Exhibit 10.23

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AMENDMENT No. 3 dated as of [____________], 2023 (this “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 20, 2018 (as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented through the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among AERSALE, INC., a Florida corporation, AERSALE USA 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 23440 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 23441 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 23765 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 24423 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 25212 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 25260 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 25313 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 25314 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 25417 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 26342 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 26343 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 26346 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 27094 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 27469 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE 27910 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AERSALE COMPONENT SOLUTIONS, INC., a New Mexico corporation, AERSALE AVIATION LIMITED, an Irish private company limited by shares, AERSALE 27469 AVIATION LIMITED, an Irish private company limited by shares, AERSALE 27910 AVIATION LIMITED, an Irish private company limited by shares, CORAL GABLES 1 LIMITED, an Irish private company limited by shares, CORAL GABLES 2 LIMITED, an Irish private company limited by shares, AVBORNE ACCESSORY GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, BANK OF UTAH, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE UNDER THE AIRCRAFT MSN 24125 TRUST, AERSALE USA 2 SUB LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, QWEST AIR PARTS, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, Q2 AVIATION LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, AIRCRAFT COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation, and AERSALE IRELAND 1 LIMITED, an Irish private company limited by shares (each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), AERSALE AVIATION INC., a Delaware corporation formerly known as AerSale Corp. (“AerSale Aviation”), AERSALE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“AerSale Corporation”) and MONOCLE PARENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Monocle Parent” and together with AerSale Aviation and AerSale Corporation, each a “Parent Company” and collectively, the “Parent Companies”; the Parent Companies together with the Borrowers are referred to herein as the “Loan Parties” and each a “Loan Party”), the Lenders signatory hereto, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and Lender (the “Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

R E C I T A L S

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, Parent Companies, Agent and the Lenders signatory thereto are parties to the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Borrowers request that the Agent and the Lenders agree to make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, for the amendments contemplated in this Amendment to be effective, Section 14.1(a) of the Credit Agreement requires the consent of all Lenders;

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WHEREAS, the Lenders signatory hereto constitute all Lenders under the Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Agent and the Lenders are willing to agree to such amendments on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the sum of $1.00 and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1:Amendments to Credit Agreement.

(A)Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended (a) to delete the red or green stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following examples: stricken text and stricken text) and (b) to add the blue or green double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following examples: double-underlined text and double-underlined text), in each case, as set forth in the marked copy of the Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes.

(B)Exhibit L-1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby replaced with Exhibit L-1 to this Amendment.

Section 2:Representations and Warranties. The Loan Parties hereby represent and warrant to the Agent and the Required Lenders as follows:

(i)After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(ii)The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Loan Parties of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed in connection herewith are within the scope of its corporate or other organizational power, and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action, and no material authorizations, approvals or consents of, and no filings or registrations with, any governmental or regulatory authority or agency are necessary for the execution or delivery of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed in connection herewith or for the validity or enforceability hereof and thereof except for those which been duly obtained, made or complied with prior to the date hereof. The Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of each Loan Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, reorganization, moratorium or other 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).

(iii)The persons executing this Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed in connection herewith are duly authorized to execute this Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed in connection herewith and bind each Loan Party.

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(iv)All representations and warranties of each Loan Party contained in the Credit Agreement and those set forth herein (other than the representations or warranties expressly made only on and as of the Closing Date) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the date hereof.

Section 3:No Other Amendments or Waivers; Confirmation. Except as expressly amended hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect without modification or waiver.

Section 4:Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment shall occur upon the satisfaction of the conditions listed below.  Further, no Lender shall be obligated to make any advance or Loan, or to take, fulfill, or perform any other action hereunder, until the following conditions have been satisfied or provided for in a manner described below or reasonably satisfactory to, or waived in writing by, Agent and each Lender:

(A)Amendment.  This Amendment, or counterparts hereof shall have been duly executed by Agent, the Lenders, each Loan Party, and delivered to Agent.

(B)Approvals.  Parent and each of its Subsidiaries shall have received all licenses, approvals or evidence of other actions required by any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution and delivery by Parent or its Subsidiaries of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed in connection herewith or with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.

(C)Payment of Fees and Expense.  Borrowers shall have (i) paid all fees required to be paid to Agent and/or the Lenders under the Fee Letter and (ii) reimbursed Agent for all reasonable fees, costs and expenses of closing presented as of the date hereof.

(D)Representations and Warranties.  All of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof.

(E)Other Matters.  All other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

The release of the signature pages to this Amendment executed by the Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive evidence that each of the conditions listed above have been satisfied and/or waived in writing by the Agent and each Lender.

Section 5:Guarantor Reaffirmation and Consent.  Each Guarantor hereby (a) consents to this Amendment; (b) acknowledges and reaffirms all of its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; (c) agrees that each Loan Document to which it is a party is and shall remain in full force and effect for the benefit of Agent and each Lender, (d) confirms that the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) include the Obligations, as increased, extended, and otherwise modified hereby and (e) ratifies and confirms its consent to any previous amendments of the Credit Agreement and any previous waivers granted with respect

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to the Credit Agreement.  Although each Guarantor has been informed of the matters set forth herein and has acknowledged and agreed to same, such Guarantor understands that neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to inform such Guarantor of such matters in the future or to seek such Guarantor’s acknowledgement or agreement to future amendments, waivers, or modifications, and nothing herein shall create such a duty.

Section 6:Expenses. The Borrowers agree to reimburse the Agent for its documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the documented fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Agent, reasonably incurred to the extent required by Section 2.5(a) of the Credit Agreement.

Section 7:Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Amendment by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.

Section 8:Benefit of Amendment. The provisions of this Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto. No person, other than the parties hereto, shall be entitled to claim any right or benefit hereunder, as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise.

Section 9:Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law), which would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

Section 10:No Novation.  This Amendment is given in amendment and extension (but not in novation, extinguishment or satisfaction) of the Credit Agreement.  All Liens and security interests securing payment of the obligations under the Credit Agreement are hereby collectively renewed, extended, ratified and brought forward as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations.  With respect to matters relating to the period prior to the date hereof, all of the provisions of the Credit Agreement, and the security agreements and other documents, instruments or agreements executed in connection therewith, are each hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in force and effect.

Section 11:Estoppel.  To induce Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment and to continue to make advances to Borrowers under the Credit Agreement, each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, there exists no right of offset, defense, counterclaim or objection in favor of any Borrower as against Agent, or any Lender with respect to the Obligations, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers or attorney-in-fact, as the case may be, all as of the day and year first above written.

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EXHIBIT A

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Conformed Credit Agreement

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H&K Draft: 2/21/23

Exhibit A to Amendment No. 3

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

by and among

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent,

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Lead Arranger,

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Book Runner,

CIBC BANK USA,

as Syndication Agent,

THE LENDERS THAT ARE PARTIES HERETO

as the Lenders,

AERSALE CORPORATION,

as Parent,

AERSALE, INC. and

THE OTHER BORROWERS THAT ARE PARTIES HERETO

as Borrowers

Dated as of July 20, 2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of July 20, 2018 by and among the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (each of such lenders, together with its successors and permitted assigns, is referred to hereinafter as a “Lender”, as that term is hereinafter further defined), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as administrative agent for each member of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “Agent”), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as lead arranger (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Lead Arranger”), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as book runner (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Book Runner”), CIBC BANK USA, as Syndication Agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), AERSALE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), MONOCLE PARENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Monocle Parent”), AERSALE AVIATION INC., a Delaware corporation (“AerSale Aviation” and together with Parent and Monocle Parent, the “Parent Companies” and each a “Parent Company”), AERSALE, INC., a Florida corporation (“AerSale”), the Subsidiaries of AerSale identified on the signature pages hereof as “Borrowers”, and those additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto as Borrowers in accordance with the terms hereof by executing the form of Joinder attached hereto as Exhibit J-1 (AerSale and such Subsidiaries and other entities, each, a “Borrower” and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, the “Borrowers”).

Borrowers, Agent and certain lenders are party to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 11, 2011 (as amended, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

The parties hereto wish to completely amend, restate and modify (but not extinguish) the Existing Credit Agreement through the execution of this Agreement.

Administrative Borrower has requested, and Agent and Lenders have agreed, to make available to Borrowers, certain revolving and term credit facilities upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

The parties agree as follows:

1.DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

1.1Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:

“Acceptable Appraisal” means, with respect to an appraisal of Whole Aircraft, Whole Engines or Parts, the most recent appraisal of such property received by Agent (a) from an internationally recognized firm of independent aircraft appraisers satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion (which includes Sage-Popovich, Inc.), (b) the scope and methodology (including, to the extent relevant, any sampling procedure employed by such appraisal company) of which are reasonably consistent with those of the appraisals most recently delivered to Agent prior to the Closing Date or are otherwise agreed to by Agent in its Permitted Discretion and (c) prepared on the basis of customary market practices and procedures and any relevant guidelines and the code of ethics established by the International Society of Transport Aircraft Traders.

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“Account” means an account (as that term is defined in the Code).

“Account Debtor” means any Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel paper, or a general intangible.

“Account Party” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(h) of this Agreement.

“Accounting Change” means a change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or successor thereto or any agency with similar functions).

“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person whose assets or Equity Interests are acquired by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition with respect to which the Payment Conditions are satisfied; provided, that such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition.

