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**0001769628-26-000104.hdr.sgml**: 20260302

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001769628-26-000104

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 10-K

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**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251231

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260302

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260302

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CoreWeave, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001769628
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 823060021
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 10-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42563
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26707757

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 290 W. MT. PLEASANT AVENUE, SUITE 4100
- **CITY:** LIVINGSTON
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07039
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (973) 270-9737

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 290 W. MT. PLEASANT AVENUE, SUITE 4100
- **CITY:** LIVINGSTON
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07039

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Atlantic Crypto Corp
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20190304

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM 10-K**

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**(Mark One)**

⌧ **ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025**

**OR**

□ **TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the transition period from to** 

**Commission file number 001-42563**

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**CoreWeave, Inc.**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **82-3060021** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| **290 W Mt. Pleasant Ave., Suite 4100**<br>**Livingston, NJ** | **07039** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(973) 270-9737**

**Registrant's telephone number, including area code**

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Class A common stock, $0.000005 par value per share | CRWV | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None

Common Shares

(Title of class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes □ No ⌧

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes □ No ⌧

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ⌧ No □

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ⌧ No □

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer | □ | Accelerated filer | □ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | □ |
| | | Emerging growth company | □ |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. □

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. □

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. □

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). □

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes □ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2025 (which was the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter), based upon the closing trading price of a share of Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on that date, was approximately $39.6 billion. Shares of common stock beneficially owned by each executive officer and director of the registrant and by each person known by the registrant to beneficially own 10% or more of the registrant's outstanding common stock have been excluded because such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for any other purpose.

As of January 31, 2026, CoreWeave, Inc. had outstanding 419,028,081 shares of Class A common stock, 106,660,052 shares of Class B common stock, and 0 shares of Class C common stock, each with a par value of $0.000005.

**DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE**

Part III incorporates by reference certain information from the registrant's definitive proxy statement (the "Proxy Statement") for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the registrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

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**TABLE OF CONTENTS**

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| <u>[S](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1291)[pecial Note](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1291)[Regarding Fo](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1291)[rward Looking Statements](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1291)</u> | <u>[S](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1291)[pecial Note](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1291)[Regarding Fo](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1291)[rward Looking Statements](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1291)</u> | [3](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1291) |
| **PART I** | **PART I** | **PART I** |
| [Item 1.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_13) | <u>[Business](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_13)</u> | [5](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_13) |
| [Item 1A.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_16) | <u>[Risk Factors](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_16)</u> | [13](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_16) |
| [Item 1B.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_19) | <u>[Unresolved Staff Comments](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_19)</u> | [61](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_19) |
| [Item](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1183)[1C.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1183) | <u>[C](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1183)[ybersecurity](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1183)</u> | [61](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_1183) |
| [Item 2.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_22) | <u>[Properties](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_22)</u> | [62](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_22) |
| [Item 3.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_25) | <u>[Legal Proceedings](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_25)</u> | [63](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_25) |
| [Item 4.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_28) | <u>[Mine Safety Disclosures](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_28)</u> | [63](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_28) |
| **[PART II](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_31)** | **[PART II](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_31)** | **[PART II](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_31)** |
| [Item 5.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_34) | <u>[Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_34)</u> | [64](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_34) |
| [Item 6.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_37) | <u>[\[ Reserved \]](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_37)</u> | [65](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_37) |
| [Item 7.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_40) | <u>[Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_40)</u> | [66](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_40) |
| [Item 7A.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_130) | <u>[Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_130)</u> | [79](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_130) |
| [Item 8.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_133) | <u>[Financial Statements and Supplementary Data](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_133)</u> | [81](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_133) |
| [Item 9.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_208) | <u>[Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_208)</u> | [132](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_208) |
| [Item 9A.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_211) | <u>[Controls and Procedures](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_211)</u> | [132](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_211) |
| [Item 9B.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_214) | <u>[Other Information](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_214)</u> | [133](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_214) |
| [Item 9C.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_217) | <u>[Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdiction that Prevent Inspections](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_217)</u> | [135](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_217) |
| **[PART III](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_220)** | **[PART III](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_220)** | **[PART III](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_220)** |
| [Item 10.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_223) | <u>[Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_223)</u> | [136](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_223) |
| [Item 11.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_226) | <u>[Executive Compensation](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_226)</u> | [136](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_226) |
| [Item 12.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_229) | <u>[Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_229)</u> | [136](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_229) |
| [Item 13.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_232) | <u>[Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_232)</u> | [136](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_232) |
| [Item 14.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_235) | <u>[Principal Accountant Fees and Services](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_235)</u> | [136](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_235) |
| **[PART IV](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_238)** | **[PART IV](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_238)** | **[PART IV](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_238)** |
| [Item 15.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_241) | <u>[Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_241)</u> |  |
| [Item 16.](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_244) | <u>[Form 10-K Summary](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_244)</u> | [137](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_241) |
| **[Signatures](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_247)** |  | [143](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_247) |

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**SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS**

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding our future operating results and financial position, our business strategy and plans, and our objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "potential," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "could," "would," "project," "plan," "target," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include, but are not limited to, statements about:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our future financial performance, including our expectations regarding our revenue, cost of revenue, operating margin, operating expenses, including changes in operating expenses, and our ability to achieve and maintain future profitability;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our business plan and our ability to effectively manage our growth and maintain our corporate culture;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• anticipated trends, growth rates, and challenges in our business and in the markets in which we operate;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• market acceptance of our platform, solutions, and services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• beliefs and objectives for future operations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to successfully retain and expand usage of our existing customers and attract new customers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the percentages of remaining performance obligations that we expect to recognize as revenue over respective future periods;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to realize and the expected timing for the benefits and impacts of our acquisitions of Weights & Biases, Inc., OpenPipe Inc., Marimo Inc., and Monolith AI Limited;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• future acquisitions or investments in complementary companies or products;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to develop, introduce, and/or deploy new products, solutions, technology, and data center capacity and bring them to market in a timely manner;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our expectations concerning relationships with third parties, including data center providers, IT service providers, business partners, vendors, suppliers, and cloud-based service providers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to maintain, protect, and enhance our intellectual property rights;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to expand internationally;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the effects of increased competition in our markets and our ability to compete effectively;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to identify, recruit, hire, and retain skilled personnel, including key members of senior management;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our intention to continue to make investments in talent and our platform infrastructure;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to raise additional capital, including our ability to enter into new efficient financing structures;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to stay in compliance with laws and regulations that currently apply or may become applicable to our business both in the United States and internationally;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to maintain the security and availability of our platform and protect against data breaches and other security incidents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• economic and industry trends, projected growth, or trend analysis, particularly as it relates to artificial intelligence ("AI") compute;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• general economic conditions in the United States and globally, including the effects of global geopolitical conflicts, inflation, tariffs, trade controls, interest rates, any instability in the global banking sector, and foreign currency exchange rates;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to operate and grow our business in light of macroeconomic uncertainty;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to remediate our material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• other statements regarding our future operations, financial condition, and prospects and business strategies.

We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those described in the sections titled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on any forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We cannot assure you that the results, events, and circumstances reflected in the

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forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events, or circumstances could differ materially from those described in such forward-looking statements.

Neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. Moreover, the forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, restructurings, joint ventures, partnerships, or investments we may make.

In addition, statements that "we believe" and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

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**PART I**

**Item 1. Business**

**Overview** 

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI<sup>TM</sup>, purpose-built to accelerate breakthroughs by AI pioneers, from leading research labs to enterprises fueling business growth. Our CoreWeave Cloud platform enables the full lifecycle of AI, including large-scale model training, inference, data movement, continuous iteration, and agentic workflows. CoreWeave Cloud combines proprietary software and orchestration, advanced infrastructure, and managed cloud services within a highly secure environment to deliver best-in-class high-performance computing, enabling our customers to develop, deploy, and operate advanced AI models and applications at scale.

AI workloads demand a fundamentally different approach to infrastructure versus general purpose cloud environments. Both training and inference require high-density compute, advanced networking, optimized storage, and software capable of managing complex distributed systems. General-purpose cloud infrastructure was not designed to meet these requirements. We address them by integrating purpose-built infrastructure with AI-native software and managed services into a single, vertically integrated platform optimized for performance, reliability, and scalability.

Software underpins our platform and differentiates our ability to operate AI infrastructure at scale. Our proprietary orchestration, automation, and observability software, CoreWeave Mission Control<sup>TM</sup>, enables CoreWeave and our customers to efficiently provision infrastructure, schedule and manage workloads, and monitor performance across training and inference environments. We offer Slurm on Kubernetes ("SUNK") to support large-scale AI research and training workloads. These software capabilities allow us to rapidly deploy and manage new generations of AI hardware as they become available. Being consistently among the first to scale new infrastructure, is critical in supporting our customers' rapid time-to-market for emerging AI workloads.

We deliver our cloud services through Infrastructure Services, Managed Software Services, and Application Software Services, including proprietary storage solutions, CoreWeave Mission Control, as well as developer tools, all critical to unlocking continued innovation of AI products. Our storage capabilities are designed to ingest, move and serve large volumes of data directly into AI compute environments with the throughput and access patterns required by modern training and inference workloads. Our software solutions, including Weights & Biases<sup>®</sup>, provide AI researchers and developers with the tools required to train and fine-tune models and to build, deploy, and scale the applications through which AI is delivered to end users. These services operate as a single stack, enabling customers to provision resources, manage workloads, and monitor performance across their AI environments through a unified operational layer.

Security is a foundational component of our platform architecture and operations. We design our infrastructure, software, and operational processes to support secure isolation of workloads, protect data throughout its lifecycle, and enable customers to deploy AI workloads with consistent security controls across environments.

We operate our platform across a distributed network of purpose-built data centers interconnected through a proprietary global network backbone and largely located near major metropolitan areas. Our data centers are designed to support high-density AI infrastructure and incorporate advanced networking equipment, enhanced access to power, and, where appropriate, liquid cooling technologies. Our low-latency data center footprint and integrated software platform support fungible use of infrastructure across training and inference workloads, enabling customers to transition capacity seamlessly as their workload requirements evolve.

We have scaled rapidly over the last several years. As of December 31, 2023, we operated 10 data centers with approximately 70 MW of active power. As of December 31, 2024, we operated 32 data centers with approximately 360 MW of active power. As of December 31, 2025, we operated 43 data centers with over 850 MW of active power. As of December 31, 2025, our total contracted power capacity was approximately 3.1 GW, which we expect to deploy over future periods.

We maintain relationships with semiconductor manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs"), original design manufactures ("ODMs"), and software providers to support the sourcing and deployment of infrastructure components used in our platform. We primarily finance our infrastructure development through asset-level debt supported by take-or-pay customer contracts, supplemented by corporate-level equity and debt financing.

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We serve a range of customers, including leading enterprises, AI labs, and technology companies deploying AI at scale across a variety of use cases. Customers generally access our platform through multi-year committed contracts, under which they purchase a specified amount of capacity on a take-or-pay basis over the contract term. A number of our customers have expanded their initial commitments over time by contracting for additional capacity as their AI workloads have grown. We also offer on-demand access through a pay-as-you-go model. As of December 31, 2025, we had $60.7 billion of remaining performance obligations ("RPO"), compared to $15.1 billion of RPO as of December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, our committed contracts had a weighted-average contract duration of approximately five years.

Our business has grown rapidly since inception. Our revenue was $5.1 billion, $1.9 billion, and $229 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. During these periods, we continued to invest significantly in expanding our infrastructure and operations. As a result, we incurred net losses of $1.2 billion, $863 million, and $594 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

**CoreWeave Cloud Platform and Product Offerings** 

***A Comprehensive AI-Native Stack Powers Our Purpose-Built AI Cloud***

CoreWeave is the Essential Cloud for AI, purpose-built to accelerate breakthroughs by AI pioneers, from leading research labs to enterprises fueling business growth. Our customers rely on CoreWeave Cloud for their demanding use cases—including AI model training, agentic AI and inference, agent development, and specialized workloads—because it provides the pace, performance, and transformative partnership they need.

CoreWeave has built a comprehensive, tightly integrated platform of advanced infrastructure and proprietary software that enables customers to build and run AI systems continuously, reliably, and at global scale. Our focus on AI workloads enables us to deliver best-in-class services, solutions, and infrastructure that exceed the performance and capabilities of general-purpose clouds.

We integrate security throughout our AI-native cloud, so it underpins the systems, hardware, and architecture that keep AI infrastructure reliable, transparent, and resilient. We implement top-tier industry best practices to prioritize security and privacy at every level—identity and access management, Kubernetes and container security, storage encryption, and network access controls and encryption.

Recognizing our leadership in performance, reliability, and large-scale AI cloud solutions, CoreWeave Cloud achieved its second SemiAnalysis' Platinum ClusterMAX™ rating in 2025. CoreWeave remains the industry's sole Platinum provider. We continue to iterate on CoreWeave Cloud via innovation and acquisition—enhancing its capabilities and increasing the value it brings to our customers.

***CoreWeave Cloud—built from the ground up for AI innovation***

Every layer of our stack is purpose-built for AI innovation and optimized for the performance, agility, and intelligence demanded by frontier-scale AI. Security is engineered into every layer of CoreWeave Cloud, from hardware through orchestration. It keeps protection and performance aligned so every new advance in AI can happen with speed, integrity, and reliability.

***Networking Backbone.* Our network backbone supports the bandwidth and connectivity that our customers need to move large-scale distributed AI workloads.** We designed and built a carrier-grade network backbone engineered specifically for the ultra-low latency, high-throughput requirements of our customers' training, data replication, inference, and agentic AI initiatives. Our state-of-the-art backbone connects data centers across North America and Europe with high speed terrestrial and subsea fiber optic cables designed for massive scalability, reliability, and security. CoreWeave's networking backbone is designed with direct peering to major carriers and provides hybrid and multicloud connectivity, supported by our "Zero Egress Migration" program that can reduce or eliminate data transfer or egress fees. Customers can connect to our backbone via high-speed Direct Connect tailored to a wide range of requirements—with physical connectivity options of 10Gbps, 100 Gbps, and 400 Gbps of bandwidth. We continue to enhance our networking backbone to serve the evolving business needs of our customers, including large AI labs leveraging our backbone to connect multi-cloud inference infrastructures.

***Foundational Infrastructure.* Our purpose-built foundational infrastructure maximizes performance with first-to-market Graphics Processing Unit ("GPU") clusters, ultra-high density, and high-speed interconnects, supporting complex AI workloads while improving efficiency and lowering total cost of ownership.** Our track record and ability to

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deploy the industry's most advanced hardware and architectures first—including NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 NVL72 systems for mission-critical AI—gives our customers a measurable edge in performance, efficiency, and scale. CoreWeave clusters also use cutting edge CPUs, including AMD and Intel chips, to power compute-intensive projects and to help our customers get more out of GPU compute.

Our data center fabric is designed to harness the full potential of each GPU and to maximize performance from the newest architectures. It integrates state-of-the-art networking technology, including NVIDIA Quantum-X800(XDR) enabling 800Gbps of connectivity, NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand interconnect and NVIDIA Spectrum-X with RoCE or RDMA over Converged Ethernet for ultra-low-latency connectivity between racks of GPUs. To ensure sustainability, many of CoreWeave's data centers draw on renewable energy, deploy advanced closed-loop liquid cooling systems, and pilot innovative projects—such as heat recapture to supply excess heat to nearby homes and industrial facilities.

This powerful, proven infrastructure enables exceptional results for our customers. In recent benchmarking through NVIDIA's Exemplar Cloud program, we demonstrated improvements on system model flop utilization ("MFU") over reference targets for both training and inference workloads. For training, our infrastructure enables superior utilization compared to reference targets. For inference, our platform met or exceeded benchmark tests across inference tasks, such as reasoning and generation, demonstrating CoreWeave's consistent performance and faster scaling for every stage of AI deployment.

We continue to extend and enhance our foundational infrastructure with the latest GPU and CPU innovations, and expect to be among the first cloud providers to deploy the NVIDIA Rubin platform, expanding our support for large-scale inference, reasoning, and agentic AI.

***Data and Storage.* CoreWeave's purpose-built storage combines exascale, AI-optimized object and file storage with GPU-local caching and Local Tier Acceleration (LOTA**<sup>TM</sup>**)** **to deliver high-throughput data access, cross-cloud reach, and predictable economics for training and inference.** Our customers rely on our fast, resilient, and easy-to-use storage solutions to train, fine-tune, and deploy models more rapidly at scale—while reducing replication costs, egress fees, or performance tradeoffs. Our Local Object Transport Accelerator ("LOTA") brings data closer to GPUs by caching directly on GPU nodes, which enables rapid throughput and high uptime and durability. CoreWeave object and file storage services are optimized for AI, enabling streamlined training, low latency, efficiently utilized clusters, and faster time to market. Our microservices-based architecture allows us to support the storage solution that our customers choose.

***Infrastructure Control.* Our integrated AI-native orchestration and bare-metal control deliver the reliability, flexibility, and efficiency required to run complex AI workloads at scale, and matched with the right AI services.** CoreWeave Kubernetes Service ("CKS"), our managed Kubernetes service, minimizes the burden of managing large GPU clusters. CKS combines fast performance, security, and flexibility in a fully managed Kubernetes solution—one that reduces management time for complex Kubernetes clusters. CKS clusters leverage bare-metal performance to gain higher GPU cluster performance, accelerating model download speeds and spin up times for inference. CKS runs on CoreWeave Cloud's bare-metal GPU infrastructure, eliminating hypervisor overhead to maximize performance, including high-throughput model downloads and faster container spin-ups for inference. CKS clusters leverage Bare Metal nodes without a hypervisor to maximize node performance. Our data center architecture uses Data Processing Units to enforce tenant isolation and strengthen the security boundary between workloads. It also offloads processes such as networking and security to enable peak GPU performance while providing complete isolation and acceleration with private-cluster Virtual Private Clouds.

***CoreWeave Mission Control.* CoreWeave Mission Control integrates security, observability, and services—including node, rack, and fleet lifecycle management—to enable intelligent, unified orchestration from foundational infrastructure to agent development.** It connects all of the critical layers of CoreWeave, giving customers real-time visibility into GPU, network, and storage behavior. It integrates secure controls for AI workloads, continuous operational insight, and proactive remediation paths.

With CoreWeave Mission Control's proprietary monitoring and management solutions, users can see how systems are performing, spotting early warning signs that enable them to replace or repair problematic nodes before they create delays—keeping systems stable and projects on schedule. Combining identity and access controls, compliance logging, and audit history, CoreWeave Mission Control provides a complete, clear, and defensible record of activity across an environment. Its continuous operational insight delivers deep knowledge of complex environments. Audit and telemetry signals stream seamlessly into security information and event management systems on any cloud—along with health checks on GPUs, nodes, and racks, so our customers always know the state of the system in real time.

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CoreWeave Mission Control's proactive remediation paths transform insights into action, enabling users to anticipate issues (including potential node failures) before they happen. It initiates the right responses, from automated recovery to routing the incident directly to CoreWeave experts, so customers no longer have to waste valuable time chasing ambiguous alerts or guessing at root causes. We continue to add new CoreWeave Mission Control features—including Telemetry Relay, GPU Straggler Detection, and the CoreWeave Mission Control Agent—that bring improved visibility and control to large-scale AI workloads.

***Runtime Acceleration.* CoreWeave delivers platform services that accelerate training and inference by optimizing workload latency, improving throughput, and increasing utilization at runtime—removing friction across scheduling, environment readiness, and execution so jobs reach steady-state performance faster and run more efficiently at scale.** SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes) helps customers deploy and operate large-scale Slurm-based AI research clusters on CoreWeave Cloud, leveraging our purpose-built infrastructure and integrated platform capabilities to support high-performance AI workloads. With a Slurm cluster purpose-built for AI, researchers can save valuable time and speed critical breakthroughs. They can run training, inference, and reinforcement learning ("RL") on a single high-performance cluster built for research at massive scale—all with automated user access management and deep observability. Our customers get metal to model visibility, resolving issues quickly, raising quality, and enabling rapid AI innovation.

***Model and Agent Development.* CoreWeave provides the developer tools and integrations teams use to build, evaluate, deploy, and monitor models and agents, with experiment tracking, governance and guardrails, and workflow integrations that speed iteration from prototype to production.** With Weights & Biases (acquired by CoreWeave in 2025), we provide a comprehensive, proven AI development platform and cutting-edge tools for AI development—including model pre-training (W&B Models), post-training (W&B Training), model serving (W&B Inference), and agent evaluation and monitoring (W&B Weave). For our customers, these tools mean faster, more efficient AI agent development, from training to production. Our integrated capabilities enable our customers to correlate infrastructure events with model performance while providing observability tools for debugging. In October 2025, we also acquired Marimo, creator of the marimo notebook, an open-source, AI-native environment, to unify the generative AI development workflow and enable faster, smarter AI development. And in September 2025, we acquired OpenPipe, a leading platform for training AI agents with RL. In October 2025, we launched the first publicly available serverless RL capability to build reliable AI agents. This first joint offering from Weights & Biases and OpenPipe enhances our customers' ability to train with RL—quickly, easily, and at scale. Our expanding agent development capabilities help our customers accelerate experimentation, fine-tuning, and RL at scale, seamlessly bridging model development and production deployment. To meet the specialized needs of industrial customers, in November 2025 we acquired Monolith, which provides a full-stack platform for enterprises that want to accelerate industrial innovation in the physical world through simulation and machine learning capabilities.

***The Essential Cloud for AI—and for our customers***

We work closely with our customers to tailor their solution based on their performance needs (e.g., GPU selection), specific use case (AI model training, agentic AI and inference, and specialized workloads), and business goals—from pioneering labs and researchers envisioning the next AI breakthroughs to enterprises seeking an AI-driven competitive advantage. In all cases, our customers benefit from CoreWeave Cloud, purpose-built for AI innovation at every layer.

**Our Data Center Footprint** 

We operate a distributed and interconnected portfolio of data centers across the United States, Europe, and Canada, operating in six countries total. Many of our facilities are designed to scale from tens to hundreds of megawatts of power and are connected through high-speed interconnects to support burst AI workloads. The portfolio includes a range of facility sizes, which provide us with critical flexibility. These facilities range from smaller sites that support inference workloads close to where customers need it to reduce latency, to larger sites that can support high-density training workloads where latency is less critical. Regardless of data center size, our modular basis of design provides us with the ability to scale big and fast and is built to be fungible across all AI workloads. The diversity of our infrastructure enables us to right-size and fit our services to the appropriate AI workload, from training, to inference, and to agentic workloads as requirements change over time.

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Our data centers are designed to meet the technical demands of AI computing, both today and in the future. Across the industry, data center infrastructure is trending toward higher rack density and increased power per rack, driving significantly greater cooling requirements. Our advanced closed-loop liquid cooling systems address these demands by enabling higher power density and closer rack placement, and significantly reducing water consumption. This approach enables our data centers to support and deploy the latest generation of chips at scale and for us to be among the first to bring them to market at scale—with a track record of bringing NVIDIA GPUs to market first, including GB200, GB300, and RTX Pro 6000 systems. As compute density continues to increase, these same design principles position our data centers to support future chip generations, and looking ahead, CoreWeave is expected to be among the first cloud providers to deploy the NVIDIA Rubin platform, offering customers greater flexibility and choice as AI systems scale.

To support our continued growth and scale, we are making sustained investments in both our supply chain and labor force. While the chip remains at the core of delivering AI data centers, the supporting equipment is equally critical to bringing compute to life. As a result, we have continued to evolve and expand not only our component supply chain, but also our long-lead data center equipment. We have strengthened our operations to ensure accurate planning and timely procurement of the long-lead equipment required to deliver high-performing clusters, supported by strong direct relationships with providers as well as a focus on OEM and ODM partners to meet demand at scale. In parallel, to fuel a sufficient and capable labor force, we have developed the CoreWeave Apprenticeship program, working with early-career individuals to provide hands-on training and experience across a range of specialties.

Throughout all our data centers, we combine industry-leading security and compliance with a fully managed experience, allowing customers to focus on AI innovation while we operate the infrastructure. We reinforce our infrastructure with industry leading security standards and certifications, including SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 27001, to ensure that customers are met with robust data security practices. Our security measures also extend to our physical security, where we employ rigorous standards around background checks, access control, security awareness training, and a zero-trust framework. We handle the complexity of hardware, facilities, and operations.

We continue to grow our portfolio of data centers by both expanding our existing sites and developing new sites while investing in new capabilities such as self-builds. We continue our international expansion with a focus on Europe and are evaluating launches in other regions. For more information, refer to Risks Related to Our Business and Industry included in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

**Go-To-Market** 

CoreWeave's go-to-market ("GTM") organization consists of Sales, Marketing, Field Engineering, Support, Customer Experience, Partnerships, and Revenue Operations. Our sales engine prioritizes lean and efficient scaling, leveraging AI to accelerate execution. Our organization is driven by customer-obsessed team-members focused on acquiring new customers and expanding with existing customers, who are aligned by vertical and geography. Our GTM team operates across the breadth of CoreWeave Cloud, selling and supporting products that provide foundational infrastructure for large scale research training, runtime accelerators and orchestrators, agent and AI application hosting, and model and agent development tools. For example, initiatives, such as "direct-to-expert," enable our customers to receive consultative expertise and technical support to troubleshoot issues and optimize performance. Our robust product offering enables us to diversify across industries, geographies, and customer segments, while engaging with customers throughout their journey to ensure they are positioned to develop and productionize AI.

**Our Culture and Values** 

Our mission is to power the creation and delivery of the intelligence that drives innovation. We believe the success of this mission depends on the power of our people and a culture defined by ownership, curiosity, and trust. Our multidisciplinary team operates with this mindset and is focused on disciplined execution, running toward the hardest technical challenges, and taking ownership of solving them. We have assembled leading engineering, infrastructure, and go-to-market teams with what we believe is an unmatched knowledge base in accelerated computing at scale. These teams work synchronously to deliver The Essential Cloud for AI, purpose-built to support high-performance AI workloads for our customers.

To maintain this competitive advantage and continue to innovate, we remain focused on building an inclusive working environment in which our team members can push the boundaries of what is possible. We believe that fostering an inclusive work environment is important to maintaining our competitive advantage and ability to innovate. Our teams are composed of individuals with a wide range of skills, experiences, and perspectives, which positions us to run toward the hardest problems, address complex technical challenges, and support our customers at scale. We focus on creating an

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environment that enables employees to perform at their highest potential and contribute meaningfully to our long-term success.

We have created and instilled a set of Core Values that our employees embrace and demonstrate each day.

Our Core Values include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **Be Curious at Your Core**. We foster a mindset of continuous learning, understanding that curiosity drives innovation and is essential in staying ahead of our competition. Curiosity is a driving force that allows us to explore ideas and innovations that push boundaries, challenge the status quo, and better serve our customers.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **Act Like an Owner**. We take full responsibility for our work and our decisions to find the best solution to any challenge. We take initiative, hold ourselves accountable, and foster a culture where everyone feels empowered to contribute to our success.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **Empower Employees**. We trust each other to make decisions, communicate transparently, and are clear on our goals. We support each other with the tools, resources, and feedback necessary to succeed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **Deliver Best-in-Class Customer Experiences**. We go above and beyond to understand our clients' needs and aim to exceed expectations at every step. Our commitment to excellence ensures we build lasting partnerships and set the standard for exceptional service.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **Achieve More Together**. Collaboration is at the heart of our success. Together, we unlock greater potential and solve challenges more effectively. We believe that by leveraging diverse perspectives, supporting each other, and working as one team, we can accomplish more than we could ever do alone.

As of December 31, 2025, we had 2,189 employees, with 1,967 in the United States and 222 in 19 other countries. We provide competitive cash and equity compensation and scale our workforce to meet the growth and operational needs of our business. Employees are equipped with the tools, systems, and resources required to operate effectively in complex, fast-moving environments. We believe our culture and the strength of our relationship with our employees distinguishes how we operate and succeed as a business.

**Sustainability** 

AI can drive numerous benefits. However, we recognize that there are also risks that need to be managed to ensure that our platform is built to maintain resiliency and assure its longevity. One of the challenges we expect to face is to ensure that we take appropriate steps to mitigate the environmental impacts of our operations. We are focused on the benefits our CoreWeave Cloud Platform can provide while managing the associated risks.

Our strategy is centered around: Clean Energy, Efficiency by Design, Responsible Resource Usage, and Supplier Relationships.

***Clean Energy***

We are currently evaluating and measuring Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions from our facilities and data center operations and will soon begin to evaluate our emissions resulting from our supply chain (Scope 3). A large portion of our GHG emissions are currently Scope 2 emissions, which result from purchased electricity for our data centers. The mix of our GHG emissions could shift over time as we grow and begin to control more of our data centers, potentially increasing our ability to contract larger amounts of non-emitting sources of energy.

We are tracking renewable energy sourcing to assess progress toward increasing the proportion of energy procured from low-carbon and renewable sources.

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impacts. We also aim to establish our operations in buildings that meet high levels of environmental standards where possible.

***Efficiency by Design***

Our business was founded on a simple principle: AI infrastructure should be designed for efficiency from day one, not retrofitted onto legacy systems. This shapes everything we do.

We aim to build next-generation data centers in the right places, with the right partners, to ensure we can deliver performance while continuously improving efficiency.

We work with our data center partners to track Power Usage Effectiveness ("PUE"), enabling us to collectively measure how efficiently data centers use energy. We are collecting the necessary PUE data with the aim of reducing both operating costs and indirect emissions.

***Responsible Resource Usage***

*Water Stewardship* 

We are committed to responsible water consumption. Monitoring water consumption helps identify opportunities to reduce freshwater use, particularly in water-stressed regions, and supports climate resilience by mitigating exposure to drought-related disruptions. CoreWeave's infrastructure incorporates innovative technologies, such as closed-loop liquid cooling systems to manage the increased heat output stemming from our use of smaller and more dense servers and improve energy efficiency.

*Waste Management* 

In addition to managing scarce resources such as water, we intend to extend our responsible resource usage to waste management. For example, we have implemented heat recovery systems and intend to evaluate the potential to expand our ability to repurpose heat generated by our data centers, which can optimize power consumption and improve environmental performance.

***Supplier Relationships***

We will also look for opportunities to utilize our relationships with suppliers to mitigate the environmental impacts of their operations, while improving our data centers' environmental performance.

For more information, refer to the risk factor entitled "Investors' expectations of our performance relating to environmental, social, and governance factors may impose additional costs and expose us to new risks" included in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

**Competition** 

The AI cloud market is highly competitive and continues to evolve rapidly. We primarily compete with hyperscalers who offer general purpose cloud computing as part of a broader product portfolio, several of which are also customers of, and partners to, CoreWeave. We also compete with smaller cloud service providers.

CoreWeave's competitive advantage is a result of our platform being purpose-built for AI and accelerated compute use cases. We believe our speed to market with the latest generations of GPUs, proprietary software and orchestration platform, security standards and ability to deliver a highly attractive total cost of ownership all contribute to CoreWeave's rapid growth. Our competitive differentiation is further underpinned by our ability to service AI compute use cases of all sizes rapidly and fungibly. For more information, refer to the risk factor entitled "We face intense competition and could lose market share to our competitors, which would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects" included in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

**Intellectual Property** 

Our intellectual property is an important aspect of our business and helps us to maintain our competitive position. To establish and protect our rights in our proprietary technology, we rely upon intellectual property laws and other legal protections covering patents, copyrights and trade secrets, as well as contractual restrictions such as confidentiality agreements, licenses and intellectual property assignment agreements.

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We control access to our intellectual property and confidential information through internal and external controls. We maintain a policy requiring our employees, contractors, consultants and other third parties to enter into confidentiality and proprietary rights agreements to control access to and non-disclosure of our proprietary information. Intellectual property laws and our procedures, policies, controls and restrictions provide only limited protection, and any of our intellectual property rights may be challenged, invalidated, circumvented, infringed, misappropriated or violated.

**Government Regulation and Regulatory Environment** 

We operate in a complex and evolving regulatory landscape spanning AI, critical infrastructure, energy policy, international trade, data privacy, export controls, and national security considerations. The scope and applicability of regulations in these areas continue to broaden with new legal and regulatory developments, and their interpretation remains uncertain. We are subject to regulations across multiple jurisdictions and governmental agencies.

Like other companies in the technology and infrastructure sectors, we face heightened regulatory scrutiny from both U.S. and foreign governments. These numerous and sometimes conflicting laws and regulations may directly affect our ability to pursue our business model and offer our products and services. Our compliance with these regulations increases our cost of doing business and may require operational adjustments, changes to our business practices, or limitations on our ability to offer services in certain geographies or to certain customers.

Key areas of regulatory impact include:

**AI Infrastructure and Critical Infrastructure Policy.** As policymakers increasingly focus on the role of infrastructure providers in supporting national competitiveness, we engage with federal, state, local, and international authorities on emerging policies affecting AI infrastructure planning, energy supply, grid management, and workforce development. These regulations could affect our capital planning, site selection, and operational practices.

**Energy and Environmental Compliance.** Our data center operations are energy-intensive and subject to evolving environmental regulations, renewable energy standards, and sustainability requirements across jurisdictions where we operate. We work collaboratively with utilities and energy regulators on infrastructure scaling and grid integration. These requirements may affect our cost structure and operational flexibility.

**Export Controls and International Trade.** Our technology and services are subject to U.S. export controls, sanctions laws, and trade regulations governing the sale and operation of advanced computing equipment. These controls, administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce and other agencies, continue to evolve in response to national security considerations. Changes to export regulations could limit our ability to serve certain customers or markets, materially affect our competitive position in certain geographies, and require operational adjustments.

We maintain compliance programs to monitor these regulatory developments and ensure adherence with applicable laws. To date, costs and accruals incurred to comply with applicable governmental regulations have not been material to our capital expenditures and results of operations. However, certain emerging policy areas, particularly those related to AI governance, critical infrastructure planning, the cost of energy, energy infrastructure requirements, and export controls, may require material investments or operational adjustments over time. As these regulatory trends continue, our cost of doing business may increase, our ability to pursue certain business practices may be limited, and we may need to change our business operations to comply with evolving regulatory requirements. For more information, refer to Risks Related to Legal and Regulatory Matters included in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

**Available Information** 

Our website is located at www.coreweave.com. Our investor relations website is located at www.investors.coreweave.com, where users can access our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and our Proxy Statements, and any amendments to these reports, free of charge, after we file or furnish them with the SEC and they are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. We use our investor relations website to disclose material non-public information. Investors should monitor our investor relations website, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The information available at our website is not incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, we use social media, specifically our X account (@CoreWeave) and our LinkedIn page, to communicate information from time to time. It is possible that the information that we post on social media could be deemed to be material to investors.

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**Item 1A. Risk Factors**

*A description of the risks and uncertainties associated with our business is set forth below. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with the other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently believe are not material, may also become important factors that adversely affect our business. If any of the following risks occur, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our Class A common stock could decline, and you could lose all or a part of your investment.*

**Summary Risk Factors**

Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties and this summary provides an overview of such risks. You should read this risk factor summary together with the more detailed discussion of risks and uncertainties following this summary.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Our business would be harmed if we were not able to access sufficient power or by increased costs to procure power, prolonged power outages, shortages, or capacity constraints.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• We have a limited number of suppliers for significant components of the equipment we use to build and operate our platform and provide our solutions and services. Any disruption in the availability of these components could delay our ability to expand or increase the capacity of our infrastructure or replace defective equipment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• If our data center providers fail to meet the requirements of our business, or if the data center facilities experience damage, interruption, or a security breach, our ability to provide access to our infrastructure and maintain the performance of our network could be negatively impacted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Our recent growth may not be indicative of our future growth, and if we do not effectively manage our future growth, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may be adversely affected.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A substantial portion of our revenue is driven by a limited number of our customers, and the loss of, or a significant reduction in, spending from one or a few of our top customers would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Our operations require substantial and growing capital expenditures, and we will require additional capital to fund our business and support our growth, and any inability to generate or obtain such capital on acceptable terms, if at all, or to lower our total cost of capital, may adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• If we fail to efficiently enhance our platform and develop and sell new solutions and services and respond effectively to rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, changing regulations, and changing customer needs, requirements, or preferences, our platform may become less competitive.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The broader adoption, use, and commercialization of artificial intelligence ("AI") technology, and the continued rapid pace of developments in the AI field, are inherently uncertain. Failure by our customers to continue to use our CoreWeave Cloud Platform to support AI use cases in their systems, or our ability to keep up with evolving AI technology requirements and regulatory frameworks, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Our operating results may fluctuate significantly, which could make our future results difficult to predict and could cause our operating results to fall below expectations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• We face intense competition and could lose market share to our competitors, which would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Our substantial indebtedness could materially adversely affect our financial condition, our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, our ability to operate our business, our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, our ability to meet our obligations under our outstanding indebtedness and could divert our cash flow from operations for debt payments, and we may still incur substantially more indebtedness in the future.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The multi-class structure of our common stock has the effect of concentrating voting power with our Co-Founders (as defined below), which will limit your ability to influence the outcome of important transactions, including a change in control.

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**Risks Related to Our Business and Industry** 

***Our business would be harmed if we were not able to access sufficient power or by increased costs to procure power, prolonged power outages, shortages, or capacity constraints.***

We depend on third parties, including utilities, independent system operators, regulators, governments, and global suppliers to secure sufficient power, which powers our data center facilities, in a cost-effective manner. Limitations on generation, transmission, and distribution may limit our ability to obtain sufficient power capacity for our potential expansion sites in new or existing markets. Power providers, other participants in the power market, and regulators may impose onerous operating conditions, such as power generation procurement obligations or collateralization requirements, to any approval or provision of power. The local electricity grids in the markets where we have data centers have faced substantial increases in demand for power. Although there are some early stage alternative methods to source power to local electricity grids they may not be available to service all of our needs due to lack of supply or high cost per unit of electricity. Our inability to secure sufficient power on terms that are acceptable to us could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operation, ability to operate, financial condition, and prospects.

Our data center facilities are affected by problems accessing electricity sources, such as unplanned or planned power outages and limitations on transmission or distribution of power. Unplanned power outages, including, but not limited to those relating to large storms, earthquakes, fires, tsunamis, cyberattacks, physical attacks on utility infrastructure, war, and any failures of electrical power grids more generally, and planned power outages by public utilities, such as the practice of planned outages by the public utilities in California, Colorado, Texas, and other states to minimize fire risks, could harm our customers and our business. Further, our existing data center facilities are located in leased buildings where, depending upon the lease requirements and number of tenants involved, we may or may not control some or all of the infrastructure, including generators and fuel tanks. As a result, in the event of a power outage, we could be dependent upon the landlord, as well as the utility company, to restore the power. Even if we attempt to limit our exposure to system downtime by using backup generators, which are in turn supported by onsite fuel storage and through contracts with fuel suppliers, these measures may not always prevent downtime or large-scale outages. We may also face constraints on our ability to deliver our platform, solutions, and services if there is limited power supply or a disruption in power supply. Our failure, or our suppliers' failure, to achieve or maintain high data transmission capacity and sufficient electrical services would impact our ability to meet customer needs and could significantly reduce customer demand for our services. Such reduced demand and resulting loss of compute, cost increases, or failure to upgrade our equipment or adapt to new technologies would harm our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Any outage or supply disruption could adversely affect our customer experience, as well as our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

Additionally, for our potential new data centers and expansion sites, we expect to commit substantial operational and financial resources, including long-term power supply contracts, in advance of securing customer contracts for those data centers. This asymmetric dynamic could adversely affect our business, financial position, results from operations and prospects.

Finally, the global energy market is currently experiencing inflation and volatility pressures. Although we use power purchase agreements to hedge against the risk of some changes in the price of power, there is no guarantee that they will work as intended or will protect us from long-term changes in the price of power. We expect the cost for power to continue to be volatile and unpredictable and subject to inflationary pressures, which could materially affect our financial forecasting, business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***We have a limited number of suppliers for significant components of the equipment we use to build and operate our platform and provide our solutions and services. Any disruption in the availability of these components could delay our ability to expand or increase the capacity of our infrastructure or replace defective equipment.***

We do not manufacture the components we use to build the technology infrastructure underlying our platform. We have a limited number of suppliers that we use to procure and configure significant components of the technology infrastructure that we use to operate our platform and provide our solutions and services to our customers. For example, as a result of our obligations in our current customer contracts, all of the GPUs used in our infrastructure today are NVIDIA GPUs. Additionally, for the year ended December 31, 2025, three suppliers accounted for 23%, 20%, and 17% of total purchases, for the year ended December 31, 2024, three suppliers accounted for 46%, 16%, and 14% of total purchases, and for the year ended December 31, 2023, three suppliers account for 57%, 22%, and 11% of total purchases. Utilizing a limited number of suppliers of the components for our technology infrastructure exposes us to risks, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;asymmetry between component availability and contractual performance obligations, including where specified components are required;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;shifts in market-leading technologies away from those offered by our current suppliers that could impact our ability to offer our customers the solutions and services that they are seeking;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;reduced control over production costs and constraints based on the then current availability, terms, and pricing of these components, including any delays in our supply chain;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;limited ability to control aspects of the quality, performance, quantity, and cost of our infrastructure or of its components;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the potential for binding price or purchase commitments with our suppliers at higher than market rates;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;reliance on our suppliers to keep up with technological advancements at the same pace as our business and customer demands, including their ability to continue to deliver next generation components that are substantially better than the prior generation;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consolidation among suppliers in our industry, which may harm our ability to negotiate and obtain favorable terms from our suppliers and the third-party suppliers that our suppliers rely on;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;labor and political unrest at facilities we do not operate or own;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;geopolitical disputes disrupting our or any of our suppliers' supply chains, such as geopolitical tensions including but not limited to Taiwan and China and instability in Venezuela;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;business, legal, compliance, litigation, and financial concerns affecting our suppliers or their ability to manufacture and ship components in the quantities, of the quality, and in the manner we require;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;impacts on our supply chain from adverse public health developments, including outbreaks of contagious diseases or pandemics; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;disruptions due to floods, wildfires, earthquakes, storms, and other natural disasters, particularly in countries with limited infrastructure and disaster recovery resources, or regional conflicts.

Our technology infrastructure components suppliers fulfill our supply requirements on the basis of individual purchase orders, which we often place with lead times specified by the specific supplier. We have no control over the lead times demanded by our suppliers to fulfill our supply requirements in the future. Additionally, if such lead times increase in the future for any one or more of our infrastructure components, we may face a supply interruption for necessary components. We currently have no long-term contracts or arrangements with our suppliers that guarantee capacity or the continuation of any particular payment terms. Accordingly, after individual purchase orders have been completed, our suppliers are not obligated to continue to fulfill our supply expectations, and the prices we are charged for their products and, if applicable, services could be increased on short notice. Any inability of or delay by our suppliers to meet our order demands (including due to the suppliers' competing commercial priorities, any geopolitical factors affecting their suppliers, or any other business disruption) could delay or disrupt our ability to procure necessary components. Further, because we often submit purchase orders to our suppliers according to stated lead times and generally order only what we need to fulfill customer requirements, any delay from our suppliers may result in our inability to provide our infrastructure and platform to our customers on a timely basis and fulfill our contractual requirements under our customer contracts. Additionally, our current customers have contractually specified our use of NVIDIA GPUs. If we are required to change suppliers, our ability to meet our obligations to our customers, including scheduled compute access, could be adversely affected and our solutions may not perform, which could cause the loss of sales from existing or potential customers, delayed revenue, or an increase in our costs, which could adversely affect our margins and other financial results. Any production or shipping interruption for any reason, such as a natural disaster, epidemics, pandemics, capacity shortages, quality problems, or strike or other labor disruption at one of our supplier locations or at shipping ports or locations, could adversely affect sales of our solution and services offerings.

In addition, we are continually working to expand and enhance our infrastructure features, technology, and network and other technologies to accommodate substantial increases in the computing power required by more compute-intensive workloads on our platform, the amount of data we host, and our overall number of total customers. We may be unable to project accurately the rate or timing of these increases or to allocate resources successfully to address such increases and may underestimate the data center capacity needed to address such increases. Our limited number of suppliers, in turn, may not be able to quickly respond to our needs, which would have a negative impact on customer experience and our ability to meet our contractual obligations. In the future, we may be required to allocate additional resources, including spending substantial amounts to build, purchase, or lease or license data centers and equipment and upgrade our technology and network infrastructure in order to handle increased customer usage, and our suppliers may not be able to satisfy such requirements. In addition, our network or our suppliers' networks might be unable to achieve or maintain data transmission capacity high enough to effectively deliver our services.

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Moreover, our suppliers themselves rely on a complex network of third-party suppliers for semiconductor manufacturing, hardware components, and other critical inputs, which introduces additional risks to our supply chain. For example, NVIDIA relies on suppliers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company for semiconductor fabrication and other manufacturers for compute and networking components. Any disruption in the operations of these upstream suppliers, whether due to equipment failures, geopolitical factors such as the growing potential for military conflict between China and Taiwan, or subcomponent or raw material supply chain constraints, could affect our suppliers' ability to supply the significant components of the equipment we use to operate our platform and provide our solutions and services to our customers, which would, in turn, affect the availability of our solutions and services, lead times, and our financial results.

In addition, to the extent any of our suppliers' businesses are impacted by business, legal, compliance, litigation, and financial concerns, including regulatory scrutiny and export controls, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may be adversely affected. For example, increasing use of tariffs, economic sanctions and export controls has impacted and may in the future impact the availability and cost of GPUs and other components of our platform. Tariff actions, quotas, and retaliatory measures may raise the price of imported equipment and materials we rely on. If additional restrictions are imposed on semiconductors, networking equipment, or design and manufacturing software, or if foreign governments adopt countermeasures, our procurement costs could rise and our ability to deploy capacity on planned timelines could be reduced. Expansion or reinterpretation of United States export controls that cover advanced computing hardware, software, or related services could limit availability of components or require reconfiguration of our infrastructure plans. Responses from governments outside of the U.S. to U.S. export controls could further affect supply, logistics, and servicing. These dynamics could slow our ability to add or replace hardware and could affect the economics of certain deployments.

We have experienced, and may in the future experience, component shortages. In the event of a supplier unavailability, component shortage, or supply interruption, we may not be able to secure alternate sources in a timely manner. Securing alternate sources of supply for these components or services may be time-consuming, difficult, and costly and we may not be able to source these components or services on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all, which may undermine our ability to fill our orders promptly. Any interruption or delay in the supply of any of these components or services, or the inability to obtain these components or services from alternate sources at acceptable prices and within a reasonable amount of time, would harm our ability to meet the demand of our customers, which in turn would have an adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***If our data center providers fail to meet the requirements of our business, or if the data center facilities experience damage, interruption, or a security breach, our ability to provide access to our infrastructure and maintain the performance of our network could be negatively impacted.***

We lease space in or otherwise license use of third-party data centers located in the United States, Europe and United Kingdom. Our current business is reliant on these data center facilities. Given that we lease or license our existing data center space, we do not control the operation of these third-party facilities. Consequently, we could be subject to service disruptions as well as failures to provide adequate support for reasons that are outside of our direct control. Our data center facilities and network infrastructure are vulnerable to damage or interruption from a variety of sources including earthquakes, floods, storms, fires, power loss, system failures, computer and other cybersecurity vulnerabilities, physical or electronic break-ins, human error, malfeasance or interference, including by employees, former employees, or contractors, as well as crime, terrorist acts and other catastrophic events. We and the data center facilities we lease space in or license use of have experienced, and may in the future experience, disruptions, outages, and other performance problems due to a variety of factors, including availability or sufficiency of power, infrastructure changes, and capacity constraints, occasionally due to an overwhelming number of customers accessing our infrastructure simultaneously. Our third-party data centers and network infrastructure may also be subject to cybersecurity attacks, including supply chain attacks, due to the actions of outside parties or human error, malfeasance, insider threats, system errors or vulnerabilities, insufficient cybersecurity controls, a combination of these, or otherwise, which may cause service outages and otherwise impact our ability to provide our solutions and services. While we review the security measures of our third-party data centers, we cannot ensure that these measures will be sufficient to prevent a cybersecurity attack or to protect the continued operation of our platform in the event of a cybersecurity attack, and any impact to our solutions and services may also impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Data center facilities housing our network infrastructure may also be subject to local administrative actions, changes to legal or permitting requirements, labor disputes, litigation to stop, limit, or delay operations, and other legal challenges, including by government agencies seeking to gain access to customer accounts for law enforcement or other reasons. In addition, while we have entered into various agreements for the lease of data center space, equipment, maintenance, and other services, those third parties could fail to deliver on their contractual obligations under those agreements, including agreements to provide us with certain data, equipment, and utilities information required to run our business, such as the delays that we announced in November 2025 with respect to the

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delivery of certain data centers to be provided by a third-party data center provider. Any failure by our third-party data center providers to timely deliver on their agreements with us would have an adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Furthermore, we may require the data centers we lease to have certain highly specific attributes in order to effectively run our business. For example, our state-of-the art data centers may also require networking equipment, high-speed interconnects, enhanced access to power, and liquid cooling infrastructure. In some cases, these third-party data centers are required to undergo extensive retrofitting and improvement efforts, including to incorporate novel developments in our industry, which are time consuming, expensive, and less efficient than if we were to lease from spaces already designed for our operations, and which may not ultimately be successful in meeting all of our requirements. If third parties fail to successfully deliver on such performance requirements, our ability to maintain the performance of our network would be negatively impacted.

Other factors, many of which are beyond our control, that can affect the delivery, performance, and availability of our platform include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the development, maintenance, and functioning of the infrastructure of the internet as a whole;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the performance and availability of third-party telecommunications services with the necessary speed, data capacity, and security for providing reliable and fast internet access and services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the success or failure of our redundancy systems;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the success or failure of our disaster recovery and business continuity plans;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• decisions by the owners and operators of the data center facilities where our infrastructure is installed or by global telecommunications service provider partners who provide us with network bandwidth to terminate our contracts, discontinue services to us, shut down operations or facilities, increase prices, change service levels, limit bandwidth, declare bankruptcy, breach their contracts with us, or prioritize the traffic of other parties;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to enter into data center agreements and leases or enter into data center acquisition agreements or joint venture agreements according to our business needs and on terms and with counterparties acceptable to us;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our data center partners' ability to procure requisite financing on acceptable terms to finance the construction and build-out of our leased sites; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changing sentiment by government regulators relating to data center development, including in response to public concerns regarding electricity and water use, environmental impact and development, which may result in restrictive government regulation or otherwise impact the future construction, development or operation of additional data centers.

In addition, many of the leases we have entered into for third-party data centers have multi-year terms and fixed capacity. If we do not accurately anticipate the data center capacity required by our customers, including if they use less or more of our infrastructure than expected, we would incur additional costs due to leasing more capacity than is used and paid for by our customers or, alternatively, in seeking additional data center capacity to fulfill unexpected demand on terms that may not be economically feasible or acceptable to us, if we are able to lease additional capacity at all. We may also need to seek additional data center capacity in the event any leases with third parties are terminated or not renewed, which we may be unable to do on reasonable terms or at all.

The occurrence of any of these factors, or our inability to quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively fix such errors or other problems that may be identified, could damage our reputation, negatively impact our relationship with our customers, or otherwise materially harm our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

Currently, with our joint venture in Kenilworth, New Jersey, and in the future with new projects, we are beginning to develop our own data centers, rather than relying on third parties and, because of our limited experience in this area, we could experience unforeseen difficulties. For example, any expansion of our data center infrastructure would be complex, and unanticipated delays in the completion of those projects or availability of components may lead to increased project costs, operational inefficiencies, or interruptions in the delivery or degradation of the quality of our platform. In addition, there may be issues related to this infrastructure that are not identified during the testing phases of design and implementation, which may only become evident after we have started to fully utilize the underlying equipment, that could further degrade our platform or increase our costs.

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***Our recent growth may not be indicative of our future growth, and if we do not effectively manage our future growth, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may be adversely affected.***

We were founded in September 2017, launched our CoreWeave Cloud Platform in 2020, and have experienced significant growth in a short period of time. Our revenue was $5.1 billion, $1.9 billion, and $229 million, for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Investors should not rely on the revenue growth of any prior quarterly or annual period as an indication of our future performance. Our revenue may stop increasing or may decrease in the future. Even if our revenue continues to increase, our revenue growth rate is expected to decline in the future as a result of a variety of factors, including the maturation of our business. Overall growth of our revenue will depend on a number of factors, including but not limited to our ability to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• operate and expand our cloud infrastructure, including but not limited to due to supply chain limitations, direct and third-party partner financing constraints, and data center and/or power availability;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• compete with other companies in our industry, including those with significantly greater financial, technical, marketing, sales, and other resources;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• continue to develop new solutions and services and new functionality for our platform and successfully further optimize our existing infrastructure, solutions, and services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• retain existing customers and increase sales to existing customers, as well as attract new customers and grow our customer base;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• successfully expand our business domestically and internationally;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• generate sufficient cash flow from operations and raise additional capital, including through indebtedness, to support continued investments in our platform to maintain our technological leadership and the security of our platform;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• strategically expand our direct sales force and efficiently leverage our existing sales capacity;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• introduce and sell our solutions and services to new markets and verticals;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• recruit, hire, train, and manage additional qualified personnel for our research and development activities;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• maintain our existing, and enter into new, more cost-efficient, financing structures; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• successfully identify and acquire or invest in businesses, products, or technologies that we believe could complement or expand our platform.

In addition to the factors discussed above, our revenue growth may also be impacted by industry-specific factors, particularly the continued development of AI (including advancements in AI technology that may lead to further compute efficiencies), the broader adoption, use, and commercialization of AI and any impacts of the developing AI regulatory environment.

As many of these factors are beyond our control, it is difficult for us to accurately forecast our future operating results. If the assumptions that we use to plan our business are incorrect or change in reaction to changes in our market, we may be unable to maintain consistent revenue or revenue growth, the value of our stock could be volatile, and it may be difficult to achieve and, if achieved, maintain profitability. In addition, changes in the macroeconomic environment, including actual or perceived global banking and finance related issues, domestic and foreign regulatory uncertainty, changes in trade policies (including the imposition of tariffs, trade controls and other trade barriers or retaliation for those measures by other governments), labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, volatile interest rates, inflation, stagflation, spending environments, geopolitical instability, warfare and uncertainty, including the effects of the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, tensions between China and Taiwan, instability in Venezuela, weak economic conditions in certain regions, or a reduction in AI spending regardless of macroeconomic conditions may impact our growth. In addition, because we have many long-term contracts, changes in the macroeconomic environment that adversely affect our business could result in us having excess capacity that could impact our financial position.

In addition, as we have grown, our number of customers has also increased, and we have increasingly managed more complex deployments of our infrastructure in more complex computing environments. The rapid growth and expansion of our business places a significant strain on our management, operational, engineering, and financial resources. To manage any future growth effectively, we must continue to improve and expand our infrastructure, including information technology ("IT") and financial infrastructure, our operating and administrative systems and controls, and our ability to manage headcount, capital, and processes in an efficient manner. If we do not manage future growth effectively, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects would be harmed.

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If we continue to experience rapid growth, we may not be able to successfully implement or scale improvements to our systems, processes, and controls in an efficient, timely, or cost-effective manner. As we grow, our existing systems, processes, and controls may not prevent or detect all errors, omissions, or fraud. Any future growth will continue to add complexity to our organization and require effective coordination throughout our organization. Failure to manage any future growth effectively could result in increased costs, cause difficulty or delays in deploying our platform to new and existing customers, reduce demand for our platform, and cause difficulties in introducing new solutions and services or other operational difficulties, and any of these difficulties would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***A substantial portion of our revenue is driven by a limited number of our customers, and the loss of, or a significant reduction in, spending from one or a few of our top customers would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

A substantial portion of our revenue is driven by a limited number of customers. We recognized an aggregate of approximately 67% of our revenue from our top customer, Microsoft, for the year ended December 31, 2025. We recognized an aggregate of approximately 77% of our revenue from our top two customers for the year ended December 31, 2024. We recognized an aggregate of approximately 73% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023, from our top three customers. None of our other customers represented 10% or more of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025. In May 2025, we entered into a master services agreement with OpenAI OpCo, LLC ("OpenAI") and in September 2025, we entered into an order form under this master services agreement pursuant to which OpenAI has committed to pay us up to approximately $6.5 billion through May 31, 2031 and, as a result, we expect OpenAI to be a significant customer in future periods. Similarly, in September 2025, we entered into an order form under an existing master services agreement pursuant to which Meta Platforms, Inc. ("Meta") initially committed to pay us up to approximately $14.2 billion through December 2031 and, as a result, we also expect Meta to be a significant customer in future periods. We expect that our customer concentration with a limited number of top customers is likely to continue in future years because of the long-term nature of contracts with those customers. Any negative changes in demand from our top customers or the perception of negative changes in demand from our top customers, in their ability or willingness to perform under their contracts with us, in laws or regulations applicable to these customers or the regions in which they operate, or in our broader strategic relationship with these customers, or any failures or alleged or perceived failures to satisfy contractual requirements, would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

We anticipate that we will continue to derive a significant portion of our revenue from a limited number of customers for the foreseeable future, and in some cases, the portion of our revenue attributable to certain customers may increase in the future. The composition of our customer base, including our top customers, may fluctuate from period to period given that our customer composition has changed and is expected to continue to shift significantly as our business continues to evolve and scale and as the use cases for AI continue to develop. However, we may not be able to maintain or increase revenue from our top customers for a variety of reasons, including the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• customers may develop their own services that may compete with our services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• some of our customers may redesign their systems to require fewer of our services with limited notice to us and may choose not to renew or increase their purchases of our platform, solutions, and services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our customers may have pre-existing or concurrent relationships with, or may be, current or potential competitors that may affect such customers' decisions to purchase our platform, solutions, and services; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• we may not be able to obtain financing on terms that are acceptable to us or at all sufficient to support the significant future capital expenditures that may be necessary to meet contractual obligations to such customers.

Customer relationships often require us to continually improve our platform, which may involve significant technological and design challenges, and our customers may place considerable pressure on us to meet tight development and capacity availability schedules. Accordingly, we may have to devote a substantial amount of our resources to our strategic relationships, which could detract from or delay our completion of other important development projects. Delays in making capacity or AI infrastructure available and performing to contractual specifications could impair our relationships with our customers and negatively impact forecasted sales of the services under development. Moreover, it is possible that our customers may develop their own infrastructure that may compete with our services or adopt a competitor's infrastructure for services that they currently buy from us. If that happens, our revenue would be adversely impacted and our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects would be materially and adversely affected.

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***Our operations require substantial and growing capital expenditures, and we will require additional capital to fund our business and support our growth, and any inability to generate or obtain such capital on acceptable terms, if at all, or to lower our total cost of capital, may adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

We require substantial and growing capital expenditures to support our growth and respond to business challenges. We have made significant financial investments in our business, and we intend to continue to make such investments in the future, including expenditures to procure components for, maintain, upgrade, and enhance our platform, including costs related to obtaining third-party chips and leasing and maintaining, enhancing, and expanding our data centers. While we have historically been able to fund capital expenditures from cash generated from operations, as well as equity and debt financings, factors outside of our control, including those described in this "Risk Factors" section, and particularly those under "—Risks Related to Our Indebtedness," could materially reduce the cash available from operations, impede our ability to raise additional capital, or significantly increase our capital expenditure requirements, which may result in our inability to fund the necessary level of capital expenditures to maintain and expand our operations. This could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

Additional financing may not be available on terms favorable to us, if at all. If adequate financing is not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to invest in future growth opportunities, which could harm our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. If we raise additional funds through equity or convertible debt issuances, our existing stockholders may suffer significant dilution and these securities could have rights, preferences, and privileges that are superior to those of holders of our Class A common stock. If we obtain additional funds through debt financing, we may not be able to obtain such financing on terms favorable to us. There are a limited number of providers of debt, convertible debt, and equity financing and if other companies are able to offer better risk and return profiles to such parties, we may not be able to raise sufficient funds through debt, convertible debt, and equity financing in the future. Further, the current or future global macroeconomic environment could make it more difficult to raise additional capital on favorable terms, if at all. Such terms may involve restrictive covenants making it difficult to engage in capital raising activities and pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. The trading prices of recently-public companies have been highly volatile as a result of multiple factors including, the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, tensions between China and Taiwan, and instability in Venezuela, inflation and stagflation, interest rate volatility, domestic and foreign regulatory uncertainty, changes in trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs, trade controls and other trade barriers, changing appetites for risk by investors, actual or perceived instability in the banking system, and market downturns, which may reduce our ability to access capital on favorable terms or at all. In addition, a recession, depression, or other sustained adverse market event could adversely affect our business and the value of our Class A common stock. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be significantly impaired and our business may be adversely affected, requiring us to delay, reduce, or eliminate some or all of our operations. Even if we are able to raise such capital, we cannot guarantee that we will deploy it in such a fashion that allows us to achieve better operating results or grow our business.

Moreover, in order to fund investments in our infrastructure, we have pioneered and scaled innovative financing structures that have enabled us to grow our business through timely and flexible access to capital. While we expect our cost of capital to continue declining as we benefit from economies of scale and increasingly are able to access lower cost forms of financing, including asset-backed securitizations and rated parent-level debt, our ability to lower our cost of capital depends upon a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including broader macroeconomic conditions. If we are unable to continue lowering our cost of capital, our ability to effectively compete, especially with larger competitors that have greater financial and other resources, as well as our operating results, financial condition, and business, may be adversely impacted.

***In order to meet the demand for AI cloud infrastructure services, we and our partners may need to expand existing data centers through development projects or add new data centers through construction projects, each of which is a complex and capital-intensive undertaking.***

In order to meet the demand for cloud infrastructure, we have expanded, and may continue to expand existing data center campuses, lease new data center facilities or acquire suitable land to build new data centers. These development and construction projects are highly complex, capital-intensive and require a combination of scale, speed and advanced technology. Execution of these projects is extremely difficult and has multiple potential failure points that expose us to many risks, either directly or indirectly through delays or increased partner costs that are passed on to us, which could have a material, adverse effect on our operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Some of the risks associated with these projects include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• construction delays from us or our partners;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• lack of availability and delays for data center equipment, including items such as GPUs, CPUs, memory, power distribution units, switchboards, breakers, cables, and cooling equipment;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• coordination with and dependence on our third-party partners that are responsible for numerous critical aspects of these projects and may take actions that are not within our control;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the need to raise funds directly or indirectly to finance these capital-intensive projects through debt and equity financings, which may not be available to us in a sufficient amount or on reasonable terms (and our third party partners may face similar issues, which may affect us);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• increased prices or lack of availability of construction supplies, raw materials and data center equipment that either affect us indirectly through our partners or directly;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• availability of skilled labor who are able to effectively and safely work with advanced technology in demanding construction environments, as well as the potential for labor disputes and work stoppages with contractors and subcontractors used by us or our third party partners;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• environmental issues or other issues with a specific site;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• delays related to obtaining necessary permits from government agencies and utility companies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• availability of suitable sites with access to all of the features that are needed for a successful data center, such as access to power. and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• other delays stemming from the difficulties of large development and construction projects involving expensive technology.

***If we fail to efficiently enhance our platform and develop and sell new solutions and services and respond effectively to rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, changing regulations, and changing customer needs, requirements, or preferences, our platform may become less competitive.***

The market in which we compete is relatively new and subject to rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and regulatory changes, as well as changing customer needs, requirements, and preferences. The success of our business will depend, in part, on our ability to, predict, adapt, and respond effectively to these changes on a timely basis. If we are unable to develop and sell new solutions and services that satisfy and are adopted by new and existing customers and provide enhancements, new features, and capabilities to our infrastructure that keep pace with rapid technological and industry change, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be adversely affected. Further, prospective or existing customers may influence our product roadmap by requiring features optimal for their particular use case. If we are unable to adapt to meet customers' requirements, they may use competitive offerings or internal solutions that eliminate reliance on third-party providers, and our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be adversely affected. Moreover, prioritizing development of such features may require significant engineering resources and may not be compatible with the requirements of other customers, which could impact overall adoption of our platform. If new technologies emerge that limit or eliminate reliance on AI cloud platform providers like us, or that enable our competitors to deliver competitive services at lower prices, more efficiently, more conveniently, or more securely, such technologies could adversely impact our ability to compete. If our solutions do not allow us or our customers to comply with the latest regulatory requirements, sales of our platform, solutions, and services to existing customers may decrease and new customers will be less likely to adopt our platform.

Our future growth is dependent upon our ability to continue to meet the needs of new customers and the expanding needs of our existing customers as their use of our platform, solutions, and services grows. As sales of our platform grow, we will need to devote additional resources to expanding, improving, and maintaining our infrastructure and integrating with third-party hardware, software, and applications. In addition, we will need to appropriately scale our internal business systems and our services organization, including customer support, to serve our growing customer base, and to improve our IT and financial infrastructure, operating and administrative systems, and our ability to effectively manage headcount, capital and processes, including by reducing costs and inefficiencies. Any failure of, or delay in, these efforts could result in impaired system performance and reduced customer satisfaction, which would negatively impact our revenue growth and our reputation. We may not be successful in developing or implementing these technologies. In addition, it takes a significant amount of time to plan, develop, and test improvements to our technologies and infrastructure, and we may not be able to accurately forecast demand or predict the results we will realize from such improvements. In some circumstances, we may also determine to scale our technology through the acquisition of complementary businesses and technologies rather than through internal development, which may divert management's time and resources. To the extent that we do not effectively scale our operations to meet the needs of our growing customer base and to maintain performance as our customers expand their use of our services, we will not be able to grow as quickly as we anticipate, our

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customers may reduce or terminate use of our platform and we will be unable to compete as effectively and our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects will be adversely affected.

We continually work to upgrade and enhance our platform, solutions, and services in response to customer demand and to keep up with technological changes. Part of this process entails cycling out older components of our infrastructure and replacing them with the latest technology available. This requires us to make certain estimates with respect to the useful life of the components of our infrastructure and to maximize the value of the components of our infrastructure, including our GPUs, to the fullest extent possible. We cannot guarantee that our estimates will be accurate or that our attempts at maximizing value will be successful. Any changes to the significant assumptions underlying our estimates or to the estimates of our components' useful lives, or any inability to redeploy components of our existing infrastructure to extend past their contracted life could significantly affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

Our platform must also integrate with a variety of network, hardware, storage, and software technologies, and we need to continuously modify and enhance the capabilities of our platform to adapt to changes and innovation in these technologies. If our customers widely adopt new technologies, we may need to redesign parts of our platform to work with those new technologies. These development efforts may require significant engineering, operations, marketing, and sales resources, all of which would affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Any failure of our infrastructure's capabilities to operate effectively with future technologies and software platforms could reduce the demand for our platform. If we are unable to respond to these changes in a cost-effective manner, our platform may become less marketable and less competitive or obsolete, and our business may be harmed.

In addition, we must also continue to effectively manage our capital expenditures by maintaining and expanding our data center capacity, servers and equipment, grow in geographies where we currently have limited or no presence, and ensure that the performance, features, and reliability of our services and our customer service remain competitive in a rapidly changing technological environment. If we fail to manage our growth, the quality of our platform may suffer, which could negatively affect our brand and reputation and harm our ability to retain and attract customers and employees.

***The broader adoption, use, and commercialization of AI technology, and the continued rapid pace of developments in the AI field, are inherently uncertain. Failure by our customers to continue to use our CoreWeave Cloud Platform to support AI use cases in their systems, or our ability to keep up with evolving AI technology requirements and regulatory frameworks, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

As part of our growth strategy, we seek to attract and acquire customers developing, deploying and operating advanced AI models and applications, such as AI, machine learning, and automated decision-making technologies, including proprietary AI algorithms and models (collectively, "AI Technologies").

AI has been developing at a rapid pace, and continues to evolve and change. As demand continues for AI services, AI providers, including our customers, have sought increased compute capacity to enable advancements in their AI models and service the demands of end users. We cannot predict whether additional computing power will continue to be required to develop larger, more powerful AI models and products, or if the practical limits of AI technology will plateau in the future regardless of available compute capacity. For example, demand may decrease significantly for centralized computing power at large data centers if there is either a trend towards increased use of computing power for AI from personal mobile devices or a trend towards smaller data centers located closer to end users. Further, there have been recent advancements in AI technology, including open-source AI models, that may lead to compute and other efficiencies that may impact the demand for AI services, including our platform, solutions, and services, which may adversely impact our revenue and profitability. In the event that existing scaling laws do not continue to apply as they have in the past, demand by our customers for compute resources, including our solutions and services, may not continue to increase over time, or may decrease if overall demand for AI is impacted by a lack of further technological development. If we are unable to keep up with the changing AI landscape or in developing services to meet our customers' evolving AI needs, or if the AI landscape does not develop to the extent we or our customers expect, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may be adversely impacted.

Additionally, we may incur significant costs and experience significant delays in developing new solutions and services or enhancing our current platform to adapt to the changing AI landscape, and may not achieve a return on investment or capitalize on the opportunities presented by demand for AI solutions. Moreover, while we believe that AI adoption is likely to continue and may accelerate, the long-term trajectory of this technological trend is uncertain. Further, market acceptance, understanding, and valuation of solutions and services that incorporate AI Technologies are uncertain and the perceived value of AI Technologies used and/or provided by our customers could be inaccurate. If AI is not broadly adopted by enterprises to the extent we expect, or if new use cases do not arise, then our opportunity may be

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smaller than we expect. Further, if the consumer perception and perceived value of AI Technologies is inaccurate this could have a material adverse effect on our customers, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

Concerns relating to the responsible use by our customers of new and evolving technologies, such as AI, which are supported by our platform, may result in collateral reputational harm to us. AI may pose emerging ethical issues and if our platform enables customer solutions that draw controversy due to their perceived or actual impact on society, we may experience brand or reputational harm, competitive harm, or legal liability.

Furthermore, the rapid pace of innovation in the field of AI has led to developing and evolving regulatory frameworks globally, which are expected to become increasingly complex as AI continues to evolve. Regulators and lawmakers around the world have started proposing and adopting, or are currently considering, regulations and guidance specifically on the use of AI. Regulations related to AI Technologies have been introduced in the United States at the federal level and are also enacted and advancing at the state level. The difficulty of achieving compliance is exacerbated by conflicting regulations in different jurisdictions without a unified set of regulations. Conflicting regulations and new regulations may impact our customers' ability to develop, use and commercialize AI Technologies, which would impact demand for our platform, solutions, and services and may affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

AI and related industries, including cloud services, are under increasing scrutiny from regulators due to their concerns about market concentration, anti-competitive practices, environmental harm, misuse of AI (including through the use of deepfakes), and the pace of partnerships and acquisitions involving generative AI startups. As the industry continues to grow, transactions and business conduct by us, our customers and our suppliers will likely continue to draw scrutiny from regulators. Our customers may become subject to further AI regulations, including any restrictions on the total consumption of compute technology, which could cause a delay or impediment to the commercialization of AI technology and could lead to a decrease in demand for our customers' AI infrastructure needs, and may adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***Our operating results may fluctuate significantly, which could make our future results difficult to predict and could cause our operating results to fall below expectations.***

Our operating results have varied significantly from period to period in the past, and we expect that our operating results will continue to vary significantly in the future such that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be meaningful. In addition, in future periods, we may experience fluctuations in remaining performance obligations, given the nature of our committed contract business, the size of those contracts, and period-to-period variation in new business signed and revenue recognized from existing contracts. This could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Accordingly, our financial results in any one quarter should not be relied upon as indicative of future performance. Fluctuations in quarterly results may negatively impact the trading price of our Class A common stock. Our quarterly financial results may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control and may be difficult to predict, including, without limitation:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures related to the expansion of our business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any power outages, shortages, supply chain issues, capacity constraints, or significant decreases in the availability of power or increases in the cost of securing power;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• general global macroeconomic and political conditions, both domestically and in our foreign markets that could impact some or all regions where we operate, including global economic slowdowns, domestic and foreign regulatory uncertainty, changes in trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs, trade controls and other trade barriers, actual or perceived global banking and finance related issues, increased risk of inflation, stagflation, potential uncertainty with respect to the federal debt ceiling and budget and potential government shutdowns related thereto, such as the United States government shutdown in October and November of 2025, interest rate volatility, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, increases in energy costs and potential global recession;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the impact of natural or man-made global events on our business, including wars and other armed conflict, such as the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, tensions between China and Taiwan and instability in Venezuela;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in our and our customers' legal or regulatory environments, including developments in regulations relating to AI and high performance computing;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to attract new and retain existing customers, increase sales of our platform, or sell additional solutions and services to existing customers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the budgeting cycles, seasonal buying patterns, and purchasing practices of customers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the timing and length of our sales cycles;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in customer requirements or market needs;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in the growth rate of the cloud infrastructure market generally;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the timing and success of new solution and service introductions by us or our competitors or any other competitive developments, including consolidation among our customers or competitors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any disruption in our strategic relationships;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to successfully expand our business domestically and internationally;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• equity or debt financings and the capital markets environment, including interest rate changes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to reduce our cost of capital over time;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• decisions by organizations to purchase specialized AI cloud infrastructure from larger, more established vendors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to successfully and timely deliver our solutions and services to customers under our committed contracts, including due to data center lead times;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to successfully and timely deploy launches of additional data centers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the timing and success of the integration of new infrastructure, including new GPU generations, into our platform;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in our pricing policies or those of our competitors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• insolvency or credit difficulties confronting our customers, including bankruptcy or liquidation, due to individual, macroeconomic, and regulatory factors, including those specifically impacting early-stage AI ventures, affecting their ability to purchase or pay for our platform;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• significant security breaches of, technical difficulties with, or interruptions to, the use of our platform or other cybersecurity incidents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• extraordinary expenses such as litigation or other dispute-related settlement payments or outcomes, taxes, regulatory fines or penalties;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the timing of revenue recognition and revenue deferrals;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• future accounting pronouncements or changes in our accounting policies or practices;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• negative media coverage or publicity; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• increases or decreases in our expenses caused by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

Any of the above factors, individually or in the aggregate, could result in significant fluctuations in our financial condition, cash flows, and other operating results from period to period.

