Common use of Defined Term Section Clause in Contracts

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌b) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(b) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(d) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a) Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(a) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌h) Company Options 3.4(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(h) Exchange Act 3.3(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a) GAAP 3.5(a) Governmental Entity 3.3(a) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(b) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.21

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Accounting Firm 1.8(c) ACO 1.9(a) Affiliate 12.18 Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌b) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Introduction Anti-Corruption Kickback Law 1.5(i) Antitrust Laws 3.8(b5.2 Ascension Introduction Assignment of Partnership Interest 2.2(a) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dAssumed Liabilities 1.4 Balance Sheet Date 3.5(a) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(aBasket Amount 11.3(a) Benefit Plans 3.13(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(aAssociate Agreement 2.2(k) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(aBuyer Introduction Buyer Cost Report 10.21(a) Buyer Indemnified Parties 11.2 Buyer Party or Buyer Parties 10.18(b) Buyer Plans 10.7(b) Cash Balance 1.10(a) CERCLA 3.15 CHS Introduction Clinic Billing and Collection Agreement 2.2(m) Closing 2.1 Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a2.1 COBRA 1.5(d) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aPartnership Introduction Partnership Cost Reports 10.21(a) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hContracts 3.18 Defects 6.5(c) Company Options 3.4(aDSH 1.5(b) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 2.1 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 3.15 ERISA 3.12(a3.13(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(viExcluded Assets 1.3 Excluded Liabilities 1.6 Excluded Marks 1.3(b) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(h) Exchange False Claims Act 3.3(a1.5(i) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a3.5 FPPE 3.22 FTC 5.2 GAAP 1.8(a) GAAP 3.5(aGovernment Entity 3.9 Governmental Programs 3.8 HHS 3.8 HIPAA 3.9(a) Governmental Entity 3.3(aHospital Recitals Hospital Billing and Collection Agreement 2.2(l) ICC CIC Immaterial Contracts 3.18 Indemnified Party 11.4 Indemnifying Party 11.4 Information Services Agreement 6.9(i2.2(k) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(aInitial Cost Reports 10.21(d) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 3.25 Justice Department 5.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 of Sellers or Sellers’ Knowledge 12.27 Leased Real Property 10.2 3.11 License Agreement 2.2(n) Losses 11.1 Management Agreement 10.17 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 12.24 Material Contract 3.9(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(b) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(iConsents 7.7 Material Contracts 3.18 Net Working Capital 1.8(a) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 3.11 Partnership Agreement 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e3.11 Purchase Price 1.7(a) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(fR&W Indemnification Cap 11.3(a) Preferred Stock 3.4(aRAC 1.9(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 RCRA 3.15 Real Property Leases 3.13(c3.11 Retained Liabilities 1.5 Seller Introduction Seller Cost Report 10.21(a) Representatives 5.2(aSeller Guaranty 10.15 Seller Indemnified Parties 11.1 Seller Party or Seller Parties 10.18(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(bSellers’ Interests Recitals ▇▇▇▇▇ Law 1.5(i) Restraints 7.1(cState Health Agency 3.7 Surveys 6.5(b) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Survival Period 12.17 Tax 10.2 or Taxes 3.16 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e3.16 Termination Notice 12.1 Title Commitment 6.5(a) Unlicensed Person 3.21Title Company 6.5(a) Title Evidence 6.5(c) Title Policy 6.5(a) WARN Act 3.17(c) THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 15, 2025, by and among CP HOSPITAL GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”), CPLP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “CHS LP”), TRIAD HOLDINGS V, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Triad LP), TIMBERLAND MEDICAL GROUP, a Texas nonprofit corporation (“Timberland”), REGIONAL EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, a Texas nonprofit corporation (“REAP”) (the General Partner, the CHS LP, the Triad LP, Timberland and REAP may be referred to individually as a “Seller” and collectively as “Sellers”), CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“CHS”), ASCENSION TEXAS (F/K/A DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY HEALTH SERVICES OF AUSTIN and SETON HEALTHCARE NETWORK), a Texas nonprofit corporation (“Buyer”), ASCENSION HEALTH, a Missouri nonprofit corporation (“Ascension”), and CEDAR PARK HEALTH SYSTEM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”).

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Accounts Receivable 4.25 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌bProposal 6.5(a) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Acquisition Transaction Recitals Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(bAllright Recitals Alternative Transaction 6.5(a) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dArbitrator 11.4(a) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(aClaim Notice 7.4(b) Closing 2.1 Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a) 2.1 Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aBenefit Plan 4.19(a) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Schedules ARTICLE IV Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hFinancials 4.7(a) Company Options 3.4(aIP 4.13(d) Company Material Contract 4.12(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) 4.10 Company Plan 3.12(a) Personal Property Leases 4.16 Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Real Property Leases 4.15 Divestiture Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Recitals Divestiture Transaction Recitals Enforceability Exceptions 3.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(hPermit 4.20(a) Exchange Act 3.3(aShares 1.2 Expenses 9.3 HKIAC 11.4(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a) GAAP 3.5(a) Governmental Entity 3.3(a) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(aHKIAC Rules 11.4(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a7.2 Indemnifying Parties 7.2 Interim Balance Sheet 4.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(aInterim Balance Sheet Date 4.7(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(bInterim Period 6.1(a) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(aLiu Recitals Liu Parties Recitals Loss 7.2 Oakview Recitals Outbound IP License 4.13(c) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i9.1(b) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Party(ies) Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(aPurchased Shares 1.1 Purchaser Preamble Purchaser Board Preamble Purchaser Disclosure Schedules ARTICLE III Purchaser Financials 3.6(b) Parent Owned Shares Related Person 4.21 Releasing Persons 10.1 Renovation Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(aRequisite Regulatory Approvals 8.1(d) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a▇▇▇▇▇ Act 3.6(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(aReports 3.6(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(bSeller Preamble Seller Disclosure Schedules ARTICLE V Special Committee Recitals Supplemental Disclosure Schedules 6.14(a) Shares Target Companies Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(aThird Party Claim 7.4(c) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.21Recitals