“Acquisition” means (a) the purchase or other acquisition by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of (or any division or business line of) any other Person, or (b) the purchase or other acquisition (whether by means of a merger, consolidation, or otherwise) by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all of the Equity Interests of any other Person.

“Additional Documents” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 5.12 of this Agreement.

“Administrative Borrower” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.13 of this Agreement.

“Administrative Questionnaire” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(a) of this Agreement.

“Affected Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14(b)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Equity Interests, by contract, or otherwise; provided, that for purposes of the definition of Eligible Accounts and Section 6.10 of this Agreement: (a) if any Person owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such Person) then both such Persons shall be deemed Affiliates of each other, (b) each director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person, and (c) each partnership in which a Person is a general partner shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person.

“Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Agent-Related Persons” means Agent, together with its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.

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“Agent’s Account” means the Deposit Account of Agent identified on Schedule A-1 to this Agreement (or such other Deposit Account of Agent that has been designated as such, in writing, by Agent to Borrowers and the Lenders).

“Agent’s Liens” means the Liens granted by each Loan Party or its Subsidiaries to Agent under the Loan Documents and securing the Obligations.

“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Aircraft Mortgage” means each Aircraft Mortgage and Security Agreement entered into and delivered, at any time, by any Borrower or any trustee or guarantor for the benefit of any Borrower in respect of any Whole Aircraft.

“Aircraft Reserves” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Landlord Reserves in respect of Whole Aircraft, and (b) those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain with respect to Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral, including based on the results of appraisals.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, as amended, and all other applicable laws and regulations or ordinances concerning or relating to bribery, money laundering or corruption in any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or is doing business.

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the applicable laws or regulations in any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or is doing business that relates to money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering, or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto.

“Applicable Margin” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to Base Rate Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, the applicable margin set forth in the following table that corresponds to the Average Excess Availability of Borrowers for the most recently completed quarter; provided, that for the period from the Second Amendment Effective Date through and including March 31, 2021, the Applicable Margin shall be set at the margin in the row styled “Level III”; provided further, that any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Margin shall be set at the margin in the row styled “Level I”:

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The Applicable Margin shall be re-determined as of the first day of each quarter.

“Application Event” means the occurrence of (a) a failure by Borrowers to repay all of the Obligations in full on the Maturity Date, or (b) an Event of Default and the election by Agent or the Required Lenders to require that payments and proceeds of Collateral be applied pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(iii) of this Agreement.

“Assignee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(a) of this Agreement.

“Assignment and Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to this Agreement.

“Authorized Person” means any one of the individuals identified as an officer of a Borrower on Schedule A-2 to this Agreement, or any other individual identified by Administrative Borrower as an authorized person and authenticated through Agent’s electronic platform or portal in accordance with its procedures for such authentication.

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

“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) 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 (b) 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 2.13(c)(iv).

“Average Excess Availability” means, with respect to any period, the sum of the aggregate amount of Excess Availability for each day in such period (as calculated by Agent as of the end of each respective day) divided by the number of days in such period.

“Average Revolver Usage” means, with respect to any period, the sum of the aggregate amount of Revolver Usage for each day in such period (calculated as of the end of each respective day) divided by the number of days in such period.

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

“Bail-In Legislation” means, 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 for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

“Bank Product” means any one or more of the following financial products or accommodations extended to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries by a Bank Product Provider:  (a) credit cards (including commercial cards (including so-called “purchase cards”, “procurement cards” or “p-cards”)), (b) payment card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) stored value cards, (e) Cash Management Services, or (f) transactions under Hedge Agreements.

“Bank Product Agreements” means those agreements entered into from time to time by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with a Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of the Bank Products.

“Bank Product Collateralization” means providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers (other than the Hedge Providers) in an amount determined by Agent as sufficient to satisfy the reasonably estimated credit exposure, operational risk or processing risk with respect to the then existing Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations).

“Bank Product Obligations” means (a) all obligations, liabilities, reimbursement obligations, fees, or expenses owing by each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries to any Bank Product Provider pursuant to or evidenced by a Bank Product Agreement and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether

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direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, (b) all Hedge Obligations, and (c) all amounts that Agent or any Lender is obligated to pay to a Bank Product Provider as a result of Agent or such Lender purchasing participations from, or executing guarantees or indemnities or reimbursement obligations to, a Bank Product Provider with respect to the Bank Products provided by such Bank Product Provider to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries.

“Bank Product Provider” means any Lender or any of its Affiliates, including each of the foregoing in its capacity, if applicable, as a Hedge Provider; provided, that no such Person (other than Wells Fargo or its Affiliates) shall constitute a Bank Product Provider with respect to a Bank Product unless and until Agent receives a Bank Product Provider Agreement from such Person (a) on or prior to the Closing Date (or such later date as Agent shall agree to in writing in its sole discretion) with respect to Bank Products provided on or prior to the Closing Date, or (b) on or prior to the date that is 10 days after the provision of such Bank Product to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries (or such later date as Agent shall agree to in writing in its sole discretion) with respect to Bank Products provided after the Closing Date; provided further, that if, at any time, a Lender ceases to be a Lender under this Agreement (prior to the payment in full of the Obligations), then, from and after the date on which it so ceases to be a Lender thereunder, neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall constitute Bank Product Providers and the obligations with respect to Bank Products provided by such former Lender or any of its Affiliates shall no longer constitute Bank Product Obligations.

“Bank Product Provider Agreement” means an agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, duly executed by the applicable Bank Product Provider, the applicable Loan Parties, and Agent.

“Bank Product Reserves” means, as of any date of determination, those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate to establish (based upon the Bank Product Providers’ determination of the liabilities and obligations of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries in respect of Bank Product Obligations) in respect of Bank Products then provided or outstanding.

“Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, as in effect from time to time.

“Base Rate” means the greatest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus ½%, (b) Term SOFR (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of one month and shall be determined on a daily basis), plus one percentage point, and (c) the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco as its “prime rate”, with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Wells Fargo’s base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate (and, if any such announced rate is below zero, then the rate determined pursuant to this clause (c) shall be deemed to be zero).

“Base Rate Loan” means each portion of the Revolving Loans that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

“Base Rate Margin” means the Revolving Loan Base Rate Margin.

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Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.13(c)(i).

“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by Agent 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 for any applicable Available Tenor, 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 Agent 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 earlier 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 the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness 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 the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

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(a)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) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all 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 any 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 such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the FRB, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all 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 any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(c)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof)announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.

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).

“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 the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.13(c)(i) and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.13(c)(i).

“BHC Act Affiliate” of a Person means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such Person.

“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors (or comparable managers) of such Person, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or comparable managers).

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

“Borrower” and “Borrowers” have the respective meanings specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(c) of this Agreement.

“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made on the same day by the Lenders (or Agent on behalf thereof), or by Swing Lender in the case of a Swing Loan, or by Agent in the case of an Extraordinary Advance.

“Borrowing Base” means, as of any date of determination, the result of:

(a)85% of the amount of Eligible Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus

(b)the least of

(i)$30,000,000,

(ii)the product of 35% multiplied by the NOLV of Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral as such NOLV is identified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Whole Aircraft at such time, and

(iii)the product of 65% of the gross book costs of Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral, plus

(c)the least of

(i)the product of 65% multiplied by the NOLV of Eligible Parts at such time,

(ii)the gross book costs of Eligible Parts at such time, and

(iii)the product of 50% multiplied by the Maximum Revolver Amount, plus

(d)the product of 65% multiplied by the NOLV of Eligible Whole Engine Collateral (other than Eligible Off-Lease Whole Engine Collateral) as such NOLV is identified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Whole Engines at such time, plus

(e)the lesser of

(i)$15,000,000, and

(ii)the product of 65% multiplied by the NOLV of Eligible Off-Lease Whole Engine Collateral as such NOLV is identified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Whole Engines at such time, minus

(f)the aggregate amount of Reserves, if any, established by Agent from time to time under Section 2.1(c) of this Agreement.

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“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit B-1 to this Agreement.

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized or required to close in the state of New York.

“Cape Town Convention” means the Convention and the Protocol.

“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the amount of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed, but excluding, without duplication, (a) with respect to the purchase price of assets that are purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing assets during such period, the amount that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such assets for the assets being traded in at such time, and (b) expenditures made during such period to consummate one or more Permitted Acquisitions.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.

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

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

“Cash Management Services” means any cash management or related services including treasury, depository, return items, overdraft, controlled disbursement,  merchant store value cards, e-payables

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services, electronic funds transfer, interstate depository network, automatic clearing house transfer (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic funds transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) and other cash management arrangements.