***We face intense competition and could lose market share to our competitors, which would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

The market for AI cloud infrastructure and software is intensely competitive and is rapidly evolving, characterized by changes in technology, customer requirements, industry standards, regulatory developments, and frequent introductions of new or improved solutions and services. We expect to continue to face intense competition from current competitors, including as our competitors complete strategic acquisitions, release new products or services, or form cooperative relationships, or as customer requirements evolve, as well as from new entrants into the market. If we are unable to anticipate or react to these challenges, our competitive position could weaken, and we would experience a decline in revenue or reduced revenue growth, and loss of market share that could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

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Our ability to compete effectively depends upon numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, including, but not limited to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any power outages, shortages, supply chain issues, capacity constraints, or significant increases in the cost of securing power or decreases in the availability of power;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to finance additional data center capacity while competing with companies in our industry that have stronger ratings from credit agencies or who have the financial support of partners with stronger ratings from credit agencies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in customer or market needs, requirements, and preferences and our ability to fulfill those needs, requirements, and preferences;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to expand and augment our platform, including through infrastructure and new technologies, or increase sales of our platform;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to attract, train, retain, and motivate talented employees;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to retain existing customers and increase sales to existing customers, as well as attract and retain new customers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the budgeting cycles, seasonal buying patterns, and purchasing practices of our customers, including any slowdown in technology spending due to changing commercial priorities or U.S. and general global macroeconomic conditions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• price competition;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• stagnation in the adoption rate or changes in the growth rate of AI and AI cloud infrastructure sectors, including due to emerging AI technologies, which may lead to further compute efficiencies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the timing and success of new solution and service introductions by us or our competitors, including new competing technologies that may displace cloud infrastructure, or any other change in the competitive landscape of our industry, including consolidation among our competitors or customers and strategic partnerships entered into by and between our competitors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in our mix of solution and services sold, including changes in the average contracted usage of our platform;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to successfully and continuously expand our business domestically and internationally;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to secure necessary financing to support our business on terms acceptable to us or at all;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• deferral of orders from customers in anticipation of new or enhanced solutions and services announced by us or our competitors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• significant security breaches of, technical difficulties with, or interruptions to the use of our platform, including data security;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the timing and costs related to the development or acquisition of technologies or businesses or entry into strategic partnerships;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to execute, complete, or efficiently integrate any acquisitions that we may undertake;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• increased expenses, unforeseen liabilities, or write-downs and any impact on our operating results from any acquisitions we pursue or consummate;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to increase the size, productivity, and coordination of our sales teams;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• decisions by potential customers to purchase cloud infrastructure and associated services from larger, more established technology companies or new market entrants;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• insolvency or credit difficulties confronting our customers, which could increase due to U.S. and global macroeconomic issues and which would adversely affect our customers' ability to purchase or pay for our platform in a timely manner or at all;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the cost and potential outcomes of litigation, regulatory investigations or actions, or other proceedings, which could have a material adverse effect on our business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• future accounting pronouncements or changes in our accounting policies;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• increases or decreases in our expenses caused by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to comply with applicable domestic and international regulations and laws and to obtain the necessary licenses and permits to conduct our business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• general global macroeconomic and political conditions, both domestically and in our foreign markets that could impact some or all regions where we operate, including global economic slowdowns, domestic and foreign regulatory uncertainty, changes in trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs, trade controls and other trade barriers, actual or perceived global banking and finance related issues, increased risk of inflation, stagflation, potential uncertainty with respect to the federal debt ceiling and budget and potential government shutdowns related thereto, such as the United States government shutdown in October and November of 2025, interest rate volatility, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and potential global recessions; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the impact of natural or man-made global events on our business, including outbreaks of contagious diseases or pandemics and wars and other armed conflicts, such as the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, the tensions between China and Taiwan, and instability in Venezuela.

Many of our competitors have greater financial, technical, marketing, sales, and other resources, greater name recognition, longer operating histories, and a larger base of customers than we do. Key competitors that offer general purpose cloud computing services as part of a broader, diversified product portfolio include Amazon (AWS), Google (Google Cloud Platform), Microsoft (Azure), and Oracle, a number of which are also our current customers. Our competitors may be able to devote significantly greater resources to the development, promotion, and sale of their solutions and services than we can, and they may offer lower pricing than we do or bundle certain competing solutions and services at lower prices. Our competitors may also have greater resources for research and development of new technologies, customer support, and to pursue acquisitions, and they have other financial, technical, or other resource advantages. Our competitors may engage in business practices that make our products and services more difficult to transition to or more expensive (for example, by charging data egress fees). Our larger competitors have substantially broader and more diverse solution and service offerings and more mature distribution and go-to-market strategies, which allows them to leverage their existing customer relationships and any distributor relationships to gain business in a manner that discourages potential customers from purchasing our platform. Further, our current and future competitors may include our customers and suppliers. If any of these customers or suppliers were to cease purchasing services from us or supplying us with components. our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects would be adversely affected.

Conditions in our market could change rapidly and significantly as a result of technological advancements, including but not limited to increased advancements and proliferation in the use of AI and high performance computing, partnerships between or acquisitions by our competitors, or continuing market consolidation, including consolidation of potential or existing customers with our competitors. Some of our competitors have recently made or could make acquisitions of businesses or have established cooperative relationships that may allow them to offer more directly competitive and comprehensive solutions and services than were previously offered and adapt more quickly to new technologies and customer needs. These competitive pressures in our market or our failure to compete effectively may result in price reductions, fewer orders, reduced revenue and operating margin, increased net losses, and loss of market share.

Even if there is significant demand for specialized AI cloud infrastructure services like ours, if our competitors include functionality that is, or is perceived to be, equivalent to or better than ours in general purpose cloud solutions and services that are already generally accepted as necessary components of an organization's operational architecture, we may face a decline or have difficulty increasing the market penetration of our platform. Furthermore, even if the functionality offered by other cloud infrastructure providers is different and more limited than the functionality of our platform, organizations may elect to accept such limited functionality in lieu of purchasing our solutions and services for a variety of reasons. If we are unable to compete successfully, or if competing successfully requires us to take aggressive action with respect to pricing or other actions, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects would be adversely affected.

***A network or data security incident against us, or our third-party providers, whether actual, alleged, or perceived, could harm our reputation, create liability and regulatory exposure, and adversely impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

Companies are subject to an increasing number, and wide variety, of attacks on their networks on an ongoing basis. Traditional computer "hackers," malicious code (such as viruses and worms), phishing attempts, ransomware, account takeover, business email compromise, employee fraud or bad actors, theft or misuse, denial of service attacks, misconfigurations, bugs, or other vulnerabilities in commercial software that is integrated into our (or our suppliers' or

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service providers') IT systems, and sophisticated nation-state sponsored actors engage in cyber intrusions and attacks that create risks for our infrastructure and the data, including personal information, which it hosts and transmits. State-supported and geopolitical-related cyberattacks may rise in connection with regional geopolitical conflicts. Additionally, bad actors often utilize AI-based tools to execute sophisticated attacks at a low cost to them, creating unprecedented cybersecurity challenges. We may be a valuable target for cyberattacks given our size, increased awareness of our company since our initial public offering and the critical data which we host and transmit.

Although we have implemented security measures designed to prevent such attacks, including mandating training for our employees, continuing to hire personnel with cybersecurity expertise, and reviewing our third-party providers' security measures, we cannot guarantee that such measures will operate effectively to protect our and our third-party providers' infrastructure, systems, networks, and physical facilities from breach due to the actions of outside parties or human error, malfeasance, insider threats, system errors or vulnerabilities, insufficient cybersecurity controls, a combination of the foregoing, or otherwise, and as a result, an unauthorized party may obtain access to our, our third-party providers' or our customers' systems, networks, or data. The techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to systems or sabotage systems, or disable or degrade services, change frequently and are often unrecognizable until launched against a target, and therefore we may be unable to anticipate these techniques and implement adequate preventative measures. Our servers may be vulnerable to computer viruses or physical or electronic break-ins that our security measures may not detect. Protecting our own assets has become more expensive and these costs may increase as we gain more assets and as the threat landscape increases, including as a result of bad actors misusing AI. We may face difficulties or delays in identifying or otherwise responding to any attacks or actual or potential security breaches or threats. These risks are exacerbated by developments in generative AI. A breach in our or our third-party providers' data security or an attack against our platform could and have impacted our infrastructure and systems, creating system disruptions or slowdowns and providing access to malicious parties to information hosted and transmitted by our infrastructure, resulting in data, including the data of our customers, being publicly disclosed, misused, altered, lost, or stolen, which could subject us to liability and reputational harm and adversely affect our financial condition. While to date no incidents have had a material impact on our operations or financial results, we cannot guarantee that material incidents will not occur in the future. If compromised, our own systems could be used to facilitate or magnify an attack. Further, the increase in remote work by companies and individuals in recent years has generally increased the attack surface available to bad actors for exploitation, and as such, the risk of a cybersecurity incident potentially occurring has increased. Finally, we have acquired and expect to continue to acquire companies with cybersecurity vulnerabilities or unsophisticated security measures, which exposes us to significant cybersecurity, operational and financial risks.

Any actual, alleged, or perceived security breach in our third-party providers' or partners' systems or networks, or any other actual, alleged or perceived data security breach that we or our third-party providers or partners suffer, could result in damage to our reputation, negative publicity, loss of customers and sales, loss of competitive advantages over our competitors, increased costs to remedy any problems and otherwise respond to any incident, regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, fines and penalties, costly litigation (including class actions), and other liability. We would also be exposed to a risk of loss or litigation and potential liability under laws, regulations, and contracts that protect the privacy and security of personal information. For a description of the privacy and security laws, regulations and other industry requirements to which our business is subject, see the risk factor below "—We are subject to laws, regulations, and industry requirements related to data privacy, data protection and information security, and user protection across different markets where we conduct our business and such laws, regulations, and industry requirements are constantly evolving and changing. Any actual or perceived failure to comply with such laws, regulations, and industry requirements, or our privacy policies, could harm our business."

Due to concerns about data security and integrity, a growing number of legislative and regulatory bodies have adopted breach notification and other requirements in the event that information subject to such laws is accessed by unauthorized persons and additional regulations regarding security of such data are possible. We may need to notify governmental authorities and affected individuals with respect to such incidents. For example, laws in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States may require businesses to provide notice to individuals whose personal information has been disclosed as a result of a data security breach. Complying with such numerous and complex regulations in the event of a data security breach can be expensive and difficult, and failure to comply with these regulations could subject us to regulatory scrutiny and additional liability. In addition, certain of our customer agreements, as well as privacy laws, may require us to promptly report security incidents involving our systems or those of our third-party partners that compromise the security, confidentiality, or integrity of certain processed customer data. Regardless of our contractual protections, these mandatory disclosures could be costly, result in litigation, harm our reputation, erode customer trust, and require significant resources to mitigate issues stemming from actual or perceived security breaches. 

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Although we maintain cybersecurity insurance, there can be no guarantee that any or all costs or losses incurred will be partially or fully recouped from such insurance or that applicable insurance in the future will be available on economically reasonable terms or at all. Furthermore, our insurance coverage may not extend to all risks we face.

We may also incur significant financial and operational costs to investigate, remediate, eliminate, and put in place additional tools and devices designed to prevent actual or perceived security breaches and other security incidents, as well as costs to comply with any notification obligations resulting from any security incidents. Any of these negative outcomes could adversely affect the market perception of infrastructure and customer and investor confidence in our company, and would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

Further, from time to time, government entities (including law enforcement bodies) may in the future seek our assistance with obtaining access to our customers' data. Although we strive to protect the privacy of our customers, we may be required from time to time to provide government entities with access to customer data. In light of our privacy commitments, although we may legally challenge law enforcement requests to provide access to our systems or other customer content, we may nevertheless face complaints that we have provided information improperly to law enforcement or in response to non-meritorious third-party complaints. We may experience adverse political, business, and reputational consequences, to the extent that we do not provide assistance to or comply with requests from government entities in the manner requested or challenge those requests publicly or in court or provide, or are perceived as providing, assistance to government entities that exceeds our legal obligations. Any such disclosure could significantly and adversely impact our business and reputation.

***We have a history of generating net losses as a result of the substantial investments we have made to grow our business and develop our platform, anticipate increases in our operating expenses in the future, and may not achieve or, if achieved, sustain profitability. If we cannot achieve and, if achieved, sustain profitability, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects will be adversely affected.***

We incurred net losses of $1.2 billion, $863 million, and $594 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, and we may not achieve or, if achieved, sustain profitability in the future. As of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $2.6 billion. While we have historically experienced significant growth in revenue over the last three years, we cannot predict whether we will maintain this level of growth or when we will achieve positive net income. We also expect our operating expenses to increase in the future, including our general and administrative expenses as a result of increased costs associated with operating as a public company and as we continue to invest for our future growth, including expanding our research and development function to drive further development of our platform, continuing to invest in the technology infrastructure underlying our platform and data center expansion, expanding our sales and marketing activities, developing the functionality to expand into adjacent markets, and reaching customers in new geographic locations and new verticals, which will negatively affect our operating results if our total revenue does not increase.

Our operating efficiencies may decrease as we continue to scale, and our revenue growth may slow or become negative as we mature. Our revenue could also decline for a number of other reasons, including reduced demand for our offerings, increased competition, a decrease in the growth or reduction in size of our overall market, an inability to obtain future financing on acceptable terms, or if we cannot capitalize on growth opportunities, including acquisitions and through new and enhanced solutions and services. Furthermore, if we fail to maintain or increase our revenue to offset increases in our operating expenses or manage our costs as we invest in our business, including if we do not maintain or improve our operating efficiencies, we may not achieve or sustain profitability, and if we cannot achieve and sustain profitability, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects will be adversely affected.

***We make substantial investments in our technology and infrastructure and unsuccessful investments could materially adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

The industry in which we compete is characterized by continuous, rapid technological change, modifications in customer requirements, frequent new product and service introductions and enhancements, short product cycles, and evolving industry standards. In order to remain competitive, we have made, and expect to continue to make, significant investments in our technology, solutions, and infrastructure. If we fail to further develop our platform or develop new and enhanced solutions, services, and technologies, if we focus on technologies, products, or services that do not become widely adopted, or if new competitive technologies or industry standards that we do not support become widely accepted, demand for our solutions and services may be reduced. Increased investments in technology and infrastructure or unsuccessful improvement efforts could cause our cost structure to fall out of alignment with demand for our solutions and services, which would have a negative impact on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

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***Our platform is complex and performance problems or defects associated with our platform may adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

It may become increasingly difficult to maintain and improve our platform performance, especially during peak demand spikes and as our customer base grows and our platform becomes more complex. If our platform is unavailable or if our customers are unable to access our platform within a reasonable amount of time or at all or if our platform's performance declines, we could experience a loss of customers, lost or delayed market acceptance of our platform, delays in payment to us by customers or issuance of credits to impacted customers, injury to our reputation and brand, warranty and legal claims against us, significant cost of remedying these problems, and the diversion of our resources. For example, in the past, we have experienced, and we may in the future experience, insufficient power to service a customer's project, which instance was viewed as a performance issue, and have been required to provide service credits to that customer due to resulting performance issues. In addition, to the extent that we do not effectively address capacity constraints, upgrade our systems as needed, and continually develop our technology and network architecture to accommodate actual and anticipated changes in technology, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects, as well as our reputation, may be adversely affected.

Further, the hardware and software technology underlying our platform is inherently complex and may contain material defects or errors, particularly when new technologies, solutions and services are first introduced or when new features or capabilities are released. We have from time to time found defects or errors in our platform, and new defects or errors may be detected in the future by us or our customers. We cannot ensure that our platform, including any new solutions and services that we release, will not contain defects. Any real or perceived errors, failures, vulnerabilities, or bugs in our platform could result in negative publicity or lead to data security, access, retention, or other performance issues, all of which could harm our business. We also rely on third-party suppliers for the most significant components of the equipment we use to operate our infrastructure. These third-party suppliers may also experience defects or errors in the products that we utilize in our platform, which would impact our platform and may result in performance problems or service interruptions. The costs incurred in correcting any such defects or errors, including those in third-party components, may be substantial and could harm our business. Moreover, the harm to our reputation and legal liability related to such defects or errors may be substantial and could similarly harm our business.

In addition, most of our customer agreements and terms of service contain service level commitments. If we are unable to meet the stated service level commitments due to performance problems or defects, we may be contractually obligated to provide the affected customers with service credits or refunds, which could significantly affect our revenue in the periods in which any issues occur and the credits or refunds are applied. As a result of degradation of service and interruptions to our platform, we have provided, and may continue to provide, service credits and/or refunds to certain of our affected customers with whom we had service level commitments. We could also face customer terminations due to an inability to meet our service level commitments. These terminations could force us to provide refunds of prepaid amounts, or make other payments to the customer, or result in our failure to receive future payments under the associated contract, which could significantly affect both our current and future revenues. Any service level failures would harm our reputation, business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***Any failure of our IT systems or those of one or more of our IT service providers, business partners, vendors, suppliers, or other third-party service providers, or any other failure by such third parties to provide services to us may negatively impact our relationships with customers and harm our business.***

Our business depends on various IT systems (custom built, third party and open source) and outsourced IT services. We rely on third-party IT service providers, business partners, vendors, and suppliers to provide critical IT systems, corporate infrastructure, and other services and are, by necessity, dependent on them to adequately address cybersecurity threats to, and other vulnerabilities, defects, or deficiencies of or in their own systems. This includes infrastructure such as electronic communications, collaboration platforms, finance, marketing, recruiting and other business platforms and services such as IT network development and network monitoring, and third-party data center hosting of our systems for our internal and for our customers' use. We do not own or control the operation of the third-party facilities or equipment used to provide such services. Our third-party vendors and service providers have no obligation to renew their agreements with us on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we are unable to renew these agreements on commercially reasonable terms, including with respect to service levels and cost, or at all, we may be required to transition to a new provider, and we may incur significant costs and possible service interruption in connection with doing so. In addition, such service providers could decide to close their facilities or change or suspend their service offerings without adequate or any prior notice to us. Moreover, any financial difficulties, such as bankruptcy, faced by such vendors, the nature and extent of which are difficult to predict, may harm our business. Since we cannot easily switch vendors without incurring expenses, diverting our management's and other employees' attention, and making other business trade-offs, any disruption with

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respect to our current providers would impact our operations and our business may be harmed. Furthermore, our disaster recovery systems and those of such third parties may not function as intended or may fail to adequately protect our or our customers' business information in the event of a significant business interruption. Any termination, failure, or other disruption of any of such systems or services of our third-party IT providers, business partners, vendors, and suppliers could lead to expenses, delays, operating inefficiencies, or disruptions, which could harm our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***We have a limited operating history at our current scale, which makes it difficult to evaluate our current business and prospects and increases the risks associated with investment in our Class A common stock.***

We have a relatively short history operating our business at our current scale and have grown rapidly during that time. We were founded in September 2017 and launched our CoreWeave Cloud Platform in 2020. Moreover, prior to 2022, we had limited revenue, most of which was derived from our past crypto mining offerings, which were discontinued. Our limited operating history, including our limited history of selling our current AI cloud services offerings, the dynamic and rapidly evolving market in which we sell our platform, the concentration of our revenue from a limited number of customers, our capital expenditure needs, and our limited number of suppliers, as well as numerous other factors beyond our control, may make it difficult to evaluate our current business, prospects and other trends. We have encountered, and will continue to encounter, risks and uncertainties frequently experienced by growing companies in rapidly changing industries and sectors, such as the risks and uncertainties described herein. Any predictions about our future revenue and expenses may not be as accurate as they would be if we had a longer operating history or operated in a more predictable or established market. If our assumptions regarding these risks and uncertainties are incorrect or change due to fluctuations in our markets, any material reduction in AI or high performance computing spending, changes in demand for specialized AI cloud infrastructure services, or otherwise, or if we do not address these risks successfully, our operating and financial results could differ materially from our expectations and our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects would be adversely affected. We cannot offer any assurance that we will be successful in addressing these and other challenges we may face in the future. The risks associated with having a limited operating history may be exacerbated by current macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions discussed herein.

***We have a limited history selling access to our platform under our current business model and are continuing to scale our operations and evolve our go-to-market strategy, which may make it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects and increase the risks associated with an investment in our Class A common stock.***

We have a limited history selling access to our AI infrastructure cloud services and proprietary managed software and application services through our CoreWeave Cloud Platform under our current business model and we are continuing to scale our operations and evolve our go-to-market strategy. We currently sell access to our platform either through committed contracts, which are take-or-pay, or on-demand, which are pay-as-you-go. For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, committed contracts accounted for over 98%, 96% and 88% of our revenue, respectively. There is no guarantee that in the future customers will continue to be willing to enter into, and that the industry will continue to support, a take-or-pay model, and any move towards a pay-as-you-go and other consumption-based models will impact our ability to forecast our expected cash flows and operating results, impact our margins, and affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Moreover, our committed contracts typically include a prepayment from our customers prior to them receiving access to our services. As of December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, the weighted-average prepayment across all our active contracts was 15% to 25% of the TCV. The level of prepayments we receive from customers may fluctuate over time as we continue to scale our operations and evolve our go-to-market strategy, customer base, and the use cases for our platform. Moreover, any changes in the timing or level of customer payments, including prepayments, would impact our cash flows. Furthermore, scaling our operations and evolving our go-to-market strategy may take more time and require more effort to implement than anticipated and may have results that are difficult to predict which could result in decreased revenue from our customers and could affect our ability to achieve profitability. Our business and pricing models have not been fully proven, and we have only a limited operating history with our current business and pricing models to evaluate our business and prospects, which subjects us to a number of uncertainties, including our ability to plan for and model future growth. Moreover, our historical revenue growth should not be considered indicative of our future performance.

***If we are unable to attract new customers, retain existing customers, and/or expand sales of our platform, solutions, and services to such customers, we may not achieve the growth we expect, which would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

In order to grow our business, we must continue to attract new customers in a cost-effective manner and enable these customers to realize the benefits associated with our platform. We may experience difficulties demonstrating to customers the value of our platform and any new solutions and services that we offer. As we develop and introduce new solutions and

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services and add new and upgraded components of our platform (such as our expected deployment of the NVIDIA Rubin platform in the second half of 2026), we face the risk that customers may not value or be willing to adopt these newer offerings, and may forgo adopting one or more newer generations of our existing offerings. Regardless of the improved features or superior performance of the newer offerings, customers may be unwilling to adopt our platform due to design or pricing constraints, among other reasons. Even if customers choose to adopt our platform or new solutions and services that we develop, they may be slow to do so. Because of the extensive time and resources that we invest in research and development, if we are unable to sell new solutions and services, our revenue may decline and our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be negatively affected. Historically, we have used an internal sales team that is focused on responding to inbound inquiries, outbound prospecting targeting specific customers, expanding sales of our platform to existing customers, and expanding our revenue in specific markets to drive revenue growth. If our sales team is not successful at growing our customer base, our future growth will be impacted.

In addition, we must persuade potential customers that our platform offers significant advantages over those of our competitors. As our market matures, our solutions and services evolve, and competitors introduce lower cost and/or differentiated solutions or services that are perceived to compete with our platform, our ability to maintain or expand sales of our platform, solutions, and services could be impaired. Even if we do attract new customers, the cost of new customer acquisition, implementation of our platform, and ongoing customer support may prove higher than anticipated, thereby adversely impacting our profitability.

Other factors, many of which are out of our control, may now or in the future impact our ability to retain existing customers, attract new customers, and expand sales of our platform, solutions, and services to such customers in a cost-effective manner, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• potential customers' commitments to existing solutions or services or greater familiarity or comfort with other solutions or services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to secure sufficient power for our platform and solutions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• decreased spending on specialized AI cloud infrastructure services or AI or high performance computing development generally;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• deteriorating general economic and geopolitical conditions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• future governmental regulation, which could adversely impact growth of the AI sector;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• negative media, industry, or financial analyst commentary regarding our company, our platform, AI, and the identities and activities of some of our customers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to expand, retain, and motivate our sales, customer success, cloud operations, and marketing personnel;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to obtain or maintain industry security certifications for our platform and, with respect to public sector customers, our ability to navigate factors such as budget cycles, procurement rules, eligibility criteria and domestic preference rules;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the perceived risk, commencement, or outcome of litigation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• increased expenses associated with being a public company.

Some of our customer contracts are on-demand and pay-as-you-go based on our terms of service. As a result, customers with on-demand arrangements do not commit to a specific contractual period, and are permitted to terminate their contracts or decrease usage of our services with limited notice. Any service terminations could cause our operating results to fluctuate from period to period. Our customer retention may decline or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including our customers' satisfaction with the security, performance, and reliability of our platform, our prices and usage plans, our customers' AI development and use and related budgetary restrictions, the perception that competitive solutions and services provide better or less expensive options, negative public perception of us or our customers, and deteriorating general economic conditions.

Our future financial performance also depends in part on our ability to expand sales of our platform, solutions, and services to our existing customers. In order to expand our commercial relationship with our customers, existing customers must decide that the increased cost associated with additional purchases of our platform, solutions, and services is justified by the additional functionality. Our customers' decision whether to increase their purchase is driven by a number of factors, including customer satisfaction with the security, performance, and reliability of our platform, the functionality of any new

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solutions and services we may offer, general economic conditions, and customer reaction to our pricing model. If our efforts to expand our relationship with our existing customers are not successful, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may materially suffer.

***If we are unable to successfully build, expand, and deploy our sales organization in a timely manner, or at all, or to successfully hire, retain, train, and motivate our sales personnel, our growth and long-term success could be adversely impacted.***

We have grown, and may continue to grow, our direct sales force and our sales efforts have historically depended on the significant direct involvement of our senior management team, including Michael Intrator, our Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of our board of directors. The successful execution of our strategy to increase our sales to existing customers, identify new potential customers, expand our customer base, and enter new U.S. and non-U.S. markets will depend, among other things, on our ability to successfully build and expand our sales organization and operations. We appointed our Chief Revenue Officer in October 2025 and have dedicated, and plan to continue to dedicate, significant resources to sales and marketing programs and to expand our sales and marketing capabilities to target additional potential customers and achieve broader market adoption of our platform. However, there is no guarantee that we will be successful in attracting and maintaining additional customers. Moreover, identifying, recruiting, training, and managing sales personnel requires significant time, expense, and attention, including from our senior management and other key personnel, which could adversely impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects in the short and long term.

In order to successfully scale our current top-down sales model and as AI use cases expand, we may need to increase the size of our direct sales force, both in the United States and outside of the United States, while preserving the cultural and mission-oriented elements of our company. If we do not hire a sufficient number of qualified sales personnel or if the sales personnel that we retain are not coordinated to achieve our goals, our future revenue growth and business could be adversely impacted. It may take a significant period of time before our sales personnel are fully trained and productive, particularly in light of our current sales model, and there is no guarantee we will be successful in adequately training and effectively deploying our sales personnel. In addition, we have invested, and may need to continue investing, significant resources in our sales operations to enable our sales organization to run effectively and efficiently, including supporting sales strategy planning, sales process optimization, data analytics and reporting, and administering incentive compensation arrangements. Furthermore, hiring personnel in new countries requires additional setup and upfront costs that we may not recover if those personnel fail to achieve full productivity in a timely manner. Our business would be adversely affected if our efforts to build, expand, train, and manage our sales organization are not successful. We periodically make adjustments to our sales organization in response to market opportunities, competitive threats, management changes, product introductions or enhancements, acquisitions, sales performance, increases in sales headcount, cost levels, and other internal and external considerations. Any future sales organization changes may result in a temporary reduction of productivity, which could negatively affect our rate of growth. In addition, any significant change to the way we structure and implement the compensation of our sales organization may be disruptive or may not be effective and may affect our revenue growth. If we are unable to attract, hire, develop, retain, and motivate qualified sales personnel, if our new sales personnel are unable to achieve sufficient sales productivity levels in a reasonable period of time or at all, if our marketing programs are not effective or if we are unable to effectively build, expand, and manage our sales organization and operations, our sales and revenue may grow more slowly than expected or materially decline, and our business, operating results, financing condition, and prospects may be significantly harmed.

***If we do not or cannot maintain the compatibility of our platform with our customers' existing technology, including third-party technologies that our customers use in their businesses, our business may be adversely affected.***

The functionality and popularity of our platform depend, in part, on our ability to integrate our platform with our customers' existing technology, including other third-party technologies that our customers use in their businesses. Our customers, or the third parties whose solutions and services our customers utilize, may change the features of their technologies, restrict our access to their technologies, or alter the terms governing use of their technologies in a manner that makes our platform incompatible with their technologies, and which would adversely impact our ability to service our customers. Such changes could functionally limit or prevent our ability to use these third-party technologies in conjunction with our platform, which would negatively affect the adoption of our platform and harm our business. If we fail to integrate our platform with our customers' technologies and with third-party technologies that our customers use, we may not be able to offer the functionality that our customers want or need, which could adversely impact our business.

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***If we are not able to maintain and enhance our brand, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may be adversely affected.***

We believe that maintaining and enhancing our brand and our reputation is critical to continued market acceptance of our platform, our relationship with our existing customers and our ability to attract new customers. The successful promotion of our brand will depend on a number of factors, including our ability to continue to provide reliable solutions and services that continue to meet the needs of our customers at competitive prices, our ability to successfully differentiate our platform from those of competitors, and the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. Further, industry standards continue to evolve and there is no consensus around performance benchmarks applied to us and our competitors, which may impact our ability to promote our platform and our brand. Although we believe it is important for our growth, our brand promotion activities may not be successful or yield increased revenue, and even if they do, any increased revenue may not offset the expenses we incur in building our brand. If we fail to successfully promote and maintain our brand, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may be harmed.

In addition, independent industry and research firms often evaluate our offerings and provide reviews of our platform, as well as the solutions and services of our competitors, and perception of our platform in the marketplace may be significantly influenced by these reviews. If these reviews are negative, or less positive as compared to those of our competitors' solutions and services, our brand may be adversely affected. Our offerings may experience capacity and operational issues for a number of reasons that may or may not be related to the efficacy of our offerings in real world environments. To the extent potential customers, industry analysts, or research firms believe that the occurrence of capacity or computing issues is a flaw or indicates that our platform does not provide significant value, we may lose such potential customer opportunities, and our reputation, business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may be harmed.

***As we expand our customer base, we may become further subject to counterparty credit risk, which would adversely impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

Although we currently generate the majority of our revenue from large, established customers in the AI industry, we intend to increase the number of our customers over time, including customers in their early stages and/or private companies that may have increased risk of insolvency, bankruptcy, or other issues impacting their creditworthiness. For example, in March 2025, we entered into a master services agreement with OpenAI, a private company, pursuant to which OpenAI has committed to pay us up to approximately $11.9 billion through October 2030. Other significant customers include Microsoft and Meta. Our business is, and may in the future be, subject to the risks of non-payment and non-performance by these customers, which risk is heightened given that a substantial portion of our revenue is currently, and is expected for the foreseeable future to be, driven by a limited number of customers. We manage our exposure to credit risk through receipt of prepayments under our committed contracts, credit analysis and monitoring procedures, and may use letters of credit, prepayments, and guarantees. However, these procedures and policies cannot fully eliminate customer credit risk, and to the extent our policies and procedures prove to be inadequate, it could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. In addition, some of our customers may be highly leveraged and subject to their own operating, financial and regulatory risks and, even if our credit review and analysis mechanisms work properly, we may experience risks of non-payment and non-performance in our dealings with such parties. In such event, we may have excess capacity and may remain responsible for expenditures for components, infrastructure, and data center leases and build-outs, as well as related financing that we have undertaken for which we may not receive corresponding revenue. No assurance can be made that customers that we believe to be credit-worthy will continue to be credit-worthy in the future. We do not currently maintain credit insurance to insure against customer credit risk. If our customers fail to fulfill their contractual obligations, it may have an adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***Our long-term success depends, in part, on our ability to expand the sale of our platform to customers located outside of the United States and our current, and any further, expansion of our international operations exposes us to risks that could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

We generate a small portion of our revenue outside of the United States, and conduct our business activities in various foreign countries, where we have limited experience, where the challenges of conducting our business can be significantly different from those we have faced in more developed markets and where business practices may create internal control risks. Such risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects and could include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• slower than anticipated demand for AI and high performance computing solutions offered by existing and potential customers outside the United States and slower than anticipated adoption of specialized AI cloud-based infrastructures services by international businesses;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which could add volatility to our operating results;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• limitations within our debt agreements that may restrict our ability to make investments in our foreign subsidiaries;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• new, or changes in, regulatory requirements, including with respect to AI;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• tariffs, export and import restrictions, restrictions on foreign investments, sanctions, and other trade barriers or protection measures;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• exposure to numerous, increasing, stringent (particularly in the European Union), and potentially inconsistent laws and regulations relating to privacy, data protection, and information security;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• requirements and costs of localizing our platform;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• lack of acceptance of localized solutions and services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the need to make significant investments in personnel, solutions, and infrastructure, typically well in advance of revenue generation;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• challenges inherent in efficiently managing an increased number of employees over large geographic distances, including the need to implement appropriate systems, policies, benefits, and compliance programs;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• difficulties in maintaining our corporate culture with a dispersed and distant workforce;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• treatment of revenue from international sources, evolving domestic and international tax environments, and other potential tax issues, including with respect to our corporate operating structure and intercompany arrangements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• different or weaker protection of our intellectual property, including increased risk of theft of our proprietary technology and other intellectual property;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• economic weakness or currency-related disparities or crises;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• compliance with multiple, conflicting, ambiguous or evolving governmental laws and regulations, including employment, tax, data privacy, anti-corruption, import/export, antitrust, ESG requirements, data transfer, storage and protection, and industry-specific laws and regulations, including regulations related to AI;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• generally longer payment cycles and greater difficulty in collecting accounts receivable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to adapt to sales practices and customer requirements in different cultures;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the lack of reference customers and other marketing assets in regional markets that are new or developing for us, as well as other adaptations in our market generation efforts that we may be slow to identify and implement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• dependence on certain third parties, including third-party data center facility providers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• natural disasters, acts of war, terrorism, or pandemics, including the armed conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, tensions between China and Taiwan, and instability in Venezuela;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• actual or perceived instability in the global banking system;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• cybersecurity incidents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• corporate espionage; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• political instability and security risks in the countries where we are doing business and changes in the public perception of governments in the countries where we operate or plan to operate.

***Our sales cycles can be long and unpredictable, and our sales efforts require considerable time and expense.***

Our go-to-market approach currently focuses on a top-down sales model to drive demand and pipeline from a limited number of large AI labs and AI enterprises. Sales to such customers involve longer and more unpredictable sales cycles. Such customers often view the purchase of our platform as a significant strategic decision and, as a result, frequently require considerable time to evaluate, test, and qualify our platform prior to entering into or expanding a relationship with us. Large enterprises in particular, often undertake a significant evaluation process that further lengthens our sales cycle.

Our direct sales team develops relationships with our customers, and works on account penetration, account coordination, sales, and overall market development. We spend substantial time and resources on our sales efforts without

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any assurance that our efforts will produce a sale. Cloud infrastructure capacity purchases are frequently subject to budget constraints, multiple levels of approvals within an organization, and unanticipated administrative, processing, and other delays. As a result, it is difficult to predict whether and when a sale will be completed. The failure of our efforts to secure sales after investing resources in a lengthy sales process would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***The sales prices of our offerings may decrease, which may reduce our revenue and margins and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

We have limited experience with respect to determining the optimal prices for our platform. As the market for cloud infrastructure and AI and high performance computing solutions matures, or as new competitors introduce new infrastructure solutions or services that are similar to or compete with ours, we may be unable to effectively optimize our prices through increases or decreases or attract new customers at our offered prices or based on the same pricing model as we have used historically. Further, competition continues to increase in the market segments in which we participate, and we expect competition to materially increase in the future, thereby leading to additional pricing pressures. Larger competitors with more diverse offerings may reduce the price of any offerings that compete with ours or may bundle them with other solutions and services that are not available to us. This could lead our customers to demand greater price concessions or additional functionality at the same price levels. As a result, in the future we may be required to reduce our prices or provide more features and services without being able to recoup our investment with corresponding increases in price, which would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***Existing and future acquisitions, strategic investments, partnerships, or alliances could be difficult to identify and integrate, divert the attention of key management personnel, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value, and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

As part of our business strategy, we have in the past and expect to continue to make investments in and/or acquire complementary companies, services, products, technologies, or talent. For example, we have recently announced a number of acquisitions. Our ability as an organization to acquire and integrate other companies, services, or technologies in a successful manner is not guaranteed.

We have also invested, including in the form of providing computing services, in certain privately held companies, and we may not realize a return on these investments. All of our acquisitions and venture investments are subject to a risk of partial or total loss of investment capital.

In the future, we may not be able to find suitable acquisition candidates, and we may not be able to complete such acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all. Our due diligence efforts may fail to identify all of the challenges, problems, liabilities, or other shortcomings involved in an acquisition. Further, current and future changes to the U.S. and foreign regulatory approval process and requirements related to acquisitions may cause approvals to take longer than anticipated, not be forthcoming or contain burdensome conditions, which may prevent a transaction or jeopardize, delay or reduce the anticipated benefits of a transaction, and impede the execution of our business strategy. We may not ultimately strengthen our competitive position or ability to achieve our business objectives following our recent acquisitions or any additional acquisitions, and any of our recent acquisitions or additional acquisitions that we announce or complete could be viewed negatively by our customers or investors.

In addition, if we are unsuccessful at integrating existing and future acquisitions, or the technologies and personnel associated with such acquisitions, into our company, the business, operating results, financing condition, and prospects of the combined company could be adversely affected. For example, in November 2025, we acquired Monolith AI Limited, a pioneer in applying artificial intelligence and high performance computing to solve complex physics and engineering challenges. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts to integrate Monolith AI Limited, its employees, and its products into our platform. Any integration process may require significant time and resources, and we may not be able to manage the process successfully. We may not successfully evaluate or utilize the acquired technology or personnel, or accurately forecast the financial impact of an acquisition transaction, causing unanticipated write-offs or accounting (including goodwill) charges. Additionally, integrations could take longer than expected, or we may fail to achieve the desired efficiencies.

We have, and may in the future have, to pay cash, incur debt, issue equity securities or provide computing services, to pay for any such acquisition, each of which could adversely affect our financial condition and the market price of our Class A common stock. The sale of equity or issuance of convertible debt to finance any such acquisitions could result in dilution to our stockholders, which, depending on the size of the acquisition, may be significant. The incurrence of

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indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could also include covenants or other restrictions that would impede our ability to manage our operations.

Furthermore, our ability to make acquisitions and finance acquisitions through the sale of equity or issuance of debt is limited by certain restrictions contained in our debt agreements.

Additional risks we may face in connection with acquisitions include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• diversion of management's time and focus from operating our business to addressing acquisition integration challenges;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the inability to coordinate research and development and sales and marketing functions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the inability to integrate solution and service offerings;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the need to meet all conditions to closing of an acquisition, which may not all be achieved on a timely manner or at all;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• retention of key employees from the acquired company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in relationships with strategic partners or the loss of any key customers or partners as a result of acquisitions or strategic positioning resulting from the acquisition;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• cultural challenges associated with integrating employees from the acquired company into our organization;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• integration of an acquired company's accounting, customer relationship management, management information, human resources, and other administrative systems;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the need to implement or improve controls, procedures, and policies at a business that prior to the acquisition may have lacked sufficiently effective controls, procedures, and policies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• unexpected security risks or higher than expected costs to improve the security posture of the acquired company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• higher than expected costs to bring the acquired company's IT infrastructure up to our standards;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• additional legal, regulatory, or compliance requirements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• financial reporting, revenue recognition, or other financial or control deficiencies of the acquired company that we do not adequately address and that cause our reported results to be incorrect;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• liability for activities of the acquired company before the acquisition, including intellectual property infringement claims, violations of laws, commercial disputes, tax liabilities, and other known and unknown liabilities;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• failing to achieve the expected benefits of the acquisition or investment at all or within the anticipated time frame; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• litigation or other claims in connection with the acquired company, including claims from or against terminated employees, customers, current and former stockholders, or other third parties.

Our failure to address these risks or other problems encountered in connection with acquisitions and investments could cause us to fail to realize the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions or investments, including any anticipated cost savings and operations or growth opportunities, cause us to incur unanticipated liabilities, and harm our business generally.

***We have in the past, and may in the future, enter into collaborations or strategic alliances with third parties. If we are unsuccessful in establishing or maintaining strategic relationships with these third parties or if these third parties fail to deliver certain operational services, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be adversely affected.***

We have in the past, and may in the future, enter into collaborations or strategic alliances with third parties in connection with the development, operation, and enhancements to our platform and the provision of our solutions and services. For example, in January 2026, we announced that we entered into a collaboration framework with NVIDIA Corporation to expand our long-standing complementary relationship to advance AI adoption at global scale. Identifying strategic relationships with third parties, and negotiating and documenting relationships with them, may be time-consuming and complex and may distract management. Moreover, we may be delayed, or may not be successful, in achieving the

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objectives that we anticipate as a result of such strategic relationships. In evaluating counterparties in connection with collaborations or strategic alliances, we consider a wide range of economic, legal, and regulatory criteria depending on the nature of such relationship, including the counterparties' reputation, operating results, and financial condition, operational ability to satisfy our and our customers' needs in a timely manner, efficiency and reliability of systems, certifications costs to us or to our customers, and licensure and compliance status. Despite this evaluation, third parties may still not meet our or our customers' needs which may adversely affect our ability to deliver solutions and services to customers and may adversely impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Counterparties to any strategic relationship may have economic or business interests or goals that are, or that may become, inconsistent with our business interests or goals, and may subject us to additional risks to the extent such third party becomes the subject of negative publicity, faces its own litigation or regulatory challenges, or faces other adverse circumstances. Conflicts may arise with our strategic partners, such as the interpretation of significant terms under any agreement, which may result in litigation or arbitration which would increase our expenses and divert the attention of our management. If we are unsuccessful in establishing or maintaining strategic relationships with third parties, our ability to compete or to grow our revenue could be impaired and our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be adversely affected.

***The anticipated benefits of potential joint ventures may not be fully realized or take longer to realize than expected. In addition, our joint venture investments could expose us to risks and liabilities in connection with the formation of new joint ventures, the operation of such joint ventures without sole decision-making authority, and our reliance on joint venture partners who may have economic and business interests that are inconsistent with our business interests.***

We have in the past, and may in the future, enter into joint ventures in the future, including to develop and operate data centers. Certain sites that are intended to be utilized in joint ventures require investment for development. For example, in June 2025, we entered into a joint venture with a third-party infrastructure developer, to support the acquisition and development of a multi-phase data center campus in Kenilworth, New Jersey. The success of these joint ventures will also depend, in part, on the successful development of the data center sites, and we may not realize all of the anticipated benefits. Such development may be more difficult, time-consuming, or costly than expected and could result in increased costs, decreases in the amount of expected revenues, and diversion of management's time and energy, which could materially impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Additionally, if it is determined these sites are no longer desirable for the joint ventures, we would need to adapt such sites for other purposes.

The success of any joint ventures will depend, in part, on the successful relationship between us and our joint venture partners. A failure to successfully partner, or a failure to realize our expectations for the joint ventures, including any contemplated exit strategy from a joint venture, could materially impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. These joint ventures could also be negatively impacted by inflation, supply chain issues, an inability to obtain financing on favorable terms or at all, an inability to fill the data center sites with customers as planned, and development and construction delays.

Further, in the future, we may co-invest with other third parties through partnerships, joint ventures, or other entities in the future. These joint ventures could result in our acquisition of non-controlling interests in, or shared responsibility for, managing the affairs of a property or portfolio of properties, partnership, joint venture, or other entity. We may be subject to additional risks, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• we may not have the right to exercise sole decision-making authority regarding the properties, partnership, joint venture, or other entity;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if our partners become bankrupt or fail to fund their share of required capital contributions, we may choose to or be required to contribute such capital;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our partners may have economic, tax, or other business interests or goals which are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, and may be in a position to take actions contrary to our interests or objectives;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our joint venture partners may take actions that are not within our control, which could require us to dispose of the joint venture asset or purchase the partner's interests or assets at an above-market price;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our joint venture partners may take actions unrelated to our business agreement but which reflect poorly on us because of our joint venture relationship;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• disputes between us and our partners may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and prevent our management from focusing their time and effort on our day-to-day business;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• we may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of our third-party partners or guarantee all or a portion of the joint venture's liabilities, which may require us to pay an amount greater than its investment in the joint venture;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• we may need to change the structure of an established joint venture or create new complex structures to meet our business needs or the needs of our partners which could prove challenging; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a joint venture partner's decision to exit the joint venture may not be at an opportune time for us or in our business interests.

Each of these factors may result in returns on these investments being less than we expect or in losses, and business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may be adversely affected.

***Our ownership stake in the Kenilworth, New Jersey joint venture, and any future acquisitions that include real property, subject us to the general risks associated with the ownership of real property.***

We currently lease all of our existing data centers and offices. We also have an ownership stake in a joint venture that is developing a multi-phase data center campus in Kenilworth, New Jersey. In the future, we could make additional acquisitions that include real property. As a result of our ownership stake in the Kenilworth, New Jersey joint venture and any future acquisition, we are subject to the general risks associated with the ownership of real property, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• changes in governmental laws and regulations, including the Americans with Disabilities Act and zoning ordinances, and the related costs of compliance;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• increased upfront costs of purchasing real property;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the ongoing need for repair, maintenance and capital improvements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• natural disasters, including earthquakes, storms, wildfires and floods, and acts of war or terrorism;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• general liability, property and casualty losses, some of which may be uninsured;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• liabilities for clean-up of undisclosed environmental contamination and real property title claims; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, including delays and expenses relating to obtaining permits from municipal and other governmental authorities.

***If negative publicity arises with respect to us, our employees, our third-party suppliers, service providers, or our partners, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be adversely affected, regardless of whether the negative publicity is true.***

Negative publicity about our company or our platform, solutions, or services, even if inaccurate or untrue, could adversely affect our reputation and the confidence in our platform, solutions, or services, which could harm our business, operating results, financial condition, stock price, and prospects. Harm to our reputation can also arise from many other sources, including employee misconduct, which we have experienced in the past, and misconduct by our partners, consultants, suppliers, and outsourced service providers. Additionally, we could suffer harm to our reputation by negative publicity about our competitors or AI generally that could become associated with us and that could diminish the perception of our company and our solutions. Finally, negative publicity with respect to our partners or service providers could also affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects to the extent that we rely on these partners or if our customers or prospective customers associate our company with these partners.

***Our ability to maintain customer satisfaction depends in part on the quality of our customer support and cloud operations services. Our failure to maintain high-quality customer support and cloud operations services could have an adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

We believe that the successful use of our platform requires a high level of support and engagement for many of our customers. In order to deliver appropriate customer support and engagement, we must successfully assist our customers in deploying and continuing to use our platform, resolve performance issues, address interoperability challenges with the customers' existing IT infrastructure, and respond to security threats and cyber-attacks and performance and reliability problems that may arise from time to time. Increased demand for customer support and cloud operations services, without corresponding increases in revenue, could increase our costs and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

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Furthermore, there can be no assurance that we will be able to hire or retain sufficient skilled support personnel as and when needed, particularly if our sales exceed our internal forecasts. We expect to increase the number of our customers, and that growth may put additional pressure on our customer support and cloud operations services teams. Our customer support and cloud operations services teams may need additional skilled personnel to respond to customer demand. We may be unable to respond quickly enough to accommodate short-term increases in customer demand for services. To the extent that we are unsuccessful in hiring, training, and retaining adequate and effective support resources, our ability to provide high-quality and timely support to our customers will be negatively impacted, and our customers' satisfaction and their purchase of our infrastructure offerings could be adversely affected.

In addition, as we continue to grow our operations and expand outside of the United States, we need to be able to provide efficient services that meet our customers' needs globally at scale, and our customer support and cloud operations services teams may face additional challenges, including those associated with operating the platforms and delivering support, training, and documentation in languages other than English and providing services across expanded time-zones. If we are unable to provide efficient customer support services globally at scale, our ability to grow our operations may be harmed, and we may need to hire additional services personnel which could increase our expenses, and negatively impact our business, financial condition, operating results, and prospects.

**Risks Related to our People** 

***We rely on our management team and other key employees and will need additional personnel to grow our business, and the loss of one or more key employees or our inability to attract and retain qualified personnel, including members of our board of directors, could harm our business.***

Our future success is dependent, in part, on our ability to hire, integrate, train, manage, retain, and motivate the members of our management team and other key employees throughout our organization as well as members of our board of directors. The loss of key personnel, particularly Michael Intrator, our Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of our board of directors, Brian Venturo, our Chief Strategy Officer, and Brannin McBee, our Chief Development Officer, (collectively, our "Co-Founders"), as well as certain of our key marketing, sales, finance, support, network development, people team, or technology personnel, could disrupt our operations and have an adverse effect on our ability to grow our business.

Competition for highly skilled personnel is intense, especially in the New York City, San Francisco Bay, and Seattle areas where we have a substantial presence and need for highly skilled personnel, and we may not be successful in hiring or retaining qualified personnel to fulfill our current or future needs. More generally, the technology industry, and the cloud infrastructure industry more specifically, is also subject to substantial and continuous competition for engineers with high levels of experience in designing, developing, and managing infrastructure and related services. Moreover, the industry in which we operate generally experiences high employee attrition. We have, from time to time, experienced, and we expect to continue to experience, difficulty in hiring and retaining highly skilled employees with appropriate qualifications. For example, in recent years, recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees with expertise in the AI computing industry has become increasingly difficult and expensive as the demand for AI computing infrastructure has increased as a result of the increase in AI and high performance computing development, deployment, and demand. We may be required to provide more training to our personnel than we currently anticipate. Further, labor is subject to external factors that are beyond our control, including our industry's highly competitive market for skilled workers and leaders, cost inflation, overall macroeconomics, and workforce participation rates. Should our competitors recruit our employees, our level of expertise and ability to execute our business plan would be negatively impacted.

The construction, expansion, retrofitting, and operation of data center facilities require specialized labor, including electricians, mechanical engineers, HVAC technicians, commissioning specialists, and other skilled personnel. The availability of such labor may be constrained due to labor shortages, increased competition, union requirements, or regional labor market conditions. Any inability to secure sufficient skilled labor on acceptable terms could delay the completion of new data center projects, increase costs, negatively affect build quality, or impair our ability to timely deploy capacity, which could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

Additionally, many of our key personnel are vested in a substantial number of shares of our common stock, restricted stock units ("RSUs"), restricted stock awards ("RSAs"), or stock options. Employees may be more likely to terminate their employment with us if the shares they own or the shares underlying their vested RSUs, RSAs, or options have significantly appreciated in value relative to the original purchase prices of the shares, exercise price of the options, or grant date values of the RSUs or RSAs, or, conversely, if the exercise price of the options that they hold are significantly above the trading price of our Class A common stock.

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Moreover, many of the companies with which we compete for experienced personnel have greater resources than we have. Our competitors also may be successful in recruiting and hiring members of our management team, sales team, or other key employees, and it may be difficult for us to find suitable replacements on a timely basis, on competitive terms, or at all. We have in the past, and may in the future, be subject to allegations that employees we hire have been improperly solicited, or that they have divulged proprietary or other confidential information or that their former employers own such employees' inventions or other work product, or that they have been hired in violation of non-compete provisions or non-solicitation provisions.

In addition, job candidates and existing employees often consider the value of the equity awards and other compensation they receive in connection with their employment. If the perceived value of our compensatory package declines or is subject to significant value fluctuations, which may be the case in periods of high stock price volatility that we have experienced in the past and may again experience in the future, it may adversely affect our ability to attract and retain highly skilled employees. We may also change the composition of our compensation package offered to employees, including the amount or ratio of cash and equity compensation. Any increases to the amount of cash compensation will increase our cash expenditures, which may impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Further, our competitors may be successful in recruiting and hiring members of our management team or other key employees as well as directors, and it may be difficult for us to find suitable replacements on a timely basis, on competitive terms, or at all. In recent years, the increased availability of hybrid or remote working arrangements has expanded the pool of companies that can compete for our employees and employment candidates. We have entered into offer letters with certain of our key employees, however these agreements are on an "at-will" basis, meaning they are able to terminate their employment with us at any time and we do not have employment agreements with all of our key employees. If we fail to attract new personnel or fail to retain and motivate our current personnel, our business and future growth prospects would be severely harmed.

***We believe that our corporate culture has contributed to our success, and if we cannot maintain this culture as we grow, we could lose the innovation, creativity, and teamwork fostered by our culture, and our business may be harmed.***

We believe that our corporate culture has been, and will continue to be, a key contributor to our success. If we do not continue to maintain our corporate culture, which includes our focus on our customers and our passion for building the next-generation cloud that is purpose-built for AI, as we grow and evolve from a headcount and geographic perspective, it could harm our ability to foster the drive, innovation, inclusion, creativity, and teamwork that we believe is important to support our growth. As we implement more complex organizational structures, we may find it increasingly difficult to maintain the many beneficial aspects of our corporate culture, which could negatively impact our future success.

**Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property** 

***Failure to obtain, maintain, protect, or enforce our intellectual property and proprietary rights could enable others to copy or use aspects of our platform without compensating us, which could harm our brand, business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

We rely on a combination of trademark, copyright, trade secret, patent, unfair competition, and other related laws in the United States and internationally, as well as confidentiality agreements, company policies, and contractual provisions with our customers, third-party manufacturing partners, joint venture partners, employees, and consultants to protect our technology and intellectual property rights. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our platform or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. In particular, we are unable to predict or assure that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our intellectual property rights will not lapse or be invalidated, circumvented, challenged, or, in the case of third-party intellectual property rights licensed to us, be licensed to others;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our intellectual property rights will provide competitive advantages to us;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• rights previously granted by third parties to intellectual property licensed or assigned to us, including portfolio cross-licenses, will not hamper our ability to assert our intellectual property rights or hinder the settlement of currently pending or future disputes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any of our pending or future trademark or patent applications will be issued or have the coverage originally sought;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• we will be able to enforce our intellectual property rights in certain jurisdictions where competition is intense or where legal protection may be weak; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• we have sufficient intellectual property rights to protect our solutions and services or our business.

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We customarily enter into confidentiality or license agreements with our employees, consultants, vendors, and customers, and make significant efforts to limit access to and distribution of our proprietary information. However, such agreements may not be enforceable in full or in part in all jurisdictions and any breach could negatively affect our business and our remedy for such breach may be limited. The contractual provisions that we enter into may not prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of our proprietary technology or intellectual property rights and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of our proprietary technology or intellectual property rights. Lastly, the measures we employ to limit the access and distribution of our proprietary information may not prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of our proprietary technology or intellectual property. As such, we cannot guarantee that the steps taken by us will prevent infringement, violation, or misappropriation of our technology.

We pursue the registration of our trademarks, service marks, patents, and domain names in the United States and in certain foreign jurisdictions. These processes are expensive and may not be successful in all jurisdictions or for every such application, and we may not pursue such protections in all jurisdictions that may be relevant, for all our goods or services or in every class of goods and services in which we operate. As such, policing unauthorized use of our technology or platform is difficult. Additionally, we may not be able to obtain, maintain, protect, exploit, defend, or enforce our intellectual property rights in every foreign jurisdiction in which we operate. For example, effective trade secret protection may not be available in every country in which our platform is available or where we have employees or independent contractors. The loss of trade secret protection could make it easier for third parties to compete with our platform by copying functionality. Any changes in, or unexpected interpretations of, the trade secret and employment laws in any country in which we operate may compromise our ability to enforce our trade secret and intellectual property rights. In addition, we believe that the protection of our trademark rights is an important factor in product recognition, protecting our brand and maintaining goodwill and if we do not adequately protect our rights in trademarks from infringement, any goodwill that we have developed in those trademarks could be lost or impaired, which could harm our brand and our business. The legal systems of certain countries do not favor the enforcement of trademarks trade secrets, and other intellectual property and proprietary protection, which could make it difficult for us to stop the infringement, misappropriation, dilution, or other violation of our intellectual property or marketing of competing platforms, solutions, or services in violation of our intellectual property rights generally. Any changes in, or unexpected interpretations of, intellectual property laws may compromise our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights. If we fail to maintain, protect and enhance our intellectual property rights, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects may be harmed.

In addition, defending our intellectual property rights through litigation might entail significant expense. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. If we are unable to protect our proprietary rights, we could find ourselves at a competitive disadvantage to others who need not incur the additional expense, time, and effort required to create our platform and other innovative offerings that have enabled us to be successful to date. Moreover, we may need to expend additional resources to defend our intellectual property rights in foreign countries, and our inability to do so could impair our business or adversely affect our international expansion.

***Third parties may claim that our platform infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates their intellectual property rights, and such claims could be time-consuming or costly to defend or settle, result in the loss of significant rights, or harm our relationships with our customers or reputation in the industry.***

Third parties have claimed and may, in the future, claim, that our current or future offerings infringe their intellectual property rights, and such claims may result in legal claims against us, our third-party partners, and our customers. These claims may be time consuming, costly to defend or settle, damage our brand and reputation, harm our customer relationships, and create liability for us. Contractually, we are generally expected to indemnify our partners and customers for certain expenses or liabilities such parties have incurred with respect to these types of claims. We expect the number of such claims (whether warranted or not) to increase, particularly as a public company with an increased profile and visibility, as the level of competition in our market grows, as the functionality of our offerings overlaps with that of other cloud infrastructure companies, and as the volume of issued hardware and software patents and patent applications continues to increase. To the extent that any claim arises as a result of third-party technology we have licensed for use in our platform, we may be unable to recover from the appropriate third party any expenses or other liabilities that we incur.

Companies in the cloud infrastructure and technology industries, including some of our current and potential competitors, may own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets and frequently enter into litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. In addition, many of these companies have the capability to dedicate substantially greater resources to enforce their intellectual property rights and to defend claims that may be brought against them. Furthermore, patent holding companies, non-practicing entities, and other

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adverse patent owners that are not deterred by our existing intellectual property protections have sought and may, in the future, seek to assert patent claims against us. From time to time, third parties, including certain of these leading companies, have invited us to license their patents and may, in the future, assert patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights against us, our third-party partners, or our customers. We may in the future receive notices that claim we have misappropriated, misused, or infringed other parties' intellectual property rights, and, to the extent we gain greater market visibility, we face a higher risk of being the subject of intellectual property infringement claims.

There may be third-party intellectual property rights that cover significant aspects of our technologies or business methods and assets. In the event that we engage software engineers or other personnel who were previously engaged by competitors or other third parties, we may be subject to claims that those personnel inadvertently or deliberately incorporate proprietary technology of third parties into our platform or have improperly used or disclosed trade secrets or other proprietary information. We may also in the future be subject to claims by our third-party manufacturing partners, employees, or contractors asserting an ownership right in our intellectual property as a result of the work they performed on our behalf. In addition, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel. A loss of key personnel or their work product could hamper or prevent our ability to develop, market, and support potential offerings and platform enhancements, which could severely harm our business.

Any intellectual property claims, with or without merit, could be very time-consuming, could be expensive to settle or litigate, and could divert our management's attention and other resources. These claims could also subject us to significant liability for damages, potentially including treble damages if we are found to have willfully infringed patents or copyrights, and may require us to indemnify our customers for liabilities they incur as a result of such claims. These claims could also result in our having to stop using technology found to be in violation of a third party's rights. We might be required to seek a license for the intellectual property, which may not be available on reasonable terms or at all. Even if a license were available, we could be required to pay significant royalties, which would increase our operating expenses. Alternatively, we could be required to develop alternative non-infringing technology, which could require significant time, effort, and expense, and may affect the performance or features of our platform. If we cannot license or develop alternative non-infringing substitutes for any infringing technology used in any aspect of our business, we would be forced to limit or stop sales of our platform and may be unable to compete effectively. Moreover, there could be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments, and if securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a substantial adverse effect on the price of our common stock. Any of these results would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***We license technology from third parties for the development of our solutions, and our inability to maintain those licenses could harm our business.***

We currently incorporate, and will in the future incorporate, technology that we license from third parties, including software, into our offerings. If we are unable to continue to use or license these technologies on reasonable terms, or if these technologies become unreliable, unavailable, or fail to operate properly, we may not be able to secure adequate alternatives in a timely manner or at all, and our ability to offer our solutions and remain competitive in our market would be harmed. Further, licensing technologies from third parties exposes us to increased risk of being the subject of intellectual property infringement and vulnerabilities due to, among other things, our lower level of visibility into the development process with respect to such technology and the care taken to safeguard against risks. We cannot be certain that our licensors do not or will not infringe on the intellectual property rights of third parties or that our licensors have or will have sufficient rights to the licensed intellectual property in all jurisdictions in which we may sell our platform. Some of our agreements with our licensors may be terminated by them for convenience, or otherwise provide for a limited term. If we are unable to continue to license technology because of intellectual property infringement claims brought by third parties against our licensors or against us, or if we are unable to continue our license agreements or enter into new licenses on commercially reasonable terms, our ability to develop and sell our platform containing or dependent on that technology would be limited, and our business, including our financial condition, cash flows, and operating results could be harmed.

Additionally, if we are unable to license technology from third parties, we may be forced to acquire or develop alternative technology, which we may be unable to do in a commercially feasible manner, or at all, and may require us to use alternative technology of lower quality or performance standards. This could limit or delay our ability to offer new or competitive offerings and increase our costs. Third-party software we rely on may be updated infrequently, unsupported, or subject to vulnerabilities that may not be resolved in a timely manner, any of which may expose our solutions to vulnerabilities. Any impairment of the technologies or of our relationship with these third parties could harm our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

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***Some of our technology incorporates "open-source" software, and failure to comply with the terms of the underlying open-source software licenses could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects.***

We use open-source software in our solutions and services and may continue to use open-source software in the future. Certain open-source licenses contain requirements that we make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create. If we combine our proprietary software with open-source software in a certain manner, we could, under certain open-source licenses, be required to release the source code of our proprietary software to the public on unfavorable terms or at no cost. Any actual or claimed requirement to disclose our proprietary source code or pay damages for breach of contract may allow our competitors to create similar products with lower development effort and time and, ultimately, could result in a loss of sales for us.

The use and distribution of open-source software may entail greater risks than the use of third-party commercial software, as open-source licensors generally do not provide support, warranties, indemnification or other contractual protections regarding infringement claims or the quality of the code, which they are not typically required to maintain and update, and they can change the license terms on which they offer the open-source software. Although we believe that we have complied with our obligations under the applicable licenses for open-source software, it is possible that we may not be aware of all instances where open-source software has been incorporated into our proprietary software or used in connection with our solutions or our corresponding obligations under open-source. We take steps to monitor our use of open-source software in an effort both to comply with the terms of the applicable open-source licenses and to avoid subjecting our platform to conditions we do not intend, but there are risks associated with use of open-source software that cannot be eliminated and could negatively affect our business. We rely on multiple software programmers to design our proprietary software and, while we take steps to vet software before it is incorporated into our proprietary software and monitor the software incorporated into our proprietary software, we cannot be certain that our programmers have not incorporated open-source software into our proprietary software that we intend to maintain as confidential or that they will not do so in the future. In addition, the wide availability of source code used in our offerings could expose us to security vulnerabilities. Such use, under certain circumstances, could materially adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects, as well as our reputation, including if we are required to take remedial action that may divert resources away from our development efforts.

On occasion, companies that use open-source software have faced claims challenging their use of open-source software or compliance with open-source license terms. There is evolving legal precedent for interpreting the terms of certain open-source licenses, including the determination of which works are subject to the terms of such licenses. The terms of many open-source licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. courts, and there is a risk that these licenses could be construed in ways that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to commercialize any offerings incorporating such software. Moreover, we cannot ensure that our processes for controlling our use of open-source software in our platform will be effective. From time to time, we may face claims from third parties asserting ownership of, or demanding release of, the open-source software or derivative works that we developed using such software (which could include our proprietary source code), or otherwise seeking to enforce the terms of the applicable open-source license. These claims, regardless of validity, could result in time consuming and costly litigation, divert management's time and attention away from developing the business, expose us to customer indemnity claims, or force us to disclose source code. Litigation could be costly for us to defend, result in paying damages, entering into unfavorable licenses, have a negative effect on our business, operating results. financial condition, and prospects, or cause delays by requiring us to devote additional research and development resources to change our solution.

**Risks Related to Legal and Regulatory Matters** 

***We are subject to laws and regulations, including governmental export and import controls, sanctions, and anti-corruption laws, that could impair our ability to compete in our markets and subject us to liability if we are not in full compliance with applicable laws.***

We are subject to laws and regulations, including governmental export and import controls, that could subject us to liability or impair our ability to compete in our markets. Our platform and related technology are subject to U.S. export controls, including the U.S. Department of Commerce's Export Administration Regulations (also known as "EAR"), and we and our employees, representatives, contractors, agents, intermediaries, and other third parties are also subject to various economic and trade sanctions regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and other U.S. government agencies. Changes to sanctions and export or import restrictions in the jurisdictions in which we operate could further impact our ability to do business in certain parts of the world and to do business with certain persons and entities, which could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. In particular, we are continuing to monitor recent and forthcoming developments in export controls with respect to the

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semiconductor industry and their impact on our sourcing of equipment for our computing infrastructure. In addition, we are monitoring the January 29, 2024 proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS"), which if implemented as proposed, would impose requirements on Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers and their foreign resellers to verify the identity and beneficial ownership of foreign person customers and to perform related reporting to BIS, as well as provide BIS authority to restrict certain Infrastructure-as-a-Service transactions with foreign persons. While we have implemented certain procedures to facilitate compliance with applicable laws and regulations, we cannot ensure that these procedures are fully effective or that we, or third parties who we do not control, have complied with all laws or regulations in this regard. Failure by our employees, representatives, contractors, partners, agents, intermediaries, or other third parties to comply with applicable laws and regulations also could have negative consequences to us, including reputational harm, government investigations, loss of export privileges and penalties. Acquisitions may expose us to heightened risks of regulatory noncompliance, as acquired companies may lack processes, controls, or systems equivalent to ours, and integration efforts may be lengthy or incomplete, during which time legacy processes may be insufficient or inapplicable to ensure compliance. Changes in our platform, and changes in or promulgation of new export and import regulations, may create delays in the introduction of our platform into international markets, prevent our customers with international operations from deploying our platform globally or, in some cases, prevent the export or import of our platform to certain countries, governments, or persons altogether. Any change in export or import regulations, economic sanctions, or related legislation, shift in the enforcement or scope of existing regulations, or change in the countries, governments, persons, or technologies targeted by such regulations, could result in decreased sales of our platform, solutions, and services, or in our decreased ability to export or sell our platform, to existing or potential customers with international operations. Any decreased sales of our platform, solutions, and services or limitation on our ability to export or sell our platform would adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

We are also subject to the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended ("FCPA"), the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010 (the "Bribery Act"), the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (the "Canada Act"), and other anti-corruption, sanctions, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, and similar laws in the United States and other countries in which we conduct activities. Anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, which have been enforced aggressively and are interpreted broadly, prohibit companies and their employees, agents, intermediaries, and other third parties from promising, authorizing, making, or offering improper payments or other benefits to government officials and others in the public, and in certain cases, private sector. We leverage third parties, including intermediaries and agents, to conduct our business in the United States and abroad, to sell our platform. We and these third parties may have direct or indirect interactions with officials and employees of government agencies or state-owned or affiliated entities and we may be held liable for the corrupt or other illegal activities of these third-party business partners and intermediaries, our employees, representatives, contractors, partners, agents, intermediaries, and other third parties, even if we do not explicitly authorize such activities. Although we conduct a due diligence investigation before we acquire a company, there is a risk that acquired companies previously conducted corrupt or other illegal activities that we have no knowledge of for which we may face liability in the future. We cannot ensure that our policies and procedures to address compliance with FCPA, the Bribery Act, the Canada Act, and other anti-corruption, sanctions, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, and similar laws, will be effective, or that all of our employees, representatives, contractors, partners, agents, intermediaries, or other third parties have not taken, or will not take actions, in violation of our policies and applicable law, for which we may be ultimately held responsible. As we increase our international sales and business, our risks under these laws may increase. Noncompliance with these laws could subject us to investigations, severe criminal or civil sanctions, settlements, prosecution, loss of export privileges, suspension or debarment from U.S. government contracts, other enforcement actions, disgorgement of profits, significant fines, damages, other civil and criminal penalties or injunctions, whistleblower complaints, adverse media coverage, and other consequences. Any investigations, actions, or sanctions could harm our reputation, business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***We are subject to laws, regulations, and industry requirements related to data privacy, data protection and information security, user protection, and AI across different markets where we conduct our business and such laws, regulations, and industry requirements are constantly evolving and changing. Any actual or perceived failure to comply with such laws, regulations, and industry requirements, or our privacy policies, could harm our business.***

Various local, state, federal, and international laws, directives, and regulations apply to our collection, use, retention, protection, disclosure, transfer, and processing of personal information. These data protection and privacy laws and regulations are subject to uncertainty and continue to evolve in ways that could adversely impact our business. These laws have a substantial impact on our operations both in the United States and internationally and compliance with new and existing laws may result in significant costs due to implementation of new processes, which could ultimately hinder our ability to grow our business by extracting value from our data assets.

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In the United States, state and federal lawmakers and regulatory authorities have increased their attention on the collection and use of user data. For example, in California, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended, the "CCPA") requires companies that hit certain broad revenue or data processing related thresholds to, among other things, provide new disclosures to California users, and affords such users new privacy rights such as the ability to opt-out of certain processing of personal information and expanded rights to access and require deletion of their personal information, opt out of certain personal information sharing, and receive detailed information about how their personal information is collected, used, and shared. The CCPA provides for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for security breaches that may increase security breach litigation. In addition, other states have enacted laws that contain obligations similar to the CCPA that have taken effect or will take effect in coming years and many others continue to propose similar laws, or are considering proposing similar laws. We cannot fully predict the impact of recently proposed or enacted laws or regulations on our business or operations, but compliance may require us to modify our data processing practices and policies incurring costs and expense. Further, to the extent multiple state-level laws are introduced with inconsistent or conflicting standards, it may require costly and difficult efforts to achieve compliance with such laws. Our failure or perceived failure to comply with state or federal privacy laws or regulations passed in the future could have a material adverse effect on our business, including how we use personal information, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects and could expose us to regulatory investigations or possible fines.

Additionally, many foreign countries and governmental bodies, including the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, and other jurisdictions in which we operate or conduct our business, have laws and regulations concerning the collection, use, processing, storage, and deletion of data. including personal data, obtained from their residents or by businesses operating within their jurisdiction. These laws and regulations often are more restrictive than those in the United States. Such laws and regulations may require companies to implement new privacy and security policies, permit individuals to access, correct, and delete personal information stored or maintained by such companies, inform individuals of security breaches that affect their personal information, require that certain types of data be retained on local servers within these jurisdictions, and, in some cases, obtain individuals' affirmative opt-in consent to collect and use personal information for certain purposes. The increased focus on data sovereignty and data localization requirements around the world could also impact our business model with respect to the storage, management, and transfer of data.

We are subject to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and the United Kingdom's General Data Protection Regulation (collectively, the "GDPR"), which comprehensively regulate our use of personal data, including cross-border transfers of personal data out of the European Economic Area ("EEA") and the U.K. The GDPR imposes stringent privacy and data protection requirements, and could increase the risk of non-compliance and the costs of providing our services in a compliant manner. A breach of the GDPR could result in regulatory investigations, reputational damage, fines and sanctions, orders to cease or change our processing of our data, enforcement notices, or assessment notices (for a compulsory audit). For example, if regulators assert that we have failed to comply with the GDPR, we may be subject to fines. Since we are subject to the supervision of relevant data protection authorities under multiple legal regimes (including separately in both the E.U. and the U.K.), we could be fined under those regimes independently in respect of the same breach. We may also face civil claims including representative actions and other class action type litigation (where individuals have suffered harm), potentially amounting to significant compensation or damages liabilities, as well as associated costs, diversion of internal resources, and reputational harm.

The GDPR prohibits transfers of personal data from the EEA or U.K. to countries not formally deemed adequate by the European Commission or the U.K. Information Commission Office, respectively, including the United States, unless a particular compliance mechanism (and, if necessary, certain safeguards) is implemented. The mechanisms that we and many other companies, including our customers, rely upon for European and U.K. data transfers (for example, Standard Contractual Clauses) are the subject of legal challenge, regulatory interpretation, and judicial decisions by the Court of Justice of the European Union. We expect the legal complexity and uncertainty regarding international personal data transfers to continue, and as the regulatory guidance and enforcement landscape in relation to data transfers continues to develop, we could suffer additional costs, complaints, and/or regulatory investigations or fines; we may have to stop using certain tools and vendors and make other operational changes; we may have to implement alternative data transfer mechanisms under the GDPR and/or take additional compliance and operational measures; and/or it could otherwise affect the manner in which we provide our services, and could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

We are also subject to evolving U.S., E.U., and U.K. privacy laws governing cookies, tracking technologies, and e-marketing. In the United States, plaintiffs are increasingly making use of existing laws such as the California Invasion of Privacy Act to litigate use of tracking technologies. In the European Union, regulators are increasingly focusing on compliance with requirements in the online behavioral advertising ecosystem. In the European Union, informed consent,

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including a prohibition on pre-checked consents and a requirement to ensure separate consents for each cookie, is required for the placement of a non-essential cookie or similar technologies on a user's device and for direct electronic marketing. As regulators start to enforce the strict approach in recent guidance, this could lead to substantial costs, require significant systems changes, limit the effectiveness of our marketing activities, divert the attention of our technology personnel, negatively impact our efforts to understand users, adversely affect our margins, increase costs, and subject us to additional liabilities.

There is a risk that as we expand, we may assume liabilities for breaches experienced by the companies we acquire. Additionally, there are potentially inconsistent world-wide government regulations pertaining to data protection and privacy and new requirements related to the use of data, including the E.U. Data Act, and additional rules and restrictions on the use of data in our services. Despite our efforts to comply with applicable laws, regulations and other obligations relating to privacy, data protection, and information security, it is possible that our practices, offerings, or platform could fail, or be alleged to fail to meet applicable requirements. For instance, there are changes in the regulatory landscape relating to new and evolving technologies, such as generative AI. Changes to existing regulations, their interpretation or implementation, or new regulations could impede any potential use or development of AI Technologies, which could impair our competitive position and result in an adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. Our failure, or the failure by our third-party providers or partners, to comply with applicable laws or regulations and to prevent unauthorized access to, or use or release of personal information, or the perception that any of the foregoing types of failure has occurred, even if unfounded, could subject us to audits, inquiries, whistleblower complaints, adverse media coverage, investigations, severe criminal, or civil sanctions, damage our reputation, or result in fines or proceedings by governmental agencies and private claims and litigation, any of which could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***Our business is subject to a wide range of laws and regulations, and our failure to comply with those laws and regulations could harm our business.***

Our business is subject to regulation by various federal, state, local, and foreign governmental agencies, including agencies responsible for monitoring and enforcing employment and labor laws, workplace safety and environmental laws, including those related to energy usage and energy efficiency requirements, privacy and data protection laws, AI, financial services laws, anti-bribery laws, sanctions, national security, import and export controls, anti-boycott, federal securities laws, and tax laws and regulations.

For example, government authorities have in the past sought to restrict data center development based on environmental considerations and have imposed moratoria on data center development, citing concerns about energy usage, requiring new data centers to meet energy efficiency requirements or regulating the use of power by large energy consumers. We may face higher costs from any laws requiring enhanced energy efficiency measures, changes to cooling systems, caps on energy usage, land use restrictions, limitations on back-up power sources, or other environmental requirements.