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Apple Eight Termination Fee Section 8.3(c) Apple Eight Unit Consideration Section 2.1(a)(ii) Apple Eight Unit Ratio Section 2.1(a)(ii) Apple Eight Units Section 2.1(a)(ii) Apple Nine Heading Apple Nine Advisors Section 6.1(g) Apple Nine Amendments Section 1.6(b) Apple Nine Articles Section 1.6(a) Apple Nine Articles Amendments Section 1.6(b) Apple Nine Bylaws Section 1.6(c) Apple Nine Bylaws Amendment Section 1.6(c) Apple Nine Common Shares Recitals Apple Nine Dissenting Shares Section 2.3(b) Apple Nine Franchise Agreements Section 3.2(n)(ii) Apple Nine Management Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌bDocuments Section 3.2(n)(iii) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(bApple Nine Material Contracts Section 3.2(l)(i)(P) Applicable SAP 10.2 Apple Nine Organizational Documents Section 3.2(r)(ii) Apple Nine Owned Hotels Section 3.2(n)(i) Apple Nine Prior Contamination Section 3.2(m)(iv) Apple Nine Properties Section 3.2(n)(i) Apple Nine SEC Documents Section 3.2(e)(i) Apple Nine Series A Shares Section 2.1(d) Apple Nine Series B Shares Recitals Apple Nine Shares Section 3.2(c)(i) Apple Nine Stock Options Section 3.2(c)(i) Apple Nine Termination Fee Section 8.3(e) Apple Nine Units Section 2.1(d) Apple REIT Heading Apple REITs Heading Apple Seven Heading Apple Seven Common Shares Section 2.1(a)(i) Apple Seven Consideration Section 2.1(a)(i) Apple Seven Merger Recitals Apple Seven Plan of Merger Section 1.1(a) Apple Seven Series A Shares Section 2.1(a)(i) Apple Seven Series B Consideration Section 2.1(a)(i) Apple Seven Series B Shares Section 2.1(a)(i) Apple Seven Stock Option Section 2.1(e)(i) Apple Seven Termination Fee Section 8.3(b) Apple Seven Unit Consideration Section 2.1(a)(i) Apple Seven Unit Ratio Section 2.1(a)(i) Apple Seven Units Section 2.1(a)(i) Apple Ten Recitals Apple Ten Advisors Section 6.1(e) Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dMerger Section 1.3 Assignment and Transfer Agreement Section 6.1(j) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing Section 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a) Closing Date Section 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(aRecitals Companies Heading Company Heading Competing Transaction Section 5.4(a) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aConversion Agreements Recitals Dissenting Shares Section 2.3(b) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌h) Company Options 3.4(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(h) Exchange Act 3.3(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a) GAAP 3.5(a) Governmental Entity 3.3(a) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(b) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.21Section 1.3

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌bDate Introduction Allowed Administrative Claim 1.10 Allowed Claims Preliminary Statement Allowed DIP Credit Facility Claim 1.10 Allowed Tax Claim 1.10 Amended Plan Preliminary Statement Approval 2.14(d) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(bAssisted Living Facility 2.16(b) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dAssisted Living Services Business 2.16(b) Book-Entry Shares Audited Debtor Financial Statements 2.5(a) Bankruptcy Code 2.1(a) Bankruptcy Court Preliminary Statement Bankruptcy-Related Requirements 4.5 Break-Up Fee 4.8 Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(aEntity 2.4(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Buyer Introduction Buyer Disclosure Schedule Article III Buyer Expense Amount 4.8 Buyer HSR Reimbursement 2.8(b) Buyer Material Adverse Effect Article III CERCLA 2.18(a) Certificate of Merger 1.1 Chapter 11 Proceeding Preliminary Statement Closing 1.2 Closing Working Capital 1.10(a) Code 2.8(b) Confirmation 6.3(aOrder Preliminary Statement Contract 2.13(b) Closing Debtor Introduction Debtor Acquisition Proposals 4.7 Debtor Affiliated Group 2.8(b) Debtor Affiliated Period 2.8(b) Debtor Authorizations 2.14(a) Debtor Balance Sheet Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a2.5(a) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aDebtor Business Entity 2.4(a) Company Debtor Disclosure Letter Schedule Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hII Debtor Employee Benefit Plans 2.17(a) Company Options 3.4(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(h) Exchange Act 3.3(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Debtor Financial Statements 3.5(a2.5(a) GAAP 3.5(aDebtor Group 2.8(b) Governmental Entity 3.3(a) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Debtor Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 2.11(a) Debtor Licenses and Authorizations 2.14(b) Debtor Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(aArticle II Debtor State Applications 2.14(b) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(bDebtor Stock 1.5(b) Merger DGCL 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.21-48

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality 2026 Earnout Period 1.14(a)(i) 2027 Earnout Period 1.14(a)(ii) 2026 Earnout Target 1.14(a)(iii) 2027 Earnout Target 1.14(a)(iv) 2026 Earnout Threshold Ceiling 1.14(a)(v) 2026 Earnout Threshold Floor 1.14(a)(vi) 2027 Earnout Threshold Ceiling 1.14(a)(vii) ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.▇▇(▇)(viii) Adjustment Resolution Period 1.8(f) Adjustment Review Period 1.8(e) Advisers Act 2.15(h) Advisory Agreement 10.2 Acquisition 2.15(k) Aggregator Acknowledgement Agreement 5.2(‌bRecitals Aggregator Restricted Stock Amount Recitals Agreed Accounting Principles 1.8(a) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(bAgreement Date Preamble Anticipated Loss Amount 7.9(b) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dBasket Amount 7.3(i) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(aBribery Act 2.22(a)(vi) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(aBudget Schedule 1.14(a)(ix) Chosen Courts 9.10 Cancelled Units 1.4(b) Change in Control Transaction 1.14(a)(x) Claim Notice 7.4 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a) 1.1 Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a1.1 Closing Statement 1.8(a) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aIndemnified Parties 4.2(a) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hService Providers 2.14(a) Company Options 3.4(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(bContested Claim 7.5(b) Covered Employees 3.12(aCommunication 9.17(b) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Current Representation 9.17(b) Designated Person 9.17(a) Determination Date 1.8(g) DLLCA Recitals DMCA 2.13(o) Earnout Amount 1.14(a)(xi) Earnout Business 1.14(a)(xii) Earnout Calculation Statement 1.14(c)(i) Earnout Default Event 1.14(a)(xiii) Earnout Dispute Deadline 1.14(c)(ii) Earnout Dispute Notice 1.14(c)(ii) Earnout Period 1.14(a)(xiv) Earnout Stock Consideration 1.14(a)(xv) Earnout Target 1.14(a)(xvi) Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(h) Exchange Act 3.3(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a) GAAP 3.5(a) Governmental Entity 3.3(a) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(b) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.211.2