“CFC” means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the IRC) in which any Loan Party is a “United States shareholder” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the IRC.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of:  (a) the adoption or effectiveness of any law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application by any Governmental Authority of any law, rule, regulation, guideline or treaty, or (c) the making or issuance by any Governmental Authority of any request, rule, guideline or directive, whether or not having the force of law; provided, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy 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 shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“Change of Control” means that:

(a)prior to the effectiveness of the Monocle Merger:

(i)prior to a Qualifying IPO, Permitted Holders fail to own and control, directly or indirectly, 51%, or more, of the Equity Interests of AerSale Aviation entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors of AerSale Aviation, to be determined on a fully diluted basis and taking into account any outstanding Equity Interests or contract rights exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into Equity Interests, or

(ii)on or after a Qualifying IPO, any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Permitted Holders, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 20%, or more, of the Equity Interests of AerSale Aviation entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors of AerSale Aviation, to be determined on a fully diluted basis and taking into account any outstanding Equity Interests or contract rights exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into Equity Interests,

(b)upon and after the effectiveness of the Monocle Merger: any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding (x) any employee benefit plan of such Person or its Subsidiaries, and any Person acting in its capacity as a trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan and (y) the Permitted Holders, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the Equity Interests of Parent entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors of Parent, to be determined on a fully diluted basis and taking into account any outstanding Equity Interests or contract rights exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into Equity Interests, or

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(c)Parent fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party (other than pursuant to a disposition of 100% of the Equity Interests of a Loan Party permitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.4 of this Agreement which results in such Person being released as a Loan Party in accordance with this Agreement).

“Closing Date” means the date of the making of the initial Loans (or other extensions of credit) under this Agreement.

“Code” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time.

“Collateral” means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is granted by such Person in favor of Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents.

“Collateral Access Agreement” means a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in any Loan Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ books and records, Equipment, or Inventory, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

“Collections” means, all cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment (including insurance proceeds, cash proceeds of asset sales, rental proceeds and tax refunds).

“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver Commitment and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lender’s name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 to this Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender under this Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of this Agreement.

“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.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 to this Agreement delivered by the senior vice president of finance, vice president of finance, chief financial officer or treasurer of Administrative Borrower to Agent; provided that, as of the Closing Date, Agent is conducting due diligence on the senior vice president of finance and vice president of finance, and such officers shall only be permitted to execute and deliver a Compliance Certificate in satisfaction of the requirements hereunder upon Agent’s satisfactory completion of such due diligence.

“Confidential Information” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(a) of this Agreement.

“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

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prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section Error! Reference source not found. of this Agreement and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

“Control Agreement” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries, Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).

“Convention” means The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, concluded in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 16, 2001 (utilizing the English-language version thereof).

“Copyright Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(a)a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

(b)a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(c)a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

“Covered Party” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.15 of this Agreement.

“Curative Equity” means the common equity contributions made by Sponsor to Parent in immediately available funds which Parent contributes as additional common equity contributions to Borrowers in immediately available funds and which is designated “Curative Equity” by Borrowers under Section 9.3 of this Agreement at the time it is contributed.  For the avoidance of doubt, the forgiveness of antecedent debt (whether Indebtedness, trade payables, or otherwise) shall not constitute Curative Equity.

“Default” means an event, condition, or default that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies Agent and Administrative Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s

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determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable Default or Event of Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to Agent, Issuing Bank, or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified any Borrower, Agent or Issuing Bank in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable Default or Event of Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by Agent or Administrative Borrower, to confirm in writing to Agent and Administrative Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided, that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Agent and Administrative Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of any Insolvency Proceeding, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.  Any determination by Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to Administrative Borrower, Issuing Bank, and each Lender.

“Defaulting Lender Rate” means (a) for the first three days from and after the date the relevant payment is due, the Base Rate, and (b) thereafter, the interest rate then applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans (inclusive of the Base Rate Margin applicable thereto).

“Deposit Account” means any deposit account (as that term is defined in the Code).

“Designated Account” means the Deposit Account of Administrative Borrower identified on Schedule D-1 to this Agreement (or such other Deposit Account of Administrative Borrower located at Designated Account Bank that has been designated as such, in writing, by Borrowers to Agent).

“Designated Account Bank” has the meaning specified therefor in Schedule D-1 to this Agreement (or such other bank that is located within the United States that has been designated as such, in writing, by Borrowers to Agent).

“Dilution” means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the experience of the immediately prior 12 months, that is the result of dividing the Dollar amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or other dilutive items with respect to Borrowers’ Accounts during such period, by (b) Borrowers’ billings with respect to Accounts during such period.

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“Dilution Reserve” means, as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts by the extent to which Dilution is in excess of 5%.

“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or are 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 shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provide for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) are or become 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 Maturity Date.

“Disqualified Institution” means, on any date, (a) any Person designated by Administrative Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to Agent prior to the date hereof, and (b) those Persons who are direct competitors of the Borrowers identified in writing by Administrative Borrower to Agent from time to time, subject to the written consent of Agent; provided, that “Disqualified Institutions” shall exclude any Person that Administrative Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to Agent from time to time; provided further, that in connection with any assignment or participation, the Assignee or Participant with respect to such proposed assignment or participation that is an investment bank, a commercial bank, a finance company, a fund, or other Person which merely has an economic interest in any such direct competitor, and is not itself such a direct competitor of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, shall not be deemed to be a Disqualified Institution for the purposes of this definition.

“Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars.

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

“Drawing Document” means any Letter of Credit or other document presented for purposes of drawing under any Letter of Credit, including by electronic transmission such as SWIFT, electronic mail, facsimile or computer generated communication.

“Earn-Outs” means unsecured liabilities of a Loan Party arising under an agreement to make any deferred payment as a part of the Purchase Price for a Permitted Acquisition with respect to which the Payment Conditions are satisfied, including performance bonuses or consulting payments in any related services, employment or similar agreement, in an amount that is subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of the target of such Permitted Acquisition.

“EASA” means the European Aviation Safety Authority.

“EBITDA” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent determined, in each case, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP:

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Administrative Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) by such Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture during such fiscal period), minus

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

(i)interest income,

(ii)federal, state and local income tax credits,

(iii)extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gains,

(iv)gains on sales, exchanges or other dispositions of fixed assets (other than gains on any sale, exchange or disposition of such assets in the ordinary course of business not constituting extraordinary gains),

(v)any other non-cash income or gains, plus

(c)without duplication, the sum of the following amounts for such period to the extent deducted in determining consolidated net income (or loss) for such period:

(i)Interest Expense,

(ii)tax expense based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign, state, franchise and similar Taxes (and for the avoidance of doubt, specifically excluding any sales Taxes or any other Taxes held in trust for a Governmental Authority),

(iii)depreciation and amortization,

(iv)any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring losses (subject, with respect to any cash losses relating to the foregoing, the limitations set forth in clause (xi) below);

(v)non-cash losses on sales, exchanges or other dispositions of fixed assets (other than losses on the any sale, exchange or disposition of such assets in the ordinary course of business not constituting extraordinary losses) ; provided, that to the extent any non-cash item added back to EBITDA in any period results in a cash payment in such period or a subsequent period, such cash payment shall result in a reduction of EBITDA in the period when such payment is made,

(vi)any other non-cash losses or expenses; provided, that if any such non-cash losses or expenses referred to in this clause (vi) represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be deducted from EBITDA to such extent,

(vii)with respect to the preparation, execution, delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, costs, reasonable fees to Persons (other than any Borrower, Sponsor or any of their Affiliates), charges, or expenses incurred in connection therewith prior to, on or within 180 days of the Closing Date,

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(viii)items reducing net income to the extent covered by indemnification, refunding provisions or insurance (provided, that if such indemnification, refund or insurance proceeds are not received with respect to any such item within 90 days following such period, then such item shall be deducted from EBITDA), or paid or payable (directly or indirectly) by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Loan Parties (except to the extent such payment gives rise to reimbursement obligations) or with the proceeds of a contribution to equity,

(ix)expenses, revenue and lost profits with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption will be disregarded to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed or, so long as such Person has made a good faith determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer (provided, that if such insurance proceeds are not received with respect to any such item within 90 days following such period, then such item shall be deducted from EBITDA),

(x)the amount of any non-controlling interest expense consisting of losses attributed to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiaries of Parent,

(xi)the sum of (A) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring cash losses or cash expenses, plus (B) transaction fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with transactions that are out of the ordinary course of business (including transactions proposed but not consummated) and permitted under this Agreement, including equity issuances, investments, acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, mergers, option buyouts and the incurrence, modification or repayment of Indebtedness, plus (C) the amount of any losses from abandoned, closed or discontinued operations or operations that are anticipated to become abandoned, closed or discontinued, plus (D) cost-savings, operating expense reductions, restructuring charges and  expenses and cost-saving synergies (collectively, “Cost Savings”) projected by Borrowers in good faith to be realized as a result of any merger, acquisition, joint venture, material disposition taken or to be taken by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries and permitted hereunder during such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such Cost-Savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided, that (1) such Cost Savings are reasonably identifiable, reasonably attributable to the actions specified and reasonably anticipated to result from such actions and (2) such Cost Savings are commenced within 12 months of such actions and the benefits resulting from such actions are reasonably anticipated by the Borrowers to be realized within twelve (12) months of the date of consummation of such merger, acquisition, joint venture or material disposition; provided further that (x) no items described in clauses (A) through (D) above may be added pursuant to this clause (xi) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating thereto that are either excluded in computing consolidated net income (or loss) or included (i.e. added back) in computing EBITDA for such period and (y) the aggregate amount of items added pursuant to this clause (xi) shall not exceed 15% of EBITDA for such period (calculated prior to giving effect to this clause (xi)), and

(xii)any other adjustments agreed to by Agent in its sole discretion.

Both (A) the effects of purchase accounting, fair value accounting or recapitalization accounting (including the effects of adjustments pushed down) and the amortization, write-down or write-off of any amounts thereof, so long as the transaction relating thereto is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period will be excluded from the calculation of EBITDA.

