance of a “back-to-back” letter of credit in form and substance acceptable to Lender with an original face amount at least equal to 105% of the amount of such LC Exposure and issued by an issuing bank satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion; and

(b) (b) with respect to the Bank Product Obligations: (i) all termination payments, fees, expenses, and other amounts then due and payable under the related Bank Product Agreements shall have been paid in full in cash, and (ii) all contingent amounts which could be payable under the related Bank Product Agreements shall have been secured by: (A) the grant of a first-priority, perfected Lien on cash or Cash Equivalents in an amount at least equal to 105% of the amount of such contingent amounts or other collateral which is acceptable to the applicable Bank Product Provider or (B) the issuance of a letter of credit in form and substance acceptable to the applicable Bank Product Provider and in an amount at least equal to 105% of the amount of such contingent obligations and issued by an issuing bank reasonably satisfactory to such applicable Bank Product Provider.

Funding Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15(f).

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles and practices set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the US accounting profession).

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory

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body, court, central bank, or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government including any supra-national bodies (such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation, or (e) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holder of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such holder against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as reasonably determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business.

Guarantor means each Subsidiary Guarantor, and any other Person executing a Guaranty Agreement.

Guaranty Agreement” means a guaranty agreement delivered to Lender from time to time by any Person providing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender.

Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes, or other pollutants or contaminants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious, or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, currency options, spot contracts, collar transactions, commodity price protection agreement, rate swap transactions, basis swaps, forward rate transactions, or other interest rate, currency exchange rate, or commodity price hedging arrangement, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), designed to provide protection against fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates, or commodity prices, whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement.

Indebtedness” means, at any time, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

(a) (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, all obligations of such Person evidenced by any debenture, bond, note, commercial paper or security, but also including all such obligations for borrowed money not so evidenced);

(b) (b) all obligations of such Person, to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreements; provided that trade or accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business of such Person shall be excluded from this clause (b);

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(c) (c) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person;

(d) (d) all obligations for borrowed money secured by any Lien existing on Property owned by such Person (whether or not such obligations have been assumed by such Person or recourse in respect thereof is available against such Person);

(e) (e) all reimbursement obligations under any letter of credit or instruments serving a similar function issued or affected for its account;

(f) (f) all obligations of such person pursuant to any judgment or order issued by a court of any settlement of any litigation; and

(g) (g) all Synthetic Lease Obligations and Disqualified Equity Interests.

Indebtedness of a Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described in clause (a) through clause (g) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.

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

Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.3(b).

Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.11(b).

Intercreditor Agreement” means, individually and collectively, as the context may require, the Met Life Intercreditor Agreement and the Prudential Intercreditor Agreement.

Interest Expense” means, of any Person for any period, total interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by such Person with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs of such Person under Hedging Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP), in each case, calculated in accordance with GAAP.

Interest Period” means, as to any SOFR Loan or SOFR Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Loan or Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one month thereafter; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period, (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (d) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.17(d) shall be available for specification in such Borrowing Request. For purposes hereof, the date of a Loan or Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Loan or Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Loan or Borrowing.

Inventory” means, with respect to any Person, all of the “inventory” (as such term is defined in the UCC) of such Person.

Investment” means, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services, or securities or otherwise) of bonds, notes, debentures, or Equity Interests or other securities or substantially all the assets of, or any line of business or division of, any other Person, or the acquisition of assets of

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another Person that constitute a business unit, whether direct or indirect or in one transaction or series of transactions; (b) the making of any advance, loan or other extension of credit or capital contribution to, any other Person; (c) the entering into of any Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or other contingent obligation with respect to, Indebtedness or other liability of any other Person; or (d) the entering into of any joint venture. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested (which, in the case of any Investment constituting the contribution of an asset or property, shall be based on the fair market value of such asset or property at the original time such Investment is made) plus the cost of all additions thereto, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment (other than adjustments for the repayment of, or the refund of capital with respect to, or the payment of interest or dividends on, the original principal amount of any such Investment).

Investment Company Act” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.8.

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

LC Disbursement” means a payment made by Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrowers at such time.

Land Development” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Lender” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

Letter of Credit Documents” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, collectively, any application therefor and any other agreements, instruments or other documents (whether general in application or applicable only to such Letter of Credit) governing or providing for (a) the rights and obligations of the parties concerned or at the risk with respect to such Letter of Credit or (b) any collateral security for any of such obligations, each as the same may be modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.

LIBO Rate” means the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) and published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal (or if The Wall Street Journal is not available or does not publish that rate, any other authoritative source of that rate, selected by Lender from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in an amount equal to the Loans in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of such determination, as the rate for dollar deposits with a one month maturity; provided, that (a) the LIBO Rate may be Adjusted from time to time in Lender’s discretion for reserve requirements, deposit insurance assessment rates and other regulatory costs, and (b) in no event shall the LIBO Rate be less than zero.

Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, security interest, encumbrance or charge of any kind, whether or not consensual, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any Capital Lease.

Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Fee Letter, Letter of Credit Documents, any Guaranty Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Note, the Security Documents, the Assignment of Crop Insurance, all Borrowing Requests, all requests for the issuance of Letters of Credit, all Collateral Access Agreements and all other documents, instruments, certificates, and agreements executed, delivered, or acknowledged by an Obligor (other than Organizational Documents and any Bank Product Agreements) in connection with or contemplated by this Agreement.