In certain foreign jurisdictions, these regulatory requirements may be more stringent than those in the United States. These laws and regulations are subject to change over time and thus we must continue to monitor and dedicate resources to ensure continued compliance. In particular, the global AI regulatory environment continues to evolve as regulators and lawmakers have started proposing and adopting, or are currently considering, regulations and guidance specifically on the use of AI. Several U.S. states are considering enacting or have already enacted regulations concerning AI technologies, with new state laws taking effect on January 1, 2026, which may impact our or our customers' ability to train, deploy, or release AI models, and increase our compliance costs. Non-compliance with applicable regulations or requirements could subject us to investigations, sanctions, mandatory product recalls, enforcement actions, disgorgement of profits, fines, damages, civil and criminal penalties, or injunctions and jail time for responsible employees and managers. If any governmental sanctions are imposed, or if we do not prevail in any possible civil or criminal litigation, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be materially adversely affected. In addition, responding to any action will likely result in a significant diversion of management's attention and resources and an increase in professional fees. Enforcement actions and sanctions could harm our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***We are involved in litigation that may adversely affect us.***

We are, and may in the future be subject to claims, suits, and other proceedings, including a putative securities class action that was filed against us as well as two stockholder derivative actions purportedly filed on our behalf, as further described in *Note 9—Commitments and Contingencies — Litigation* to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Regardless of the outcome, legal proceedings can have an

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adverse impact on us because of legal costs and diversion of management attention and resources, and could cause us to incur significant expenses or liability, adversely affect our brand recognition, or require us to change our business practices. The expense of litigation and the timing of this expense from period to period are difficult to estimate, subject to change, and could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. It is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings could result in substantial damages, settlement costs, fines, and penalties that would adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results, or cash flows in a particular period. These proceedings could also result in reputational harm, sanctions, consent decrees, or orders requiring a change in our business practices. Because of the potential risks, expenses, and uncertainties of litigation, we may, from time to time, settle disputes, even where we have meritorious claims or defenses, by agreeing to settlement agreements. Because litigation is inherently unpredictable, we cannot ensure that the results of any of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

**Risks Related to Financial and Accounting Matters** 

***We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If our remediation of such material weaknesses is not effective, or if we experience additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to develop and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable laws and regulations could be impaired.***

We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act"), and the rules and regulations of the applicable listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq"). We expect that the requirements of these rules and regulations will continue to increase our legal, accounting, and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming, and costly, and place significant strain on our personnel, systems, and resources.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures, and internal control, over financial reporting. We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls, internal control over financial reporting, and other procedures that are designed to ensure information required to be disclosed by us in our financial statements and in the reports that we will file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and information required to be disclosed in reports under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our principal executive and financial officers. In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our internal controls and procedures, we have expended, and anticipate that we will continue to expend, significant resources, including accounting-related costs and significant management oversight.

We are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to evaluate and determine the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Beginning with our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2026, we will be required to provide a management report on internal control over financial reporting, and we also expect our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Neither we nor our independent registered public accounting firm were required to, and therefore did not, perform an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting as of or for any period included in our financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, nor any subsequent period in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. However, while preparing the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, we identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

The material weaknesses identified pertained to the lack of effectively designed, implemented, and maintained IT general controls over applications that support our financial reporting processes, insufficient segregation of duties across financially relevant functions, and lack of sufficient number of qualified personnel within our accounting, finance, and operations functions who possessed an appropriate level of expertise to provide reasonable assurance that transactions were being appropriately recorded and disclosed. We have concluded that these material weaknesses existed because we did not have the necessary business processes, systems, personnel, and related internal controls. We have also concluded that these material weaknesses continued to exist as of December 31, 2025.

As of December 31, 2025, management had completed the following remedial actions to help address these material weaknesses:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• consulted with experts on technical accounting matters, internal controls, and in the preparation of our financial statements;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• performed a risk assessment over the organization and IT systems used as part of financial reporting and business processes, including the various layers of technology; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• hired additional accounting, finance, and operations resources, including critical leadership roles with public company and internal control experience responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring our internal controls, including the Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Information Officer.

While management has made improvements to our control environment and business processes to support and scale with our growing operations, the identified material weaknesses remain un-remediated. We expect that our remediation efforts will continue to take place in 2026, and include the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• designing, developing, and deploying an enhanced IT General Controls ("ITGC") framework, including the implementation of a number of systems, processes and tools to enable the effectiveness and consistent execution of these controls;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• continuing to implement ITGCs to manage access and program changes within our IT environment and to support the evaluation, monitoring, and ongoing effectiveness of key applications and key reports;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• continuing to implement processes and controls to better manage and monitor our segregation of duties risks, including enhancing the usage of technology and tools for segregation of duties within our systems, applications and tools; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• continuing to expand our resources with the appropriate level of expertise within our accounting, finance, and operations functions; to implement, monitor, and maintain business processes and ITGCs.

We may not be able to fully remediate these material weaknesses until these steps have been completed and the internal controls have been operating effectively for a sufficient period of time. This evaluation process, including testing the effectiveness of the remediation efforts, is expected to continue in 2026. Additionally, as stated above, we have not performed an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting; accordingly, we cannot ensure that we have identified all, or that we will not in the future have additional, material weaknesses. Further, we have recently acquired a number of businesses and may continue to acquire other businesses and an acquired company may not have a sufficiently robust system of internal controls and we may uncover new deficiencies. Material weaknesses may still exist when we report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2026.

The process of designing and implementing internal control over financial reporting required to comply with the disclosure and attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will be time consuming and costly. If during the evaluation and testing process we identify additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting or determine that existing material weaknesses have not been remediated, our management will be unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective. Even if our management concludes that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, our independent registered public accounting firm may conclude that there are material weaknesses with respect to our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or when required in the future, if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an unqualified opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, the market price of our stock could be adversely affected and we could become subject to litigation or investigations by the stock exchange on which our securities are listed, the SEC, or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources.

***We incur significant costs and management resources as a result of operating as a public company.***

As a public company, we incur significant legal, accounting, compliance, and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. Our management and other personnel dedicate a substantial amount of time and incur significant expense each quarter in connection with compliance initiatives. As a public company, we bear all of the internal and external costs of preparing and distributing periodic public reports in compliance with our obligations under the U.S. securities laws.

In addition, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the related rules and regulations implemented by the SEC have increased legal and financial compliance costs and will make some compliance activities more time-consuming. We have invested, and will continue to invest,

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significant resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations, and standards, and this investment has resulted, and will continue to result, in increased general and administrative expenses and may divert management's time and attention from our other business activities. If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations, and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us, and our business may be harmed. In connection with our IPO, we increased our directors' and officers' insurance coverage, which increased our insurance-related cost. In the future, it may be more expensive or more difficult for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain and maintain the same or similar coverage. These factors would also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors, particularly to serve on our audit committee and compensation committee, and qualified executive officers.

***Changes in tax laws and regulations or interpretations thereof may subject us to greater than anticipated tax liabilities and adversely affect our effective tax rate.***

We are subject to U.S. federal, state, and local income taxes, sales, and other taxes in the United States and income taxes, withholding taxes, transaction taxes and other taxes in numerous foreign jurisdictions. The determination of our worldwide provision for income taxes requires significant judgment by management in evaluating our tax positions and there are activities and transactions for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. In addition, our future income tax obligations could be adversely affected by changes in, or interpretations of, tax laws or regulations in the United States or in other jurisdictions in which we operate. We currently benefit, and may continue to benefit, from government-provided tax incentives made available by state and local authorities in connection with our operations and investment activities. Legislative, regulatory, or policy changes could reduce, eliminate, or terminate these incentives. This could increase our costs and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

For example, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") enacted in July 2025 had a significant impact on our effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2025. It contains tax provisions, such as the permanent extension or revision of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted in 2017, as well as modifications to the international tax framework and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions. Among other items, the tax law changes will impact us by changing the timing and amount of certain tax deductions, depreciation expense, U.S. domestic R&D expenditures and interest expense. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective now and others to be implemented through 2027. The issuance of additional regulatory or accounting guidance related to the OBBBA or other executive or Congressional actions in the United States or globally could materially affect our tax obligations and significantly impact our effective tax rate in the period such guidance is issued or such actions take effect. In addition, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") has issued Pillar Two model rules, introducing a new global minimum tax of 15%. While the United States has not adopted Pillar Two, other countries have enacted such legislation or are considering implementation. Given the scope of our foreign operations, Pillar Two has not increased our global tax costs. On January 5, 2026, the OECD released a comprehensive package for a "side-by-side arrangement" with respect to Pillar Two. Notably, once adopted, this new guidance will prevent other countries from imposing tax on the U.S. profits of American companies. We will continue to monitor U.S. and international legislative developments, including further announcements on the side-by-side arrangement, to assess any potential impacts on our operations.

Due to the expanding scale of our international business activities, these types of changes to the taxation of our activities could impact the tax treatment of our foreign earnings, increase our worldwide effective tax rate, increase the amount of taxes imposed on our business, and adversely affect our financial position.

***Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.***

As of December 31, 2025, we had aggregate U.S. federal and state NOL carryforwards of $4.3 billion and $905 million, respectively, which may be available to offset future taxable income for U.S. income tax purposes. Almost all of our federal NOL carryforwards as of December 31, 2025 can be carried forward indefinitely. $266 million of our state NOL carryforwards as of December 31, 2025 can be carried forward indefinitely. If the NOL carryforwards are not utilized, $31 million will expire in varying amounts between the years 2032 and 2044. As of December 31, 2025, we had foreign NOL carryforwards of $5 million that can be carried forward indefinitely. Realization of these net operating loss and research and development credit carryforwards depends on our future taxable income, and there is a risk that certain of our existing carryforwards could expire unused and be unavailable to offset future income tax liabilities, which could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

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In addition, under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code, if a corporation undergoes an "ownership change," generally defined as a greater than 50% cumulative change (by value) in ownership by "5 percent shareholders" over a rolling three-year period, the corporation's ability to use its pre-change NOLs and other pre-change tax attributes, such as research and development credits, to offset its post-change income or taxes may be limited. We have experienced, and may in the future experience, ownership changes as a result of shifts in our stock ownership. As a result, if we earn net taxable income, our ability to use our pre-change U.S. NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes to offset U.S. federal taxable income may be subject to limitations, which could potentially result in increased future tax liability to us. In addition, we may undergo additional ownership changes in the future, including as a result of the offering, which could further limit our ability to use our NOLs and other pre-change tax attributes. Similar provisions of state tax law may also apply to limit our use of accumulated state tax NOLs. In addition, at the state level, there may be periods during which the use of NOLs is suspended or otherwise limited, which could accelerate or permanently increase our state income tax liabilities. As a result of the foregoing, even if we attain profitability, we may be unable to use all or a material portion of our net operating losses and other tax attributes, which could adversely affect our future cash flows.

***We could be required to collect additional sales, use, value added, digital services, or other similar taxes or be subject to other liabilities with respect to past or future sales, that may increase the costs our customers would have to pay for our solutions and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

Sales and use, value added, and similar tax laws and rates vary greatly by jurisdiction and the application of such laws is subject to uncertainty. Jurisdictions in which we do not collect such taxes may assert that such taxes apply to our sales and seek to impose incremental or new sales, use, value added, digital services, or assert other tax collection obligations on us, which could result in tax assessments, penalties, and interest, to us or our customers for past sales, and we may be required to collect such taxes in the future. If we are unsuccessful in collecting such taxes from our customers, we could be held liable for such costs, which may adversely affect our operating results. Furthermore, certain jurisdictions, such as the U.K., France, and Spain have enacted a digital services tax, which is generally a tax on gross revenue generated from users or customers located in those jurisdictions, and other jurisdictions are considering enacting similar laws.

A successful assertion by a U.S. state or local government or a foreign jurisdiction that we should have been or should be collecting additional sales, use, value added, digital services, or other similar taxes could, among other things, result in substantial tax payments, create significant administrative burdens for us, discourage potential customers from using our platform due to the incremental cost of any such sales or other related taxes, or otherwise harm our business. We accrue a liability for such matters when a loss is probable and reasonably estimable. Where a loss is reasonably possible or an amount cannot be estimated, we provide disclosure but do not accrue. These matters are inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties; adverse outcomes could materially affect results in the period in which they become probable and estimable.

***Our corporate structure and intercompany arrangements are subject to the tax laws of various jurisdictions, and we could be obligated to pay additional taxes, which would harm our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

We are expanding our international operations and staff to support our business and growth in international markets. We generally conduct our international operations through wholly-owned subsidiaries and are or may be required to report our taxable income in various jurisdictions worldwide based upon our business operations in those jurisdictions. Our corporate structure and associated transfer pricing policies contemplate future growth in international markets, and consider the functions, risks, and assets of the various entities involved in intercompany transactions. Furthermore, increases in tax rates, new or revised tax laws, and new interpretations of existing tax laws and policies by tax authorities and courts in various jurisdictions, could result in an increase in our overall tax obligations which could adversely affect our business. Our intercompany relationships and intercompany transactions are subject to complex transfer pricing rules administered by tax authorities in various jurisdictions in which we operate with potentially divergent tax laws. The amount of taxes we pay in different jurisdictions will depend on the application of the tax laws of the various jurisdictions, including the United States, to our intercompany transactions, international business activities, changes in tax rates, new or revised tax laws or interpretations of existing tax laws (which may have retroactive effect) and policies by tax authorities and courts in various jurisdictions, and our ability to operate our business in a manner consistent with our corporate structure and intercompany arrangements.

It is not uncommon for tax authorities in different countries to have conflicting views, for instance, with respect to, among other things, the manner in which the arm's length standard is applied for transfer pricing purposes, the transfer pricing and charges for intercompany services and other intercompany transactions, or with respect to the valuation of our intellectual property and the manner in which our intellectual property is utilized within our group. If tax authorities in any

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of the jurisdictions in which we conduct our international operations were to successfully challenge our transfer pricing, we could be required to reallocate part or all of our income to reflect transfer pricing adjustments, which could result in an increased tax liability for us. In such circumstances, if the country from where the income was reallocated did not agree to the reallocation, we could become subject to tax on the same income in both countries, resulting in double taxation. Furthermore, the relevant tax authorities may disagree with our determinations as to the income and expenses attributable to specific jurisdictions. We believe that our tax and financial accounting positions are reasonable and our tax reserves are adequate to cover any potential liability. We also believe that our assumptions, judgments, and estimates are reasonable and that our transfer pricing for these intercompany transactions are on arm's-length terms. However, the relevant tax authorities may disagree with our tax positions, including any assumptions, judgments, or estimates used for these transfer pricing matters and intercompany transactions. If any of these tax authorities determine that our transfer pricing for these intercompany transactions do not meet arm's-length criteria, and were successful in challenging our positions, we could be required to pay additional taxes, interest, and penalties related thereto, and which could result in higher effective tax rates, reduced cash flows, and lower overall profitability of our operations. Our financial statements could fail to reflect adequate reserves to cover such a contingency.

We may be audited in various jurisdictions, including in jurisdictions in which we are not currently filing, and such jurisdictions may assess new or additional taxes, sales taxes, and value added taxes against us. Although we believe our tax estimates are reasonable, the final determination of any tax audits or litigation could be materially different from our historical tax provisions and accruals, which could have an adverse effect on our operating results or cash flows in the period or periods for which a determination is made.

***If our estimates or judgments relating to our critical accounting policies prove to be incorrect or financial reporting standards or interpretations change, our operating results could be adversely affected.***

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, as discussed in the section titled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Estimates." The results of these estimates form the basis for our judgments about the carrying values of assets, liabilities and equity, and the amount of revenue and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Significant assumptions and estimates used in preparing our consolidated financial statements include but are not limited to those related to the identification of performance obligations in revenue recognition, the valuation of stock-based awards, the valuation of derivatives and warrants, and accounting for leases, property and equipment, income taxes and variable interest entities. Our operating results may be adversely affected if our assumptions change or if actual circumstances differ from those in our assumptions, which could cause our operating results to fall below the expectations of industry or financial analysts and investors, resulting in a potential decline in the market price of our Class A common stock.

Additionally, we regularly monitor our compliance with applicable financial reporting standards and review new pronouncements and drafts thereof that are relevant to us. As a result of new standards, changes to existing standards, and changes in their interpretation, we might be required to change our accounting policies, alter our operational policies, and implement new or enhance existing systems so that they reflect new or amended financial reporting standards, or we may be required to restate our published financial statements. For example, future SEC proposals mandating new disclosures may require us to update our accounting or operational policies, processes, or systems to reflect new or amended financial reporting standards. Such changes to existing standards or changes in their interpretation may have an adverse effect on our reputation, business, financial condition, and profit, or cause an adverse deviation from our revenue and operating profit target, which may adversely affect our financial results.

***We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

Our sales contracts are primarily denominated in U.S. dollars, and therefore a majority of our revenue is not subject to foreign currency risk. However, strengthening of the U.S. dollar increases the real cost of our platform to our customers outside of the United States, which could lead to delays in the purchase of our platform and the lengthening of our sales cycle. If the U.S. dollar strengthens in the future, this could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects. In addition, increased international sales in the future, including through continued international expansion, could result in foreign currency denominated sales, which would increase our foreign currency risk.

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Our operating expenses incurred outside the United States and denominated in foreign currencies are increasing and are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Although we currently hedge against the risks associated with currency fluctuations, there is no guarantee that the derivative financial instruments that we use to manage risk associated with foreign currency fluctuations will work as intended or will protect us against long-term movements in foreign currency exchange rates.

**Risks Related to Our Indebtedness** 

***Our substantial indebtedness could materially adversely affect our financial condition, our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, our ability to operate our business, our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, our ability to meet our obligations under our outstanding indebtedness and could divert our cash flow from operations for debt payments, and we may still incur substantially more indebtedness in the future.***

We have a substantial amount of debt, which requires significant interest and principal payments. As of December 31, 2025, our total indebtedness was $21.6 billion and we had $3.7 billion of undrawn availability under our Revolving Credit Facility, DDTL 2.1 Facility and DDTL 3.0 Facility. In July 2023, CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC, our direct, wholly owned subsidiary, entered into the DDTL 1.0 Facility providing for up to $2.3 billion in delayed draw term loans. In May 2024, CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. IV, LLC, our direct, wholly owned subsidiary, entered into the DDTL 2.0 Facility providing for up to $7.6 billion in delayed draw terms loans. In September 2025, we further amended the DDTL 2.0 Facility by entering into the DDTL 2.1 Facility to create a new tranche of delayed draw term loan facility up to $3.0 billion and extend the draw period for new borrowings to March 2026. In July 2025, CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. V, LLC, our direct, wholly owned subsidiary, and CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. VII, LLC, our indirect subsidiary, entered into the DDTL 3.0 Facility (together with the DDTL 1.0 Facility, the DDTL 2.0 Facility, and the DDTL 2.1 Facility, the "DDTL Facilities") providing for up to $2.6 billion in delayed draw term loans. All obligations under the DDTL Facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by us. In November 2025, we amended our Revolving Credit Facility to increase its capacity to $2.5 billion, to modify certain covenant metrics, and to extend its maturity to November 2029 (together with the DDTL Facilities, the "Credit Facilities"). As of December 31, 2025, we had entered into the OEM and Software Financing Arrangements and obtained financing for certain equipment with an aggregate notional balance of $5.2 billion. In May 2025, we issued $2.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of 2030 Senior Notes. In July 2025, we issued $1.75 billion in aggregate principal amount of 2031 Senior Notes. In December 2025, we issued $2.6 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 (the "2031 Convertible Notes," and, together with the 2030 Senior Notes and the 2031 Senior Notes, the "Notes"). The Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries and certain of our future direct and indirect wholly owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that guarantee the Revolving Credit Facility in the case of the 2023 Senior Notes and 2031 Senior Notes and the 2023 Senior Notes and 2031 Senior Notes in the case of the 2031 Convertible Notes.

In addition to our substantial debt, we lease all of our data centers and certain equipment under lease agreements, some of which are accounted for as operating leases. As of December 31, 2025, we recorded operating lease liabilities of $8.2 billion, which represents our obligation to make lease payments under those lease arrangements. Subject to the limits contained in the credit agreements that govern our Credit Facilities and the indentures that govern the Notes, we may be able to incur substantial additional debt from time to time to finance working capital, capital expenditures, investments or acquisitions, or for other purposes. If we do so, the risks related to our high level of debt could increase. Specifically, our high level of debt could have important consequences, including the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• it may be difficult for us to satisfy our obligations, including debt service requirements under our outstanding debt;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, acquisitions, or other general corporate purposes may be impaired;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a substantial portion of cash flow from operations are required to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness, therefore reducing our ability to use our cash flow to fund our operations, capital expenditures, future business opportunities, and other purposes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• we could be more vulnerable to economic downturns and adverse industry conditions and our flexibility to plan for, or react to, changes in our business or industry is more limited;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to capitalize on business opportunities and to react to competitive pressures, as compared to our competitors, may be compromised due to our high level of debt and the restrictive covenants in the credit agreements that govern our Credit Facilities, and the indentures that govern the Notes;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• it may cause potential or existing customers to not contract with us due to concerns over our ability to meet our financial obligations under such contracts.

Our ability to make scheduled payments on and to refinance our indebtedness depends on and is subject to our financial and operating performance, which in turn is affected by general and regional economic, financial, competitive, business and other factors, all of which are beyond our control, including the availability of financing in the international banking and capital markets. We cannot ensure that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to service our debt, to refinance our debt or to fund our other liquidity needs. For the year ended December 31, 2025, our cash flows dedicated for debt service requirements totaled $4.4 billion, which includes principal payments of $3.4 billion and interest payments of $1.0 billion, inclusive of $159 million related to capitalized interest. For the year ended December 31, 2025, our net cash provided by operating activities was $3.1 billion, which includes interest paid, net of capitalized amounts, of $869 million. If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we could face substantial liquidity problems and could be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures or to dispose of material assets or operations, seek additional debt or equity capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. Further, any refinancing or restructuring of our indebtedness could be at higher interest rates, may cause us to incur debt extinguishment costs, and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants that could further restrict our business operations. Moreover, in the event of a default, the holders of our indebtedness could elect to declare such indebtedness be due and payable and/or elect to exercise other rights, such as the lenders under our Revolving Credit Facility terminating their commitments thereunder and ceasing to make further loans or the lenders under our DDTL Facilities instituting foreclosure proceedings against their collateral, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

Additionally, financing through debt has historically been an important source of additional capital for us, and we intend to continue to use debt as a source of financing in the future. As such, we and our subsidiaries are able to incur additional debt and may be able to incur substantial additional debt in the future, subject to the restrictions contained in our debt instruments, some of which may be secured debt. Our existing debt agreements restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness, including secured indebtedness, but if those restrictions are waived, or the Facilities or Notes mature or are repaid, we may not be subject to such restrictions under the terms of any subsequent indebtedness. If we were to assume debt in connection with an acquisition of a company or line of business, we may have limited or no ability to negotiate the restrictions and covenants included in the agreements or instruments providing for such debt, and such restrictions and covenants may require us to change how we operate and, therefore, could have material adverse effect on us.

Furthermore, all of the debt under our Credit Facilities bears interest at variable rates, the majority of which is unhedged. If interest rates associated with our floating rate debt (e.g., SOFR) increase, our debt service obligations on our Credit Facilities would increase even though the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net income and cash flows, including cash available for servicing our indebtedness, would correspondingly decrease. In addition, an increase in such interest rates could adversely affect our future ability to obtain financing or materially increase the cost of any additional financing.

In addition, we have issued letters of credit in favor of several of our third-party data center providers as a requirement to enter into leases for these facilities. These letters of credit are part of a letter of credit subfacility under our Revolving Credit Facility, where they continue to secure the related lease obligations, and reduce availability under our Revolving Credit Facility.

***Certain of our debt agreements impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and our subsidiaries, which may prevent us from capitalizing on business opportunities.***

The credit agreements that govern our Credit Facilities, as well as the related parent guarantees, and the indentures that govern the Notes impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us. These restrictions will limit our ability and/or the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• incur or guarantee additional debt or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• pay dividends and make other distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• make certain investments or acquisitions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• incur certain liens;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• enter into transactions with our affiliates;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• enter into agreements that restrict the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make dividends or other payments to the lenders;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• prepay, redeem or repurchase any subordinated indebtedness or enter into amendments to certain subordinated indebtedness in a manner materially adverse to the lenders;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• designate restricted subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• transfer or sell certain assets.

In addition, we are required to maintain specified financial covenant ratios and satisfy other financial condition tests under the credit agreements governing our Credit Facilities. As a result of these restrictions, we are limited as to how we conduct our business, and we may be unable to raise additional debt or equity financing to compete effectively or to take advantage of new business opportunities. The terms of any future indebtedness we may incur could include similar or more restrictive covenants. We cannot ensure that we will be able to maintain compliance with these covenants in the future and, if we fail to do so, that we will be able to obtain waivers from the lenders and/or amend the covenants. Our failure to comply with the restrictive or financial covenants described above as well as the terms of any future indebtedness could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could result in us being required to repay these borrowings before their due date. If we are forced to refinance these borrowings on less favorable terms or are unable to refinance these borrowings, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be materially adversely affected.

***The capped call transactions may affect the value of our Class A common stock.***

In connection with the pricing of the 2031 Convertible Notes, we entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions with the option counterparties. The capped call transactions are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution to our Class A common stock upon any conversion of the 2031 Convertible Notes and/or offset any potential cash payments we are required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted 2031 Convertible Notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

We have been advised that, in connection with establishing their initial hedges of the capped call transactions, the option counterparties or their respective affiliates were expected to enter into various derivative transactions with respect to our Class A common stock and/or purchase shares of our Class A common stock concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the 2031 Convertible Notes. This activity could have increased (or reduced the size of any decrease in) the market price of our Class A common stock at that time.

In addition, the option counterparties or their respective affiliates may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding various derivatives with respect to our Class A common stock and/or purchasing or selling our Class A common stock or other securities of ours in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the 2031 Convertible Notes and prior to the maturity of the 2031 Convertible Notes. This activity could also cause or moderate an increase or a decrease in the market price of our Class A common stock.

In addition, if any such capped call transactions fail to become effective, the option counterparties or their respective affiliates may unwind their hedge positions with respect to our Class A common stock, which could adversely affect the value of our Class A common stock.

We do not make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any potential effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our Class A common stock. In addition, we do not make any representation that the option counterparties or their respective affiliates will not discontinue these transactions without notice. If we issue additional convertible notes in future periods we may enter into additional capped call transactions that may affect our Class A common stock in a similar manner as the capped call transactions related to the 2031 Convertible Notes.

***The conditional conversion feature of our 2031 Convertible Notes, if triggered, may adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.***

In the event the conditional conversion feature of the 2031 Convertible Notes is triggered, holders of 2031 Convertible Notes will be entitled to convert the 2031 Convertible Notes at any time during specified periods at their option. If one or more holders elect to convert their 2031 Convertible Notes, unless we elect (or are deemed to have elected) to satisfy our conversion obligation by delivering solely shares of our Class A common stock (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we would be required to settle a portion or all of our conversion obligation through the payment of cash, which could adversely affect our liquidity. In addition, even if holders do not elect to convert their 2031 Convertible Notes, we could be required under applicable accounting rules to reclassify all or a portion of the

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outstanding principal of the 2031 Convertible Notes as a current liability (rather than long term liability), which would result in a material reduction of our net working capital.

**Risks Related to Ownership of Our Class A Common Stock** 

***The market price of our Class A common stock has been, and may continue to be, volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment.***

The trading price of our Class A common stock has been and may continue to be volatile and we cannot predict the prices at which our Class A common stock will continue to trade. The market price of our Class A common stock depends on a number of factors, including those described in this "Risk Factors" section, many of which are beyond our control and may not be related to our operating performance. These fluctuations could cause you to lose all or part of your investment in our Class A common stock. Factors that could cause fluctuations in the market price of our Class A common stock include, but are not limited to, the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• actual or anticipated changes or fluctuations in our operating results;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our incurrence of any additional indebtedness or any fluctuations in interest rates impacting our existing indebtedness;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the financial projections we may provide to the public, any changes in these projections, or our failure to meet these projections;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• announcements by us or our competitors of new offerings, AI advancements, or data center capacity or new or terminated significant contracts, commercial relationships, acquisitions, or capital commitments;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• industry or financial analyst or investor reaction to our press releases, other public announcements and filings with the SEC;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• rumors and market speculation involving us or other companies in our industry;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market from time to time;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our ability to access the credit markets or the overall performance of the stock market or technology companies;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• failure of industry or financial analysts to maintain coverage of us, changes in financial estimates by any analysts who follow our company, or our failure to meet these estimates or the expectations of investors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• actual or anticipated developments in our business or our competitors' businesses or the competitive landscape generally;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• litigation or other proceedings involving us, our industry or both, or investigations by regulators into our operations or those of our competitors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• developments or disputes concerning our intellectual property rights or our solutions, or third-party proprietary rights;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• new laws or regulations or new interpretations of existing laws or regulations applicable to our business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any major changes in our management or our board of directors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the global political, economic, and macroeconomic climate, including but not limited to, actual or perceived instability in the banking industry, potential uncertainty with respect to the federal debt ceiling and budget and potential government shutdowns related thereto, such as the United States government shutdown in October and November of 2025, domestic and foreign regulatory uncertainty, changes in trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs, trade controls and other trade barriers or retaliation for those measures by other governments, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, potential recession, inflation and stagflation, and rising interest rates;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• other events or factors, including those resulting from war and armed conflict, including the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, tensions between China and Taiwan, instability in Venezuela, incidents of terrorism, or responses to these events; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• cybersecurity incidents.

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In addition, the stock market in general, and the market for technology companies in particular, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies, particularly during the current period of global macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty. These economic, political, regulatory, and market conditions have and may continue to negatively impact the market price of our Class A common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance. In addition, in the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market prices of a particular company's securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against that company. Securities litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and divert our management's attention and resources from our business. This could have an adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***Sales of substantial amounts of our Class A common stock in the public markets or issuance of additional shares of our Class A common stock or convertible securities, or the perception that they might occur, could cause the market price of our Class A common stock to decline.***

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Class A common stock into the public market, including shares of our Class A common stock held by our Co-Founders that have been converted from shares of our Class B common stock, and particularly sales by our directors, executive officers, and principal stockholders, or the perception that these sales might occur, could cause the market price of our Class A common stock to decline.

Pursuant to our third amended and restated investors' rights agreement, dated May 16, 2024, certain holders of our Class A common stock can require us to file registration statements for the public resale of the Class A common stock held by them or to include such shares in registration statements that we may file for us or other stockholders. We may also issue our shares of common stock or securities convertible into shares of our common stock from time to time in connection with option exercises, warrant exercises, financings, acquisitions, investments, or otherwise, including if holders of our 2031 Convertible Notes elect to convert their notes to shares of our Class A common stock.

Any further issuance could result in substantial dilution to our existing stockholders and cause the market price of our Class A common stock to decline. Our decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, which may adversely affect the amount, timing, or nature of our future offerings. As a result, holders of our Class A common stock bear the risk that our future offerings may reduce the market price of our Class A common stock and dilute their percentage ownership.

***The multi-class structure of our common stock has the effect of concentrating voting power with our Co-Founders, which will limit your ability to influence the outcome of important transactions, including a change in control.***

Our Class B common stock has ten votes per share, our Class A common stock has one vote per share, and our Class C common stock has no votes per share. As of December 31, 2025, our Co-Founders collectively hold all of the issued and outstanding shares of our Class B common stock. Because of the ten-to-one voting ratio between our Class B common stock and Class A common stock, our Co-Founders collectively continue to control a significant percentage of the combined voting power of our common stock, which voting power may increase over time upon the exercise or settlement and exchange of equity awards held by our Co-Founders pursuant to their equity exchange rights which provide each Co-Founder with the right (but not obligation) to require us to exchange, for shares of our Class B common stock, any shares of our Class A common stock received by him upon the exercise or settlement of equity awards for shares of our Class A common stock granted prior to September 2024. Therefore, our Co-Founders, individually or together, will be able to significantly influence matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors, amendments of our organizational documents and any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, or other major corporate transactions. Our Co-Founders, individually or together, may have interests that differ from yours and may vote in a way with which you disagree and which may be adverse to your interests. This concentrated control may have the effect of delaying, preventing, or deterring a change in control of our company, could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their capital stock as part of a sale of our company, and might ultimately affect the market price of our Class A common stock.

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Future transfers by the holders of Class B common stock will generally result in those shares converting into shares of Class A common stock, subject to limited exceptions, such as certain transfers effected for estate planning or charitable purposes. In addition, each share of Class B common stock will convert automatically into one share of Class A common stock upon the earlier of (i) a date that is fixed by our board of directors that is no more than 61 days following the seventh anniversary of the IPO, or no later than May 31, 2032, (ii) the date specified by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the outstanding voting power of the Class B common stock, or (iii) no more than 61 days following the first date Mr. Intrator is no longer providing services that occupy substantially all of his working time and business efforts to us as an officer, employee, or consultant, as determined by the board of directors (other than as a result of termination of Mr. Intrator's employment without cause) (such conversion, the "Class B Automatic Conversion").

Additionally, future issuances of our Class C common stock may further concentrate the voting power of our Co-Founders by prolonging the duration of their control and/or by giving them an opportunity to achieve liquidity without diminishing their voting power. See "—Any future issuance of our Class C common stock may have the effect of further concentrating voting control in our Class B common stock, may discourage potential acquisitions of our business, and could have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A common stock." If we are unable to effectively manage these risks, our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects could be adversely affected.

***The multi-class structure of our common stock may adversely affect the trading market for our Class A common stock.***

We cannot predict whether our multi-class structure will, over time, result in a lower or more volatile market price of our Class A common stock, adverse publicity, or other adverse consequences. Certain stock index providers exclude or limit the ability of companies with multi-class share structures from being added to certain of their indices. In addition, several stockholder advisory firms and large institutional investors oppose the use of multiple class structures. As a result, the multi-class structure of our common stock may make us ineligible for inclusion in certain indices and may discourage such indices from selecting us for inclusion, notwithstanding our automatic termination provision, may cause stockholder advisory firms to publish negative commentary about our corporate governance practices or otherwise seek to cause us to change our capital structure, and may result in large institutional investors not purchasing shares of our Class A common stock. Given the sustained flow of investment funds into passive strategies that seek to track certain indices, any exclusion from certain stock indices could result in less demand for our Class A common stock. Any actions or publications by stockholder advisory firms or institutional investors critical of our corporate governance practices or capital structure could also adversely affect the value of our Class A common stock.

***If financial analysts issue inaccurate or unfavorable research regarding, or do not or cease to cover, our Class A common stock, our stock price and trading volume could decline.***

The trading market for our Class A common stock is influenced by the research and reports that financial analysts publish about us, our business, our market and our competitors. We do not control these analysts or the content and opinions included in their reports. As a recently public company, the analysts who publish information about our Class A common stock have had relatively little experience with our business, which may affect their ability to accurately forecast our results and make it more likely that we fail to meet their estimates. If any of the analysts who cover us issues an inaccurate or unfavorable opinion regarding our stock price, our stock price would likely decline. In addition, the stock prices of many companies in the technology industry have declined significantly after those companies have failed to meet, or significantly exceed, the financial guidance publicly announced by the companies or the expectations of analysts. If our financial results fail to meet, or significantly exceed, our announced guidance, if any, or the expectations of analysts or public investors, analysts could downgrade our Class A common stock or publish unfavorable research about us. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our Class A common stock or fail to publish reports on us regularly, our visibility in the financial markets could decrease, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

***We do not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation in the price of our Class A common stock.***

We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation of our business and do not anticipate paying any dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future. Additionally, our ability to pay dividends or make distributions is limited by certain restrictions contained in our Credit Facilities. Any future determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general business conditions, restrictions in our debt instruments and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of their Class A common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investments.

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***Provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of our company, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult and may limit attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management and members of our board of directors.***

Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a merger, acquisition or other change of control of our company that the stockholders may consider favorable. In addition, because our board of directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors. Among other things, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws include provisions that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• provide that our board of directors is classified into three classes of directors with staggered three-year terms;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• permit our board of directors to establish the number of directors and fill any vacancies and newly created directorships;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• require supermajority voting to amend some provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• authorize the issuance of "blank check" preferred stock that our board of directors could use to implement a stockholder rights plan;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• provide that only the chairman of our board of directors, our chief executive officer, our lead independent director or a majority of our board of directors will be authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• eliminate the ability of our stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• do not provide for cumulative voting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• provide that directors may only be removed "for cause" and only with the approval of two-thirds of our stockholders;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• provide for a multi-class common stock structure in which holders of our Class B common stock may have the ability to control the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval, even if they own significantly less than a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock, including the election of directors and other significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or its assets;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• prohibit stockholder action by written consent, which requires all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders; provided that stockholder action by written consent of a majority of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of our capital stock is permitted so long as the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock represents greater than a majority of the combined voting power of all then-outstanding shares of our capital stock;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• provide that our board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, or repeal our amended and restated bylaws; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at annual stockholder meetings.

Moreover, Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL"), may discourage, delay, or prevent a change in control of our company. Section 203 imposes certain restrictions on mergers, business combinations, and other transactions between us and holders of 15% or more of our common stock.

***Our amended and restated bylaws contain exclusive forum provisions for certain claims, which may limit our stockholders' ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.***

Our amended and restated bylaws provide that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, to the fullest extent permitted by law, will be the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty, any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or our amended and restated bylaws, or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine or asserting an "internal corporate claim" as defined in the DGCL.

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Our stockholders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any of our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to our exclusive forum provisions, including the Federal Forum Provision. These provisions may limit a stockholders' ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum of their choosing for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and employees. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our amended and restated bylaws to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

***Any future issuance of our Class C common stock may have the effect of further concentrating voting control in our Class B common stock, may discourage potential acquisitions of our business, and could have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A common stock.***

Under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, we are authorized to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of our Class C common stock. We do not have current plans to issue any shares of our Class C common stock. However, any future issuance of our Class C common stock may have the effect of further concentrating voting control in our Class B common stock, may discourage potential acquisitions of our business, and could have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A common stock. Although we have no current plans to issue any shares of our Class C common stock, we may in the future issue shares of our Class C common stock for a variety of corporate purposes, including financings, acquisitions, investments, and equity incentives to our employees, consultants, and directors. Our authorized but unissued shares of Class C common stock are available for issuance with the approval of our board of directors without stockholder approval, except as may be required by the listing rules of Nasdaq. Because our Class C common stock carries no voting rights (except as otherwise required by law) and is not listed for trading on an exchange or registered for sale with the SEC, shares of our Class C common stock may be less liquid and less attractive to any future recipients of these shares than shares of our Class A common stock, although we may seek to list our Class C common stock for trading and register shares of our Class C common stock for sale in the future. Further, we could issue shares of Class C common stock to our Co-Founders, and, in that event, they would be able to sell such shares of Class C common stock and achieve liquidity in their holdings without diminishing their voting power. In addition, because our Class C common stock carries no voting rights (except as otherwise required by law), if we issue shares of our Class C common stock in the future, the holders of our Class B common stock may be able to hold significant voting control over most matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders for a longer period of time than would be the case if we issued our Class A common stock rather than our Class C common stock in such transactions. In addition, each share of our Class C common stock will automatically convert into one share of our Class A common stock following both (i) the earliest of (a) the conversion or exchange of all then-outstanding shares of our Class B common stock into or for shares of our Class A common stock, (b) the Class B Automatic Conversion, and (c) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock and upon (ii) the date and time or occurrence of an event specified by the vote of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Class A common stock. If we issue shares of our Class C common stock in the future, such issuances would have a dilutive effect on the economic interests of our Class A and Class B common stock. Any such issuance of our Class C common stock could also cause the market price of our Class A common stock to decline.

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**General Risk Factors** 

***Adverse global macroeconomic conditions, geopolitical risks, or reduced spending on AI and high performance computing or on cloud infrastructure could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.***

Our business depends on the overall demand for and adoption of AI and high performance computing and cloud infrastructure and on the economic health of our current and prospective customers. In addition, the purchase of our platform is often discretionary and may involve a significant commitment of capital and other resources. Weak global and regional economic conditions, including United States and global macroeconomic issues, actual or perceived global banking and finance related issues, domestic and foreign regulatory uncertainty, changes in trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs, trade controls and other trade barriers or retaliation for those measures by other governments, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, rising interest rates, inflation, and stagflation, spending environments, geopolitical instability, warfare and uncertainty, including the effects of the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, tensions between China and Taiwan, instability in Venezuela, weak economic conditions in certain regions or a reduction in business spending, including spending on developing AI and high performance computing capabilities and on cloud infrastructure, regardless of macroeconomic conditions, could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects, including resulting in longer sales cycles, a negative impact on our ability to attract and retain new customers, increase sales of our platform, or sell additional solutions and services to our existing customers, lower prices for our solutions and services, and slower or declining growth. Deterioration in economic conditions in any of the countries in which we do business could also cause slower or impaired collections on accounts receivable, which may adversely impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.

Geopolitical risks, including those arising from trade tension and/or the imposition of trade tariffs, terrorist activity, or acts of civil or international hostility, are increasing. In particular, the imposition of tariffs, trade controls, border taxes, or other barriers to trade may directly or indirectly impact our business, operating results, financial condition, prospects, and stock price. For example, in 2025 the United States announced tariffs on imported goods from most countries, and in 2026 announced global tariffs on imported goods from all countries, and select countries have announced or implemented retaliatory tariffs in response, contributing to volatility in the markets. There can be no assurance that we will be able to mitigate the impacts of the foregoing or any future changes in global trade dynamics on our business. Similarly, the potential for military conflict between China and Taiwan could have negative impacts on the global economy, including by affecting the supply of semiconductors from Taiwan, contributing to higher energy prices and creating uncertainty in the global capital markets. While we do not currently have employees or direct operations in Taiwan, our suppliers rely heavily on semiconductors supplied by Taiwan which are an important component of our platform and any reduction in that supply could materially disrupt our operations.

***We may be adversely affected by natural disasters, pandemics, and other catastrophic events, and by man-made problems such as war and regional geopolitical conflicts around the world, that could disrupt our business operations, and our business continuity and disaster recovery plans may not adequately protect us from a serious disaster.***

Natural disasters or other catastrophic events may cause damage or disruption to our operations, international commerce, and the global economy, and thus could have an adverse effect on us. Our business operations are also subject to interruption by fire, power shortages, flooding, earthquakes and other events beyond our control. In addition, our global operations expose us to risks associated with public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, which could harm our business and cause our operating results to suffer. Further, acts of war, armed conflict, terrorism and other geopolitical unrest, such as the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, tensions between China and Taiwan, and instability in Venezuela, could cause disruptions in our business or the businesses of our partners or the economy as a whole.

In the event of a natural disaster, including a major earthquake, flood, blizzard, or hurricane, or a catastrophic event such as a fire, power loss, cyberattack, or telecommunications failure, we may be unable to continue our operations and may endure system interruptions, reputational harm, delays in development of our platform, lengthy interruptions in service, breaches of data security, and loss of critical data, all of which could have an adverse effect on our future operating results. Climate change could result in an increase in the frequency or severity of such natural disasters. Moreover, any of our offices or data centers may be vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. For example, certain of our corporate offices and data centers are located in California, a state that frequently experiences earthquakes, flooding, mudslides, wildfires, and resultant air quality impacts and power shutoffs associated with wildfire prevention, heat waves, and droughts. These events can, in turn, have impacts on inflation risk, food security, water security, and on our employees' health and well-being. Additionally, all the aforementioned risks will be further increased if we do not implement an effective disaster recovery plan or our partners' disaster recovery plans prove to be inadequate.

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***Investors' expectations of our performance relating to environmental, social, and governance factors may impose additional costs and expose us to new risks.***

There is an increasing focus from certain regulators, investors, employees, users, and other stakeholders concerning corporate responsibility, specifically related to environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") matters both in the United States and internationally. Some investors may use these non-financial performance factors to guide their investment strategies and, in some cases, may choose not to invest in us if they believe our policies and actions relating to corporate responsibility are inadequate. Further, there is particular focus on concerns relating to AI and its impact on the environment, including the power-intensive nature of the industry, high consumption of water, and reliance on critical minerals and rare elements, and we are focused on sustainability goals and initiatives to mitigate the environmental impacts of our operations. We may experience heightened scrutiny from our stakeholders and potential investors around these issues. We may also face reputational damage in the event that we do not meet the ESG standards set by various constituencies or fail, or are perceived to fail, in our achievement of our sustainability goals, initiatives, or commitments.

Our sustainability initiatives, goals, or commitments could be difficult to achieve or costly to implement. Moreover, compliance with recently adopted and potential upcoming ESG requirements, including California legislation that requires various climate-related disclosures and emissions reporting, the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, and (CS DDD), the United Kingdom's Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) framework, and the Spanish Royal Decree 214/2025, will require the dedication of significant time and resources. Our ability to meet stakeholder expectations is also subject to external factors outside of our control including the ability and willingness of our suppliers to reduce emissions and the advancement of new emission reducing technologies. In addition, global clients often rely on ESG rating systems for bids and buying practices, and yet the criteria used in the ratings may conflict and change frequently. Thus, we cannot predict how these third parties will score us and do not have any assurance that they score us or other companies accurately or that we will be able to score well should such criteria change.

***We have in the past and may continue in the future to be subject to securities class action litigation.***

In the past, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against companies following periods of volatility in the market price of a company's securities. A purported securities class action lawsuit was filed against us and certain of our executive officers in January 2026 and two stockholder derivative actions were purportedly filed on our behalf in February 2026, as further described in *Note 9—Commitments and Contingencies — Litigation* to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This type of litigation, and any future similar lawsuits, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management's attention and resources, which could adversely affect our business, operating results, or financial condition. Additionally, the increases in the cost of directors' and officers' liability insurance may cause us to opt for lower overall policy limits and coverage or to forgo insurance that we may otherwise rely on to cover significant defense costs, settlements, and damages awarded to plaintiffs, or incur substantially higher costs to maintain the same or similar coverage. These factors could make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified executive officers and members of our board of directors.

**Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments**

None.

**Item 1C. Cybersecurity**

***Risk management and strategy***

We understand that data security is essential for privacy, compliance, and trust and maintain a cybersecurity risk management program designed to identify, evaluate, and manage risks through structured engagement with security domain leaders. Risks are assessed based on potential impact and likelihood, tracked in a centralized risk register, and managed through defined risk treatment decisions and ongoing monitoring. Cybersecurity risk posture and mitigation progress are periodically reported to executive leadership and the board of directors to support oversight and informed decision making.

Material cybersecurity risks and associated threats are managed through a layered defense approach that integrates security governance, dedicated security leadership, and formal policies with technical and operational controls. These include access management, multi-factor authentication, device and configuration controls, secure development and platform-delivery practices, continuous monitoring, and threat detection and response capabilities. Preparedness is further supported by documented incident-response plans, business-continuity and disaster-recovery procedures, retained forensic resources, cyber-insurance coverage, and regular penetration testing. These processes are embedded within our broader

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enterprise risk-management framework. Cybersecurity risks are evaluated alongside operational and strategic risks and are incorporated into our company-wide risk assessments and reporting mechanisms. We engage external assessors, including independent security firms and certification bodies, to evaluate the effectiveness of our controls and support our compliance obligations. We align our security and compliance programs with industry-standard frameworks, including SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 27001, and require cloud infrastructure and data center colocation providers to maintain compliance with these frameworks throughout the term of their contracts. We maintain policies, processes, and procedures to oversee cybersecurity risks associated with third-party service providers, which include security due-diligence assessments, ongoing monitoring, and contractual requirements addressing security controls and incident-notification obligations. These processes help ensure that third-party relationships do not introduce unacceptable cybersecurity exposure.

We continuously evaluate cybersecurity threats as part of our broader risk-management processes. To date, we have not experienced any cybersecurity incidents that have materially affected our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition. Based on our current assessments, we do not believe that any known cybersecurity risks are reasonably likely to materially affect the company. We identify and address higher-risk cybersecurity threats through established monitoring, mitigation, and incident-response processes, which are designed to manage potential impacts before they escalate into material issues, including through coordination with legal, finance, external security advisors, and governmental agencies. For more information on our cybersecurity related risks, see Risks related to Our Business and Industry in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including "A network or data security incident against us, or our third-party providers, whether actual, alleged, or perceived, could harm our reputation, create liability and regulatory exposure, and adversely impact our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects."

***Governance***

Our Board of Directors provides direct oversight of risks arising from cybersecurity threats. Cybersecurity oversight is handled by the full Board rather than a separate committee. The Chief Information Security Officer ("CISO") briefs the Board on an annual basis, providing updates on key cybersecurity risks, program status, significant developments, and progress against our strategic cybersecurity goals. These regular presentations, along with additional updates as needed, inform the Board's oversight and understanding of the company's cybersecurity risk posture.

Management is responsible for assessing and managing the company's risks from cybersecurity threats through a defined leadership structure supported by specialized security teams and vetted external partners. Our cross-functional engineering, security, legal, operations, and compliance teams coordinate to ensure our cybersecurity commitments are continuously met and maintained. Overall accountability resides with the CISO, who oversees the company's cybersecurity program. The CISO has significant security and engineering leadership experience, including prior CISO roles, and brings deep expertise in enterprise security operations, incident response, and risk management.

Our CISO is supported by dedicated information-security personnel who manage day-to-day security operations, including security engineering, secure development, vulnerability management, detection and response, offensive security, security and privacy compliance, third-party risk management, security risk management, security policy and education, detection and response, cyber, geopolitical, and physical threat intelligence, insider-threat monitoring, and global resiliency and crisis response. These teams are further supported by qualified third-party partners, including external auditors, penetration testers, and forensic firms retained for breach investigation and remediation support. Governance policies, documented procedures, and defined responsibilities enable risk-management activities to be coordinated and applied across our organization.

Management monitors the prevention, detection, mitigation, and remediation of cybersecurity incidents through continuous endpoint and security monitoring, vulnerability and configuration assessments, log-analysis workflows, and established incident-response processes. Regular business reviews provide structured oversight of these activities, and visibility across cybersecurity, engineering, and executive leadership.

**Item 2. Properties** 

We are headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. We also lease office space in various parts of the United States, such as New York, the State of Washington, and California, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom. Additionally, we lease space to operate data centers worldwide, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, and Norway. We believe that our current facilities are adequate to meet our current needs and that, should it be needed, suitable additional or alternative space will be available to accommodate our operations.

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**Item 3. Legal Proceedings** 

For more information, refer to *Note 9—Commitments and Contingencies — Litigation* to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures**

Not applicable.

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**PART II**

**Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities**

***Market Information***

Our Class A common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "CRWV." Our Class B common stock and Class C common stock are not listed or traded on any stock exchange or public market.

***Holders***

As of January 30, 2026, there were approximately 304 stockholders of record of our Class A common stock. Because many of our shares of Class A common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders. As of January 30, 2025, there were 22 stockholders of record of our Class B common stock and no stockholders of record of our Class C common stock.

***Dividends***

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock, with the exception of dividends paid on our Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock prior to the consummation of our IPO, and do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to declare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on a number of factors, including our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, general business conditions, and other factors relevant to our board of directors.

***Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans***

The information required by this item with respect to our equity compensation plans is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

***Performance Graph***

*This performance graph shall not be deemed "soliciting material" or to be "filed" with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.*

The performance graph below shows the cumulative total return to holders of Class A common stock between March 28, 2025 (the date that our Class A common stock commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) through December 31, 2025, in comparison to the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index ("S&P 500 Index"), the Nasdaq Composite Index, and the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index. The graph assumes that $100 was invested in our Class A common stock and each index at their closing prices on March 28, 2025 and data for the indexes assumes reinvestment of any dividends. The stock price performance shown in the graph represents past performance and is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

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***Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities***

In connection with the closing of our acquisition of Marimo Inc., on October 30, 2025, we issued an aggregate of 844,735 shares of our Class A common stock to former holders of shares of Marimo Inc. common stock in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering. We relied on this exemption from registration based in part on the representations made by the applicable Marimo securityholders.

In connection with the closing of our acquisition of Monolith AI Limited, on November 5, 2025, we issued $185 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible notes, $13 million of which included vesting conditions, to certain former holders of shares of Monolith AI Limited in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof. The notes do not bear interest. The notes will mature on April 24, 2026 if settled in shares of our Class A common stock or May 5, 2026 if settled in cash, in each case, unless earlier redeemed or repaid. If settled in shares of our Class A common stock, the conversion price will be based on the 10-trading day volume weighted average sales price of our Class A common stock ending on the third trading day prior to April 24, 2026.

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**Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations**

*The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes, and other financial information, included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition to our historical results of operations and financial position, this discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section titled "Risk Factors." Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any period in the future, and results for any interim period should not be construed as an inference of what our results would be for any full year or future period.* 

**Overview** 

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI purpose-built to accelerate breakthroughs by AI pioneers, from leading research labs to enterprises fueling business growth. We deliver a comprehensive, tightly integrated platform of advanced infrastructure and proprietary software that enables our customers to build and run AI systems continuously, reliably, and at scale. CoreWeave is trusted by some of the world's leading AI labs and enterprises.

Our CoreWeave Cloud Platform includes:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**• Networking Backbone.** Our network backbone supports the bandwidth and connectivity that our customers need to move large-scale distributed AI workloads.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **Foundational Infrastructure.** Our purpose-built foundational infrastructure maximizes performance with first-to-market GPU clusters, ultra-high density, and high-speed interconnects, supporting complex AI workloads while improving efficiency and lowering total cost of ownership.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **Data and Storage.** CoreWeave's purpose-built storage combines exascale, AI-optimized object and file storage with GPU-local caching and Local Tier Acceleration (LOTA™) to deliver high-throughput data access, cross-cloud reach, and predictable economics for training and inference.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **Infrastructure Control.** Our integrated AI-native orchestration and bare-metal control deliver the reliability, flexibility, and efficiency required to run complex AI workloads at scale, and matched with the right AI services.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• **CoreWeave Mission Control.** CoreWeave Mission Control integrates security, observability, and services—including node, rack, and fleet lifecycle management—to enable intelligent, unified orchestration from foundational infrastructure to agent development.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**• Runtime Acceleration.** CoreWeave delivers platform services that accelerate training and inference by reducing startup latency, improving throughput, and increasing utilization at runtime—removing friction across scheduling, environment readiness, and execution so jobs reach steady-state performance faster and run more efficiently at scale.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**• Model and Agent Development.** CoreWeave provides the developer tools and integrations teams use to build, evaluate, deploy, and monitor models and agents, with experiment tracking, governance and guardrails, and workflow integrations that speed iteration from prototype to production.

**Key Factors Impacting Our Performance**

We believe the growth and success of our business depends on a number of key factors. These factors each present significant opportunities for our business, but also pose risks and challenges that may affect our financial results, including those discussed below and in the section titled "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

***Adoption of AI in Society***

The development and early adoption of AI models and the products built on top of them have contributed to our growth to date and our future success will depend in part on the continued adoption of AI. We believe AI is still in the early stages of its commercialization and that demand for model training and inference will continue to scale as organizations embrace new use cases for AI and experience the productivity and efficiency gains associated with deploying AI products. The infrastructure that supports the use cases for AI is expected to continue improving as new generations of AI technologies are released and their performance continues to improve. Moreover, the volume of data on which models are trained is expected to continue to increase as more data is produced and becomes accessible to foundational models. As AI

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becomes more widespread, chip technology continues to improve, the amount of available data for training grows and companies continue to invest in infrastructure for AI, we believe that the adoption of AI will scale significantly.

***Securing Sufficient Power Capacity***

We believe the data center installed base will need to scale significantly over the course of the coming years in terms of both space and power to keep pace with demand for AI products and high-performance compute. As of December 31, 2023, we had 10 data centers supported by 70 MW of active power, which grew to 32 data centers supported by more than 360 MW of active power as of December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, we had 43 data centers supported by over 850 MW of active power. Further, we had total contracted power of approximately 3.1 GW as of December 31, 2025, which we expect to roll out over the coming years. Importantly, our power capacity is available in large individual deployments that are capable of serving large infrastructure clusters, which is critical for our larger customers. We plan to continue to build out our access to power capacity and explore alternative energy solutions to support our growing capacity needs, including, but not limited to non-emitting sources of power. We believe that limited access to power will favor platforms like ours that are purpose-built to deliver maximum performance from a constrained pool of resources.

***Maintaining a Robust Supply Chain to Service AI and High-Performance Compute Requirements***

Our future success depends in part on our access to the latest generation of high-performance chips and ancillary hardware, including GPUs, and other high-performance networking and storage equipment required to run our CoreWeave Cloud Platform. We have established close relationships with chipmakers and OEMs over time to procure our supply of hardware components and continue to strengthen these relationships through our demonstrated ability to deliver leading-edge compute at unparalleled scale and speed. Our future success also depends on our ability to access components such as chillers and HVAC systems for liquid cooling to maintain our data center infrastructure. We work actively with our suppliers on future capacity to ensure that our future resource needs are met while continuing to develop our relationships with leading component providers to incorporate the latest hardware innovations and assemble highly performant AI compute solutions for our customers.

***Investing in Innovation and Technology Leadership***

Our success is dependent on our ability to sustain innovation and technology leadership in order to maintain the competitive advantage of our solution and to bring the latest GPUs to market faster than our competition. We have built a highly differentiated full stack solution for running AI training and inference workloads at maximum performance and efficiency, which we intend to continue to adapt and evolve with the support of our AI specific expertise. We plan to maintain our prioritization of investments in our engineering and product teams to continue to extend our technology leadership in AI infrastructure. Our engineering-led culture, coupled with our team's embedded philosophy of embracing complex technical challenges, will be a critical factor to our future performance and our ability to continue innovating.

Our CoreWeave Cloud Platform is a critical part of the daily operations of the AI developers and providers of AI products and services that rely on our platform to train and inference their models. We remain committed to investing in and growing our business through continued technology leadership and expansion of our software suite to further optimize and enhance AI compute.

***Driving More Workloads from Existing Customers***

We have strategically aligned with some of the world's leading AI labs and enterprises that are building the next generation of foundational models and providing AI capabilities to organizations across the world. These AI leaders are the primary channel through which many non AI-native organizations access the benefits of AI today, given that they deliver AI-powered products and services that leverage our infrastructure to users without requiring them to build and run their own models. We are focused on continuing to capture AI cloud spend across these organizations as they train new models and build new AI capabilities for businesses and individuals, and on enabling them to maintain their innovation edge and accelerate the speed to market of their next generation of models. The significant benefits we deliver to these customers in terms of overall performance, efficiency, and reduced cost of ownership results in them making large initial commitments and expanding those commitments with us over time. As of December 31, 2025, we had $60.7 billion of remaining performance obligations (RPO), reflecting an increase of 302%, from $15.1 billion as of December 31, 2024.

Driving the continued retention and expansion of our customers will depend on our ability to handle the scale, performance, and efficiency required to accelerate their path to market and enable them to produce better AI products and services. Given the large initial commitments customers make for access to our CoreWeave Cloud Platform, we expect the

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growth of our remaining performance obligations to be in steps, which may include periods of decline, versus a smooth linear trajectory.

***Increasing Customer Adoption of our CoreWeave Cloud Platform***

We expect to see increasing adoption of AI globally as existing industries innovate with AI and new industries arise. We anticipate that AI will expand beyond first movers to a broader set of enterprises that will utilize AI to drive internal efficiencies and implement AI into their products and services. These organizations are in their early stages of adopting the latest innovations in AI such as generative AI, and are currently focused on running proof-of-concepts and beginning to scale them into production, adapting foundational models to optimize them for their specific use-cases and infusing them with their proprietary data for a broad range of vertical applications, from high frequency trading to drug discovery. As AI model capabilities grow and become more accessible and cheaper, we also expect to see the emergence of new industries and use cases, which we may not be able to anticipate today. Over time, as more non-AI-native organizations across a broader spectrum of industries run training and inference workloads on their own proprietary models, and as new industries with additional workload demands emerge, we believe we will be uniquely positioned to capture those workloads on our CoreWeave Cloud Platform. Our globally distributed and elastic infrastructure, which is optimized for performance and low latency, and our software stack, which makes it easy to deploy, manage, and monitor AI workloads, are ideally suited to run and scale these workloads seamlessly. Successful acquisitions of new customers across these organizations will depend upon our ability to continue evolving our go-to-market organization and strategy, sufficient demand for AI compute, demand from end users of AI-enabled products and services, and overall pricing and competition. Lastly, if AI is not broadly adopted by the enterprises to the extent we expect, or if new use cases do not arise, then our opportunity may be smaller than we expect.

***Improving our Cost of Capital***

Our business is driven by investments in infrastructure that is foundational to our platform. In order to fund these investments, we have pioneered and scaled innovative financing structures that have enabled us to grow our business at a rapid pace through timely and flexible access to capital. These include our use of DDTLs that are collateralized by contractual cash flows and infrastructure assets. These structures have allowed us to leverage the valuable infrastructure underpinning our contracts, the strong credit quality of many of our customers, and high visibility of our customer payments to drive down our cost of capital. We have also incorporated features such as investment grade tranches, as in the case of the DDTL 2.0 Facility, to further reduce our cost of capital. We expect to continue to incur indebtedness to meet our capital needs. However, we also expect our cost of capital to continue to decrease as we benefit from economies of scale and access new forms of financing including asset backed securitizations and rated parent level debt, such as the issuances of our 9.25% senior notes due 2030 (the "2023 Senior Notes"), 9.00% senior notes due 2031 (the "2031 Senior Notes"), and 1.75% convertible senior notes due 2031 (the 2031 Convertible Notes," and together with the 2030 Senior Notes and the 2031 Senior Notes, the "Notes") that were all completed in 2025 at incrementally improved rates. We expect this trajectory towards a lower cost of capital will enable us to accelerate our growth at the pace of innovation and help us to drive continued investments in the most cutting-edge technology. However, our ability to lower our cost of capital depends upon a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including broader macroeconomic conditions and market sentiments. If we are unable to continue lowering our cost of capital, our ability to effectively compete, especially with larger competitors that have greater financial and other resources, as well as our operating results, financial condition, and business, may be adversely impacted.

**Components of Results of Operations** 

***Revenue***

We generate revenue by providing our customers with cloud computing services, including compute enabled by our software and infrastructure optimized for AI and high-performance computing. Our customers purchase our CoreWeave Cloud Platform services through either committed contracts or on an on-demand basis. Our revenue primarily comes from committed contracts.

***Cost of Revenue***

Cost of revenue primarily consists of direct costs for data centers, including costs associated with our facilities, such as rent, utilities including power, and depreciation and amortization, including depreciation of power installation and distribution systems, and personnel costs for employees involved in data center operations and customer success, including salaries, bonuses, benefits, stock-based compensation expense, and other related expenses.

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We expect our cost of revenue to increase in absolute dollar terms as we continue to grow our platform and expand our customer base. However, we anticipate that cost of revenue may fluctuate as a percentage of revenue in the future due to the timing of when data centers go live, including due to any delays in the availability of data centers that we lease or own, and when we achieve economies of scale and operational efficiencies.

***Technology and Infrastructure***

Technology and infrastructure expense consists of costs associated with our infrastructure, such as depreciation and amortization related to our servers, switches, networking equipment and internally developed software, personnel costs for employees associated with research and development of new and existing products and services or with maintaining our computing infrastructure, such as salaries, bonuses, benefits, stock-based compensation expense, and other related expenses, and costs related to software subscriptions.

We expect our technology and infrastructure expense to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to focus on growth and innovation. However, we anticipate technology and infrastructure expense may fluctuate as a percentage of revenue in the future due to the timing of when we achieve economies of scale and operational efficiencies, including through software innovation.

***Sales and Marketing***

Sales and marketing expense consists of personnel costs associated with selling and marketing our CoreWeave Cloud Platform, such as salaries, stock-based compensation expense, commissions, bonuses, and other related expenses, advertising costs associated with marketing programs, and third-party professional services costs. We expect our sales and marketing expense to increase in absolute dollars as we expand our go-to-market capabilities, grow our brand and diversify our customer footprint.

***General and Administrative***

General and administrative expense consists of costs associated with corporate functions including our finance, legal, human resources, information technology ("IT"), and facilities. These costs include personnel costs, such as salaries, bonuses, benefits, stock-based compensation expense, and other related expenses, third-party professional services costs, such as legal, accounting, and audit services, and costs related to software subscriptions.

We expect to continue incurring additional expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including expenses to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange, expenses related to compliance and reporting obligations pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, and professional services.

***Gain (Loss) on Fair Value Adjustments***

Gain (loss) on fair value adjustments consists of gains and losses as a result of recording our derivative and warrant liabilities for our 2021 Convertible Senior Secured Notes, warrant liabilities related to our 2022 Senior Secured Notes, and the option liability in connection with our Series B financing at fair value at the end of each reporting period, or prior to settlement of the associated instruments if settled during the reporting period.

We do not expect to incur additional gain (loss) on fair value adjustments as these instruments have either been settled or no longer require fair value measurement at the end of each reporting period.

***Interest Expense, Net***

Interest expense, net consists of contractual and imputed interest, interest associated with our finance leases and revenue agreements with significant financing components, the amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs, and the accretion of redemption premiums associated with our debt obligations. Interest expense, net is reflected net of capitalized interest.

***Other Income, Net***

Other income, net consists of gains (losses) on strategic investments and other non-operating gains and losses, interest and investment income, foreign currency exchange gains (losses), and gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt.

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***Provision for (benefit from) Income Taxes***

The provision for (benefit from) income taxes consists primarily of income taxes in certain U.S. federal, state, local and foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct business, net of any valuation allowance. Foreign jurisdictions typically have different statutory tax rates from those in the United States. Accordingly, our effective tax rate might fluctuate significantly in the future due to changes in the mix of income and losses in jurisdictions with a wide range of tax rates, the effect of acquisitions, changes resulting from the amount of recorded valuation allowance, permanent differences between U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, certain one-time items, and local tax laws, and changes in tax contingencies.

**Results of Operations** 

The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss data for the periods indicated:

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **(in millions)** | **(in millions)** | **(in millions)** |
| **Revenue** | $5131 | $1915 | $229 |
| **Operating expenses:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cost of revenue<sup>(1)</sup> | 1453 | 493 | 69 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Technology and infrastructure<sup>(1)</sup> | 2929 | 961 | 131 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales and marketing<sup>(1)</sup> | 144 | 18 | 13 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General and administrative<sup>(1)</sup> | 651 | 119 | 30 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total operating expenses | 5177 | 1591 | 243 |
| **Operating income (loss)** | (46) | 324 | (14) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gain (loss) on fair value adjustments | 27 | (756) | (534) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest expense, net | (1229) | (361) | (28) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other income, net | 33 | 49 | 18 |
| **Loss before income taxes** | (1215) | (744) | (558) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (48) | 119 | 36 |
| **Net loss and comprehensive loss** | $(1167) | $(863) | $(594) |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| | **(in millions)** | **(in millions)** | **(in millions)** |
| Cost of revenue | $15 | $1 | $1 |
| Technology and infrastructure | 221 | 10 | 6 |
| Sales and marketing | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| General and administrative | 363 | 17 | 6 |
| Total | $630 | $31 | $15 |

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**Comparison of the Year Ended December 31, 2025 and 2024** 

***Revenue***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Revenue | $5131 | $1915 | $3216 | 168% |

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Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $3.2 billion, or 168%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This substantial growth was related to increased demand from both existing and new customer contracts and our fulfillment of that demand through our expanded data center footprint. Approximately 85% of the

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increase in revenue was attributable to expansion within our existing customer base and the remaining increase was attributable to new customers.

***Cost of Revenue***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Cost of revenue | $1453 | $493 | $960 | 195% |
| Percentage of revenue | 28% | 26% |  |  |

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Cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $960 million, or 195%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This increase was attributable to higher costs directly related to running our data centers to support the significant increase in customer demand, driven by the deployment of new and expanded data centers, which resulted in an increase in rent expense of approximately $566 million, an increase in data center utilities spend of approximately $203 million, and an increase in depreciation and amortization related to power installation and distribution systems of approximately $84 million.

***Technology and Infrastructure***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Technology and infrastructure | $2929 | $961 | $1968 | 205% |
| Percentage of revenue | 57% | 50% |  |  |

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Technology and infrastructure expense for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $2.0 billion, or 205%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This increase was attributable to an increase in depreciation and amortization of approximately $1.5 billion, from $843 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, to $2.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, resulting from investments in our platform and servers, switches, and other networking equipment fixed assets within our infrastructure, as well as an increase of approximately $348 million of personnel costs including stock-based compensation, which reflects headcount growth to support our expanding operations.

***Sales and Marketing***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Sales and marketing | $144 | $18 | $126 | 700% |
| Percentage of revenue | 3% | 1% |  |  |

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Sales and marketing expense for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $126 million, or 700%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This increase was attributable to an increase of approximately $56 million in personnel costs including stock-based compensation, and an increase of $48 million of advertising and sponsorship expenses.

***General and Administrative***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| General and administrative | $651 | $119 | $532 | 447% |
| Percentage of revenue | 13% | 6% |  |  |

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General and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $532 million, or 447%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This increase was attributable to an increase of approximately $420 million in personnel costs including stock-based compensation, which reflects headcount growth to support our expanding operations. Professional services expenses also increased by approximately $117 million, primarily from accounting, legal, and other advisory services necessary to support our growth, acquisitions, and public company compliance activities.

***Gain (Loss) on Fair Value Adjustments***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Gain (loss) on fair value adjustments | $27 | $(756) | $783 | (104)% |

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Gain (loss) on fair value adjustments for the year ended December 31, 2025 changed favorably by $783 million, or 104%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This increase was driven by an increase in the valuation of derivatives and warrants tied to our common stock and redeemable convertible preferred stock during the year ended December 31, 2024. On March 21, 2025, we executed an amendment with the warrant holders to fix the exercise price, resulting in a final mark to market of the warrants and a reclassification of the final value of the warrants for common stock within additional paid-in capital.

***Interest Expense, Net***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Interest expense, net | $(1229) | $(361) | $(868) | 240% |

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Interest expense, net for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $868 million, or 240%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This increase was attributable to increased borrowing levels and total debt obligations.

***Other Income, Net***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Other income, net | $33 | $49 | $(16) | (33)% |

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Other income, net for the year ended December 31, 2025 decreased by $16 million, or 33%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. This decrease was attributable to unfavorable foreign exchange losses of $59 million, partially offset by an increase in interest and investment income of approximately $31 million and gains on fair value adjustment related to our strategic investments of approximately $21 million.

***Provision for (Benefit From) Income Taxes***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | $(48) | $119 | $(167) | (140)% |
| Effective tax rate | 4% | (16)% |  |  |

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Provision for (benefit from) income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2025 changed favorably by $167 million, or 140%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024.

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expensing and bonus depreciation and makes modifications to key provisions relating to the deduction of business interest expense that was previously limited under prior U.S. tax law. Accordingly, the benefit to us is primarily due to the deductibility of previously limited business interest expense coupled with a smaller increase in our U.S. deferred tax assets relative to prior periods, on which it continues to maintain a full valuation allowance.

**Comparison of the Year Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023**

***Revenue***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2024** | **2023** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Revenue | $1915 | $229 | $1686 | 736% |

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Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $1.7 billion, or 736%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. This substantial growth was related to increased demand from both existing and new customer contracts and our ability to rapidly scale our operations, demonstrating the strength of our customer relationships and our ability to meet the evolving needs of the industry. Over 95% of the increase in revenue was attributable to expansion within our existing customer base and the remaining increase was attributable to new customers.

***Cost of Revenue***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2024** | **2023** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Cost of revenue | $493 | $69 | $424 | 614% |
| Percentage of revenue | 26% | 30% |  |  |

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Cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $424 million, or 614%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. This increase was attributable to higher costs directly related to running our data centers to support the significant increase in customer demand, driven by the successful deployment of new data centers, which resulted in an increase in rent expense of approximately $290 million, an increase in data center utilities and power spend of approximately $76 million, an increase in personnel costs of approximately $22 million, which includes headcount growth of employees directly associated with data centers, and an increase in depreciation and amortization related to power installation and distribution systems of approximately $18 million.

***Technology and Infrastructure***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2024** | **2023** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Technology and infrastructure | $961 | $131 | $830 | 634% |
| Percentage of revenue | 50% | 57% |  |  |

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Technology and infrastructure expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $830 million, or 634%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. This increase was attributable to an increase in depreciation and amortization of approximately $742 million, from $101 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, to $843 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, resulting from investments in our platform and servers, switches, and other networking equipment fixed assets within our infrastructure, as well as an increase of approximately $56 million of personnel costs and an increase of approximately $45 million of equipment support and software expenses.

***Sales and Marketing***

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| Sales and marketing | $18 | $13 | $5 | 38 | % |
| Percentage of revenue | 1% | 6% |  |  |  |

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Sales and marketing expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $5 million, or 38%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. This increase was attributable to an increase of approximately $3 million in personnel costs to help our efforts in driving customer demand.

***General and Administrative***

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| | **2024** | **2023** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| General and administrative | $119 | $30 | $89 | 297% |
| Percentage of revenue | 6% | 13% |  |  |

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General and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $89 million, or 297%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. This increase was attributable to an increase of approximately $41 million in personnel-related expenses, which includes headcount growth to support our expanding operations. Professional services expenses also increased by approximately $28 million, primarily from accounting, tax, legal, and advisory services necessary to support our growth and public company preparation activities. Additional increases of approximately $10 million were attributable to higher overhead costs, including facilities expenses and software costs.

***Gain (Loss) on Fair Value Adjustments***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2024** | **2023** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Gain (loss) on fair value adjustments | $(756) | $(534) | $(222) | 42% |

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Gain (loss) on fair value adjustments for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $222 million, or 42%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. This increase was driven by an increase in the valuation of derivatives and warrants tied to our common stock and redeemable convertible preferred stock within the periods presented.

***Interest Expense, Net***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2024** | **2023** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Interest expense, net | $(361) | $(28) | $(333) | 1189% |

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Interest expense, net for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $333 million, or 1,189%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. This increase was attributable to higher borrowing levels under our Credit Facilities, resulting in an increase in interest expense, partially offset by capitalized interest associated with investments in our platform and data center infrastructure.

***Other Income, Net***

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| | **2024** | **2023** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Other income, net | $49 | $18 | $31 | 172% |

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and interest income of approximately $15 million, partially offset by a loss on extinguishment of debt of approximately $11 million.

***Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes***

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2024** | **2023** | **Change** | **% Change** |
| | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** | **(dollars in millions)** |
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | $119 | $36 | $83 | 231% |
| Effective tax rate | (16)% | (6)% |  |  |

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Provision for (benefit from) income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $83 million, or 231%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. We recorded income tax expense in the periods presented despite experiencing pre-tax losses in part due to nondeductible losses on fair value adjustments and projected limitations on our ability to realize certain tax benefits, which has resulted in us maintaining a full valuation allowance on our U.S. deferred tax assets. The increase in year over year income tax expense primarily resulted from an increase in pre-tax income excluding these nondeductible losses and the inability to record a net benefit from deferred tax assets generated in the period.

Our effective tax rate might fluctuate significantly in the future due to additional impacts from non-deductible items and future changes in the valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets.

**Liquidity and Capital Resources** 

Our operations have been financed primarily through net proceeds from sales of our securities, including in our IPO, and from borrowings pursuant to our Credit Facilities or the issuances of debt securities. The following table summarizes our principal sources of liquidity (in millions):

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $3127 | $1361 |
| Marketable securities | 34 |  |
| Availability under existing facilities<sup>(1)</sup> | 3701 | 4406 |
| Total liquidity | $6862 | $5767 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)Refers to secured commitments under the revolving credit facility and delayed draw term loan agreements.