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For the purposes of calculating EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “Reference Period”), if at any time during such Reference Period (and after the Closing Date), any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition, EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such Permitted Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case to be mutually and reasonably agreed upon by Borrowers and Agent) or in such other manner acceptable to Agent as if any such Permitted Acquisition or adjustment occurred on the first day of such Reference Period.

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

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

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

“Eligible Accounts” means those Accounts created by a Borrower in the ordinary course of its business, that arise out of such Borrower’s sale of goods or rendition of services, that comply with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to the Borrowers’ business or assets of which Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date pursuant to any field examination performed by (or on behalf of) Agent from time to time after the Closing Date.  In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits, unapplied cash, Taxes, finance charges, service charges, discounts, credits, allowances, and rebates.  Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:

(a)Accounts that the Account Debtor has failed to pay within 90 days of original invoice date or 60 days of due date,

(b)Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where 50% or more of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,

(c)Accounts with payment terms of more than 90 days,

(d)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of any Borrower or an employee or agent of any Borrower or any Affiliate of any Borrower; provided, that this clause (d) shall not exclude any Account Debtor solely on the basis that such Account Debtor is a portfolio company of Sponsor,

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are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold, or any other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional, or (ii) with respect to which the payment terms are “C.O.D.”, cash on delivery or other similar terms,

(f)Accounts that are not payable in Dollars,

(g)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor either (i) does not maintain its chief executive office in the United States, Canada or another jurisdiction pre-approved by Agent in writing in its Permitted Discretion, or (ii) is not organized under the laws of the United States or Canada, or any state or province thereof, or another jurisdiction pre-approved by Agent in writing in its Permitted Discretion (it being agreed that the jurisdictions set forth on Schedule E-1 are approved (as such Schedule may be updated at any time and from time to time by Agent in its Permitted Discretion)), or (iii) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof,

(h)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is either (i) the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which Borrowers have complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC §3727), or (ii) any state of the United States or any other Governmental Authority,

(i)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of a Borrower, has or has asserted a right of recoupment or setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such claim, right of recoupment or setoff, or dispute,

(j)Accounts with respect to an Account Debtor whose Eligible Accounts owing to Borrowers exceed 25% (such percentage, as applied to a particular Account Debtor, being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates) of all Eligible Accounts, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage; provided, that in each case, the amount of Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limit,

(k)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, is not Solvent, has gone out of business, or as to which any Borrower has received notice of an imminent Insolvency Proceeding or a material impairment of the financial condition of such Account Debtor,

(l)[reserved],

(m)Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent’s Lien,

(n)Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, or (ii) the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor,

(o)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Entity,

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(p)Accounts (i) that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of performance by the applicable Borrower of the subject contract for goods or services, or (ii) that represent credit card sales, or

(q)Accounts owned by a target acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment, or Accounts owned by a Person that is joined to this Agreement as a Borrower pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, until the completion of a field examination with respect to such Accounts, in each case, satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided that, prior to the completion of such field examination(s), such Accounts may constitute Eligible Accounts so long as they otherwise satisfy the criteria of “Eligible Accounts”, up to an aggregate amount of such Accounts which, when taken together with the aggregate amount of Parts constituting Eligible Parts pursuant the proviso in clause (i) of the definition thereof, does not exceed 10% of the Borrowing Base.

“Eligible Lease” shall mean a Lease entered into in the ordinary course of a Borrower’s business that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of not meeting one or more of the criteria set forth below; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in its Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to Borrowers’ business or assets of which Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date pursuant to any field examination or appraisal performed or received by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date.  No Lease shall constitute an Eligible Lease unless:

(a)such Lease is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Lessee, is enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as may be limited by applicable insolvency, bankruptcy, moratorium, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and the availability of equitable remedies), is in full force and effect and is governed by the law of (i) any state of the United States, (ii) England, or (iii) any other jurisdiction pre-approved by Agent in writing in its Permitted Discretion,

(b)such Lessee’s obligations under such Lease are non-cancelable and such Lessee’s obligation to make scheduled payments is unconditional and not subject to any right of set-off, counterclaim, reduction or recoupment,

(c)such Lease is a net lease and contains provisions requiring such Lessee to pay all sales, use, excise, rental, property or similar taxes imposed on or with respect to such Whole Aircraft or Whole Engine and to assume all risk of loss or damage of such Whole Aircraft or Whole Engine,

(d)such Lease includes maintenance requirements, as necessary when such Whole Aircraft or Whole Engine is being operated to maintain such Whole Aircraft or Whole Engine’s serviceability standards pursuant to the requirements of the applicable Governmental Authorities,

(e)such Lease grants permission to sublease only if the primary Lessee thereunder remains obligated under such primary Lease, any sublease will be subject and subordinate to the primary Lease, and the sublessee’s principal base of operations is not situated in an Unapproved Foreign Jurisdiction,

(f)such Lease provide that the Lessee shall not create any Liens in respect of such Whole Aircraft or Whole Engine or the related Whole Engines, or any Parts, except for exceptions thereto that are consistent with the Borrowers’ compliance with the corresponding provisions of this Agreement,

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(g)such Lease allows the Lessee to re-register the Whole Aircraft only so long as the lessor’s and Agent’s interest in such Whole Aircraft (and any Whole Engine installed thereon) is adequately protected in the Permitted Discretion of Agent,

(h)such Lease includes general and tax indemnity provisions, with customary exclusions that are consistent with customary practices in the operating lease industry,

(i)all payments under such Lease are required to be made in Dollars, and

(j)such Lease requires such Lessee to provide liability insurance, all risk ground and flight hull coverage for damage/loss of Whole Aircraft and Whole Engines (including spares coverage for items not covered under such hull coverage and when removed from the Whole Aircraft or Whole Engine and replaced) and war risk and allied perils hull and liability insurance coverage with coverages and deductibles meeting all requirements of Section 5.6 of this Agreement and from recognized insurers and, if applicable, reinsurers (or Governmental Authorities), all of which shall name Agent as additional insured and contract party and, in the case of hull coverage (including war and allied perils and spares coverage), loss payee upon an “event of loss” or “total loss” (or similar term).

“Eligible Off-Lease Whole Engine Collateral” means those Whole Engines that are not subject to a Lease and do not otherwise qualify as Eligible Whole Engine Collateral solely because they do not satisfy clause (h) of the definition of “Specified Aviation Equipment Criteria”, but otherwise satisfy all Specified Aviation Equipment Criteria and would otherwise constitute Eligible Whole Engine Collateral, so long as each such Whole Engine is (i) located in a Pre-Approved Jurisdiction or other jurisdiction approved by Agent in its Permitted Discretion (but not an Unapproved Foreign Jurisdiction) at a location acceptable to Agent pursuant to temporary storage arrangements on terms and conditions acceptable to Agent, pursuant to such documents as Agent shall require and for a duration acceptable to Agent, in each case, in its Permitted Discretion, or (ii) otherwise deemed eligible by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

“Eligible Parts” means all Inventory comprised of Parts (other than Parts on consignment) which have been specifically assigned a valuation (including an NOLV) in an Acceptable Appraisal, which complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Parts made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to the Borrowers’ business or assets of which Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date pursuant to any field examination or appraisal performed or received by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date.  In determining the amount to be so included, Parts shall be valued at gross book cost on a basis consistent with Borrowers’ historical accounting practices.  A Part shall not be included in Eligible Parts if:

(a)a Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto,

(b)a Borrower does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or through a bailee or agent of a Borrower),

(c)it is not located at one of the locations in the continental United States (or such other jurisdictions as approved by Agent) set forth on Schedule E-2 to this Agreement (as such Schedule E-2 may be amended from time to time with the prior written consent of Agent, which consent shall be provided in Agent’s Permitted Discretion) (or in-transit from one such location to another such location, or

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from a repair facility to such a location),

(d)it is in-transit to or from a location of a Borrower (other than in-transit from one location set forth on Schedule E-2 to this Agreement to another location set forth on Schedule E-2 to this Agreement (as such Schedule E-2 may be amended from time to time with the prior written consent of Agent, which consent shall be provided in Agent’s Permitted Discretion), or from a repair facility to a location set forth on Schedule E-2 to this Agreement),

(e)it is located on real property leased by a Borrower or in a contract warehouse or with a bailee, in each case, unless either (i) it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the lessor or warehouseman, as the case may be, and it is segregated or otherwise separately identifiable from goods of others, if any, stored on the premises, or (ii) Agent has established a Landlord Reserve with respect to such location,

(f)it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent’s Lien,

(g)[reserved],

(h)it consists of goods that are unmerchantable, obsolete, bill and hold goods, defective goods,

(i)it was acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment, or such Part is owned by a Person that is joined to this Agreement as a Borrower pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, until the completion of an Acceptable Appraisal of such Part and the completion of a field examination with respect to such Part that is satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided that, prior to the completion of such Acceptable Appraisal and field examination, any such Parts may constitute Eligible Parts so long as they otherwise satisfy the criteria of “Eligible Parts”, up to an aggregate amount of such Parts which, when taken together with the aggregate amount of Accounts constituting Eligible Accounts pursuant the proviso in clause (q) of the definition thereof, does not exceed 10% of the Borrowing Base,

(j)it is not held for use or sale in the ordinary course of Borrowers’ business,

(k)it is otherwise deemed ineligible by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

“Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral” means (a) each airframe owned by any Borrower held for lease including all parts, accessories and components attached thereto (but excluding any engines attached thereto and any parts, accessories, engines and components removed therefrom) and all logbooks, manuals and technical documents relating thereto, in each case not excluded as ineligible by virtue of not meeting one or more of the Specified Aviation Equipment Criteria and (b) for the twenty-four month period following the initial acquisition thereof by the Borrower, each airframe owned by any Borrower held for sale including all parts, accessories and components attached thereto (including any engines attached thereto but excluding any parts, accessories, engines and components removed therefrom) and all logbooks, manuals and technical documents relating thereto, in each case not excluded as ineligible by virtue of not meeting one or more of the Specified Aviation Equipment Criteria; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in its Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to Borrowers’ business or assets of which Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date pursuant to any field examination or appraisal performed or received by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date.  An

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item shall not be included in Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral unless it has been specifically assigned a valuation (including an NOLV) in an Acceptable Appraisal and meets all of the Specified Aviation Equipment Criteria.