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌bDissenting Shares 1.9(a) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(b) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(d) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a) Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(a) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌h) Company Options 3.4(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 1.1 Employee Benefit Plan 2.19(a)(i) Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 Law 2.20(a) ERISA 3.12(a2.19(a)(ii) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi2.19(a)(iii) Escrow Account 2.2(aAgent 1.6(g) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(hEscrow Agreement 1.6(g) Escrow Shares 1.8(b) Exchange Act 3.3(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a) 2.6 Expected Claim Notice 6.4 GAAP 3.5(a) 2.6 GCL 1.1 Governmental Entity 3.3(a2.4 Indemnified Executives 4.9(b) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(iIntellectual Property 2.27(a) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 2.27(a) Legal Proceeding 2.17 Loss 1.16 Merger Introduction Merger Shares 1.8(b) Non-Controlling Party 6.3(a) Non-Defaulting Party 8.6 Ordinary Course of Business 2.4 Organization Date 2.9(c) OTCBB 3.2 Parent Introduction Parent Bridge Warrants 1.4 Parent Certificate 5.3(e) Parent Common Stock 1.8(a) Parent Confidential Information 4.7(b) Parent Disclosure Schedule Article III Parent Financial Statements 3.8 Parent Liabilities 1.16 Parent Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(b) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i) Owned Real Property 10.2 3.1 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(aOptions 1.8(a) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(aOption Plan 4.6(d) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Parent PPO Warrants 1.2 Parent Reports 3.6 Parent Subsidiary 2.5 Party Introduction Permits 2.23 Prohibited Transaction 4.15 PPO Price Introduction Private Placement Offering Introduction Reasonable Best Efforts 4.1 Registration Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a1.2 Response 6.3(c) SEC 10.2 1.16 Securities Act 3.5(a1.3(c) Shareholder Security Interest 2.4 Share Contribution 3.2 Split-Off Introduction Split-Off Agreement Introduction Split-Off Subsidiary Introduction Stockholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) 2.3 Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 2.5 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(eReturns 2.9(a)(ii) Unlicensed Person 3.21Taxes 2.9(a)(i) Transaction Documentation 3.3 2010 Plan 1.11(a) Value 6.3(c)

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Accounts Receivable 2.1(a)(ii) Acknowledgement and Agreement 10.2 7.16 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌b) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Recitals Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(bAgreement Date Preamble Apportioned Obligations 7.17(c) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dDissolution 7.16 Assumed Benefit Plans 2.1(a)(xiv) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(aAssumed Liabilities 2.2(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(aAward Plans 4.3(b) Chosen Courts 9.10 Benefit Plan 4.17(a) Board Approval 4.4(b) Cap 10.3(a) Claim Certificate 10.5 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a) 3.1 Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a) 3.1 Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aAdvisors 7.2(a) ** ** Text Omitted and Filed Separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential Treatment Requested Under 17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b-2 Company Agreement Date Financial Statements 4.5(a) Company Balance Sheet 4.5(a) Company Balance Sheet Date 4.5(c) Company Closing Financial Statements 8.3(s) Company Disclosure Letter Schedule Article III IV Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hExpense Shortfall 3.3(f) Company Options 3.4(aFinancial Statements 4.5(a) Company Permits 3.8(aIndemnifiable Damages 10.2(b) Company Plan 3.12(aIndemnified Persons 10.2(b) Company Recommendation 3.2(cIndemnifying Person 10.2(a) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(aIP Contracts 4.14(c)(i) Company SEC Documents 3.5(aMarks 7.15 Company Permits 4.9(b) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Products 4.22 Company Registered IP 4.14(e) Company Transaction Expenses 2.2(b)(vi) Company Voting Debt 4.3(d) Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a7.3(a) Contract Employees 6.9(bConsents 2.4 Contingent Payments 3.6 Corporate Records 2.1(b)(ii) Covered Employees 3.12(aDispute Notice 3.3(b) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 Disputed Amounts 3.3(e) DOL 4.17(b) Earnout Dispute 3.2(c)(vi)(A) Earnout Dispute Term 3.2(c)(vi)(A) Earnout Term 3.2(c)(ix) EGEN-001 GBM Milestone 3.2(c)(ii) EGEN-001 GBM Payment 3.2(c)(ii) EGEN-001 GBM Product 3.2(c)(ii)(B) EGEN-001 Ovarian Cancer Milestone 3.2(c)(i) EGEN-001 Ovarian Cancer Payment 3.2(c)(i) EGEN-001 Ovarian Cancer Product 3.2(c)(i)(A) ERISA 3.12(a4.17(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi4.17(d) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(viExcluded Assets 2.1(b) Escrow Account 2.2(aExcluded Contracts 2.1(b)(v) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(hExcluded Liabilities 2.2(b) Fraud 10.1 Hercules 5.2(b) Hercules Loan Agreement 5.2(b) Holdback Balance 10.4 ICC Rules 3.2(c)(vi)(B) Indemnifiable Damages 10.2(b) Indemnification Funds 10.2(a) ** ** Text Omitted and Filed Separately with the Securities and Exchange Act 3.3(aCommission. Confidential Treatment Requested Under 17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(aand 240.24b-2 Indemnified Persons 10.2(b) GAAP 3.5(aIndemnifying Persons 10.2(b) Governmental Entity 3.3(aIndependent Accounting Firm 3.3(c) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(iIRS 4.17(b) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 4.12(a) Leases 4.12(a) Lock-Up Agreement 3.5(b) Material Contract 3.9(a4.21(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(bNew Litigation Claim 7.7 Nonassignable Assets 2.4 Objection Notice 3.2(c)(vi)(A) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a) Parent Owned Shares Offer Letter Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Parachute Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Waiver 7.11 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(eApportioned Period 7.17(c) PostPre-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(fApportioned Period 7.17(c) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Prohibited Transaction 4.33 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c7.1(a) Representatives 5.2(aPurchase Price 3.2 Purchaser Preamble Purchaser FDA Representative 6.3 Purchaser Financial Statements 5.3 Purchaser Indemnifiable Damages 10.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals Purchaser Indemnified Persons 10.2(a) Purchaser Indemnifying Person 10.2(b) Purchaser SEC Documents 5.3 Registration Rights Agreement 7.14 Representation Termination Date 10.1 Resale Registration Statement 7.14 Share Limit 3.4 Stockholder Approval 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(csuccessful treatment 3.2(c)(i) Restriction 6.3(‌dor 3.2(c)(ii) Rights 3.4(aTermination Date 9.1(b) SEC 10.2 TheraSilence Development Milestone 3.2(c)(iii)(B) TheraSilence Development Payment 3.2(c)(iii)(B) TheraSilence Development Products 3.2(c)(iii)(B) TheraSilence License 3.2(c)(iii)(A) TheraSilence License Milestone 3.2(c)(iii)(A) TheraSilence License Payment 3.2(c)(iii)(A) TheraSilence License Products 3.2(c)(iii)(A) Trading Affiliates 4.33 Transferred Assets 2.1(a) Transferred Contracts 2.1(a)(vi) Transferred Employee Liabilities 2.2(a)(ii) Voting Agreement Recitals ** ** Text Omitted and Filed Separately with the Securities Act 3.5(aand Exchange Commission. Confidential Treatment Requested Under 17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.21and 240.24b-2