We have generated significant losses from operations, as reflected in our accumulated deficit of $2.6 billion and $1.5 billion as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Additionally, we have generated significant negative cash flows from investing activities as we continue to support the growth of our CoreWeave Cloud Platform. We anticipate making significant investments for the foreseeable future, including in our infrastructure and go-to-market capabilities, to maintain our leadership and position us to continue to capitalize on the AI revolution.

We believe our existing balance of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, in addition to amounts available for borrowing under our various debt agreements, will be sufficient to meet our obligations due or anticipated to be due within one year from the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including operating expenses, working capital, and current commitments for capital expenditures. Our future capital requirements may depend on many factors, including those set forth in the section titled "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We anticipate that future investments may require significant debt and/or equity financing. The sale of additional equity would result in dilution to our stockholders.

***Cash Flows***

The following table presents our cash flows (in millions):

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| Net cash provided by operating activities | $3058 | $2749 | $1833 |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (10271) | (8658) | (3148) |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 9308 | 7464 | 1788 |

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***Cash Flows From Operating Activities***

Net cash provided by operating activities was $3.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to $2.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily driven by cash received for upfront payments from our committed contracts from new and expanded customer contracts. The increase was partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $2.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $1.8 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was driven by cash received for upfront payments from our committed contracts from new and expanded customer contracts, as well as higher accounts payable and accrued expenses due to the growth of our business and timing of accrual payments. The increase was partially offset by higher cash payments and an increase in accounts receivable.

***Cash Flows From Investing Activities***

Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $10.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to $8.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was driven by higher capital investments in our infrastructure, including our GPU fleet, networking equipment, servers, switches and other necessary equipment for infrastructure asset security as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024.

Net cash used in investing activities was $8.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $3.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was driven by increased capital investments in our infrastructure, including our GPU fleet, networking equipment, and software development. The increase was partially offset by sales and maturities of marketable securities.

***Cash Flows From Financing Activities***

Net cash provided by financing activities was $9.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to $7.5 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was driven by the issuance of debt and proceeds from our IPO. The increase was partially offset by higher payments on debt.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $7.5 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $1.8 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was driven by borrowings under our delayed draw term loans, proceeds from the issuance of our Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock, and proceeds from the issuance of our 2024 Term Loan Facility. The increase was partially offset by the settlement of our 2022 Senior Secured Note and higher payments on debt.

***Capital Investments***

Our capital investments in property and equipment consist primarily of technology and infrastructure, which consist of our investments in servers and network equipment for computing, storage, and networking requirements that collectively enable the development and deployment of AI models. We fund these capital investments through a mix of debt and securities issuances, delayed draw term loan facilities, OEM financing arrangements, and cash from our balance sheet. We expect capital investments will continue to be financed through a similar mix of debt and securities issuances, delayed draw term loan facilities, OEM financing arrangements, and cash from our balance sheet.

During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, cash paid for property and equipment was $10.3 billion and $8.7 billion, respectively. We expect to increase, relative to 2025, our investment in our technology and infrastructure, including servers, network equipment, and data center related expenses, to support the growth of our business and our long-term initiatives.

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***Contractual Obligations***

Our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2025 consisted of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our Notes and other borrowings that are included in our consolidated balance sheet and the related periodic interest payments;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• lease liabilities that are included in our consolidated balance sheet;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• lease commitments that have not yet commenced and were not included in our consolidated balance sheet; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• other contractual commitments associated with agreements that are enforceable and legally binding, such as routine commitments for the purchase of goods or services entered into in the ordinary course of business including the purchase of technology equipment and enterprise software and service arrangements.

Refer to *Note 8—Leases, Note 9—Commitments and Contingencies,* and *Note 10—Debt* of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 for additional information.

***Equity Financing***

In March 2025, we completed our IPO, in which we issued and sold 36,590,000 shares of our Class A common stock at a public offering price of $40.00 per share, which resulted in net proceeds of $1.4 billion after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions. In April 2025, the underwriters exercised a portion of their over-allotment option and purchased from us an additional 1,760,000 shares of our Class A common stock at the public offering price, which resulted in net proceeds to us of $68 million after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions.

***Debt Financing***

As of December 31, 2025, we had $9.7 billion outstanding under our delayed draw term loan facilities. These delayed draw term loan facilities are collateralized with the assets underlying the contributed contracts and the pledged contractual cash flows, generally from investment grade counterparties. They are drawn as we build infrastructure to support customer requirements, and amortize over time as contracted cash flows are generated in a regular and predictable manner, with excess cash made available to us.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, we issued $6.4 billion aggregate principal amount of Notes composed of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2030 Senior Notes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• $1.8 billion aggregate principal amount of 2031 Senior Notes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• $2.6 billion aggregate principal amount of 2031 Convertible Senior Notes.

We also enter into various agreements with original equipment manufacturers and a software license vendor, (the "OEM and Software Financing Arrangements"), whereby we obtained financing for certain equipment and software license. As of December 31, 2025, the aggregate notional balance of our OEM and Software Financing Arrangements was $5.2 billion.

Additionally, we had $1.2 billion available capacity under our $2.5 billion Revolving Credit Facility as of December 31, 2025.

Refer to *Note 10—Debt* of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 for additional information related to our debt.

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**Critical Accounting Estimates** 

***Revenue Recognition***

We generate revenue from the delivery of cloud computing services. Revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services are delivered. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for these goods or services. We recognize revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC"), Topic 606, *Revenue from Contracts with Customers*, or ASC 606.

When applying ASC 606, we also considered whether the contract meets the definition of a lease and is accounted for under the scope of ASC 842, *Leases,* which requires the transfer of control of an identified asset. Our analysis determined that while we provide cloud computing services utilizing underlying hardware, generally either there are no identified assets or customers do not control or direct the use of underlying hardware. We maintain discretion over server selection and deployment, provided we meet contractual obligations to maintain service quality and availability. Because the customer cannot direct the use of an identified asset, these arrangements are classified as service contracts under ASC 606 rather than leases.

We account for revenue by applying the following steps:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Identification of the contract, or contracts, with the customer.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.Identification of the performance obligations in the contract.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.Determination of the transaction price.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.Recognition of the revenue when, or as, a performance obligation is satisfied.

We allocate the total transaction price to each distinct performance obligation in an arrangement containing multiple performance obligations on a relative stand-alone selling price ("SSP") basis. The SSP reflects the price we would charge for a specific service if it were sold separately in similar circumstances and to similar customers. In instances where SSP is not directly observable, we determine the SSP using information that may include market conditions and other observable inputs. If a contract contains a single performance obligation, no allocation is required.

Revenue includes both committed contracts and on-demand access to cloud computing services. Committed contracts generally consist of two stand-ready obligations to process transactions, store data, and run customers' programs over a specified period, one being the compute infrastructure services and the other being the related support services. As these are both delivered ratably and over the same term, they are accounted for as one combined performance obligation. As a result, revenue is recognized ratably over the contract period. On-demand access is provided to customers on a consumption basis and is billed monthly in arrears based on usage of compute, storage, and other services in the period. As these contracts include an unknown quantity of transactions at a fixed contractual rate per transaction executed on a monthly basis, the contract price is deemed variable. Variable consideration primarily consists of potential reductions to the transaction price in the future, such as estimates of future potential credits to customers under availability of service agreements, amounts that may not be recognized as revenue due to delivery delays, and estimates of committed cloud computing capacity that we have the right to resell. Our estimate of such variable consideration is based on both historical experience and the specific facts and circumstances of the committed contracts. We allocate the variable consideration to the month in which we have the contractual right to bill under the contract as this represents the amount of consideration to which we expect to be entitled for the transfer of services during that month.

***Leases***

We determine if an arrangement meets the definition of a lease at the inception of the lease, with leases classified at commencement as either operating or finance leases. Operating leases are reported separately in our audited consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are recognized within property and equipment, net, and as a finance liability separately presented in our audited consolidated balance sheets. The evaluation of whether a lease is an operating or a finance lease requires judgments in determining the expected lease term and the fair value of the leased asset.

Right-of-use ("ROU") assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease during the lease term. ROU assets are measured based on the discounted present value of the remaining lease payments, initial direct costs incurred, and prepaid lease

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payments, excluding lease incentives received prior to lease commencement. Lease liabilities are measured based on the discounted present value of the remaining lease payments at commencement date.

The fair value of the underlying leased assets is assessed based on comparable market data and discounted cash flow models, and supported by third-party valuation experts as needed. A lease is considered a finance lease if the net present value of the minimum lease payments equals or exceeds 90% of the fair market value of the leased property. A higher fair market value reduces the likelihood that a lease will be considered a finance lease.

We utilize our incremental borrowing rate to discount the present value of the remaining lease payments. The IBR is based on our estimated rate of interest for a collateralized borrowing with a similar term and payments and in economic environments where the leased asset was located.

The expected lease term is used in determining whether the lease is accounted for as an operating lease or a finance lease. We consider a lease to be a finance lease if the lease term exceeds 75% of the leased asset's useful life. For finance leases, ROU assets are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the useful life of the underlying asset, unless the lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset or includes a purchase option that is reasonably certain to be exercised, in which case the asset is amortized over its useful life.

Many of our leases include escalation clauses, renewal options and termination options that are factored into the determination of lease payments when reasonably certain that we would exercise that option. Certain future minimum lease payments due under the lease agreements contain rent-free periods or escalating rent payment provisions. Our finance leases generally include purchase options and declining minimum payments.

**Recent Accounting Pronouncements** 

See the sections titled "Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted" and "Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted" in *Note 1—Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies* of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information.

**Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk**

We are exposed to market risk in the ordinary course of our business, such as interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, and inflation risk. Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates.

***Interest Rate Risk***

As of December 31, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities of $3.2 billion. In addition, we had $1.0 billion of restricted cash and cash equivalents consisting of bank deposits related to a collateralized loan facility and letter of credit. Our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities are held for working capital purposes. We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes.

We are exposed to interest rate risk related to our outstanding debt, as a rising interest rate environment may increase the amount of interest paid on these loans. For every 100-basis point increase or decrease in interest rates, our interest expense could increase or decrease by approximately $107 million based on the total balance of our outstanding debt as of December 31, 2025. The level of our interest rate risk is dependent on our debt exposure and is sensitive to changes in the general level of interest rates.

We have entered into interest rate swaps to mitigate the interest rate risk associated with certain floating interest rate debt.

***Foreign Currency Risk***

We transact business globally in multiple currencies. Our international costs and expenses denominated in foreign currencies, expose us to the risk of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar. We are exposed to foreign currency risks related to our operating expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, primarily the British pound, Canadian dollar, Euro and Swedish krona. Accordingly, changes in exchange rates may negatively affect our future revenue and other operating results as expressed in U.S. dollars.

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We have experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in our net loss as a result of transaction gains or losses related to remeasurement of our asset and liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. We have foreign currency derivative contracts to mitigate certain of the foreign currency exchange risk of our assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency. These contracts reduce, but do not eliminate, the impact of foreign currency exchange rate movements on our assets and liabilities.

Our foreign exchange derivative contracts had a total notional value of $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2025. We estimate that an unfavorable 10% change in the underlying exchange rates would result in unfavorable foreign exchange losses of approximately $120 million, which we expect would be offset by an inverse change in the fair value of the underlying exposure.

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**Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data**

**INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** 

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| <u>[Consolidated Balance Sheets](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_139)</u> | [84](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_139) |
| <u>[Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_142)</u> | [85](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_142) |
| <u>[Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, Redeemable Common Stock, and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_148)</u> | [86](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_148) |
| <u>[Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_151)</u> | [89](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_151) |
| <u>[Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_154)</u> | [90](#idd1fd6cfb87c4ecf846af60aff8a7506_154) |

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**REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM** 

To the stockholders and the Board of Directors of CoreWeave, Inc.

**Opinion on the Financial Statements** 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CoreWeave, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, redeemable convertible preferred stock, redeemable common stock, and stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

**Basis for Opinion** 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

**Critical Audit Matters**

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

***Revenue Recognition — Refer to Note 1 to the financial statements***

*Critical Audit Matter Description*

The Company generates revenue by providing cloud computing services for customers in several verticals, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, visual effects rendering, platforms, pixel streaming, and batch processing. The Company recognizes revenue when services are delivered. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for services.

Significant judgments made by the Company in determining revenue recognition for certain customer contracts include the determination of whether the contracts with customers are accounted for as a revenue contract for cloud-based services or a lease contract for cloud computing equipment, and the identification and treatment of contract terms that may impact the timing and amount of revenue recognized (e.g., variable consideration and optional purchases).

We identified revenue recognition for certain customer contracts as a critical audit matter because of the significant judgments necessary for management to determine whether contracts with customers are accounted for as a revenue contract for cloud-based services or a lease contract for cloud computing equipment, and the identification and treatment of contract terms that may impact the timing and amount of revenue recognized for certain customer contracts. This required extensive audit effort and a high degree of auditor judgment to audit management's conclusions.

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*How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit*

Our principal audit procedures related to the Company's revenue recognition for certain customer agreements included the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• We evaluated management's significant accounting policies related to certain customer agreements for reasonableness.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• We selected a sample of certain customer agreements and performed the following procedures:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Obtained and read contract source documents for each selection, including order forms and other documents that form part of the contract.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Tested management's identification and treatment of contract terms.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Assessed the terms in the customer contract and evaluated the appropriateness of management's application of their accounting policies in the determination of revenue recognition conclusions.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Tested the mathematical accuracy of management's calculations of revenue and the associated timing and amount of revenue recognized in the financial statements.

***Consolidation Accounting for a Variable Interest Entity — Refer to Note 1 and Note 3 to the financial statements***

*Critical Audit Matter Description*

The Company entered into a joint venture ("JV") with a third-party infrastructure developer to support the acquisition and development of a multi-phase data center campus. The Company determined whether it holds a variable interest in the JV, whether the entity in which the Company has a variable interest is a variable interest entity ("VIE"), and whether the Company is required to consolidate the entity.

Investments that are considered VIEs are evaluated to determine whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIE, in which case it would be required to consolidate the entity. The Company evaluates whether it has (1) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance, and (2) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

We identified the Company's consolidation accounting conclusion with respect to its interest in the JV as a critical audit matter because of the significant judgments necessary for management to determine the primary beneficiary. This required a high degree of auditor judgment to evaluate management's judgements in determining the activities that most significantly affect the JV's economic performance based on the purpose and design of the entity and assessing whether the Company has the power to direct those activities.

*How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit*

Our audit procedures related to the evaluation of whether the Company's consolidation accounting conclusion with respect to its interest in the JV included the following, among others:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• We read the relevant agreements related to the JV to understand the purpose and design of the JV and assessed the reasonableness of the Company's determination of the primary beneficiary of the JV, including its determination of the activities that most significantly affect the JV's economic performance and assessing which party has the power to direct those activities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• We evaluated the appropriateness of the related disclosures included in Note 1 and Note 3 to the financial statements.

*/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP* 

San Jose, CA

March 2, 2026

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2024.

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**COREWEAVE, INC.**

**CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS**

**(in millions, except per share data)**

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| **Assets** | | |
| Current assets |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash and cash equivalents | $3127 | $1361 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restricted cash and cash equivalents, current | 819 | 37 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Marketable securities | 34 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts receivable, net | 3169 | 417 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 339 | 101 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total current assets** | 7488 | 1916 |
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents, non-current | 184 | 637 |
| Restricted marketable securities, non-current |  | 29 |
| Property and equipment, net | 30557 | 11915 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 8231 | 2590 |
| Intangible assets, net | 235 | 5 |
| Goodwill | 1101 | 20 |
| Other non-current assets<sup>(a)</sup> | 1506 | 721 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total assets** | $49302 | $17833 |
| **Liabilities, Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)** |  |  |
| Current liabilities |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts payable | $1623 | $868 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accrued liabilities | 5773 | 356 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Debt, current<sup>(a)</sup> | 6708 | 2468 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deferred revenue, current | 1709 | 769 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating lease liabilities, current | 427 | 213 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finance lease liabilities, current | 38 | 58 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other current liabilities<sup>(a)</sup> | 162 | 231 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total current liabilities** | 16440 | 4963 |
| Debt, non-current<sup>(a)</sup> | 14665 | 5458 |
| Derivative and warrant liabilities | 1 | 200 |
| Deferred revenue, non-current | 6476 | 3295 |
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 7768 | 2389 |
| Finance lease liabilities, non-current | 216 | 34 |
| Deferred tax liabilities, non-current | 115 | 149 |
| Other non-current liabilities | 286 | 37 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total liabilities** | 45967 | 16525 |
| Commitments and contingencies (*Note* 9) |  |  |
| **Redeemable convertible preferred stock**<sup>(a)</sup> |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.000005 par value per share, no and 206 shares authorized as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively; no and 185 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively |  | 1722 |
| **Stockholders' equity (deficit)** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Preferred stock, $0.000005 par value per share, 100 and no shares authorized as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively; no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Class A common stock, $0.000005 par value per share, 3,000 and 541 shares authorized as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively; 401 and 121 shares issued as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively; and 394 and 115 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Class B common stock, $0.000005 par value per share, 200 and 150 shares authorized as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively; 108 and 118 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Class C common stock, $0.000005 par value per share, 200 and no shares authorized as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively; no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Treasury stock, at cost, 7 shares as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 | (34) | (34) |
| Additional paid-in capital | 6012 | 1096 |
| Accumulated deficit | (2643) | (1476) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total stockholders' equity (deficit)** | 3335 | (414) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and stockholders' equity (deficit)** | $49302 | $17833 |

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*The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.* 

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**COREWEAVE, INC.** 

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS** 

**(in millions, except per share data)**

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| **Revenue** | $5131 | $1915 | $229 |
| **Operating expenses:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cost of revenue | 1453 | 493 | 69 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Technology and infrastructure | 2929 | 961 | 131 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales and marketing | 144 | 18 | 13 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General and administrative | 651 | 119 | 30 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total operating expenses | 5177 | 1591 | 243 |
| **Operating income (loss)** | (46) | 324 | (14) |
| Gain (loss) on fair value adjustments | 27 | (756) | (534) |
| Interest expense, net<sup>(a)</sup> | (1229) | (361) | (28) |
| Other income, net | 33 | 49 | 18 |
| **Loss before income taxes** | (1215) | (744) | (558) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (48) | 119 | 36 |
| **Net loss and comprehensive loss** | $(1167) | $(863) | $(594) |
| **Net loss attributable to common stockholders, basic** | $(1196) | $(937) | $(594) |
| **Net loss attributable to common stockholders, diluted** | $(1223) | $(937) | $(594) |
| **Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic** | $(2.75) | $(4.30) | $(3.09) |
| **Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted** | $(2.81) | $(4.30) | $(3.09) |
| **Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic** | 435 | 218 | 192 |
| **Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted** | 436 | 218 | 192 |

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*The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.* 

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**COREWEAVE, INC.** 

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)** 

**(in millions, except per share data)** 

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| | | | | | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Redeemable<br>Convertible<br>Preferred Stock** | **Redeemable<br>Convertible<br>Preferred Stock** | **Redeemable <br>Class A Common <br>Stock** | **Redeemable <br>Class A Common <br>Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Treasury<br>Stock** | **Additional<br>paid-in<br>capital** | **Accumulated<br>Deficit** | **Total<br>Stockholders' Equity<br>(Deficit)** |
| | **Shares** | **Amount** | **Shares** | **Amount** | **Shares** | **Amount** | **Treasury<br>Stock** | **Additional<br>paid-in<br>capital** | **Accumulated<br>Deficit** | **Total<br>Stockholders' Equity<br>(Deficit)** |
| **Balance, January 1, 2023** | 84 | $5 |  | $— | 180 | $— | $— | $8 | $(19) | $(11) |
| Conversion of convertible promissory notes to Series B-1 redeemable convertible preferred stock | 12 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Issuance of Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs of $0 million and Series B tranche liability of $10 million | 76 | 411 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Partial settlement of Series B tranche option |  | 46 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Conversion of redeemable convertible preferred stock to common stock for secondary offering | (17) | (2) |  |  | 18 |  |  | 2 |  | 2 |
| Issuance of common stock for private placement |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 15 |  | 15 |
| Issuance of common stock for business combination |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Exercise of stock options |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 2 |  | 2 |
| Repurchase of common stock |  |  |  |  | (4) |  | (32) |  |  | (32) |
| Issuance of common stock warrants in connection with debt financing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  | 4 |
| Stock-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17 |  | 17 |
| Net loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (594) | (594) |
| **Balance, December 31, 2023** | 155 | $465 |  | $— | 204 |  | $(32) | $48 | $(613) | $(597) |
| Issuance of Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock | 4 | 25 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Closing settlement of Series B tranche option |  | 70 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Issuance of Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs of $3 million | 30 | 1146 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Cash dividend on Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (59) |  | (59) |
| Paid-in-kind dividend on Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock |  | 16 |  |  |  |  |  | (15) |  | (15) |
| Conversion of convertible notes to common stock |  |  |  |  | 24 |  |  | 1080 |  | 1080 |
| Exercise of stock options |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |  | 3 |
| Repurchase of common stock for business combination |  |  |  |  | (2) |  |  |  |  |  |
| Repurchases of common stock from an employee |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2) |  |  | (2) |
| Conversion of redeemable convertible preferred stock to common stock for secondary offering | (4) |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Stock-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 39 |  | 39 |
| Net loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (863) | (863) |
| **Balance, December 31, 2024** | 185 | $1722 |  | $— | 233 | $| $(34) | $1096 | $(1476) | $(414) |
| Cash dividend on Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (29) |  | (29) |
| Reclassification of warrant liabilities to equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 173 |  | 173 |
| Issuance of common stock in connection with initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and offering costs |  |  |  |  | 36 |  |  | 1392 |  | 1392 |
| Conversion of redeemable convertible preferred stock in connection with initial public offering | (185) | (1722) | 30 | 1163 | 155 |  |  | 559 |  | 559 |
| Issuance of common stock for contract incentive |  |  |  |  | 9 |  |  | 350 |  | 350 |
| Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Tax withholdings on settlement of restricted stock units |  |  |  |  | (2) |  |  | (120) |  | (120) |
| Issuance of common stock upon underwriters' exercise of over-allotment option, net of underwriting discounts and commissions |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 68 |  | 68 |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Issuance of common stock, restricted stock units, and restricted stock awards for business combinations |  |  | 20 |  |  | 1013 |  | 1013 |
| Tax withholdings on issuance of common stock and restricted stock awards for business combinations |  |  |  |  |  | (24) |  | (24) |
| Exercise of stock options |  |  | 13 |  |  | 20 |  | 20 |
| Reclassification of redeemable Class A common stock to Class A common stock | (30) | (1163) | 30 |  |  | 1163 |  | 1163 |
| Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  | 4 |
| Purchase of capped calls related to convertible senior notes |  |  |  |  |  | (340) |  | (340) |
| Stock-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  | 687 |  | 687 |
| Net loss |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1167) | (1167) |
| **Balance, December 31, 2025** | $— | $— | 502 | $| $(34) | $6012 | $(2643) | $3335 |

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**COREWEAVE, INC.** 

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS** 

**(in millions)** 

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| **Cash flows from operating activities:** |  |  |  |
| Net loss | $(1167) | $(863) | $(594) |
| **Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Depreciation and amortization | 2454 | 863 | 103 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs and accretion of redemption premiums | 110 | 33 | 16 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stock-based compensation expense | 630 | 31 | 15 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-cash lease expense | 357 | 123 | 20 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deferred income taxes | (53) | 113 | 36 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Loss (gain) on fair value adjustments | (27) | 756 | 534 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Debt extinguishment loss | 19 | 12 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other non-cash reconciling items | 103 | 3 | 1 |
| *Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of business acquisitions:* |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts receivable | (2749) | (280) | (162) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prepaid expenses and other assets | (784) | (514) | (139) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 253 | 511 | 27 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deferred revenue | 4174 | 2049 | 1986 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lease liabilities | (262) | (88) | (9) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other liabilities |  |  | (1) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net cash provided by operating activities** | $3058 | $2749 | $1833 |
| **Cash flows from investing activities:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchase of property and equipment, including capitalized internal-use software | (10309) | (8702) | (2943) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchases of marketable securities | (47) | (34) | (172) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maturities and sales of marketable securities | 43 | 188 | 6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales of warrants received as lease incentive | 254 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Business combinations, net of cash acquired | (108) |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of notes receivable | (90) | (60) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other investing activities | (14) | (50) | (39) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net cash used in investing activities** | $(10271) | $(8658) | $(3148) |
| **Cash flows from financing activities:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from issuance of debt, net | 11829 | 7018 | 1404 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Repayments of debt | (3399) | (589) | (2) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchase of capped calls related to convertible senior notes | (340) |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions | 1491 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Redeemable convertible preferred stock cash dividends paid | (29) | (58) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of redeemable convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs |  | 1172 | 421 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payment of tax withholdings on settlement of restricted stock units | (144) |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 20 | 3 | 2 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from issuance of common stock |  |  | 15 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other financing activities | (120) | (82) | (52) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net cash provided by financing activities** | $9308 | $7464 | $1788 |
| Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | $2095 | $1555 | $473 |
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash—beginning of period | 2035 | 480 | 7 |
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash—end of period | $4130 | $2035 | $480 |
| **Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized amounts | $869 | $184 | $— |
| **Non-cash investing and financing activities:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Liabilities related to property and equipment additions, including OEM financed additions | $11151 | $893 | $482 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating lease right-of-use assets acquired through lease liability | 5836 | 2222 | 481 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finance lease right-of-use assets acquired through lease liability | 343 | 142 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Warrants received as lease incentive | 222 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Conversion of redeemable convertible preferred stock in connection with initial public offering | 1722 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reclassification of redeemable Class A common stock to Class A common stock | 1163 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of common stock, restricted stock units, and restricted stock awards for business combinations | 1013 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fair value of convertible promissory note issued for a business combination | 167 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of common stock for contract incentive | 350 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reclassification of warrant liabilities to equity | 173 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of common stock in connection with conversion of convertible notes |  | 1080 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reclassification of customer deposit to debt | 230 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalized interest not yet paid | 69 | 32 | 41 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stock-based compensation capitalized as internal-use software | 59 | 7 | 2 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Settlement of Series B tranche liability |  | 70 | 46 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-cash investments | 77 | 10 |  |
| **Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash to consolidated balance sheets:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash and cash equivalents | $3127 | $1361 | $217 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restricted cash and cash equivalents, current | 819 | 37 | 43 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restricted cash and cash equivalents, non-current | 184 | 637 | 220 |
| **Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash** | $4130 | $2035 | $480 |

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**NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**

**1. Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies** 

***Organization and Description of Business***

CoreWeave, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company" or "CoreWeave"), was originally formed as a Delaware limited liability company in 2017 and then converted to a Delaware corporation in 2018. The Company is headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. The Company is a modern cloud infrastructure technology company that offers the CoreWeave Cloud Platform that consists of proprietary software and cloud services that deliver the automation and efficiency needed to manage complex artificial intelligence ("AI") infrastructure at scale.

***Initial Public Offering***

In March 2025, the Company completed its initial public offering ("IPO"), in which the Company issued and sold 37 million shares of its Class A common stock at a public offering price of $40.00 per share, which resulted in net proceeds of $1.4 billion after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and before deducting offering costs payable by the Company of $31 million. In April 2025, the underwriters exercised a portion of their over-allotment option and purchased from the Company an additional 2 million shares of Class A common stock at the public offering price, which resulted in net proceeds to the Company of $68 million after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions.

In connection with the IPO, all outstanding shares of the Company's Series Seed, Series A, Series B, and Series B-1 redeemable convertible preferred stock automatically converted into 155 million shares of Class A common stock, and all outstanding shares of the Company's Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock were automatically converted into 30 million shares of redeemable Class A common stock. Refer to *Note 11— Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)* for additional information.

In connection with the IPO, the Company recognized $177 million of stock-based compensation expense, net of $17 million of capitalized costs, primarily related to the development of internal-use software, associated with vested restricted stock units ("RSUs") with a liquidity-event performance-based vesting condition which was satisfied in connection with the IPO and for which the service-based vesting condition had also been satisfied as of that date. Concurrently with the IPO, the Company issued shares of its Class A common stock upon settlement of RSUs subject to such performance-based vesting conditions. To meet the related tax withholding requirements for the net settlement of the vested RSUs, the Company withheld 0.4 million shares underlying such equity awards, resulting in the net issuance of 0.5 million shares of Class A common stock. Refer to *Note 11—Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)* for additional information.

At the closing of the IPO, the maturity date of the Company's 2024 Term Loan Facility (as defined in *Note 10—Debt*), accelerated and became due in April 2025, and the Company became subject to a requirement to fund $500 million into designated escrow accounts in connection with its DDTL 2.0 Facility (as defined in *Note 10—Debt*). In April 2025, the conditions requiring restriction of this amount were lifted and the $500 million previously classified as restricted cash, current, in connection with the DDTL 2.0 Facility was no longer restricted. Refer to *Note 10—Debt* for additional information.

Prior to the IPO, deferred offering costs, which consisted of accounting, legal and other fees directly related to the IPO, were capitalized as other non-current assets on the consolidated balance sheets. In connection with the IPO, $31 million of deferred offering costs were reclassified to stockholders' equity (deficit) as a reduction of the net proceeds received from the IPO.

***Basis of Presentation and Consolidation***

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company elected to change the presentation of its financial statements and accompanying footnote disclosures from thousands to millions. The change in presentation had no material impact on previously reported financial information, but certain amounts reported for prior periods may differ by insignificant amounts due to the nature of rounding relative to the change in presentation. In addition, historical percentages and per share amounts presented may not add to their respective totals or recalculate due to rounding.

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The Company determines at inception of each arrangement whether an entity in which the Company has made an investment or in which the Company has other variable interests is considered a variable interest entity ("VIE"). Investments that are considered VIEs are evaluated to determine whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIE, in which case it would be required to consolidate the entity. The Company evaluates whether it has (1) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance, and (2) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. If the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the VIE, the investment or other variable interest is accounted for in accordance with applicable U.S. GAAP.

In circumstances where an entity does not have the characteristics of a VIE, it would be considered a voting interest entity ("VOE"). The Company would consolidate a VOE when the Company has a majority equity interest and has control over significant operating, financial, and investing decisions of the entity.

***Stock Split***

In March 2025, the Company effected a twenty-for-one stock split of its common stock and redeemable convertible preferred stock. All share and per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split for all periods presented.

***Use of Estimates***

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates. Significant estimates include the useful lives assigned to property and equipment; the fair value of lease assets; the discount rates used for operating and finance leases; accounting for income taxes, including the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets and the measurement of uncertain tax positions; stock-based compensation, including the determination of the fair value of the Company's common stock prior to the IPO; the fair value of financial assets and liabilities; valuation of acquired intangible assets; and the assessment of recoverability of intangible assets and their estimated useful lives. Assumptions are reviewed regularly to ensure they remain relevant and reasonable, particularly in areas of high subjectivity. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and assumptions that management considers reasonable.

***Foreign Currency***

The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the Company's foreign subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar.

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are remeasured to the functional currency at period-end exchange rates. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses resulting from remeasurement are recognized in other income, net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Foreign currency transaction losses were $60 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses were not material for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

***Concentration of Risk***

The Company is subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows primarily due to concentration of credit risk, significant customers, and supplier concentration.

*Concentration of Credit Risk*

Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, and marketable securities. The Company maintains its cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities with high-quality financial institutions mainly in the United States, where the composition and maturities are regularly monitored by the Company. The Company grants credit to its customers in the normal course of business, exposing it to credit risk in the event of nonrepayment by customers. The Company has not experienced any material losses in such accounts.

*Customer Concentration*

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The following customers accounted for 10% or more of the Company's revenue for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023:

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| Customer A | 67% | 62% | 35% |
| Customer B | \* | 15% | 17% |
| Customer C | \* | \* | 21% |
| Customer D | \* | \* | \* |

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\* Customer did not represent 10% or more of revenue

The customer references of A through D may represent different customers than those reported in a previous period.

Customer A and D accounted for 68% and 11% of accounts receivable, net, respectively, as of December 31, 2025. Customer A accounted for 66% of accounts receivable, net as of December 31, 2024.

*Supplier Concentration* 

Certain materials, products, and equipment used by the Company in its operations are available from a limited number of suppliers. Shortages could occur in these materials, products, and equipment due to an interruption of supply or increased demand in the industry. If the Company were unable to procure certain materials, products, and equipment at all or at acceptable prices, it would be required to reduce its operations, which could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations.

***Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents***

Cash primarily consists of cash in banks and bank deposits. The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents consist of money market funds in the Company's investment accounts maintained in financial institutions. The Company maintains cash balances in bank deposit accounts that, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any material losses in such accounts.

The Company has restricted cash and cash equivalents that consist of bank deposits related to a collateralized loan facility and letters of credit. Restricted cash and cash equivalents also consist of customer deposits subject to a waterfall mechanism, which prioritizes payments for operating expenses, administrative fees, and scheduled debt service obligations before funds are released to the Company for general corporate use on a monthly or quarterly basis, in accordance with respective collateralized loan facilities. Such releases are subject to the satisfaction of specified distribution conditions, including compliance with financial covenants and the absence of defaults or specified performance trigger events. Restricted cash is classified as current and non-current assets based on the term of the remaining restriction.

Refer to *Note 3—Investments and Fair Value Measurements* and *Note 10—Debt* for additional information on restricted cash.

***Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses***

Accounts receivable primarily consist of amounts billed that are currently due from customers. Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of an allowance for credit losses. The Company's accounts receivable balances are subject to collection risk and the Company regularly assesses the collectability of outstanding accounts receivable on an ongoing basis and maintains an allowance for credit losses for accounts receivable deemed uncollectible. The allowance for credit losses reflects the best estimate of probable losses in the accounts receivable balance. The Company determines the allowance based on known troubled accounts; historical experience; current and anticipated macroeconomic conditions that could impact the Company's customers, such as unemployment, inflation, and regulatory matters; and other currently available information. The Company's allowance for expected credit losses was not material as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. Additions to and write-offs against the allowance for expected credit losses were not material for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023.

***Notes Receivable***

Notes receivable are related to the DCSP Financing Arrangements (as defined in *Note 10—Debt*) and reported at the outstanding principal value plus accrued and unpaid interest. An allowance for credit losses on notes receivable is

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established when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the agreement. The Company considers certain factors, including the credit risk and financial condition of the borrower, the borrower's ability to pay current obligations, historical trends, and macroeconomic conditions. The Company evaluates the extent and impact of any credit deterioration that could affect the performance and the value of the assets, as well as the financial and operating capability of the borrower. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company determined the carrying amount of the notes receivable to be fully collectible.

The Company's note receivable meets the criteria for right of setoff under the DCSP Financing Arrangements. The Company will recognize interest income under certain conditions due to the setoff nature of the DCSP Financing Arrangements.

***Fair Value Measurements***

The Company measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis in accordance with ASC 820, *Fair Value Measurement*, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and a fair value hierarchy based on the observability of inputs. This hierarchy prioritizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value as follows:

Level 1—Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2—Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, which require management judgment or estimation.

The Company's financial instruments include cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, marketable securities, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, derivatives, warrant liabilities and Series B tranche liabilities. Cash, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities are stated at their carrying value, which approximates fair value due to the short time to the expected receipt or payment date. Cash equivalents, restricted marketable securities, derivatives, warrant assets and warrant liabilities are stated at fair value on a recurring basis.

Adjustments to the fair value of certain financial liabilities, such as the warrant liabilities related to the 2022 Senior Secured Notes (as defined in *Note 14—Related-Party Transactions*), are recorded as fair value adjustments in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. In March 2025, these warrant liabilities were modified and the Company concluded that the warrants met the requirements for equity classification and are no longer remeasured at fair value.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company received warrants, which were accounted for as a derivative instruments and were measured at fair value each reporting period using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with gains and losses recorded in other income, net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Key inputs and assumptions used in the valuations included risk-free interest rates, common stock values, equity volatilities, expected terms, exercise prices, and details specific to the warrants. Changes in one or more of these inputs and assumptions could significantly impact the fair-value determination. Refer to *Note 3*—*Investments and Fair Value Measurements* for further details.

***Marketable Securities***

Marketable securities consist of certificates of deposit and marketable debt securities that the Company has classified and accounted for as available for sale.

The Company considers marketable debt securities as available for use in current operations, including those with maturity dates beyond one year, and therefore classifies these as short-term marketable securities on the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company carries these securities at fair value and reports the unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, as a component of stockholders' equity (deficit), except for changes in allowance for expected credit losses, which are recorded in other income, net, in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

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The Company periodically evaluates its available-for-sale debt securities for impairment. If the amortized cost of an individual security exceeds its fair value, the Company considers its intent to sell the security or whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized basis. If either of these criteria are met, the Company writes down the security to its fair value and records the impairment charge in other income, net, in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. If neither of these criteria are met, the Company determines whether a credit loss exists. Credit loss is estimated by considering changes to the rating of the security by a rating agency, any adverse conditions specifically related to the security, as well as other factors.

***Strategic Investments***

The Company holds strategic investments in the form of equity securities of privately held entities to support its business and strategic objectives in which the Company does not have a controlling interest. Equity securities of privately held entities that do not have a readily determinable fair value and for which the Company does not have a controlling financial interest or exercise significant influence are measured at cost, with subsequent adjustments for observable price changes of identical or similar securities, and impairments. These adjustments are recognized through other income, net, in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company reviews its strategic investments for indicators of impairment at each reporting period. If an indicator of impairment exists, the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the investment is recorded as a loss in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

The Company reports the strategic investments in other non-current assets on the consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the carrying value of the Company's strategic investments was $117 million and $102 million, respectively.

***Property and Equipment, Net***

Property and equipment, net is stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Construction in progress is related to the construction or development of property and equipment that has not yet been placed into service for its intended use. Depreciation and amortization are calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs that do not extend the lives of the respective assets are expensed as incurred.

Effective January 1, 2023, the Company changed its estimate of the useful life for its computing equipment utilized in data centers from five to six years, reflecting continuous advancements in hardware performance, software optimization, and data center design improvements. The effects of this change in estimate for the year ended December 31, 2023 on computing equipment that was included in property and equipment, net on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 was a reduction in total expenses of $20 million. The per share impact of the change in estimate was a $0.10 increase for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The estimated useful lives of the Company's property and equipment are as follows:

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| Technology equipment | 6 years |
| Software | 3-6 years |
| Data center equipment and leasehold improvements | Shorter of remaining lease term or estimated useful life of up to 12 years |
| Furniture, fixtures, and other assets | 3-5 years |

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*Capitalized Interest Costs* 

The Company capitalizes certain interest costs associated with the construction of data centers and purchases of related technology equipment during the period in which expenditures have been made and activities are in progress to prepare the assets for their intended use. The interest costs incurred in the construction of the data centers are considered a part of the assets' historical cost and are depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the underlying assets.

*Capitalized Internal-Use Software*

The Company capitalizes costs incurred to acquire, internally develop, or modify software solely for the Company's internal use, including hosted applications used to deliver the Company's support services, and certain implementation

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costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract. For internally developed or modified software, capitalization occurs when the preliminary project stage is complete, management, with the relevant authority, authorizes and commits to the funding of the software project, and it is probable the project will be completed and used to perform the intended function. Capitalized costs primarily consist of costs to acquire software and salaries and payroll-related costs for employees directly involved in development efforts. Costs incurred during the preliminary project stage and during the post-implementation operational stage, including maintenance costs, are expensed as incurred. Costs incurred for software upgrades are capitalized if they result in additional functionalities or substantial enhancements. Capitalized software development costs are included in property and equipment, net on the consolidated balance sheets, are amortized on a straight-line basis over the software's estimated useful life, which is between three and six years, and amortization is recorded in technology and infrastructure in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

*Asset Retirement Obligations*

An asset retirement obligation represents a legal obligation associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset that is incurred upon the acquisition, construction, development or normal operation of that long-lived asset. The Company accounts for these obligations in accordance with *Accounting Standards Codification* ("ASC") *410, Asset Retirement and Environmental Regulations*. The Company recognizes asset retirement obligations in the period in which they are placed in service, if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. Asset retirement obligations are initially measured at fair value and subsequently adjusted for changes in fair value. The corresponding asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset and depreciated over its estimated useful life or lease term, as applicable. The Company's asset retirement obligations primarily relate to contractual requirements under certain data center lease agreements to remove specified equipment and restore the premises to an agreed-upon condition upon lease termination.

***Business Combinations***

When the Company acquires a business, the purchase price is allocated to the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and intangible assets acquired based on their estimated respective fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. Significant estimates in valuing certain intangible assets include, but are not limited to, future expected cash flows from acquired users and acquired technology from a market participant perspective, future changes in technology, royalty rates for similar assets, useful lives and discount rates. For certain assets where the replacement cost valuation methodology is applied, significant estimates include the cost to recreate such assets. These estimates are inherently uncertain and unpredictable. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, adjustments to the fair value of these tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed may be recorded, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the fair value of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company includes the results of operations of the business that it acquires as of the acquisition date. Acquisition-related expenses are expensed as incurred and are typically included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

***Goodwill and Intangible Assets***

Goodwill is evaluated for impairment annually in the fourth quarter for the Company's single reporting unit, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill may be impaired. In performing its annual assessment, the Company can opt to perform a qualitative assessment to test for impairment, or it can directly perform a quantitative assessment. Based on the Company's qualitative assessment, if it is determined that the fair value of the reporting unit is, more likely than not, less than its carrying amount, then the quantitative assessment is performed. Any excess of the reporting unit's carrying amount over its fair value is recorded as an impairment loss.

The Company's definite-lived intangible assets are carried at cost, net of accumulated amortization. Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The Company estimates the useful life by estimating the expected period of economic benefit. The estimated weighted-average useful lives for each class of intangible assets are as follows:

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| Acquired technologies | 5 years |
| Customer relationships | 11 years |
| Trade names | 5 years |

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Amortization of intangible assets is classified to cost of revenue, technology and infrastructure, or sales and marketing in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the function and use of the underlying assets.

***Impairment of Long-Lived Assets***

The Company reviews long-lived assets, including property and equipment, right-of-use assets and intangible assets subject to amortization, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset or asset group may not be recoverable. The recoverability of the long-lived asset or asset group is assessed by comparing the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or asset group to its carrying value.

If the carrying amount of a long-lived asset or asset group exceeds the expected undiscounted cash flows, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the excess of the asset or asset group's carrying value over its fair value. Fair value is determined using valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow models, market comparisons, and, where applicable, independent third-party appraisals.

For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, no material impairment charges were recorded.

***Leases***

The Company has lease agreements primarily for data centers, office buildings, storage spaces and equipment. The Company accounts for leases in accordance with ASC 842, *Leases* ("ASC 842"). The Company determines if an arrangement meets the definition of a lease at the inception and leases are classified at commencement as either operating or finance leases.

Right-of-use ("ROU") assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the Company's obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease agreement. Lease liabilities are measured at the commencement date based on the present value of the remaining lease payments over the lease term. ROU assets are initially measured at an amount equal to the lease liability, adjusted for initial direct costs incurred, prepaid lease payments, and lease incentives received prior to lease commencement. As most of the leases do not provide an implicit interest rate, the Company uses the incremental borrowing rate determined at lease commencement, based on the estimated interest rate for collateralized borrowing with similar terms and payments and in economic environments where the leased asset was located.

The lease term includes the non-cancelable period of the lease and periods covered by renewal options that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, and excludes periods subject to termination options that the Company is reasonably certain not to exercise. When assessing the reasonableness of exercising lease renewal options, the Company takes into account all relevant facts and circumstances that contribute to the economic benefits associated with exercising the lease renewal options, which includes the expected changes in facts and circumstances between the commencement of the lease term and the exercise date of the options. Payments under the Company's lease agreements are primarily fixed; however, certain lease agreements contain variable payments, which generally relate to costs associated with common area maintenance, utilities reimbursed to the landlord, and physical security expenses within certain lease agreements. Variable payments do not give rise to ROU assets or lease liabilities and are expensed as incurred.

The Company made an accounting policy election for lease agreements with a term of 12 months or less and does not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities in respect of those agreements. Any payments related to short-term leases are expensed as incurred. The Company has elected the practical expedient to not separate lease and nonlease components across all asset classes. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis within total operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss over the lease term. Amortization expense of finance lease ROU assets is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and the interest component of a finance lease is recognized utilizing the effective interest method over the lease term and included in interest expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company's finance leases generally include purchase options and declining minimum payments. The Company currently does not have any lease arrangements with residual value guarantees.

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***Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging***

The Company uses derivative financial instruments to manage risk associated with interest rate and foreign currency fluctuations. These instruments include interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges and foreign exchange forward contracts used as non-designated economic hedges. All derivative instruments are recognized on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value in accordance with ASC 815, *Derivatives and Hedging* ("ASC 815"). The Company's interest rate swaps and foreign currency forward contracts are classified within Level 2 as the valuation inputs are based on quoted prices and market observable data of similar instruments in active markets, such as currency spot and forward rates. The Company does not enter into derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.

*Power Purchase Agreements*

Additionally, the Company enters into power purchase agreements ("PPAs") to secure power capacity for existing, under construction, and planned data center builds. These agreements are specifically designed to support the Company in managing its energy needs as it encounters rapidly increasing energy demands. Agreements that do not meet the 'normal purchase and normal sale' scope exception, contain a notional amount and are for delivery of electricity in markets where notional amounts are readily convertible to cash (or where contracts can be net-settled) are classified as derivative instruments. These derivative instruments are not designated for special hedge accounting under ASC 815, and therefore changes in the value of these contracts are recorded in earnings.

Generally, derivative assets and liabilities are presented on a gross basis on the consolidated balance sheets and classified as either current or non-current based on the timing of expected settlement. Cash flows associated with derivatives are classified in the same category as the cash flows from the items being hedged.

*Interest Rate Swaps*

The Company enters into interest rate swaps to hedge the variability of cash flows related to interest payments on variable-rate debt. These swaps are designated as cash flow hedges under ASC 815, and therefore the changes in the fair-value of these swaps are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss and reclassified into earnings (interest expense, net) when the hedged interest payment is recognized. The Company assesses hedge effectiveness at inception, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, to ensure the hedging relationship is highly effective. As of December 31, 2025, all interest rate swaps were deemed highly effective. Refer to *Note 3—Investments and Fair Value Measurements* for additional information.

*Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts*

The Company uses forward contracts to mitigate foreign currency risk associated with foreign currency-denominated leasing liabilities. These contracts are not designated as accounting hedges under ASC 815 and therefore considered economic hedges. Changes in the fair-value of these forward contracts are recognized immediately in earnings within other income, net. Refer to *Note 3— Investments and Fair Value Measurements* for additional information.

***Joint Ventures***

The Company may, from time to time, enter into joint venture arrangements. The Company evaluates its investments in accordance with ASC 810, *Consolidation,* to determine whether the entity is a VIE for which the Company is the primary beneficiary, or a VOE for which the Company has a controlling financial interest, in which case the investment is consolidated. For investments that are not consolidated, but over which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence, including certain joint ventures, the Company accounts for such investments using the equity method of accounting in accordance with ASC 323, *Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures*.

***Revenue Recognition***

The Company generates revenue from the delivery of cloud computing services. Revenue is recognized when promised services are delivered. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for these services. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC, Topic 606, *Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("*ASC 606").

When applying ASC 606, the Company also considers whether the arrangement meets the definition of a lease under ASC 842, which requires the transfer of control of an identified asset. The Company determined that while it provides cloud computing services utilizing underlying hardware, generally either there are no identified assets or customers do not

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control or direct the use of underlying hardware. As such, these arrangements do not meet the definition of a lease under ASC 842 and are accounted for as service contracts under ASC 606.

The Company accounts for revenue by applying the following steps:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Identification of the contract, or contracts, with the customer

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.Identification of the performance obligations in the contract

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.Determination of the transaction price

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.Recognition of the revenue when, or as, a performance obligation is satisfied

The Company primarily generates revenue by providing cloud computing services for customers in several verticals, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, visual effects rendering, platforms, pixel streaming, and batch processing. These services are offered both on a committed contract and on-demand basis. Customers do not take possession of software or hardware used to provide the services.

*Committed Contracts*—These service arrangements provide customers with access to cloud computing capacity across the Company's various data centers over a specified duration. Revenue is recognized ratably over the contract period. The initial contract period generally ranges from one to six years. The terms of these contracts are typically structured as "take-or-pay" agreements, requiring payment regardless of the level of utilization. Additionally, customers under committed contracts often make a prepayment that is recorded as deferred revenue and consumed based on the terms of the contract.

*On-Demand Contracts*—These service arrangements provide customers with access to the Company's cloud computing capacity on a consumption basis, with billing occurring monthly in arrears based on actual hourly usage of compute, storage, and other services. Revenue is recognized as the services are consumed. Customers may also prepay for on-demand services. The prepayments are initially recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as the cloud computing services are transferred to the customer.

The Company's contracts with customers may contain multiple promised services. To the extent a customer contract includes multiple promised services, the Company determines whether promised services should be accounted for as a separate performance obligation. Contracts with options to purchase additional capacity or extend terms are evaluated to determine if the arrangement includes promises that may represent a material right and be accounted for as a separate performance obligation. The Company allocates revenue to each performance obligation based on its relative stand-alone selling price ("SSP"). The SSP reflects the price the Company would charge for a specific service if it were sold separately in similar circumstances and to similar customers. When determining the SSP, the Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and considers the historical selling price of these performance obligations in similar transactions, as well as current pricing practices and other observable inputs including, but not limited to, customer size.

Certain customers receive incentives or credits, which constitute payments to customers. Consideration provided upfront to customers is recorded as a contra-revenue asset. Revenue is recognized net of the contra-revenue asset amount over time as the Company provides the related cloud computing services.

The Company applies the practical expedient in ASC 606 and did not evaluate contract terms where the time period between payment and service delivery is one year or less for the existence of a significant financing component. If the period between transfer of the promised services and payment is more than one year, the Company analyzes whether a significant financing component is present. If so, the Company adjusts the total consideration to reflect the significant financing component.

Revenue is recognized net of any taxes collected from customers (e.g., sales tax and other indirect taxes), which are subsequently remitted to governmental entities. The Company generally does not offer a right of refund in its contracts other than for cases of the Company's uncured material breach of the agreement, bankruptcy or insolvency.

***Contract Balances***

Contract assets represent the Company's rights to consideration in exchange for cloud computing services that the Company has transferred to a customer but where the right to consideration is conditional on something other than the

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passage of time. In some arrangements, a right to consideration for the Company's performance under the customer contract may occur before invoicing the customer, resulting in an unbilled accounts receivable. These unbilled accounts receivable represent amounts earned but not yet invoiced and are recognized in accordance with the performance obligations satisfied. Such amounts have not been material for the periods presented.

Contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue. Revenue is deferred when the Company invoices in advance of performance under a contract. The current portion of the deferred revenue balance is expected to be recognized as revenue during the 12-month period after the consolidated balance sheet date. The non-current portion of the deferred revenue balance is expected to be recognized as revenue following the 12-month period after the consolidated balance sheet date.

Remaining performance obligations ("RPO") represent the aggregate amount of the transaction price, net of estimated variable consideration, allocated to performance obligations not delivered, or partially undelivered, as of the end of the reporting period. Variable consideration primarily consists of potential reductions to the transaction price in the future, such as estimates of future potential credits to customers under availability of service agreements, amounts that may not be recognized as revenue due to delivery delays, and estimates of committed cloud computing capacity that the Company has the right to resell. The Company's estimate of such variable consideration is based on both historical experience and the specific facts and circumstances of the committed contracts included in the Company's RPO. RPO includes both billed and unbilled consideration from the Company's committed contracts.

***Costs to Obtain a Contract***

The Company capitalizes sales commissions and associated payroll taxes paid to sales personnel that are incremental to the acquisition of customer contracts. The Company determines whether costs should be deferred based on its sales compensation plans and if the commissions are incremental and would not have occurred absent the customer contract. Total capitalized costs to obtain a contract were not material during the periods presented and are included in other current and non-current assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

***Cost of Revenue***

Cost of revenue primarily consists of direct costs for data centers, including costs associated with the Company's facilities, such as rent, utilities including power, depreciation and amortization, including depreciation of power installation and distribution systems, and personnel costs for employees involved in data center operations and customer success, including salaries, bonuses, benefits, stock-based compensation expense and other related expenses.

The Company operates data centers across the world and has co-location service agreements with several well-established data center vendors. These agreements generally commit the Company to pay monthly fees plus additional fees for bandwidth usage above the committed level. Certain co-location agreements do not meet the definition of a lease and are expensed under cost of revenue. However, those that do meet the definition of a lease are recognized as operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities and are amortized over the lease term.

***Technology and Infrastructure***

Technology and infrastructure expense consists of costs associated with the Company's infrastructure, such as depreciation and amortization related to the Company's servers, switches, networking equipment and internally developed software, personnel costs for employees associated with research and development of new and existing products and services or with maintaining the Company's computing infrastructure, such as salaries, bonuses, benefits, stock-based compensation expense, travel expenses, and other related expenses; and costs related to software subscriptions. The Company's technology and infrastructure efforts are dedicated towards developing new services, improving the Company's existing infrastructure, adding new features, bringing the latest compute technology to market and improving the accessibility of the Company's services. Research and development costs were $352 million, $56 million, and $21 million, for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

***Sales and Marketing***

Sales and marketing expense consists of personnel costs associated with selling and marketing the Company's CoreWeave Cloud Platform, such as salaries, stock-based compensation expense, bonuses, commissions, and other related expenses, sponsorship fees, advertising costs associated with marketing programs, and third-party professional service costs. Advertising costs, which are expensed as incurred are also included in sales and marketing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Advertising expense was $27 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 and not material for the other periods presented.

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***General and Administrative***

General and administrative expense consists of costs associated with corporate functions including the Company's finance, legal, human resources, and facilities. These costs include personnel costs, such as salaries, stock-based compensation expense, bonuses, benefits, and other related expenses, third-party professional services costs, such as legal, accounting, and audit services, and costs related to software subscriptions.

***Stock-Based Compensation***

Stock-based compensation expense related to stock-based awards is recognized based on the fair value of the awards granted. The fair value of each stock option award is estimated on the grant date utilizing the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The related stock-based compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards, including the awards with graded vesting and no additional conditions for vesting other than service conditions. Forfeitures are accounted for as they occur.

The Black-Scholes option-pricing model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the fair value of the underlying common stock, the expected term of the stock option, the expected volatility of the price of the Company's common stock, risk-free interest rates, and the expected dividend yield of common stock. The assumptions used to determine the fair value of the option awards represent management's best estimates. These estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management's judgment.

Prior to the IPO in March 2025, the Company granted to employees restricted stock units ("RSUs"), that vested upon the satisfaction of service-based and performance-based vesting conditions. Since March 2025, the Company has granted RSUs that vest only upon the satisfaction of a service-based vesting condition. The fair value of each RSU award is based on the fair value of the underlying common stock as of the grant date. The service-based vesting condition has varying terms, but is generally satisfied over four years. The performance-based vesting condition for the RSUs granted prior to the IPO was satisfied at the effective date of the registration statement that the Company filed in connection with the IPO. For RSUs granted prior to the IPO, stock-based compensation related to the remaining service-based period after the liquidity event-related performance vesting condition was satisfied at the IPO will be recorded over the remaining requisite service period using the accelerated attribution method. For RSUs granted after the IPO, the compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.

***Income Taxes***

Income tax expense includes U.S., state, local and international income taxes. The Company utilizes the asset and liability method for computing its income taxes related to U.S. state and foreign taxes for jurisdictions in which the Company conducts business. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The Company's effective tax rates will vary depending on the amount of nondeductible items such as fair value adjustments, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, use of tax credits, the relative proportion of foreign to domestic income, and changes in tax laws.

A valuation allowance is recorded for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, the Company considers all available evidence for each jurisdiction, including past operating results, estimates of future taxable income, and the feasibility of ongoing tax-planning strategies. This evaluation is updated quarterly to reflect new information and trends that may affect the realization of tax benefits. In the event the Company determines that all, or part, of the net deferred tax assets are not realizable in the future, it will make an adjustment in the valuation allowance that will be charged to earnings in the period in which such a determination is made.

The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. The evaluation of the Company's tax positions involves significant judgment in the interpretation and application of GAAP and complex domestic and international tax laws. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax benefits as a component of the provision (benefit) for income taxes in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

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***Comprehensive Loss***

Comprehensive loss consists of net loss, unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale marketable investments and changes in the fair value of derivative instruments designated as accounting hedges. The Company presents comprehensive loss as part of the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The changes in the accumulated balances of the components of other comprehensive loss were not material for the periods presented.

***Segment Information***

The Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), the chief executive officer, reviews discrete financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of regularly making operating decisions, allocation of resources, and assessing financial performance. The Company operates its business in one operating segment and, therefore, has one reportable segment.

The CODM uses consolidated net loss to measure segment profit or loss in order to identify underlying trends in the performance of the business for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The Company's objective in making resource allocation decisions is to optimize the consolidated financial results. Significant segment expenses that the CODM reviews and utilizes to manage the Company's operations are cost of revenue, technology and infrastructure, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses at the consolidated level, which are presented in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Other segment items included in consolidated net loss include gain (loss) on fair value adjustments, interest expense, net, other income, net, and provision for (benefit from) income taxes, which are presented in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

***Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted***

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2023-09, *Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures*, which improves the transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring (1) consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the effective tax rate reconciliation and (2) income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. It also includes certain other amendments to improve the effectiveness of income tax disclosures. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 and the Company adopted this guidance prospectively on January 1, 2025. The Company has enhanced its tax disclosures as required under this guidance as reflected in *Note 12—Income Taxes.*

***Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted***

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, *Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses*, which requires more detailed disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, about specified categories of expenses (including employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization) included in certain expense captions presented in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. This guidance as further clarified through ASU No. 2025-01, *Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)* will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, the guidance can be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this amended guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-03, *Business Combinations (Topic 805) and Consolidation (Topic 810): Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity*, which provides clarifying guidance on determining the accounting acquirer in certain transactions involving VIEs. The update aims to improve consistency and comparability in financial reporting. The guidance will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, the guidance will be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this amended guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-04, *Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Clarifications to Share-Based Consideration Payable to a Customer*, to reduce diversity in practice and improve the decision usefulness and operability of the guidance for share-based consideration payable to a customer in conjunction with selling goods and services. The guidance will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is

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permitted. Updates are to be applied on a retrospective, or modified retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this amended guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-05, *Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets*, which introduces a practical expedient for estimating expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Topic 606, including those recognized in a business combination. The guidance will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, including interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, the guidance will be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this amended guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, *Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software*, which clarifies and simplifies the capitalization guidance for internal-use software by removing references to sequential "development stages" and clarifying that capitalization begins when management has authorized and committed to funding the software project and it is probable the project will be completed and the software will be used as intended, considering any significant uncertainty in development activities. The guidance will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, including interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, the guidance may be applied prospectively, retrospectively, or on a modified retrospective basis, including for in-process projects. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this amended guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-07, *Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Derivative Scope Refinements and Scope Clarification for Share-Based Noncash Consideration from a Customer in a Revenue Contract*. ASU 2025-07 refines the scope of derivative accounting under Topic 815 and clarifies the treatment of share-based noncash consideration under ASC 606. The guidance will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this amended guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-11, *Interim Reporting* (Topic 270): *Narrow-Scope Improvements*. ASU 2025-11 is intended to improve the navigability of the guidance in ASC 270, *Interim Reporting*, and clarify when it applies. ASU 2025-11 is effective for interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, the guidance can be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this amended guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-12, *Codification Improvements*. ASU 2025-12 represents changes to the ASC that clarify, correct errors in or make other improvements to a variety of topics that are intended to make it easier to understand and apply. The guidance will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments to ASC 260, *Earnings per Share,* are required to be applied retrospectively. All other amendments may be applied prospectively or retrospectively on an issue-by-issue basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this amended guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.

**2. Revenue** 

***Disaggregation of Revenue***

The Company primarily generates its revenue through providing cloud computing services, which include both committed contracts and on-demand services. Revenue recognized related to customer commitments, including revenue from delivering capacity prior to commitment start dates, represented 98%, 96%, and 88% of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

***Deferred Revenue***

Deferred revenue, including current and non-current balances as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $8.2 billion and $4.1 billion, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, revenue recognized from deferred revenue at the beginning of the period was $780 million and $225 million, respectively. The increase in deferred revenue balances as of December 31, 2025 as compared to December 31, 2024 is attributed to the growth in RPO from committed contracts, which typically provide for certain prepayments at contract inception.

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***Remaining Performance Obligations***

As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $60.7 billion of unsatisfied RPO, of which 43% is expected to be recognized over the initial 24 months ending December 31, 2027, 38% between months 25 and 48, and the remaining balance recognized between months 49 and 84.

**3. Investments and Fair Value Measurements** 

***Investments***

The Company's investments on the consolidated balance sheets consisted of the following (in millions):

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| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| **Marketable securities:** | | |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Commercial paper | $12 | $— |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Corporate bonds | 22 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total marketable securities** | $34 | $— |
| **Non-marketable equity securities:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Strategic investments | $117 | $102 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Equity method investments | 51 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total non-marketable equity securities** | 168 | 102 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total investments** | $202 | $102 |

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***Marketable Securities***

For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Company did not recognize any material realized or unrealized gains or losses related to its debt securities. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there was no allowance for credit losses related to the Company's debt securities. The weighted-average remaining maturity of the Company's debt securities was less than one year as of December 31, 2025.

***Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities***

The Company has entered into various lease agreements with data center developers and operators that are VIEs. The Company does not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the data center developer and operators' economic performance and is not the primary beneficiary. Therefore, the Company has not consolidated the VIEs within the consolidated financial statement. The Company has lease prepayments of $54 million associated with these lease agreements as of December 31, 2025.

***Unconsolidated Joint Venture***

Additionally, in June 2025, the Company entered into a joint venture (the "JV") with a data center developer and operator to support the acquisition and development of a multi-phase data center campus in New Jersey. Upon formation, the third-party infrastructure developer obtained an 85% equity interest, while the Company holds the remaining 15%, for which the Company contributed net assets worth $57 million. The JV expects to construct and develop the campus using a combination of additional debt and equity capital. The Company provides construction management, administrative and property management services to the JV.

The Company is not the primary beneficiary and does not consolidate the VIE as it does not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the JV's economic performance. Accordingly, the investment in the JV is accounted for as an equity method investment included in other non-current assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The carrying value of the Company's investment in the JV was $51 million as of December 31, 2025, and the Company's share of the earnings and losses of the JV were not material during the year ended December 31, 2025.

The Company also entered into a lease agreement with the JV that commences upon completion of construction. Once commenced, the new lease will have an initial lease term of 15 years with base rent payments that are based on a percentage of construction costs incurred.

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The Company's maximum exposure to loss with respect to the JV includes (i) the carrying value of the Company's investment, (ii) up to $95 million related to a guarantee for certain contingent consideration payable to a third-party by the JV upon the achievement of certain milestones, (iii) a lease prepayment of $15 million, and (iv) potential requirements to fund the construction and development of the data center campus to the extent the JV is unable to secure third-party financing. Based on current projected development costs and third-party financing secured by the JV as of December 31 2025, the Company estimates that the maximum funding exposure to fund these latter construction and development costs is up to $200 million. The maximum funding exposure is expected to be offset by the increase in fair value of the Company's interest in the JV as a result of such funding.

***Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis***

The following table presents information about the Company's financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis within the fair value hierarchy as of the end of each reporting period (in millions):

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| | **Fair Value**<br>**Hierarchy**  | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
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| **Cash and cash equivalents** | | | |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Money market funds | Level 1 | $— | $2 |
| **Restricted cash and cash equivalents, current** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Money market funds | Level 1 |  | 24 |
| **Restricted cash and cash equivalents, non-current** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Money market funds | Level 1 |  | 57 |
| **Restricted marketable securities, non-current** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certificates of deposit | Level 2 |  | 29 |
| **Marketable securities, current** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Commercial paper | Level 2 | 12 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Corporate bonds | Level 2 | 22 |  |
| **Prepaid expenses and other current assets** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign exchange forward contracts not designated as accounting hedges | Level 2 | 5 |  |
| **Other non-current assets** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Power purchase agreements | Level 3 | 2 | 3 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total financial assets** |  | $41 | $115 |
| **Financial liabilities:** |  |  |  |
| **Other current liabilities** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign exchange forward contracts not designated as accounting hedges | Level 2 | $4 | $— |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Contingent consideration | Level 3 | 20 |  |
| **Derivative and warrant liabilities** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest rate swaps designated as accounting hedges | Level 2 | 1 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Warrant liabilities | Level 3 |  | 200 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total financial liabilities** |  | $25 | $200 |

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| Derivative instruments designated as accounting hedges |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest rate swaps | $319 |
| Derivative instruments not designated as accounting hedges |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign exchange forward contracts | $1213 |

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Losses associated with interest rate swaps and foreign exchange forward contracts were not material.

For the year ended December 31, 2025 the amount reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings was not material. As of December 31, 2025, the amount the Company expects to reclassify out of accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings within the next twelve months is not material.

The following is a summary of the valuation techniques and key inputs used in the valuation of instruments of Level 3 fair value measurements as of the end of each reporting period.

The Company's valuation of the warrant liabilities utilized the Black-Scholes option-pricing model that relied on the following significant inputs:

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| | **March 21,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| Stock price | $41 | $48 |
| Volatility | 60% | 60% |
| Risk-free rate | 4% | 4% |
| Dividend yield | —% | —% |

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As discussed in Note 11—Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit), the warrant liabilities for the warrants for the Company's Class A common stock were remeasured immediately before modification when modified to equity classified warrants on March 21, 2025.

As discussed in Note 10—Debt, the 2021 Convertible Notes were converted into common stock on September 17, 2024. The following table is a summary of the significant unobservable inputs to value the embedded derivative liability immediately before conversion:

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| | **September 17,<br>2024** |
| Stock price | $44 |
| Discount rate | 12% |

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The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company's Level 3 financial instruments (in millions):

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| | **Warrant Assets** | **Power Purchase**<br>**Agreements –**<br>**Asset** | **Contingent Consideration** | **Warrant**<br>**Liabilities**  | **Bifurcated Embedded Derivative**<br>**Liabilities** | **Series B**<br>**Tranche**<br>**Liability** |
| **Balance at January 1, 2024** | $— | $1 | $— | $71 | $386 | $70 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adjustment to fair value |  | 2 |  | 129 | 627 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Settlements |  |  |  |  | (1013) | (70) |
| **Balance at December 31, 2024** |  | 3 |  | 200 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additions | 222 |  | 20 |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adjustment to fair value  | 32 | (1) |  | (27) |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales | (254) |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reclassification |  |  |  | (173) |  |  |
| **Balance at December 31, 2025** | $— | $2 | $20 | $— | $— | $— |

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***Notes Receivable***

Notes receivable are primarily related to the DCSP Financing Arrangements (as defined in Note 10—Debt) and are reported at their amortized costs basis. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company determined that the fair values of its notes receivable approximate the carrying values.

**4. Business Combinations** 

***Weights and Biases, Inc.***

On May 5, 2025, the Company acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Weights and Biases, Inc. ("Weights & Biases"), an AI developer platform. The transaction is expected to extend the Company's application software services offering to include additional developer-focused capabilities for the training of models and development of AI applications. The aggregate purchase consideration was $1.0 billion, which was comprised of the following (in millions):

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| Cash paid by the Company | $96 |
| Fair value of Class A common stock and restricted stock awards issued by the Company | 929 |
| Fair value of replacement restricted stock units | 4 |
| **Total purchase price** | $1029 |

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In connection with the acquisition, the Company entered into compensation arrangements for stock-based awards with a value totaling $123 million. Of this amount, $33 million was recognized in the total purchase price. The remaining compensation expense of $79 million will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the respective awards' remaining requisite service period. Certain stock-based awards are in the form of restricted stock awards ("RSAs"). The RSAs represent legally outstanding common shares that are subject to service-based vesting conditions and repurchase rights held by the Company, which lapse upon vesting.

The acquisition-related costs were $29 million, and were recorded in general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2025.

The fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the acquisition date are summarized as follows (in millions):

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| Cash and cash equivalents | $51 |
| Accounts receivable, net | 13 |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2 |
| Property and equipment, net | 1 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 1 |
| Intangible assets, net | 208 |
| Goodwill | 793 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total assets acquired** | $1069 |
| Accounts payable | 1 |
| Accrued liabilities | 7 |
| Deferred revenue, current | 25 |
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 1 |
| Deferred tax liabilities, non-current | 6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total liabilities assumed** | $40 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total purchase price** | $1029 |

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The acquired assets and assumed liabilities were recorded at their estimated fair values. The following table presents the amounts allocated to the intangible assets identified as of the date of acquisition and the estimated useful lives (in millions):

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| | **Fair Value** | **Useful Lives <br>(in years)** |
| Customer relationships | $36 | 12 |
| Developed technology | 162 | 5 - 7 |
| Trade name | 10 | 5 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total** | $208 |  |

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The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired was allocated to goodwill, none of which is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill is primarily attributable to the assembled workforce as well as the anticipated synergies from the integration of Weights & Biases' technology with the Company's technology.

From the date of the acquisition, the financial results of Weights & Biases are not material to the Company's consolidated financial statements. Pro forma revenue and net income have not been presented because the historical results would not have been material to the consolidated financial statements in any period presented.

***Other Acquisitions***

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company completed business acquisitions that were individually not material for an aggregate total consideration of $348 million, consisting of $81 million of cash paid, $80 million of shares of the Company's Class A common stock issued, $167 million representing the fair value of convertible promissory notes issued, and $20 million representing the fair value of contingent consideration. The acquisitions are expected to expand the Company's vertically integrated, full-stack platform.

Replacement stock-based payment awards were issued to retain key employees of the acquired companies. The portion attributable to post-combination compensation expense is $76 million, and is accounted for separately from the business combinations as an expense over the vesting period on a straight-line basis in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Pro forma results of operations of these acquired businesses have not been presented because they were not material individually or in the aggregate to the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Acquisition-related costs for these acquired businesses were not material.

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**5. Property and Equipment, Net** 

Property and equipment, net, consisted of the following (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| Technology equipment | $20903 | $9146 |
| Software | 802 | 140 |
| Data center equipment and leasehold improvements | 2842 | 384 |
| Furniture, fixtures, and other assets | 18 | 9 |
| Construction in progress | 9376 | 3201 |
| **Total property and equipment** | 33941 | 12880 |
| *Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization* | (3384) | (965) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total property and equipment, net** | $30557 | $11915 |

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Depreciation and amortization on property and equipment was $2.4 billion, $861 million, and $101 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

As discussed in *Note 1—Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies*, the Company capitalizes interest associated with the construction of data centers and purchases of related technology equipment. There was $182 million, $159 million, and $41 million of interest capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

***Asset Retirement Obligations***

The following is a summary of activity relating to the liability for asset retirement obligations, included in other non-current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, which the Company expects to incur primarily in connection with the expected removal of certain equipment related to its data center fit outs (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| **Beginning balance** | $36 | $7 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additions | 21 | 27 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accretion expense | 5 | 2 |
| **Ending balance** | $62 | $36 |

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**6. Goodwill and Intangible Assets** 

***Goodwill***

The following table summarizes the changes to goodwill (in millions):

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|:---|:---|
| | **Amount** |
| **Balance at January 1, 2024** | $— |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additions | 20 |
| **Balance at December 31, 2024** | $20 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additions | 1081 |
| **Balance at December 31, 2025** | $1101 |

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***Intangible Assets, Net***

Intangible assets, net consisted of the following (in millions, except years):

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2025** | **December 31, 2024** | **December 31, 2024** | **December 31, 2024** |
| | **Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Lives (in years)** | **Acquired<br>Intangibles,<br>Gross** | **Accumulated<br>Amortization** | **Acquired<br>Intangibles,<br>Net** | **Acquired<br>Intangibles,<br>Gross** | **Accumulated<br>Amortization** | **Acquired<br>Intangibles,<br>Net** |
| Acquired technologies | 5 | $206 | $(27) | $179 | $5 | $(3) | $2 |
| Other <sup>(1)</sup> | 9 | 61 | (5) | 56 | 4 | (1) | 3 |
| **Total** |  | $267 | $(32) | $235 | $9 | $(4) | $5 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Includes customer relationships and trade names.

Amortization expenses for intangible assets were $27 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 and not material for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

As of December 31, 2025, the expected future amortization expense related to intangible assets was as follows (in millions):

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|:---|:---|
| **Years Ending December 31,** | **Amount** |
| 2026 | $45 |
| 2027 | 45 |
| 2028 | 43 |
| 2029 | 43 |
| 2030 | 23 |
| Thereafter | 36 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total expected future amortization expense** | $235 |

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**7. Consolidated Balance Sheets Components** 

***Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets***

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| Prepaid expenses | $132 | $67 |
| Contra-revenue asset | 67 |  |
| Other current assets | 140 | 34 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total prepaid expenses and other current assets** | $339 | $101 |

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***Other Non-current Assets***

Other non-current assets consisted of the following (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| Prepaid expenses | $825 | $145 |
| Contra-revenue asset | 282 |  |
| Strategic investments | 117 | 102 |
| Notes receivable | 75 | 108 |
| Escrow funds |  | 336 |
| Other non-current assets | 207 | 30 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total other non-current assets** | $1506 | $721 |

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***Accrued Liabilities***

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in millions):

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| Accrued purchases | $5196 | $106 |
| Accrued interest | 332 | 157 |
| Other accrued liabilities | 245 | 93 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total accrued liabilities** | $5773 | $356 |

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**8. Leases** 

The Company enters into leases as a lessee for data centers, office buildings, storage spaces, and technology equipment. In accounting for these arrangements, the Company applied judgment in performing the lease classification tests related to transfer of ownership, bargain purchase option, lease term assessment, estimated fair value, and the specialized nature of the underlying asset.

Leases for offices generally have an initial term of two to ten years, often with multi-year renewal periods. Data center leases generally have an initial term from five to fifteen years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to ten years. The Company's equipment leases generally have an initial term of two years and include the option to purchase the asset. Additionally, the Company's land lease contains a purchase option at the end of the lease term that it is reasonably certain to exercise. As such, the purchase option is included in the measurement of the finance lease liability. Certain lease agreements include variable costs, which generally relate to costs associated with Common Area Maintenance, utilities reimbursed to the landlord, and physical security expenses. These variable costs are not included in operating or finance lease cost and are expensed as incurred.