“Eligible Whole Engine Collateral” means each aircraft engine owned by any Borrower including all parts, accessories and components attached thereto (but not any parts, components or accessories removed therefrom while not attached thereto provided the same shall have been replaced in accordance with the Guaranty and Security Agreement), whether or not attached to a Whole Aircraft, in each case not excluded as ineligible by virtue of not meeting one or more of the Specified Aviation Equipment Criteria; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in its Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to Borrowers’ business or assets of which Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date pursuant to any field examination or appraisal performed or received by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date.  An item shall not be included in Eligible Whole Engine Collateral unless it has been specifically assigned a valuation (including an NOLV) in an Acceptable Appraisal and meets all of the Specified Aviation Equipment Criteria.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Eligible Off-Lease Whole Engine Collateral shall constitute Eligible Whole Engine Collateral.

“Engine Mortgage” means each Engine Mortgage and Security Agreement entered into and delivered, at any time, by any Borrower or a trustee or guarantor for the benefit of any Borrower in respect of any Whole Engine.

“Engine Reserves” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Landlord Reserves in respect of Whole Engines, and (b) those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain with respect to Eligible Whole Engine Collateral, including based on the results of appraisals.

“Environmental Action” means any written complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other written communication from any Governmental Authority, or any third party involving violations of Environmental Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials (a) from any assets, properties, or businesses of any Borrower, any Subsidiary of any Borrower, or any of their predecessors in interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Borrower, any Subsidiary of any Borrower, or any of their predecessors in interest.

“Environmental Law” means any applicable federal, state, provincial, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and enforceable guideline, binding and enforceable written policy, or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, in each case, to the extent binding on any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on employee health, or Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Environmental Liabilities” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required, by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.

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“Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities.

“Equipment” means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code).

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to a Person, all of the shares, options, warrants, interests, participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including capital stock (or other ownership or profit interests or units), preferred stock, or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act).

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.

“ERISA Affiliate” means (a) any Person subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(b), (b) any trade or business subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(c), (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any organization subject to ERISA that is a member of an affiliated service group of which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a member under IRC Section 414(m), or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any Person subject to ERISA that is a party to an arrangement with any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of such Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(o).

“ERISA Event” means, with respect to any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, (a) any event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Title IV Plan for which the PBGC has not waived the thirty day notice requirement; (b) the withdrawal of any Borrower or ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan or the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA; (e) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (f) the failure by any Borrower or ERISA Affiliate to make when due required contributions to a Multiemployer Plan or Title IV Plan unless such failure is cured within thirty (30) days; (g) any other event or condition that could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (h) the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, respectively; (i) the revocation of a Qualified Plan’s qualification or tax exempt status; or (j) the termination of a Plan described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 17.17(a) of this Agreement.

“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 17.17(d) of this Agreement.

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“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 17.17(d) of this Agreement.

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

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 8 of this Agreement.

“Excess Availability” means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to Availability minus without duplication the aggregate amount, if any, of all trade payables of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that are due and owing and aged in excess of 90 days and all book overdrafts of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in excess of 90 days.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from time to time.

“Excluded Subsidiary” means:

(a)Immaterial Subsidiaries;

(b)any Subsidiary of a Loan Party to the extent that the burden or cost (including any potential tax liability) of obtaining a guarantee outweighs the benefit afforded thereby as reasonably determined by Borrowers and Agent;

(c)any FSHCO;

(d)any Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC;

(e)any Domestic Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC;

(f)any not-for-profit subsidiary or captive insurance subsidiary;

(g)any Subsidiary that is (i) not a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Loan Party or (ii) an Unrestricted Subsidiary; or

(h)any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (i) applicable law or (ii) any contractual obligation existing on the Closing Date or on the date any such Subsidiary is acquired (so long as in respect of any such contractual prohibition such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), in each case from guaranteeing the Obligations (but only for so long as such restriction is continuing) or which would require consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority to guarantee the Obligations.

For the avoidance of doubt, no Borrower, nor any Subsidiary which Administrative Borrower has requested to be joined as a Borrower hereunder pursuant to Section 5.11(a) of this Agreement, shall be an Excluded Subsidiary.

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guaranty of such Loan Party of (including by virtue of the joint and several liability provisions of Section 2.16 of this Agreement), or the grant by such Loan Party of a security

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interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guaranty 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 Loan Party’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 guaranty of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest 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 guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.

“Excluded Taxes” means (i) any tax imposed on the net income or net profits of any Lender or any Participant (including any branch profits Taxes), in each case imposed by the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender or such Participant is organized or the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender’s or such Participant’s principal office is located in or as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender or such Participant and the jurisdiction or taxing authority imposing the tax (other than any such connection arising solely from such Lender or such Participant having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payment under, or enforced its rights or remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document), (ii) withholding Taxes that would not have been imposed but for a Lender’s or a Participant’s failure to comply with the requirements of Section 16.2 of this Agreement, (iii) any United States federal withholding Taxes that would be imposed on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender based upon the applicable withholding rate in effect at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office, other than a designation made at the request of a Loan Party), except that Excluded Taxes shall not include (A) any amount that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was previously entitled to receive pursuant to Section 16.1 of this Agreement, if any, with respect to such withholding tax at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), and (B) additional United States federal withholding Taxes that may be imposed after the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), as a result of a change in law, rule, regulation, treaty, order or other decision or other Change in Law with respect to any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority, (iv) any Taxes imposed under FATCA and (v) any Tax imposed by Ireland on amounts to or for the account of a Lender or Participant, as the case may be, where such Tax would not be imposed if that Lender or Participant, as the case may be, had been an Irish Qualifying Lender but on the date the Lender or Participant, as the case may be, is not or has ceased to be an Irish Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Irish Tax Treaty, or any published practice or concession of any relevant tax authority and Borrowers are able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender or Participant, as the case may be, without such deduction or withholding had that Lender or Participant, as the case may be, complied with its obligations under Section 16.5 of this Agreement.

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Existing Letters of Credit” means those letters of credit described on Schedule E-3 to this Agreement.

“Extraordinary Advances” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(d)(iii) of this Agreement.

“FAA” means the Federal Aviation Administration.

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“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the IRC, 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), and (a) any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, (b) any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the IRC, and (c) any intergovernmental agreement entered into by the United States (or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection therewith).

“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

“Fee Letter” means that certain amended and restated fee letter, dated as of March 12, 2021, among Administrative Borrower on behalf of the Borrowers and Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to, for each day during such period, 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 which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it (and, if any such rate is below zero, then the rate determined pursuant to this definition shall be deemed to be zero).

“First Amendment” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2020, by and among the Loan Parties and the Agent.

“First Amendment Effective Date” means September 8, 2020.

“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum, without duplication, of (a) Interest Expense required to be paid (other than interest paid-in-kind, amortization of financing fees, and other non-cash Interest Expense) during such period and (b) scheduled principal payments in respect of Indebtedness that are required to be paid during such period.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (a) (i) the sum of (A) EBITDA for such period plus (B) Curative Equity minus (ii) Unfinanced Capital Expenditures made (to the extent not already incurred in a prior period) or incurred during such period, to (b) (i) Fixed Charges for such period plus (ii) all Restricted Payments, other than (x) the Specified Restricted Payment, and (y) Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to clauses (a) through (f) of Section 6.7 of this Agreement, paid (whether in cash or other property, other than common Equity Interests) during such period plus (iii) all federal, state, and local income Taxes paid in cash during such period.  For the purposes of calculating Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any Reference Period, if at any time during such Reference Period (and after the Closing Date), any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition, Fixed Charges and Unfinanced Capital Expenditures for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto or in such other manner acceptable to Agent as if any such Permitted Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period.

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1973, and related laws, rules and regulations, including any amendments or successor provisions.

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

“Flow of Funds Agreement” means a flow of funds agreement, dated as of even date with this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Borrowers and Agent.

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender or Participant that is not a United States person within the meaning of IRC section 7701(a)(30).

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of any Loan Party that is organized or incorporated under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

“FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of Parent (other than Borrowers) that has no material assets other than Equity Interests (or Equity Interests and Indebtedness) in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs or other FSHCOs.

“Funding Date” means the date on which a Borrowing occurs.

“Funding Losses” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(b)(ii) of this Agreement.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.