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 280G Approval 5.5(e) Accounting Referee 2.3(d) Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌bProposal 5.5(c) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Aggregate Equity Release Amount 5.11(b) Aggregate Option Payment 2.2(a) Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(b) Applicable SAP 10.2 Agreement Date Preamble Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dMerger 2.5 Basket 9.4(d) BookCash Consideration 2.1(d) Cash-Entry Shares 2.1(ain-Lieu 2.1(d) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a2.7(b) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(aCharter Documents 3.1 Claim 9.5(a) Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(aBalance Sheet 2.3(c) Closing Pay-Off Debt 5.12 Closing Working Capital Statement 2.3(c) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aBenefit Arrangement 3.16(h) Company Continuing Employee 6.5(a) Company Disclosure Letter Article III 3 Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hIndemnification Provisions 6.4(a) Company Options 3.4(aIndemnified Parties 6.4(a) Company Permits 3.8(aIndemnifying Parties 9.2 Company Representation Indemnities 9.2(a) Company Plan 3.12(aRepresentatives 5.8(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(cConfidentiality Agreement 5.9 Contested Claim 9.8(a)(ii) Company Restricted Stock Unit Damages 9.2 Data Room Article 3 Disputed Item 2.3(d) Disregarded Shares 2.1(b) Effective Time 2.5 Employee Covenants Agreement Recitals Equity Release Agreement 5.11(b) Escrow Agreement 2.4(b) Escrow Cash 2.4(a) Escrow Fund 2.4(b) Escrow Shares 2.4(a) Estimated Adjusted Transaction Value 2.3(b) Estimated Closing Balance Sheet 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(hEstimated Closing Working Capital Amount 2.3(a) Exchange Act 3.3(aAgent 2.7(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(aExchange Agreement 2.7(a) GAAP 3.5(aExport Approvals 3.23(a) Final Adjusted Transaction Value 2.3(f)(iv) Governmental Entity 3.3(aPermits 3.15(b) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(aInformation Statement 5.5(b) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(aCoverage 5.19 Invention Assignment Agreement 3.14(k) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(bLicensed IP 3.14(c) Major Stockholders Recitals Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Recitals Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(CNotice of Claim 9.5(b) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(iObjection 2.3(d) Objection Period 2.3(d) Offer Letter Recitals Option Payment 2.2(a) Option Surrender Agreement 7.2(x) Owned Real Property 10.2 Company IP 3.14(c) Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(aBenefit Plans 6.5(b) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(aIndemnified Persons 9.2 Parent Indemnifying Parties 9.3 Parent Reports 4.8 Parent Representation Indemnities 9.3(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 PostPre-Closing Plan 6.9(eTax Claim 10.3(c) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(fPrivacy Notices 3.14(s) Preferred Privacy Policy 3.14(s) Qualifying Holder Stock 3.4(aConsideration 2.1(d) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(cRepresentative Preamble Representative Expenses 9.13(b) Representatives 5.2(aResponse Date 2.3(d) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(bSecurityholder Indemnified Persons 9.3 Series A Per Share Amount 2.1(c)(i) Restraints 7.1(cSeries B-1 Per Share Amount 2.1(c)(ii) Restriction 6.3(‌dSeries C Per Share Amount 2.1(c)(iii) Rights 3.4(aSeries D Per Share Amount 2.1(c)(iv) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(aSignificant Customer 3.20(b) Shareholder Significant Supplier 3.20(c) Specified Person 3.4(e) Stockholder Approval 3.2(b3.3(e) Shares Stockholder Consent Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(aStockholder Letter of Transmittal 2.7(b) Special Meeting 6.2(aStraddle Tax Claim 10.3(b) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Support Agreements Recitals Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Recitals Takeover Statute 3.19 3.3(f) Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(eClaim 10.3(a) Unlicensed Person 3.21Third-Party Claim 9.5(b)(ii) Transfer Taxes 10.4 Treasury Shares 2.1(b) Value 9.8(c) Waived 280G Benefits 5.5(e) WBCA Recitals Withholding Options 2.7(a)