Loans” mean the loans made by Lender to Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.1.

Margin Stock” means “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations U and X of the Board.

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon (a) the business, assets, results of operations, liabilities, or financial condition of Alico and its Subsidiaries,

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taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Obligors to pay the Obligations and to perform any of their obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or (d) the rights and remedies of or benefits available to Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

Material Contract” means with respect to any Obligor, (a) each Fruit Production Contract and (b) each other contract to which such Obligor is now or at any time hereafter a party the termination of which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), of any Obligor in an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) exceeding $5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the principal amount of the obligations of any Person in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the Termination Value thereof.

Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12.

MetLife” means Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation.

MetLife Facility” means the credit facility established for Alico, Alico-Agri, Plant World, Fruit Company and Land Development pursuant to that certain First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2014, by and among Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation, and New England Life Insurance Company, a Massachusetts corporation, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Met Life Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, by and among Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation, Rabo, and New England Life Insurance Company, a Massachusetts corporation, and acknowledged by Borrowers, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Minute Maid Contract” means that certain Fruit Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2011, by and between The Minute Maid Company, a Division of the Coca Cola Company and Orange-Co, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time and as the same has been assumed by the Borrowers.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services, Inc.

Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or is required to contribute.

Note” means the promissory note of Borrowers in favor of Lender in substantially the form attached as Exhibit N, as such promissory note may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.

Obligations” means (a) all of the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of any Obligor to Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including principal, interest, fees, prepayment premiums (if any), expenses, reimbursements and indemnification obligations and other amounts, (b) any other obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of any Obligor to Lender or any Affiliate of Lender, including principal, interest, fees, prepayment premiums (if any), expenses, reimbursements and indemnification obligations and other amounts, and (c) all of the Bank Product Obligations, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest, fees, and expenses that accrue after the commencement by or against any Obligor of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, regardless of whether such interest, fees, and expenses are allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in such proceeding.

Obligor” means each Borrower and each Guarantor.

OFAC” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Sanctions”.

Orange-Co” means Orange-Co, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

Orange-Co Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2014, by and among Orange-Co, Alico, Orange-Co, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, and Tamiami Citrus, LLC, a Florida limited liability company.

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Ordinary Course of Business” means, in respect of any transaction involving any Person, the ordinary course of such Person’s business, as applicable, undertaken by it in good faith and not for purposes of evading any covenant, condition, or restriction in any Loan Document.

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person (a) in the case of any corporation, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or similar documents) of such Person, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation and operating agreement (or similar documents) or such Person, (c) in the case of any limited partnership, the certificate of formation and limited partnership agreement (or similar documents) of such Person, (d) in the case of any general partnership, the partnership agreement (or similar document) of such Person, (e) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing, and (f) any shareholder, voting trust, or similar agreement between or among any holders of Equity Interests of such Person.

Other Connection Taxes” means Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from Lender having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

Other Debtor Relief Law” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15(c)(iii).

Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing, or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment.

Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.4(c).

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

Permitted Acquisition” means an acquisition by a Borrower or any of its Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries of all or substantially all the assets of, or any line of business or division or business unit of, any other Person, or all or a majority of the Equity Interests of any Person; provided (a) all assets acquired (other than immaterial assets) are usable in, and the assets (other than immaterial assets) of such Person will be operated or used in a line of business permitted under Section 6.3(b), (b) Lender shall have received in accordance with the requirements of Sections 5.8 and 5.9 all documents reasonably required by Lender to have a first-priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) in the Acquired Entity or Business acquired or created in such acquisition, together with all opinions of counsel, certificates, resolutions and other documents required by Sections 5.8 and 5.9, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender, (c) the aggregate amount of the consideration (or, in the case of consideration consisting of assets, the fair market value of the assets) paid by Borrowers and their Subsidiaries shall not exceed $5,000,000 for any single acquisition or series of related acquisitions or $10,000,000 on a cumulative basis for all such acquisitions or purchases after the Effective Date, (d) any Person acquired (but excluding any of its Subsidiaries) will be a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of a Borrower immediately after such acquisition and the assets being acquired are located within the United States, (e) such acquisition shall not be hostile and shall have been approved by the Board of Directors and shareholders of the target, (f) not later than 5 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of such acquisition, Borrowers shall provide to Lender with its due diligence package regarding the Acquired Entity or Business and such other information as Lender may reasonably request, which may include the total amount of such acquisition and other terms and conditions of the acquisitions, the full name and jurisdiction of organization of any new Subsidiary created or acquired for the purpose of effecting such acquisition, copies of historical and projected financial statements of the Acquired Entity or Business, a detailed description of assets to be acquired, copies of material agreements of the Acquired Entity or Business, and copies of any agreements, schedules or due diligence delivered in connection with the consummation of such acquisition, and (g) Borrowers shall have provided to Lender a certificate of a

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Responsible Officer of Administrative Borrower certifying that no Event of Default then exists or would be caused by such acquisition.

Permitted Amount” means $30,000,000 for each Fiscal Year.