“Governing Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, constitution, memorandum and articles of association (in the case of any Borrower incorporated in Ireland), or other organizational documents of such Person.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of any nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether at the national, state, territorial, provincial, county, municipal or any other level, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of, or pertaining to, government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Guarantor” means (a) each Person that guaranties all or a portion of the Obligations, including the Parent Companies and any other Person that is a “Guarantor” under the Guaranty and Security Agreement, and (b) each other Person that becomes a guarantor after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.11 of this Agreement.

“Guaranty and Security Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of even date with this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to Agent.

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“Hazardous Materials” means (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” or any other formulation intended to define, list, or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or “EP toxicity”, (b) oil, petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million.

“Hedge Agreement” means a “swap agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(53B)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code.

“Hedge Obligations” means any and all obligations or liabilities, whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries arising under, owing pursuant to, or existing in respect of Hedge Agreements entered into with one or more of the Hedge Providers.

“Hedge Provider” means any Bank Product Provider that is a party to a Hedge Agreement with a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or otherwise provides Bank Products under clause (f) of the definition thereof; provided, that if, at any time, a Lender ceases to be a Lender under this Agreement (prior to the payment in full of the Obligations), then, from and after the date on which it ceases to be a Lender thereunder, neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall constitute Hedge Providers and the obligations with respect to Hedge Agreements entered into with such former Lender or any of its Affiliates shall no longer constitute Hedge Obligations.

“Illegality Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(b)of this Agreement.

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of a Borrower that is not a Material Subsidiary.

“Increased Appraisal Event” means if at any time Excess Availability is less than the greater of (a) 20% of the Line Cap, and (b) $20,000,000.

“Increased Reporting Event” means if at any time Excess Availability is less than the greater of (a) 15% of the Line Cap, and (b) $15,000,000.

“Increased Reporting Period” means the period commencing after the continuance of an Increased Reporting Event and continuing until the date when no Increased Reporting Event has occurred for 30 consecutive days.

“Indebtedness” as to any Person means (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other financial products, (c) all obligations of such Person as a lessee under Capital Leases, (d) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed, (e) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and royalty payments payable in the ordinary course

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of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses) and any earn-out or similar obligations, (f) all monetary obligations of such Person owing under Hedge Agreements (which amount shall be calculated based on the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedge Agreement were terminated on the date of determination), (g) any Disqualified Equity Interests of such Person, and (h) any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (g) above.  For purposes of this definition, (i) the amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar instrument shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Indebtedness, and (ii) the amount of any Indebtedness which is limited or is non-recourse to a Person or for which recourse is limited to an identified asset shall be valued at the lesser of (A) if applicable, the limited amount of such obligations, and (B) if applicable, the fair market value of such assets securing such obligation.

“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3 of this Agreement.

“Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3 of this Agreement.

“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 Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in the foregoing clause (a), Other Taxes.

“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, examinership, compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.

“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means an intercompany subordination agreement, dated as of even date with this Agreement, executed and delivered by each Loan Party, each of its Subsidiaries and Agent, the form and substance of which is reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of Parent for such period (including fees in respect of any Indebtedness), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Interest Period” means, as to any SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a SOFR Loan and ending on the date one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, in each case as selected by the Borrower in its request for a Borrowing or SOFR Notice and subject to availability; provided that:

(a)the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or conversion to any SOFR Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;

(b)if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further

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Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(c)any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

(d)Borrowers may not elect an Interest Period which will end after the Maturity Date;

(e)no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.13(c)(iv) shall be available for specification in any request for a Borrowing or SOFR Notice.

“Inventory” means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).

“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any investment by such Person in any other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances, capital contributions (excluding (a) commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees of such Person made in the ordinary course of business, and (b) bona fide accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business), any acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person), or (ii) any acquisition of assets by such Person from an unrelated third party in bulk for conversion to Inventory, or to be held as Inventory, in either case consistent with Borrowers’ historical business practices, in a transaction or series of transactions, with an aggregate purchase price in excess of $20,000,000.  The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustment for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs, or write-offs with respect to such Investment.  The amount of any Investment made with assets or property that is not cash shall be the fair market value thereof.

“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“Irish Borrower” means (a) a Borrower that is resident in Ireland for the purposes of Irish Tax; or (b) a Borrower that is operating in Ireland through a branch or agency in Ireland with which this Agreement or any Loan Document is connected for the purposes of Irish Tax.

“Irish Qualifying Jurisdiction” means (a) a member state of the European Union other than Ireland; (b) a jurisdiction with which Ireland has entered into an Irish Tax Treaty that has the force of law; or (c) a jurisdiction with which Ireland has entered into an Irish Tax Treaty where that treaty will (on completion of necessary procedures) have the force of law.

“Irish Qualifying Lender” means a Lender or Participant, as the case may be, which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender or Participant, as the case may be, in respect of a Loan Document and is:

(a)a bank within the meaning of section 246 TCA which is carrying on a bona fide banking business in Ireland for the purposes of section 246(3)(a) TCA and whose lending office is located in Ireland; or

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(b)a body corporate:

(i)which, by virtue of the law of an Irish Qualifying Jurisdiction, is resident in the Irish Qualifying Jurisdiction for the purposes of tax and that jurisdiction imposes a tax that generally applies to interest receivable in that jurisdiction by companies from sources outside that jurisdiction; or

(ii)which is a U.S. company which is incorporated in the United States and is taxed in the United States on its worldwide income; or

(iii)(A) which is a U.S. limited liability company where the ultimate recipients of the interest would themselves be Irish Qualifying Lenders under subclauses (i), (ii) or (iv) of this clause (b) and (B) business is conducted through such U.S. limited liability company for market reasons and not for tax avoidance purposes; or

(iv)where the interest (A) is exempted from the charge to Irish income tax under an Irish Tax Treaty in force on the date the interest is paid or (B) would be exempted from the charge to Irish income tax if an Irish Tax Treaty which has been signed but is not yet in force had the force of law on the date the interest is paid, except where, in respect of each of subclauses (i) through (iv) of this clause (c), interest payable to that body corporate in respect of a Loan Document is paid in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland by that body corporate through a branch or agency in Ireland; or

(c)a body corporate which advances money in the ordinary course of a trade which includes the lending of money where the interest payable on monies so advanced is taken into account in computing the trading income of such body corporate and such body corporate has complied with the notification requirements under section 246(5)(a) TCA and whose lending office is located in Ireland; or

(d)a qualifying company within the meaning of section 110 TCA and whose lending office is located in Ireland; or

(e)an investment undertaking within the meaning of section 739B TCA and whose lending office is located in Ireland; or

(f)an exempt approved scheme within the meaning of section 774 TCA and whose lending office is located in Ireland; or

(g)[reserved]; or

(h)to the extent that the Borrower is a qualifying company (within the meaning of section 110 TCA), a person that is a resident of an Irish Qualifying Jurisdiction for the purposes of tax (by virtue of the law of that jurisdiction), provided that interest payable to that person in respect of a Loan Document is not paid in connection with a trade or business which is carried on by that person in Ireland through a branch or agency in Ireland.

“Irish Tax Treaty” means a double taxation treaty entered into by Ireland.

“Irish Treaty State” means a jurisdiction which has entered into an Irish Tax Treaty which has the force of law which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by Ireland on interest.

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“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 (International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590) and any version or revision thereof accepted by the Issuing Bank for use.

“Issuer Document” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, a letter of credit application, a letter of credit agreement, or any other document, agreement or instrument entered into (or to be entered into) by a Borrower in favor of Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.

“Issuing Bank” means Wells Fargo or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrowers and with the consent of Agent, agrees, in such Lender’s sole discretion, to become an Issuing Bank for the purpose of issuing Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.11 of this Agreement, and Issuing Bank shall be a Lender.

“Joinder” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 to this Agreement.

“Landlord Reserve” means, as to each location (a) located in a state that provides under applicable law for Liens on personal property at a leased location in favor of a landlord, bailee, warehouseman or other property owner securing rent, storage charges or fees due to such Person, (b) at which a Borrower has Whole Aircraft, Whole Engines, Parts or books and records and (c) as to which a Collateral Access Agreement has not been received by Agent, a reserve in an amount equal to 3 months’ rent, storage charges, fees or other amounts under the lease or other applicable agreement relative to such location or, if greater and Agent so elects, the number of months’ rent, storage charges, fess or other amounts for which the landlord, bailee, warehouseman or other property owner will have, under applicable law, a Lien in the Whole Aircraft, Whole Engines or Parts of such Borrower to secure the payment of such amounts under the lease or other applicable agreement relative to such location.

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

“Lease” means a lease agreement relating to any Whole Aircraft or any Whole Engine, between a Borrower (as lessor), and a Lessee (including another Borrower), in each case together with all schedules, supplements and amendments thereto and each other document, agreement and instrument related thereto.

“Lease Transaction Liens” means any Lease, and the respective rights of a relevant Borrower and the Lessee or any third party that owns or leases equipment installed on a Whole Aircraft or Whole Engine, as applicable, under any Lease relating to such Whole Aircraft or Whole Engine, including any assignment of the relevant warranties relating thereto, and the rights of any sublessee under any permitted sublease relating to such Lease.

“Lender” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement, shall include Issuing Bank and the Swing Lender, and shall also include any other Person made a party to this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.1 of this Agreement and “Lenders” means each of the Lenders or any one or more of them.