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌b) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(bAgreement Date Preamble Basket 6.4(a) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles Board Approval 3.3(c) Bribery Act 3.22(a) Cancelled Shares 2.4(b) Certificate of Incorporation 3.2(dMerger 2.2 Certificates 2.6(d)(i) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Claim Notice 6.5 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a) 2.1 Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a) 2.1 Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aEmployee Plan 3.16(n) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hService Providers 3.14(b) Company Options 3.4(aContingent Workers 3.16(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 DGCL Recitals Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a2.2 Exchange Agent 2.6(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(viExpiration Date 6.1 FCPA 3.22(a) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(viFDCA 3.24(a) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(h) Exchange Act 3.3(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a) GAAP 3.5(aGeneral Representation Cap 6.4(b) Governmental Entity 3.3(aPermits 3.15(b) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(iInbound License 3.11(a)(iii) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(aInformation Security Reviews 3.14(l) Indemnified Parties 6.7(aInformation Statement 5.1(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(aPolicies 3.18 Invention Assignment Agreement 3.13(m) Materials Joinder Agreement Recitals Letter of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(bTransmittal 2.6(d)(i) Licensed IP 3.13(c) Major Stakeholders Recitals Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Recitals Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(CRecitals Non-Core Company Offering 0 Owned Company IP 3.13(c) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(aPrepared Return 7.1 Payment Condition 2.6(d)(i) Parent Owned Shares PIIAA Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a[***] 5.9(e) Payment Fund 2.2(aPrivacy Requirements 3.14(b) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(eSecurityholder Representative Preamble Significant Supplier 3.20 Standard EULAs 3.11(a)(iii) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(fStandard Form Agreements 3.13(h) Preferred Stock 3.4(aStockholder Approval 3.3(d) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Recitals Tail Policy 5.6 Takeover Statute 3.19 3.3(e) Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(eContest 7.2 Terminated Agreements 5.7 Third-Party Claim 6.6 Trade Approvals 3.23(a) Unlicensed Person 3.21Trade Laws 3.23(a) Transfer Taxes 7.5 Union 3.16(d) Unused Product Assets 5.8 Unused Product Asset Determination 5.8 Written Consent Recitals

Defined Term Section. “Accelerated RS Terms” 3.5(d) “Accelerated RSU Terms” 3.5(b) “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Agreement” 9.15 “Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌bProposal” 9.15 “Action” 9.5(b)(iii) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement “Affiliate” 9.15 “Affiliate Transaction” 4.20 “Agreement” Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(b“Alternative Acquisition Agreement” 6.2(d) “Alternative Financing” 6.19(d) “Antitrust Laws” 9.15 “Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles Date” 4.5(a) “Applicable Jurisdiction” 7.1(c) “A/R Securitization Payoff Letter” 6.17(b) “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception” 4.3 “BofA Securities” 4.21 “Business Day” 9.15 “Bylaws” 2.2 “Capitalization Date” 4.2(a) “Certificate” 3.1(a)(i) “Certificate of Incorporation 3.2(dIncorporation” 2.1 “Certificate of Merger” 1.3 “Change in Recommendation” 6.2(d) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(a“Closing” 1.2 “Closing Date” 1.2 “Code” 3.2(f) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a“Commitment Letters” 5.7(a)(i) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a“Company” Preamble “Company Balance Sheet” 4.8 “Company Bylaws” 4.1 “Company Certificate of Incorporation” 4.1 “Company Disclosure Letter” ARTICLE IV “Company ESPP” 3.5(a) Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common “Company Lease” 4.19 “Company Material Adverse Effect” 9.15 “Company Notes” 6.18 “Company Option” 3.5(a) “Company Plan” 9.15 “Company Recommendation” 4.2(d) “Company Related Parties” 8.5(g) “Company Reports” 4.5(a) “Company Requisite Vote” 4.2(d) “Company Restricted Stock” 3.5(e) “Company RSU” 3.5(b) “Company Stock 3.4(aPlan” 3.5(a) “Company Preamble Stockholders Meeting” 6.4(a) “Company Board Termination Fee” 8.5(b) “Compliant” 9.15 “Confidentiality Agreement” 9.7 “Consent” 4.4(a) “Continuation Period” 6.9(a) “Continuing Employee” 6.9(a) “Contracts” 4.4(b) “COVID-19” 9.15 “D&O Insurance” 6.11(b) “Debt Commitment Letter” 5.7(a)(i) “Debt Financing” 5.7(a)(i) “Debt Payoff Letter” 6.17(a) “Definitive Financing Agreements” 6.19(a) “DGCL” 1.1 “Dissenting Stockholders” 3.1(a)(i) “Effective Time” 1.3 “Environmental Law” 9.15 “Equity Commitment Letter” 5.7(a)(i) “Equity Financing” 5.7(a)(i) “Equity Investor” 5.7(a)(i) “ERISA” 9.15 “Exchange Act” 4.4(a) “Exchange Fund” 3.2(a) “Exchange Ratio” 9.15 “Excluded Shares” 3.1(a)(i) “Existing A/R Securitization Agreement” 6.17(b) “Existing Credit Agreement” 6.17(a) “Extended Termination Date” 8.2(a) “FCA” 9.15 “FCA Approval” 9.15 “FCA Regulated Entity” 9.15 “FCPA” 4.11(b) “FSMA” 9.15 “Financial Statements” 9.15 “Financing” 5.7(a)(i) “Financing Indemnitees” 6.19(g) “Foreign Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hPlan” 4.9(e) Company Options 3.4(a“Foreign Investment and Competition Laws” 4.4(a) Company Permits 3.8(a“GAAP” 9.15 “Go-Shop Period” 6.2(a) Company Plan 3.12(a“Go-Shop Termination Fee” 8.5(b) Company Recommendation 3.2(c“Government Official” 9.15 “Governmental Entity” 4.4(a) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a“Guarantor” 5.7(g) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a“Holdco” 3.5(b) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a“Holdco Common Stock” 3.5(b) Contract Employees 6.9(b“HSR Act” 4.4(a) Covered Employees 3.12(a“Indebtedness” 9.15 “Indemnified Parties” 6.11(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(h) Exchange Act 3.3(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a) GAAP 3.5(a) Governmental Entity 3.3(a) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 “Information Technology Systems” 9.15 “Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Property” 9.15 “Intervening Event” 9.15 “Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 of the Company” 9.15 “Law” 9.15 “Leased Real Property 10.2 Property” 4.19 “Lenders” 9.15 “Licenses” 4.11(a) “Lien” 4.2(d) “Limited Guarantee” 5.7(g) “Marketing Period” 9.15 “Material Contracts” 4.12(p) “Merger” Recitals “Merger Consideration” 3.1(a)(i) “Merger Sub” Preamble “New Commitment Letter” 6.19(d) “No-Shop Period Start Date” 6.2(a) “NYSE” 9.15 “OFAC” 4.11(e) “Order” 9.15 “Owned Real Property” 4.19 “Parent” Preamble “Parent Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(aEffect” 9.15 “Parent Related Parties” 8.5(g) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(b“Parent Termination Fee” 8.5(d) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a“Paying Agent” 3.2(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C“Payment” 8.5(f) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i“PBGC” 4.9(d) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a“Permitted Liens” 9.15 “Person” 9.15 “Personal Data” 9.15 “Preferred Shares” 4.2(a) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 “Privacy Laws” 9.15 “Privacy Requirements” 9.15 “Processing” 9.15 “Proceedings” 4.7 “Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.21Statement” 6.3(a)

