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THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.





COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT


HORIZON GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Issue Date: February 10, 2022 (the “Issue Date”)


THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (this “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, APSC Holdco II, L.P. or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the Issue Date and on or prior to the close of business on February 2, 2026 (the “Termination Date”), but not thereafter, to purchase from Horizon Global Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to 975,000 shares (subject to the limitations contained herein, including Section 2(d), and subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”).  The purchase price of one Warrant Share shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).  
As used in this Warrant, (a) an “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or under common control with such Person; for purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise, (b) a “Business Day” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday or any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close, (c) “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any capital stock of such Person, (ii) any security convertible, with or without consideration, into any capital stock of such Person, (iii) any other shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the capital stock of such Person, (iv) any other equity interest in, or right to vote generally in elections of directors or the comparable governing body of, such Person, and (v) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, (d) “Fair Market Value” of the Common Stock or any other Capital Stock on any date of determination means (i) if the Common Stock is listed for trading on a national securities exchange, the volume-weighted average closing sale price per share of the Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days immediately prior to such date of determination, as reported by the national securities exchange, (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange but is listed or quoted in the over-the-counter market, the average last quoted sale price for the Common Stock (or, if no sale price is reported, the average of the high bid and low asked price for such date) for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days immediately prior to such date of determination, in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or other similar organization, or (iii) in all other cases, (A) as agreed upon in good faith by the Holder and the Company or (B) solely if an agreement cannot be reached pursuant to clause 