“Lender Group” means each of the Lenders (including Issuing Bank and the Swing Lender) and Agent, or any one or more of them.

“Lender Group Expenses” means all (a) costs or expenses (including Taxes and insurance premiums) required to be paid by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Lender Group, (b) documented out-of-pocket fees or charges paid or

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incurred by Agent in connection with the Lender Group’s transactions with each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents, including, photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches, filing fees, recording fees, publication, real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental audits, (c) Agent’s customary fees and charges imposed or incurred in connection with any background checks or OFAC/PEP searches related to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, (d) Agent’s customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of any Borrower (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, (e) customary charges imposed or incurred by Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan Party, (f) reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Lender Group to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the continuance of an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (g) field examination, appraisal, and valuation fees and expenses of Agent related to any field examinations, appraisals, or valuation to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) provided in Section 2.10 of this Agreement, (h) Agent’s and Lenders’ reasonable, documented costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses) relative to third party claims or any other lawsuit or adverse proceeding paid or incurred, whether in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral, or the Lender Group’s relationship with any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (i) Agent’s reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and due diligence expenses) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering (including travel, meals, and lodging), syndicating (including reasonable costs and expenses relative to CUSIP, DXSyndicate™, SyndTrak or other communication costs incurred in connection with a syndication of the loan facilities), or amending, waiving, or modifying the Loan Documents, and (j) Agent’s and each Lender’s reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a “workout,” a “restructuring,” or an Insolvency Proceeding concerning any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether a lawsuit or other adverse proceeding is brought, or in taking any enforcement action or any Remedial Action with respect to the Collateral.

“Lender Group Representatives” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9 of this Agreement.

“Lender-Related Person” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender, together with such Lender’s Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.

“Lending Office” means the office or offices through which the Lender will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

“Lessee” means any lessee party to a Lease.

“Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit (as that term is defined in the Code) issued by Issuing Bank.

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“Letter of Credit Collateralization” means either (a) providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent (including that Agent has a first priority perfected Lien in such cash collateral), including provisions that specify that the Letter of Credit Fees and all commissions, fees, charges and expenses provided for in Section 2.11(k) of this Agreement (including any fronting fees) will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, (b) delivering to Agent documentation executed by all beneficiaries under the Letters of Credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank, terminating all of such beneficiaries’ rights under the Letters of Credit, or (c) providing Agent with a standby letter of credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from a commercial bank acceptable to Agent (in its sole discretion) in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit Fee and all fronting fees set forth in this Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding and that any such fees that accrue must be an amount that can be drawn under any such standby letter of credit).

“Letter of Credit Disbursement” means a payment made by Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

“Letter of Credit Exposure” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s participation in the Letter of Credit Usage pursuant to Section 2.11(e) on such date.

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.6(b) of this Agreement.

“Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(f) of this Agreement.

“Letter of Credit Related Person” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(f) of this Agreement.

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means $10,000,000.

“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (b) the aggregate amount of outstanding reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit which remain unreimbursed or which have not been paid through a Revolving Loan.

“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest, or other security arrangement and any other preference, priority, or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

“Limited Perfection Requirements” has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

“Line Cap” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the Maximum Revolver Amount, and (b) the Borrowing Base as of such date of determination.

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“Loan” means any Revolving Loan, Swing Loan or Extraordinary Advance made (or to be made) hereunder.

“Loan Account” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.9 of this Agreement.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Control Agreements, the Copyright Security Agreement, any Borrowing Base Certificate, the Fee Letter, the Guaranty and Security Agreement, any Intercompany Subordination Agreement, any Issuer Documents, the Letters of Credit, the Mortgages, the Patent Security Agreement, any Subordination Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement, any note or notes executed by Borrowers in connection with this Agreement and payable to any member of the Lender Group, each Loan Document as defined in and delivered in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement that remains in existence on and after the Closing Date and any other instrument or agreement entered into, now or in the future, by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any member of the Lender Group in connection with this Agreement (but specifically excluding Bank Product Agreements).

“Loan Party” means any Borrower or any Guarantor.

“Management Agreement” means the Management Services Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2010, by and between Administrative Borrower, AerSale Aviation, and Sponsor.

“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U of the FRB as in effect from time to time.

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect in the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ ability to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are parties or of the Lender Group’s ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral (other than as a result of an action taken or not taken that is solely in the control of Agent), or (c) a material impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, each contract or agreement, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

“Material Subsidiary” means (a) each Borrower, and (b) each Subsidiary of a Loan Party that (i) owns at least 2.50% of the consolidated total assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, (ii) generates at least 2.50% of the consolidated revenues of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, (iii) is the owner of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party that otherwise constitutes a Material Subsidiary, or (iv) any group comprising Subsidiaries of a Loan Party that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) but that, taken together, had revenues or total assets in excess of 2.50% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.

“Maturity Date” means March 12, 2024.

“Maximum Revolver Amount” means $150,000,000, as decreased by the amount of reductions in the Revolver Commitments made in accordance with Section 2.4(c) of this Agreement.

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Merger, dated as of September 8, 2020, by and among Monocle Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Monocle Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, Monocle Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation, Monocle Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AerSale Aviation, and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as in effect on the First Amendment Effective Date (or as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the First Amendment).

“Monocle Merger Documentation” means, collectively, the Monocle Merger Agreement and all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and all side letters and agreements affecting the terms thereof and entered into in connection therewith, in each case, as in effect on the First Amendment Effective Date (or, in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the First Amendment).

“Moody’s” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.

“Mortgages” means each of the Aircraft Mortgages, Engine Mortgages and other mortgages, deeds of trust, leasehold mortgages, leasehold deeds of trust, collateral assignments of leases or other security documents (including, without limitation, security documents that encumber the Real Property Collateral) now existing or hereafter entered into and delivered by any Borrower or any trustee or guarantor for the benefit of any Borrower to Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Lenders, from time to time, with respect to any Collateral, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, and to which any Borrower or ERISA Affiliate is making, is obligated to make or has made or been obligated to make contributions or has any unsatisfied liability on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any Borrower or ERISA Affiliate.

“NOLV” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral, Eligible Whole Engine Collateral or Eligible Parts of any Person, the value of such Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral, Eligible Whole Engine Collateral or Eligible Parts that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral, Eligible Whole Engine Collateral or Eligible Parts occurring within a period of eighteen (18) months from the date of the applicable Acceptable Appraisal, net of all associated costs and expenses of such liquidation, as determined based upon the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Whole Aircraft, Whole Engines or Parts, as applicable; provided that if such Acceptable Appraisal does not provide the costs and expenses of such liquidation on an item by item basis, then costs and expenses of liquidation for each item of Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral, Eligible Whole Engine Collateral or Eligible Parts will be such amount as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 14.2(a) of this Agreement.

“Non-Defaulting Lender” means each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

“Obligations” means (a) all loans (including the Revolving Loans (inclusive of Extraordinary Advances and Swing Loans)), debts, principal, interest (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), reimbursement or indemnification obligations with respect to Letters of Credit (irrespective of whether contingent), premiums, liabilities (including all amounts charged to the Loan Account pursuant to this Agreement), obligations (including indemnification

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obligations), fees (including the fees provided for in the Fee Letter), Lender Group Expenses (including any fees or expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), guaranties, and all covenants and duties of any other kind and description owing by any Loan Party arising out of, under, pursuant to, in connection with, or evidenced by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents 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, and including all interest not paid when due and all other expenses or other amounts that any Loan Party is required to pay or reimburse by the Loan Documents or by law or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents, and (b) all Bank Product Obligations; provided that, anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing notwithstanding, the Obligations shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligation.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of Borrowers under the Loan Documents include the obligation to pay (i) the principal of the Revolving Loans, (ii) interest accrued on the Revolving Loans, (iii) the amount necessary to reimburse Issuing Bank for amounts paid or payable pursuant to Letters of Credit, (iv) Letter of Credit commissions, fees (including fronting fees) and charges, (v) Lender Group Expenses, (vi) fees payable under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and (vii) indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document.  Any reference in this Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all or any portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding.

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

“Originating Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(e) of this Agreement.

“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 with respect to an assignment of all or any portion of the Obligations, the Commitments, and any other rights and interests under the Loan Documents (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 14.2).

“Overadvance” means, as of any date of determination, that the Revolver Usage is greater than any of the limitations set forth in Section 2.1 or Section 2.11 of this Agreement.

“Parent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Parent Company” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Participant” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(e) of this Agreement.

“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(i) of this Agreement.

“Parts” means any as removed, overhauled, serviceable, rotatable, repairable or expendable Whole Aircraft or Whole Engine parts, ground service equipment and tooling and all Inventory of Whole Aircraft or Whole Engines that are designated for disassembly, that are within the scope of the definition of Eligible Parts without considering the criteria set forth in such definition.

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and (b) those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain with respect to Eligible Parts, including based on the results of appraisals.

“Patent Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

“Patriot Act” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4.13 of this Agreement.