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌b) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(b) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(d) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a) Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(a) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌h) Company Options 3.4(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(h) Exchange Act 3.3(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a) GAAP 3.5(a) Governmental Entity 3.3(a) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(aDirectors and Officers 5.2(a)(i) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Amount 5.2(a)(ii) Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Right 4.14(a) (i) Key MUSA Individuals 5.3(a)(viii) Lease Agreement 4.22 Leased Real Property 10.2 4.22 Loan Agreement 5.1(f)(i) Material Adverse Effect 10.2 8.3 Material Contract 3.9(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(bContracts 4.16(a) Merger 1.1 Recitals Merger Consideration 2.1(a2.1(b) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(CMultiemployer Plan 4.15(f) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(iMultiple Employer Plan 4.15(f) MUSA Preamble MUSA Board Recommendation 4.28 MUSA Bylaws 1.6(a) MUSA Certificate 1.6(a) MUSA Common Stock Recitals MUSA Deferred Stock Right 2.3(b) MUSA Disclosure Documents 1.6(b) MUSA Disclosure Schedule 4.2 MUSA Intellectual Property Right 4.14(a) (ii) MUSA Option 2.3(a) MUSA Permits 4.10 MUSA SEC Documents 4.7(a) MUSA Stockholders 1.6(a) MUSA Stockholders Meeting 1.6(a) MUSA Warrants 2.3(d) Note 5.1(f)(ii) Owned Real Property 10.2 4.22 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(aDisclosure Documents 5.2(c) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Payment Fund 2.2(aPaying Party 7.6(d) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 4.22 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e5.3(b)(i) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(fPlans 4.15(a)(iv) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 1.6(b) Qualified Plan 4.15(c) RCRA 4.19 Real Property Leases 3.13(c4.22 Required Amounts 3.6 Receiving Party 7.6(d) Release 4.19 Representatives 5.2(a5.3(b)(i) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(bSection 262 2.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(a4.4(c) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 subsidiary 8.3 Superior Proposal 10.2 5.3(b)(ix)(B) Superior Proposal Notice 5.3(b)(iii) Support Agreement Recitals Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(eReturns 4.13(b) Unlicensed Person 3.21Taxes 4.13(c) Termination Date 7.2(a) Termination Fee 7.6(a) Transaction Fees 4.6 Transaction Statement 5.2(c) Transfers 5.3(a)(ii) Waiting Period 5.3(b)(iii) Warrant Agreement 2.3(d) This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 18th day of May, 2005, by and among Flag Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Flag Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Metals USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MUSA”).

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Active Employees 12.1(a) Assets 2.1 Assignment and Assumption Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌b4.2(a)(ii) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Assumed Contract 2.1(f) Assumed Liabilities 2.3(a) Balance Sheet 5.4 ▇▇▇▇ of Sale 4.2(a)(i) Bottling and Packing Business Third Recital (C.) Bulk Sales Laws 3.8(b7.10 Buyer Introductory Paragraph Buyer Indemnified Persons 13.2 Buyer’s Closing Documents 6.2(a) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dBuyer Group 7.1(a) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(aCap 13.5(a) Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a4.1 COBRA 5.16(g) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aCompeting Business 5.28 Confidential Information 14.1 Copyrights 5.25(a) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hDamages 13.2 Deductible 13.5(a) Company Options 3.4(aDispute Notice 3.2(b) Company Permits 3.8(aDispute Period 3.2(b) Company Plan 3.12(aDistillery Business Second Recital (B.) Company Recommendation 3.2(cEmployee Plans 5.16(a) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(aEmployment Loss 13.2(a)(vii) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi5.16(a) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(h) Exchange Act 3.3(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(a) GAAP 3.5(a) Governmental Entity 3.3(a) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(aExcluded Assets 2.2 Hired Active Employees 12.1(b)(i) Indemnified Parties 6.7(aPerson 13.8(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Indemnifying Person 13.8(a) Insured Exception 7.11(c) Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Assets 5.25(a) Interim Balance Sheet 5.4 Leased Property 5.8 Marks 5.25(a) Net Names 5.25(a) Non-Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(aEstate Encumbrances 5.9(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(b) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Closing Date 8.1(b)(i) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a11.1(f) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(aCompany Introductory Paragraph Patents 5.25(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post5.9(b) Permitted Non-Closing Plan 6.9(eReal Estate Encumbrances 5.9(a) Permitted Real Estate Encumbrances 5.9(a) Position Statement 3.2(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(fDelivery 3.2(a) Preferred Stock 3.4(aProprietary Software 5.25(i) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(cEstate Encumbrances 5.9(a) Representatives Recorded Documents 7.11(a) Resolution Period 3.2(d) Retained Liabilities 2.3(b) Seller Introductory Paragraph Seller’s Closing Documents 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(bSurvey 7.11(a) Restraints 7.1(cThird-Party Software 5.25(i) Restriction 6.3(‌dTitle Commitment 7.11(a) Rights 3.4(aTitle Insurer 7.11(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Trade Secrets 5.25(a) Transition Period 12.10 Warehouse Agreements 5.20(a)(xiii) WARN Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.215.23(b)