Permitted Encumbrances” means: (a) Liens, charges, or other encumbrances for taxes and assessments which are not yet due and payable or are being contested as provided in clause (c) below; (b) Liens of or resulting from any judgment or award, the time for the appeal or petition for rehearing of which shall not have expired, or in respect of which a Borrower shall at any time in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceeding for a review and in respect of which a stay of execution pending such appeal or proceeding for review shall have been secured; (c) Liens, charges or other encumbrances for or priority claims incidental to the conduct of business or the ownership of properties and assets (including mechanic’s, warehousemen’s and attorney’s liens and statutory landlord’s liens and other statutory liens, and with respect to mechanic’s liens in existence on the date of this Agreement only, but only to the extent that such existing mechanic’s liens are affirmatively insured over in a policy of Borrower’s title issuance issued to Borrower) and deposits, pledges or Liens to secure statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or other Liens of like general nature incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and not in connection with the borrowing of money; provided, in each case, that the obligation secured is not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith by appropriate actions or proceedings; (d) pledges or deposits made in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with worker’s compensation insurance, unemployment insurance, pensions or social security or other insurance programs; (e) Liens arising from good faith deposits in connection with or to secure performance of utilities, statutory obligations, leases, and other similar obligations (other than obligations in respect of the payment of borrowed money) in each case incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business; (f) zoning, land use, building and other governmental restrictions, regulations and ordinances, easements, survey exceptions, minor encroachments by and on the property of Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, railroad trackage rights, sidings and spur tracks, leases (including any precautionary UCC financing statements filed in connection with operating leases), subleases, special assessments, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions and declarations on or with respect to the use of the property of Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, reservations, restrictions and other encumbrances (other than in connection with Indebtedness), and leases of or with respect to oil, gas, mineral, riparian and water rights and water usage, servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and title defects or irregularities that are of a minor nature and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Obligors taken as a whole; (g) any interest or title of a ground lessor or any other lessor, sublessor or licensor under any ground leases or any other leases, subleases or licenses entered into by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business, and all Liens suffered or created by any such ground lessor or any other lessor, sublessor or licensor (or any predecessor in interest) with respect to any such interest or title in the real property which is subject thereof; (h) leases or subleases, and licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to any fixtures, furnishings, equipment, vehicles or other personal property, or intellectual property), granted to others in the Ordinary Course of Business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrowers taken as a whole; (i) (1) Liens securing the MetLife Facility as in existence on the date hereof or Liens securing any Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, provided, that in the case of a Lien securing (x) Refinancing Indebtedness, such Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that was secured by the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the MetLife Facility or Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, such Lien shall be subject to the Met Life Intercreditor Agreement, and (2) Liens on certain real property (and related assets) of the Silver Nip Entities securing the Prudential Facility as in existence on the date of the Silver Nip Merger or Liens securing any Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, provided, that in the case of a Lien securing (x) Refinancing Indebtedness, such Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that was secured by the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), (y) the Prudential Facility or Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, commencing on March 30, 2015 or such later date as the Lender shall consent to in writing (with any such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) and at all times thereafter,

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such Lien shall be subject to the Prudential Intercreditor Agreement and the Silver Nip Conditions shall have been satisfied, and (z) the Prudential Facility or Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, if the property subject to such Lien has been sold or otherwise transferred and such Lien has been released, the Silver Nip entities may grant a Lien on additional real property and related assets as security for the Prudential Facility to replace the Lien that was released, but only to the extent that (A) the value of the assets on which such replacement Lien is granted is not greater than the value of the real property and related assets on which the original Lien was released, (B) such replacement Lien is not broader in scope than the Lien on real property and related assets that it is meant to replace and (C) such replacement Lien shall at all times be subject to the Prudential Intercreditor Agreement; (k) customary Liens (including the right of set-off) in favor of banking institutions encumbering deposits held by such banking institutions or in favor of collecting banks incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business; (l) Liens in favor of Lender or any Affiliate of Lender; (m) Liens in favor of Lender granted pursuant to Security Documents; (n) Liens securing any Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.1(e) or any Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, provided, that in the case of a Lien securing Refinancing Indebtedness, such Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that was secured by the original Lien (plus improvements on such property) and (o) Liens on certain assets of Citree securing the Citree Facility as in existence on the date hereof or Liens securing any Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, provided, that in the case of a Lien securing Refinancing Indebtedness, such Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that was secured by the original Lien (plus improvements on such property).

Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority, or other entity.

Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which a Borrower 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.

Plant World” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum published in the Wall Street Journal as the U.S. dollar “prime rate” for such day and if the Wall Street Journal does not publish such rate on such day then such rate as most recently published prior to such day; provided that in no event shall the Prime Rate be less than zero.

Prudential Facility” means, collectively, (a) the credit and term loan facility established for the Silver Nip Entities pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2012 by and among Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and each of the Silver Nip Entities, together with the First Amendment to Loan Agreement dated March 26, 2013 and the Second Amendment to Loan Agreement dated September 4, 2014, and (b) the term loan facility established for the Silver Nip Entities pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement dated as of September 4, 2014 by and among Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and each of the Silver Nip Entities, in each case as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent permitted herein or in the Prudential Intercreditor Agreement.

Prudential Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement by and among Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Lender, and acknowledged by Borrowers and the Silver Nip Entities, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Obligor that has total assets exceeding USD$10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interests becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

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Qualified Equity Interest” means and refers to any Equity Interest issued by a Borrower that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest.