(A), as determined by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is retained at the sole cost and expense of the Company and the identity of which is reasonably acceptable to the Holder and the Company, (e) a “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or governmental entity (or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof), and (f) “Term Loan Credit Agreement” means the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof and as amended and supplemented from time to time, by and among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P., as administrative agent and collateral agent.
Section 1.    Vesting; Exercisability.  
The Holder’s right to exercise this Warrant with respect to the Warrant Shares is subject to vesting and limitations on exercisability as follows: 
(a)    This Warrant and the Holder’s rights hereunder with respect to the Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment as set forth in this Warrant, including, without limitation, Section 3) will vest and become exercisable on the Issue Date.
(b)    Subject to any adjustment required by Section 3, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Warrant, in no event shall this Warrant be exercisable for more than 975,000 Warrant Shares.
Section 2.    Exercise.
    (a)    Subject to Section 1, exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant with respect to Warrant Shares may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Issue Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly completed and executed copy of a notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Notice of Exercise”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not have the right to the exercise this Warrant and purchase Warrant Shares upon such exercise unless and until the Company obtains stockholder approval permitting the issuance of such Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange. The date on which such delivery shall have taken place (or be deemed to have taken place) shall be referred to herein as the “Exercise Date”.  Within two (2) trading days following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise, at its option, (i) by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, or (ii) by cashless exercise as set forth in Section 2(e); provided, however, in the event that the Holder has not delivered such aggregate Exercise Price within two (2) trading days following the date of such exercise as aforesaid, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver such Warrant Shares hereunder until such payment is made. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this 
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Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Business Days after the relevant event shall have occurred.  Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased.  The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases.  The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice.  The Holder, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledges and agrees that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
(b)    Exercise Price.  The “Exercise Price” per Warrant Share shall be $9.00, subject to any adjustment required by Section 3. 
(c)    Mechanics of Exercise. 
(i)    Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise.  Upon each exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) trading days after delivery of the applicable Notice of Exercise (subject to delivery by the Holder to the Company of the aggregate Exercise Price payable pursuant to Section 2(b) or pursuant to the cashless exercise provisions of Section 2(e)), instruct the transfer agent for the Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”) to record the issuance of the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to the Holder in book-entry form pursuant to the Transfer Agent’s regular procedures.  The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the Exercise Date with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price having been paid.  In connection with the issuance of any Warrant Shares, if requested by the Holder, the Company shall, after receipt of any documentation reasonably requested by the Company and/or the Transfer Agent in connection with the removal of the restrictive legend section forth in Section 4(a), direct that the delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made promptly, but in no event later than two (2) trading days after the delivery of such requested documentation, by the Transfer Agent to the Holder through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company to the extent not prohibited by applicable securities laws or the policies and procedures of The Depository Trust Company. The Company will maintain in the United States an office or agency, which may be an office of the Company, where the Warrant may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for exercise. 
(ii)    Rescission Rights.  If the Company fails to issue or cause to have issued the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) within two (2) trading days after delivery of the applicable Notice of Exercise, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.  The right of rescission of the Holder under this Section 2(c)(ii) is subject to delivery by the Holder of the aggregate Exercise Price payable pursuant to Section 2(b) or Section 2(e).
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(iii)    No Fractional Shares or Scrip.  No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.  As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
(iv)    Charges, Taxes and Expenses.  Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue, transfer, stamp or other tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall pay all fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise.
(v)    Closing of Books.  The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
(d)    Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates), would, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder at such time, beneficially own shares of Common Stock, in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, non-exercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or non-converted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(d) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company 
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shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. For purposes of this Section 2(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) trading days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. As used in this Warrant, “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” means 9.9% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The provisions of this Section 2(d) shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. 
(e)    Cashless Exercise. In lieu of paying the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank pursuant to Section 2(a), the Holder may elect to exercise the purchase rights represented by this Warrant by authorizing the Company to withhold and not issue to the Holder, in payment of the Exercise Price thereof, a number of such Warrant Shares equal to (x) the number of Warrant Shares for which the Warrant is being exercised, multiplied by (y) the Exercise Price, and divided by (z) the Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date (and such withheld Warrant Shares shall no longer be issuable under the Warrant, and the Holder shall not have any rights or be entitled to any payment with respect to such withheld Warrant Shares). 
Section 3.    Certain Adjustments.
    (a)    Stock Dividends, Subdivision, Combinations and Consolidations. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding (in whole or in part): (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock (or other class of Capital Stock of the Company then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (or such other class of Capital Stock), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock (or other class of Capital Stock of the Company then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) into a larger number of shares or 
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(iii) combines or consolidates (including, without limitation, by reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock (or other class of Capital Stock of the Company then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) into a smaller number of shares, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or consolidation.  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding (in whole or in part) distributes rights on shares of its Common Stock (or other class of Capital Stock of the Company then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) in connection with a shareholder rights plan, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 3 and any such rights shall accompany the Warrant Shares issued pursuant to this Warrant for so long as such shareholder rights plan remains in effect.