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The components of total lease cost related to leases for the periods presented were as follows (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| **Operating lease cost:** |  |  |  |
| Operating lease cost | $825 | $289 | $41 |
| **Finance lease cost:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amortization of ROU assets | $34 | $18 | $3 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest on lease liabilities | 20 | 9 | 1 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total finance lease cost | $54 | $27 | $4 |
| **Variable lease cost** | $252 | $55 | $16 |
| **Total lease cost** | $1131 | $371 | $61 |

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Supplemental consolidated balance sheet information related to leases were as follows (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| **Operating leases:** | | |
| **Operating lease ROU assets** | $8231 | $2590 |
| Operating lease liabilities, current | $427 | $213 |
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 7768 | 2389 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total operating lease liabilities** | $8195 | $2602 |
| **Finance leases:** |  |  |
| Property and equipment | $500 | $158 |
| *Less: amortization* | (56) | (24) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Property and equipment, net** | $444 | $134 |
| Finance lease liabilities, current | $38 | $58 |
| Finance lease liabilities, non-current | 216 | 34 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total finance lease liabilities** | $254 | $92 |

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Supplemental consolidated cash flow and other information related to leases for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 were as follows (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating cash flows used in operating leases | $729 | $253 | $30 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating cash flows used in finance leases | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financing cash flows used in finance leases | 58 | 54 | 8 |

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Information relating to the lease term and discount rate for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 were as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years): |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating leases | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finance leases | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Weighted-average discount rate: |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating leases | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finance leases | 10% | 11% | 11% |

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The future lease payments included in the measurement of the Company's operating lease liabilities and finance lease liabilities as of December 31, 2025, were as follows (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Future Payments** | **Future Payments** |
|<br>**Years Ending December 31,** | **Operating<br>Leases** | **Finance<br>Leases** |
| 2026 | $1183 | $53 |
| 2027 | 1231 | 223 |
| 2028 | 1314 |  |
| 2029 | 1274 |  |
| 2030 | 1157 |  |
| Thereafter | 7459 |  |
| Total undiscounted lease payments | 13618 | 276 |
| *Less: imputed interest* | (5423) | (22) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Present value of lease liabilities** | $8195 | $254 |

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The Company incurred interest expense on its finance leases of $20 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The interest expense incurred on the Company's finance leases was not material for the years ended December 31 2024 and 2023.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company modified certain agreements resulting in the termination of the related escrow agreements. Additionally, in April 2025, the Company entered into a finance lease for data center infrastructure assets with DCSP (as defined in *Note 10—Debt).* Refer to *Note 10—Debt* for additional information.

***Leases Not Yet Commenced***

As of December 31, 2025, the Company executed additional lease agreements, primarily for data centers and office buildings, that had not yet commenced. The aggregate amount of estimated future undiscounted lease payments associated with such leases is $38.5 billion. These leases will commence between 2026 and 2029 with estimated lease terms of five to seventeen years. Not included in the preceding amounts are the following lease arrangements, which include significant uncertainties regarding the amount of future lease payments.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company entered into a lease agreement for various buildings located at a single site intended to be used as a data center. The agreement provides access to 393 MW of electrical power, which is expected to be delivered in phases in 2026 and 2027. The Company will make contractual rent payments based on construction costs incurred by the lessor, subject to a contractual maximum. The total contractual rent payments range from $13.5 billion to $14.4 billion over the sixteen year term of this lease.

Additionally, the Company has lease agreements where the lease payments are based on a portion of the construction costs incurred by the lessor, including during the construction period. The payments during the construction period are variable and subject to contingencies, which are expected to be resolved at or near the lease commencement date. As of December 31, 2025, these lease agreements provide access to 378 MW of electrical power, which is expected to be delivered in phases between 2026 and 2028.

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In connection with certain data center lease arrangements, the Company has contractual obligations to procure and install equipment at the leased premises. These obligations represent commitments for lessee-owned assets that are separate from the Company's lease obligations. As of December 31, 2025, the Company estimates that it will incur between $1.1 billion and $1.7 billion to fulfill these commitments, with expenditures expected to be incurred in phases through 2027.

**9. Commitments and Contingencies** 

***Letters of Credit***

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had outstanding Letters of Credit ("LOC") in the aggregate amount of $294 million and $533 million, respectively. These LOC primarily guarantee the Company's ability to fulfill its lease obligations, per the lease agreements. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has not drawn on any of its LOC and is in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth by the financial institution. These LOC renew annually and expire on various dates through 2041. The Company also has a letter of credit sub-facility associated with the Revolving Credit Facility. Refer to *Note 10—Debt* for additional information.

***Indemnifications***

The Company enters into indemnification provisions under certain agreements with other parties in the ordinary course of business. In its customer agreements, the Company has agreed to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the indemnified party for third party claims and related losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party from actual or threatened third-party intellectual property infringement claims. For certain large or strategic customers, the Company has agreed to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the indemnified party for noncompliance with certain additional representations and warranties made by the Company. In addition, the Company indemnifies its officers, directors, and certain key employees while they are serving in good faith in their respective capacities.

While the Company has entered into various indemnification agreements, it has not incurred any material costs or claims under these agreements to date, and management does not expect any future claims to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount under these indemnification provisions due to the Company's limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular provision. To date, there have been no material claims under any indemnification provisions.

***Litigation***

From time to time, the Company may be subject to various proceedings, lawsuits, disputes, or claims in the ordinary course of business. The Company investigates these claims as they arise.

On January 12, 2026, a putative class action Raymond Masaitis v. CoreWeave, Inc. et al (the "Securities Action") was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company and certain of its officers generally alleging that the defendants made false and misleading statements in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder and seeking unspecified damages along with payment of attorneys' fees and other costs. On February 10, 2026, two stockholder derivative actions, James Smith v. CoreWeave, Inc. et al and Taruna Roy v. CoreWeave, Inc. et al (together, the "Derivative Actions"), were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Each of the Derivative Actions was purportedly filed on behalf of the Company against certain of the Company's officers and directors and, as a nominal defendant, the Company, and seeks unspecified damages along with payment of attorneys' fees and other costs on behalf of the Company based on substantially the same allegations as the Securities Action. The Company believes that the claims made in the Securities Action and the Derivative Actions are without merit and intends to defend itself vigorously. Any possible loss or range of loss in these matters cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Although claims are inherently unpredictable, the Company is currently not aware of any other matters that would, individually or taken together, have a material adverse effect on its business, financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has not accrued for any material potential loss.

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**10. Debt** 

The total debt obligations are as follows (dollars in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Maturities**  | **Effective**<br>**Interest**<br>**Rates**  | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| DDTL 1.0 Facility | March 2028 | 15% | $1553 | $2012 |
| DDTL 2.0 Facility | August 2030 | 10% | 5037 | 3844 |
| DDTL 2.1 Facility | December 2030 | 9% | 2741 |  |
| DDTL 3.0 Facility | August 2030 | 9% | 340 |  |
| 2030 Senior Notes | June 2030 | 10% | 2000 |  |
| 2031 Senior Notes | February 2031 | 10% | 1750 |  |
| 2031 Convertible Senior Notes | December 2031 | 2% | 2588 |  |
| Convertible Promissory Notes | April 2026 | 7% | 168 |  |
| 2024 Term Loan Facility | April 2025 | 12% |  | 1000 |
| Revolving Credit Facility | November 2029 | 6% | 1000 |  |
| OEM and Software License Financing Arrangements | March 2026 - July 2030 | 10% | 4165 | 1177 |
| Magnetar Loan | January 2029 | 12% | 273 |  |
| Total principal of debt |  |  | 21615 | 8033 |
| *Less: unamortized discount and issuance costs* |  |  | (242) | (107) |
| **Total debt, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs** |  |  | 21373 | 7926 |
| *Less: debt, current* |  |  | (6708) | (2468) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total debt, non-current** |  |  | $14665 | $5458 |

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As of December 31, 2025, the future principal payments for the Company's total debt were as follows (in millions):

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|:---|:---|
| **Years Ending December 31,** | **Amount** |
| 2026 | $6708 |
| 2027 | 4298 |
| 2028 | 2393 |
| 2029 | 1769 |
| 2030 | 2109 |
| Thereafter | 4338 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total** | $21615 |

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The total interest expense for the Company's debt obligations was as follows (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| Contractual interest expense | $1220 | $475 | $30 |
| Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs and accretion of redemption premiums | 110 | 33 | 16 |
| PIK interest |  |  | 22 |
| *Less: capitalized interest* | (182) | (159) | (41) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total** | $1148 | $349 | $27 |

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In the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company entered into DDTL Facilities and issued Senior Notes (each as defined in *Note 10—Debt*) as follows (dollars in millions):

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| | **Date of Issuance** | **Stated Interest Rates**<sup>1</sup> | **Amount**<sup>2</sup> |
| DDTL 2.1 Facility | September 2025 | SOFR + 4.25%  | $3000 |
| DDTL 3.0 Facility | July 2025 | SOFR + 4.00%  | 2600 |
| 2030 Senior Notes | May 2025 | 9.25% | 2000 |
| 2031 Senior Notes | July 2025 | 9.00% | 1750 |
| 2031 Convertible Senior Notes | December 2025 | 1.75% | 2588 |

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(1) DDTL Facilities are subject to an interest rate per annum equal to, at the Company's option, either the SOFR or the alternative base rate plus a spread.

(2) Amounts represent borrowing capacity for the DDTL Facilities and the principal amounts for the Senior Notes.

***Delayed Draw Term Loans ("DDTL")***

In July 2023, the Company entered into a Delayed Draw Term Loan 1.0 Facility (as amended, the "DDTL 1.0 Facility"), which provided for a delayed draw term loan facility of up to $2.3 billion. The principal amount of the DDTL 1.0 Facility is required to be repaid in quarterly installments, with the final payment due on March 28, 2028.

In May 2024, the Company entered into a Delayed Draw Term Loan 2.0 Facility (as amended, the "DDTL 2.0 Facility"), which provides for a delayed draw term loan facility of up to $7.6 billion. The principal amount of the DDTL 2.0 Facility is required to be repaid in quarterly installments, beginning in January 2026, with the final payment due five years after the applicable loan was funded.

In July 2025, the Company entered into a Delayed Draw Term Loan 3.0 Facility (as amended, the "DDTL 3.0 Facility"), which provides for a delayed draw term loan facility of up to $2.6 billion that may be drawn through July 2026. The principal amount of the DDTL 3.0 Facility is required to be repaid in monthly installments, beginning in April 2026, with the final payment due in August 2030. The Company is required to pay a fee of 0.50% per annum on the undrawn commitment. In conjunction with the issuance of the DDTL 3.0 Facility, the Company capitalized $82 million in debt discount and issuance costs. Under the DDTL 3.0 Facility, the Company is required to enter into interest rate swap agreements within 45 days of the closing date covering a notional amount of not less than 75% of the reasonably anticipated outstanding floating-rate loans until the maturity date. As of December 31, 2025, the Company is in compliance with this requirement.

In September 2025, the Company further amended the DDTL 2.0 Facility (as amended, the "DDTL 2.1 Facility," and together with the DDTL 1.0 Facility, the DDTL 2.0 Facility, and the DDTL 3.0 Facility, the "DDTL Facilities") to create a new tranche of delayed draw term loan facility up to $3.0 billion that may be drawn through March 2026. The principal amount of the DDTL 2.1 Facility is required to be repaid in quarterly installments, beginning in July 2026, with the final payment due five years after the applicable loan was funded. The terms of the draws under the DDTL 2.0 Facility remain unchanged.

The total loans available provided by the DDTL Facilities are constrained by the purchase price of assets for which the loans are being used to finance with such percentage based upon the depreciable cost of graphics processing unit ("GPU") servers. Borrowings under the DDTL Facilities are used to finance a portion of the purchase considerations, fees, and expenses relating to the acquisition of computing equipment. Obligations outstanding under the DDTL Facilities are secured by perfected first priority pledges of and security interests in (i) the equity interests of the respective subsidiaries held by its direct parent and (ii) substantially all of the assets of the respective subsidiaries.

The outstanding loan amounts are prepayable at any time, from time to time, at the Company's option, and are required to be prepaid upon the occurrence of an event of default or change of control of the Company, or with the proceeds of certain asset dispositions or incurrences of indebtedness.

Furthermore, all obligations under the DDTL Facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. They contain covenants that restrict the ability of the Company and/or the respective subsidiaries to incur or guarantee additional indebtedness; pay dividends and make other distributions or repurchase stock; make certain investments; create or incur liens; sell assets; enter into certain transactions with affiliates; and merge, consolidate, transfer, or sell all or substantially all of its assets.

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The DDTL Facilities require the maintenance of restricted cash balances based on a percentage of drawn amounts, subject to specified caps or specified amounts.

***Senior Notes***

In May 2025, the Company issued $2.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due on June 1, 2030 (the "2030 Senior Notes") in a private placement offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In conjunction with the issuance of the 2030 Senior Notes, the Company capitalized $37 million in debt discount and issuance costs.

In July 2025, the Company issued $1.8 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due on February 1, 2031 (the "2031 Senior Notes") in a private placement offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. In conjunction with the issuance of the 2031 Senior Notes, the Company capitalized $31 million in debt discount and issuance costs.

The proceeds from the issuance of the 2030 Senior Notes and 2031 Senior Notes (collectively the "Senior Notes") were retained for general corporate purposes. The Senior Notes are unsecured obligations and bear interest payable semi-annually in arrears. The Company may redeem all or a portion of the Senior Notes at any time prior to their maturity at a redemption set forth in the respective indentures. The Senior Notes include customary terms and covenants, including certain events of default, after which the Senior Notes may be due and payable immediately at a price set forth in the indentures.

As of December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the Senior Notes was $3.5 billion which was based on observable market prices of identical instruments in less active markets and were categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

***2031 Convertible Senior Notes***

In December 2025, the Company issued $2.6 billion in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due on December 1, 2031 (the "2031 Convertible Senior Notes") in a private placement offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

The 2031 Convertible Senior Notes are convertible at an initial conversion rate of 9.2764 shares per $1,000 principal amount (equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $107.80 per share) into cash, shares of the Company's Class A common stock, or a combination thereof. Until September 1, 2031, the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes can only be converted upon satisfaction of certain market conditions or upon the occurrence of specific corporate events. After that date, the notes are freely convertible. The conversion rate is subject to standard anti-dilution adjustments throughout the life of the instrument.

Additionally, if the holders of the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes convert their notes in connection with a make-whole fundamental change or in connection with the exercise of the Company's option to redeem the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes, the conversion rate may be adjusted to compensate for the lost time value of money. The Company may not redeem the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes prior to December 5, 2028. On or after that date, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the outstanding 2031 Convertible Senior Notes for cash if the Company's Class A common stock price exceeds 130% of the conversion price for any 20 trading days within a 30 consecutive trading day period.

The 2031 Convertible Senior Notes are accounted as a single liability measured at its amortized cost, as the conversion features do not require bifurcation and recognition as derivatives. In conjunction with the issuance of the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes, the Company capitalized $57 million in debt discount and issuance costs.

A portion of the proceeds from the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes was used to fund the cost of entering into capped call transactions, described below. The Company expects to use the remainder of the proceeds for general corporate purposes. The 2031 Convertible Senior Notes are unsecured obligations and bear interest payable semi-annually in arrears and include customary terms and covenants, including certain events of default, after which the notes may be due and payable immediately at a price set forth in the indenture.

As of December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes was $2.5 billion, which was based on observable market prices of identical instruments in less active markets and is categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

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***Capped Call Transactions***

In conjunction with the issuance of the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes, the Company entered into separately negotiated capped call transactions (the "Capped Calls") with certain financial institutions at a total cost of $340 million. The Capped Calls are expected generally to reduce potential dilution of the Company's Class A common stock upon any conversion of the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes and offset any potential cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of such converted 2031 Convertible Senior Notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and offset subject to a cap.

The Capped Calls have an initial strike price of $107.80 per share, which corresponds to the initial conversion price of the 2031 Convertible Senior Notes, and have an initial cap price of $215.60 per share, both subject to certain adjustments. The Capped Calls qualify for a derivative scope exception for instruments that are both indexed to an entity's own stock; therefore they are recorded in stockholders' equity (deficit) as a reduction of additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheets and will not be subsequently remeasured.

***2024 Term Loan Facility***

In December 2024, the Company entered into a credit agreement providing for a $1.0 billion term loan facility (the "2024 Term Loan Facility") consisting of (i) a $229 million secured facility and (ii) a $771 million unsecured facility. In connection with the IPO, the maturity date of the 2024 Term Loan Facility was accelerated, and it was repaid on April 11, 2025.

***Revolving Credit Facility***

In June 2024, and as amended in October and December 2024, the Company entered into a senior secured revolving credit facility (as amended, the "Revolving Credit Facility") with a capacity of $650 million. The Revolving Credit Facility matures on June 21, 2027. The Revolving Credit Facility includes a $175 million letter of credit sub-facility. The letter of credit sub-facility entered into by the Company reduces the available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility. In May 2025, the Company upsized the Revolving Credit Facility with a capacity of $1.5 billion and extended the maturity to May 2028. With the upsize of the Revolving Credit Facility, the letter of credit sub-facility increased to $350 million.

In November 2025, the Company amended its Revolving Credit Facility to increase the capacity to $2.5 billion and to modify certain covenant metrics. The amendment also extended the maturity to November 2029. With the upsize of the Revolving Credit Facility, the letter of credit sub-facility increased to $600 million. In December 2025, the Company transferred standby letters of credit issued in support of certain lease obligations from separate lease agreements to the letter of credit sub-facility under the Revolving Credit Facility. These letters of credit remain outstanding, continue to secure the related lease obligations, and reduce availability under the Revolving Credit Facility, with no change to the underlying lease terms or obligations. As of December 31, 2025, the outstanding balances associated with letters of credit were $294 million. There were no outstanding balances associated with the letters of credit as of December 31, 2024.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company had drawn $1.0 billion and had $1.2 billion of remaining capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility. Obligations outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility are secured by pledges of certain assets as collateral. The Company is required to pay a fee of 0.25% per annum on the undrawn commitment. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had not drawn on the Revolving Credit Facility.

***OEM and Software License Financing Arrangements***

The Company entered into various agreements with original equipment manufacturers (the "OEM Financing Arrangements"), whereby the Company obtained financing for certain equipment with an aggregate notional balance of $4.8 billion and $1.3 billion as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company granted a security interest for the financed equipment related to these financing arrangements. The arrangements generally have terms between one to three years. The Company had an outstanding balance of $3.8 billion and $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company also entered into various arrangements with a software license vendor (the "Software License Financing Arrangements"), whereby the Company obtained financing for certain software licenses with an aggregate notional balance of $431 million as of December 31, 2025, and may elect to finance up to an additional $884 million of optional tranches under the terms of one arrangement that commenced in October 2025. Given additional tranches are contingent on the Company's future election and may be avoided without penalty, they are

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not recognized as a liability as of December 31, 2025. These Software License Financing Arrangements generally have terms of less than five years. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had an outstanding balance of $368 million, representing the present value of the related obligations, with the discount accreted to interest expense using the effective interest method.

***Magnetar Loan***

In August 2024, the Company entered into an AI Computing Service Reserved Capacity and Prepayment Agreement with MagAI Ventures (the "MagAI Capacity Agreement"). Under this arrangement, the Company agreed to provide portfolio companies of MagAI Ventures with a pre-determined amount of cloud computing services at a pre-negotiated hourly rate. The specific amount of cloud computing services, inclusive of the capacity and term, to be used by each portfolio company, if any, will be negotiated individually with each portfolio company, and will be subject to final approval by MagAI Ventures. The Company received a refundable deposit of $230 million in connection with the MagAI Capacity Agreement. Any consumption of cloud services by MagAI Ventures, including by their portfolio companies, under this arrangement is deducted from this deposit amount, with the unused portion refunded back to MagAI Ventures at the end of the contractual term. Throughout the term of the arrangement, if MagAI Ventures portfolio companies do not contract for the full amount of the pre-determined cloud computing services, the Company may agree with MagAI Ventures to instead use this available capacity for other customers, and share profits with MagAI Ventures for any revenue realized above the revenue that would have been generated by charging these customers the MagAI Ventures pre-negotiated rate.

The initial MagAI Capacity Agreement provided for certain termination options for MagAI Ventures, including if a specified amount of capacity is not available by a target commencement date. The MagAI Capacity Agreement runs for an initial period of four years, with an option for MagAI Ventures to extend for two additional years. As of December 31, 2024, the refundable deposit was included within other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, as no services had yet been provided under this arrangement.

In February 2025, the MagAI Capacity Agreement was amended to provide certain termination for convenience rights to both MagAI Ventures and the Company. As a result of the amendment, the Company now considers the refundable deposit received from Magnetar to be in-substance debt (the "Magnetar Loan") under ASC 470, *Sale of Future Revenue*, and has reclassified the balance to debt, current on the consolidated balance sheets. No services had been provided under the MagAI Capacity Agreement as of December 31, 2025.

As of December 31, 2025, the $230 million refundable deposit remains available for cloud computing services for MagAI Ventures' portfolio companies. Upon such termination by either party, the unused portion of the $230 million deposit will be refunded along with a specified multiplier that increases over the term of the arrangement that equates to a 12% annual rate of return. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $273 million classified as debt, current, including $43 million of redemption premiums, on the consolidated balance sheets. The accretion of the redemption premiums was recognized in interest expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the year ended December 31, 2025.

***Convertible Promissory Notes***

In connection with an acquisition, the Company issued non-interest-bearing convertible promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of $172 million to certain former shareholders of the acquiree. Unless earlier redeemed, the notes mature in April 2026. Subject to certain conditions, the Company may elect to settle the notes in cash, shares of the Company's Class A common stock, or a combination thereof. If settled in shares of Class A common stock, the number of shares to be delivered will be determined by dividing the outstanding principal balance by the volume-weighted average price of the Company's Class A common stock over a specified measurement period ending prior to the maturity date.

The issuance of shares upon settlement is subject to applicable stock exchange limitations, and any amounts in excess of such limitations will be settled in cash. The notes do not contain any embedded features that require bifurcation and accounting as derivatives.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company classified $168 million as debt, current on the consolidated balance sheets, representing the present value of the notes discounted using an imputed interest rate of 7%, and reflecting accretion of the discount in the year ended December 31, 2025. The accretion of the discount to the maturity amount is recognized as interest expense, net, in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Refer to *Note 4—Business Combinations* for additional information.

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***2021 Convertible Senior Secured Notes***

In October 2021, the Company executed a note issuance agreement and a note purchase agreement with a related party for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $50 million of convertible senior secured notes (the "2021 Convertible Senior Secured Notes"). The Company determined that the conversion features, the accelerated redemption features, the variability in interest payments, and the Company's redemption option were required to be bifurcated and accounted for as an embedded derivative. The investors elected to convert all of the outstanding 2021 Convertible Senior Secured Notes on September 17, 2024, pursuant to the original terms of the conversion feature, resulting in the issuance of 25 million shares of common stock and a cash payment of $2 million for accrued interest and cash in lieu of fractional shares. The conversion was accounted for as an extinguishment. Equity increased by the settlement-date fair value of the common shares issued of $1.1 billion. Loss on extinguishment of the 2021 Convertible Senior Secured Notes was not material.

For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded losses related to the fair value adjustment of these derivative liabilities of $627 million and $361 million, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2024, total interest costs were not material and during the year ended December 31, 2023, total interest costs were $31 million.

***DCSP Financing Arrangements***

In June 2023, the Company entered into a service agreement (the "DCSP Service Agreement") with a data center service provider (the "DCSP"). Under the DCSP Service Agreement, the DCSP will design, purchase, build, and manage a data center providing access to up to 78 MW of electrical power to be delivered in phases. Separately, during the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company purchased $116 million of critical infrastructure assets to support the data center site (the "Existing Critical Infrastructure Assets").

In October 2024, the Company, as a lender, entered into a Senior Secured Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement (the "DCSP Note Receivable", and collectively, with the DCSP Service Agreement, the "DCSP Financing Arrangements") with the DCSP to facilitate the purchase of critical infrastructure assets. The DCSP Note Receivable provides for a total commitment of up to $305 million in delayed draw term loan funding for a term of seven years with a stated interest rate of 13.00% per annum.

The DCSP Note Receivable is secured by the new and existing critical infrastructure assets that support current and future phases of the build out at the data center and is prepayable at any time by the DCSP with no penalty.

The DCSP has borrowed under the DCSP Note Receivable to settle amounts previously advanced to the DCSP by the Company, finance purchases of additional critical infrastructure assets, and purchase the Existing Critical Infrastructure Assets. Under the terms of the DCSP Service Agreement, the Company continues to control the Existing Critical Infrastructure Assets and the Company recorded a financing obligation related to the consideration received for the Existing Critical Infrastructure Assets. The financing obligation is payable over a term of 14 years and has an imputed interest rate of 15%. The Existing Critical Infrastructure Assets are included in property and equipment, net, on the consolidated balance sheets and are depreciated over their estimated useful life.

Additionally, the Company entered into a lease for data center infrastructure assets with the DCSP. The arrangement commenced in April 2025 and is accounted for as a finance lease, with an initial term of 14 years and an imputed interest rate of 13%. The Company recorded finance lease right-of-use assets acquired through lease liability of $123 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 associated with this arrangement. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the amortization expense related to this finance lease right-of-use asset was not material.

As of December 31, 2025, the future contractual principal payments under the financing obligation and finance lease due to the DCSP were as follows (in millions):

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| 2026 | $20 | $19 |
| 2027 | 20 | 19 |
| 2028 | 20 | 19 |
| 2029 | 20 | 19 |
| 2030 | 20 | 19 |
| Thereafter | 154 | 149 |
| Total future payments | 254 | 244 |
| Less: amount representing interest | (141) | (123) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total financing obligation** | $113 | $121 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Less: current portion | (3) | (3) |
| Long-term portion | $110 | $118 |

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The DCSP Financing Arrangements allow for the net settlement of amounts due between the parties and meet the criteria for right of setoff in accordance with ASC 210, *Balance Sheet*. As of December 31, 2025, the gross amount of the DCSP Note Receivable was $304 million, which is presented net of the financing obligation and finance lease of $234 million. As of December 31, 2024, the gross amount of the DCSP Note Receivable was $224 million, which is presented net of the financing obligation of $116 million. The Company did not recognize any interest income during the year ended December 31, 2024, as the Company did not expect to be entitled to the accrued interest. The Company began recognizing interest income associated with this arrangement in March 2025. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company recognized $28 million of interest income in other income, net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The total interest expense related to the financing obligation and finance lease associated with this arrangement for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $28 million and was not material for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

**11. Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)**

***Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock***

As discussed in *Note 1—Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies*, in connection with the IPO, all shares of the Company's Series Seed, Series A, Series B, and Series B-1 redeemable convertible preferred stock then outstanding, totaling 155 million shares, were automatically converted into an equivalent number of shares of the Company's Class A common stock. The carrying value of $559 million was reclassified into stockholders' equity (deficit). All shares of the Company's Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock then outstanding, totaling 30 million shares, were automatically converted into 30 million shares of the Company's redeemable Class A common stock.

The following table summarizes the redeemable convertible preferred stock outstanding immediately prior to the conversion into common stock, and the rights and preferences of the Company's respective series preceding the IPO in March 2025 (in millions, except per share amounts):

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| Series Seed | 60 | 46 | $0.05 | $2 | $2 |
| Series A | 24 | 19 | 0.12 | 2 | 2 |
| Series B | 80 | 80 | 5.58 | 551 | 446 |
| Series B-1 | 12 | 10 | 0.40 | 4 | 4 |
| Series C | 30 | 30 | 38.95 | 1163 | 1164 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total** | 206 | 185 |  | $1722 | $1618 |

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During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company paid a dividend in kind to the holders of the Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock, which resulted in additional shares being issued upon conversion. These additional shares issued upon conversion were not legally outstanding prior to the IPO and upon conversion were included in the redeemable Class A common stock shares outstanding.

The redeemable Class A common stock was subject to a right to be "put" to the Company on the first trading day immediately after the second anniversary of the closing of the IPO (the "Put Right"). Upon exercise of the Put Right, holders of these shares would be entitled to receive from the Company an amount in cash equal to the original issue price per share of the Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock of $38.95 per share, representing an aggregate price of $1.2 billion. In connection with the IPO and conversion of the redeemable convertible preferred stock, the $1.2 billion carrying value of the redeemable convertible preferred stock was reclassified to redeemable Class A common stock and continued to be presented as mezzanine equity due to the shares being redeemable outside of the Company's control under the outstanding Put Right.

The rights of the holders of the Company's redeemable Class A common stock were identical to the Company's Class A common stock, except with respect to the Put Right. The Put Right with respect to each share was subject to a lock-up period after the IPO and automatically terminated in September 2025 when the Company's Class A common stock achieved a 20 day volume-weighted average price in a consecutive 30 trading day period of at least $68.16. Upon termination of the Put Right, the Company's redeemable Class A common stock was reclassified into Class A common stock within stockholders' equity (deficit).

*Dividends* 

Holders of the redeemable convertible preferred stock were entitled to participate in any dividends distributed to holders of common stock, as if converted.

Holders of the Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock were entitled to a cumulative dividend that accrued from day-to-day at a rate of 10% per annum of the accumulated stated value, equal to $38.95 per share (the accumulated stated value is the defined "original issuance price" at the time of conversion). Cumulative dividends were payable quarterly from the time the shares were issued until the completion of an IPO. These dividends could be paid in cash or in kind by being added to the accumulated stated value. After the IPO and conversion to redeemable Class A common stock, these dividends rights ceased, and there were no accrued and unpaid dividends as of December 31, 2025.

***Preferred Stock***

In connection with the IPO, the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation became effective, which authorized the issuance of 100 million shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.000005 per share with rights and preferences, including voting rights, designated from time to time by the Company's board of directors (the "Board"). As of December 31, 2025, there were no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.

***Common Stock***

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company was authorized to issue 3.4 billion and 691 million shares of common stock, respectively, with a par value of $0.000005 per share. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company's certificate of incorporation was amended such that the Company's common stock consisted of Class A common stock and Class B common stock. In March 2025, the Company's certificate of incorporation was amended such that the Company's common stock consisted of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock. As of December 31, 2025, there were no shares of Class C common stock issued and outstanding.

Common stockholders are entitled to receive any dividends if and when declared by the Board, and upon liquidation or dissolution, are also entitled to receive all assets legally available for distribution to stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares held, subject to the rights of preferred stockholders (if then outstanding). As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, no dividends on the Company's common stock had been declared by the Board.

*Voting* 

Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share. Prior to the completion of the Company's IPO, holders of Class B common stock were entitled to one vote per share. Upon the completion of the IPO, holders of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes per share. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote

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together as a single class, except where otherwise required by law. Holders of Class C common stock have no voting rights.

*Conversion* 

Shares of Class B common stock are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of Class A common stock on a one-to-one basis. In addition, each share of Class B common stock will automatically convert into a share of Class A common stock, as a result of certain events set forth in the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, including upon a non-permitted sale or transfer. Further, upon certain events specified in the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, all outstanding shares of Class B common stock will convert automatically into shares of Class A common stock. Each share of Class C common stock will automatically convert into a share of Class A common stock on a one-to-one basis as a result of certain events set forth in the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Class A common stock is not convertible into any other class of shares.

*Dividend and Liquidation Rights* 

All classes of common stock participate equally in any dividends declared by the Company, subject to the rights of preferred stockholders. In the event of liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company, holders of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock are entitled to share in any distribution of assets remaining after payment of liabilities, subject to the rights of preferred stockholders.

***Warrants to Purchase Common Stock***

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company's Class A common stock that were classified as liabilities. These warrants were issued in connection with the 2022 Senior Secured Notes, as disclosed in the Company's Prospectus. As of December 31, 2024, the fair value of the warrant liabilities was $200 million and was included within derivative and warrant liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company recorded a loss related to the fair value adjustment of these warrant liabilities of $129 million and $67 million within gain (loss) on fair value adjustments in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

On March 21, 2025, the Company executed an amendment with the warrant holders to fix the exercise price to $1.5495 per share, subject to adjustments for standard anti-dilution adjustments. As a result of the amendment, the Company concluded that the warrants met the requirements for equity classification for contracts that are indexed to the Company's own stock. The Company recognized a net gain of $27 million for the final fair value adjustment pre-modification and modification and fixing of the exercise price, which were recorded in gain (loss) on fair value adjustments in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2025, and reclassified the final value of the warrants to additional paid-in capital.

***2019 Stock Option Plan and 2025 Equity Incentive Plan***

In July 2019, the Company adopted a stock option plan (the "2019 Plan"). The purpose of the 2019 Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain, and motivate eligible persons whose potential contributions are important to the success of the Company by offering those eligible persons an opportunity to participate in the Company's future performance through the grant of awards of common stock. The total number of shares authorized by the Board to be issued under the 2019 Plan was 74 million shares as of December 31, 2024. Prior to the IPO, in the event that shares previously issued under the 2019 Plan were reacquired by the Company pursuant to a forfeiture provision, right of first refusal, or repurchase by the Company, such shares were added back to the number of shares then available for issuance under the 2019 Plan. As of December 31, 2024, 4 million shares were available for issuance under the 2019 Plan. In March 2025, in connection with the IPO and the adoption of the 2025 Plan (as defined below), the Company ceased granting awards under the 2019 Plan. Following the effective date of the 2025 Plan, any outstanding awards granted under the 2019 Plan remain subject to the terms of the 2019 Plan, and any shares that are forfeited or repurchased by the Company under the 2019 Plan will be automatically transferred to be available for issuance under the 2025 Plan.

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In March 2025, the Company adopted the 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2025 Plan") as a successor to the 2019 Plan, which became effective in connection with the IPO. The 2025 Plan authorizes the award of incentive stock options ("ISOs"), nonqualified stock options ("NQSOs"), RSAs, stock appreciation rights, and RSUs, as well as performance and stock bonus awards. Pursuant to the 2025 Plan, the ISOs may be granted only to employees of the Company, while all other award types may be granted to employees, directors, and consultants. A total of 50 million shares of the Company's Class A common stock were initially reserved, plus any reserved shares of Class A common stock not issued or subject to outstanding grants under the 2019 Plan on the effective date of the 2025 Plan. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2025 Plan will increase automatically on January 1 of each of 2026 through 2035 by the number of shares equal to the lesser of (a) five percent of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of all classes of common stock plus the total number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of preferred stock (if any), in each case as of the immediately preceding December 31, or (b) such number of shares of Class A common stock as may be determined by the Board or the compensation committee of the Board (the "Compensation Committee"). In the event that shares previously issued under the 2025 Plan are reacquired by the Company pursuant to a forfeiture provision, right of first refusal, or repurchase by the Company, such shares shall be added back to the number of shares then available for issuance under the 2025 Plan. As of December 31, 2025, 45 million shares were available for issuance under the 2025 Plan.

The Company may grant stock options to employees, contractors, or other entities in order to incentivize them to increase their efforts on behalf of the Company and to promote the success of the Company's business. Stock options may be treated as ISO or NQSO depending on the specific circumstances of an optionee's relationship with the Company and the number of stock options vesting or exercised in a calendar year. Stock options granted under the 2019 and 2025 Plans generally vest either over a three-year or four-year period. The Company may award stock options that are immediately exercisable, subject to a repurchase right. The Company may also grant stock options that allow for acceleration of vesting. The stock options granted under the 2019 and 2025 Plans will expire after ten years from the time of their grant. The Company issues Class A common stock upon the exercise of stock options. Pursuant to the equity exchange agreement between the Company and each of its co-founders, each co-founder has the right to exchange any shares of Class A common stock received upon the exercise of certain option awards granted prior to September 2024 and held by such co-founder into an equal number of shares of Class B common stock.

***Stock Options***

The following table summarizes stock option activity under the 2019 Plan (share data and aggregate intrinsic value in millions):

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| **Balance at December 31, 2024** | 47 | $1.74 | 7 | $2163 |
| Granted |  |  |  |  |
| Exercised | (13) | 1.57 |  |  |
| Forfeited, expired, or canceled |  | 7.47 |  |  |
| **Outstanding at December 31, 2025** | 34 | $1.76 | 6 | $2381 |
| **Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2025** | 34 | $1.76 | 6 | $2381 |
| **Exercisable at December 31, 2025** | 25 | $1.18 | 6 | $1759 |

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The table above does not include 0.4 million shares subject to outstanding options outstanding as of December 31, 2025 that were issued in connection with the 2021 Convertible Senior Secured Notes. Refer to *Note 14—Related-Party Transactions* for additional information.

The Company did not grant any stock options during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. The weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $6.50 per share.

The aggregate grant date fair value of stock options vested during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 were $36 million, $45 million, and $10 million, respectively.

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The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 was $1.1 billion, $117 million, and $38 million, respectively. The intrinsic value for options exercised is the difference between the fair value of the stock and the exercise price of the stock option at the date of exercise.

The Black-Scholes option-pricing model assumptions used to value the employee stock options at the grant dates were as follows, presented on a weighted-average basis except for the fair value of common stock which is presented on a range basis:

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| | **Year Ended<br>December 31,<br>2023** |
| Fair value of common stock | $1.86 - $17.27 |
| Expected volatility | 58% |
| Expected term (in years) | 6 |
| Risk-free interest rate | 4% |
| Expected dividend yield | —% |

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These assumptions and estimates were determined as follows:

*Expected Volatility*—As there was no public market for the Company's common stock, the expected volatility was determined using the historical volatilities of publicly listed peer companies over a period equivalent to the expected term of the awards.

*Expected Term*—The expected term represents the period that the stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding. For option grants that are considered to be "plain vanilla," the Company determined the expected term using the simplified method. The simplified method deems the term to be the average of the time-to-vesting and the contractual life of the stock options.

*Risk-Free Interest Rate*—The risk-free interest rate is based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with an equivalent expected term of the stock options at the time of grant.

*Expected Dividend Yield*—The expected dividend is assumed to be zero, as the Company has never paid dividends on its common stock and has no current plans to do so.

*Fair Value Per Share of the Company's Common Stock*—Because the Company's common stock was not yet publicly traded, the Company estimated the fair value of its common stock. The Board considered numerous objective and subjective factors to determine the fair value of the Company's common stock at each meeting in which awards were approved.

***Employee Stock Purchase Plan***

In March 2025, the Company adopted the 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2025 ESPP"), which became effective in connection with the IPO. The 2025 ESPP enables eligible employees to purchase shares of the Company's Class A common stock with accumulated payroll deductions. A total of 10 million shares of the Company's Class A common stock are reserved for issuance under the 2025 ESPP.

The number of shares reserved for issuance and sale under the 2025 ESPP will increase automatically on January 1st of each of 2026 through 2035 by the number of shares equal to the lesser of (a) the number of shares equal to 1% of the sum of the total number of outstanding shares of all classes of the Company's common stock plus the total number of shares of the Company's Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of preferred stock (if any), in each case outstanding as of the immediately preceding December 31 and (b) such number of shares of the Company's Class A common stock determined by the Board or Compensation Committee; provided, that the Board or Compensation Committee may in its sole discretion reduce the amount of the increase in any particular calendar year. Subject to stock splits, recapitalizations, or similar events, no more than 100 million shares of the Company's Class A common stock may be issued over the term of the 2025 ESPP.

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The purchase price for shares purchased under the 2025 ESPP during any given purchase period is 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of the Company's Class A common stock on (1) the first trading day of the applicable offering period or (2) the last trading day of the applicable purchase period. Each offering period may itself consist of one or more purchase periods. The 2025 ESPP had an initial offering period beginning on March 28, 2025 and ending on November 15, 2025, with a purchase date of November 15, 2025. The initial enrollment period began on the date of the IPO and ended on April 18, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, the amount withheld on behalf of employees for future purchases under the ESPP due to the timing of payroll deductions and the open enrollment period was not material. Stock-based compensation expense during the year ended December 31, 2025 and unrecognized stock-based compensation expense as of December 31, 2025 related to the 2025 ESPP were not material.

***Restricted Stock Units***

RSUs granted typically vest over four years. The following table summarizes restricted stock unit activity under the 2019 and 2025 Plans for the periods presented (share data in millions):

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| | **Shares** | **Weighted-<br>Average Fair<br>Value Per Share** |
| **Balance at January 1, 2025** | 15 | $38.80 |
| Granted | 18 | 73.92 |
| Vested | (6) | 37.58 |
| Forfeited and canceled | (1) | 45.55 |
| **Unvested balance at December 31, 2025** | 26 | $62.06 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There were no RSUs granted during the year ended December 31, 2023, and no RSUs vested during the year ended December 31, 2024. The weighted-average grant date fair value of RSUs granted during the year ended December 31, 2024 was $38.56. The total fair value of RSUs, as of their respective vesting dates, during the year ended December 31, 2025 was $537 million.

***Restricted Stock Awards***

During the year ended December 31, 2025, 2 million RSAs were granted in connection with the Company's acquisitions. These awards typically vest over a four-year service period. The grant date fair value of the RSAs was based on the Company's closing stock price on the grant date and is recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the vesting period. As of December 31, 2025, 2 million of these RSAs remained unvested. Refer to *Note 4—Business Combinations* for additional information.

***Stock-Based Compensation Expense***

As of December 31, 2025, unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options was $54 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of two years.

As of December 31, 2025, unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested RSUs and RSAs was $1.3 billion, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of three years.

Total stock-based compensation expense, net of capitalized costs, recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss was as follows (in millions):

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| Cost of revenue | $15 | $1 | $1 |
| Technology and infrastructure | 221 | 10 | 6 |
| Sales and marketing | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| General and administrative | 363 | 17 | 6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total stock-based compensation expense**<sup>(1)</sup> | $630 | $31 | $15 |

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(1) The Company recognized $177 million of stock-based compensation expense, net of $17 million of capitalized costs primarily related to the development of internal-use software, during year ended December 31, 2025, associated with vested RSUs as a result of the satisfaction of the liquidity-event performance-based vesting condition in connection with the IPO.

**12. Income Taxes** 

The components of the loss before income taxes were as follows (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| Domestic | $(1118) | $(743) | $(558) |
| Foreign | (97) | (1) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Loss before income taxes** | $(1215) | $(744) | $(558) |

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The provision for (benefit from) income taxes consisted of the following (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| **Current:** |  |  |  |
| State | $— | $6 | $— |
| Foreign | 5 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total current income tax expense (benefit)** | 5 | 6 |  |
| **Deferred:** |  |  |  |
| Federal | (38) | 109 | 36 |
| State | (4) | 3 |  |
| Foreign | (11) | 1 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total deferred income tax expense (benefit)** | (53) | 113 | 36 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total provision for (benefit from) income taxes** | $(48) | $119 | $36 |

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The following table presents the reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company's effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2025, updated for the adoption of ASU No. 2023-09 (in millions, except percentages):

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **Percentage** |
| Tax at statutory rate | $(255) | 21% |
| Foreign tax effects | 13 | (1)% |
| Tax credits <sup>(1)</sup> | (55) | 4% |
| Changes in valuation allowance <sup>(2)</sup> | 378 | (31)% |
| Nontaxable or nondeductible items: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stock-based compensation | (140) | 11% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other nontaxable or nondeductible items | (5) | 1% |
| Changes in unrecognized tax benefits | 16 | (1)% |
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (48) | 4% |

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(1) Generally comprised of U.S. federal R&D tax credits.

(2) Includes the impacts of the enactment of OBBBA.

The following is a reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company's effective tax rate, prior to the application of ASU No. 2023-09:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2024** | **2023** |
| U.S. federal tax benefit at statutory rate | 21.0% | 21.0% |
| State income taxes, net of federal benefit | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Stock-based compensation | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| Foreign tax rate differential | (0.1) |  |
| Convertible interest | (0.2) | (0.2) |
| Change in valuation allowance, net | (17.5) | (7.7) |
| Derivative liabilities | (21.4) | (20.2) |
| General business credit - federal | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Other | (0.2) | (0.1) |
| **Effective tax rate** | (16.1)% | (6.4)% |

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Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, were as follows (in millions):

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| | **December 31,<br>2025** | **December 31,<br>2024** |
| **Deferred tax assets:** | | |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net operating losses | $971 | $767 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lease liabilities | 2065 | 540 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deferred revenue | 768 | 309 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other | 217 | 103 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total deferred tax assets** | 4021 | 1719 |
| **Valuation allowance** | (636) | (181) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance | 3385 | 1538 |
| **Deferred tax liabilities:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Property and equipment | (1330) | (1147) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intangible assets | (46) | (1) |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating and financing ROU assets | (2112) | (539) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total deferred tax liabilities** | (3488) | (1687) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net deferred tax liabilities, net of valuation allowance** | $(103) | $(149) |

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ASC 740, *Income Taxes,* requires that the tax benefit of net operating losses ("NOL"), temporary differences, and credit carryforwards be recorded as an asset to the extent that management assesses that realization is "more likely than not." Realization of the future tax benefits is dependent on the Company's ability to generate sufficient taxable income within the carryforward period. Because of the Company's recent history of operating losses, management believes that recognition of the deferred tax assets arising from the above-mentioned future tax benefits is currently not likely to be realized and, accordingly, a valuation allowance has been provided by the Company against federal and state deferred tax assets.

In July 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") was enacted into law in the United States. The legislation introduces several measures, including the permanent extension of select provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, revisions to the international tax framework, and the reinstatement of favorable tax treatment for certain business-related items. OBBBA contains multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in 2025 and others implemented through 2027. The Company recognized the effects of the OBBBA provisions in its financial results to the extent they are applicable to the year ended December 31, 2025. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of these provisions on the year ended December 31, 2026 and subsequent consolidated financial statements.

The valuation allowance increased by $455 million, $133 million and $44 million during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had $4.3 billion and $3.6 billion, respectively, in federal NOL carryforwards to offset future taxable income, almost all of which can be carried forward indefinitely. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had state NOL carryforwards of $905 million and $61 million, respectively, of which $266 million and $30 million, respectively, can be carried forward indefinitely. If the NOL carryforwards are not utilized, $639 million and $31 million, respectively, will expire in varying amounts between the years 2032 and 2044.

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had $63 million and $15 million, respectively, of federal tax credit carryforwards available to offset future taxable income. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $13 million of state tax credit carryforwards available to offset future taxable income. State tax credit carryforwards available to offset future income as of December 31, 2024 were not material.

A limitation may apply to the use of the net operating loss and credit carryforwards, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and similar state tax provisions that are applicable if the Company experiences an "ownership change under Section 382." For example, an ownership change may occur as a result of the issuance of new equity or certain shareholder transactions. Should these limitations apply, the carryforwards would be subject to an annual limitation, resulting in a potential reduction in the gross deferred tax assets before considering the valuation allowance.

The Company experienced a Section 382 ownership change during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and determined that these changes did not materially impact the availability of its NOL carryforwards for use in the future.

Gross unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2025 was $22 million. If these amounts were recognized, $19 million would affect the Company's effective tax rate. Unrecognized tax benefits of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were not material.

The change in the balance of unrecognized tax benefits was not material in the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023.

The Company is subject to income taxes in the United States, California, and other various domestic and international jurisdictions. The Company is currently under federal audit for 2023.

Due to differing interpretations of tax laws and regulations, tax authorities may dispute the Company's tax filing positions. The Company periodically evaluates the exposures associated with tax filing positions and will reserve amounts, if needed, for adjustments that may result from tax examinations.

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The amounts of cash income taxes paid (refunded) by the Company were as follows (in millions):

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| State and local  | $(1) | $14 | $— |
| Income taxes, net of amounts refunded | $(1) | $14 | $— |

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**13. Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders** 

The Company computes net loss per share utilizing the two-class method required for participating securities. The two-class method determines net loss per share for each class of common stock and participating securities according to dividends declared or accumulated and participation rights in undistributed income. The rights, including the liquidation and dividend rights, of the holders of the Company's Class A common stock and Class B common stock are identical, except with respect to voting. As a result, the basic and diluted net loss per share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are the same and therefore presented on a combined basis.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented (in millions, except per share data):

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| **Numerator:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net loss | $(1167) | $(863) | $(594) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dividends and accretion on Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock | (29) | (74) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net loss attributable to common stockholders, basic | $(1196) | $(937) | $(594) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Change in fair value of common stock warrants | (27) |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net loss attributable to common stockholders, diluted | $(1223) | $(937) | $(594) |
| **Denominator:** |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic | 435 | 218 | 192 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Common stock warrants | 1 |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted | 436 | 218 | 192 |
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic | $(2.75) | $(4.30) | $(3.09) |
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted | $(2.81) | $(4.30) | $(3.09) |

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The number of securities that were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented because including them would have been anti-dilutive are as follows (in millions):

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| Redeemable convertible preferred stock |  | 185 | 155 |
| Outstanding convertible notes | 26 |  | 25 |
| Outstanding RSUs and RSAs | 28 |  |  |
| Outstanding stock options | 34 | 47 | 51 |
| Outstanding warrants to purchase common stock | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total** | 92 | 236 | 235 |

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above does not include the convertible promissory note, which may be settled in a variable number of shares of the Company's Class A common stock. Refer to *Note 10—Debt* for additional information.

**14. Related-Party Transactions** 

***Magnetar***

The Company has entered into certain transactions, as further described below, with Magnetar Financial LLC ("Magnetar") and certain funds or accounts managed or advised by Magnetar, and such funds or accounts collectively held a significant equity interest in the Company.

Magnetar was a related party of the Company through March 2025, as Magnetar-affiliated funds collectively held a significant equity interest in the Company and Magnetar had representation on the Company's Board. Effective March 2025, Magnetar relinquished its Board seat, held less than 10% of the total voting power, and no longer had the ability to exercise significant influence over the Company. Accordingly, Magnetar no longer met the definition of a related party per ASC 850, *Related Party Disclosures*. Transactions and balances with Magnetar are disclosed below for periods during which Magnetar was a related party.

*Senior Secured Notes* 

In connection with the issuance of the 2021 Convertible Senior Secured Notes in October 2021, the Company granted Magnetar an option to purchase up to $15 million of the Company's Class A common stock at the IPO price, which is equal to 0.4 million shares at the IPO price of $40.00 per share, which is exercisable until the one-year anniversary of the IPO. As of December 31, 2025, this option is still outstanding and has not been exercised.

In October 2022, the Company executed a note issuance agreement and a note purchase agreement (the "2022 Senior Secured Notes") and between October 2022 and April 2023, the Company issued $125 million of 2022 Senior Secured Notes with maturity dates between October 2025 and April 2026 to funds or accounts managed or advised by Magnetar, along with warrants to purchase 12 million shares of the Company's Class A common stock. In March 2025, the warrants were amended to fix the exercise price per share, and the Company concluded that these warrants met the requirements for equity classification. Refer to *Note 11—Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)* for additional information. In July 2024, the Company redeemed these notes in full, paying $137 million. In connection with the issuance of the 2022 Senior Secured Notes, the Company granted Magnetar the right to purchase up to 5% of the Company's Class A common stock issued at a price equal to the price per share in the Company's IPO. This option expired unexercised in connection with the IPO.

*Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock Financing* 

Between April 2023 and May 2024, the Company issued a number of shares of different classes of redeemable convertible preferred stock, some of which were acquired by certain of the Company's directors, holders of more than 5% of the Company's outstanding capital stock, and their affiliates or funds or accounts managed thereby. As described in *Note 11—Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit),* the shares of redeemable convertible preferred stock were converted in connection with the IPO.

*Tender Offers* 

In December 2023, employees and certain stockholders of the Company offered 41 million shares of common stock, which were purchased by certain existing stockholders and new stockholders. Entities managed or advised by a single stockholder participated in the tender offer as purchasers. Upon completion of the tender offer, these entities were deemed to beneficially own more than 5% of the Company's outstanding shares of capital stock, on an aggregated basis.

In October 2024, employees and certain stockholders of the Company offered 14 million shares of Class A common stock, which were purchased by certain existing stockholders and new stockholders. Entities managed or advised by a single stockholder participated in the tender offer as purchasers. Upon completion of the tender offer, these entities were deemed to beneficially own more than 5% of the Company's outstanding shares of capital stock, on an aggregated basis.

*Delayed Draw Term Loan Facilities* 

As of December 31, 2024 $438 million in aggregate principal amount of the DDTL 1.0 Facility was outstanding and held by funds or accounts managed or advised by Magnetar. The Company has paid to funds or accounts managed or advised by Magnetar $25 million and $63 million in principal and incurred $15 million and $66 million in interest expense

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for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024, respectively. Refer to *Note 10—Debt* for additional information.

As of December 31, 2024 $106 million of the DDTL 2.0 Facility was outstanding and held by funds or accounts managed or advised by Magnetar, respectively. The Company has not made principal payments on the DDTL 2.0 Facility as of December 31, 2025. The interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024 associated with amounts held by funds or accounts managed or advised by Magnetar was not material. Refer to *Note 10—Debt* for additional information.

*Magnetar Loan* 

In connection with the MagAI Capacity Agreement with MagAI Ventures, the Company had a deposit from MagAI Ventures of $230 million classified within other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2024. The Company incurred $19 million in interest expense in connection with the Magnetar Loan for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Refer to *Note 10—Debt* for additional information.

*Strategic Investment*

In June 2024, the Company contributed $50 million to a fund managed by Magnetar in connection with the fund's purchase of a third-party's preferred stock. The Company consolidated the fund and accounted for the purchased preferred stock as equity securities of privately held entities that do not have a readily determinable fair value measured at cost, with subsequent adjustments for observable price changes or impairments. The investment is included in other non-current assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

***Equity Exchange Agreement***

In September 2024, the Company entered into an equity exchange right agreement with each of its co-founders. This agreement grants each co-founder the right, but not the obligation, to exchange shares of Class A common stock received upon the exercise or settlement of equity awards for shares of Class B common stock. This right applies to equity awards previously granted to the Company's co-founders and to equity awards that may be granted to the Company's co-founders in the future.

***Unconsolidated Joint Venture***

In June 2025, the Company entered into a forward-starting lease and a development management agreement in connection with the JV, which is an unconsolidated subsidiary of the Company and a related party. These agreements are deemed to be priced at market terms as they were negotiated as part of an arms-length negotiations with the other investor in the JV. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company did not recognize any material income or expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss pursuant to these agreements. Refer to *Note 3*—*Investments and Fair Value Measurements* for additional information.

**15. Geographic Information**

Revenue by geography is based on the address of the customer as specified in the Company's customer contracts. The following table sets forth revenue by geographic area (in millions):

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| | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
| | **2025** | **2024** | **2023** |
| United States | $4801 | $1797 | $201 |
| All other countries | 330 | 118 | 28 |
| Total revenue | $5131 | $1915 | $229 |

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The Company's long-lived assets are attributed to a country based on the physical location of the assets. It defines long-lived assets as property and equipment and operating lease right-of-use assets because many of these assets cannot be readily moved and are relatively illiquid, subjecting them to geographic risk.

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, 88% and 90%, respectively, of the Company's long-lived assets were located in the United States, with no other single country accounting for more than 10% of these assets.

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**16. Subsequent Events** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In January 2026, NVIDIA Corporation invested $2 billion in the Company's Class A common stock at a purchase price of $87.20 per share.

In January 2026, the Company entered into additional financing agreements with an OEM. The financing agreements have an aggregate notional balance of $1.5 billion. The financing arrangements have terms of three years. The Company granted a security interest for the financed equipment.

In January and February 2026, the Company executed additional lease agreements, primarily for data centers and office facilities. The aggregate amount of estimated future undiscounted lease payments associated with such leases is $8.8 billion. The leases are expected to commence between 2026 and 2028 with estimated lease terms of two to 16 years.

**Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure**

None.

**Item 9A. Controls and Procedures**

**Limitation on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures**

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

**Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures**

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the reasonable assurance level as of December 31, 2025 due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described below.

**Previously Reported Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting**

A material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

As disclosed in the section titled "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we previously identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting related to the lack of effectively designed, implemented, and maintained IT general controls over applications that support our financial reporting processes; insufficient segregation of duties across financially relevant functions, and lack of sufficient number of qualified personnel within our accounting, finance, and operations functions who possessed an appropriate level of expertise to provide reasonable assurance that transactions were being appropriately recorded and disclosed. We have concluded that these material weaknesses existed because we did not have the necessary business processes, systems, personnel and related internal controls. We have also concluded that these material weaknesses continued to exist as of December 31, 2025. The deficiencies identified did not result in a material misstatement to our financial statements.

**Remediation Efforts to Address Previously Identified Material Weaknesses**

The material weaknesses described above arose because as a private company prior to our IPO, coupled with the rapid growth in our business, we did not have the business processes, systems, personnel, and related internal controls necessary to satisfy the accounting and financial reporting requirements of a public company.

We have taken and will continue to take action to remediate these material weaknesses, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• engagement with external consultants with extensive Sarbanes-Oxley Act experience;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• implementation of IT general controls to manage access and program changes within our IT environment and to support the evaluation, monitoring, and ongoing effectiveness of key application controls and key reports;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• implementation of processes and controls to better identify and manage segregation of duties risks;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• designing and implementing controls related to significant accounts and disclosures to achieve complete, accurate and timely financial accounting, reporting and disclosures, including controls over account reconciliations, segregation of duties and the preparation and review of journal entries;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• continued hiring of additional accounting, finance and operations resources with appropriate and sufficient technical expertise and to better allow for segregation of conflicting duties; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• consulting with experts on technical accounting matters, internal controls, and in the preparation of our financial statements.

We believe we are making progress toward achieving effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. The actions that we are taking are subject to ongoing management review and audit committee oversight. We will not be able to conclude whether the steps we are taking will fully remediate the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting until we have completed our remediation efforts and subsequently evaluated their design and effectiveness over a sufficient period of time, and management concludes, through testing, that these are operating effectively. We may also conclude that additional measures are required to remediate the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.

**Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting**

Except for the remediation measures in connection with the material weaknesses described above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act, that occurred during the three months ended December 31, 2025 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

**Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting** 

The Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management's assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by the rules of the SEC for newly public companies.

**Item 9B. Other Information**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Not applicable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Director and Officer Trading Arrangements

During the three months ended December 31, 2025, other than as described below, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) adopted, modified or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" or "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement," as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K (each, a "Rule 10b5-1 Plan").

On November 20, 2025, Michael Intrator, our Chief Executive Officer and Chair of our board of directors, entered into a Rule 10b5-1 Plan (the "Intrator Plan") providing for the potential sale of up to (a) 5,525,000 shares of our Class A common stock directly held by Mr. Intrator, (b) up to 280,695 shares of our Class A common stock to be received by Mr. Intrator upon the vesting and settlement of RSUs, (c) 2,975,000 shares of our Class A common stock that is issuable upon the conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by Omnadora Capital LLC, of which Mr. Intrator is the sole manager of its manager, Omnadora Management LLC, (d) up to 266,031 shares of our Class A common stock that is issuable upon the conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by PMI 2024 F&F GRAT, of which Mr. Intrator is the sole beneficiary and of which his spouse is trustee, and (e) 7,240 shares of our Class A common stock that is issuable upon the conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by Silver Thimble Resulting Trust, an irrevocable trust with a third-party trustee, of which Mr. Intrator's children are beneficiaries, of which Mr. Intrator has the power to remove and replace its trustee, and of which investment discretion over its assets is exercised by its investment manager, Copper Thimble LLC, for which Mr. Intrator serves as the manager, in each case, so long as the market price of our Class A common stock satisfies certain threshold prices specified in the Intrator Plan, between an estimated start date of April 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026, or earlier, upon the completion of all transactions subject to the trading

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arrangements specified in the Intrator Plan or the occurrence of certain events set forth therein. The Intrator Plan provides for the sale of shares of our Class A common stock to be received upon the future vesting and settlement of certain outstanding RSUs, net of any shares sold to satisfy applicable tax obligations. The number of shares to be sold, and therefore the exact number of shares to be sold pursuant to the Intrator Plan, can only be determined upon the occurrence of the future vesting events. For purposes of this disclosure, we have included the maximum aggregate number of shares to be sold without subtracting any shares to be sold upon future vesting events.

On November 17, 2025, Brannin McBee, our Chief Development Officer, entered into a Rule 10b5-1 Plan (the "McBee Plan") providing for the potential sale of up to (a) 2,400,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by Mr. McBee, (b) 400,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by Mr. McBee's spouse, (c) 650,000 shares of our Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by the Brannin J. McBee 2022 Irrevocable Trust, of which Mr. McBee's spouse and minor child are beneficiaries and for which Mr. McBee's spouse is trustee, (d) 400,000 shares of our Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by the Canis Major 2025 GRAT, of which Mr. McBee is the sole trustee and beneficiary, and (e) 150,000 shares of our Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by the Canis Minor 2025 GRAT, of which Mr. McBee's spouse is the sole trustee and beneficiary, so long as the market price of our Class A common stock satisfies certain threshold prices specified in the McBee Plan, between an estimated start date of February 23, 2026 and April 29, 2026, or earlier, upon the completion of all transactions subject to the trading arrangements specified in the McBee Plan or the occurrence of certain events set forth therein.

On November 13, 2025, Brian Venturo, our Chief Strategy Officer and a member of our board of directors, entered into a Rule 10b5-1 Plan (the "Venturo Plan") providing for the potential sale of up to (a) 5,600,000 shares of our Class A common stock issuable upon the conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by West Clay Capital LLC, of which Mr. Venturo is the managing member, (b) 1,400,000 shares of our Class A common stock issuable upon the conversion of shares of our Class B common stock directly held by the Venturo Family GST Exempt Trust dated June 30, 2023, of which Mr. Venturo's spouse is trustee and Mr. Venturo's spouse and minor children are beneficiaries, (c) 100,000 shares of our Class A common stock directly held by the YOLO APV Trust, a trust established for the benefit of Mr. Venturo's minor child, (d) 100,000 shares of our Class A common stock directly held by the YOLO ECV Trust, a trust established for the benefit of Mr. Venturo's minor child, (e) 54,474 shares of our Class A common stock directly held by Mr. Venturo, and (f) 126,752 shares of our Class A common stock to be received by Mr. Venturo upon the future vesting and settlement of RSUs, in each case, so long as the market price of our Class A common stock satisfies certain threshold prices specified in the Venturo Plan, between an estimated start date of April 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026, or earlier, upon the completion of all transactions subject to the trading arrangements specified in the Venturo Plan or the occurrence of certain events set forth therein. The Venturo Plan provides for the sale of shares of our Class A common stock to be received upon the future vesting and settlement of certain outstanding RSUs, net of any shares sold to satisfy applicable tax obligations. The number of shares to be sold, and therefore the exact number of shares to be sold pursuant to the Venturo Plan, can only be determined upon the occurrence of the future vesting events. For purposes of this disclosure, we have included the maximum aggregate number of shares to be sold without subtracting any shares to be sold upon future vesting events.

On November 18, 2025, Nitin Agrawal, our Chief Financial Officer, modified the Rule 10b5-1 Plan that he had adopted on August 27, 2025 (as modified, the "Agrawal Plan") providing for the potential sale of up to (a) 87,634 shares of our Class A common stock directly held by Mr. Agrawal, and (b) 535,022 shares of our Class A common stock to be received by Mr. Agrawal upon the future vesting and settlement of RSUs, in each case, so long as the market price of our Class A common stock satisfies certain threshold prices specified in the Agrawal Plan, between an estimated start date of April 8, 2026 and March 31, 2027, or earlier, upon the completion of all transactions subject to the trading arrangements specified in the Agrawal Plan or the occurrence of certain events set forth therein. As noted above, among other securities, the Agrawal Plan provides for the sale of shares of our Class A common stock as well as the sale of shares of our Class A common stock to be received upon the future vesting and settlement of certain outstanding RSUs, net of any shares sold to satisfy applicable tax obligations. The number of shares to be sold, and therefore the exact number of shares to be sold pursuant to the Agrawal Plan, can only be determined upon the occurrence of the future vesting events. For purposes of this disclosure, we have included the maximum aggregate number of shares to be sold without subtracting any shares to be sold upon future vesting events.

On November 20, 2025, Chen Goldberg, our Senior Vice President of Engineering, modified the Rule 10b5-1 Plan that she had adopted on June 3, 2025 (as modified, the "Goldberg Plan") providing for the potential sale of up to 257,060

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shares of our Class A common stock to be received by Ms. Goldberg upon the vesting and settlement of RSUs, so long as the market price of our Class A common stock satisfies certain threshold prices specified in the Goldberg Plan, between an estimated start date of February 23, 2026 and August 28, 2026, or earlier, upon the completion of all transactions subject to the trading arrangements specified in the Goldberg Plan or the occurrence of certain events set forth therein. The Goldberg Plan provides for the sale of shares of our Class A common stock to be received upon the future vesting and settlement of certain outstanding RSUs, net of any shares sold to satisfy applicable tax obligations. The number of shares to be sold, and therefore the exact number of shares to be sold pursuant to the Goldberg Plan, can only be determined upon the occurrence of the future vesting events. For purposes of this disclosure, we have included the maximum aggregate number of shares to be sold without subtracting any shares to be sold upon future vesting events.

On September 4, 2025, Jack Cogen, a member of our board of directors, entered into a Rule 10b5-1 Plan (the "Cogen Plan") providing for the potential sale of up to 2,000,000 shares of our Class A common stock directly held by CW Holding 987 LLC, of which Mr. Cogen is the managing member, so long as the market price our Class A common stock satisfies certain threshold prices specified in the Cogen Plan between an estimated start date of January 2, 2026 and June 30, 2026, or earlier, upon the completion of all transactions subject to the trading arrangements specified in the Cogen Plan or the occurrence of certain events set forth therein.

**Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdiction that Prevent Inspections**

Not applicable.

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**PART III**

**Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance**

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

The information required by this item regarding delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K will be included under the caption "Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports" in the our Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. We have adopted an insider trading policy governing the purchase, sale, and other dispositions of our securities by directors, officers, and employees and the Company itself that we believe is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and applicable Nasdaq listing standards. Our insider trading policy states, among other things, that our directors, officers, and employees are prohibited from trading in such securities while in possession of material nonpublic information. The foregoing summary of our insider trading policies and procedures does not purport to be complete and is qualified entirely by reference to our Insider Trading Policy that is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

**Item 11. Executive Compensation**

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

**Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters**

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

**Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence**

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

**Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services**

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

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**PART IV**

**Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)We have filed the following documents as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Financial Statements.

See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.Financial Statement Schedules.

All schedules have been omitted because the required information is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements or the notes thereto, or because it is not required.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.Exhibits.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)The exhibits listed below are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or are incorporated herein by reference, in each case as indicated below.

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| 3.1 | <u>[Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525085800/d935353dex31.htm)</u> | S-8 | 333-286640 | 3.1 | April 18, 2025 |  |
| 3.2 | <u>[Amended and Restated Bylaws](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525085800/d935353dex32.htm)</u> | S-8 | 333-286640 | 3.2 | April 18, 2025 |  |
| 4.1 | Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 |  |  |  |  |  |
| 4.2 | <u>[Form of Class A Common Stock certificate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525058309/d899798dex41.htm)</u> | S-1/A | 333-285512 | 4.1 | March 20, 2025 |  |
| 4.3 | <u>[Third Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and certain holders of its capital stock, dated May 16, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex42.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 4.2 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 4.4 | <u>[Form of Regular Warrant between CoreWeave, Inc. and funds or accounts managed or advised by Magnetar](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex43.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 4.3 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 4.5 | <u>[Form of Penny Warrant between CoreWeave, Inc. and funds or accounts managed or advised by Magnetar](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex44.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 4.4 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 4.6 | <u>[Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and funds or accounts managed or advised by Magnetar, as amended](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525058309/d899798dex46.htm)</u> | S-1/A | 333-285512 | 4.6 | March 20, 2025 |  |
| 4.7 | <u>[Indenture, dated as of May 27, 2025, by and among CoreWeave, Inc., the guarantor party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000025/indenturepdf.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 4.1 | May 28, 2025 |  |
| 4.8 | <u>[Form of 9.250% Senior Notes due 2030 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000025/indenturepdf.htm)[7](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000025/indenturepdf.htm)[)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000025/indenturepdf.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 4.2 | May 28, 2025 |  |
| 4.9 | <u>[Indenture, dated as of July 25, 2025, by and among CoreWeave, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525165924/d73657dex41.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 4.1 | July 28. 2025 |  |
| 4.10 | <u>[Form of 9.000% Senior Notes due 2031 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525165924/d73657dex41.htm)[9](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525165924/d73657dex41.htm)[)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525165924/d73657dex41.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 4.2 | July 28, 2025 |  |

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| 4.11 | <u>[Indenture, dated as of December 11, 2025, by and among CoreWeave, Inc., the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000105/exhibit41-indenture.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 4.1 | December 11, 2025 |  |
| 4.12 | <u>[Form of 1.75% Convertible Senior Note due 2031 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000105/exhibit41-indenture.htm)[11](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000105/exhibit41-indenture.htm)[)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000105/exhibit41-indenture.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 4.2 | December 11, 2025 |  |
| 4.13 | <u>[Description of](ex4131.htm)[CoreWeave, Inc.](ex4131.htm)['s](ex4131.htm)[Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934](ex4131.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 10.1# | <u>[Form of Indemnification Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and each of its directors and executive officers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex101.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.1 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.2# | <u>[CoreWeave, Inc. 2019 Stock Option Plan and related form agreements](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex102.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.2 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.3# | <u>[CoreWeave, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan and related form agreements](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525058309/d899798dex103.htm)</u> | S-1/A | 333-285512 | 10.3 | March 20, 2025 |  |
| 10.4# | <u>[CoreWeave, Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and related form agreements](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525058309/d899798dex104.htm)</u> | S-1/A | 333-285512 | 10.4 | March 20, 2025 |  |
| 10.5# | <u>[Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex105.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.5 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.6# | <u>[Senior Executive Change in Control and Severance Plan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525058309/d899798dex106.htm)</u> | S-1/A | 333-285512 | 10.6 | March 20, 2025 |  |
| 10.7^ | <u>[Office Lease, between CoreWeave, Inc. and Livingston Circle Associates, dated March 29, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex107.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.7 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.8†^ | <u>[Credit Agreement between CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC and the agents and lenders party thereto, dated July 30, 2023](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex108.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.8 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.9† | <u>[First Amendment to Credit Agreement between CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC and the agents and lenders party thereto, dated May 16, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex109.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.9 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.10†^ | <u>[Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, dated July 30, 2023](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1010.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.10 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.11 | <u>[First Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, and the lenders party thereto, dated November 8, 2023](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1011.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.11 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.12† | <u>[Second Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, and the lenders party thereto, dated May 16, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1012.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.12 | March 3, 2025 |  |

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| 10.13† | <u>[Third Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, and the lenders party thereto, dated November 5, 2025](ex1013-amendment3tocw10par.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 10.14† | <u>[Fourth Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, and the lenders party thereto, dated December 7, 2025](ex10144thamendmenttoparent.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 10.15†^ | <u>[Credit Agreement between CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC and the agents and lenders party thereto, dated May 16, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1013.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.13 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.16† | <u>[First Amendment to Credit Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, and the agents and lenders party thereto, dated August 29, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1014.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.14 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.17† | <u>[Limited Waiver And Second Amendment To Credit Agreement between CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC, the Borrower party thereto, and the agents and lenders party thereto, dated December 31, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1015.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.15 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.18^ | <u>[T](ex101811.htm)[hird Amendment to Credit](ex101811.htm)[Agreement between](ex101811.htm)[CoreWeave Compute Acquisiti](ex101811.htm)[on Co., IV, LLC](ex101811.htm)[and the lenders party thereto, dated February 28, 2025](ex101811.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 10.19 | <u>[Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2025, by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC and the lenders party thereto](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000041/amendment4tocwcreditagre.htm)</u> | 10-Q | 001-42563 | 10.8 | August 13, 2025 |  |
| 10.20 | <u>[Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement between CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC, CoreWeave, Inc., U.S. Bank National Association, as depository bank, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as administrative agent and collateral agent, and other lenders party thereto, dated September 29, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525227562/d910811dex101.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 10.1 | October 2, 2025 |  |
| 10.21^ | <u>[Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, dated May 16, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1016.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.16 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.22† | <u>[First Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, and the lenders party thereto, dated November 5, 2025](ex10223.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |

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| 10.23 | <u>[Second Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, and the lenders party thereto, dated December 7, 2025](ex1023.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 10.24^ | <u>[Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, and the agents and lenders party thereto, dated June 21, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1017.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.17 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.25^ | <u>[Amendment No. 1 to](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1018.htm)[Revolving](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1018.htm)[Credit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1018.htm)[and Guaranty](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1018.htm)[Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, and the agents and lenders party thereto, dated October 7, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1018.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.18 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.26^ | <u>[Amendment No. 2 to](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1019.htm)[Revolving Credit and Guaranty](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1019.htm)[Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, and the agents and lenders party thereto, dated December 2, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1019.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.19 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.27 | <u>[Amendment No. 3 to](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000003/coreweavercf-amendmentno.htm)[Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000003/coreweavercf-amendmentno.htm)[between CoreWeave, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, and the agents and lenders party thereto](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000003/coreweavercf-amendmentno.htm)[, dated May 2, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000003/coreweavercf-amendmentno.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 10.1 | May 6, 2025 |  |
| 10.28†^ | <u>[Amendment No. 4 to](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000062/exhibit107.htm)[Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000062/exhibit107.htm)[between CoreWeave, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, and the agents and lenders party thereto](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000062/exhibit107.htm)[, dated November 10, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000062/exhibit107.htm)</u> | 10-Q | 001-42563 | 10.7 | November 13, 2025 |  |
| 10.29 | <u>[Credit Agreement between CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. V, LLC, CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. VII, LLC, U.S. Bank National Association, as depository bank, MUFG Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as collateral agent, Morgan Stanley Asset Funding, Inc., MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as joint lead arrangers, and other lenders party thereto, dated July 28, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000033/coreweave30-ex101xtermlo.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 10.1 | July 31, 2025 |  |
| 10.30 | <u>[Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc., CCAC VII Holdco LLC and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, and the lenders party thereto, dated July 28, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000033/coreweave30-ex102xparent.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 10.2 | July 31, 2025 |  |
| 10.31† | <u>[F](ex10311.htm)[irst Amendment to Credit Agreement](ex10311.htm)[and Parent G](ex10311.htm)[uarantee and Ple](ex10311.htm)[dge Agreement between](ex10311.htm)[CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. VII, LLC](ex10311.htm)[, CoreWeave, Inc.](ex10311.htm)[, CCAC VII Holdco LLC](ex10311.htm)[,](ex10311.htm)[and the agents and lenders party thereto](ex10311.htm)[, dated](ex10311.htm)[December 31, 2025](ex10311.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |

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| 10.32 | <u>[Form of Equity Exchange Right Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and each of Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo, and Brannin McBee](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1021.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.21 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.33 | <u>[Termination of Director Nomination Rights between CoreWeave, Inc. and CW Opportunity 2 LP, Magnetar Constellation Master Fund, Ltd,](ex1033-magnetar_coreweavex.htm)[Magnetar Capital Master Fund Ltd and Longhorn Special Opportunities Fund LP, dated November 6, 2025](ex1033-magnetar_coreweavex.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 10.34†^ | <u>[Master Services Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation, dated February 22, 2023](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex1023.htm)</u> | S-1 | 333-285512 | 10.23 | March 3, 2025 |  |
| 10.35†^ | <u>[Master Services Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and OpenAI OpCo, LLC, dated March 7, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525052207/d899798dex1024.htm)</u> | S-1/A | 333-285512 | 10.24 | March 12, 2025 |  |
| 10.36†^ | <u>[Master Services Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and OpenAI OpCo, LLC, dated May 8, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525216497/d17274dex101.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 10.1 | September 25, 2025 |  |
| 10.37 | <u>[Stock Issuance Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and OpenAI OpCo, LLC, dated March 7, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525052207/d899798dex1025.htm)</u> | S-1/A | 333-285512 | 10.25 | March 12, 2025 |  |
| 10.38†^ | <u>[Master Services Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and NVIDIA Corporation, dated April 10, 2023](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000114036125036118/ny20053122x6_ex10-31.htm)</u> | S-4/A | 333-289742 | 10.31 | September 25, 2025 |  |
| 10.39†^ | <u>[Master Services Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and Meta Platforms, Inc., dated December 10, 2023](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000050/redactedmetamsa929finald.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 10.1 | September 30, 2025 |  |
| 10.40 | <u>[Form of Base Capped Call Confirmation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000105/exhibit101projecttransform.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 10.1 | December 11, 2025 |  |
| 10.41 | <u>[Form of Additional Capped Call Confirmation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962825000105/exhibit102projecttransform.htm)</u> | 8-K | 001-42563 | 10.2 | December 11, 2025 |  |
| 10.42#†^ | <u>[L](ex10421.htm)[etter Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and Nitin Agrawal](ex10421.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 10.43#†^ | <u>[Letter Agreement between CoreWeave, Inc. and Jon Jones](ex1043vf1.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 16.1 | <u>[L](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex161.htm)[etter Regarding Change in Accountants](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000119312525044231/d899798dex161.htm)</u> | S-1/A | 333-285512 | 16.1 | March 20, 2025 |  |
| 19.1 | <u>[CoreWeave, Inc.](ex191-insidertradingpolicy1.htm)[Insider Trading Policy](ex191-insidertradingpolicy1.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 21.1 | <u>[List of Subsidiaries of CoreWeave, Inc.](ex211-coreweaveincx10xk.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 23.1 | <u>[Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm](ex23110-k.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Annual Report on Form 10-K) |  |  |  |  | X |
| 31.1 | <u>[Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002](ex31110-k22.htm)</u> |  |  |  |  | X |

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| 31.2 | <u>[Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002](ex31210-k21.htm)</u> | X |
| 32.1\* | <u>[C](ex32110-k21.htm)[ertification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002](ex32110-k21.htm)</u> | X |
| 32.2\* | <u>[Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002](ex32210-k21.htm)</u> | X |
| 97.1 | <u>[C](ex971-compensationrecovery.htm)[oreWeave, Inc. Compensation Recovery Policy](ex971-compensationrecovery.htm)</u> | X |
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | X |
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | X |
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | X |
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | X |
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | X |
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | X |
| 104 | Cover page formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101 | X |

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# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan. † The registrant has omitted portions of the exhibit (indicated by "[\*]") as permitted under Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K. ^ The registrant has omitted schedules and exhibits pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of the omitted schedules and exhibits to the SEC upon request. \* The certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 hereto are deemed to accompany this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of the Exchange Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)Financial Statement Schedules.