Quarterly Date” means the first day of February, May, August, and November of each year through the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

Rabo” means Rabo Agrifinance, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Refinancing Indebtedness” means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as: (a) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do 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, (b) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of Lender, (c) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to Lender 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 Obligor other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended or secured by any property other than property that secured the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended.

Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors, attorneys-in-fact, and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

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

Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

Responsible Officer” means the manager, member, Authorized Person (as defined in the Organizational Documents), chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, or controller of any Person, or any person duly and validly authorized by such Person to perform any similar function. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of any Person shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Person and such Responsible Officer shall be presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.

Restricted Payment” means any direct or indirect dividend or other distribution (in cash, stock or in any other form of property) or any repurchase or redemption of Equity Interests or other applicable ownership interest.

Revolving Credit Availability Period means the period from and including the Effective Date and ending on the earlier of the Business Day immediately preceding the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitment pursuant to the terms hereof.

Revolving Credit Exposure” means the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of Loans plus (b) the LC Exposure.

Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means November 1, 20232025.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Sanctioned Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17.

Sanctions” means any sanctions administered by or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Netherlands, or other relevant sanctions authority.

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SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or its successor.

Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of the Effective Date, by and between Obligors and Lender, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender.

Security Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Control Agreements, and each other agreement, instrument, or document that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of Lender and all UCC financing statements and fixture filings required by the Security Agreement, or such other agreement, instrument, or document to be filed with respect to the Liens on personal property (including Farm Products) and fixtures created pursuant thereto and each other security agreement or other document executed and delivered after the Effective Date to secure any of the Obligations.

Silver Nip Conditions” means, collectively, each of the following, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Lender: (i) a Guaranty Agreement, a joinder to the Security Agreement, Control Agreements, Assignments of Crop Insurance, and a collateral assignment of any Material Contract, including but not limited to, the Fruit Production Contracts, signed and delivered on behalf of each Silver Nip Entity; (ii) favorable written opinions addressed to Lender from counsel to each Silver Nip Entity; (iii) copies of such documents and certificates as Lender may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Silver Nip Entity, the authorization of the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer authorized to act on behalf of Silver Nip Entity in connection with the Loan Documents; (iv) the results, dated as of a recent date, of searches conducted in the UCC filing records in the governmental office in the jurisdiction in which each Silver Nip Entity is organized, which shall have revealed no Liens with respect to any of the Collateral of the Silver Nip Entities except Permitted Encumbrances or Liens as to which Lender shall have received (and is authorized to file) termination statements or documents (Form UCC-3 or such other termination statements or documents as shall be required by applicable law) fully executed for filing; (v) evidence that all filings, registrations and recordings have been made in the appropriate governmental offices, and all other action has been taken, that Lender deems necessary or desirable in order to create, in favor of Lender, a perfected first-priority Lien on the Collateral of each Silver Nip Entity, subject to no other Liens except for Permitted Encumbrances; (vi) the Prudential Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by the parties thereto, together with evidence that the Silver Nip Entities have no rights to borrow additional loans under any Prudential Facility; and (vii) any “Know Your Customer” information requested by Lender pursuant to Section 9.13

Silver Nip Entities” means 734 Citrus, 734 Co-op Groves, LLC, 734 LMC Groves, LLC, 734 BLP Groves, LLC, and 734 Harvest, LLC.

Silver Nip Merger” means the merger in accordance with the Silver Nip Merger Agreement of 734 Sub with and into 734 Citrus, with 734 Citrus surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alico.

Silver Nip Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 2, 2014, by and among Alico, 734 Citrus, 734 Sub, and the other parties thereto.

SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

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

SOFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.

SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”.

Solvent” means, with respect to any Person, that as of the date of determination, (a) the sum of such Person’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Person’s present assets; (b) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on such date of determination; (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (d) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar

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terms under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, (i) the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5), (ii) “debt” means liability on a “claim,” and (iii) “claim” means any (A) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (B) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.

State of Florida Land Sale” means the sale by Alico of approximately 5,534 acres of real property located in Hendry County, Florida to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida for approximately $14,775,000.

State of Florida Land Sale 2020” means the sale by Alico of certain parcels of real property located in Hendry County, Florida to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida for approximately $28,500,000.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent) at any date, any other Person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other Person of which more than 50% of the Equity Interests or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power, are as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent (either directly or through one or more intermediaries or both). Unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of Alico.

Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of Alico that shall be required to execute and deliver and become a party to and become bound by the Guaranty Agreement pursuant to Section 5.8.

Sugarcane Sale” means the sale by Borrowers of approximately 36,000 acres of real property to Global Ag Properties, LLC that closed on or about November 21, 2014.

Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Obligor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract, or transaction, that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Sweep Depositary” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Sweep to Loan Arrangement”.

Sweep to Loan Arrangement” means a cash management arrangement established by Borrowers with Lender or an Affiliate of Lender, as depositary (in such capacity, the “Sweep Depositary”), pursuant to which Lender is authorized (a) to make advances of Loans hereunder, the proceeds of which are deposited by Lender into a designated account of a Borrower maintained at the Sweep Depositary, and (b) to accept as prepayments of the Loans hereunder proceeds of excess targeted balances held in such designated account at the Sweep Depositary, which cash management arrangement is subject to such agreement(s) and on such terms acceptable to the Sweep Depositary and Lender.