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌bDeferred Jurisdiction 1.11(a) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(bDeferred Jurisdiction Actions 1.11(a) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dDeferred Jurisdiction Employee 1.11(e) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(aDeferred NWC Businesses 1.4(a)(ii) Deferred NWC Cutoff Date 1.4(a)(ii) Deferred NWC Termination Date 1.4(a)(ii) Deferred Transfer 1.11(a) Delayed Transfer Employee 8.5(d)(vi) Designated Contracts 2.13(b) Designated Intellectual Property 2.12(a) DGCL 1.1(a)(ii)(A) DLLCA 1.1(a)(ii)(A) Direct Claim 1.1(f)(ii) Disclosing Party 8.1(f) Disclosure Schedule ARTICLE II Dispute Notice 1.4(e) Downward Adjustment Payment 1.4(j) DPA 4.1(f)(iii) Early Funded Local Payment 1.2(a) Early Funded Local Payment FX Rate 1.2(a) Economic Benefits 1.11(b) Economic Burden 1.11(b) Eligible Cutover Date 4.7(f)(iii) Eligible Inactive Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(aEmployee 8.5(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(aEmployee Benefit Plan 2.16(a) Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(aEmployee Representatives 8.5(e) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(aEnvironment 2.17(a)(iii) Company Disclosure Environmental Law 2.17(a)(v) Environmental Matters 2.17(a)(vi) Equipment 1.1(b)(iii) Equity Commitment Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌h3.7(a) Company Options 3.4(aEquity Financing 3.7(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 Equity Interest Sellers Introduction Equity Interests Introduction ERISA 3.12(a2.16(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi2.16(a) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(viEstimated Closing Statement 1.4(b) Escrow Account 2.2(aEstimated Purchase Price 1.4(b) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(hExcluded Asset 1.1(c) Exchange Act 3.3(aExcluded Businesses Introduction Excluded Liabilities 1.1(e) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(aExcluded Solus Obligations 1.1(d)(iv) GAAP 3.5(aExport Control Laws 2.25(a)(ii) Governmental Entity 3.3(a) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(b) Merger 1.1 Merger Consideration 2.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(C) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.21FDI Laws 4.1(f)(iv)

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌bCut-Off Date 5.5(b)(i) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(bDamages 6.2(a) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(d) Book-Entry D&O Insurance 5.6 DGCL 1.1 Dissenting Shares 2.1(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a) Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(a) Company Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌h) Company Options 3.4(a) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company SEC Documents 3.5(a) Company Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(a) Contract Employees 6.9(b) Covered Employees 3.12(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 8.14 Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Employee Benefit Plans 3.14(a) Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(vi3.14(a) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(vi) Escrow Account 2.2(a) ESOP Freeze Date 6.9(hAffiliate 3.14(a) Exchange Act 3.3(a3.4(b) Excluded Party 5.5(b)(i) Financial Advisor 3.17 3.20 Financial Statements 3.5(a3.5(c) Foreign Benefit Plan 3.14(l) GAAP 3.5(a3.5(b) Go-Shop Period 5.5(b)(i) Go-Shop Superior Proposal 5.5(b)(ii) Governmental Entity 3.3(a3.4(b) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(i) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(a) Hazardous Substance 8.14 Indemnified Parties 6.7(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 5.6 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 8.14 IP License Agreement 8.13 Law 10.2 3.4(a) Leased Real Property 10.2 3.17(c) Liens 3.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Maximum Premium 6.7(b) 8.14 Merger 1.1 Recitals Merger Consideration 2.1(a1.8(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(CMultiemployer Plan 3.14(b) Necessary Consents 3.4(b) Newco Recitals Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(i3.4(a) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a3.17(b) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a2.1 PBGC 3.14(c) Payment Fund 2.2(aPerson 8.14 Properties 3.12(b) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Promissory Note 8.14 Proxy Statement 3.10 5.2(a) Purchaser Preamble Purchaser Ancillary Instruments 4.2 Purchaser’s Costs 8.14 Purchaser’s Renegotiation Right 5.5(a)(ii) Real Property Leases 3.13(cLease 3.17(c) Recent Balance Sheet 3.11(a) Regulatory Law 8.14 Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(b) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(a5.5(a) SEC 10.2 3.5(a) Securities Act 3.5(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(a) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Subsidiaries 8.14 Superior Proposal 10.2 8.14 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Taxes 8.14 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e8.14 Termination Date 7.1(b) Unlicensed Person 3.21Termination Fee 8.14 Transaction Expenses 8.14 THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this "Agreement") is made and effective as of October 10, 2012, by and among MEGTEC Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"), MTS WSP, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Purchaser ("Newco"), and TurboSonic Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company").