    (b)    Reclassifications, Reorganizations, Consolidations and Mergers.  In the event of (i) any capital reorganization of the Company, (ii) any reclassification or recapitalization of the stock of the Company (other than (x) a change in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value or (y) as a result of a stock dividend, subdivision, combination or consolidation of shares as to which Section 3(a) shall apply) or (iii) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person (where the Company is not the surviving corporation or where there is a change in or distribution with respect to the Common Stock or any other class of Capital Stock then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant), this Warrant shall, after such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, consolidation or merger, be exercisable for the kind and number of shares of stock or other securities or property (“Alternate Consideration”) of the Company or of the successor corporation resulting from such consolidation or surviving such merger, if any, to which the holder of the number of Warrant Shares underlying this Warrant (at the time of such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, consolidation or merger, and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1 and Section 2 (other than Section 2(d)) would have been entitled upon such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, consolidation or merger.  In such event, the aggregate Exercise Price otherwise payable for the shares of Common Stock (or such other class of Capital Stock) issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be allocated among the Alternative Consideration receivable as a result of such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, consolidation, or merger in proportion to the respective fair market values of such Alternate Consideration (as agreed upon in good faith by the Holder and the Company).  If and to the extent that the holders of Common Stock (or such other class of Capital Stock) have the right to elect the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon consummation of such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, consolidation or merger, then the consideration that the Holder shall be entitled to receive upon exercise shall be specified by the Holder, which specification shall be made by the Holder by the later of (A) ten (10) Business Days after the Holder is provided with a final version of all material information concerning such choice as is provided to the holders of 
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Common Stock (or such other class of Capital Stock), and (B) the last time at which the holders of Common Stock (or such other class of Capital Stock) are permitted to make their specifications known to the Company; provided, however, that if the Holder fails to make any specification within such time period, the Holder’s choice shall be deemed to be whatever choice is made by a plurality of all holders of Common Stock (or such other class of Capital Stock) that are not affiliated with the Company (or, in the case of a consolidation or merger, any other party thereto) and affirmatively make an election (or of all such holders if none of them makes an election). From and after any such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, consolidation or merger, all references to “Warrant Shares” herein shall be deemed to refer to the Alternate Consideration to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to this Section 3(b).  The provisions of this clause shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, recapitalizations, consolidations, or mergers.
    (c)    Below Market Issuances.  
        (i)    Deemed Issue of Common Stock.  Other than Excluded Issuances (as defined below), if the Company at any time after the issuance of the Warrants but prior to the Termination Date shall issue any warrants or other rights or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities (as defined below) (“Options”), or  any securities (directly or indirectly) convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, but excluding Options (“Convertible Securities”), or shall fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of the Common Stock to receive any such Options or Convertible Securities, then the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instrument relating thereto, assuming the satisfaction of any conditions to exercisability, convertibility or exchangeability, including payment of any conversion or exercise price, but without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or, in the case of Convertible Securities and Options therefor, the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, shall be deemed to be Additional Common Stock issued as of the time of such issue of Options or Convertible Securities or, in case such a record date shall have been fixed, as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such record date and the provisions hereof that are applicable to the issuance of Additional Common Stock shall apply thereto; provided, that Additional Common Stock shall not be deemed to have been issued unless the consideration per share (as determined in accordance with Section 3(d)(ii)) of such Additional Common Stock would be less than the Fair Market Value as of such issue date or record date; provided, further, that, in any such case in which Additional Common Stock is deemed to be issued, no further adjustments in the Exercise Price shall be made upon the subsequent issue of Convertible Securities or Common Stock upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
        (ii)    If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security, the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to the terms of this Section 3(c), are revised (either automatically, pursuant to the provisions contained therein, or as a result of an amendment to such terms) to provide for either any increase or decrease in (i) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (ii) the consideration payable to the Company upon such exercise, 
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conversion or exchange, then, effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective, the Exercise Price computed upon the original issue of such Option or Convertible Security (or upon the occurrence of a record date with respect thereto) shall be readjusted to such Exercise Price as would have been obtained had such revised terms been in effect upon the original date of issuance of such Option or Convertible Security and calculated in accordance with this Section 3(c). 
        (iii)    If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security, the issuance of which did not result in an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to the terms of this Section 3(c) (either because the consideration per Additional Common Stock subject thereto was equal to or greater than the then Fair Market Value, or because such Option or Convertible Security was issued before the date hereof), are revised on or after the date hereof (either automatically, pursuant to the provisions contained therein, or as a result of an amendment to such terms) to provide for either any increase or decrease in (i) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (ii) the consideration payable to the Company upon such exercise, conversion or exchange, then such Option or Convertible Security, as so amended, and the Additional Common Stock subject thereto shall be deemed to have been issued effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective.
        (iv)    Upon the expiration or termination of any unexercised Option or unconverted or unexchanged Convertible Security which resulted (either upon its original issuance or upon a revision of its terms) in an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to the terms of this Section 3(c), the Exercise Price shall be readjusted to such Exercise Price as would have been obtained had such Option or Convertible Security never been issued.
        (v)    Other than Excluded Issuances, in the event the Company shall at any time after the date hereof issue or sell additional Common Stock (“Additional Common Stock”), including Additional Common Stock deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 3(c)(i), for consideration per share of Common Stock less than the Fair Market Value and the Exercise Price (as of the date of such issuance or deemed issuance, as applicable, or the ex-date if applicable), then the Exercise Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue of Additional Common Stock multiplied by a fraction of which (A) the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event, plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration expected to be received by the Company (as agreed upon in good faith by the Holder and the Company) would purchase at the Fair Market Value and of which (B) the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event, plus the number of such shares of Additional Common Stock issued in such transaction.  
        (vi)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment to the Exercise Price will be made under this Section 3(c) in respect of the issuance of: (A) shares of Common Stock (including restricted stock) or Options or other equity awards to purchase Common Stock to directors, officers or employees of the Company in their capacity as such pursuant to a duly 
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authorized Company equity incentive plan; (B) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of any Options or Convertible Securities (other than Options or other equity awards to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to a duly authorized Company equity incentive plan covered by clause (A) above) issued and publicly disclosed by the Company prior to the date hereof; (C) shares of Common Stock or any Options or Convertible Securities (and shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise or conversion thereof) issued in connection with an acquisition, merger or other business combination or joint venture (other than a transaction subject to Section 3(a) or (b)) up to an aggregate amount not to exceed 7.5% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Issue Date; (D) shares of Common Stock up to an aggregate amount not to exceed 2.0% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on February 2, 2021; (E) the Warrant Shares (including any warrants issued upon transfer of, or as replacements for, this Warrant); and (F) the issuance of securities in a transaction described in Section 3(a) or Section 3(b) (which issuance shall result in the adjustments set forth in such sections) (collectively, “Excluded Issuances”).
    (d)    For the purposes of Section 3(c), the consideration received by the Company for the issue of any Additional Common Stock shall be computed as follows:
        (i)    Cash and Property.  Such consideration shall:  (A) insofar as it consists of cash, be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Company, excluding amounts paid or payable for accrued interest; (B) insofar as it consists of property other than cash, be computed at the fair market value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined reasonably in good faith by the Board of Directors, and (C) in the event Additional Common Stock is issued together with other interests or securities or other assets of the Company for consideration which covers both, be the proportion of such consideration so received, computed as provided in clauses (A) and (B) above, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
        (ii)    Options and Convertible Securities.  The consideration per share received by the Company for Additional Common Stock deemed to have been issued pursuant to Section 3(c)(i), relating to Options and Convertible Securities, shall be determined by dividing: (A) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issue of such Options or Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such consideration) payable to the Company upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, by (B) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
        (iii)    In the event the Company shall issue on more than one date Additional Common Stock that is a part of one transaction or a series of related transactions and that would result in an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to the terms of Section 3(c), then, upon such final issuance, the Exercise Price shall be readjusted to give effect to all such issuances as if 
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they occurred on the date of the first such issuance (and without additional giving effect to any adjustments as a result of any subsequent issuances within such period). 
    (e)    Other Distributions.  During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any other Person or any other property (including shares of Capital Stock, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a subsidiary) or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) other than any dividend or distribution referred to in Section 3(a) or Section 3(b) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completed exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.
    (f)    Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.  For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock (or such other Company security as is then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (or such other Company security) (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding on such date. In the event of any dispute as to any calculation or determination under this Warrant, the Holder and the Company agree to enter into confidential, good faith negotiations to attempt to resolve the dispute. 
    (g)    Notice to Holder.  
        (i)    Adjustment to Terms of Warrant. Whenever any of the terms of this Warrant are adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3 or any other applicable provision hereof, the Company shall promptly send to the Holder a notice signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and setting forth (x) the Exercise Price, number of Warrant Shares and, if 
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applicable, the kind and amount of Alternate Consideration purchasable hereunder after such adjustment and (y) the facts requiring such adjustment in reasonable detail. 
        (ii)    Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If, during the period in which this Warrant is outstanding, (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.  
Section 4.    Transfer of Warrant and Warrant Shares.
    (a)    Restrictive Legend.    The Warrant Shares (unless and until registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, or any successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC, as such rule may be amended from time to time (“Rule 144”)) will be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE SOLD, 
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TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.
    (b)    Transferability.  The Holder may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge or dispose of any portion of this Warrant without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and provided that such consent shall be deemed given unless the Company delivers written notice of disapproval to such Holder within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice requesting such consent), provided, that the prior written consent of the Company shall not be required (i) for any transfer by the Holder to one or more of its Affiliates, (ii) for any transfer by the Holder to one or more of the holders of its equity interests or (iii) for so long as any Event of Default (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement) has occurred and is continuing.  In connection with any permitted transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant, the Holder must provide an assignment form substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly completed and executed by the Holder or any such subsequent Holder, as applicable, and the proposed transferee must consent in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Warrant.  Any permitted transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant shall also be subject to the Securities Act and other applicable federal or state securities or blue sky laws. Upon any permitted transfer of this Warrant in full, the Holder shall be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) trading days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.  This Warrant or any portion thereof shall not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or disposed of in violation of the Securities Act or federal or state securities laws. 
    (c)    Warrant Register.  The Company shall register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”) in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time.  Absent manifest error or actual notice to the contrary, the Company may deem and treat the Holder of this Warrant so registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes.
Section 5.    Miscellaneous.
    (a)    No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise.  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(c).
    (b)    Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon delivery by the Holder to the Company of (i) notice of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and (ii) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, an indemnity 
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agreement in a form and amount reasonably satisfactory to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, surrender of the mutilated Warrant, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor dated as of the Issue Date.
    (c)    Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc.  If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
    (d)    Authorized Shares.  The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is exercisable (in whole or in part), it will reserve (and will direct and instruct the Transfer Agent to reserve) from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any national securities exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed or traded.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Warrant Shares, immediately upon such exercise, to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the principal securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock or other securities constituting Warrant Shares are listed at the time of such exercise. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and full payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, not subject to any preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
    (e)    Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
    (f)    Nonwaiver.  No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies.
    (g)    Notices.  Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. 
    (h)    Limitation of Liability.  No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration 
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herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
    (i)    Successors and Assigns.  Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
    (j)    Amendment.  This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
    (k)    Severability.  Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
    (l)    Headings.  The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
    (m)    Tax Treatment.  
(i)    Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Holder and the Company agree to treat any cashless exercise (if elected by the Holder pursuant to Section 2(e) hereof) as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(ii)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, the Holder and the Company intend that, solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and applicable state, local and non-U.S. income tax purposes), the Term Loan (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement) and this Warrant shall be treated collectively as an “investment unit” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1273-2(h) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and applicable state, local and non-U.S. income tax purposes). The Holder and the Company agree the fair market value as of the date hereof of the rights and obligations represented by this Warrant to the Holder will be determined in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement for purposes of determining the “issue price” of the Term Loan.
(iii)    The Holder and the Company agree not to report or take any tax position for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and applicable state, local and non-U.S. income tax purposes) that is inconsistent with this Section 5(m).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the Issue Date.