Synthetic Lease Obligation means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property (including sale and leaseback transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

Tax Affiliate” means (a) any Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) any Affiliate of a Borrower with which such Borrower files or is eligible to file consolidated, combined, or unitary tax returns.

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

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Term SOFR” means, (a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and (b) for any calculation with respect to an Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day;

provided, further, that if Term SOFR determined as provided above (including pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by Lender in its reasonable discretion).

Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

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

Transaction Documents” means, collectively, the Orange-Co Acquisition Agreement and the Loan Documents.

Transactions” means (a) the consummation of the Acquisition, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Obligor is intended to be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (c) the borrowing of Loans, (d) the use of the proceeds thereof, (e) the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, (f) the grant by each Obligor of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents, (g) the payment of all obligations under the Existing Credit Agreements, and (h) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid on or prior to the Effective Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.

Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to (a) Term SOFR or (b) the Base Rate.

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UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of Florida; provided, in connection with any Lien granted under any Security Document, if the laws of any other jurisdiction would govern the perfection or enforcement of such Lien, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such jurisdiction with respect to such Lien.

UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

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

United States” and “U.S. mean the United States of America.

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

U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

USA Patriot Act has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Anti-Terrorism Laws”.

Wholly-Owned” means a Person in which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) 100% of the Equity Interests, at the time as of which any determination is being made, is owned, beneficially and of record, by a Borrower, or by one or more of the other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of a Borrower, or both.

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.

Withholding Agent” means any Obligor and Lender.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

1.2
Interpretation

. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a)
The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine, and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other

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document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s permitted successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder”, and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) unless otherwise specified, all references in any Loan Document to Sections, Exhibits, and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and shall in each case include the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (vi) any table of contents, captions and headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (vii) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights.
(a)
In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(b)
To the extent applicable, if, in connection with any division or plan of division of a Company under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s law), any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time, and Borrowers or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have made an Investment in the amount of the fair market value of the assets transferred by Borrowers or any such Subsidiary to such resulting Person (less the cash consideration received) in each case on the date of such Person’s formation.
1.3
Accounting Terms; GAAP

. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed, and all accounting determinations and computations required under the Loan Documents shall be made, in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time, consistently applied; provided that, (a) if at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either Borrowers or Lender shall so request, Lender and Borrowers shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein, and (ii) Borrowers shall provide to Lender financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP, and (b) notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to in Section 7 shall be made,

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without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10 (or any other financial accounting standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Obligor or any Subsidiary of any Obligor at “fair value” (and such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the principal amount thereof).

1.4
Letter of Credit Amounts

. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Letter of Credit Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

1.1
Disclaimer

. The Lender does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of, or any other matter related to the “Base Rate”, “SOFR”, “Term SOFR”, and the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” any component definition thereof or rates referenced in the definition thereof or any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including, without limitation, (a) any then-current Benchmark or any Benchmark Replacement, (b) any alternative, successor or replacement rate implemented pursuant to Section 2.17, whether upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, and (c) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes, including without limitation, (i) whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as the Base Rate, the existing Benchmark or any subsequent Replacement Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, and (ii) the impact or effect of any alternative, successor or replacement reference rate or Conforming Changes on any other financial products or agreements in effect or offered by or to any Obligor or any of their Affiliates, including, without limitation, any Swap Obligation or Hedging Agreement. The Lender may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Base Rate or any Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrowers or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service. The Lender and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Base Rate, a Benchmark, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrowers.

2.
THE CREDIT
2.1
The Commitment

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. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Lender agrees to make Loans to Borrowers from time to time during the Revolving Credit Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Borrowers may borrow, prepay, and reborrow Loans.

2.2
Minimum AmountsLoans and Borrowings

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(a)
Subject to Sections 2.11 and 2.17, each Borrowing shall be a SOFR Loan with an Interest Period of one month. Lender at its option may make any SOFR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of Lender to make such Loan; provided that (i) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) the non-performance of Lender’s obligations by any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of Lender so nominated by it shall not relieve Lender from its obligations under this Agreement.
(b)
Each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $100,000; provided, however, that to the extent Availability is less than $100,000, the Borrowing shall be in the amount of the Availability.
2.3
Requests for Borrowings

. To request a Borrowing, Borrowers shall notify Lender of such request in writing, which request must be received by Lender not later than 12:00 noon, St. Louis, Missouri time, onethree U.S. Government Securities Business DayDays before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be in the form of Exhibit 2.3 and signed by Administrative Borrower. Each Borrowing Request shall specify the following information:

(a)
the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing; and
(b)
the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day.
2.4
Letters of Credit

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(a)
General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in addition to the Loans provided for in Section 2.1, Borrowers may request Lender to issue, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Credit Availability Period, Letters of Credit for its own account or for the account of one or more of its Subsidiaries, and to amend, renew or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in each case, in such form as is acceptable to Lender. Letters of Credit issued, amended, renewed, or extended hereunder shall constitute utilization of the Commitment.