All financial statement schedules are omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.

**Item 16. Form 10-K Summary**

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Roseland, New Jersey, on the 2nd day of March, 2026.

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| **COREWEAVE, INC.** | **COREWEAVE, INC.** |
| By: | /s/ Michael Intrator |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;Michael Intrator |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer and President |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY** 

*KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS*, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Michael Intrator and Nitin Agrawal, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, proxies, and agents, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, proxies, and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, proxies, and agents, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Michael Intrator | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President |  |
| Michael Intrator | (*Principal Executive Officer*) | March 2, 2026 |
| /s/ Nitin Agrawal | Chief Financial Officer |  |
| Nitin Agrawal | (*Principal Financial Officer*) | March 2, 2026 |
| /s/ Jeffrey Baker | Chief Accounting Officer |  |
| Jeffrey Baker | (*Principal Accounting Officer*) | March 2, 2026 |
| /s/ Brian Venturo |  |  |
| Brian Venturo | Director and Chief Strategy Officer | March 2, 2026 |
| /s/ Karen Boone |  |  |
| Karen Boone | Director | March 2, 2026 |
| /s/ Jack Cogen |  |  |
| Jack Cogen | Director | March 2, 2026 |
| /s/ Glenn Hutchins |  |  |
| Glenn Hutchins | Director | March 2, 2026 |
| /s/ Margaret Whitman |  |  |
| Margaret Whitman | Director | March 2, 2026 |

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## Exhibit 4.13

**Exhibit 4.13**

**DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES**

**REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES**

**EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

*CoreWeave, Inc. has one class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended: our Class A common stock. References herein to the terms the "company," "we," "our," and "us" refer to CoreWeave, Inc.*

**DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK** 

The following summary of the terms of our capital stock is based upon our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws, and applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"). This summary is not complete, and is qualified by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws, which are filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated by reference herein. We encourage you to read our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws and the applicable provisions of the DGCL for additional information.

**Capitalization**

Our authorized capital stock consists of 3,000,000,000 shares of our Class A common stock, $0.000005 par value per share, 200,000,000 shares of our Class B common stock, $0.000005 par value per share, 200,000,000 shares of our Class C common stock, $0.000005 par value per share, and 100,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, $0.000005 par value per share.

**Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock**

We have three series of authorized common stock: Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock. The rights of holders of shares of our Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock are identical, except with respect to voting and conversion rights.

***Dividend Rights***

Subject to preferences that may apply to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of shares of our Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of funds legally available if our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to issue dividends and then only at the times and in the amounts that our board of directors may determine.

***Voting Rights***

Holders of shares of our Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of our Class A common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, holders of our Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes for each share of our Class B common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, and holders of our Class C common stock are entitled to no votes for each share of our Class C common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, except as otherwise required by law.

Holders of shares of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote together as a single class on all matters (including the election of directors) submitted to a vote of stockholders, unless otherwise required by Delaware law. Delaware law could require holders of our Class A common stock, Class B common stock, or Class C common stock to vote separately as a single class if we were to seek to amend our restated certificate of

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incorporation in a manner that alters or changes the powers, preferences, or special rights of a class of our capital stock in a manner that affected its holders adversely.

In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that a separate vote of the holders of our Class B common stock will be required in connection with any amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would alter the rights of the Class B common stock, reclassify any shares of our Class A common stock into shares senior to the Class B common stock, or authorize the issuance of any shares of capital stock with voting rights greater than one vote per share (other than the Class B common stock). We have not provided for cumulative voting for the election of directors in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

***No Preemptive or Similar Rights***

Our Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights and are not subject to redemption or sinking fund provisions.

***Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions***

Upon our liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up, the assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders would be distributable ratably among the holders of our Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock and any participating preferred stock outstanding at that time, subject to prior satisfaction of all outstanding debt and liabilities and the preferential rights of and the payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding shares of preferred stock.

***Conversion***

*Class B Common Stock*. Each outstanding share of our Class B common stock held by Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo and Brannin McBee (each, a "Co-Founder") or certain permitted affiliates (collectively, the "Applicable Holders") is convertible at any time at the option of the applicable Co-Founder into one share of our Class A common stock. In addition, each share of our Class B common stock held by an Applicable Holder will convert automatically into one share of our Class A common stock (i) upon any transfer, whether or not for value, which occurs after the closing of our initial public offering, except for certain permitted transfers described in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, including transfers to spouses, trusts for which the stockholder or their spouse serves as trustee, and partnerships, corporations, and other entities exclusively owned by the Co-Founder or their spouse; (ii) upon the date fixed by the board of directors, which date will be no more than 61 days following the first date on which the applicable Co-Founder and his permitted affiliates hold less than 50% of the aggregate outstanding shares of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock (including shares underlying outstanding options or other convertible securities) held on March 27, 2025, the date on which the registration statement for our initial public offering was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"); (iii) upon the date fixed by the board of directors following the first date the applicable Co-Founder is no longer providing services that occupy substantially all of his working time and business efforts to us as an officer, employee, or consultant, as determined by the board of directors (other than as a result of termination of such Co-Founder's employment without cause) (a "Service Termination"), which date will be no more than 61 days following such Service Termination; (iv) upon the date the applicable Co-Founder's employment is terminated for cause; and (v) upon the date fixed by the board of directors after the death or disability of the applicable Co-Founder, which date will be no more than 61 days following such Service Termination. Once converted or transferred and converted into our Class A common stock, the Class B common stock will not be reissued.

All the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock will convert automatically into shares of our Class A common stock upon the earlier of (x) a date that is fixed by our board of directors that is no more than 61 days following the seventh anniversary of our initial public offering, (y) the date specified by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the outstanding voting power of the Class B common stock, or (z) no more than 61 days following Michael Intrator's Service Termination (such conversion, the "Class B Automatic Conversion"). Following such conversion, each share of Class A common stock will have one vote per share and the rights of the holders of all outstanding

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common stock will be identical. Once converted into our Class A common stock, the Class B common stock may not be reissued.

*Class C Common Stock*. All of the outstanding shares of our Class C common stock will automatically convert into shares of our Class A common stock following both (a) the earliest of (i) the conversion or exchange of all then-outstanding shares of our Class B common stock into or for shares of our Class A common stock, (ii) the Class B Automatic Conversion, and (iii) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock and upon (b) the date and time or occurrence of an event specified by the vote of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Class A common stock.

***Class C Common Stock***

Our authorized but unissued shares of Class C common stock are available for issuance with the approval of our board of directors without stockholder approval, except as may be required by the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. We may in the future issue shares of our Class C common stock for a variety of corporate purposes, including financings, acquisitions, investments, and equity incentives to our employees, consultants, and directors. Our Class C common stock provides us with the flexibility to do so without diluting the existing voting power of the outstanding shares of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Because our Class C common stock carries no voting rights (except as otherwise required by law) and is not listed for trading on an exchange or registered for sale with the SEC, shares of our Class C common stock may be less liquid and less attractive to any future recipients of these shares than shares of our Class A common stock, although we may seek to list shares of our Class C common stock for trading and register shares of our Class C common stock for sale in the future. In addition, because our Class C common stock carries no voting rights (except as otherwise required by law), if we issue shares of our Class C common stock in the future, the holders of our Class B common stock may be able to hold significant voting control and determine the outcome of most matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders for a longer period of time than would be the case if we issued shares of our Class A common stock rather than shares of our Class C common stock in such transactions. In addition, each share of our Class C common stock will automatically convert into one share of our Class A common stock following both (i) the earliest of (a) the conversion or exchange of all then-outstanding shares of our Class B common stock into or for shares of our Class A common stock, (b) the Class B Automatic Conversion, and (c) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock and upon (ii) the date and time or occurrence of an event specified by the vote of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Class A common stock.

**Preferred Stock**

Our board of directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law, to issue preferred stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences, and rights of the shares of each series and any of its qualifications, limitations, or restrictions, in each case without further vote or action by our stockholders. Our board of directors can also increase or decrease the number of shares of any series of preferred stock, but not below the number of shares of that series then outstanding, without any further vote or action by our stockholders. The number of authorized shares of our preferred stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the vote of the holders of our capital stock entitled to vote thereon, without a separate vote of the holders of the preferred stock, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, unless a separate vote of the holders of one or more series is required pursuant to the terms of any applicable certificate of designation. Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing a change in our control and might adversely affect the market price of our Class A common stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of our Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock.

**Anti-Takeover Provisions**

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The provisions of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and our amended and restated bylaws, which are summarized below, could have the effect of delaying, deferring, or discouraging another person from acquiring control of our company. These provisions are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and encourage persons seeking to acquire control of our company to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

**Delaware Law**

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL regulating corporate takeovers. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a "business combination" with an "interested stockholder" for a three-year period following the time that this stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. Under Section 203, a business combination between a corporation and an interested stockholder is prohibited unless it satisfies one of the following conditions:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• before the stockholder became interested, our board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction, which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• upon consummation of the transaction, which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding, shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers, and employee stock plans in some instances, but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• at or after the time the stockholder became interested, the business combination was approved by our board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock, which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

Generally, a "business combination" includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction or series of transactions together resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. An "interested stockholder" is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns or, within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status, did own 15% or more of a corporation's outstanding voting stock. We expect the existence of this provision to have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions our board of directors does not approve in advance. We also anticipate that DGCL Section 203 may also discourage attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of common stock held by stockholders.

**Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaw Provisions**

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws include a number of provisions that may have the effect of deterring hostile takeovers, or delaying or preventing changes in control of our management team or changes in our board of directors or our governance or policy, including the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Multi-Class Common Stock****.* Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for a multi-class common stock structure pursuant to which holders of our Class B common stock may have significant influence over the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, even if they own significantly less than a majority of the shares of our outstanding common stock, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or its assets.

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constituting our board of directors may be set only by resolution adopted by a majority vote of our entire board of directors. These provisions prevent a stockholder from increasing the size of our board of directors and gaining control of our board of directors by filling the resulting vacancies with its own nominees.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Classified board***. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws provide that our board of directors is classified into three classes of directors. The existence of a classified board of directors could delay a successful tender offeror from obtaining majority control of our board of directors, and the prospect of that delay might deter a potential offeror.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Supermajority Requirements for Amendments of Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws***. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock is required to amend certain provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, including provisions relating to the classified board, the size of our board of directors, removal of directors, special meetings, and actions by written consent; provided, that, if two-thirds of our board of directors has approved the adoption, amendment or repeal of such provision, then only the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock shall be required to adopt, amend or repeal such provision. The affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock is required to amend or repeal our amended and restated bylaws, although our amended and restated bylaws may be amended by a simple majority vote of our board of directors. Additionally, in the case of any proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of any provisions of the amended and restated bylaws that is approved by our board of directors and submitted to the stockholders for adoption, if two-thirds of our board of directors elects to submit such adoption, amendment, or repeal of any provisions of our amended and restated bylaws to our stockholders for adoption, then only the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock shall be required to adopt, amend, or repeal any provision of our amended and restated bylaws.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Stockholder action; Special meeting of stockholders****.* Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our stockholders may not take action by written consent but may only take action at annual or special meetings of our stockholders; provided that stockholder action by written consent of a majority of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of our capital stock is permitted so long as the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock represents greater than a majority of the combined voting power of all then-outstanding shares of our capital stock. As a result, holders of our capital stock, other than holders of a majority of then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock as previously described, would not be able to amend our amended and restated bylaws or remove directors without holding a meeting of our stockholders called in accordance with our amended and restated bylaws. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws provides that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by a majority of our board of directors, the chairperson of our board of directors, our chief executive officer, or our lead independent director, thus prohibiting a stockholder from calling a special meeting. These provisions might delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or for stockholders to take any action, including the removal of directors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals and director nominations****.* Our amended and restated bylaws provide advance notice procedures for stockholders seeking to bring business before our annual meeting of stockholders or to nominate candidates for election as directors at our annual meeting of stockholders. Our amended and restated bylaws also specify certain requirements regarding the form and content of a stockholder's notice. These provisions may preclude our stockholders from bringing matters before our annual meeting of stockholders or from making nominations for directors at our annual meeting of stockholders. We expect that these provisions might also discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer's own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***No cumulative voting****.* The DGCL provides that stockholders are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless a corporation's certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Directors Removed Only for Cause****.* Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that stockholders may remove directors only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the then-outstanding capital stock.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Issuance of undesignated preferred stock.*** Pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our board of directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with rights and preferences, including voting rights, designated from time to time by our board of directors. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock enables our board of directors to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise.

**Transfer Agent**

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The transfer agent and registrar for our Class A common stock and Class B common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The transfer agent's address is 150 Royall Street, Canton, Massachusetts 02021.

**Exchange Listing**

Our Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "CRWV."

## Exhibit 10.13

***Execution Version***

**EXHIBIT 10.13**

**CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [\*], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO COREWEAVE, INC. IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.**

**THIRD AMENDMENT TO PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT** 

This THIRD AMENDMENT TO PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of November 5, 2025 (this "**Third Amendment**"), is by and among CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as pledgor (the "**Pledgor**"), U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders and other Secured Parties (in such capacity, the "**Collateral Agent**") and each of the Consenting Lenders (as defined below).

**W I T N E S S E T H** 

**WHEREAS**, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have heretofore executed and delivered a Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2023 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2023, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024 and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the "**Existing Pledge Agreement**", and after giving effect to this Third Amendment, the "**Pledge Agreement**"), pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2023, by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC, as borrower, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as Administrative Agent and as the Collateral Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank, and the financial institutions party thereto as "<u>Lenders</u>" (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>");

**WHEREAS**, in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Existing Pledge Agreement and Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) desire to enter into, execute and deliver this Third Amendment as an amendment to the Existing Pledge Agreement; and

**WHEREAS**, the Lenders party hereto constituting the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement (collectively, the "<u>Consenting Lenders</u>") have agreed to make certain amendments to the Existing Pledge Agreement, in each case as more specifically set forth herein.

**NOW THEREFORE**, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) and the Consenting Lenders covenant and agree as follows:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.<u>Capitalized Terms</u>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pledge Agreement or Credit Agreement, as applicable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.<u>Amendments to Pledge Agreement</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in <u>Section 4</u> below, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) hereby agree that the Existing Pledge Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: <u>underlined text</u>) as set forth in the Pledge Agreement attached hereto as <u>Exhibit A</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.<u>Representations and Warranties</u>. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Consenting Lenders:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.The Pledgor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has full power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Third Amendment. Pledgor has duly authorized and taken all other necessary corporate action for the execution, delivery and performance of this Third Amendment. Pledgor has duly executed and delivered this Third Amendment, and this Third Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Pledgor except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws, by equitable principles, whether considered at law or in equity and any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Pledgor's execution and delivery of this Third Amendment, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not (a) violate any of its Governing Documents or conflict with or violate its contractual obligations, (b) violate any order, judgment or decree of governmental authority binding on it, (c) violate any applicable Laws, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than any Liens created hereunder), where any such violation or conflict referred to in clauses (b) and (c) of this <u>Section 3(b)</u> would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.<u>Conditions</u>. This Third Amendment shall become effective on the date when the following conditions are satisfied (the "**Third Amendment Effective Date**"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.The Collateral Agent and the Consenting Lenders shall have received, from the Pledgor, a fully executed copy of this Third Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein, each of the representations and warranties of the Pledgor set forth in <u>Section 3</u> of this Third Amendment shall be true and correct.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.<u>Payment of Fees</u>. The Pledgor shall pay (or cause to be paid) within thirty (30) days after the date of this Third Amendment the reasonable and documented and invoiced fees of King & Spalding LLP and Shipman & Goodwin LLP incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Third Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.<u>Effectiveness</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Upon effectiveness of this Third Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Pledge Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof" or words of like import referring to the Pledge Agreement, and each reference in any other agreement to "the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement", "Pledge Agreement" "thereunder," "thereof" or words of like import referring to the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Pledge Agreement as amended by this Third Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.<u>Waivers; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies; Severability; Entire Agreement; Choice of Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial</u>. Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.12 and 9.13 of the Pledge Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference *mutatis mutandis.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.<u>Loan Documents</u>. This Third Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.<u>Direction to Collateral Agent</u>. Each undersigned Consenting Lender (i) hereby certifies that it is a Lender and that collectively the undersigned Lenders constitute the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement, (ii) hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to promptly acknowledge and execute this Third Amendment, and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that (A) the Collateral Agent has executed this Third Amendment in reliance on the direction set forth in clause (ii) of this <u>Section 9</u>, and (B) the Collateral Agent will not have any responsibility or liability for executing such documents or ascertaining or confirming whether such documents are consistent with or comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.<u>Execution in Counterparts</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Third Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including in electronic format (including, without limitation, "pdf," "tif" or "jpg") and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign)), each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Third Amendment and of signature pages by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Third Amendment as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Third Amendment for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. This Third Amendment and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Third Amendment with respect to the matters covered by this Third Amendment and the other Loan Documents and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Third Amendment shall become effective at such time as counterparts of this Third Amendment have been signed and delivered by all of the intended parties to this Third Amendment.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.<u>Acknowledgements</u>. The Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally acknowledges, affirms and covenants to Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.Except as specifically set forth above, the Pledge Agreement and the other Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.By its execution of this Third Amendment, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the terms of this Third Amendment do not constitute a novation, but, rather, a supplement of a pre-existing pledge and related agreement, as evidenced by the Pledge Agreement.

[*Signature Pages Follow*]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment to the Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

**COREWEAVE, INC.**, as the Pledgor

By: <u>/s/ Michael Intrator&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Michael Intrator<br>Title: Chief Executive Officer

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Third Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment to the Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

**U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION**, not in its individual capacity but solely as the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders)

By: <u>/s/ Fernando Moreyra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Fernando Moreyra<br>Title: Vice President

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Third Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BLACKSTONE AI FUNDING LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: BTO Matrix Holdings DE L.P., its managing member

By: BTO Holdings Manager IV L.L.C., its general partner

By: BTO DE GP – NQ L.L.C., its sole member

By: <u>/s/ Christopher James</u>**<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>**

Name: Christopher James

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Third Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**COATUE TACTICAL SOLUTIONS LENDING HOLDINGS AIV I LP,** as a Consenting Lender

By: Coatue Structured Fund GL LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Brent Duddie&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Brent Duddie<br>Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Third Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**EXHIBIT A**

Pledge Agreement

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***Execution Version***

***as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of November 8, 2023***

***as amended by the Second Amendment, dated as of May 16, 2024***

***<u>as amended by the Third Amendment, dated as of November 5, 2025</u>***

**<u>PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT</u>**

THIS PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT (as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this "<u>Agreement</u>") is entered into as of July 30, 2023, by CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "<u>Pledgor</u>"), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent (the "<u>Collateral Agent</u>") for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties.

**PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On even date herewith, CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "<u>Borrower</u>"), entered into that certain Credit Agreement with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as the Administrative Agent and as the Collateral Agent, <u>U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank</u> and the financial institutions party thereto as "Lenders" (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>"), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make loans to the Borrower for the purposes and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor has determined that valuable benefits will be derived by it as a result of the Credit Agreement and the extensions of credit made (and to be made) by the Lenders thereunder.

ACCORDINGLY, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby act and agree as follows:

**ARTICLE I.**

**DEFINITIONS**

**Section 1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Terms Defined in Credit Agreement</u>**. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

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**Section 1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Terms Defined in UCC</u>**. Terms defined in the UCC which are not otherwise defined in this Agreement or the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined in the UCC.

**Section 1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein</u>**. As used in this Agreement, in addition to the terms defined in the introductory paragraph hereto and in the Preliminary Statements, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

"<u>2022 Note Issuance Agreement</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "<u>Magnetar Debt Documents</u>".

"<u>Acquired EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business.

"<u>Acquired Entity or Business</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "<u>Consolidated EBITDA</u>".

"<u>Amendment</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.2</u> hereof.

"<u>Approved Bank</u>" shall mean any commercial bank or investment bank, in each case, of nationally recognized standing (which shall exclude, for the avoidance of doubt, any equity funds or debt funds unless approved by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion).

"<u>Article</u>" shall mean a numbered article of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Bankruptcy Code</u>" shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled "Bankruptcy", as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

"<u>CCAIV Credit Agreement</u>" shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024 <u>(as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time)</u>, by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC as the borrower, the lenders party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association as depositary bank and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as administrative agent and collateral agent.

"<u>Collateral</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Article III</u>.

"<u>Compensation Committee</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.5(a)</u>.

"<u>Compensation Consultant</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.5(a)</u>.

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"<u>Conductor Buyback Transactions</u>" shall mean the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of the Pledgor held pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2023, by and between the Pledgor, certain shareholders of Conductor Technologies, Inc., Conductor Technologies, Inc. and the other parties party thereto.

"<u>Consolidated EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period, the sum, without duplication, of Consolidated Net Income of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case (other than <u>clause (i)</u>) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, provincial, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to the definition of "Consolidated Net Income"; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (A) net losses of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate, currency or commodities risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations, (B) bank fees and (C) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any restructuring charges, accruals or reserves; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any other non-cash charges, including (A) any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses or items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, (B) equity-based awards compensation expense, (C) losses on sales, disposals or abandonment of, or any impairment charges or asset write-down or write-off related to, intangible assets, long-lived assets, inventory and investments in debt and equity securities and (D) all losses from investments recorded using the equity method (*provided* that, if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); *plus*

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any earn-out and other contingent consideration obligations in connection with any Investment permitted hereunder; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of (A) extraordinary, exceptional, nonrecurring or unusual losses (including all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses, Transaction expenses, integration costs, transition costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation and closing costs for facilities, costs incurred in connection with any strategic initiatives, costs or accruals or reserves incurred in connection with acquisitions, other business optimization expenses (including costs and expenses relating to business optimization programs and new systems design and implementation costs), restructuring costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and postretirement employee benefit plans and (B) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to or incurred in connection with any equity issuance, including, without limitation, an initial public offering, Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of "run-rate" cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies projected by the Pledgor in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within eighteen (18) months after the end of such period (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that "run-rate" means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken); *provided* that such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies are reasonably identifiable and reasonably attributable to the actions specified and reasonably anticipated to result from such actions; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the

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calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to <u>clause (b)</u> below for any previous period and not added back; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net loss from disposed or discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;required principal (including fixed amortization payments) and required interest payments made by the Borrower with respect to Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Credit Agreement and any other credit facilities permitted by, and incurred pursuant to, <u>clause (c)</u> of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness" (in each case, to the extent such amounts increased Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to <u>clause (a)</u> above);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net income from disposed or discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;extraordinary gains and unusual or non-recurring gains (less all fees and expenses relating thereto); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;increased or decreased (without duplication) by, as applicable, any adjustments resulting from the application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460, the Obligations under the Guarantee.

There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA (calculated on a pro forma basis) of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Pledgor or any Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Pledgor or such Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an "<u>Acquired Entity or Business</u>"). For purposes of determining the Consolidated EBITDA for any period, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business

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or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Pledgor or any Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a "<u>Sold Entity or Business</u>"), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition).

Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated, at the Pledgor's option, on either (x) if, as of the date of determination, management of the Pledgor expects in good faith that the Consolidated EBITDA for the two quarters following such date of determination will be higher than the immediately preceding two quarters, by multiplying the Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent two fiscal quarters multiple by two or (y) an unannualized basis (i.e., the Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four fiscal quarters). It being agreed and understood that, for the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA with respect to (i) <u>clause (b)(i)(B)(b)</u> of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness", (ii) <u>Section 5.12(a)</u> and (iii) <u>Section 6.06(d)</u> under the Credit Agreement, such calculation shall be solely determined pursuant to <u>clause (x)</u> of the immediately preceding sentence.

"<u>Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense of such Person, including, without duplication, the amortization of deferred financing fees and costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, capitalized expenditures, conversion costs, amortization of favorable and unfavorable lease assets or liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Consolidated Interest Expense</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consolidated interest expense in respect of Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (i) amortization of OID resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers, acceptances, (iii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv) the interest component of capitalized lease obligations and (v) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received), pursuant to interest rate hedging obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (A) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with Transactions or any acquisition, (B) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (C) any "additional interest" or "liquidated damages" with respect to any debt securities

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for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (D) amortization of OID, deferred financing fees and costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and discounted liabilities, (E) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, and (F) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interest income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period.

"<u>Consolidated Leverage Ratio</u>" shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial statements of the Pledgor have been delivered in accordance with <u>Section 5.04(a)</u> and <u>Section 5.04(b)</u> of the Credit Agreement.

"<u>Consolidated Net Income</u>" shall mean, with respect to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate consolidated net earnings (or loss) of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; *provided* that, without duplication:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles (effected either through cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive application, in each case, in accordance with GAAP) and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net after-tax effect of gains or losses attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments (including any disposal of abandoned or discontinued operations) or the sale or other disposition of any capital stock of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business as determined in good faith by the Pledgor shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt line items and other noncash charges in such Person's consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment, cancellation or conversion of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) hedging obligations or (iii) other debt or derivative instruments shall be excluded;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to goodwill, intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, equity based awards, equity incentive programs or other non-cash deemed financial charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions shall be excluded, and any cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration, or payout of equity interests by management of the Pledgor or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the Transaction shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the CCAIV Credit Agreement), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the CCAIV Credit Agreement) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;accruals and reserves that are established within twelve (12) months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transaction (or within twelve (12) months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition) in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment, acquisition or any Disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Pledgor has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier (without any right of appeal thereof) within 180 days and (ii) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Pledgor has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in

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fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standards Codification 815 and related pronouncements shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation and transaction gains or losses including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk) and any other monetary assets and liabilities shall be excluded; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates and other chargebacks (including government program rebates) shall be excluded.

In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of cash proceeds received from business interruption insurance and cash reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment or any Disposition permitted hereunder.

"<u>Control</u>" shall have the meaning contemplated by Article 8 or, if applicable, by Section 9-106 of Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Depositary Bank</u>" shall mean a nationally recognized depositary bank acceptable to the Lender Representative (acting reasonably).

"<u>Disposed EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries.

"<u>Disqualified Stock</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change

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of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the Term Maturity Date; *provided* that if such Equity Interest is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee's termination, death, or disability.

"<u>Exhibit</u>" shall refer to a specific exhibit to this Agreement (unless another document is specifically referenced) as from time to time supplemented by any Amendment.

"<u>First Amendment Effective Date</u>" shall mean November 8, 2023.

"<u>Fixed Charges</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock during such period; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all dividends or other distributions paid or accrued (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of disqualified Equity Interests during such period.

"<u>General Intangible</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Governing Documents</u>" shall mean the certificate of formation, the limited liability company agreement, and any other governing or organizational document of the Borrower, together with all of the other agreements or understandings of any kind, nature, or description relating to the governance and management of the Borrower and the corresponding legal and economic relationships of the owners of the Equity Interests in the Borrower.

"<u>Guarantee</u>" shall mean the guarantee pursuant to <u>Article II</u> hereof.

"<u>Guarantor</u>" shall mean the Pledgor.

"<u>Hedging Obligations</u>" means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

"<u>Initial Public Offering</u>" means the Pledgor's first marketed underwritten public offering of Class A Common Stock or other common equity securities under the Securities Act.

"<u>Investment Grade Rating</u>" shall mean a long-term unsecured senior debt rating of at least Baa3 or better by Moody's or BBB- or better by S&P.

"<u>Investment Property</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Issuer</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Article XII</u> hereof.

"<u>K2 Buyback Transactions</u>" shall mean the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of the Pledgor held by K2 Assets LLC, in an aggregate amount, not to exceed $40,000,000 pursuant to the option exercise in respect thereof deemed exercised on or about November 15, 2023. It is agreed and understood that the Pledgor reasonably anticipates repurchases by K2 Assets LLC of a substantially similar amount of Equity Interests in the Pledgor pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.

"<u>Loan Balance Trigger Date</u>" shall mean the date on which the principal amount of Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement shall have been reduced to thirty percent (30%) of the principal amount of Loans outstanding as of the Commitment Termination Date.

"<u>LTV Ratio</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness outstanding, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the principal amount of such Indebtedness to the total value (as measured by the Pledgor in its good faith and reasonable business judgment) of the collateral securing such Indebtedness.

"<u>Magnetar Debt Documents</u>" shall mean, collectively (a) (i) that certain Note Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2021, by and among the Pledgor, Magnetar Financial LLC, as representative of the holders and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and (ii) the other transaction documents referred to therein (including any related notes purchase agreement), pursuant to which, the Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2025 were issued by the Pledgor to affiliated funds of Magnetar Financial LLC and (b) (i) that certain Note Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2022, by and among the Pledgor, Magnetar Financial LLC, as representative of the holders and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (the "<u>2022 Note Issuance Agreement</u>") and (ii) the other transaction

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documents referred to therein (including any related notes purchase agreement), pursuant to which, the Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and warrants were issued by the Pledgor to affiliated funds of Magnetar Financial LLC, in each case, as of the Closing Date and, after the Closing Date, without any amendments thereto which are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders excluding for these purposes any Magnetar Entity); *provided* that any amendment to the Magnetar Debt Documents which permits the Pledgor to take an action which is permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement or this Agreement shall be deemed to not be adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

"<u>Material Project Contracts</u>" shall mean each (a) Data Center Lease/License to which the Pledgor is a party, (b) the Intercompany Services Agreement and (c) any other agreement explicitly designated as a "Material Project Contract" by the Borrower and the Lender Representative pursuant to the Credit Agreement and to which the Pledgor is a party.

<u>"Maximum Conversion Option Payment Amount" means $225,000,000.</u>

"<u>Measurement Period</u>" shall mean each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Pledgor, taken as one accounting period.

"<u>Offer to Purchase</u>" shall mean that certain Offer to Purchase Up to 2,052,190 Shares of CoreWeave, Inc., dated as of October 20, 2023, by the buyers named thereto.

"<u>Permitted Acquisition</u>" shall mean Investments (including acquisitions) the aggregate cash consideration (or, if the consideration for such Investment is assets of the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries, the value (as reasonably determined by the Pledgor) of such assets) for which is not greater than the sum of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$250,000,000; *plus* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of net proceeds received by the Pledgor from issuances of Equity Interests; *plus* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;once the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor calculated in accordance with GAAP delivered to the Administrative Agent reflects that the cumulative amount of "retained earnings" reflected thereon is at least $250,000,000, the cumulative amount (which shall not be less than zero) of "retained earnings" set forth on the Pledgor's most recent consolidated balance sheet calculated in accordance with GAAP that is in excess of $250,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the portion of consideration for any Investment consisting of Equity Interests of the Pledgor shall not decrease the baskets set forth in the immediately preceding sentence.

"<u>Permitted Indebtedness</u>" shall mean:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Pledgor representing a Guarantee of Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Pledgor:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While any Indebtedness remains outstanding pursuant to the Magnetar Debt Documents:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness under the Magnetar Debt Documents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;additional Indebtedness in a principal amount not to exceed the greater of (at the time of incurrence):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on or prior to April 30, 2025, $650,000,000 in the aggregate; *provided* that, to the extent such Indebtedness is (x) incurred in pursuant to a revolving credit facility and/or (y) secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor, such Indebtedness permitted under this <u>subclause (a)</u> shall be (1) no greater than $500,000,000 in the aggregate and (2) provided by a Person that is an Approved Bank (it being agreed and understood that (i) to the extent that the Pledgor incurs a revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor in reliance upon this subclause (a) and (ii) delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Collateral Agent certifying that the conditions set forth in <u>subclauses (1)</u> and <u>(2)</u> of this <u>clause (a)</u> are satisfied with respect to such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness, then such revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prior to the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, an amount equal to the greater of (x) $600,000,000 and (y) 200% of Consolidated EBITDA; *provided* that, to the extent such Indebtedness is (x) incurred in connection with a revolving credit facility and/or (y) secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor, such Indebtedness permitted under this <u>subclause (b)</u> shall be (1) no greater than the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA and (2) provided by a Person that is an Approved Bank (it being agreed and understood that (i) to the extent that the Pledgor incurs a revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor in reliance upon this subclause (b) and (ii) delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Collateral Agent certifying that the conditions set forth in <u>subclauses (1)</u> and <u>(2)</u> of this <u>clause (b)</u> are satisfied with respect to such revolving credit facility and/or such Indebtedness, then such revolving credit facility and/or such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder);

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;following the first date on which all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Magnetar Debt Documents shall have been paid in full (other than with respect to contingent indemnity obligations not then due and payable), (A) Indebtedness of the Pledgor under a facility permitted pursuant to <u>clause (b)(i)(B)</u> above, and (B) additional unsecured Indebtedness of the Pledgor ranking *pari passu* with or junior to the obligations under the Guarantee; *provided* that such additional unsecured Indebtedness incurred under this <u>clause (b)(ii)(B)</u> must not mature prior to April 1, 2028 unless such Indebtedness is incurred pursuant to a revolving credit facility, asset-based revolver, line of credit, letter of credit facility or similar instrument provided by an Approved Bank;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;unsecured Indebtedness of the Pledgor representing guarantees of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Pledgor (other than the Borrower) if, at the time such guarantee is entered into, such Indebtedness being guaranteed has a LTV Ratio no greater than (A) ninety percent (90.0%), so long as a material portion of the contracts of such Subsidiary being guaranteed by such Indebtedness consist of contracts with (or contracted revenue from) entities which have an Investment Grade Rating or (B) seventy-five percent (75.0%), so long as a material portion of the contracts with (or contracted revenues from) entities which do not have an Investment Grade Rating; *provided* that such unsecured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (c) may not mature prior to the date that is at least eighteen (18) months after the Term Maturity Date;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness represented by (i) Capital Lease Obligations or (ii) Purchase Money Obligations, including all refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this <u>clause (e)</u>, not to exceed at any time outstanding $60,000,000;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness arising from (i) netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in respect of deposit accounts and (ii) the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, in each case, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five (5) business days of receiving written notice thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness in respect of (i) workers' compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with health or other types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance obligations, reclamation and statutory obligations, (ii) the financing of insurance premiums or self-insurance obligations, (iii) indemnity, bid, performance, warranty, release, appeal, surety, customs and similar bonds, letters of credit and banker's acceptances for operating purposes, and (iv) letters of credit issued or incurred to support the purchase of supplies, raw materials, real property leases and equipment in the ordinary course of business;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Pledgor in connection with (i) that certain Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024, by CoreWeave, Inc., as Pledgor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) and (ii) any other guarantee agreement or similar agreement entered into by the Pledgor for the provision of a guarantee with terms substantially similar to the terms with respect to the guarantee provided under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any Indebtedness consisting of (i) obligations to purchase Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) from Investors (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) as required pursuant to the terms of the Series C Put Option Agreement and (ii) any Put Note; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any Indebtedness incurred to refinance any of the foregoing; *provided* that the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of any such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the refinanced Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon *plus* other amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing *plus* an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder.

"<u>Pledged Debt</u>" shall mean all Indebtedness evidenced by promissory notes or other Instruments (as defined in the UCC) from time to time owed to the Pledgor by the Borrower, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Debt.

"<u>Pledged Equity</u>" shall mean (a) the Equity Interests in the Borrower described or referred to in <u>Exhibit B</u> attached hereto, as supplemented from time to time, and any other Equity Interests in the Borrower (regardless of how denominated) that are now owned or hereafter acquired by the Pledgor; and (b) (i) the certificates or instruments, if any, representing such Equity Interests, (ii) Stock Rights with respect to the Borrower, (iii) all rights of the Pledgor under the Governing Documents of the Borrower, (iv) all replacements, additions to and substitutions for any of the assets referred to in this definition, including, without limitation, claims against third parties and (v) the Proceeds, including interest, profits and other income, of or on any of the assets referred to in this definition.

"<u>Pledgor Charter</u>" means the Pledgor's Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

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"<u>Proceeds</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC and, in any event shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Pledged Equity or other Collateral, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

<u>"[\*] Convertible Promissory Note" shall mean that certain Convertible Promissory Note, to be dated on or about November 5, 2025, by and among the Pledgor and the holders party thereto. All references to "[\*] Convertible Promissory Note" herein or in any other Loan Document shall mean the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note substantially in the form delivered to the Lead Lenders on or about [\*] (without giving effect to any amendments thereto that are material to the interests of the Lenders unless consented to in writing by the Lead Lenders;</u> *<u>provided</u>*<u>, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment that would increase (x) the maximum principal amount thereof or (y) the aggregate Settlement Amount (as defined in the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note) payable thereunder, in each case, shall be deemed material to the interests of the Lenders).</u> 

"<u>Purchase Money Obligations</u>" means any Indebtedness incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, design, leasing, construction, installation or improvement of property (real or personal), plant, equipment or other assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the equity interests of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise, in each case, within 180 days of such acquisition, design, leasing, construction, installation or improvement.

"<u>Put Note</u>" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Series C Put Option Agreement.

"<u>Put Option Payment Amount</u>" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of (a) gross proceeds received by the Pledgor or any holding company of the Pledgor from any Initial Public Offering or any other equity offerings occurring thereafter and (b) the cumulative amount (which shall not be less than zero) of "retained earnings" set forth on the Pledgor's most recent consolidated balance sheet calculated in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Qualified IPO</u>" means the consummation of a single offering or series of offerings (on a primary basis) of the common Equity Interests of Pledgor or any holding company of Pledgor resulting in such Equity Interests being listed on a nationally-recognized stock exchange in the applicable jurisdiction which generates gross proceeds from such primary offering at least equal to $1,000,000,000.

"<u>Qualified Stock</u>" of any Person shall mean Equity Interests of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.

"<u>Refunding Capital Stock</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in <u>Section 5.12</u>.

"<u>Retired Capital Stock</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in <u>Section 5.12</u>.

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"<u>Second Amendment Effective Date</u>" shall mean May 16, 2024.

"<u>Section</u>" shall mean a numbered section of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Security</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

"<u>Series C Put Option Agreement</u>" shall mean that certain Put Option Agreement dated on or about May 20, 2024, by and among the Pledgor and the investors listed on <u>Schedule A</u> thereto. All references to "Series C Option Agreement" herein or in any other Loan Document shall mean the Series C Option Agreement as in effect on the date of its execution.

"<u>Sold Entity or Business</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Consolidated EBITDA".

"<u>Stock Rights</u>" shall mean all dividends, instruments or other distributions and any other right or property which the Pledgor shall receive or shall become entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for any Pledged Equity, or resulting from a split up, revision, reclassification or other similar change of the Pledged Equity, any right to receive Equity Interests and any right to receive earnings (including any subscription warrants, rights or options), in which the Pledgor now has or hereafter acquires any right, issued by the Borrower in respect of its Equity Interests.

"<u>Termination Date</u>" shall mean the date that Payment in Full occurs.

"<u>Total Debt</u>" means, as at any date of determination (without double counting), (a) the aggregate stated balance sheet amount (in accordance with GAAP) of all Indebtedness of (i) the Pledgor, (ii) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of Pledgor that is Guaranteed or secured by the assets of the Pledgor (excluding any such Indebtedness being Guaranteed to the extent the Indebtedness being Guaranteed has a LTV Ratio not greater than 50% ("<u>Excluded Debt</u>")) and (iii) without duplication, any Indebtedness of the Borrower secured under <u>Section 6.02(d)</u> of the Credit Agreement (and solely to the extent that such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by the Pledgor); *provided* that, with respect to Indebtedness being Guaranteed which is not Excluded Debt, such Indebtedness will only increase Total Debt in an amount equal to (x) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Guaranteed *minus* (y) an amount that (if excluded from the principal amount of such Indebtedness) would result in such Indebtedness having a LTV Ratio equal to fifty percent (50%).

"<u>UCC</u>" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the Collateral Agent's Lien on any Collateral.

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"<u>Unrestricted Cas</u>h" shall mean cash or Cash Equivalents of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries that would not appear as "restricted" on a consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor; *provided* that cash or Cash Equivalents that would appear as "restricted" on a consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor solely because such cash or Cash Equivalents are subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent shall constitute Unrestricted Cash hereunder.

The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

**ARTICLE II.**

**GUARANTEE**

**Section 2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Guarantee.</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Subject to the provisions of <u>Section 2.1(b)</u>, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely a surety, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise) of the Obligations and whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise, and whether such Obligations are now existing or hereafter incurred (including any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments and renewals of any or all of such Obligations). Guarantor further agrees that the Obligations may be extended, increased, renewed, amended or modified, in whole or in part, without notice to, or further assent from Guarantor, and that Guarantor will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension, increase, renewal, amendment or modification of any Obligations. Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, presentment to, demand of payment from, and protest to, the Borrower or any other Person of any of the Obligations, and also waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Anything herein or in the Credit Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by the Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable federal and state requirements of Law relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or the insolvency of debtors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) To the extent that the Borrower would be required to make payments pursuant to <u>Section 9.05</u> of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all fees and expenses (including without limitation, all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, the Guarantor under this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until the Termination

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Date, notwithstanding that from time to time prior thereto no amounts may be outstanding under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) No payment or payments made by the Borrower received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party from the Borrower by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of, or in payment of, the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of the Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments (other than payments made by the Borrower or the Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or payments received or collected from the Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of the Guarantor hereunder until the Termination Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Collateral Agent in writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment and performance when due (whether or not any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not of collection, and, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of any of the Obligations, or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Guarantor or any other Person. Any payment required to be made by the Guarantor hereunder may be required by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on any number of occasions until such payment is made (or waived in accordance with the Credit Agreement).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) Except for termination or release of the Guarantor's obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the reduction or repayment of the Obligations (or any portion thereof). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the

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fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and except for termination or release of a Guarantor's obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (i) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guarantee; (ii) the validity, regularity or enforceability of any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the Obligations; (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights (other than a defense of payment and performance) that Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party or any other Person in connection with the Guarantee; and (iv) any other circumstance (including statute of limitations) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of the Guarantor under the Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

**ARTICLE III.**

**GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST**

The Pledgor hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following items, categories and types of personal property, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of, the Pledgor (including under any trade name or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, the Pledgor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be collectively referred to as the "<u>Collateral</u>"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in and to the Borrower, including, without limitation, the Pledged Equity and the Pledged Debt, whether constituting General Intangibles, Investment Property or otherwise;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in the Governing Documents of the Borrower; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all books and records (including, without limitation, customer lists, credit files, printouts and other computer output materials and records) of the Pledgor pertaining to any of the Collateral; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent not otherwise included in <u>clauses (a)</u> through <u>(c)</u> above, all Proceeds (including Stock Rights) of, and all documents, instruments, and certificates at any time evidencing or relating to, the foregoing, together with all Governing Documents, books, and records relating to the Pledged Equity,

in each case to secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations.

**ARTICLE IV.**

**REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES**

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The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties on and as of the Closing Date and on each other date on which the representations and warranties of the Borrower are made under the Credit Agreement as follows:

**Section 4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Title and Perfection</u>.** The Pledgor has good and valid (a) rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral and (b) title to the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a security interest hereunder, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>, and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the security interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto. When a financing statement with respect to the Collateral has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware against the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent will have a validly perfected first priority security interest in that Collateral of the Pledgor in which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement with respect to the Collateral in such office, subject only to Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>.

**Section 4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Type and Jurisdiction of Organization</u>.** The type of entity of the Pledgor and its state of organization as of the Closing Date are set forth on <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**Section 4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Principal Location</u>.** The Pledgor's mailing address and the location of its place of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of business) as of the Closing Date are disclosed in <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**Section 4.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Exact Names</u>.** As of the Closing Date, the Pledgor's name in which it has executed this Agreement is the exact name as it appears in the Pledgor's Governing Documents, as amended, as filed with the Pledgor's jurisdiction of organization as of the Closing Date. Except as may be described in <u>Exhibit A</u>, the Pledgor has not, during the past five years prior to its becoming a party hereto, had any other legal or fictitious name.

**Section 4.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>No Financing Statements</u>.** The Pledgor has not consented to the filing of any financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral, except such as have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.

**Section 4.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Pledged Equity</u>.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Exhibit B</u> sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Pledged Equity owned by the Pledgor as of the Closing Date. The Pledgor is the direct, sole beneficial owner and sole holder of record of the Pledged Equity listed on <u>Exhibit B</u> as being owned by it, free and clear of any Liens, except for Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>. The Pledgor further represents and warrants that (i) all Pledged Equity owned by it is duly authorized and validly issued and, if such Pledged Equity is stock in a corporation, is fully paid and non assessable (to the extent the concept is applicable), (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Collateral Agent representing

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Equity Interests, either such certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the Issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not Securities, the Pledgor has so informed the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent may take steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General Intangible, and (iii) none of the Pledged Equity is held by a securities intermediary or in a securities account.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In addition, (i) none of the Pledged Equity owned by the Pledgor has been issued or transferred in violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject, (ii) there are existing no options, warrants, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to such Pledged Equity or which obligate the issuer of any Equity Interests included in the Pledged Equity to issue additional Equity Interests, and (iii) no consent, approval, authorization, or other action by, and no giving of notice, filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required for the pledge by the Pledgor of such Pledged Equity pursuant to this Agreement or for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Pledgor, or for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the Pledged Equity pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such disposition by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.

(c). The Pledgor owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower.

**Section 4.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Benefit to the Pledgor</u>.** The Pledgor is the sole member of the Borrower and the Pledgor's pledge of Collateral pursuant to this Agreement is expected to benefit, directly or indirectly, the Pledgor; and it has determined that this Agreement is necessary and convenient to the conduct, promotion and attainment of the business of the Pledgor.

**Section 4.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>General Representations</u>.** The Pledgor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has full power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Pledgor has duly authorized and taken all other necessary corporate action for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. Pledgor has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement and each Material Project Contract to which the Pledgor is a party constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Pledgor except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws, by equitable principles, whether considered at law or in equity and any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing and for filings and registrations necessary to create or perfect Liens on the Collateral granted by the Pledgor in favor of the Secured Parties. Pledgor's execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Material Project Contracts and the fulfillment of the terms

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hereof and thereof will not (a) violate any of its Governing Documents or conflict with or violate its contractual obligations, (b) violate any order, judgment or decree of governmental authority binding on it, (c) violate any applicable Laws, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than any Liens created hereunder), where any such violation or conflict referred to in <u>clauses (b)</u> and <u>(c)</u> of this <u>Section 4.8</u> would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Pledgor has duly obtained all necessary authorizations, consents, licenses, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority or any other Person required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Material Project Contract to which it is a party, and such authorizations, consents, licenses, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations are in full force and effect, in each case, except for (i) the filing of UCC financing statements (or the filing of financing statements under any other local equivalent) or (ii) such consents, authorizations, filings, licenses or other actions that have either (A) been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (B) are listed on <u>Schedule 4.8</u> hereto or (C) such actions, consents, approvals, registrations or filings the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Pledgor, threatened in writing against or affecting, the Pledgor or any business, property or rights of the Pledgor which (a) individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or the Guarantee, Liens or security interests created or purported to be created pursuant to this Agreement. Since December 31, 2022, there has been no occurrence, development, change, event, or loss which has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, any Material Adverse Effect.

**Section 4.9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Material Project Contracts</u>.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) There is no material breach or default, or condition that with notice and/or the passage of time would constitute a material breach or default by the Pledgor (nor, to the Pledgor's knowledge, by any counterparty thereto) under the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party, in each case which does (or would, given the passage of time) give the Pledgor or a counterparty the right to terminate a Material Project Contract.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Exhibit C</u> contains a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party in effect on the Closing Date, and all such Material Project Contracts are in full force and effect and, to the Pledgor's knowledge, no defaults currently exist thereunder.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Pledgor has adequate rights under the Data Center Leases/Licenses for the development and operation of the Project, including as contemplated by the Closing Date MSAs and the other Material Project Contracts.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) None of the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party is subject to any action, suit, litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding or dispute which is reasonably likely to be adversely determined against the Pledgor or the Project and, if so adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

**Section 4.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Solvency</u>.** On the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (a) the fair value of the assets (for the avoidance of doubt, calculated to include goodwill and other intangibles) of the Pledgor, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Pledgor, (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Pledgor will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of the Pledgor on its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) the Pledgor will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) the Pledgor will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.

**Section 4.11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Intellectual Property</u>.** Except as has not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Pledgor owns or has the right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, licenses and other intellectual property rights which are necessary to perform its obligations under and in accordance with the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party and (b) to the knowledge of the Pledgor, no material product, process, method, service, substance, part or other material offered for sale, sold, contemplated to be sold or used by it in connection with its business infringes, misappropriates or violates any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name, copyright, trade secrets, know-how, license or other intellectual property right owned by any other Person.

**Section 4.12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Data Protection Measures</u>.** Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Pledgor has not experienced any Cyber Security Incidents related to personal data, material confidential Pledgor data, or information technology, in each case, which would require notification of individuals, other affected parties, law enforcement, or any Governmental Authority;

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(b). the Pledgor has not received any subpoenas, demands, or other notices from any Governmental Authority investigating, inquiring into, or otherwise relating to any actual or potential violation of any Data Protection Laws or Cyber Security Incident and, to the knowledge of the Pledgor, the Pledgor is not under investigation by any Governmental Authority for any actual or potential violation of any Data Protection Laws or Cyber Security Incidents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) no notice, complaint, claim, enforcement action, proceeding, or litigation, has been served on, or initiated against the Pledgor or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents (in their capacity as such) by any Person or Governmental Authority under any Data Protection Laws; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall not cause, constitute, or result in a breach or violation of any Data Protection Laws or any terms of service or privacy policy entered into by the users of Pledgor's services.

**Section 4.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Equity Interests</u>.** The Equity Interests in the Borrower have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. There is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which the Borrower is a party requiring, and there is no Equity Interest in the Borrower outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by the Borrower of any additional Equity Interests in the Borrower or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase an Equity Interest in the Borrower.

**ARTICLE V.**

**COVENANTS**

From the date of this Agreement, and thereafter until the Termination Date, the Pledgor agrees that:

**Section 5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>General</u>.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Authorization to File Financing Statements; Ratification</u>. The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent (or its designee) to file financing statements and other documents describing the Collateral in order to perfect the security interests created hereby. The Pledgor hereby agrees to deliver or file such financing statements, and to take such other actions necessary, as may from time to time be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to maintain a perfected security interest in and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral owned by the Pledgor (subject to Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>). Any financing statement filed by the Collateral Agent or its designee may be filed in any filing office in any relevant UCC jurisdiction and may (i) describe the Pledgor's Collateral in order to perfect the security interest created hereunder by any description which reasonably approximates the description contained in this Agreement, and (ii) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for

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the sufficiency or filing office's acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including whether the Pledgor is an organization and the type of organization of the Pledgor. The Pledgor also agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon reasonable request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pledgor agrees to prepare, record and file, at its own expense, financing statements (including continuation statements), amendments and supplements and such other instruments with respect to the Collateral now existing or hereafter created meeting the requirements of applicable state Law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect and maintain the security interests granted hereunder, and to deliver a file stamped copy of each such financing statement or other evidence of filing to the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent has no obligation to file UCC financing statements, continuation statements or amendments or any similar filings.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Organizational Documents; Further Assurances</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor shall not amend, supplement or modify any term or provision of its organizational documents relating to, or in connection with, its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower that would reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders, taken as a whole, or agree to do any of the same.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor agrees to take such commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral against all persons and to defend the security interest of the Collateral Agent in its Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>Other Financing Statements</u>. The Pledgor will not authorize the filing of any financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral owned by it, except for financing statements naming the Collateral Agent as the secured party.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <u>Change of Name; Location of Collateral; Place of Business</u>. The Pledgor may change (a) its legal name, (b) its jurisdiction of organization (or, if not a registered organization, its "location" (as defined in Section 9-307 of the UCC)) or (c) its identity or organizational structure; *provided* that, within thirty (30) days after such change (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree at the written direction of the Required Lenders), the Pledgor will provide written notice to the Collateral Agent thereof. The Pledgor agrees to make all filings that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a legal, valid and perfected security interest in all the Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) <u>Fiscal Year</u>. The Pledgor shall not change its fiscal year end from December 31.

**Section 5.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Delivery of Certificates</u>.** The Pledgor will (a) deliver to the Collateral Agent, promptly upon execution of this Agreement, the originals of all certificated Securities, certificates or instruments in respect of the Collateral (if any then exist) (including, without

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limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), together with instruments of transfers in blank in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to transfer title to the Collateral Agent and (b) after the date hereof, hold in trust for the Collateral Agent upon receipt and promptly thereafter deliver to the Collateral Agent any certificated Securities, certificates or instruments, in each case, in respect of the Collateral, together with instruments of transfers in blank in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to transfer title to the Collateral Agent, and all such additional instruments and documents are necessary, or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to give effect to the pledge of the Collateral granted hereby and (c) upon the Collateral Agent's request, deliver to the Collateral Agent a duly executed amendment to this Agreement, in the form of <u>Exhibit D</u> hereto (the "<u>Amendment</u>"), pursuant to which the Pledgor will identify and ratify the pledge of such additional Collateral acquired after the date hereof. The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach each Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all additional Collateral owned by it set forth in such Amendments shall be considered to be part of the Collateral.

**Section 5.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Issuance of Additional Securities</u>.** The Pledgor will not permit the Borrower to issue additional Equity Interests, any right to receive the same or any right to receive earnings, except to the Pledgor. The Pledged Equity will at all times constitute not less than 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower.

**Section 5.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>[Reserved]</u>.** 

**Section 5.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Management Compensation Plan</u>.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Pledgor will (i) establish a compensation committee of three (3) members nominated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Pledgor (the "<u>Compensation Committee</u>") within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Required Lenders may agree), (ii) appoint a third-party executive compensation consultant (a "<u>Compensation Consultant</u>") within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Lender Representative may agree) to advise the Compensation Committee on at least an annual basis as to all executive compensation matters relating to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries and (iii) will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lender Representative in writing promptly following the establishment of the Compensation Committee and the appointment of the Compensation Consultant.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Pledgor shall empower the Compensation Committee to, in its sole discretion (acting in consultation with the Compensation Consultant), establish and maintain executive compensation plans with respect to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries; *provided* that, at no time, shall the terms of any executive compensation plan permit cash payments to any executive or other employee of the Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries that exceed, in the aggregate for all executives and other employees of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries, the following:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023, $25,000,000, so long as at least [\*]% of the [\*] GPU Servers and [\*] GPU Servers deployed pursuant to the [\*] MSA are being billed to the applicable customers as at December 31, 2023 (based on the amount of such [\*] GPU Servers and [\*] GPU Servers expected to be deployed pursuant to the model delivered to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date) on a run-rate basis; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2024, $40,000,000, so long as at least [\*]% of the [\*] GPU Servers and [\*] GPU Servers deployed pursuant to the [\*] MSA are being billed to the applicable customers at the time of any such bonus payments.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) This covenant shall have no further force and effect following the earlier to occur of (i) a Qualified IPO and (ii) the Loan Balance Trigger Date.

**Section 5.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Disposition of Pledged Equity Collateral</u>.** The Pledgor will not sell, lease, or otherwise Dispose of any Equity Interests constituting Collateral.

**Section 5.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Debt Incurrence</u>.** Prior to the earliest to occur of (a) a Qualified IPO, (b) the Loan Balance Trigger Date and (c) the date the Pledgor obtains an Investment Grade Rating, the Pledgor will not incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness of Pledgor other than Permitted Indebtedness.

**Section 5.9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Payment of Obligations</u>.** The Pledgor shall pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all of its respective material obligations and liabilities, including material Tax liabilities and other material governmental claims, except where the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall maintain, in accordance with GAAP, reserves as appropriate for the accrual of any of the same.

**Section 5.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Compliance with Data Protection Laws</u>.** Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Pledgor shall comply, and make commercially reasonable efforts to cause its directors, officers, employees and agents to comply, with all Data Protection Laws applicable to its business and operations, (b) written policies and procedures will be maintained and enforced by or on behalf of the Pledgor that are reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by, the Pledgor and its directors, officers, employees and agents, with Data Protection Laws applicable to its business and operations and (c) perform any investigation or remedial action to the extent required by Governmental Authorities under Data Protection Laws.

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**Section 5.11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Compliance with Loan Documents</u>.** The Pledgor will (a) use reasonable efforts not to take any action that causes the Borrower to violate any term, provision, representation, warranty or covenant contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) not take any action that causes the Borrower to (i) fail to comply with <u>Section 2.01(c)</u>, <u>Section 2.10(b)</u> and <u>Section 6.10(g)</u> of the Credit Agreement and (ii) pursue any other purchase or financing transaction in respect of the [\*] GPU Servers or [\*] GPU Servers required to satisfy the obligations under or pursuant to the Restricted Purchase Orders in contravention of such provisions.

**Section 5.12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Restricted Payments</u>.** The Pledgor will not make, directly or indirectly (including via any Subsidiary or another Affiliate) any Restricted Payment, except:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of Equity Interests from former or current employees, officers, directors, consultants, Affiliates or other persons performing services for the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of stock repurchase plans, restricted stock agreements or similar agreements under which the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary has the option to repurchase such shares upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the termination of employment or service, or pursuant to a right of first refusal in an amount not to exceed the original purchase price thereof; <u>provided</u> that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this <u>clause (a)</u> do not exceed (i) prior to a Qualified IPO, $100,000,000 in any fiscal year and (ii) after the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA;

(b). the consummation of the K2 Buyback Transactions, so long as Pledgor uses commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the K2 Buyback Transactions on or before December 31, 2023;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the consummation of the Conductor Buyback Transactions, so long as Pledgor uses commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the Conductor Buyback Transactions on or before September 1, 2024;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests ("<u>Retired Capital Stock</u>") of the Pledgor, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) or management investment vehicle to the extent contributed to the Pledgor (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) ("<u>Refunding Capital Stock</u>");

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Pledgor deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split,

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merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Pledgor, in each case, permitted under the Credit Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters' rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets; *provided* that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this <u>clause (f)</u> subsequent to the First Amendment Effective Date do not exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) Restricted Payments (1) required to be made pursuant to the Series C Put Option Agreement so long as no default (including any Default or Event of Default) then-exists or would result from the making of any Restricted Payment; *provided* that, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this <u>clause (g)(1)</u> shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the Put Option Payment Amount and (y) the amount required to purchase the applicable Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) pursuant to the Series C Put Option Agreement as of the relevant date of determination, (2) consisting of dividends in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Pledgor Charter) as and when required pursuant to Subsection 1.1 of Part B of Article Fourth of the Pledgor Charter; *provided* that such Restricted Payments may be made in cash only to the extent (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to the making of any such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment and (ii) the Pledgor shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, with <u>Section 4.25</u> of the 2021 Note Issuance Agreement and <u>Section 4.25</u> of the 2022 Note Issuance Agreement and (3) Restricted Payments made in respect of any Put Note, to the extent (i) such Put Note constitutes subordinated Indebtedness and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to the making of any such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) any other Restricted Payment in an amount equal to the amount distributed to the Pledgor by CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. IV, LLC pursuant to Section 6.06(f) of the CCAIV Credit Agreement.<u>; and</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>(i) Restricted Payments required to be made pursuant to the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note (and, solely with respect to any such Restricted Payments constituting a Cash Settlement (as defined in the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note), so long as no Default or Event of Default then-exists or would result from the making of any such Restricted Payment);</u> *<u>provided</u>* <u>that, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (i) shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Maximum Conversion Option Payment Amount and (ii) the aggregate Settlement Amount (as defined in the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note) actually paid pursuant to the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note (as in effect on the date of the original execution thereof) as of the relevant date of determination.</u> 

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**Section 5.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Use of Proceeds</u>.** The Pledgor will not use the proceeds of the Loans for any purpose other than as set out in Sections 3.11 and 5.08 of the Credit Agreement.

**Section 5.14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Maintenance of Existence; Insurance</u>.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Pledgor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Pledgor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) in the Pledgor's reasonable business judgment, obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, (ii) comply with all applicable Laws, rules, regulations and judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, permits, licenses, and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted and (iii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as permitted by this Agreement), in each case in this <u>Section 5.14(b)</u> except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Pledgor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties, business and assets constituting Collateral at all times the types of insurance required to operate and maintain its properties, business and assets.

**Section 5.15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Mergers, Consolidations and Acquisitions</u>.** The Pledgor shall not:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with the Pledgor unless the Pledgor is the surviving entity;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) liquidate, dissolve or wind-up or modify its existing Governing Documents in any manner materially adverse to the Secured Parties; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) prior to the earlier to occur of (i) a Qualified IPO and (ii) the Loan Balance Trigger Date, purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person,

except:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Liens permitted by <u>Section 5.6</u>;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Permitted Acquisitions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(C)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the transactions permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (it being agreed and understood that, for the purposes of this <u>Section 5.15(c)(C)</u>, to the extent that this <u>Section 5.15</u> restricts any transactions of the Pledgor that are otherwise permitted with respect to the Borrower under any Loan Document, such transactions shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder with respect to the Pledgor, *mutatis mutandis*); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(D)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any transactions necessary to facilitate the consummation of a Qualified IPO.

**Section 5.16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Material Project Contracts</u>.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Pledgor shall, within one hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Lender Representative may reasonably agree):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;use commercially reasonable efforts (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require the Borrower to amend, or otherwise accept any changes to, any economic or other material terms of the relevant agreements) to either (A) partition the Data Center Leases/Licenses in a manner to permit the assignment to the Borrower of all or the applicable portion of each Data Center Lease/License that is necessary for the Borrower to comply with all its obligations under the applicable Closing Date MSA(s), and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, the assignment of each such partitioned Data Center Lease/License from the Pledgor to the Borrower or (B) deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, a duly executed assignment of the service orders relating to each such Data Center Lease/License to the Borrower from each counterparty to a Data Center Lease/License that is necessary for the Borrower to comply with all its obligations under the Closing Date MSA(s); *provided* that, if it is not commercially reasonable for the Pledgor to partition and/or assign any Data Center Lease/License or service order because such partition and/or assignment would result in additional costs to the Pledgor, then the Lenders shall have the right to assume such costs and the Pledgor shall have the obligation to consummate such partition and/or assignment; *provided, further,* that such assumption shall be irrevocable for the duration of the applicable Data Center Lease/License, shall be set forth in writing pursuant to an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Pledgor and, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents to the contrary, the costs and expenses assumed by the Lenders and the expenses of the Lenders incurred in connection with such assumption shall not be reimbursable by the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries and shall not in any respect be deemed to be Obligations under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents; and

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;use best efforts (at Pledgor's expense (unless such expense is reasonably determined by the Borrower to exceed $100,000, in which case, such expense may be at the option of the Lenders assumed by the Lenders; *provided* that such assumption shall be irrevocable for the duration of the applicable Data Center Lease/License, shall be set forth in writing pursuant to an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Pledgor and, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, the costs and expenses assumed by the Lenders and the expenses of the Lenders incurred in connection with such assumption shall not be reimbursable by the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries and shall not in any respect be deemed to be Obligations under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents)) to deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders, a duly executed collateral access agreement relating to each Data Center Lease/License between the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and each third party counterparty to a Data Center Lease/License.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Pledgor shall perform and observe its covenants and obligations, and preserve, protect and defend its rights, under all Material Project Contracts to which it is a party, including prosecution of suits to enforce any of its rights thereunder and enforcement of any claims with respect thereto, except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Pledgor shall not:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;suspend, cancel or terminate, or waive any breach or default under, any Material Project Contract to which it is a party or consent to, allow to subsist, or accept any suspension, cancellation, termination or waiver thereof in any manner that would have a material and adverse impact on the Borrower's ability to service or fulfill its obligations under the Closing Date MSAs, in each case, without the consent of the Required Lenders (with such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sell, transfer, assign or otherwise Dispose of (by operation of law, capacity release or otherwise) or consent to any such sale, transfer, assignment or Disposition of, any part of its interest in any Material Project Contract to which it is a party if, as a result thereof, such action would have a material and adverse impact on the Borrower's ability to service or fulfill its obligations under the Closing Date MSAs, in each case, without the consent of the Required Lenders; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;waive, fail to enforce, forgive, compromise, settle, adjust or release (or consent to any of the foregoing in respect of) any right, interest or entitlement, howsoever arising, under, or in respect of, any Material Project Contract to which it is a party if, as a result thereof, such action would have a material and adverse impact on the Borrower's ability to

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service or fulfill its obligations under the Closing Date MSAs, in each case, without the consent of the Required Lenders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Pledgor shall not amend, supplement or modify or in any way vary, or agree to the variation of, any term or provision of a Material Project Contract to which it is a party, or of the performance of any covenant or obligation by any other Person under any Material Project Contract to which it is a party, that is material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The Pledgor shall take such further actions and make such further assurances (if any) as are reasonably required to maintain the validity of warranty coverage of any [\*] GPU Servers and [\*] GPU Servers transferred to Borrower; *provided, however,* that nothing in this <u>Section 5.16(e)</u> shall require Pledgor or the Borrower to purchase any "extended warranty" coverage on any such [\*] GPU Servers or [\*] GPU Servers.

**ARTICLE VI.**

**EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES**

**Section 6.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Pledged Equity</u>.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given prior written notice to the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends or distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Equity, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other entity rights with respect to the Pledged Equity. Any sums paid upon or in respect of any Pledged Equity upon the liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower, any non-cash distribution of capital made on or in respect of any Pledged Equity or any property distributed upon or with respect to any Pledged Equity pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of the Borrower or pursuant to the reorganization thereof shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent or except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, be delivered to the Collateral Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations; *provided, however,* that, if such sum of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of any Pledged Equity shall be received by the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, as additional security for the Obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given prior written notice to the Pledgor, (i) the Pledgor's right to receive all cash dividends or distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Equity and to exercise all voting and corporate or other entity rights with respect to the Pledged Equity shall cease while such Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Pledged Equity and make

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application thereof to the Obligations in accordance with <u>Section 7.05</u> of the Credit Agreement, and (iii) any or all of the Pledged Equity shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, and the Collateral Agent or its nominee may (but shall not be obligated to) thereafter exercise (A) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Pledged Equity at any meeting of shareholders (or other equivalent body) of the Borrower or otherwise and (B) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Pledged Equity as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged Equity upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the organizational structure of the Borrower, or upon the exercise by the Pledgor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Pledged Equity, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Equity with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to the Pledgor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing. If such sum of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of any Pledged Equity shall be received by the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, as additional security for the Obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs the Borrower to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (A) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from the Pledgor, and the Pledgor agrees that the Borrower shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Equity directly to the Collateral Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Borrower to comply with any request received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that seeks to exercise or enforce any of the rights granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to <u>Section 6.2</u>. The Pledgor agrees that the foregoing authorization and instruction shall be sufficient to authorize the Collateral Agent's exercise or enforcement of such rights, and that the Borrower shall not be required to investigate the accuracy of any request made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 6.1(d)</u>.

**Section 6.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Remedies Generally</u>.** During the continuation of an Event of Default:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) exercise any or all of the following rights and remedies to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;those rights and remedies provided in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document; *provided* that this <u>Section 6.2</u> shall not be understood to limit any rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties prior to an Event of Default;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;those rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable Law (including, without limitation, any Law governing the exercise of a bank's right of setoff or bankers' lien) when a debtor is in default under a security agreement (or its functional equivalent);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the right to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;without notice, demand or advertisement of any kind to the Pledgor or any other Person (except as specifically provided in <u>Section 9.1</u> or elsewhere herein or in the UCC), the right to enter the premises (including any premises owned or leased or to which the Pledgor otherwise has access rights) of the Pledgor where any Collateral is located (through self-held and without judicial process), the right to collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, sell, lease, assign, grant an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of, deliver, or realize upon, the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales (which sales may be adjourned or continued from time to time with or without written notice and may take place at the Pledgor's premises or elsewhere), subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable Law and the notice requirements described below, for cash, on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, and upon such other terms as are commercially reasonable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the right to transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee the whole or any part of the Pledged Equity, to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Pledged Equity for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations, to exercise the voting and all other rights as a holder with respect thereto, to collect and receive all cash dividends, interest and principal and other distributions made thereon and to otherwise act with respect to the Pledged Equity as though the Collateral Agent was the outright owner thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the right to send to any Depositary Bank a "Notice of Exclusive Control" (howsoever defined) under any Control Agreement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the right to discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the Collateral (except for such Liens as are specifically permitted hereunder).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall comply with any applicable state or federal Law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral

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and compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Upon any such public sale or sales or any such private sale or sales, the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation), to the extent permitted by law, to purchase for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which rights and equities of redemption the Pledgor hereby expressly releases.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Until the Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale or other disposition of Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, as provided under applicable Law, to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving or protecting the Collateral or its value, enforcing this Agreement or perfecting and maintaining the perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent's security interest in the Collateral. The Collateral Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of the Collateral Agent's remedies (for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall be required to (i) make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies against, the Borrower with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof, (ii) marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, or (iii) effect a public sale of any Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The Pledgor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Equity or any other Collateral, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof in accordance with <u>clause (a)</u> above. The Pledgor also acknowledges that any private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue of such sale being private. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Equity or any other Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the Pledgor or the Issuer of the Pledged Equity or other Collateral to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities Laws, even if the Pledgor and the Issuer would agree to do so.

**Section 6.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Pledgor's Obligations Upon Default</u>.** Upon the request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Pledgor will take any and all actions,

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and do any and all such things as are requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Guarantee and the Collateral, including, without limitation, the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) assemble and make available to the Collateral Agent the Collateral and all books and records relating thereto at any place or places reasonably specified by the Collateral Agent, whether at the Pledgor's premises or elsewhere;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) permit the Collateral Agent, by the Collateral Agent's representatives and agents, to enter, occupy and use any premises where all or any part of the Collateral, or the books and records relating thereto, or both, are located, to take possession of all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, to remove all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, and to conduct sales of the Collateral, without any obligation to pay the Pledgor for such use and occupancy;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) furnish to the Collateral Agent, or cause the Issuer of Pledged Equity to furnish to the Collateral Agent, any information regarding the Pledged Equity and the other Collateral in such reasonable detail as the Collateral Agent may reasonably specify; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) take, or cause the Issuer of Pledged Equity to take, any and all actions reasonably necessary to register or qualify the Pledged Equity to enable the Collateral Agent to consummate a public sale or other disposition of the Pledged Equity and the other Collateral.

**ARTICLE VII.**

**ATTORNEY IN FACT**

**Section 7.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Authorization for Secured Party to Take Certain Action</u>.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Pledgor irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent and any office or agent thereof at any time and from time to time, and appoints the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof (which appointment shall automatically terminate with respect to the Pledgor on the Termination Date or, if sooner upon the termination or release of the Pledgor hereunder), effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney in fact, with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Pledgor and in the name of Pledgor or its own name, to (at the expense of the Pledgor), upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and prior written notice to the Pledgor:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; do all acts and things necessary or desirable in the Collateral Agent's sole discretion, at any time and from to time to time, to preserve, protect and realize upon the Collateral and perfect and maintain the perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent's security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral, and to contact and enter into one or more agreements with

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the Issuer or any issuers of uncertificated securities which are Pledged Equity or with securities intermediaries holding Pledged Equity as may be necessary or advisable to give the Collateral Agent Control over such Pledged Equity; *provided* that this authorization shall not relieve the Pledgor of any of its obligations under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in the name of Pledgor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due in relation to the Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to the Pledgor, pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral (other than taxes not required to be discharged under this Agreement and the Credit Agreement and constituting Liens permitted hereunder or thereunder);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;execute, in connection with any sale of Collateral, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral or as the Collateral Agent shall direct; (A) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (B) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (C) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (D) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Pledgor with respect to any Collateral; (E) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may in its sole discretion deem appropriate; and (F) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Collateral Agent's option and Pledgor's expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agent's and the other Secured Parties' security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement; and

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to vote any of the Pledged Equity and exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of any of the Pledged Equity would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of equity holders, calling special meetings of equity holders and voting at such meetings), which proxy shall be effective automatically and without the necessary of any action (including any transfer of the Pledged Equity on the record books of the Issuer thereof) by any Person (including the Issuer thereof or any officer or agent thereof).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interest created hereby is released. All acts of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified and approved. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, under this <u>Section 7.1</u> are solely to protect the Collateral Agent's interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE COLLATERAL AGENT MAY EXERCISE THE RIGHTS AND POWERS PROVIDED IN THIS <u>SECTION 7.1</u> ONLY DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT AND AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF ANY NOTICE PERIOD OTHERWISE REQUIRED HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT.