“Payment Conditions” means, at the time of determination with respect to a proposed payment to fund a Specified Transaction, that:

(a)no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of the consummation of such Specified Transaction,

(b)both (i) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Parent and its Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than the minimum ratio required by Section 7.1 of this Agreement for the trailing four fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial statements are required to have been delivered to Agent pursuant to Schedule 5.1 to this Agreement (calculated on a pro forma basis as if such proposed payment is a Fixed Charge made on the last day of such four fiscal quarter period (it being understood that such proposed payment shall also be a Fixed Charge made on the last day of such four fiscal quarter period for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio under this clause (i) for any subsequent proposed payment to fund a Specific Transaction)) and (ii) Average Excess Availability for the 30 day period immediately preceding the date of such proposed payment and the consummation of such Specified Transaction, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such proposed payment was made, and the Specified Transaction was consummated, on the first day of such period, is not less than 25% of the Maximum Revolver Amount, and

(c)Administrative Borrower has delivered a certificate to Agent certifying that all conditions described in clauses (a) and (b) above have been satisfied.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“Pension Plan” means a Plan described in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.

“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit P-1 to this Agreement.

“Perfection Requirements” has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

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

“Permitted Acquisition” means, subject in all respects to Section 6.15 of this Agreement, any Acquisition so long as:

(a)no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the proposed Acquisition and the proposed Acquisition is consensual,

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(b)no Indebtedness will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition, other than Permitted Indebtedness and no Liens will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to the assets of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition other than Permitted Liens,

(c)Borrowers have provided Agent with written confirmation, supported by reasonably detailed calculations, that on a pro forma basis (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such proposed Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case, determined as if the combination had been accomplished at the beginning of the relevant period; such eliminations and inclusions to be mutually and reasonably agreed upon by Borrowers and Agent), calculated by adding the historical combined financial statements of Parent (including the combined financial statements of any other Person or assets that were the subject of a prior Permitted Acquisition during the relevant period) to the historical consolidated financial statements of the Person to be acquired (or the historical financial statements related to the assets to be acquired) pursuant to the proposed Acquisition, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (i) would have been in compliance with the financial covenant(s) in Section 7 of this Agreement for the fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the proposed date of consummation of such proposed Acquisition, and (ii) are projected to be in compliance with the financial covenant(s) in Section 7 of this Agreement for each of the four fiscal quarters in the period ended one year after the proposed date of consummation of such proposed Acquisition,

(d)Borrowers have provided Agent with its due diligence package relative to the proposed Acquisition, including forecasted balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow statements of the Person or assets to be acquired, all prepared on a basis consistent with such Person’s (or assets’) historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions for the one year period following the date of the proposed Acquisition, on a quarter by quarter basis),

(e)[reserved],

(f)[reserved],

(g)Borrowers have provided Agent with written notice of the proposed Acquisition at least ten Business Days (or such lesser period as agreed by Agent) prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition and, not later than five Business Days (or such lesser period as agreed by Agent) prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition, copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to the proposed Acquisition,

(h)the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ total assets), or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired, are useful in or engaged in, as applicable, the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or a business reasonably related thereto,

(i)the assets being acquired (other than assets in an aggregate amount not exceeding $30,000,000) are located within the United States or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired is organized in the United States, and

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a Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party, and, in connection therewith, the applicable Loan Party shall have complied with Section 5.11 or 5.12 of this Agreement, as applicable, of this Agreement and, in the case of an acquisition of Equity Interests, the Person whose Equity Interests are acquired shall become a Loan Party and the applicable Loan Party shall have demonstrated to Agent that the new Loan Parties have received consideration sufficient to make the joinder documents binding and enforceable against such new Loan Parties.

“Permitted Additional Secured Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (in addition to Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness) that is secured by, and only by, Specified Collateral, in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time.

“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.

“Permitted Dispositions” means, subject in all respects to Section 6.15 of this Agreement:

(a)sales, abandonment, or other dispositions of Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged, or obsolete or no longer used or useful in the ordinary course of business (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral, Eligible Whole Engine Collateral and Eligible Parts) and leases or subleases of Real Property not useful in the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries,

(b)sales of assets (other than Equity Interests of any Subsidiary) in the ordinary course of business, so long as any such disposition would not cause an Overadvance immediately after giving effect thereto,

(c)the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,

(d)the licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business (so long as any exclusive licensing is not materially disruptive to the operations of such Person’s business),

(e)the granting of Permitted Liens,

(f)the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of accounts receivable (other than Eligible Accounts) arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof,

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

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

(i)the leasing or subleasing of assets of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business,

(j)the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests)

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of Parent,

(k)(i) the lapse of registered patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent not economically desirable in the conduct of its business, or (ii) the abandonment of patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business so long as (in each case under clauses (i) and (ii)), (A) with respect to copyrights, such copyrights are not material revenue generating copyrights, and (B) such lapse is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lender Group,

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

(m)any Permitted Investment,

(n)so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately result therefrom, transfers of assets (i) from any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to a Loan Party (other than a Parent Company), and (ii) from any Subsidiary of any Loan Party that is not a Loan Party to any other Subsidiary of any Loan Party,

(o)dispositions of Equipment (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include Eligible Whole Aircraft Collateral, Eligible Whole Engine Collateral and Eligible Parts) or Real Property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, or (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property; provided, that to the extent the property being transferred constitutes Collateral, such replacement property shall constitute Collateral,

(p)dispositions of assets acquired by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition with respect to which the Payment Conditions are satisfied and consummated within 12 months of the date of the proposed disposition so long as (i) the consideration received for the assets to be so disposed is at least equal to the fair market value of such assets, (ii) the assets to be so disposed are not necessary or economically desirable in connection with the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and (iii) the assets to be so disposed are readily identifiable as assets acquired pursuant to the subject Permitted Acquisition,

(q)any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or sale of Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary,

(r)other sales or dispositions for fair market value so long as (i) the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in any fiscal year (including the proposed disposition) would not exceed $1,000,000 or (ii) the Payment Conditions are satisfied, and

(s)dispositions of Investments in AerLine Holdings, Inc. or its Affiliates, but solely to the extent such Investments are Permitted Investments;

provided, that if, as of any date of determination, any sales or dispositions by the Loan Parties as set forth in clauses (a) through (r) above consummated during the period of time from the first day of the month in which such date of determination occurs until such date of determination, either individually or in the aggregate, involve assets the aggregate NOLV of which would exceed $10,000,000 (the “Threshold

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Amount”), then Borrowers shall have, prior to consummation of the sale or disposition that causes the assets included in the Borrowing Base that are disposed of during such period to exceed the Threshold Amount, delivered to Agent an updated Borrowing Base Certificate that reflects the removal of the applicable assets from the Borrowing Base.

“Permitted Holder” means Sponsor, Nicholas Finazzo and Robert Nichols.

“Permitted Indebtedness” means, subject in all respects to Section 6.15 of this Agreement:

(a)Indebtedness in respect of the Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations),

(b)Indebtedness as of the Closing Date set forth on Schedule 4.14 to this Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,

(c)Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,

(d)Indebtedness arising in connection with the endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit,

(e)Indebtedness consisting of (i) guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, completion guarantee and similar obligations and (ii) guarantees arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations to purchasers in connection with Permitted Dispositions or to sellers in connection with Permitted Acquisitions with respect to which the Payment Conditions are satisfied,

(f)Indebtedness of any Loan Party that is incurred on the date of the consummation of a Permitted Acquisition with respect to which the Payment Conditions are satisfied, solely for the purpose of consummating such Permitted Acquisition, so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness is not incurred for working capital purposes, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature prior to the date that is 3 months after the Maturity Date, (iv) [reserved], (v) [reserved], (vi) such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent and is otherwise on terms and conditions (including economic terms and absence of covenants) reasonably satisfactory to Agent and (vii) the aggregate outstanding amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed $15,000,000,

(g)Acquired Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 outstanding at any one time,

(h)Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business under performance, surety, statutory, or appeal bonds,

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

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(j)the incurrence by any Loan Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Hedge Agreements that is incurred for the bona fide purpose of hedging the interest rate, commodity, or foreign currency risks associated with such Loan Party’s or such Subsidiary’s operations and not for speculative purposes,

(k)Indebtedness (i) constituting Bank Products or (ii) that is incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of credit cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards, commercial cards (including so-called “purchase cards”, “procurement cards” or “p-cards”), or Cash Management Services,

(l)unsecured Indebtedness of any Loan Party owing to employees, former employees, former officers, directors, or former directors (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) incurred in connection with the repurchase or redemption by such Loan Party of the Equity Interests of Parent that has been issued to such Persons, so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness outstanding at any one time does not exceed $2,400,000, and (iii) such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent,

(m)contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligation, adjustment of purchase price, non-compete, or similar obligation of any Loan Party incurred in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions with respect to which the Payment Conditions are satisfied, or Permitted Dispositions,

(n)Indebtedness composing Permitted Investments,

(o)Indebtedness incurred in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, and other like services, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business,

(p)Indebtedness of any Loan Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Earn-Outs owing to sellers of assets or Equity Interests to such Loan Party or its Subsidiaries that is incurred in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions, so long as such Indebtedness is on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent,

(q)Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $6,000,000 at any time outstanding for all Subsidiaries of each Loan Party that are CFCs; provided, that such Indebtedness is not directly or indirectly recourse to any of the Loan Parties or of their respective assets,

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

(s)Subordinated Indebtedness, the aggregate outstanding amount of which does not exceed $6,000,000,

(t)Permitted Additional Secured Indebtedness,

(u)Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business, and