     
						
		HORIZON GLOBAL CORPORATION





		By:__________________________________________
     Name:  
     Title:    





    


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EXHIBIT A


NOTICE OF EXERCISE


TO:    HORIZON GLOBAL CORPORATION


Reference is made to that certain Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “Warrant”) issued by Horizon Global Corporation (the “Company”) on February 10, 2022.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall the respective meanings give thereto in the Warrant.


(1)The undersigned Holder of the Warrant hereby elects to exercise the Warrant for ______ Warrant Shares, subject to (check one):
☐    delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares as to which the Warrant is so exercised; or
☐    tender of ______ Warrants pursuant to the cashless exercise provisions of Section 2(e) of the Warrant. 
The undersigned Holder hereby instructs the Company to issue the applicable number of Warrant Shares, or the net number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant pursuant to the cashless exercise provisions of Section 2(e) of the Warrant, in the name of the undersigned Holder.


(2)The undersigned Holder hereby represents and warrants to the Company that, as of the date hereof:
    a)    Experience; Accredited Investor Status.  The Holder (i) is an accredited investor as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company, (iii) has the capacity to protect its own interests, and (iv) has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in the Company.
    b)    Company Information.  The Holder has been provided access to all information regarding the business and financial condition of the Company, its expected plans for future business activities, material contracts, intellectual property, and the merits and risks of its purchase of the Warrant Shares, which it has requested or otherwise needs to evaluate an investment in the Warrant Shares.  It has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with directors, officers and management of the Company and has had the opportunity to review the Company’s operations and facilities.  It has also had the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the Company and its management regarding the terms and conditions of this investment and all such questions have been answered to its satisfaction.
    c)    Investment.  The Holder has not been formed solely for the purpose of making this investment and is acquiring the Warrant Shares for investment for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with the view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution of any part thereof.  It understands that the Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state and other securities laws and are being issued by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state and other securities laws, the availability of which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of its representations as expressed herein. 
 






    d)    Transfer Restrictions.  The Holder acknowledges and understands that (i) transfers of the Warrant Shares are subject to transfer restrictions under the federal securities laws and (ii) it may have to bear the economic risk of this investment for an indefinite period of time unless the Warrant Shares are subsequently registered under the Securities Act and applicable state and other securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration is available.






Name of Registered Owner: _____________________________________________________________    
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Registered Owner:_______________________________________    
Name of Authorized Signatory:___________________________________________________________    
Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________    
Date: ________________________________________________________________________________    


 















EXHIBIT B


ASSIGNMENT FORM


(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information.  Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to


						
	Name:	
		(Please Print)
	Address:	
		(Please Print)
	Dated: _______________ __, ______	
	Holder’s Signature:_____________________
	
	Holder’s Address:______________________