Defined Term Section. Acceptable Agreement Preamble Available Nalco Stock Plan Shares Section 2.10(e) Cash Consideration Section 2.7(a)(i) Cash Election Shares Section 2.7(a)(i) Certificate Section 2.7(f) Certificate of Merger Section 2.3 Closing Section 2.2 Closing Date Section 2.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Acquisition Agreement 5.2(‌bSection 7.3(d) Action 10.2 Affiliates 10.2 Agreement Continuing Employee Section 7.7(b) Converted Stock-Based Award Section 2.10(b) Converted Stock Option Section 2.10(a) D & O Insurance Section 7.9(a) DGCL Recitals Dissenting Shares Section 2.7(c) GAAP Section 4.7(b) Ecolab Preamble Anti-Corruption Laws 3.8(bEcolab Change in Recommendation Section 7.2(b) Applicable SAP 10.2 Articles of Incorporation 3.2(dEcolab Contracts Section 5.17(b) Book-Entry Shares 2.1(a) Business Day 10.2 CARES Act 10.2 Certificates 2.1(a) Chosen Courts 9.10 Closing 1.2 Closing Confirmation 6.3(a) Closing Date 1.2 Code 10.2 Common Stock 3.4(a) Company Preamble Company Board 3.2(a) Company Ecolab Disclosure Letter Article III Company ‌ESOP 6.9(‌hV Ecolab Financial Advisor Section 5.22 Ecolab Permits Section 5.11(a) Company Options 3.4(aEcolab Recommendation Section 7.2(b) Company Permits 3.8(a) Company Plan 3.12(a) Company Recommendation 3.2(c) Company Restricted Stock Unit 2.3(a) Company Ecolab’s Counsel Section 7.19 Ecolab SEC Documents 3.5(aSection 5.6(a) Company Ecolab Share Issuance Section 5.4(b) Ecolab Stockholder Approval Section 5.4(d) Ecolab Stockholders Meeting Section 7.2(b) Ecolab Stock Plan 10.2 Confidentiality Agreement 10.2 Continuing Employees 6.9(aPlans Section 5.3(b) Contract Employees 6.9(bEcolab Subsidiaries Section 5.2(a) Covered Employees 3.12(aEcolab Subsidiary Section 5.2(a) COVID‑19 10.2 COVID‑19 Measures 10.2 Ecolab Termination Fee Section 9.3(b) Effective Time 1.3 Encumbrance 10.2 Environmental Laws 10.2 Environmental Permits 10.2 ERISA 3.12(aSection 2.3 Elected Cash Consideration Section 2.8(a) ERISA Affiliate 3.12(b)(viElection Deadline Section 2.9(b) ERISA Group 3.12(b)(viElection Form Section 2.9(a) Escrow Account 2.2(aElection Form Record Date Section 2.9(a) ESOP Freeze Election Period Section 2.9(b) End Date 6.9(hSection 9.1(b)(i) Exchange Act 3.3(aAgent Section 3.1(a) Financial Advisor 3.17 Financial Statements 3.5(aExchange Fund Section 3.1(b) GAAP 3.5(aExcluded Shares Section 2.7(b) Governmental Entity 3.3(aForeign Ecolab Benefit Plan Section 5.14(g) ICC CIC Agreement 6.9(iForeign Nalco Benefit Plan Section 4.15(g) Indebtedness 10.2 Indemnified Liabilities 6.7(aForm S-4 Section 4.9 FTC Section 7.4(b) Indemnified Parties 6.7(aPersons Section 7.9(a) Insurance Contract 10.2 Insurance Law 10.2 Insurance Regulator 10.2 Intellectual Property Rights 10.2 Investment Advisers Act 3.26 Investment Company Act 3.26 IRS 10.2 Knowledge 10.2 Law 10.2 Leased Real Property 10.2 Material Adverse Effect 10.2 Material Contract 3.9(aJoint Proxy Statement/Prospectus Section 7.1(a) Materials of Environmental Concern 10.2 Mailing Date Section 2.9(a) Maximum Annual Premium 6.7(bSection 7.9(a) Merger 1.1 Recitals Merger Consideration 2.1(aSection 2.7(a) Merger Sub Preamble Nasdaq 3.3(a)(iv)(CNalco Preamble Nalco Change in Recommendation Section 7.2(a) Order 10.2 Outside Date 8.1(b)(iNalco Contracts Section 4.18(b) Owned Real Property 10.2 Parent Nalco Disclosure Letter Article IV Nalco Financial Advisor Section 4.22 Nalco Permits Section 4.12(a) Nalco Recommendation Section 7.2(a) Nalco’s Counsel Section 7.19 Nalco SEC Documents Section 4.7(a) Nalco Stock-Based Award Section 2.10(b) Nalco Stockholder Approval Section 4.4(c) Nalco Stockholders Meeting Section 7.2(a) Nalco Stock Option Section 2.10(a) Nalco Stock Plan Section 2.10(a) Nalco Subsidiaries Section 4.2(a) Nalco Subsidiary Section 4.2(a) Nalco Termination Fee Section 9.3(a) No Election Share Section 2.7(a)(iii) No Election Value Section 2.8(b)(ii) Parties Preamble Parent Employers 6.9(a) Parent Owned Shares Recitals Paying Agent 2.2(a) Payment Fund 2.2(a) Pennsylvania Law 1.1 Permitted Encumbrances 10.2 Person 10.2 Post-Closing Plan 6.9(e) Post-Closing Welfare Plan 6.9(f) Preferred Stock 3.4(a) Producers 3.21 Proxy Statement 3.10 Real Property Leases 3.13(c) Party Preamble Representatives 5.2(a) Required Insurance Approvals 7.1(bSection 7.3(a) Restraints 7.1(c) Restriction 6.3(‌d) Rights 3.4(aSection 8.1(d) SEC 10.2 Securities Act 3.5(aArticle IV Shortfall Number Section 2.8(b) Shareholder Approval 3.2(bSpecified Nalco Contract Section 6.1(q) Stock Consideration Section 2.7(a)(ii) Stock Election Shares Recitals Site 10.2 SOX 3.5(aSection 2.7(a)(iii) Special Meeting 6.2(a) Statement of Merger 1.3 Statutory Statements 3.18(a) Shareholder Approval 3.2(b) Subsidiary 10.2 Superior Proposal 10.2 Surviving Corporation 1.1 Takeover Proposal 10.2 Takeover Statute 3.19 Tax 10.2 Tax Return 10.2 Transactions 2.2(e) Unlicensed Person 3.21Section 2.1 Surviving Corporation Plans Section 7.7(b)