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(c)
Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, or Extension. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), Borrowers shall at least 5 Business Days (or such lesser period of time as may be acceptable to Lender) prior to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by Lender) to Lender a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire, the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, the intended purpose of such Letter of Credit, the nature of the proposed amendment (if applicable), the account party, if other than a Borrower, and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by Lender, Borrowers also shall submit a letter of credit application on Lender’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit and such other Letter of Credit Documents as Lender may require. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Letter of Credit Document submitted by any Borrower to, or entered into by any Borrower with, Lender relating to any Letter of Credit (other than the Letter of Credit), the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, this Section 2.4(b) shall not apply to the automatic extension of any Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.4(o).
(b)
Limitations on Amounts. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Lender agrees to issue, amend, renew, or extend any Letter of Credit at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Credit Availability Period if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension of each Letter of Credit Borrowers shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension (i) the aggregate LC Exposures of Lender shall not exceed $2,000,000, and (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitment.
(d)
Expiration Date. Unless otherwise agreed to by Lender in its sole discretion, each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date 12 months after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, 12 months after the then-current expiration date of such Letter of Credit), and (ii) the date that is 5 Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided, Borrowers may request issuance or renewal of a Letter of Credit with an expiry date after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date if, no later than 30 days (or such shorter period to which Lender may agree in its sole discretion) prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, Borrowers deposit into the Collateral Account an amount in immediately available funds equal to 105% of the face amount of such Letter of Credit. No Letter of Credit expiry shall be deemed to have occurred after such earlier date due to the effectiveness of the ISP.
(c)
Letters of Credit under the Existing Credit Agreements. On the Effective Date, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness of the obligations of Lender hereunder set forth in Section 4.1, each of such “Letters of Credit” issued by Lender and outstanding under an Existing Credit Agreement and listed on Schedule 2.4(e) shall automatically, and without any action on the part of any Person, become outstanding Letters of Credit hereunder and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall be governed

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by the agreements pertaining thereto (which shall be deemed Letter of Credit Documents) and by this Agreement (which shall control in the event of a conflict). For purposes of Section 2.4(c), such Letters of Credit shall be deemed to utilize the Commitment.
(e)
Reimbursement. If Lender shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall reimburse Lender in respect of such LC Disbursement by paying to Lender an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 2:00 p.m., St. Louis, Missouri time, on (A) the Business Day that Borrowers receive notice of such LC Disbursement, if such notice is received prior to 12:00 noon, St. Louis, Missouri time, or (B) the Business Day immediately following the day that Borrowers receive such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time.
(d)
Obligations Absolute. Borrowers’ obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any other Letter of Credit Document or any Loan Document, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit, (iii) payment by Lender under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or any payment by Lender under any Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (iv) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that Borrowers or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction, (v) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to Borrowers’ obligations hereunder, (vi) any amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any or all of the Loan Documents, (vii) any improper use which may be made of any Letter of Credit or any improper acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit in connection therewith, (viii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or any right which any Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with any Letter of Credit, any transaction contemplated by any Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document, or any unrelated transaction, (ix) the insolvency of any Person issuing any documents in connection with any Letter of Credit, (x) any breach of any agreement between any Borrower and any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit, (xi) any irregularity in the transaction with respect to which any Letter of Credit is issued, including any fraud by the beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, (xii) any errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, wireless, or otherwise, whether or not they are in code,

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(xiii) any act, error, neglect or default, omission, insolvency, or failure of business of any of the correspondents of Lender, and (xiv) any other circumstances arising from causes beyond the control of Lender. Nothing in this Agreement shall impact the rights of any Obligor to bring action against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit.
(f)
Exculpation. Neither Lender, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent bank of Lender, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance (or the amendment, renewal or extension) or transfer of any Letter of Credit by Lender or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in Section 2.4(g)), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse Lender from liability to Borrowers to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to indirect, punitive, exemplary or consequential or exemplary damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by Borrowers that are caused by Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the parties hereto expressly agree that:
(i)
Lender may accept documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and may make payment upon presentation of documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(i)
Lender shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to decline to accept such documents and to decline to make payment upon presentation of such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of the related Letter of Credit; and
(ii)
clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2.4(h) establish the standard of care to be exercised by Lender when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof (and the parties hereto hereby waive, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any standard of care inconsistent with the foregoing).
(e)
Disbursement Procedures. The Lender for any Letter of Credit shall, within a reasonable time following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under such Letter of Credit. The Lender shall promptly after such examination notify Lender and Borrowers by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether Lender has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve any Borrower of its obligation to reimburse Lender with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(g)
Interim Interest. If Lender for any Letter of Credit shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless Borrowers shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date

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such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that Borrowers reimburse such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to the Loans; provided that, if Borrowers fail to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to Section 2.4(f), then Section 2.10(b) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this Section 2.4(j) shall be for the account of Lender.
(f)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(h)
Cash Collateralization. If (i) an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and Borrowers receive notice from Lender demanding the deposit of Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.4(l), or (ii) Borrowers shall be required to provide Cash Collateral for LC Exposure pursuant to Section 8.1, Borrowers shall immediately (or within any such longer time period as may be set forth in such Sections) deposit into the Collateral Account an amount in cash equal to, in the case of an Event of Default, the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such Cash Collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower described in clauses (h) or (i) of Section 8.1. Such deposit shall be held by Lender in such Collateral Account as collateral in the first instance for the LC Exposure under this Agreement and thereafter for the payment of the Obligations. Each Borrower hereby grants a security interest to Lender in such Collateral Account and in any cash, balances, financial assets (as defined in the UCC) or other property held therein and all proceeds thereof.
(g)
Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by Lender and Borrowers when a Letter of Credit is issued and subject to applicable laws, the Letters of Credit shall be governed by and subject to ISP or the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (“UCP”), as published in its most recent version by the International Chamber of Commerce on the date any Letter of Credit is issued.
(i)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(h)
Automatic Extension. Borrowers may request and Lender may issue Letters of Credit that may automatically be extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each, provided that Lender has the option to elect not to extend for any such additional period.
(j)
Illegality under Letters of Credit. If, at any time, it becomes unlawful for any Lender to comply with any of its obligations under any Letter of Credit (including, but not limited to, as a result of any sanctions imposed by the United Nations, the European Union, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and/or the United States), the obligations of such Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit shall be suspended (and all corresponding rights shall cease to accrue) until such time as it may again become lawful for Lender to comply with its obligations under such Letter of Credit, and Lender shall not be liable for any losses that the Obligors may incur as a result.
2.5
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. Lender shall make each Loan hereunder on the proposed date thereof available to Borrowers by promptly crediting the amount of such Loan, in like funds, to the Designated Account; provided that the Loans made on the Effective Date shall be disbursed in such amounts and to such Persons as may be agreed in writing by Lender and Borrowers.