**Section 7.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Limitation of Duty</u>.** The Collateral Agent's sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account and shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property. Neither the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of the Pledgor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent's and the other Secured Parties' interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to the Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Collateral Agent shall be under no duty whatsoever to make or give any presentment, notice of dishonor, protest, demand for

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performance, notice of non-performance, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, or other notice or demand in connection with any Collateral or the Obligations, or to take any steps necessary to preserve any rights against the Pledgor or other Person or ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not it has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters. The Pledgor, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waives any right of marshaling in respect of any and all Collateral, and waives any right to require the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to proceed against the Pledgor or other Person, exhaust any Collateral or enforce any other remedy which the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party now has or may hereafter have against the Pledgor or other Person.

**ARTICLE VIII.**

**APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS**

**Section 8.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Application of Proceeds</u>.** If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds of Collateral received by the Pledgor consisting of cash, checks and other near cash items shall be held by the Pledgor in trust for the Secured Parties segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, and at the request of the Collateral Agent, shall, forthwith (and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days after any such request) upon receipt by the Pledgor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by the Pledgor (duly endorsed by the Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, if required or reasonably requested). At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the Collateral Agent's election, the Collateral Agent may apply all or any part of the Proceeds of Collateral held or received by it against the Obligations in such order as the Collateral Agent may elect in compliance with the Credit Agreement, and any part of such funds which the Collateral Agent elects not so to apply and deems not required as collateral security for such Obligations shall be promptly paid over from time to time by the Collateral Agent to the Pledgor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Any balance of such Proceeds remaining after the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) shall have been paid in full shall be promptly paid over to the Pledgor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

**ARTICLE IX.**

**GENERAL PROVISIONS**

**Section 9.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Waivers</u>.** As provided in Section 9-612 of the UCC, any notice of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral may be made shall be deemed sent within a reasonable time if sent to the Pledgor, addressed as set forth in <u>Article X</u>, after the occurrence of an Event of Default and at least ten (10) days prior to (a) the date of any such public sale or (b) the time after which any such private sale or other disposition may be made. To the maximum extent

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permitted by applicable Law, the Pledgor waives all claims, damages, and demands against the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral, except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Pledgor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any valuation, stay, appraisal, extension, moratorium, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or under the power of sale conferred by this Agreement, or applicable Law. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Pledgor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any Collateral.

**Section 9.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Limitation on Collateral Agent's and any Other Secured Party's Duty with Respect to the Collateral</u>.** The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. The Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith, except to the extent that such loss or diminution is attributable to the Collateral Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. Nothing in this Agreement shall connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations on the part of the Collateral Agent, arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law.

**Section 9.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Secured Party Performance of Debtor Obligations</u>.** Without having any obligation to do so, the Collateral Agent may during the continuance of an Event of Default perform or pay any obligation which the Pledgor has agreed to perform or pay in this Agreement and the Pledgor shall reimburse the Collateral Agent for any amounts paid by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 9.3</u>. The Pledgor's obligation to reimburse the Collateral Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be included in the Obligations and payable on demand.

**Section 9.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Specific Performance of Certain Covenants</u>.** The Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained herein will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and that the Collateral

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Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breaches and therefore agrees that the covenants of the Pledgor contained herein shall be specifically enforceable against the Pledgor.

**Section 9.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>No Waiver; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies</u>.** No delay or omission of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any right or remedy granted under this Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall not preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Agreement whatsoever (other than any Amendment), nor consent to any departure by the Pledgor therefrom, shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Collateral Agent with the concurrence or at the written direction of the Required Lenders to the extent required under <u>Section 9.08</u> of the Credit Agreement and the Pledgor and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All rights and remedies contained in this Agreement or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with <u>Section 9.11</u>.

**Section 9.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Limitation by Law; Severability of Provisions</u>.** All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of Law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of Law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded or registered, in whole or in part. Any provision in this Agreement that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable.

**Section 9.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Reinstatement</u>.** This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Pledgor for liquidation or reorganization, should the Pledgor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any the Pledgor's assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable Law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent conveyance," or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

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**Section 9.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Benefit of Agreement</u>.** This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Pledgor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; *provided* that, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and all Lenders, and any such purported assignment, transfer or delegation shall be null and void.

**Section 9.9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Survival of Representations</u>.** All representations and warranties of the Pledgor contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

**Section 9.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Headings</u>.** The title of and section headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

**Section 9.11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Termination or Release</u>.** The Guarantor and the Pledgor shall be released automatically from each of their obligations hereunder and the Guarantee and the security interest granted hereby shall also terminate and be released automatically on the Termination Date and, upon such termination, the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of an officer's certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of the Borrower (and countersigned by the Administrative Agent) attesting to compliance with the conditions precedent contemplated herein and in any other Loan Documents (as applicable), and at the expense of the Pledgor or Borrower, execute and deliver to Pledgor such documentation (including any and all releases of Liens, termination statements and assignments) as it may reasonably request to effectuate the same (it being agreed and understood that such officer's certificate shall not be required on the Termination Date). Any execution and delivery of the foregoing documents by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 9.11</u> shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

**Section 9.12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Entire Agreement</u>.** This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral.

**Section 9.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; PATRIOT ACT</u>. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. <u>SECTIONS 9.11</u>, <u>9.15</u> and <u>9.19</u> OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE TO SUCH TERMS.** 

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**Section 9.14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Resignation of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent</u>.** <u>Section 8.06</u> of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference, *mutatis mutandis*, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.

**Section 9.15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Expenses and Indemnity</u>.** <u>Section 9.05</u> of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference *mutatis mutandis*, as if stated verbatim herein as agreements and obligations of the Pledgor.

**Section 9.16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Counterparts</u>.** This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by fax or other electronic transmission (e.g. .pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words "execution," "signed," "signature," and words of like import in this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

**Section 9.17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Lien Absolute</u>.** The Pledgor shall not be released from its obligations hereunder by reason of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any of the Obligations, by operation of law or otherwise, or any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Obligations, or any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or performance of the Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) any lack of validity or enforceability relating to or against the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, for any reason related to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations, or any applicable Law purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower of the principal of or interest on the Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any part of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations, including any increase or decrease in the rate of interest thereon;

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(e). any change in the legal existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, or any of their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Obligation of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) any present or future law, regulation or order of any jurisdiction (whether of right or in fact) or of any agency thereof purporting to reduce, amend, restructure or otherwise affect any term of any Loan Document, the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) any other setoff, defense or counterclaim whatsoever (in any case, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory) with respect to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any other agreement or instrument or the transactions contemplated thereby which might constitute a legal or equitable defense available to, or discharge of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, other Secured Party or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Pledgor's obligations hereunder;

except in each case to the extent that any written amendment, settlement, compromise, waiver or release entered into with the Collateral Agent expressly terminates the obligations of the Pledgor hereunder.

**Section 9.18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Release</u>.** The Pledgor consents and agrees that the Collateral Agent may at any time, or from time to time, in compliance with the Credit Agreement and otherwise in its discretion:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) renew, extend or change the time of payment, and/or the manner, place or terms of payment of all or any part of the Obligations; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) exchange, release and/or surrender all or any of the Collateral (including the Pledged Equity), or any part thereof, by whomsoever deposited, which is now or may hereafter be held by the Collateral Agent in connection with all or any of the Obligations, all in such manner and upon such terms as the Collateral Agent may deem proper, and without notice to or further assent from the Pledgor, it being hereby agreed that the Pledgor shall be and remain bound upon this Agreement, irrespective of the value or condition of any of the Collateral, and notwithstanding any such change, exchange, settlement, compromise, surrender, release, renewal or extension, and notwithstanding also that the Obligations may, at any time, exceed the aggregate principal amount thereof set forth in the Credit Agreement, or any other agreement governing any Obligations.

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**ARTICLE X.**

**NOTICES**

**Section 10.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Sending Notices</u>.** Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with <u>Section 9.01</u> of the Credit Agreement, with each notice to the Pledgor being given in the same manner as notice to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement; *provided* that such notice shall in each case be addressed to the Pledgor at its notice address set forth on <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**Section 10.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Change in Address for Notices</u>.** Each of the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders may change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties hereto.

**ARTICLE XI.**

**THE COLLATERAL AGENT**

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties hereunder pursuant to <u>Section 8.01</u> of the Credit Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties to this Agreement that any authority conferred upon the Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the delegation of authority made by the Secured Parties to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and that the Collateral Agent has agreed to act (and any successor Collateral Agent shall act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions contained in such <u>Section 8.01</u>. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement and not in its individual or corporate capacity. In acting hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities set forth in the Credit Agreement as if such rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities were set forth herein. Any successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to <u>Section 8.01</u> of the Credit Agreement shall be entitled to all the rights, interests and benefits of the Collateral Agent hereunder.

**ARTICLE XII.**

**CONSENT TO PLEDGED EQUITY**

The Borrower, in its capacity as an issuer of Pledged Equity (in such capacity, the "<u>Issuer</u>"), hereby (a) consents to the grant by the Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of a security interest in and Lien on all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in and to Pledged Equity, (b) represents to the Collateral Agent that it has no rights of setoff or other claims against any of the Pledged Equity, (c) acknowledges and agrees that it shall, upon demand by the Collateral Agent, pay to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any dividends and distributions due to the Pledgor in accordance with the terms hereof, and (d) consents to the transfer of such Pledged Equity to the Collateral Agent or its

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nominee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as a partner in any partnership or as a member in any limited liability company with all the rights and powers related thereto. The Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs the Issuer to comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (a) states that an Event of Default has occurred and (b) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from the Pledgor.

[Signature Pages Follow]

## Exhibit 10.14

***Execution Version***

**EXHIBIT 10.14**

**CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [\*], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO COREWEAVE, INC. IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.**

**FOURTH AMENDMENT TO PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT** 

This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 7, 2025 (this "**Fourth Amendment**"), is by and among CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as pledgor (the "**Pledgor**"), U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders and other Secured Parties (in such capacity, the "**Collateral Agent**") and each of the Consenting Lenders (as defined below).

**W I T N E S S E T H** 

**WHEREAS**, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have heretofore executed and delivered a Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2023 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2023, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2025 and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the "**Existing Pledge Agreement**", and after giving effect to this Fourth Amendment, the "**Pledge Agreement**"), pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2023, by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC, as borrower, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as Administrative Agent and as the Collateral Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank, and the financial institutions party thereto as "<u>Lenders</u>" (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2025 and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>");

**WHEREAS**, in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Existing Pledge Agreement and Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) desire to enter into, execute and deliver this Fourth Amendment as an amendment to the Existing Pledge Agreement; and

**WHEREAS**, the Lenders party hereto constituting the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement (collectively, the "**Consenting Lenders**") have agreed to make certain amendments to the Existing Pledge Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.

**NOW THEREFORE**, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Pledgor, the

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Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) and the Consenting Lenders covenant and agree as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.<u>Capitalized Terms</u>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pledge Agreement or Credit Agreement, as applicable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.<u>Amendments to Pledge Agreement</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in <u>Section 4</u> below, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) hereby agree that the Existing Pledge Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: <u>underlined text</u>) as set forth in the Pledge Agreement attached hereto as <u>Exhibit A</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.<u>Representations and Warranties</u>. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Consenting Lenders:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.The Pledgor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has full power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Fourth Amendment. Pledgor has duly authorized and taken all other necessary corporate action for the execution, delivery and performance of this Fourth Amendment. Pledgor has duly executed and delivered this Fourth Amendment, and this Fourth Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Pledgor except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws, by equitable principles, whether considered at law or in equity and any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Pledgor's execution and delivery of this Fourth Amendment, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not (a) violate any of its Governing Documents or conflict with or violate its contractual obligations, (b) violate any order, judgment or decree of governmental authority binding on it, (c) violate any applicable Laws, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than any Liens created hereunder), where any such violation or conflict referred to in clauses (b) and (c) of this <u>Section 3(b)</u> would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.<u>Conditions</u>. This Fourth Amendment shall become effective on the date when the following conditions are satisfied (the "**Fourth Amendment Effective Date**"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.The Collateral Agent and the Consenting Lenders shall have received, from the Pledgor, a fully executed copy of this Fourth Amendment.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein, each of the representations and warranties of the Pledgor set forth in <u>Section 3</u> of this Fourth Amendment shall be true and correct.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.<u>Effectiveness</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Upon effectiveness of this Fourth Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Pledge Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof" or words of like import referring to the Pledge Agreement, and each reference in any other agreement to "the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement", "Pledge Agreement" "thereunder," "thereof" or words of like import referring to the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Pledge Agreement as amended by this Fourth Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.<u>Waivers; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies; Severability; Entire Agreement; Choice of Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial</u>. Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.12 and 9.13 of the Pledge Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference *mutatis mutandis.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.<u>Loan Documents</u>. This Fourth Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.<u>Direction to Collateral Agent</u>. Each undersigned Consenting Lender (i) hereby certifies that it is a Lender and that collectively the undersigned Lenders constitute the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement, (ii) hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to promptly acknowledge and execute this Fourth Amendment, and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that (A) the Collateral Agent has executed this Fourth Amendment in reliance on the direction set forth in clause (ii) of this <u>Section 8</u>, and (B) the Collateral Agent will not have any responsibility or liability for executing such documents or ascertaining or confirming whether such documents are consistent with or comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.<u>Execution in Counterparts</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Fourth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including in electronic format (including, without limitation, "pdf," "tif" or "jpg") and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign)), each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Fourth Amendment and of signature pages by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Fourth Amendment as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Fourth Amendment for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. This Fourth Amendment and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Fourth Amendment with respect to the matters covered by this Fourth Amendment and the other Loan Documents and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Fourth Amendment shall become effective at such time as counterparts of this Fourth Amendment have been signed and delivered by all of the intended parties to this Fourth Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.<u>Acknowledgments</u>. The Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally acknowledges, affirms and covenants to Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders that:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.Except as specifically set forth above, the Pledge Agreement and the other Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.By its execution of this Fourth Amendment, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the terms of this Fourth Amendment do not constitute a novation, but, rather, a supplement of a pre-existing pledge and related agreement, as evidenced by the Pledge Agreement.

[*Signature Pages Follow*]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amendment to the Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

**COREWEAVE, INC.**, as the Pledgor

By: <u>/s/ Michael Intrator &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Michael Intrator<br>Title: Chief Executive Officer

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Fourth Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amendment to the Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

**U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION**, not in its individual capacity but solely as the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders)

By: <u>/s/ Fernando Moreyra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> 

Name: Fernando Moreyra<br>Title: Vice President

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Fourth Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BLACKSTONE AI FUNDING LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: BTO Matrix Holdings DE L.P., its managing member

By: BTO Holdings Manager IV L.L.C., its general partner

By: BTO DE GP – NQ L.L.C., its sole member

By: <u>/s/ Christopher James</u>**<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>**

Name: Christopher James

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Fourth Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Liberty Mutual Group Asset Management Inc., its Adviser

By: <u>/s/ John Kim&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>**<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>**

Name: John Kim

Title: Vice President

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Fourth Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Liberty Mutual Group Asset Management Inc., its Adviser

By: <u>/s/ Alex Kayvanfar</u>**<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>**

Name: Alex Kayvanfar

Title: Vice President

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Fourth Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**MAGNETAR LAKE CREDIT FUND LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its manager

By: <u>/s/ Lavonne Harris</u>**<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>**

Name: Lavonne Harris

Title: Chief Financial Officer - Funds

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Fourth Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**LONGHORN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its investment manager

By: <u>/s/ Lavonne Harris</u>**<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>**

Name: Lavonne Harris

Title: Chief Financial Officer - Funds

[CoreWeave – Signature Page to Fourth Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**EXHIBIT A**

Pledge Agreement

[Attached.]

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***Execution Version Final***

***as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of November 8, 2023***

***as amended by the Second Amendment, dated as of May 16, 2024***

***as amended by the Third Amendment, dated as of November 5, 2025***

***<u>as amended by the Fourth Amendment, dated as of December 7, 2025</u>***

**<u>PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT</u>**

THIS PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT (as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this "<u>Agreement</u>") is entered into as of July 30, 2023, by CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "<u>Pledgor</u>"), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent (the "<u>Collateral Agent</u>") for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties.

**PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On even date herewith, CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "<u>Borrower</u>"), entered into that certain Credit Agreement with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as the Administrative Agent and as the Collateral Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank and the financial institutions party thereto as "Lenders" (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>"), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make loans to the Borrower for the purposes and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor has determined that valuable benefits will be derived by it as a result of the Credit Agreement and the extensions of credit made (and to be made) by the Lenders thereunder.

ACCORDINGLY, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby act and agree as follows:

**ARTICLE I.**

**DEFINITIONS**

**<u>Section 1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Terms Defined in Credit Agreement</u>**. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

**<u>Section 1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Terms Defined in UCC</u>**. Terms defined in the UCC which are not otherwise defined in this Agreement or the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined in the UCC.

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**<u>Section 1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein</u>**. As used in this Agreement, in addition to the terms defined in the introductory paragraph hereto and in the Preliminary Statements, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

"<u>2022 Note Issuance Agreement</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "<u>Magnetar Debt Documents</u>".

<u>"2031 Convertible Notes" shall mean the convertible senior notes due 2031 proposed to be issued by the Pledgor having terms substantially similar to the terms with respect to the 2031 Convertible Notes delivered to the Lead Lenders on or about December 3, 2025 (without giving effect to any amendments subsequent to the issuance thereof that are material to the interests of the Lenders unless consented to in writing by the Lead Lenders; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment that would increase the maximum principal amount thereof shall be deemed material to the interests of the Lenders).</u>

"<u>Acquired EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business.

"<u>Acquired Entity or Business</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "<u>Consolidated EBITDA</u>".

"<u>Amendment</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.2</u> hereof.

"<u>Approved Bank</u>" shall mean any commercial bank or investment bank, in each case, of nationally recognized standing (which shall exclude, for the avoidance of doubt, any equity funds or debt funds unless approved by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion).

"<u>Article</u>" shall mean a numbered article of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Bankruptcy Code</u>" shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled "Bankruptcy", as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

<u>"Capped Call Option Transactions" shall mean transactions (a) pursuant to which the Pledgor acquires a capped call option requiring the counterparty thereto to deliver to the Pledgor Equity Interests of the Parent, the cash value of such Equity Interests or a combination thereof, from time to time, upon settlement, exercise or early termination of such option, (b) that are entered into in connection with the issuance of the 2031 Convertible Notes (including, without limitation, the exercise of any over-allotment or initial purchaser's or underwriter's option) and (c) having terms not inconsistent with the description with respect to the Capped Call Options Transactions delivered to the Lead Lenders on or about December 4, 2025;</u> *<u>provided</u>* <u>that, in respect of each Capped Call Option Transaction, no amendment thereto shall increase the aggregate premium payable in respect thereof.</u>

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"<u>CCAIV Credit Agreement</u>" shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC as the borrower, the lenders party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association as depositary bank and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as administrative agent and collateral agent.

"<u>Collateral</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Article III</u>.

"<u>Compensation Committee</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.5(a)</u>.

"<u>Compensation Consultant</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.5(a)</u>.

"<u>Conductor Buyback Transactions</u>" shall mean the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of the Pledgor held pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2023, by and between the Pledgor, certain shareholders of Conductor Technologies, Inc., Conductor Technologies, Inc. and the other parties party thereto.

"<u>Consolidated EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period, the sum, without duplication, of Consolidated Net Income of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case (other than <u>clause (i)</u>) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, provincial, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to the definition of "Consolidated Net Income"; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (A) net losses of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate, currency or commodities risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations, (B) bank fees and (C) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any restructuring charges, accruals or reserves; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any other non-cash charges, including (A) any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses or items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, (B) equity-based awards compensation expense, (C) losses on sales, disposals or abandonment of, or any impairment charges or asset write-down or write-off related to, intangible assets, long-lived assets, inventory and investments in debt and equity securities and (D) all

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losses from investments recorded using the equity method (*provided* that, if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any earn-out and other contingent consideration obligations in connection with any Investment permitted hereunder; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of (A) extraordinary, exceptional, nonrecurring or unusual losses (including all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses, Transaction expenses, integration costs, transition costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation and closing costs for facilities, costs incurred in connection with any strategic initiatives, costs or accruals or reserves incurred in connection with acquisitions, other business optimization expenses (including costs and expenses relating to business optimization programs and new systems design and implementation costs), restructuring costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and postretirement employee benefit plans and (B) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to or incurred in connection with any equity issuance, including, without limitation, an initial public offering, Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of "run-rate" cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies projected by the Pledgor in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within eighteen (18) months after the end of such period (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that "run-rate" means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken); *provided* that such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies are reasonably identifiable and reasonably attributable to the actions specified and reasonably anticipated to result from such actions; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; *plus*

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to <u>clause (b)</u> below for any previous period and not added back; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net loss from disposed or discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;required principal (including fixed amortization payments) and required interest payments made by the Borrower with respect to Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Credit Agreement and any other credit facilities permitted by, and incurred pursuant to, <u>clause (c)</u> of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness" (in each case, to the extent such amounts increased Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to <u>clause (a)</u> above);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net income from disposed or discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;extraordinary gains and unusual or non-recurring gains (less all fees and expenses relating thereto); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;increased or decreased (without duplication) by, as applicable, any adjustments resulting from the application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460, the Obligations under the Guarantee.

There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA (calculated on a pro forma basis) of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Pledgor or any Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Pledgor or such Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an "<u>Acquired Entity or Business</u>"). For purposes of determining the Consolidated EBITDA for any period, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business

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or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Pledgor or any Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a "<u>Sold Entity or Business</u>"), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition).

Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated, at the Pledgor's option, on either (x) if, as of the date of determination, management of the Pledgor expects in good faith that the Consolidated EBITDA for the two quarters following such date of determination will be higher than the immediately preceding two quarters, by multiplying the Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent two fiscal quarters multiple by two or (y) an unannualized basis (i.e., the Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four fiscal quarters). It being agreed and understood that, for the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA with respect to (i) <u>clause (b)(i)(B)(b)</u> of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness", (ii) <u>Section 5.12(a)</u> and (iii) <u>Section 6.06(d)</u> under the Credit Agreement, such calculation shall be solely determined pursuant to <u>clause (x)</u> of the immediately preceding sentence.

"<u>Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense of such Person, including, without duplication, the amortization of deferred financing fees and costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, capitalized expenditures, conversion costs, amortization of favorable and unfavorable lease assets or liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Consolidated Interest Expense</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consolidated interest expense in respect of Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (i) amortization of OID resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers, acceptances, (iii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv) the interest component of capitalized lease obligations and (v) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received), pursuant to interest rate hedging obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (A) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with Transactions or any acquisition, (B) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (C) any "additional interest" or "liquidated damages" with respect to any debt securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (D) amortization of OID, deferred financing fees and costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and discounted liabilities, (E) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, and (F) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities); *plus*

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interest income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period.

"<u>Consolidated Leverage Ratio</u>" shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial statements of the Pledgor have been delivered in accordance with <u>Section 5.04(a)</u> and <u>Section 5.04(b)</u> of the Credit Agreement.

"<u>Consolidated Net Income</u>" shall mean, with respect to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate consolidated net earnings (or loss) of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; *provided* that, without duplication:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles (effected either through cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive application, in each case, in accordance with GAAP) and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net after-tax effect of gains or losses attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments (including any disposal of abandoned or discontinued operations) or the sale or other disposition of any capital stock of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business as determined in good faith by the Pledgor shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt line items and other noncash charges in such Person's consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment, cancellation or conversion of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) hedging obligations or (iii) other debt or derivative instruments shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to goodwill, intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, equity based awards, equity incentive programs or other non-cash deemed

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financial charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions shall be excluded, and any cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration, or payout of equity interests by management of the Pledgor or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the Transaction shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the CCAIV Credit Agreement), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the CCAIV Credit Agreement) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;accruals and reserves that are established within twelve (12) months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transaction (or within twelve (12) months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition) in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment, acquisition or any Disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Pledgor has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier (without any right of appeal thereof) within 180 days and (ii) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Pledgor has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standards Codification 815 and related pronouncements shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation and transaction gains or losses including those related to currency

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remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk) and any other monetary assets and liabilities shall be excluded; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates and other chargebacks (including government program rebates) shall be excluded.

In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of cash proceeds received from business interruption insurance and cash reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment or any Disposition permitted hereunder.

"<u>Control</u>" shall have the meaning contemplated by Article 8 or, if applicable, by Section 9-106 of Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Depositary Bank</u>" shall mean a nationally recognized depositary bank acceptable to the Lender Representative (acting reasonably).

"<u>Disposed EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries.

"<u>Disqualified Stock</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the Term Maturity Date; *provided* that if such Equity Interest is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee's termination, death, or disability.

"<u>Exhibit</u>" shall refer to a specific exhibit to this Agreement (unless another document is specifically referenced) as from time to time supplemented by any Amendment.

"<u>First Amendment Effective Date</u>" shall mean November 8, 2023.

"<u>Fixed Charges</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock during such period; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all dividends or other distributions paid or accrued (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of disqualified Equity Interests during such period.

"<u>General Intangible</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Governing Documents</u>" shall mean the certificate of formation, the limited liability company agreement, and any other governing or organizational document of the Borrower, together with all of the other agreements or understandings of any kind, nature, or description relating to the governance and management of the Borrower and the corresponding legal and economic relationships of the owners of the Equity Interests in the Borrower.

"<u>Guarantee</u>" shall mean the guarantee pursuant to <u>Article II</u> hereof.

"<u>Guarantor</u>" shall mean the Pledgor.

"<u>Hedging Obligations</u>" means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

"<u>Initial Public Offering</u>" means the Pledgor's first marketed underwritten public offering of Class A Common Stock or other common equity securities under the Securities Act.

"<u>Investment Grade Rating</u>" shall mean a long-term unsecured senior debt rating of at least Baa3 or better by Moody's or BBB- or better by S&P.

"<u>Investment Property</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Issuer</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Article XII</u> hereof.

"<u>K2 Buyback Transactions</u>" shall mean the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of the Pledgor held by K2 Assets LLC, in an aggregate amount, not to exceed $40,000,000 pursuant to the option exercise in respect thereof deemed exercised on or about November 15, 2023. It is agreed and understood that the Pledgor reasonably anticipates

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repurchases by K2 Assets LLC of a substantially similar amount of Equity Interests in the Pledgor pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.

"<u>Loan Balance Trigger Date</u>" shall mean the date on which the principal amount of Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement shall have been reduced to thirty percent (30%) of the principal amount of Loans outstanding as of the Commitment Termination Date.

"<u>LTV Ratio</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness outstanding, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the principal amount of such Indebtedness to the total value (as measured by the Pledgor in its good faith and reasonable business judgment) of the collateral securing such Indebtedness.

"<u>Magnetar Debt Documents</u>" shall mean, collectively (a) (i) that certain Note Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2021, by and among the Pledgor, Magnetar Financial LLC, as representative of the holders and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and (ii) the other transaction documents referred to therein (including any related notes purchase agreement), pursuant to which, the Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2025 were issued by the Pledgor to affiliated funds of Magnetar Financial LLC and (b) (i) that certain Note Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2022, by and among the Pledgor, Magnetar Financial LLC, as representative of the holders and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (the "<u>2022 Note Issuance Agreement</u>") and (ii) the other transaction documents referred to therein (including any related notes purchase agreement), pursuant to which, the Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and warrants were issued by the Pledgor to affiliated funds of Magnetar Financial LLC, in each case, as of the Closing Date and, after the Closing Date, without any amendments thereto which are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders excluding for these purposes any Magnetar Entity); *provided* that any amendment to the Magnetar Debt Documents which permits the Pledgor to take an action which is permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement or this Agreement shall be deemed to not be adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

"<u>Material Project Contracts</u>" shall mean each (a) Data Center Lease/License to which the Pledgor is a party, (b) the Intercompany Services Agreement and (c) any other agreement explicitly designated as a "Material Project Contract" by the Borrower and the Lender Representative pursuant to the Credit Agreement and to which the Pledgor is a party.

"<u>Maximum Conversion Option Payment Amount</u>" means $225,000,000.

"<u>Measurement Period</u>" shall mean each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Pledgor, taken as one accounting period.

"<u>Offer to Purchase</u>" shall mean that certain Offer to Purchase Up to 2,052,190 Shares of CoreWeave, Inc., dated as of October 20, 2023, by the buyers named thereto.

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"<u>Permitted Acquisition</u>" shall mean Investments (including acquisitions) the aggregate cash consideration (or, if the consideration for such Investment is assets of the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries, the value (as reasonably determined by the Pledgor) of such assets) for which is not greater than the sum of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$250,000,000; *plus* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of net proceeds received by the Pledgor from issuances of Equity Interests; *plus* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;once the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor calculated in accordance with GAAP delivered to the Administrative Agent reflects that the cumulative amount of "retained earnings" reflected thereon is at least $250,000,000, the cumulative amount (which shall not be less than zero) of "retained earnings" set forth on the Pledgor's most recent consolidated balance sheet calculated in accordance with GAAP that is in excess of $250,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the portion of consideration for any Investment consisting of Equity Interests of the Pledgor shall not decrease the baskets set forth in the immediately preceding sentence.

"<u>Permitted Indebtedness</u>" shall mean:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Pledgor representing a Guarantee of Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Pledgor:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While any Indebtedness remains outstanding pursuant to the Magnetar Debt Documents:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness under the Magnetar Debt Documents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;additional Indebtedness in a principal amount not to exceed the greater of (at the time of incurrence):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on or prior to April 30, 2025, $650,000,000 in the aggregate; *provided* that, to the extent such Indebtedness is (x) incurred in pursuant to a revolving credit facility and/or (y) secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor, such Indebtedness permitted under this <u>subclause (a)</u> shall be (1) no greater than $500,000,000 in the aggregate and (2) provided by a Person that is an Approved Bank (it being agreed and understood that (i) to the extent that the Pledgor incurs a revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor in reliance upon this subclause (a) and (ii) delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Collateral Agent certifying that the conditions set forth in <u>subclauses (1)</u> and <u>(2)</u> of this <u>clause (a)</u> are satisfied with respect to such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness,

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then such revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prior to the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, an amount equal to the greater of (x) $600,000,000 and (y) 200% of Consolidated EBITDA; *provided* that, to the extent such Indebtedness is (x) incurred in connection with a revolving credit facility and/or (y) secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor, such Indebtedness permitted under this <u>subclause (b)</u> shall be (1) no greater than the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA and (2) provided by a Person that is an Approved Bank (it being agreed and understood that (i) to the extent that the Pledgor incurs a revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor in reliance upon this subclause (b) and (ii) delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Collateral Agent certifying that the conditions set forth in <u>subclauses (1)</u> and <u>(2)</u> of this <u>clause (b)</u> are satisfied with respect to such revolving credit facility and/or such Indebtedness, then such revolving credit facility and/or such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;following the first date on which all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Magnetar Debt Documents shall have been paid in full (other than with respect to contingent indemnity obligations not then due and payable), (A) Indebtedness of the Pledgor under a facility permitted pursuant to <u>clause (b)(i)(B)</u> above, and (B) additional unsecured Indebtedness of the Pledgor ranking pari passu with or junior to the obligations under the Guarantee; *provided* that such additional unsecured Indebtedness incurred under this <u>clause (b)(ii)(B)</u> must not mature prior to April 1, 2028 unless such Indebtedness is incurred pursuant to a revolving credit facility, asset-based revolver, line of credit, letter of credit facility or similar instrument provided by an Approved Bank;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;unsecured Indebtedness of the Pledgor representing guarantees of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Pledgor (other than the Borrower) if, at the time such guarantee is entered into, such Indebtedness being guaranteed has a LTV Ratio no greater than (A) ninety percent (90.0%), so long as a material portion of the contracts of such Subsidiary being guaranteed by such Indebtedness consist of contracts with (or contracted revenue from) entities which have an Investment Grade Rating or (B) seventy-five percent (75.0%), so long as a material portion of the contracts with (or contracted revenues from) entities which do not have an Investment Grade Rating; *provided* that such unsecured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this <u>clause (c)</u> may not mature prior to the date that is at least eighteen (18) months after the Term Maturity Date;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness represented by (i) Capital Lease Obligations or (ii) Purchase Money Obligations, including all refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this <u>clause (e)</u>, not to exceed at any time outstanding $60,000,000;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness arising from (i) netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in respect of deposit accounts and (ii) the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, in each case, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five (5) business days of receiving written notice thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness in respect of (i) workers' compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with health or other types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance obligations, reclamation and statutory obligations, (ii) the financing of insurance premiums or self-insurance obligations, (iii) indemnity, bid, performance, warranty, release, appeal, surety, customs and similar bonds, letters of credit and banker's acceptances for operating purposes, and (iv) letters of credit issued or incurred to support the purchase of supplies, raw materials, real property leases and equipment in the ordinary course of business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Pledgor in connection with (i) that certain Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024, by CoreWeave, Inc., as Pledgor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) and (ii) any other guarantee agreement or similar agreement entered into by the Pledgor for the provision of a guarantee with terms substantially similar to the terms with respect to the guarantee provided under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any Indebtedness consisting of (i) obligations to purchase Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) from Investors (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) as required pursuant to the terms of the Series C Put Option Agreement and (ii) any Put Note; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any Indebtedness incurred to refinance any of the foregoing; *provided* that the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of any such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the refinanced Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon *plus* other amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing *plus* an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder.

"<u>Pledged Debt</u>" shall mean all Indebtedness evidenced by promissory notes or other Instruments (as defined in the UCC) from time to time owed to the Pledgor by the Borrower, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Debt.

"<u>Pledged Equity</u>" shall mean (a) the Equity Interests in the Borrower described or referred to in <u>Exhibit B</u> attached hereto, as supplemented from time to time, and any other Equity Interests in the Borrower (regardless of how denominated) that are now owned or hereafter

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acquired by the Pledgor; and (b) (i) the certificates or instruments, if any, representing such Equity Interests, (ii) Stock Rights with respect to the Borrower, (iii) all rights of the Pledgor under the Governing Documents of the Borrower, (iv) all replacements, additions to and substitutions for any of the assets referred to in this definition, including, without limitation, claims against third parties and (v) the Proceeds, including interest, profits and other income, of or on any of the assets referred to in this definition.

"<u>Pledgor Charter</u>" means the Pledgor's Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

"<u>Proceeds</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC and, in any event shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Pledged Equity or other Collateral, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

<u>"[\*] Convertible Promissory Note</u>" shall mean that certain Convertible Promissory Note, to be dated on or about November 5, 2025, by and among the Pledgor and the holders party thereto. All references to "[\*] Convertible Promissory Note" herein or in any other Loan Document shall mean the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note substantially in the form delivered to the Lead Lenders on or about October 10, 2025 (without giving effect to any amendments thereto that are material to the interests of the Lenders unless consented to in writing by the Lead Lenders; *provided*, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment that would increase (x) the maximum principal amount thereof or (y) the aggregate Settlement Amount (as defined in the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note) payable thereunder, in each case, shall be deemed material to the interests of the Lenders).

"<u>Purchase Money Obligations</u>" means any Indebtedness incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, design, leasing, construction, installation or improvement of property (real or personal), plant, equipment or other assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the equity interests of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise, in each case, within 180 days of such acquisition, design, leasing, construction, installation or improvement.

"<u>Put Note</u>" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Series C Put Option Agreement.

"<u>Put Option Payment Amount</u>" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of (a) gross proceeds received by the Pledgor or any holding company of the Pledgor from any Initial Public Offering or any other equity offerings occurring thereafter and (b) the cumulative amount (which shall not be less than zero) of "retained earnings" set forth on the Pledgor's most recent consolidated balance sheet calculated in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Qualified IPO</u>" means the consummation of a single offering or series of offerings (on a primary basis) of the common Equity Interests of Pledgor or any holding company of Pledgor resulting in such Equity Interests being listed on a nationally-recognized stock exchange in the applicable jurisdiction which generates gross proceeds from such primary offering at least equal to $1,000,000,000.

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"<u>Qualified Stock</u>" of any Person shall mean Equity Interests of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.

"<u>Refunding Capital Stock</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in <u>Section 5.12</u>.

"<u>Retired Capital Stock</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in <u>Section 5.12</u>.

"<u>Second Amendment Effective Date</u>" shall mean May 16, 2024.

"<u>Section</u>" shall mean a numbered section of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Security</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

"<u>Series C Put Option Agreement</u>" shall mean that certain Put Option Agreement dated on or about May 20, 2024, by and among the Pledgor and the investors listed on <u>Schedule A</u> thereto. All references to "Series C Option Agreement" herein or in any other Loan Document shall mean the Series C Option Agreement as in effect on the date of its execution.

"<u>Sold Entity or Business</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Consolidated EBITDA".

"<u>Stock Rights</u>" shall mean all dividends, instruments or other distributions and any other right or property which the Pledgor shall receive or shall become entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for any Pledged Equity, or resulting from a split up, revision, reclassification or other similar change of the Pledged Equity, any right to receive Equity Interests and any right to receive earnings (including any subscription warrants, rights or options), in which the Pledgor now has or hereafter acquires any right, issued by the Borrower in respect of its Equity Interests.

"<u>Termination Date</u>" shall mean the date that Payment in Full occurs.

"<u>Total Debt</u>" means, as at any date of determination (without double counting), (a) the aggregate stated balance sheet amount (in accordance with GAAP) of all Indebtedness of (i) the Pledgor, (ii) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of Pledgor that is Guaranteed or secured by the assets of the Pledgor (excluding any such Indebtedness being Guaranteed to the extent the Indebtedness being Guaranteed has a LTV Ratio not greater than 50% ("<u>Excluded Debt</u>")) and (iii) without duplication, any Indebtedness of the Borrower secured under <u>Section 6.02(d)</u> of the Credit Agreement (and solely to the extent that such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by the Pledgor); *provided* that, with respect to Indebtedness being Guaranteed which is not Excluded Debt, such Indebtedness will only increase Total Debt in an amount equal to (x) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Guaranteed *minus* (y) an amount that (if excluded from the principal amount of such Indebtedness) would result in such Indebtedness having a LTV Ratio equal to fifty percent (50%).

"<u>UCC</u>" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be

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applied in connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the Collateral Agent's Lien on any Collateral.

"<u>Unrestricted Cash</u>" shall mean cash or Cash Equivalents of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries that would not appear as "restricted" on a consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor; *provided* that cash or Cash Equivalents that would appear as "restricted" on a consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor solely because such cash or Cash Equivalents are subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent shall constitute Unrestricted Cash hereunder.

The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

**ARTICLE II.**

**GUARANTEE**

**<u>Section 2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Guarantee.</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the provisions of <u>Section 2.1(b)</u>, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely a surety, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise) of the Obligations and whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise, and whether such Obligations are now existing or hereafter incurred (including any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments and renewals of any or all of such Obligations). Guarantor further agrees that the Obligations may be extended, increased, renewed, amended or modified, in whole or in part, without notice to, or further assent from Guarantor, and that Guarantor will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension, increase, renewal, amendment or modification of any Obligations. Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, presentment to, demand of payment from, and protest to, the Borrower or any other Person of any of the Obligations, and also waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Anything herein or in the Credit Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by the Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable federal and state requirements of Law relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or the insolvency of debtors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent that the Borrower would be required to make payments pursuant to <u>Section 9.05</u> of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all fees and expenses (including without limitation, all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, the Guarantor under this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until the Termination

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Date, notwithstanding that from time to time prior thereto no amounts may be outstanding under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No payment or payments made by the Borrower received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party from the Borrower by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of, or in payment of, the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of the Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments (other than payments made by the Borrower or the Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or payments received or collected from the Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of the Guarantor hereunder until the Termination Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Collateral Agent in writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment and performance when due (whether or not any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not of collection, and, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of any of the Obligations, or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Guarantor or any other Person. Any payment required to be made by the Guarantor hereunder may be required by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on any number of occasions until such payment is made (or waived in accordance with the Credit Agreement).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for termination or release of the Guarantor's obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the reduction or repayment of the Obligations (or any portion thereof). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and except for termination or release of a Guarantor's obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (i) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guarantee; (ii) the validity, regularity or

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enforceability of any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the Obligations; (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights (other than a defense of payment and performance) that Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party or any other Person in connection with the Guarantee; and (iv) any other circumstance (including statute of limitations) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of the Guarantor under the Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

**ARTICLE III.**

**GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST**

The Pledgor hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following items, categories and types of personal property, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of, the Pledgor (including under any trade name or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, the Pledgor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be collectively referred to as the "<u>Collateral</u>"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in and to the Borrower, including, without limitation, the Pledged Equity and the Pledged Debt, whether constituting General Intangibles, Investment Property or otherwise;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in the Governing Documents of the Borrower; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all books and records (including, without limitation, customer lists, credit files, printouts and other computer output materials and records) of the Pledgor pertaining to any of the Collateral; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent not otherwise included in <u>clauses (a)</u> through <u>(c)</u> above, all Proceeds (including Stock Rights) of, and all documents, instruments, and certificates at any time evidencing or relating to, the foregoing, together with all Governing Documents, books, and records relating to the Pledged Equity,

in each case to secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations.

**ARTICLE IV.**

**REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES**

The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties on and as of the Closing Date and on each other date on which the representations and warranties of the Borrower are made under the Credit Agreement as follows:

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**<u>Section 4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title and Perfection</u>**. The Pledgor has good and valid (a) rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral and (b) title to the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a security interest hereunder, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>, and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the security interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto. When a financing statement with respect to the Collateral has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware against the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent will have a validly perfected first priority security interest in that Collateral of the Pledgor in which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement with respect to the Collateral in such office, subject only to Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>.

**<u>Section 4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Type and Jurisdiction of Organization</u>**. The type of entity of the Pledgor and its state of organization as of the Closing Date are set forth on <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**<u>Section 4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Principal Location</u>**. The Pledgor's mailing address and the location of its place of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of business) as of the Closing Date are disclosed in <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**<u>Section 4.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exact Names</u>**. As of the Closing Date, the Pledgor's name in which it has executed this Agreement is the exact name as it appears in the Pledgor's Governing Documents, as amended, as filed with the Pledgor's jurisdiction of organization as of the Closing Date. Except as may be described in <u>Exhibit A</u>, the Pledgor has not, during the past five years prior to its becoming a party hereto, had any other legal or fictitious name.

**<u>Section 4.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No Financing Statements</u>**. The Pledgor has not consented to the filing of any financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral, except such as have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.

**<u>Section 4.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pledged Equity</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Exhibit B</u> sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Pledged Equity owned by the Pledgor as of the Closing Date. The Pledgor is the direct, sole beneficial owner and sole holder of record of the Pledged Equity listed on <u>Exhibit B</u> as being owned by it, free and clear of any Liens, except for Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>. The Pledgor further represents and warrants that (i) all Pledged Equity owned by it is duly authorized and validly issued and, if such Pledged Equity is stock in a corporation, is fully paid and non assessable (to the extent the concept is applicable), (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Collateral Agent representing Equity Interests, either such certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the Issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not Securities, the Pledgor has so informed the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent may take steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General Intangible, and (iii) none of the Pledged Equity is held by a securities intermediary or in a securities account.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In addition, (i) none of the Pledged Equity owned by the Pledgor has been issued or transferred in violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any

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jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject, (ii) there are existing no options, warrants, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to such Pledged Equity or which obligate the issuer of any Equity Interests included in the Pledged Equity to issue additional Equity Interests, and (iii) no consent, approval, authorization, or other action by, and no giving of notice, filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required for the pledge by the Pledgor of such Pledged Equity pursuant to this Agreement or for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Pledgor, or for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the Pledged Equity pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such disposition by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Pledgor owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower.

**<u>Section 4.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Benefit to the Pledgor</u>**. The Pledgor is the sole member of the Borrower and the Pledgor's pledge of Collateral pursuant to this Agreement is expected to benefit, directly or indirectly, the Pledgor; and it has determined that this Agreement is necessary and convenient to the conduct, promotion and attainment of the business of the Pledgor.

**<u>Section 4.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General Representations</u>**. The Pledgor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has full power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Pledgor has duly authorized and taken all other necessary corporate action for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. Pledgor has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement and each Material Project Contract to which the Pledgor is a party constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Pledgor except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws, by equitable principles, whether considered at law or in equity and any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing and for filings and registrations necessary to create or perfect Liens on the Collateral granted by the Pledgor in favor of the Secured Parties. Pledgor's execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Material Project Contracts and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not (a) violate any of its Governing Documents or conflict with or violate its contractual obligations, (b) violate any order, judgment or decree of governmental authority binding on it, (c) violate any applicable Laws, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than any Liens created hereunder), where any such violation or conflict referred to in <u>clauses (b)</u> and <u>(c)</u> of this <u>Section 4.8</u> would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Pledgor has duly obtained all necessary authorizations, consents, licenses, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority or any other Person required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Material Project Contract to which it is a party, and such authorizations, consents, licenses, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations are in full force and effect, in each case, except for (i) the filing of

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UCC financing statements (or the filing of financing statements under any other local equivalent) or (ii) such consents, authorizations, filings, licenses or other actions that have either (A) been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (B) are listed on <u>Schedule 4.8</u> hereto or (C) such actions, consents, approvals, registrations or filings the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Pledgor, threatened in writing against or affecting, the Pledgor or any business, property or rights of the Pledgor which (a) individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or the Guarantee, Liens or security interests created or purported to be created pursuant to this Agreement. Since December 31, 2022, there has been no occurrence, development, change, event, or loss which has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, any Material Adverse Effect.

**Section 4.9<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Material Project Contracts</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) There is no material breach or default, or condition that with notice and/or the passage of time would constitute a material breach or default by the Pledgor (nor, to the Pledgor's knowledge, by any counterparty thereto) under the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party, in each case which does (or would, given the passage of time) give the Pledgor or a counterparty the right to terminate a Material Project Contract.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Exhibit C</u> contains a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party in effect on the Closing Date, and all such Material Project Contracts are in full force and effect and, to the Pledgor's knowledge, no defaults currently exist thereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Pledgor has adequate rights under the Data Center Leases/Licenses for the development and operation of the Project, including as contemplated by the Closing Date MSAs and the other Material Project Contracts.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) None of the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party is subject to any action, suit, litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding or dispute which is reasonably likely to be adversely determined against the Pledgor or the Project and, if so adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

**<u>Section 4.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Solvency</u>**. On the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (a) the fair value of the assets (for the avoidance of doubt, calculated to include goodwill and other intangibles) of the Pledgor, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Pledgor, (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Pledgor will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of the Pledgor on its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) the Pledgor will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute

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and matured and (d) the Pledgor will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.

**<u>Section 4.11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intellectual Property</u>**. Except as has not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Pledgor owns or has the right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, licenses and other intellectual property rights which are necessary to perform its obligations under and in accordance with the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party and (b) to the knowledge of the Pledgor, no material product, process, method, service, substance, part or other material offered for sale, sold, contemplated to be sold or used by it in connection with its business infringes, misappropriates or violates any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name, copyright, trade secrets, know-how, license or other intellectual property right owned by any other Person.

**<u>Section 4.12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Data Protection Measures</u>**. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Pledgor has not experienced any Cyber Security Incidents related to personal data, material confidential Pledgor data, or information technology, in each case, which would require notification of individuals, other affected parties, law enforcement, or any Governmental Authority;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Pledgor has not received any subpoenas, demands, or other notices from any Governmental Authority investigating, inquiring into, or otherwise relating to any actual or potential violation of any Data Protection Laws or Cyber Security Incident and, to the knowledge of the Pledgor, the Pledgor is not under investigation by any Governmental Authority for any actual or potential violation of any Data Protection Laws or Cyber Security Incidents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;no notice, complaint, claim, enforcement action, proceeding, or litigation, has been served on, or initiated against the Pledgor or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents (in their capacity as such) by any Person or Governmental Authority under any Data Protection Laws; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall not cause, constitute, or result in a breach or violation of any Data Protection Laws or any terms of service or privacy policy entered into by the users of Pledgor's services.

**Section 4.13<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Equity Interests</u>**. The Equity Interests in the Borrower have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. There is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which the Borrower is a party requiring, and there is no Equity Interest in the Borrower outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by the Borrower of any additional Equity Interests in the Borrower or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase an Equity Interest in the Borrower.

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**ARTICLE V.**

**COVENANTS**

From the date of this Agreement, and thereafter until the Termination Date, the Pledgor agrees that:

**<u>Section 5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Authorization to File Financing Statements; Ratification</u>. The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent (or its designee) to file financing statements and other documents describing the Collateral in order to perfect the security interests created hereby. The Pledgor hereby agrees to deliver or file such financing statements, and to take such other actions necessary, as may from time to time be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to maintain a perfected security interest in and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral owned by the Pledgor (subject to Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>). Any financing statement filed by the Collateral Agent or its designee may be filed in any filing office in any relevant UCC jurisdiction and may (i) describe the Pledgor's Collateral in order to perfect the security interest created hereunder by any description which reasonably approximates the description contained in this Agreement, and (ii) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office's acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including whether the Pledgor is an organization and the type of organization of the Pledgor. The Pledgor also agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon reasonable request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pledgor agrees to prepare, record and file, at its own expense, financing statements (including continuation statements), amendments and supplements and such other instruments with respect to the Collateral now existing or hereafter created meeting the requirements of applicable state Law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect and maintain the security interests granted hereunder, and to deliver a file stamped copy of each such financing statement or other evidence of filing to the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent has no obligation to file UCC financing statements, continuation statements or amendments or any similar filings.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Organizational Documents; Further Assurances</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor shall not amend, supplement or modify any term or provision of its organizational documents relating to, or in connection with, its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower that would reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders, taken as a whole, or agree to do any of the same.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor agrees to take such commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral against all persons and to defend the security interest of the Collateral Agent in its Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted hereunder.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Other Financing Statements</u>. The Pledgor will not authorize the filing of any financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral owned by it, except for financing statements naming the Collateral Agent as the secured party.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>(d)</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Change of Name; Location of Collateral; Place of Business</u>. The Pledgor may change (a) its legal name, (b) its jurisdiction of organization (or, if not a registered organization, its "location" (as defined in Section 9-307 of the UCC)) or (c) its identity or organizational structure; *provided* that, within thirty (30) days after such change (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree at the written direction of the Required Lenders), the Pledgor will provide written notice to the Collateral Agent thereof. The Pledgor agrees to make all filings that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a legal, valid and perfected security interest in all the Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>(e)</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Fiscal Year</u>. The Pledgor shall not change its fiscal year end from December 31.

**<u>Section 5.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delivery of Certificates</u>**. The Pledgor will (a) deliver to the Collateral Agent, promptly upon execution of this Agreement, the originals of all certificated Securities, certificates or instruments in respect of the Collateral (if any then exist) (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), together with instruments of transfers in blank in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to transfer title to the Collateral Agent and (b) after the date hereof, hold in trust for the Collateral Agent upon receipt and promptly thereafter deliver to the Collateral Agent any certificated Securities, certificates or instruments, in each case, in respect of the Collateral, together with instruments of transfers in blank in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to transfer title to the Collateral Agent, and all such additional instruments and documents are necessary, or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to give effect to the pledge of the Collateral granted hereby and (c) upon the Collateral Agent's request, deliver to the Collateral Agent a duly executed amendment to this Agreement, in the form of <u>Exhibit D</u> hereto (the "<u>Amendment</u>"), pursuant to which the Pledgor will identify and ratify the pledge of such additional Collateral acquired after the date hereof. The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach each Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all additional Collateral owned by it set forth in such Amendments shall be considered to be part of the Collateral.

**<u>Section 5.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of Additional Securities</u>**. The Pledgor will not permit the Borrower to issue additional Equity Interests, any right to receive the same or any right to receive earnings, except to the Pledgor. The Pledged Equity will at all times constitute not less than 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower.

**<u>Section 5.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[Reserved].</u>**

**<u>Section 5.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Management Compensation Plan.</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Pledgor will (i) establish a compensation committee of three (3) members nominated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Pledgor (the "<u>Compensation Committee</u>") within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Required Lenders may

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agree), (ii) appoint a third-party executive compensation consultant (a "<u>Compensation Consultant</u>") within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Lender Representative may agree) to advise the Compensation Committee on at least an annual basis as to all executive compensation matters relating to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries and (iii) will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lender Representative in writing promptly following the establishment of the Compensation Committee and the appointment of the Compensation Consultant.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Pledgor shall empower the Compensation Committee to, in its sole discretion (acting in consultation with the Compensation Consultant), establish and maintain executive compensation plans with respect to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries; *provided* that, at no time, shall the terms of any executive compensation plan permit cash payments to any executive or other employee of the Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries that exceed, in the aggregate for all executives and other employees of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries, the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023, $25,000,000, so long as at least [\*]% of the [\*] GPU Servers and [\*] GPU Servers deployed pursuant to the [\*] MSA are being billed to the applicable customers as at December 31, 2023 (based on the amount of such [\*] GPU Servers and [\*] GPU Servers expected to be deployed pursuant to the model delivered to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date) on a run-rate basis; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2024, $40,000,000, so long as at least [\*]% of the [\*] GPU Servers and [\*] GPU Servers deployed pursuant to the [\*] MSA are being billed to the applicable customers at the time of any such bonus payments.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This covenant shall have no further force and effect following the earlier to occur of (i) a Qualified IPO and (ii) the Loan Balance Trigger Date.

**<u>Section 5.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Disposition of Pledged Equity Collateral</u>**. The Pledgor will not sell, lease, or otherwise Dispose of any Equity Interests constituting Collateral.

**<u>Section 5.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Debt Incurrence</u>**. Prior to the earliest to occur of (a) a Qualified IPO, (b) the Loan Balance Trigger Date and (c) the date the Pledgor obtains an Investment Grade Rating, the Pledgor will not incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness of Pledgor other than Permitted Indebtedness.

**Section 5.9<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payment of Obligations</u>**. The Pledgor shall pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all of its respective material obligations and liabilities, including material Tax liabilities and other material governmental claims, except where the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall maintain, in accordance with GAAP, reserves as appropriate for the accrual of any of the same.

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**<u>Section 5.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compliance with Data Protection Laws</u>**. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Pledgor shall comply, and make commercially reasonable efforts to cause its directors, officers, employees and agents to comply, with all Data Protection Laws applicable to its business and operations, (b) written policies and procedures will be maintained and enforced by or on behalf of the Pledgor that are reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by, the Pledgor and its directors, officers, employees and agents, with Data Protection Laws applicable to its business and operations and (c) perform any investigation or remedial action to the extent required by Governmental Authorities under Data Protection Laws.

**<u>Section 5.11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compliance with Loan Documents</u>**. The Pledgor will (a) use reasonable efforts not to take any action that causes the Borrower to violate any term, provision, representation, warranty or covenant contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) not take any action that causes the Borrower to (i) fail to comply with <u>Section 2.01(c)</u>, <u>Section 2.10(b)</u> and <u>Section 6.10(g)</u> of the Credit Agreement and (ii) pursue any other purchase or financing transaction in respect of the [\*] GPU Servers or [\*] GPU Servers required to satisfy the obligations under or pursuant to the Restricted Purchase Orders in contravention of such provisions.

**Section 5.12<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Restricted Payments</u>**. The Pledgor will not make, directly or indirectly (including via any Subsidiary or another Affiliate) any Restricted Payment, except:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of Equity Interests from former or current employees, officers, directors, consultants, Affiliates or other persons performing services for the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of stock repurchase plans, restricted stock agreements or similar agreements under which the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary has the option to repurchase such shares upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the termination of employment or service, or pursuant to a right of first refusal in an amount not to exceed the original purchase price thereof; <u>provided</u> that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this <u>clause (a)</u> do not exceed (i) prior to a Qualified IPO, $100,000,000 in any fiscal year and (ii) after the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the consummation of the K2 Buyback Transactions, so long as Pledgor uses commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the K2 Buyback Transactions on or before December 31, 2023;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the consummation of the Conductor Buyback Transactions, so long as Pledgor uses commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the Conductor Buyback Transactions on or before September 1, 2024;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests ("<u>Retired Capital Stock</u>") of the Pledgor, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Pledgor or any direct or indirect

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Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) or management investment vehicle to the extent contributed to the Pledgor (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) ("<u>Refunding Capital Stock</u>");

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Pledgor deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Pledgor, in each case, permitted under the Credit Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters' rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets; *provided* that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this <u>clause (f)</u> subsequent to the First Amendment Effective Date do not exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) Restricted Payments (1) required to be made pursuant to the Series C Put Option Agreement so long as no default (including any Default or Event of Default) then-exists or would result from the making of any Restricted Payment; *provided* that, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this <u>clause (g)(1)</u> shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the Put Option Payment Amount and (y) the amount required to purchase the applicable Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) pursuant to the Series C Put Option Agreement as of the relevant date of determination, (2) consisting of dividends in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Pledgor Charter) as and when required pursuant to Subsection 1.1 of Part B of Article Fourth of the Pledgor Charter; *provided* that such Restricted Payments may be made in cash only to the extent (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to the making of any such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment and (ii) the Pledgor shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, with <u>Section 4.25</u> of the 2021 Note Issuance Agreement and <u>Section 4.25</u> of the 2022 Note Issuance Agreement and (3) Restricted Payments made in respect of any Put Note, to the extent (i) such Put Note constitutes subordinated Indebtedness and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to the making of any such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) any other Restricted Payment in an amount equal to the amount distributed to the Pledgor by CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. IV, LLC pursuant to <u>Section 6.06(f)</u> of the CCAIV Credit Agreement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Restricted Payments required to be made pursuant to the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note (and, solely with respect to any such Restricted Payments constituting a Cash Settlement (as defined in the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note), so long as no Default or Event of Default then-exists or would result from the making of any such Restricted Payment); *provided* that, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this <u>clause (i)</u> shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Maximum Conversion Option Payment Amount and (ii) the aggregate Settlement Amount (as defined in the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note) actually paid pursuant to the [\*] Convertible Promissory Note (as in effect on the date of the original execution thereof) as of the relevant date of determination.<u>; and</u>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) <u>Restricted Payments (i) consisting of (A) payments of cash interest as required pursuant to the terms of the 2031 Convertible Notes, (B) payments or deliveries of the Pledgor's common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock of the Pledgor), cash or any combination upon conversion of the 2031 Convertible Notes in accordance with their terms, and (C) on or after the third anniversary of the closing date with respect to the 2031 Convertible Notes, other payments of cash (in the case of such cash payment, so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result from the making of such Restricted Payment) pursuant to the terms of the 2031 Convertible Notes prior to or in connection with any optional redemption, repurchase or maturity thereof or otherwise and (ii) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result from the making of any such Restricted Payment, any premium payments required to be made pursuant to the terms of the Capped Call Option Transactions.</u>

**<u>Section 5.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Use of Proceeds</u>**. The Pledgor will not use the proceeds of the Loans for any purpose other than as set out in <u>Sections 3.11</u> and <u>5.08</u> of the Credit Agreement.

**<u>Section 5.14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maintenance of Existence; Insurance.</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Pledgor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Pledgor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) in the Pledgor's reasonable business judgment, obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, (ii) comply with all applicable Laws, rules, regulations and judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, permits, licenses, and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted and (iii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as permitted by this Agreement), in each case in this <u>Section 5.14(b)</u> except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Pledgor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties, business and assets constituting Collateral at all times the types of insurance required to operate and maintain its properties, business and assets.

**<u>Section 5.15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mergers, Consolidations and Acquisitions</u>**. The Pledgor shall not:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with the Pledgor unless the Pledgor is the surviving entity;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) liquidate, dissolve or wind-up or modify its existing Governing Documents in any manner materially adverse to the Secured Parties; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) prior to the earlier to occur of (i) a Qualified IPO and (ii) the Loan Balance Trigger Date, purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person,

except:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Liens permitted by <u>Section 5.6</u>;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Permitted Acquisitions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(C)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the transactions permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (it being agreed and understood that, for the purposes of this <u>Section 5.15(c)(C)</u>, to the extent that this <u>Section 5.15</u> restricts any transactions of the Pledgor that are otherwise permitted with respect to the Borrower under any Loan Document, such transactions shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder with respect to the Pledgor, *mutatis mutandis*); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(D)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any transactions necessary to facilitate the consummation of a Qualified IPO.

**<u>Section 5.16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Material Project Contracts</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor shall, within one hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Lender Representative may reasonably agree):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;use commercially reasonable efforts (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require the Borrower to amend, or otherwise accept any changes to, any economic or other material terms of the relevant agreements) to either (A) partition the Data Center Leases/Licenses in a manner to permit the assignment to the Borrower of all or the applicable portion of each Data Center Lease/License that is necessary for the Borrower to comply with all its obligations under the applicable Closing Date MSA(s), and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, the assignment of each such partitioned Data Center Lease/License from the Pledgor to the Borrower or (B) deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, a duly executed assignment of the service orders relating to each such Data Center Lease/License to the Borrower from each counterparty to a Data Center Lease/License that is necessary for the Borrower to comply with all its obligations under the Closing Date MSA(s); *provided* that, if it is not commercially reasonable for the Pledgor to partition and/or assign any Data Center Lease/License or service order because such partition and/or assignment would result in additional costs to the Pledgor, then the Lenders shall have the right to assume such costs and the Pledgor shall have the obligation to consummate such partition and/or assignment; *provided, further,* that such assumption shall be irrevocable for

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the duration of the applicable Data Center Lease/License, shall be set forth in writing pursuant to an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Pledgor and, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents to the contrary, the costs and expenses assumed by the Lenders and the expenses of the Lenders incurred in connection with such assumption shall not be reimbursable by the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries and shall not in any respect be deemed to be Obligations under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;use best efforts (at Pledgor's expense (unless such expense is reasonably determined by the Borrower to exceed $100,000, in which case, such expense may be at the option of the Lenders assumed by the Lenders; *provided* that such assumption shall be irrevocable for the duration of the applicable Data Center Lease/License, shall be set forth in writing pursuant to an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Pledgor and, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, the costs and expenses assumed by the Lenders and the expenses of the Lenders incurred in connection with such assumption shall not be reimbursable by the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries and shall not in any respect be deemed to be Obligations under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents)) to deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders, a duly executed collateral access agreement relating to each Data Center Lease/License between the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and each third party counterparty to a Data Center Lease/License.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Pledgor shall perform and observe its covenants and obligations, and preserve, protect and defend its rights, under all Material Project Contracts to which it is a party, including prosecution of suits to enforce any of its rights thereunder and enforcement of any claims with respect thereto, except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Pledgor shall not:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;suspend, cancel or terminate, or waive any breach or default under, any Material Project Contract to which it is a party or consent to, allow to subsist, or accept any suspension, cancellation, termination or waiver thereof in any manner that would have a material and adverse impact on the Borrower's ability to service or fulfill its obligations under the Closing Date MSAs, in each case, without the consent of the Required Lenders (with such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sell, transfer, assign or otherwise Dispose of (by operation of law, capacity release or otherwise) or consent to any such sale, transfer, assignment or Disposition of, any part of its interest in any Material Project Contract to which it is a party if, as a result thereof, such action would have a material and adverse impact on the Borrower's ability to service or fulfill its obligations under the Closing Date MSAs, in each case, without the consent of the Required Lenders; or

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;waive, fail to enforce, forgive, compromise, settle, adjust or release (or consent to any of the foregoing in respect of) any right, interest or entitlement, howsoever arising, under, or in respect of, any Material Project Contract to which it is a party if, as a result thereof, such action would have a material and adverse impact on the Borrower's ability to service or fulfill its obligations under the Closing Date MSAs, in each case, without the consent of the Required Lenders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Pledgor shall not amend, supplement or modify or in any way vary, or agree to the variation of, any term or provision of a Material Project Contract to which it is a party, or of the performance of any covenant or obligation by any other Person under any Material Project Contract to which it is a party, that is material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The Pledgor shall take such further actions and make such further assurances (if any) as are reasonably required to maintain the validity of warranty coverage of any [\*] GPU Servers and [\*] GPU Servers transferred to Borrower; *provided, however,* that nothing in this <u>Section 5.16(e)</u> shall require Pledgor or the Borrower to purchase any "extended warranty" coverage on any such [\*] GPU Servers or [\*] GPU Servers.

**ARTICLE VI.**

**EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES**

**<u>Section 6.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pledged Equity</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given prior written notice to the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends or distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Equity, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other entity rights with respect to the Pledged Equity. Any sums paid upon or in respect of any Pledged Equity upon the liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower, any non-cash distribution of capital made on or in respect of any Pledged Equity or any property distributed upon or with respect to any Pledged Equity pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of the Borrower or pursuant to the reorganization thereof shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent or except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, be delivered to the Collateral Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations; *provided, however,* that, if such sum of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of any Pledged Equity shall be received by the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, as additional security for the Obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given prior written notice to the Pledgor, (i) the Pledgor's right to receive all cash dividends or distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Equity and to exercise all voting and corporate or other entity rights with respect to the Pledged Equity shall cease while such Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Pledged Equity and make

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application thereof to the Obligations in accordance with <u>Section 7.05</u> of the Credit Agreement, and (iii) any or all of the Pledged Equity shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, and the Collateral Agent or its nominee may (but shall not be obligated to) thereafter exercise (A) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Pledged Equity at any meeting of shareholders (or other equivalent body) of the Borrower or otherwise and (B) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Pledged Equity as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged Equity upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the organizational structure of the Borrower, or upon the exercise by the Pledgor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Pledged Equity, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Equity with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to the Pledgor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing. If such sum of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of any Pledged Equity shall be received by the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, as additional security for the Obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs the Borrower to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (A) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from the Pledgor, and the Pledgor agrees that the Borrower shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Equity directly to the Collateral Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Borrower to comply with any request received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that seeks to exercise or enforce any of the rights granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to <u>Section 6.2</u>. The Pledgor agrees that the foregoing authorization and instruction shall be sufficient to authorize the Collateral Agent's exercise or enforcement of such rights, and that the Borrower shall not be required to investigate the accuracy of any request made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 6.1(d)</u>.

**<u>Section 6.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Remedies Generally</u>**. During the continuation of an Event of Default:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) exercise any or all of the following rights and remedies to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;those rights and remedies provided in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document; *provided* that this <u>Section 6.2</u> shall not be understood to limit any rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties prior to an Event of Default;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;those rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable Law (including, without limitation, any Law governing the exercise of a bank's right of setoff or bankers' lien) when a debtor is in default under a security agreement (or its functional equivalent);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the right to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;without notice, demand or advertisement of any kind to the Pledgor or any other Person (except as specifically provided in <u>Section 9.1</u> or elsewhere herein or in the UCC), the right to enter the premises (including any premises owned or leased or to which the Pledgor otherwise has access rights) of the Pledgor where any Collateral is located (through self-held and without judicial process), the right to collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, sell, lease, assign, grant an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of, deliver, or realize upon, the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales (which sales may be adjourned or continued from time to time with or without written notice and may take place at the Pledgor's premises or elsewhere), subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable Law and the notice requirements described below, for cash, on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, and upon such other terms as are commercially reasonable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the right to transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee the whole or any part of the Pledged Equity, to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Pledged Equity for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations, to exercise the voting and all other rights as a holder with respect thereto, to collect and receive all cash dividends, interest and principal and other distributions made thereon and to otherwise act with respect to the Pledged Equity as though the Collateral Agent was the outright owner thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the right to send to any Depositary Bank a "Notice of Exclusive Control" (howsoever defined) under any Control Agreement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the right to discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the Collateral (except for such Liens as are specifically permitted hereunder).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall comply with any applicable state or federal Law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Upon any such public sale or sales or any such private sale or sales, the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation), to the extent permitted by law, to purchase for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which rights and equities of redemption the Pledgor hereby expressly releases.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Until the Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale or other disposition of Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, as provided under applicable Law, to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving or protecting the Collateral or its value, enforcing this Agreement or perfecting and maintaining the perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent's security interest in the Collateral. The Collateral Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of the Collateral Agent's remedies (for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall be required to (i) make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies against, the Borrower with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof, (ii) marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, or (iii) effect a public sale of any Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The Pledgor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Equity or any other Collateral, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof in accordance with <u>clause (a)</u> above. The Pledgor also acknowledges that any private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue of such sale being private. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Equity or any other Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the Pledgor or the Issuer of the Pledged Equity or other Collateral to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities Laws, even if the Pledgor and the Issuer would agree to do so.

**<u>Section 6.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pledgor's Obligations Upon Default</u>**. Upon the request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Pledgor will take any and all actions, and do any and all such things as are requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Guarantee and the Collateral, including, without limitation, the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) assemble and make available to the Collateral Agent the Collateral and all books and records relating thereto at any place or places reasonably specified by the Collateral Agent, whether at the Pledgor's premises or elsewhere;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) permit the Collateral Agent, by the Collateral Agent's representatives and agents, to enter, occupy and use any premises where all or any part of the Collateral, or the books and records relating thereto, or both, are located, to take possession of all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, to remove all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, and to conduct sales of the Collateral, without any obligation to pay the Pledgor for such use and occupancy;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) furnish to the Collateral Agent, or cause the Issuer of Pledged Equity to furnish to the Collateral Agent, any information regarding the Pledged Equity and the other Collateral in such reasonable detail as the Collateral Agent may reasonably specify; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) take, or cause the Issuer of Pledged Equity to take, any and all actions reasonably necessary to register or qualify the Pledged Equity to enable the Collateral Agent to consummate a public sale or other disposition of the Pledged Equity and the other Collateral.

**ARTICLE VII.**

**ATTORNEY IN FACT**

**<u>Section 7.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Authorization for Secured Party to Take Certain Action</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Pledgor irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent and any office or agent thereof at any time and from time to time, and appoints the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof (which appointment shall automatically terminate with respect to the Pledgor on the Termination Date or, if sooner upon the termination or release of the Pledgor hereunder), effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney in fact, with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Pledgor and in the name of Pledgor or its own name, to (at the expense of the Pledgor), upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and prior written notice to the Pledgor:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; do all acts and things necessary or desirable in the Collateral Agent's sole discretion, at any time and from to time to time, to preserve, protect and realize upon the Collateral and perfect and maintain the perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent's security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral, and to contact and enter into one or more agreements with the Issuer or any issuers of uncertificated securities which are Pledged Equity or with securities intermediaries holding Pledged Equity as may be necessary or advisable to give the Collateral Agent Control over such Pledged Equity; *provided* that this authorization shall not relieve the Pledgor of any of its obligations under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in the name of Pledgor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due in relation to the Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to the Pledgor, pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral (other than taxes not required to be discharged under this Agreement and the Credit Agreement and constituting Liens permitted hereunder or thereunder);

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;execute, in connection with any sale of Collateral, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral or as the Collateral Agent shall direct; (A) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (B) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (C) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (D) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Pledgor with respect to any Collateral; (E) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may in its sole discretion deem appropriate; and (F) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Collateral Agent's option and Pledgor's expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agent's and the other Secured Parties' security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to vote any of the Pledged Equity and exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of any of the Pledged Equity would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of equity holders, calling special meetings of equity holders and voting at such meetings), which proxy shall be effective automatically and without the necessary of any action (including any transfer of the Pledged Equity on the record books of the Issuer thereof) by any Person (including the Issuer thereof or any officer or agent thereof).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interest created hereby is released. All acts of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified and approved. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, under this <u>Section 7.1</u> are solely to protect the Collateral Agent's interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE COLLATERAL AGENT MAY EXERCISE THE RIGHTS AND POWERS PROVIDED IN THIS <u>SECTION 7.1</u> ONLY DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT AND AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF ANY NOTICE PERIOD OTHERWISE REQUIRED HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT.

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**<u>Section 7.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Limitation of Duty</u>**. The Collateral Agent's sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account and shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property. Neither the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of the Pledgor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent's and the other Secured Parties' interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to the Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Collateral Agent shall be under no duty whatsoever to make or give any presentment, notice of dishonor, protest, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, or other notice or demand in connection with any Collateral or the Obligations, or to take any steps necessary to preserve any rights against the Pledgor or other Person or ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not it has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters. The Pledgor, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waives any right of marshaling in respect of any and all Collateral, and waives any right to require the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to proceed against the Pledgor or other Person, exhaust any Collateral or enforce any other remedy which the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party now has or may hereafter have against the Pledgor or other Person.

**ARTICLE VIII.**

**APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS**

**<u>Section 8.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Application of Proceeds</u>**. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds of Collateral received by the Pledgor consisting of cash, checks and other near cash items shall be held by the Pledgor in trust for the Secured Parties segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, and at the request of the Collateral Agent, shall, forthwith (and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days after any such request) upon receipt by the Pledgor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by the Pledgor (duly endorsed by the Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, if required or reasonably requested). At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the Collateral Agent's election, the Collateral Agent may apply all or any part of the Proceeds of Collateral held or received by it against the Obligations in such order as the Collateral Agent may elect in compliance with the Credit Agreement, and any part of such funds which the Collateral Agent elects not so to apply

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and deems not required as collateral security for such Obligations shall be promptly paid over from time to time by the Collateral Agent to the Pledgor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Any balance of such Proceeds remaining after the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) shall have been paid in full shall be promptly paid over to the Pledgor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

**ARTICLE IX.**

**GENERAL PROVISIONS**

**<u>Section 9.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Waivers</u>**. As provided in Section 9-612 of the UCC, any notice of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral may be made shall be deemed sent within a reasonable time if sent to the Pledgor, addressed as set forth in <u>Article X</u>, after the occurrence of an Event of Default and at least ten (10) days prior to (a) the date of any such public sale or (b) the time after which any such private sale or other disposition may be made. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, the Pledgor waives all claims, damages, and demands against the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral, except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Pledgor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any valuation, stay, appraisal, extension, moratorium, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or under the power of sale conferred by this Agreement, or applicable Law. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Pledgor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any Collateral.

**<u>Section 9.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Limitation on Collateral Agent's and any Other Secured Party's Duty with Respect to the Collateral</u>**. The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. The Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith, except to the extent that such loss or diminution is attributable to the Collateral Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto.

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Nothing in this Agreement shall connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations on the part of the Collateral Agent, arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law.

**<u>Section 9.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Secured Party Performance of Debtor Obligations</u>**. Without having any obligation to do so, the Collateral Agent may during the continuance of an Event of Default perform or pay any obligation which the Pledgor has agreed to perform or pay in this Agreement and the Pledgor shall reimburse the Collateral Agent for any amounts paid by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 9.3</u>. The Pledgor's obligation to reimburse the Collateral Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be included in the Obligations and payable on demand.

**<u>Section 9.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Specific Performance of Certain Covenants</u>**. The Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained herein will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breaches and therefore agrees that the covenants of the Pledgor contained herein shall be specifically enforceable against the Pledgor.

**<u>Section 9.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No Waiver; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies</u>**. No delay or omission of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any right or remedy granted under this Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall not preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Agreement whatsoever (other than any Amendment), nor consent to any departure by the Pledgor therefrom, shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Collateral Agent with the concurrence or at the written direction of the Required Lenders to the extent required under <u>Section 9.08</u> of the Credit Agreement and the Pledgor and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All rights and remedies contained in this Agreement or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with <u>Section 9.11</u>.