2.6
Termination and Reduction of the Commitment

.

(a)
Scheduled Termination. Unless previously terminated in accordance with the terms hereof, the Commitment shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(k)
Voluntary Termination or Reduction. Borrowers may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitment; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitment pursuant to this Section shall be in an amount that is $5,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce the Commitment if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.8, the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitment.
(b)
Notice of Voluntary Termination or Reduction. Borrowers shall notify Lender of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitment under Section 2.6(b) by no later than 12:00 noon, St. Louis, Missouri time, at least one Business Day prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Each notice delivered by Borrowers pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitment delivered by Borrowers may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by Borrowers (by notice to Lender on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.
(l)
Effect of Termination or Reduction. Any termination or reduction of the Commitment shall be permanent. All commitment fees accrued on the portion of the Commitment terminated until the effective date of such termination of the Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
2.7
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

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(a)
Repayment. Borrowers hereby unconditionally promise to pay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans to Lender on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or any earlier date of termination of this Agreement or acceleration of the Loans due hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof.
(m)
Maintenance of Loan Accounts by Lender. Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of Borrowers to Lender resulting from each Loan made by Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to Lender from time to time hereunder.

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(b)
Effect of Entries. The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to Section 2.7(b) shall be conclusive evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.8
Prepayment of Loans

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(a)
Optional Prepayments. Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay the Loans in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section.
(n)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(b)
Order of Application to Loans. Each optional prepayment of the Loans made under Section 2.8(a) shall be applied (i) first, to repay the outstanding principal balance of the Loans (without a corresponding reduction in the Commitment unless an Event of Default then exists), and (ii) second, to Cash Collateralize the LC Exposure in an amount at least equal to 105% of the amount of such LC Exposure.
(o)
Notices, Etc.
(i)
Borrowers shall notify Lender in writing of any optional prepayment under Section 2.8(a), not later than 12:00 noon, St. Louis, Missouri time, at least one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitment as contemplated by Section 2.6(c), then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.6(c).
(i)
Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount such that the remaining amount outstanding of each Borrowing would be permitted as provided in Section 2.2. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest, and shall be made in the manner specified in this Section 2.8.
2.9
Fees

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(a)
Commitment Fee. Borrowers agree to pay to Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Margin applicable for the “Commitment Fee” on the daily amount equal to the Commitment minus the aggregate amount on the outstanding Loans and LC Exposure for each date during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the date the Commitment terminates and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. Accrued commitment fees through but not including each Quarterly Date shall be payable on each such Quarterly Date and on the earlier of the date the Commitment terminates and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date. All

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commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(p)
Letter of Credit Fees. Borrowers agree, jointly and severally, to pay to Lender for its own account (i) a Letter of Credit fee, in connection with each Letter of Credit issued hereunder, in an amount equal to the Applicable Margin then applicable for the “Letter of Credit Fee” multiplied by the amount of such Letter of Credit, with such fee being due and payable on the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and on the date of each renewal or extension thereof, provided, that in the event Lender agrees to issue or renew a Letter of Credit that has an expiry date more than 12 months after such date of issuance or renewal, the Letter of Credit Fee with respect to such Letter of Credit shall be due and payable on each anniversary of the issuance or renewal thereof as if such Letter of Credit had been renewed or extended on the date of each such anniversary, and (ii) Lender’s standard fees and other standard costs and charges with respect to the issuance, amendment, administration, renewal, extension, cancellation or conversion of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder, with such fees being due and payable within 10 days after demand by Lender.
(b)
Payment of Fees. All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds in Dollars, to Lender. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
2.10
Interest

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(a)
Loans. The Loans comprising each SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the LIBO Rate (Adjusted on the first day of each calendar month)Term SOFR for the Interest Period therefor plus the Applicable Margin; and (ii) the Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(q)
Default Interest. Borrowers shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Loans and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the outstanding amount of all interest, fees and other Obligations, at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default.
(b)
Payment of Interest. Accrued interest on each Loan through, but not including, each Quarterly Date shall be payable on each such Quarterly Date and upon termination of the Commitment (or earlier date of termination of this Agreement or acceleration of the Loans due hereunder pursuant to the terms hereof); provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be payable on demand and, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment, and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any SOFR Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.17 prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Borrowing shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion. Borrowers’ obligations under this Section 2.10(c) shall survive the termination of the Commitment and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

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(r)
Computation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). Subject to Section 9.12, there is no limit on the amount that a rate of interest subject to Adjustment by Lender may increase at any one time, or in the aggregate. The LIBOrates for the Base Rate or Term SOFR shall be determined by Lender, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
2.11
Inability to Determine Rates; AlternativeAlternate Rate of Interest; Illegality

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(c)
Alternate Rate of Interest. Subject to Section 2.17, if, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any SOFR Loan:
(i)
(a) If, in connection with any Loan, no Benchmark Transition Event shall have occurred at such time but Lender determines that (i) United States dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank market for the applicable amount of such Loan, (iiLender determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers) that (x) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the applicable LIBO Rate (including, without limitation, because the LIBO Rate is not available or published on a current basis),ascertaining Term SOFR or (iiiy) any Governmental Authority has made it illegal or imposed material restrictions on the ability of Lender to maintain or fund Loans based upon the LIBO Rate, or (iv) the applicable LIBO RateTerm SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, or
(ii)
Lender determines that for any reason in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or a continuation thereof that Term SOFR with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lender of making or maintaining thatfunding such Loan,

then, Lender will as promptly as practicable so notify Administrative Borrower. Thereafter, the Upon notice thereof by Lender to Administrative Borrower, (x) any obligation of Lender to make or maintain any Loan bearing interest at the applicable LIBO RateSOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrowers to continue SOFR Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) and (y) if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect the calculation of Base Rate, Lender shall during the period of such suspension compute Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”, in each case, until Lender revokes such notice, and all Loans which would otherwise bear interest. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (y) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable LIBO RateInterest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Borrowers shall accruealso pay accrued interest at that rate, per annum, equal to a rate determined by Lender in Lender’s reasonable discretionon the amount so converted.

(a)
Illegality. If a Benchmark Transition Event occurs, then Lender may, by notice to Administrative Borrower, select an alternate rate of interest forLender determines that any applicable law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that

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it is unlawful, for Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain, or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to SOFR, Term SOFR or the LIBOTerm SOFR Reference Rate that gives due consideration to the then-evolving or prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for loans in Dollars at such time (the “Alternateto determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Reference Rate”), and each Borrower acknowledges that the Alternate Rate may include a mathematical adjustment using any then-evolving or prevailing market convention or method for determining a spread adjustment for the replacement of the LIBO Rate (it being the intent of the parties to this Agreement that the Alternate Rate, including anythen, upon notice thereof by Lender to Administrative Borrower, (i) any obligation of Lender to make or continue SOFR Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) the interest rate on Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such spread adjustmentillegality, will be as comparable as reasonably possible to the LIBO Rate, in accordance with any prevailing market convention). For avoidance of doubt, all references to the LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be references to the Alternate Rate when the Alternate Rate becomes effective in accordance with this section. In additiondetermined by Lender without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”, in each case, until Lender will have the right, from time to time by notice tonotifies Administrative Borrower to make technical, administrative or operational changes (including, without limitation, changesthat the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) Borrowers shall, upon demand from Lender, prepay or, if applicable, convert all SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans (the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that Lender decides in its reasonable discretion may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementationinterest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Lender without reference to clause (c) of the Alternate Rate. The Alternate Rate, together with all such technical, administrative and operational changes as specified in any notice,definition of “Base Rate”), on the last day of the Interest Period therefor if Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans and (y) Lender shall become effective atduring the laterperiod of (i) the fifth Business Day after Lender has provided notice to Administrative Borrower (the “Notice Date”) and (ii) a date specified by Lender in the notice, without any further actionsuch suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Loans without reference to Term SOFR component thereof until Administrative Borrower is advised in writing by Lender that it is no longer illegal for Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, Term SOFR or consent of the Borrowers, so long as Lender has not received, by 5:00 pm St. Louis, Missouri time on the Notice Date, written notice of objection to the Alternate Rate from the Borrowers. Any determination, decision, or election that may be made by Lender pursuant to this section, including any determination with respect to a rate or adjustment or the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date, and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its sole discretion and without consent fromTerm SOFR Reference Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers. In no event shall the Alternate Rate be less than zero. Lender does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the LIBO Rate or the Alternate Rate or with respect to any alternative, successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or

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characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of the LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the LIBO Rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailabilityalso pay accrued interest on the amount so converted.
2.12
Increased Costs

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(a)
Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i)
impose, modify, or deem applicable any reserve (including pursuant to regulations issued from time to time by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, special, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D)), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge, or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, Lender (except any reserve requirements, deposit insurance assessment rates, or any other regulatory costs reflected in the LIBO Rate);
(i)
subject Lender to any Taxes (other than Indemnified Taxes, Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(ii)
impose on Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost, or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or SOFR Loans made by Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to Lender of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to Lender in issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of Lender, Borrower will pay to Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b)
Capital Requirements. If Lender determines that any Change in Law (except any reserve requirements, deposit insurance assessment rates, or any other regulatory costs reflected in the LIBO Rate) affecting Lender or any lending office of Lender, or Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Lender’s capital or on the capital of Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment of Lender or the Loans made by Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by Lender, to a level below that which Lender or Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Lender’s policies and the policies of Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time Borrowers will pay to Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Lender or Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

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