**<u>Section 9.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Limitation by Law; Severability of Provisions</u>**. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of Law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of Law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded or registered, in whole or in part. Any provision in this Agreement that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable.

**<u>Section 9.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reinstatement</u>**. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Pledgor for liquidation or reorganization, should the Pledgor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part

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of any the Pledgor's assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable Law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent conveyance," or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

**<u>Section 9.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Benefit of Agreement</u>**. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Pledgor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; *provided* that, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and all Lenders, and any such purported assignment, transfer or delegation shall be null and void.

**<u>Section 9.9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Survival of Representations</u>**. All representations and warranties of the Pledgor contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

**<u>Section 9.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Headings</u>**. The title of and section headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

**<u>Section 9.11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Termination or Release</u>**. The Guarantor and the Pledgor shall be released automatically from each of their obligations hereunder and the Guarantee and the security interest granted hereby shall also terminate and be released automatically on the Termination Date and, upon such termination, the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of an officer's certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of the Borrower (and countersigned by the Administrative Agent) attesting to compliance with the conditions precedent contemplated herein and in any other Loan Documents (as applicable), and at the expense of the Pledgor or Borrower, execute and deliver to Pledgor such documentation (including any and all releases of Liens, termination statements and assignments) as it may reasonably request to effectuate the same (it being agreed and understood that such officer's certificate shall not be required on the Termination Date). Any execution and delivery of the foregoing documents by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 9.11</u> shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

**<u>Section 9.12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Entire Agreement</u>**. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral.

**<u>Section 9.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; PATRIOT ACT</u>. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. <u>SECTIONS 9.11</u>, <u>9.15</u> and <u>9.19</u> OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY** 

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**INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE TO SUCH TERMS.** 

**<u>Section 9.14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Resignation of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent</u>**. <u>Section 8.06</u> of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference, *mutatis mutandis*, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.

**<u>Section 9.15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Expenses and Indemnity</u>**. <u>Section 9.05</u> of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference *mutatis mutandis*, as if stated verbatim herein as agreements and obligations of the Pledgor.

**<u>Section 9.16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Counterparts</u>**. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by fax or other electronic transmission (e.g. .pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words "execution," "signed," "signature," and words of like import in this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

**<u>Section 9.17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lien Absolute</u>**. The Pledgor shall not be released from its obligations hereunder by reason of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any of the Obligations, by operation of law or otherwise, or any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Obligations, or any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or performance of the Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) any lack of validity or enforceability relating to or against the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, for any reason related to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations, or any applicable Law purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower of the principal of or interest on the Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any part of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations, including any increase or decrease in the rate of interest thereon;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) any change in the legal existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, or any of their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Obligation of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) any present or future law, regulation or order of any jurisdiction (whether of right or in fact) or of any agency thereof purporting to reduce, amend, restructure or otherwise affect any term of any Loan Document, the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) any other setoff, defense or counterclaim whatsoever (in any case, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory) with respect to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any other agreement or instrument or the transactions contemplated thereby which might constitute a legal or equitable defense available to, or discharge of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, other Secured Party or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Pledgor's obligations hereunder;

except in each case to the extent that any written amendment, settlement, compromise, waiver or release entered into with the Collateral Agent expressly terminates the obligations of the Pledgor hereunder.

**<u>Section 9.18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Release</u>**. The Pledgor consents and agrees that the Collateral Agent may at any time, or from time to time, in compliance with the Credit Agreement and otherwise in its discretion:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;renew, extend or change the time of payment, and/or the manner, place or terms of payment of all or any part of the Obligations; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;exchange, release and/or surrender all or any of the Collateral (including the Pledged Equity), or any part thereof, by whomsoever deposited, which is now or may hereafter be held by the Collateral Agent in connection with all or any of the Obligations, all in such manner and upon such terms as the Collateral Agent may deem proper, and without notice to or further assent from the Pledgor, it being hereby agreed that the Pledgor shall be and remain bound upon this Agreement, irrespective of the value or condition of any of the Collateral, and notwithstanding any such change, exchange, settlement, compromise, surrender, release, renewal or extension, and notwithstanding also that the Obligations may, at any time, exceed the aggregate principal amount thereof set forth in the Credit Agreement, or any other agreement governing any Obligations.

**ARTICLE X.**

**NOTICES**

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**<u>Section 10.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sending Notices</u>**. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with <u>Section 9.01</u> of the Credit Agreement, with each notice to the Pledgor being given in the same manner as notice to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement; *provided* that such notice shall in each case be addressed to the Pledgor at its notice address set forth on <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**<u>Section 10.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Change in Address for Notices</u>**. Each of the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders may change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties hereto.

**ARTICLE XI.**

**THE COLLATERAL AGENT**

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties hereunder pursuant to <u>Section 8.01</u> of the Credit Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties to this Agreement that any authority conferred upon the Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the delegation of authority made by the Secured Parties to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and that the Collateral Agent has agreed to act (and any successor Collateral Agent shall act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions contained in such <u>Section 8.01</u>. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement and not in its individual or corporate capacity. In acting hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities set forth in the Credit Agreement as if such rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities were set forth herein. Any successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to <u>Section 8.01</u> of the Credit Agreement shall be entitled to all the rights, interests and benefits of the Collateral Agent hereunder.

**ARTICLE XII.**

**CONSENT TO PLEDGED EQUITY**

The Borrower, in its capacity as an issuer of Pledged Equity (in such capacity, the "<u>Issuer</u>"), hereby (a) consents to the grant by the Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of a security interest in and Lien on all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in and to Pledged Equity, (b) represents to the Collateral Agent that it has no rights of setoff or other claims against any of the Pledged Equity, (c) acknowledges and agrees that it shall, upon demand by the Collateral Agent, pay to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any dividends and distributions due to the Pledgor in accordance with the terms hereof, and (d) consents to the transfer of such Pledged Equity to the Collateral Agent or its nominee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as a partner in any partnership or as a member in any limited liability company with all the rights and powers related thereto. The Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs the Issuer to comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (a) states that an Event of Default has occurred and (b) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from the Pledgor.

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## Exhibit 10.18

***Execution Version***

**EXHIBIT 10.18**

**THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT**

This THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 28, 2025 (this "**Third Amendment**"), is by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC (the "**Borrower**") and each of the Consenting Lenders (as defined below).

**W I T N E S S E T H**

**WHEREAS**, the Borrower, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "**Administrative Agent**", U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the Collateral Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank, and the other financial institutions party thereto are party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, including by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2024, that certain Limited Waiver and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2024, the "**Existing Credit Agreement**", and after giving effect to this Third Amendment, the "**Credit Agreement**");

**WHEREAS**, in accordance with Section 9.08(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower and the Required Lenders desire to enter into, execute and deliver this Third Amendment as an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement; and

**WHEREAS**, the Lenders party hereto constituting at least the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement (collectively, the "**Consenting Lenders**") have agreed to make certain amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement, in each case as more specifically set forth herein.

**NOW THEREFORE**, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower and the Consenting Lenders covenant and agree as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.<u>Capitalized</u> <u>Terms</u>: Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.<u>Amendments</u> <u>to</u> <u>Credit Agreement</u>. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in <u>Section 3</u> below, the Borrower and the Consenting Lenders hereby agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)the definition of "Obligors" is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

"***Obligors***" means, collectively, on and after the Second Amendment Effective Date, any Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes an Obligor in accordance with Section 5.23 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, all Subsidiaries of the Borrower shall become Obligors under this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.23. It is agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the requirements of Section 5.23, the Specified Foreign Entities shall be deemed to be Obligors for all purposes hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)the definition of "Specified Foreign Entities" is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

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"***Specified Foreign Entities***" shall mean, collectively, (i) until and including June 13, 2025, CoreWeave (Spain) S.L., (ii) until and including March 31, 2025, CoreWeave UK Limited and (iii) until and including April 30, 2025, CoreWeave Sweden AB and, solely with respect to certain other GPU Servers held in Sweden, if any, Parent. For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no Specified Foreign Entities after June 13, 2025.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)Section 5.26 of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

<u>Perfection Certificate</u>. The Borrower shall, as soon as practicable but in no event later than June 13, 2025 (or such later date as the Lead Lenders may agree) deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly executed perfection certificate satisfactory to the Lead Lenders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.<u>Conditions</u>. This Third Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction or waiver of all of the following conditions precedent (the date upon such satisfaction or waiver, the "**Third Amendment Effective Date**"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)the Consenting Lenders shall have received fully executed copies of the Third Amendment, ;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Third Amendment Effective Date immediately before or after giving effect to this Third Amendment, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)the representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) or except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly intended to be made as of the Closing Date or conditioned on the occurrence of the Closing Date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date or conditioned on the occurrence of the Closing Date, as applicable), as applicable (and, in all cases, to the extent qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.<u>Post-Closing</u> <u>Obligations</u>. Within the time periods specified on Schedule A hereto (as each may be extended by the Lead Lenders in their sole discretion), the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, complete such undertakings as are set forth on Schedule A hereto. Failure of the Borrower to, or to cause each Subsidiary to, comply with the obligations of this <u>Section 4</u> shall be deemed an Event of Default under Section 7.01(d) of the Credit Agreement

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.<u>Payment</u> <u>of</u> <u>Fees</u>. The Borrower shall pay (or cause to be paid) within thirty (30) days after the date of this Third Amendment the reasonable and documented and invoiced fees of Shipman & Goodwin LLP, King & Spalding LLP, and the Lenders incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Third Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.<u>Effectiveness</u>. Upon effectiveness of this Third Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof" or words of like

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import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in any other agreement to "the Credit Agreement," "thereunder," "thereof" or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Third Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.<u>Applicable Law; Waivers; Amendments; Entire Agreement; Waiver of Jury Trial;</u> <u>Severability; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process; Confidentiality</u>. Sections 9.07, 9.08, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.15 and 9.16 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference *mutatis mutandis.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.<u>[Reserved].</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.<u>Certification</u> <u>of</u> <u>Responsible</u> <u>Officer</u>. Borrower hereby certifies pursuant to Section 9.08(c) of the Credit Agreement, that (i) its signatory below is a Responsible Officer and (ii) that this Third Amendment and the amendments contained therein are permitted by the Loan Documents.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.<u>Acknowledgments</u> <u>of</u> <u>the</u> <u>Borrower.</u> The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally acknowledge, affirms and covenants to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders party hereto that the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Security Documents and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations under and as defined therein, and the Parent Guarantee does and shall continue to support the payment of all Obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.<u>Loan Document</u>. This Third Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.<u>Release</u>. Parent and the Borrower each hereby releases the Administrative Agent, the Lender Representative and the Lenders party hereto and their respective affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors as well as their respective successors from any and all claims, obligations, rights, causes of action, and liabilities, of whatever kind or nature, that are known or foreseen and arising on or before the date hereof, which the Borrower ever had, now have or hereafter can, shall or may have for, upon or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, which are based upon, arise under or are related to the Loan Documents (the "<u>Released</u> <u>Matters</u>"). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent and the Borrower, hereby waive the provisions of any statute or doctrine to the effect that a general release does not extend to claims which a releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in its favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by such releasing party would have materially affected the releasing party's settlement with the party being released. Each of the Parent and the Borrower acknowledge that the agreements in this paragraph are intended to be in full satisfaction of all or any alleged injuries or damages suffered by Parent, the Borrower or any of their Affiliates arising in connection with the Released Matters. Each of Parent and the Borrower acknowledge that the release contained herein constitutes a material inducement to Administrative Agent, the Lender Representative and the Lenders party hereto to enter into this Third Amendment and that the Administrative Agent, the Lender Representative and Term Lenders party hereto would not have done so but for their expectation that such release is valid and enforceable in all events. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not have any obligation hereunder to release matters or waive any claims or defenses resulting from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any of the parties released hereunder as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.<u>Execution in Counterparts</u>. This Third Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including in electronic format (including, without limitation, "pdf," "tif" or "jpg") and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign)), each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Third Amendment and of signature pages by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Third Amendment as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Third Amendment for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment to Credit Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

**COREWEAVE COMPUTE ACQUISITION CO., IV, LLC**, as the Borrower

By: <u>/s/ Michael Intrator</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> Name: Michael Intrator

Title: Chief Executive Officer

**COREWEAVE, INC.**, as Parent

By: <u>/s/ Michael Intrator</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> Name: Michael Intrator

Title: Chief Executive Officer

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The undersigned Lenders hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Third Amendment:

**BXC BXDR SUB-C LLC**, as a Consenting Lender By: Blackstone Rated Senior Direct

Lending Associates LLC, its manager

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Secretary and Vice President

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT SERIES**

**FUND-C-LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Credit Series Fund-C Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**PAIGE SUB-C LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Secretary and Vice President

**ALUMINUM SUB-C LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Secretary and Vice President

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**BLACKSTONE COF IV AIV-1 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV LP, its general partner

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE COF IV AIV-4 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV LP, its general partner

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE GREEN PRIVATE CREDIT FUND**

**III-E LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III-E LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**TURQUOISE SPECIAL ACCOUNT LP** ,

as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC, its investment advisor

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE**

**COMPANY**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LLC pursuant to the power of attorney now and hereafter granted to it as Sub Manager

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BXC BGREEN III PARALLEL CO-INVESTMENT**

**FUND SE I LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III LP, its general partner By: Blackstone Green Private Credit

Associates III (Delaware) LLC, its general Partner

By: GSO Holdings I L.L.C., its managing Member

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE GREEN PRIVATE CREDIT**

**FUND III AIV-1A LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III LP, its general partner

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III (Delaware)

LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I L.L.C., its managing member

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BLACKSTONE GREEN PRIVATE CREDIT**

**FUND III AIV-4 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III LP, its general partner

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III (Delaware)

LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I L.L.C., its managing member

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE MULTI-ASSET CREDIT**

**HOLDINGS LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Multi-Asset Credit Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT HIBISCUS FUND LP**, as a

Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Credit Hibiscus Associates LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I LLC, its managing member

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Third

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**BLACKSTONE CREDIT ORCHID FUND III LP**, as

a Consenting Lender

By: GSO Orchid Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/</u> <u>Marisa Beeney</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Third

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**BSOF PARALLEL ONSHORE FUND L.P.,**

as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Strategic Opportunity Associates L.L.C., its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Jack Pitts</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Jack Pitts

Title: Authorized Person

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Third

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**BX LOMOND S.À R.L**., as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Revel Wood&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Revel Wood

Title: Category A Manager

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**BX MATRIX II FUNDING, LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Christopher James&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Christopher James

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Third

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## Exhibit 10.22

***Execution Version***

**EXHIBIT 10.22**

**CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [\*], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO COREWEAVE, INC. IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.**

**FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT**

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of November 5, 2025 (this "**Amendment**"), is by and among CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as pledgor (the "**Pledgor**"), U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders and other Secured Parties (in such capacity, the "**Collateral Agent**") and each of the Consenting Lenders (as defined below).

**W I T N E S S E T H** 

**WHEREAS**, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have heretofore executed and delivered that certain Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the "**Existing Pledge Agreement**", and after giving effect to this Amendment, the "**Pledge Agreement**"), pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement with, dated as of May 16, 2024, by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC, as borrower, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as Administrative Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank, the Collateral Agent and the financial institutions party thereto as "<u>Lenders</u>" (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>");

**WHEREAS**, in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Existing Pledge Agreement and Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) desire to enter into, execute and deliver this Amendment as an amendment to the Existing Pledge Agreement; and

**WHEREAS**, the Lenders party hereto constituting the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement (collectively, the "<u>Consenting Lenders</u>") have agreed to make certain amendments to the Existing Pledge Agreement, in each case as more specifically set forth herein.

**NOW THEREFORE**, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) and the Consenting Lenders covenant and agree as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.<u>Capitalized Terms</u>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pledge Agreement or Credit Agreement, as applicable.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.<u>Amendments to Pledge Agreement</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in <u>Section 4</u> below, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) hereby agree that the Existing Pledge Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: <u>underlined text</u>) as set forth in the Pledge Agreement attached hereto as <u>Exhibit A</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c.<u>Representations and Warranties</u>. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Consenting Lenders:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.The Pledgor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has full power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment. Pledgor has duly authorized and taken all other necessary corporate action for the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment. Pledgor has duly executed and delivered this Amendment, and this Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Pledgor except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws, by equitable principles, whether considered at law or in equity and any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Pledgor's execution and delivery of this Amendment, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not (a) violate any of its Governing Documents or conflict with or violate its contractual obligations, (b) violate any order, judgment or decree of governmental authority binding on it, (c) violate any applicable Laws, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than any Liens created hereunder), where any such violation or conflict referred to in clauses (b) and (c) of this <u>Section 3(b)</u> would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d.<u>Conditions</u>. This Amendment shall become effective on the date when the following conditions are satisfied (the "**Amendment Effective Date**"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.The Collateral Agent and the Consenting Lenders shall have received, from the Pledgor, a fully executed copy of this Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein, each of the representations and warranties of the Pledgor set forth in <u>Section 3</u> of this Amendment shall be true and correct.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;e.<u>Payment of Fees</u>. The Pledgor shall pay (or cause to be paid) within thirty (30) days after the date of this Amendment the reasonable and documented and invoiced fees of (a) King & Spalding LLP, Perez-Llorca, Houthoff, and Mannheimer Swartling incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of the Loan Documents and invoiced

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prior to the date of this Amendment and (b) King & Spalding LLP and Shipman & Goodwin LLP incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;f.<u>Effectiveness</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Upon effectiveness of this Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Pledge Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof" or words of like import referring to the Pledge Agreement, and each reference in any other agreement to "the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement", "Pledge Agreement" "thereunder," "thereof" or words of like import referring to the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Pledge Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;g.<u>Waivers; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies; Severability; Entire Agreement; Choice of Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial</u>. Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.12 and 9.13 of the Pledge Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference *mutatis mutandis.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;h.<u>Loan Document</u>. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i.<u>Direction to Collateral Agent</u>. Each undersigned Consenting Lender (i) hereby certifies that it is a Lender and that collectively the undersigned Lenders constitute the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement, (ii) hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to promptly acknowledge and execute this Amendment, and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that (A) the Collateral Agent has executed this Amendment in reliance on the direction set forth in clause (ii) of this <u>Section 9</u>, and (B) the Collateral Agent will not have any responsibility or liability for executing such documents or ascertaining or confirming whether such documents are consistent with or comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;j.<u>Execution in Counterparts</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including in electronic format (including, without limitation, "pdf," "tif" or "jpg") and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign)), each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Amendment and of signature pages by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Amendment for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. This Amendment and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment and the other Loan Documents and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment shall become effective at such time as counterparts of this Amendment have been signed and delivered by all of the intended parties to this Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;k.<u>Acknowledgments</u>. The Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally acknowledges, affirms and covenants to Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders that:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.Except as specifically set forth above, the Pledge Agreement and the other Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.By its execution of this Amendment, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the terms of this Amendment do not constitute a novation, but, rather, a supplement of a pre-existing pledge and related agreement, as evidenced by the Pledge Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to the Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

**COREWEAVE, INC.**, as the Pledgor

By: <u>/s/ Michael Intrator&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Michael Intrator<br>Title: Chief Executive Officer

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to the Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

**U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION**, not in its individual capacity but solely as the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders)

By: <u>/s/ Fernando Moreyra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Fernando Moreyra<br>Title: Vice President

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**BXC BXDR SUB-C LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Rated Senior Direct Lending Associates LLC, its manager

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Secretary and Vice President

**BXD SERIES PROGRAM I LEVERED INVESTOR ASSSETCO LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Senior Direct Lending ICAV GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT SERIES FUND-C LP SERIES A** 

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT SERIES FUND-C LP SERIES B**

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT SERIES FUND-C LP SERIES C**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Credit Series Fund-X Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BXD SERIES PROGRAM I UNLEVERED INVESTOR ASSSETCO LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Senior Direct Lending ICAV GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**PAIGE SUB-C LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Secretary and Vice President

**AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone ISG-I Advisors L.L.C., pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter granted to it

By: Blackstone Asset based Finance Advisors LP, pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter granted to it

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BXD SERIES PROGRAM I CURRENCY INVESTOR ASSSETCO LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Senior Direct Lending ICAV GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**TURQUOISE SUNDEW FUNDING LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC, its investment advisor

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**EMERALD DIRECT LENDING 3 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC, its investment advisor

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BXC ARMADILLO CO-INVESTMENT FUND-D LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: BXC Armadillo Co-Investment Fund-D GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INSURANCE COMPANY**, as a Consenting Lender

By Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, pursuant to the power of attorney now and hereafter granted to it as Sub-Manager

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**CARNATION SUB LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Carnation Top Sub LLC, its sole member

By: Carnation TopCo LP, its sole member

By: BXC Azul Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**EMPIRE SUB-UF LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Empire Top Sub LLC, its sole member

By: Empire TopCo LP, its sole member

By: BXC Empire Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BXCI BXDR II SUB LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**FIDELITY & GUARANTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone ISG-I Advisors L.L.C., pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter granted to it

By: Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter granted to it

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BLACKSTONE COF IV AIV-1 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV LP, its General Partner

By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV (Delaware) LLC, its General Partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE COF IV AIV-4 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By:By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV LP, its General Partner

By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV (Delaware) LLC, its General Partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BLACKSTONE GREEN PRIVATE CREDIT FUND III AIV-1A LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III LP, its general partner

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III (Delaware) LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I L.L.C., its managing member

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**ALUMINUM SUB-C LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Secretary and Vice President

**BXC BGREEN III PARALLEL CO-INVESTMENT FUND SE I LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III LP, its general partner

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III (Delaware) LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I L.L.C., its managing member

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**TURQUOISE SPECIAL ACCOUNT LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC, its investment advisor

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BXD-T GIGABYE FUNDING LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: BXD-T Gigabyte Funding LLC, its general partner

By: BXD-T Aggregator Partnership LP, its managing member

By: Blackstone Technology Senior Direct Lending Fund ICAV GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT HIBISCUS FUND LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Credit Hibiscus Associates LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I LLC, its managing member

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT ORCHID FUND II LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: GSO Orchid Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BLACKSTONE GREEN PRIVATE CREDIT FUND III-E LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III-E LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE GREEN PRIVATE CREDIT FUND III AIV-4 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III LP, its general partner

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III (Delaware) LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I L.L.C., its managing member

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE MULTI-ASSET CREDIT HOLDINGS LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Multi-Asset Credit Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**Resolution Life Australasia Limited in its capacity as manager for Equity Trustees Limited as trustee for RLA PRIVATE CREDIT NUMBER 1 FUND**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, pursuant to the power of attorney now and hereafter granted to it as Sub-Manager

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**UTRECHT SUB-UF LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Utrecht Topco LP, its general partner

By: BXC Jade Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE CREDIT ADVISORS LP**, on behalf of funds and accounts managed, advised or sub-advised by it or its affiliates, as Lead Lender

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BX MATRIX II AGGREGATOR, LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Christopher James&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Christopher James

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BX MATRIX II FUNDING, LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Christopher James&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Christopher James

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 2.0 – Signature Page to Amendment <br>to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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**BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS FINANCE CO. L.L.C.**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Eric Liaw&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Eric Liaw

Title: Senior Managing Director and Treasurer

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**EXHIBIT A**

**<u>Pledge Agreement</u>**

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**EXECUTION VERSION <u>as amended by that certain First Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2025</u>**

**<u>PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT</u>**

THIS PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT (as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this "<u>Agreement</u>") is entered into as of May 16, 2024, by CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "<u>Pledgor</u>"), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent (the "<u>Collateral Agent</u>") for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties.

**PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On even date herewith, CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "<u>Borrower</u>"), entered into that certain Credit Agreement with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as the Administrative Agent and as the Collateral Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank and the financial institutions party thereto as "Lenders" (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>"), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make loans to the Borrower for the purposes and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor has determined that valuable benefits will be derived by it as a result of the Credit Agreement and the extensions of credit made (and to be made) by the Lenders thereunder.

ACCORDINGLY, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby act and agree as follows:

**ARTICLE I.<br>DEFINITIONS**

**Section I.1<u>Terms Defined in Credit Agreement</u>**. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

**Section I.2<u>Terms Defined in UCC</u>**. Terms defined in the UCC which are not otherwise defined in this Agreement or the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined in the UCC.

**Section I.3<u>Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein</u>**. As used in this Agreement, in addition to the terms defined in the introductory paragraph hereto and in the Preliminary Statements, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

"<u>2021 Note Issuance Agreement</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Magnetar Debt Documents".

"<u>2022 Note Issuance Agreement</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Magnetar Debt Documents".

"<u>Acquired EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business.

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"<u>Acquired Entity or Business</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "<u>Consolidated EBITDA</u>".

"<u>Amendment</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.2</u> hereof.

"<u>Approved Bank</u>" shall mean any commercial bank or investment bank, in each case, of nationally recognized standing (which shall exclude, for the avoidance of doubt, any equity funds or debt funds unless approved by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion).

"<u>Article</u>" shall mean a numbered article of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Bankruptcy Code</u>" shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled "Bankruptcy", as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

"<u>CCAII Credit Agreement</u>" shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC, as the borrower, the lenders party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association as depositary bank and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as administrative agent and collateral agent.

"<u>Collateral</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Article III</u>.

"<u>Compensation Committee</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.5(a)</u>.

"<u>Compensation Consultant</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.5(a)</u>.

"<u>Conductor Buyback Transactions</u>" shall mean the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of the Pledgor held pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2023, by and between the Pledgor, certain shareholders of Conductor Technologies, Inc., Conductor Technologies, Inc. and the other parties party thereto.

"<u>Consolidated EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period, the sum, without duplication, of Consolidated Net Income of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case (other than <u>clause (i)</u>) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, provincial, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to the definition of "Consolidated Net Income"; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (A) net losses of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate, currency or commodities risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such

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obligations, (B) bank fees and (C) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any restructuring charges, accruals or reserves; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any other non-cash charges, including (A) any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses or items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, (B) equity-based awards compensation expense, (C) losses on sales, disposals or abandonment of, or any impairment charges or asset write-down or write-off related to, intangible assets, long-lived assets, inventory and investments in debt and equity securities and (D) all losses from investments recorded using the equity method (*provided* that, if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any earn-out and other contingent consideration obligations in connection with any Investment permitted hereunder; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of (A) extraordinary, exceptional, nonrecurring or unusual losses (including all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses, Transaction expenses, integration costs, transition costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation and closing costs for facilities, costs incurred in connection with any strategic initiatives, costs or accruals or reserves incurred in connection with acquisitions, other business optimization expenses (including costs and expenses relating to business optimization programs and new systems design and implementation costs), restructuring costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and postretirement employee benefit plans and (B) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to or incurred in connection with any equity issuance, including, without limitation, an initial public offering, Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of "run-rate" cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies projected by the Pledgor in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within eighteen (18) months after the end of such period (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that "run-rate" means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken); *provided* that such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies are reasonably identifiable and reasonably attributable to the actions specified and reasonably anticipated to result from such actions; *plus*

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to <u>clause (b)</u> below for any previous period and not added back; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net loss from disposed or discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;required principal (including fixed amortization payments) and required interest payments made by the Borrower with respect to Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Credit Agreement and any other credit facilities permitted by, and incurred pursuant to, <u>clause (c)</u> of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness" (in each case, to the extent such amounts increased Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to <u>clause (a)</u> above);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net income from disposed or discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;extraordinary gains and unusual or non-recurring gains (less all fees and expenses relating thereto); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;increased or decreased (without duplication) by, as applicable, any adjustments resulting from the application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460, the Obligations under the Guarantee.

There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA (calculated on a pro forma basis) of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Pledgor or any Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Pledgor or such Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an "<u>Acquired Entity or Business</u>"). For purposes of determining the Consolidated EBITDA for any period, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Pledgor or any Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a "<u>Sold Entity or Business</u>"), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such

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Sold Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition).

Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated, at the Pledgor's option, on either (x) if, as of the date of determination, management of the Pledgor expects in good faith that the Consolidated EBITDA for the two quarters following such date of determination will be higher than the immediately preceding two quarters, by multiplying the Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent two fiscal quarters multiple by two or (y) an unannualized basis (i.e., the Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four fiscal quarters). It being agreed and understood that, for the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA with respect to (i) <u>clause (b)(i)(B)(b)</u> of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness", (ii) <u>Section 5.12(a)</u> and (iii) Section 6.06(d) under the Credit Agreement, such calculation shall be solely determined pursuant to <u>clause (x)</u> of the immediately preceding sentence.

"<u>Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense of such Person, including, without duplication, the amortization of deferred financing fees and costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, capitalized expenditures, conversion costs, amortization of favorable and unfavorable lease assets or liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Consolidated Interest Expense</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consolidated interest expense in respect of Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (i) amortization of OID resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers, acceptances, (iii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv) the interest component of capitalized lease obligations and (v) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received), pursuant to interest rate hedging obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (A) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with Transactions or any acquisition, (B) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (C) any "additional interest" or "liquidated damages" with respect to any debt securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (D) amortization of OID, deferred financing fees and costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and discounted liabilities, (E) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, and (F) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interest income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period.

"<u>Consolidated Leverage Ratio</u>" shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or

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prior to such date for which financial statements of the Pledgor have been delivered in accordance with Section 5.04(a) and Section 5.04(b) of the Credit Agreement.

"<u>Consolidated Net Income</u>" shall mean, with respect to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate consolidated net earnings (or loss) of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; *provided* that, without duplication:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles (effected either through cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive application, in each case, in accordance with GAAP) and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net after-tax effect of gains or losses attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments (including any disposal of abandoned or discontinued operations) or the sale or other disposition of any capital stock of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business as determined in good faith by the Pledgor shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt line items and other noncash charges in such Person's consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment, cancellation or conversion of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) hedging obligations or (iii) other debt or derivative instruments shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to goodwill, intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, equity based awards, equity incentive programs or other non-cash deemed financial charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions shall be excluded, and any cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration, or payout of equity interests by management of the Pledgor or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the Transaction shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the CCAII Credit Agreement), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the CCAII Credit Agreement) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred

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during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;accruals and reserves that are established within twelve (12) months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transaction (or within twelve (12) months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition) in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment, acquisition or any Disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Pledgor has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier (without any right of appeal thereof) within 180 days and (ii) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Pledgor has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standards Codification 815 and related pronouncements shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation and transaction gains or losses including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk) and any other monetary assets and liabilities shall be excluded; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates and other chargebacks (including government program rebates) shall be excluded.

In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of cash proceeds received from business interruption insurance and cash reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment or any Disposition permitted hereunder.

"<u>Control</u>" shall have the meaning contemplated by Article 8 or, if applicable, by Section 9-106 of Article 9 of the UCC.

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"<u>Depositary Bank</u>" shall mean a nationally recognized depositary bank acceptable to the Lender Representative (acting reasonably).

1"<u>Disposed EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries.

2"<u>Disqualified Stock</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the Term Maturity Date; provided that if such Equity Interest is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee's termination, death, or disability.

"<u>Exhibit</u>" shall refer to a specific exhibit to this Agreement (unless another document is specifically referenced) as from time to time supplemented by any Amendment.

"<u>Fixed Charges</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)all dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock during such period; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)all dividends or other distributions paid or accrued (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of disqualified Equity Interests during such period.

"<u>General Intangible</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Governing Documents</u>" shall mean the certificate of formation, the limited liability company agreement, and any other governing or organizational document of the Borrower, together with all of the other agreements or understandings of any kind, nature, or description relating to the governance and management of the Borrower and the corresponding legal and economic relationships of the owners of the Equity Interests in the Borrower.

"<u>Guarantee</u>" shall mean the guarantee pursuant to <u>Article II</u> hereof.

"<u>Guarantor</u>" shall mean the Pledgor.

"<u>Hedging Obligations</u>" means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

"<u>Initial Public Offering</u>" means the Pledgor's first marketed underwritten public offering of Class A Common Stock or other common equity securities under the Securities Act.

"<u>Investment Grade Rating</u>" shall mean a long-term unsecured senior debt rating of at least Baa3 or better by Moody's or BBB- or better by S&P.

"<u>Investment Property</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Issuer</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Article XII</u> hereof.

"<u>Loan Balance Trigger Date</u>" shall mean the date on which the principal amount of Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement shall have been reduced to thirty percent (30%) of the principal amount of Loans outstanding as of the Commitment Termination Date.

"<u>LTV Ratio</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness outstanding, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the principal amount of such Indebtedness to the total value (as measured by the Pledgor in its good faith and reasonable business judgment) of the collateral securing such Indebtedness.

"<u>Magnetar Debt Documents</u>" shall mean, collectively (a) (i) that certain Note Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2021, by and among the Pledgor, Magnetar Financial LLC, as representative of the holders and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (the "<u>2021 Note Issuance Agreement</u>") and (ii) the other transaction documents referred to therein (including any related notes purchase agreement), pursuant to which, the Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2025 were issued by the Pledgor to affiliated funds of Magnetar Financial LLC and (b) (i) that certain Note Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2022, by and among the Pledgor, Magnetar Financial LLC, as representative of the holders and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (the "<u>2022 Note Issuance Agreement</u>") and (ii) the other transaction documents referred to therein (including any related notes purchase agreement), pursuant to which, the Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and warrants were issued by the Pledgor to affiliated funds of Magnetar Financial LLC, in each case, as of the Closing Date and, after the Closing Date, without any amendments thereto which are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders excluding for these purposes any Magnetar Entity); *provided* that any amendment to the Magnetar Debt Documents which permits the Pledgor to take an action which is permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement or this Agreement shall be deemed to not be adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

"<u>Material Project Contracts</u>" shall mean each (a) Data Center Lease/License to which the Pledgor is a party, (b) the Intercompany Services Agreement and (c) any other agreement explicitly designated as

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a "Material Project Contract" by the Borrower and the Lender Representative pursuant to the Credit Agreement and to which the Pledgor is a party.

<u>"Maximum Conversion Option Payment Amount" means $225,000,000.</u>

"<u>Measurement Period</u>" shall mean each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Pledgor, taken as one accounting period.

"<u>Permitted Acquisition</u>" shall mean Investments (including acquisitions) the aggregate cash consideration (or, if the consideration for such Investment is assets of the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries, the value (as reasonably determined by the Pledgor) of such assets) for which is not greater than the sum of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)$250,000,000; *plus* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)the amount of net proceeds received by the Pledgor from issuances of Equity Interests; *plus* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)once the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor calculated in accordance with GAAP delivered to the Administrative Agent reflects that the cumulative amount of "retained earnings" reflected thereon is at least $250,000,000, the cumulative amount (which shall not be less than zero) of "retained earnings" set forth on the Pledgor's most recent consolidated balance sheet calculated in accordance with GAAP that is in excess of $250,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the portion of consideration for any Investment consisting of Equity Interests of the Pledgor shall not decrease the baskets set forth in the immediately preceding sentence.

"<u>Permitted Indebtedness</u>" shall mean:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)Indebtedness of the Pledgor representing a Guarantee of Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)Indebtedness of the Pledgor:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)While any Indebtedness remains outstanding pursuant to the Magnetar Debt Documents:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)Indebtedness under the Magnetar Debt Documents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)additional Indebtedness in a principal amount not to exceed the greater of (at the time of incurrence):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)on or prior to April 30, 2025, $650,000,000 in the aggregate; <u>provided</u> that, to the extent such Indebtedness is (x) incurred in pursuant to a revolving credit facility and/or (y) secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor, such Indebtedness permitted under this <u>subclause (a)</u> shall be (1) no greater than $500,000,000 in the aggregate and (2) provided by a Person that is an Approved Bank (it being agreed and understood that (i) to the extent that the Pledgor incurs a revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor in reliance upon this subclause (a) and (ii) delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Collateral Agent certifying that the conditions set forth in <u>subclauses (1)</u> and <u>(2)</u> of this <u>clause (a)</u> are satisfied with

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respect to such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness, then such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)prior to the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, an amount equal to the greater of (x) $600,000,000 and (y) 200% of Consolidated EBITDA; <u>provided</u> that, to the extent such Indebtedness is (x) incurred in connection with a revolving credit facility and/or (y) secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor, such Indebtedness permitted under this <u>subclause (b)</u> shall be (1) no greater than the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA and (2) provided by a Person that is an Approved Bank (it being agreed and understood that (i) to the extent that the Pledgor incurs a revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor in reliance upon this subclause (b) and (ii) delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Collateral Agent certifying that the conditions set forth in <u>subclauses (1)</u> and <u>(2)</u> of this <u>clause (b)</u> are satisfied with respect to such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness, then such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)following the first date on which all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Magnetar Debt Documents shall have been paid in full (other than with respect to contingent indemnity obligations not then due and payable), (A) Indebtedness of the Pledgor under a facility permitted pursuant to <u>clause (b)(i)(B)</u> above, and (B) additional unsecured Indebtedness of the Pledgor ranking *pari passu* with or junior to the obligations under the Guarantee; *provided* that such additional unsecured Indebtedness incurred under this <u>clause (b)(ii)(B)</u> must not mature prior to April 1, 2028 unless such Indebtedness is incurred pursuant to a revolving credit facility, asset-based revolver, line of credit, letter of credit facility or similar instrument provided by an Approved Bank;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)unsecured Indebtedness of the Pledgor representing guarantees of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Pledgor (other than the Borrower) if, at the time such guarantee is entered into, such Indebtedness being guaranteed has a LTV Ratio no greater than (A) ninety percent (90.0%), so long as a material portion of the contracts of such Subsidiary being guaranteed by such Indebtedness consist of contracts with (or contracted revenue from) entities which have an Investment Grade Rating or (B) seventy-five percent (75.0%), so long as a material portion of the contracts with (or contracted revenues from) entities which do not have an Investment Grade Rating; *provided* that such unsecured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this <u>clause (c)</u> may not mature prior to the date that is at least eighteen (18) months after the Term Maturity Date;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)Indebtedness represented by (i) Capital Lease Obligations or (ii) Purchase Money Obligations, including all refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this <u>clause (e)</u>, not to exceed at any time outstanding $60,000,000;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)Indebtedness arising from (i) netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in respect of deposit accounts and (ii) the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, in each case, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five (5) business days of receiving written notice thereof;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)Indebtedness in respect of (i) workers' compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with health or other types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance obligations, reclamation and statutory obligations, (ii) the financing of insurance premiums or self-insurance obligations, (iii) indemnity, bid, performance, warranty, release, appeal, surety, customs and similar bonds, letters of credit and banker's acceptances for operating purposes, and (iv) letters of credit issued or incurred to support the purchase of supplies, raw materials, real property leases and equipment in the ordinary course of business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)Indebtedness of the Pledgor in connection with (i) that certain Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2023, by CoreWeave, Inc., as Pledgor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) and (ii) any other guarantee agreement or similar agreement entered into by the Pledgor for the provision of a guarantee with terms substantially similar to the terms with respect to the guarantee provided under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any Indebtedness consisting of (i) obligations to purchase Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) from Investors (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) as required pursuant to the terms of the Series C Put Option Agreement and (ii) any Put Note; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)any Indebtedness incurred to refinance any of the foregoing; *provided* that the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of any such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the refinanced Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon *plus* other amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing *plus* an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder.

"<u>Pledged Debt</u>" shall mean all Indebtedness evidenced by promissory notes or other Instruments (as defined in the UCC) from time to time owed to the Pledgor by the Borrower, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Debt.

"<u>Pledged Equity</u>" shall mean (a) the Equity Interests in the Borrower described or referred to in <u>Exhibit B</u> attached hereto, as supplemented from time to time, and any other Equity Interests in the Borrower (regardless of how denominated) that are now owned or hereafter acquired by the Pledgor; and (b) (i) the certificates or instruments, if any, representing such Equity Interests, (ii) Stock Rights with respect to the Borrower, (iii) all rights of the Pledgor under the Governing Documents of the Borrower, (iv) all replacements, additions to and substitutions for any of the assets referred to in this definition, including, without limitation, claims against third parties and (v) the Proceeds, including interest, profits and other income, of or on any of the assets referred to in this definition.

"<u>Pledgor Charter</u>" means the Pledgor's Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

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"<u>Proceeds</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC and, in any event shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Pledged Equity or other Collateral, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

<u>"Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note" shall mean that certain Convertible Promissory Note, to be dated on or about November 5, 2025, by and among the Pledgor and the holders party thereto. All references to "Project [\*]Convertible Promissory Note" herein or in any other Loan Document shall mean the Project [\*]Convertible Promissory Note substantially in the form delivered to the Lead Lenders on or about October 10, 2025 (without giving effect to any amendments thereto that are material to the interests of the Lenders unless consented to in writing by the Lead Lenders; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment that would increase (x) the maximum principal amount thereof or (y) the aggregate Settlement Amount payable thereunder, in each case, shall be deemed material to the interests of the Lenders).</u>

"<u>Purchase Money Obligations</u>" means any Indebtedness incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, design, leasing, construction, installation or improvement of property (real or personal), plant, equipment or other assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the equity interests of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise, in each case, within 180 days of such acquisition, design, leasing, construction, installation or improvement.

"<u>Put Note</u>" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Series C Put Option Agreement.

"<u>Put Option Payment Amount</u>" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of (a) gross proceeds received by the Pledgor or any holding company of the Pledgor from any Initial Public Offering or any other equity offerings occurring thereafter and (b) the cumulative amount (which shall not be less than zero) of "retained earnings" set forth on the Pledgor's most recent consolidated balance sheet calculated in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Qualified IPO</u>" means the consummation of a single offering or series of offerings (on a primary basis) of the common Equity Interests of Pledgor or any holding company of Pledgor resulting in such Equity Interests being listed on a nationally-recognized stock exchange in the applicable jurisdiction which generates gross proceeds from such primary offering at least equal to $1,000,000,000.

"<u>Qualified Stock</u>" of any Person shall mean Equity Interests of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.

"<u>Refunding Capital Stock</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in <u>Section 5.12</u>.

"<u>Retired Capital Stock</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in <u>Section 5.12</u>.

"<u>Section</u>" shall mean a numbered section of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Security</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

"<u>Series C Put Option Agreement</u>" shall mean that certain Put Option Agreement dated on or about May 20, 2024, by and among the Pledgor and the investors listed on Schedule A thereto. All references to "Series C Option Agreement" herein or in any other Loan Document shall mean the Series C Option Agreement as in effect on the date of its execution.

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"<u>Sold Entity or Business</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Consolidated EBITDA".

"<u>Stock Rights</u>" shall mean all dividends, instruments or other distributions and any other right or property which the Pledgor shall receive or shall become entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for any Pledged Equity, or resulting from a split up, revision, reclassification or other similar change of the Pledged Equity, any right to receive Equity Interests and any right to receive earnings (including any subscription warrants, rights or options), in which the Pledgor now has or hereafter acquires any right, issued by the Borrower in respect of its Equity Interests.

"<u>Termination Date</u>" shall mean the date that Payment in Full occurs.

"<u>Total Debt</u>" means, as at any date of determination (without double counting), (a) the aggregate stated balance sheet amount (in accordance with GAAP) of all Indebtedness of (i) the Pledgor, (ii) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of Pledgor that is Guaranteed or secured by the assets of the Pledgor (excluding any such Indebtedness being Guaranteed to the extent the Indebtedness being Guaranteed has a LTV Ratio not greater than 50% ("<u>Excluded Debt</u>")) and (iii) without duplication, any Indebtedness of the Borrower secured under Section 6.02(d) of the Credit Agreement (and solely to the extent that such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by the Pledgor); *provided* that, with respect to Indebtedness being Guaranteed which is not Excluded Debt, such Indebtedness will only increase Total Debt in an amount equal to (x) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Guaranteed *minus* (y) an amount that (if excluded from the principal amount of such Indebtedness) would result in such Indebtedness having a LTV Ratio equal to fifty percent (50%).

"<u>UCC</u>" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the Collateral Agent's Lien on any Collateral.

"<u>Unrestricted Cash</u>" shall mean cash or Cash Equivalents of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries that would not appear as "restricted" on a consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor; *provided* that cash or Cash Equivalents that would appear as "restricted" on a consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor solely because such cash or Cash Equivalents are subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent shall constitute Unrestricted Cash hereunder.

The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

**ARTICLE II.<br>GUARANTEE**

**Section II.1<u>Guarantee.</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)Subject to the provisions of <u>Section 2.1(b)</u>, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely a surety, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise) of the Obligations and whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise, and whether such Obligations are now existing or hereafter incurred (including any extensions, modifications, substitutions,

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amendments and renewals of any or all of such Obligations). Guarantor further agrees that the Obligations may be extended, increased, renewed, amended or modified, in whole or in part, without notice to, or further assent from Guarantor, and that Guarantor will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension, increase, renewal, amendment or modification of any Obligations. Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, presentment to, demand of payment from, and protest to, the Borrower or any other Person of any of the Obligations, and also waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)Anything herein or in the Credit Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by the Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable federal and state requirements of Law relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or the insolvency of debtors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)To the extent that the Borrower would be required to make payments pursuant to Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all fees and expenses (including without limitation, all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, the Guarantor under this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until the Termination Date, notwithstanding that from time to time prior thereto no amounts may be outstanding under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)The Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)No payment or payments made by the Borrower received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party from the Borrower by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of, or in payment of, the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of the Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments (other than payments made by the Borrower or the Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or payments received or collected from the Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of the Guarantor hereunder until the Termination Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)The Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Collateral Agent in writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)The Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment and performance when due (whether or not any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not of collection, and, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of any of the Obligations, or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Guarantor or any other Person. Any payment required to be made by the Guarantor hereunder may be required by the Collateral Agent or any

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other Secured Party on any number of occasions until such payment is made (or waived in accordance with the Credit Agreement).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)Except for termination or release of the Guarantor's obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the reduction or repayment of the Obligations (or any portion thereof). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and except for termination or release of a Guarantor's obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (i) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guarantee; (ii) the validity, regularity or enforceability of any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the Obligations; (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights (other than a defense of payment and performance) that Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party or any other Person in connection with the Guarantee; and (iv) any other circumstance (including statute of limitations) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of the Guarantor under the Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

**ARTICLE III.<br>GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST**

The Pledgor hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following items, categories and types of personal property, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of, the Pledgor (including under any trade name or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, the Pledgor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be collectively referred to as the "<u>Collateral</u>"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in and to the Borrower, including, without limitation, the Pledged Equity and the Pledged Debt, whether constituting General Intangibles, Investment Property or otherwise;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in the Governing Documents of the Borrower; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all books and records (including, without limitation, customer lists, credit files, printouts and other computer output materials and records) of the Pledgor pertaining to any of the Collateral; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent not otherwise included in <u>clauses (a)</u> through <u>(c)</u> above, all Proceeds (including Stock Rights) of, and all documents, instruments, and certificates at any time evidencing or relating to, the foregoing, together with all Governing Documents, books, and records relating to the Pledged Equity,

in each case to secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations.

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**ARTICLE IV.<br>REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES**

The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties on and as of the Closing Date and on each other date on which the representations and warranties of the Borrower are made under the Credit Agreement as follows:

**Section IV.1<u>Title and Perfection</u>**. The Pledgor has good and valid (a) rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral and (b) title to the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a security interest hereunder, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>, and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the security interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto. When a financing statement with respect to the Collateral has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware against the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent will have a validly perfected first priority security interest in that Collateral of the Pledgor in which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement with respect to the Collateral in such office, subject only to Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>.

**Section IV.2<u>Type and Jurisdiction of Organization</u>**. The type of entity of the Pledgor and its state of organization as of the Closing Date are set forth on <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**Section IV.3<u>Principal Location</u>**. The Pledgor's mailing address and the location of its place of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of business) as of the Closing Date are disclosed in <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**Section IV.4<u>Exact Names</u>**. As of the Closing Date, the Pledgor's name in which it has executed this Agreement is the exact name as it appears in the Pledgor's Governing Documents, as amended, as filed with the Pledgor's jurisdiction of organization as of the Closing Date. Except as may be described in <u>Exhibit A</u>, the Pledgor has not, during the past five years prior to its becoming a party hereto, had any other legal or fictitious name.

**Section IV.5<u>No Financing Statements</u>**. The Pledgor has not consented to the filing of any financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral, except such as have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.

**Section IV.6<u>Pledged Equity</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)<u>Exhibit B</u> sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Pledged Equity owned by the Pledgor as of the Closing Date. The Pledgor is the direct, sole beneficial owner and sole holder of record of the Pledged Equity listed on <u>Exhibit B</u> as being owned by it, free and clear of any Liens, except for Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>. The Pledgor further represents and warrants that (i) all Pledged Equity owned by it is duly authorized and validly issued and, if such Pledged Equity is stock in a corporation, is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent the concept is applicable), (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Collateral Agent representing Equity Interests, either such certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the Issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not Securities, the Pledgor has so informed the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent may take steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General Intangible, and (iii) none of the Pledged Equity is held by a securities intermediary or in a securities account.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)In addition, (i) none of the Pledged Equity owned by the Pledgor has been issued or transferred in violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any

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jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject, (ii) there are existing no options, warrants, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to such Pledged Equity or which obligate the issuer of any Equity Interests included in the Pledged Equity to issue additional Equity Interests, and (iii) no consent, approval, authorization, or other action by, and no giving of notice, filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required for the pledge by the Pledgor of such Pledged Equity pursuant to this Agreement or for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Pledgor, or for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the Pledged Equity pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such disposition by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)The Pledgor owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower.

**Section IV.7<u>Benefit to the Pledgor</u>**. The Pledgor is the sole member of the Borrower and the Pledgor's pledge of Collateral pursuant to this Agreement is expected to benefit, directly or indirectly, the Pledgor; and it has determined that this Agreement is necessary and convenient to the conduct, promotion and attainment of the business of the Pledgor.

**Section IV.8<u>General Representations</u>.** The Pledgor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has full power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Pledgor has duly authorized and taken all other necessary corporate action for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. Pledgor has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement and each Material Project Contract to which the Pledgor is a party constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Pledgor except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws, by equitable principles, whether considered at law or in equity and any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing and for filings and registrations necessary to create or perfect Liens on the Collateral granted by the Pledgor in favor of the Secured Parties. Pledgor's execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Material Project Contracts and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not (a) violate any of its Governing Documents or conflict with or violate its contractual obligations, (b) violate any order, judgment or decree of governmental authority binding on it, (c) violate any applicable Laws, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than any Liens created hereunder), where any such violation or conflict referred to in <u>clauses (b)</u> and <u>(c)</u> of this <u>Section 4.8</u> would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Pledgor has duly obtained all necessary authorizations, consents, licenses, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority or any other Person required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Material Project Contract to which it is a party, and such authorizations, consents, licenses, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations are in full force and effect, in each case, except for (i) the filing of UCC financing statements (or the filing of financing statements under any other local equivalent) or (ii) such consents, authorizations, filings, licenses or other actions that have either (A) been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (B) are listed on <u>Schedule 4.8</u> hereto or (C) such actions, consents, approvals, registrations or filings the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Pledgor, threatened in writing against or affecting, the Pledgor or any business, property

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or rights of the Pledgor which (a) individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or the Guarantee, Liens or security interests created or purported to be created pursuant to this Agreement. Since December 31, 2023, there has been no occurrence, development, change, event, or loss which has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, any Material Adverse Effect.

**Section IV.9<u>[Reserved]</u>**.

**Section IV.10<u>Solvency</u>**. On the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (a) the fair value of the assets (for the avoidance of doubt, calculated to include goodwill and other intangibles) of the Pledgor, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Pledgor, (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Pledgor will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of the Pledgor on its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) the Pledgor will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) the Pledgor will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.

**<u>Intellectual Property</u>**. Except as has not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Pledgor owns or has the right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, licenses and other intellectual property rights which are necessary to perform its obligations under and in accordance with the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party and (b) to the knowledge of the Pledgor, no material product, process, method, service, substance, part or other material offered for sale, sold, contemplated to be sold or used by it in connection with its business infringes, misappropriates or violates any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name, copyright, trade secrets, know-how, license or other intellectual property right owned by any other Person.

**Section IV.11<u>Data Protection Measures</u>.** Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)the Pledgor has not experienced any Cyber Security Incidents related to personal data, material confidential Pledgor data, or information technology, in each case, which would require notification of individuals, other affected parties, law enforcement, or any Governmental Authority;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)the Pledgor has not received any subpoenas, demands, or other notices from any Governmental Authority investigating, inquiring into, or otherwise relating to any actual or potential violation of any Data Protection Laws or Cyber Security Incident and, to the knowledge of the Pledgor, the Pledgor is not under investigation by any Governmental Authority for any actual or potential violation of any Data Protection Laws or Cyber Security Incidents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)no notice, complaint, claim, enforcement action, proceeding, or litigation, has been served on, or initiated against the Pledgor or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents (in their capacity as such) by any Person or Governmental Authority under any Data Protection Laws; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall not cause, constitute, or result in a breach or violation of any Data Protection Laws or any terms of service or privacy policy entered into by the users of Pledgor's services.

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**Section IV.12<u>Equity Interests</u>.** The Equity Interests in the Borrower have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. There is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which the Borrower is a party requiring, and there is no Equity Interest in the Borrower outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by the Borrower of any additional Equity Interests in the Borrower or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase an Equity Interest in the Borrower.

**ARTICLE V.<br>COVENANTS**

From the date of this Agreement, and thereafter until the Termination Date, the Pledgor agrees that:

**Section V.1<u>General.</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)<u>Authorization to File Financing Statements; Ratification</u>. The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent (or its designee) to file financing statements and other documents describing the Collateral in order to perfect the security interests created hereby. The Pledgor hereby agrees to deliver or file such financing statements, and to take such other actions necessary, as may from time to time be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to maintain a perfected security interest in and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral owned by the Pledgor (subject to Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>). Any financing statement filed by the Collateral Agent or its designee may be filed in any filing office in any relevant UCC jurisdiction and may (i) describe the Pledgor's Collateral in order to perfect the security interest created hereunder by any description which reasonably approximates the description contained in this Agreement, and (ii) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office's acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including whether the Pledgor is an organization and the type of organization of the Pledgor. The Pledgor also agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon reasonable request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pledgor agrees to prepare, record and file, at its own expense, financing statements (including continuation statements), amendments and supplements and such other instruments with respect to the Collateral now existing or hereafter created meeting the requirements of applicable state Law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect and maintain the security interests granted hereunder, and to deliver a file stamped copy of each such financing statement or other evidence of filing to the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent has no obligation to file UCC financing statements, continuation statements or amendments or any similar filings.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)<u>Organizational Documents; Further Assurances</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)The Pledgor shall not amend, supplement or modify any term or provision of its organizational documents relating to, or in connection with, its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower that would reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders, taken as a whole, or agree to do any of the same.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)The Pledgor agrees to take such commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral against all persons and to defend the security interest of the Collateral Agent in its Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted hereunder.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)<u>Other Financing Statements</u>. The Pledgor will not authorize the filing of any financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral owned by it, except for financing statements naming the Collateral Agent as the secured party.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)<u>Change of Name; Location of Collateral; Place of Business</u>. The Pledgor may change (a) its legal name, (b) its jurisdiction of organization (or, if not a registered organization, its "location" (as defined in Section 9-307 of the UCC)) or (c) its identity or organizational structure; *provided* that, within thirty (30) days after such change (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree at the written direction of the Required Lenders), the Pledgor will provide written notice to the Collateral Agent thereof. The Pledgor agrees to make all filings that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a legal, valid and perfected security interest in all the Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)<u>Fiscal Year</u>. The Pledgor shall not change its fiscal year end from December 31.

**Section V.2<u>Delivery of Certificates</u>**. The Pledgor will (a) deliver to the Collateral Agent, promptly upon execution of this Agreement, the originals of all certificated Securities, certificates or instruments in respect of the Collateral (if any then exist) (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), together with instruments of transfers in blank in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to transfer title to the Collateral Agent and (b) after the date hereof, hold in trust for the Collateral Agent upon receipt and promptly thereafter deliver to the Collateral Agent any certificated Securities, certificates or instruments, in each case, in respect of the Collateral, together with instruments of transfers in blank in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to transfer title to the Collateral Agent, and all such additional instruments and documents are necessary, or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to give effect to the pledge of the Collateral granted hereby and (c) upon the Collateral Agent's request, deliver to the Collateral Agent a duly executed amendment to this Agreement, in the form of <u>Exhibit C</u> hereto (the "<u>Amendment</u>"), pursuant to which the Pledgor will identify and ratify the pledge of such additional Collateral acquired after the date hereof. The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach each Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all additional Collateral owned by it set forth in such Amendments shall be considered to be part of the Collateral.

**Section V.3<u>Issuance of Additional Securities</u>**. The Pledgor will not permit the Borrower to issue additional Equity Interests, any right to receive the same or any right to receive earnings, except to the Pledgor. The Pledged Equity will at all times constitute not less than 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower.

**Section V.4<u>[Reserved]</u>**.

**Section V.5<u>[Reserved]</u>**.

**Section V.7<u>Disposition of Pledged Equity Collateral</u>**. The Pledgor will not sell, lease, or otherwise Dispose of any Equity Interests constituting Collateral.

**Section V.8<u>Debt Incurrence</u>**. Prior to the earliest to occur of (a) a Qualified IPO, (b) the Loan Balance Trigger Date and (c) the date the Pledgor obtains an Investment Grade Rating, the Pledgor

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will not incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness of Pledgor other than Permitted Indebtedness.

**Section V.9<u>Payment of Obligations</u>.** The Pledgor shall pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all of its respective material obligations and liabilities, including material Tax liabilities and other material governmental claims, except where the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall maintain, in accordance with GAAP, reserves as appropriate for the accrual of any of the same.

**Section V.10<u>Compliance with Data Protection Laws</u>.** Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Pledgor shall comply, and make commercially reasonable efforts to cause its directors, officers, employees and agents to comply, with all Data Protection Laws applicable to its business and operations, (b) written policies and procedures will be maintained and enforced by or on behalf of the Pledgor that are reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by, the Pledgor and its directors, officers, employees and agents, with Data Protection Laws applicable to its business and operations and (c) perform any investigation or remedial action to the extent required by Governmental Authorities under Data Protection Laws.

**Section V.11<u>Compliance with Loan Documents</u>**. The Pledgor will (a) use reasonable efforts not to take any action that causes the Borrower to violate any term, provision, representation, warranty or covenant contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) not take any action that causes the Borrower to (i) fail to comply with Section<u>s</u> 2.01(c), Section <u>2.01(d)</u>, 2.10(b) and Section, <u>2.10(f) or</u> 6.10(g) of the Credit Agreement and (ii) pursue any other purchase or financing transaction in respect of the GPU Servers required to satisfy the obligations under or pursuant to the Restricted Purchase Orders in contravention of such provisions.

**Section V.12<u>Restricted Payments</u>.** The Pledgor will not make, directly or indirectly (including via any Subsidiary or another Affiliate) any Restricted Payment, except:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)the repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of Equity Interests from former or current employees, officers, directors, consultants, Affiliates or other persons performing services for the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of stock repurchase plans, restricted stock agreements or similar agreements under which the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary has the option to repurchase such shares upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the termination of employment or service, or pursuant to a right of first refusal in an amount not to exceed the original purchase price thereof; provided that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (a) do not exceed (i) prior to a Qualified IPO, $100,000,000 in any fiscal year and (ii) after the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)the consummation of the Conductor Buyback Transactions, so long as Pledgor uses commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the Conductor Buyback Transactions on or before September 1, 2024;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests ("<u>Retired Capital Stock</u>") of the Pledgor, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) or management investment vehicle to the extent contributed to the Pledgor (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) ("<u>Refunding Capital Stock</u>");

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Pledgor deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Pledgor, in each case, permitted under the Credit Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters' rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets; provided that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this <u>clause (f)</u> subsequent to the Closing Date do not exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)Restricted Payments (1) required to be made pursuant to the Series C Put Option Agreement so long as no default (including any Default or Event of Default) then-exists or would result from the making of any Restricted Payment; provided that, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this <u>clause (g)(1)</u> shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the Put Option Payment Amount and (y) the amount required to purchase the applicable Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) pursuant to the Series C Put Option Agreement as of the relevant date of determination, (2) consisting of dividends in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Pledgor Charter) as and when required pursuant to Subsection 1.1 of Part B of Article Fourth of the Pledgor Charter; provided that such Restricted Payments may be made in cash only to the extent (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to the making of any such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment and (ii) the Pledgor shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, with Section 4.25 of the 2021 Note Issuance Agreement and Section 4.25 of the 2022 Note Issuance Agreement and (3) Restricted Payments made in respect of any Put Note, to the extent (i) such Put Note constitutes subordinated Indebtedness and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to the making of any such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)any other Restricted Payment in an amount equal to the amount distributed to the Pledgor by the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.06(f) of the Credit Agreement; <u>and</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)<u>Restricted Payments required to be made pursuant to the Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note (and, solely with respect to any such Restricted Payments constituting a Cash Settlement (as defined in the Project [\*]Convertible Promissory Note), so long as no Default or Event of Default then-exists or would result from the making of any such Restricted Payment);</u> *<u>provided</u>* <u>that, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (h) shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Maximum Conversion Option Payment Amount and (ii) the aggregate Settlement Amount (as defined in the Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note) actually paid pursuant to the Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note (as in effect on the date of the original execution thereof) as of the relevant date of determination.</u>

**Section V.13<u>Use of Proceeds</u>**. The Pledgor will not use the proceeds of the Loans for any purpose other than as set out in Sections 3.11 and 5.08 of the Credit Agreement.

**Section V.14<u>Maintenance of Existence; Insurance</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)The Pledgor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)The Pledgor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) in the Pledgor's reasonable business judgment, obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, (ii) comply with all applicable Laws, rules, regulations and judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, permits, licenses, and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted and (iii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as permitted by this Agreement), in each case in this <u>Section 5.14(b)</u> except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)The Pledgor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties, business and assets constituting Collateral at all times the types of insurance required to operate and maintain its properties, business and assets.

**<u>Mergers, Consolidations and Acquisitions</u>***.* The Pledgor shall not:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with the Pledgor unless the Pledgor is the surviving entity;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)liquidate, dissolve or wind-up or modify its existing Governing Documents in any manner materially adverse to the Secured Parties; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)prior to the earlier to occur of (i) a Qualified IPO and (ii) the Loan Balance Trigger Date, purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person,

except:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)Liens permitted by <u>Section 5.6</u>;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)Permitted Acquisitions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(C)the transactions permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (it being agreed and understood that, for the purposes of this <u>Section 5.15(c)(C)</u>, to the extent that this <u>Section 5.15</u> restricts any transactions of the Pledgor that are otherwise permitted with respect to the Borrower under any Loan Document, such transactions shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder with respect to the Pledgor, *mutatis mutandis*); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(D)any transactions necessary to facilitate the consummation of a Qualified IPO.

**ARTICLE VI.<br>EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES**

**Section VI.1<u>Pledged Equity</u>**.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given prior written notice to the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends or distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Equity, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other entity rights with respect to the Pledged Equity. Any sums paid upon or in respect of any Pledged Equity upon the liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower, any non-cash distribution of capital made on or in respect of any Pledged Equity or any property distributed upon or with respect to any Pledged Equity pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of the Borrower or pursuant to the reorganization thereof shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent or except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, be delivered to the Collateral Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations; *provided*, *however*, that, if such sum of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of any Pledged Equity shall be received by the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, as additional security for the Obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given prior written notice to the Pledgor, (i) the Pledgor's right to receive all cash dividends or distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Equity and to exercise all voting and corporate or other entity rights with respect to the Pledged Equity shall cease while such Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Pledged Equity and make application thereof to the Obligations in accordance with Section 7.054 of the Credit Agreement, and (iii) any or all of the Pledged Equity shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, and the Collateral Agent or its nominee may (but shall not be obligated to) thereafter exercise (A) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Pledged Equity at any meeting of shareholders (or other equivalent body) of the Borrower or otherwise and (B) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Pledged Equity as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged Equity upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the organizational structure of the Borrower, or upon the exercise by the Pledgor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Pledged Equity, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Equity with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to the Pledgor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing. If such sum of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of any Pledged Equity shall be received by the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, as additional security for the Obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)The Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs the Borrower to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (A) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from the Pledgor, and the Pledgor agrees that the Borrower shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Equity directly to the Collateral Agent.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Borrower to comply with any request received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that seeks to exercise or enforce any of the rights granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to <u>Section 6.2</u>. The Pledgor agrees that the foregoing authorization and instruction shall be sufficient to authorize the Collateral Agent's exercise or enforcement of such rights, and that the Borrower shall not be required to investigate the accuracy of any request made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 6.1(d)</u>.

**Section VI.2<u>Remedies Generally</u>**. During the continuation of an Event of Default:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) exercise any or all of the following rights and remedies to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)those rights and remedies provided in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document; *provided* that this <u>Section 6.2</u> shall not be understood to limit any rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties prior to an Event of Default;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)those rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable Law (including, without limitation, any Law governing the exercise of a bank's right of setoff or bankers' lien) when a debtor is in default under a security agreement (or its functional equivalent);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)the right to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)without notice, demand or advertisement of any kind to the Pledgor or any other Person (except as specifically provided in <u>Section 9.1</u> or elsewhere herein or in the UCC), the right to enter the premises (including any premises owned or leased or to which the Pledgor otherwise has access rights) of the Pledgor where any Collateral is located (through self-held and without judicial process), the right to collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, sell, lease, assign, grant an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of, deliver, or realize upon, the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales (which sales may be adjourned or continued from time to time with or without written notice and may take place at the Pledgor's premises or elsewhere), subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable Law and the notice requirements described below, for cash, on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, and upon such other terms as are commercially reasonable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)the right to transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee the whole or any part of the Pledged Equity, to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Pledged Equity for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations, to exercise the voting and all other rights as a holder with respect thereto, to collect and receive all cash dividends, interest and principal and other distributions made thereon and to otherwise act with respect to the Pledged Equity as though the Collateral Agent was the outright owner thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)the right to send to any Depositary Bank a "Notice of Exclusive Control" (howsoever defined) under any Control Agreement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii)the right to discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the Collateral (except for such Liens as are specifically permitted hereunder).

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall comply with any applicable state or federal Law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)Upon any such public sale or sales or any such private sale or sales, the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation), to the extent permitted by law, to purchase for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which rights and equities of redemption the Pledgor hereby expressly releases.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)Until the Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale or other disposition of Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, as provided under applicable Law, to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving or protecting the Collateral or its value, enforcing this Agreement or perfecting and maintaining the perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent's security interest in the Collateral. The Collateral Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of the Collateral Agent's remedies (for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall be required to (i) make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies against, the Borrower with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof, (ii) marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, or (iii) effect a public sale of any Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)The Pledgor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Equity or any other Collateral, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof in accordance with <u>clause (a)</u> above. The Pledgor also acknowledges that any private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue of such sale being private. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Equity or any other Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the Pledgor or the Issuer of the Pledged Equity or other Collateral to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities Laws, even if the Pledgor and the Issuer would agree to do so.

**Section VI.3<u>Pledgor's Obligations Upon Default</u>**. Upon the request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Pledgor will take any and all actions, and do any and all such things as are requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Guarantee and the Collateral, including, without limitation, the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)assemble and make available to the Collateral Agent the Collateral and all books and records relating thereto at any place or places reasonably specified by the Collateral Agent, whether at the Pledgor's premises or elsewhere;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)permit the Collateral Agent, by the Collateral Agent's representatives and agents, to enter, occupy and use any premises where all or any part of the Collateral, or the books and records

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relating thereto, or both, are located, to take possession of all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, to remove all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, and to conduct sales of the Collateral, without any obligation to pay the Pledgor for such use and occupancy;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)furnish to the Collateral Agent, or cause the Issuer of Pledged Equity to furnish to the Collateral Agent, any information regarding the Pledged Equity and the other Collateral in such reasonable detail as the Collateral Agent may reasonably specify; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)take, or cause the Issuer of Pledged Equity to take, any and all actions reasonably necessary to register or qualify the Pledged Equity to enable the Collateral Agent to consummate a public sale or other disposition of the Pledged Equity and the other Collateral.

**ARTICLE VII.<br>ATTORNEY IN FACT**

**Section VII.1<u>Authorization for Secured Party to Take Certain Action</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)The Pledgor irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent and any office or agent thereof at any time and from time to time, and appoints the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof (which appointment shall automatically terminate with respect to the Pledgor on the Termination Date or, if sooner upon the termination or release of the Pledgor hereunder), effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney in fact, with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Pledgor and in the name of Pledgor or its own name, to (at the expense of the Pledgor), upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and prior written notice to the Pledgor:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) do all acts and things necessary or desirable in the Collateral Agent's sole discretion, at any time and from to time to time, to preserve, protect and realize upon the Collateral and perfect and maintain the perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent's security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral, and to contact and enter into one or more agreements with the Issuer or any issuers of uncertificated securities which are Pledged Equity or with securities intermediaries holding Pledged Equity as may be necessary or advisable to give the Collateral Agent Control over such Pledged Equity; *provided* that this authorization shall not relieve the Pledgor of any of its obligations under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)in the name of Pledgor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due in relation to the Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to the Pledgor, pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral (other than taxes not required to be discharged under this Agreement and the Credit Agreement and constituting Liens permitted hereunder or thereunder);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)execute, in connection with any sale of Collateral, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral or as the Collateral Agent shall direct; (A) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (B) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (C) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (D) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Pledgor with respect to any Collateral; (E) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may in its sole discretion deem appropriate; and (F) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Collateral Agent's option and Pledgor's expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agent's and the other Secured Parties' security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)to vote any of the Pledged Equity and exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of any of the Pledged Equity would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of equity holders, calling special meetings of equity holders and voting at such meetings), which proxy shall be effective automatically and without the necessary of any action (including any transfer of the Pledged Equity on the record books of the Issuer thereof) by any Person (including the Issuer thereof or any officer or agent thereof).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interest created hereby is released. All acts of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified and approved. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, under this <u>Section 7.1</u> are solely to protect the Collateral Agent's interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE COLLATERAL AGENT MAY EXERCISE THE RIGHTS AND POWERS PROVIDED IN THIS <u>SECTION 7.1</u> ONLY DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT AND AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF ANY NOTICE PERIOD OTHERWISE REQUIRED HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT.

**Section VII.2<u>Limitation of Duty</u>**. The Collateral Agent's sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account and shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property. Neither the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of the Pledgor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the

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Collateral Agent's and the other Secured Parties' interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to the Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Collateral Agent shall be under no duty whatsoever to make or give any presentment, notice of dishonor, protest, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, or other notice or demand in connection with any Collateral or the Obligations, or to take any steps necessary to preserve any rights against the Pledgor or other Person or ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not it has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters. The Pledgor, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waives any right of marshaling in respect of any and all Collateral, and waives any right to require the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to proceed against the Pledgor or other Person, exhaust any Collateral or enforce any other remedy which the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party now has or may hereafter have against the Pledgor or other Person.

**ARTICLE VIII.<br>APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS**

**Section VIII.1<u>Application of Proceeds</u>**. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds of Collateral received by the Pledgor consisting of cash, checks and other near cash items shall be held by the Pledgor in trust for the Secured Parties segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, and at the request of the Collateral Agent, shall, forthwith (and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days after any such request) upon receipt by the Pledgor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by the Pledgor (duly endorsed by the Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, if required or reasonably requested). At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the Collateral Agent's election, the Collateral Agent may apply all or any part of the Proceeds of Collateral held or received by it against the Obligations in such order as the Collateral Agent may elect in compliance with the Credit Agreement, and any part of such funds which the Collateral Agent elects not so to apply and deems not required as collateral security for such Obligations shall be promptly paid over from time to time by the Collateral Agent to the Pledgor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Any balance of such Proceeds remaining after the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) shall have been paid in full shall be promptly paid over to the Pledgor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

**ARTICLE IX.<br>GENERAL PROVISIONS**

**Section IX.1<u>Waivers</u>**. As provided in Section 9-612 of the UCC, any notice of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral may be made shall be deemed sent within a reasonable time if sent to the Pledgor, addressed as set forth in <u>Article X</u>, after the occurrence of an Event of Default and at least ten (10) days prior to (a) the date of any such public sale or (b) the time after which any such private sale or other disposition may be made. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, the Pledgor waives all claims, damages, and demands against the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral, except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Pledgor absolutely and irrevocably

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waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any valuation, stay, appraisal, extension, moratorium, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or under the power of sale conferred by this Agreement, or applicable Law. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Pledgor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any Collateral.

**Section IX.2<u>Limitation on Collateral Agent's and any Other Secured Party's Duty with Respect to the Collateral</u>**. The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. The Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith, except to the extent that such loss or diminution is attributable to the Collateral Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. Nothing in this Agreement shall connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations on the part of the Collateral Agent, arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law.

**Section IX.3<u>Secured Party Performance of Debtor Obligations</u>**. Without having any obligation to do so, the Collateral Agent may during the continuance of an Event of Default perform or pay any obligation which the Pledgor has agreed to perform or pay in this Agreement and the Pledgor shall reimburse the Collateral Agent for any amounts paid by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 9.3</u>. The Pledgor's obligation to reimburse the Collateral Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be included in the Obligations and payable on demand.

**Section IX.4<u>Specific Performance of Certain Covenants</u>**. The Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained herein will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breaches and therefore agrees that the covenants of the Pledgor contained herein shall be specifically enforceable against the Pledgor.

**Section IX.5<u>No Waiver; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies</u>**. No delay or omission of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any right or remedy granted under this Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall not preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Agreement whatsoever (other than any Amendment), nor consent to any departure by the Pledgor therefrom, shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Collateral Agent with the concurrence or at the written direction of the Required Lenders to the extent required under Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement and the Pledgor and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All rights and remedies contained in this Agreement or by law afforded shall be

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cumulative and all shall be available to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with <u>Section 9.11</u>.

**Section IX.6<u>Limitation by Law; Severability of Provisions</u>**. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of Law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of Law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded or registered, in whole or in part. Any provision in this Agreement that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable.

**Section IX.7<u>Reinstatement</u>**. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Pledgor for liquidation or reorganization, should the Pledgor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any the Pledgor's assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable Law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent conveyance," or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

**Section IX.8<u>Benefit of Agreement</u>**. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Pledgor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; *provided* that, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and all Lenders, and any such purported assignment, transfer or delegation shall be null and void.

**Section IX.9<u>Survival of Representations</u>**. All representations and warranties of the Pledgor contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

**Section IX.10<u>Headings</u>**. The title of and section headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

**Section IX.11<u>Termination or Release</u>**. The Guarantor and the Pledgor shall be released automatically from each of their obligations hereunder and the Guarantee and the security interest granted hereby shall also terminate and be released automatically on the Termination Date and, upon such termination, the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of an officer's certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of the Borrower (and countersigned by the Administrative Agent) attesting to compliance with the conditions precedent contemplated herein and in any other Loan Documents (as applicable), and at the expense of the Pledgor or Borrower, execute and deliver to Pledgor such documentation (including any and all releases of Liens, termination statements and assignments) as it may reasonably request to effectuate the same (it being agreed and understood that such officer's certificate

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shall not be required on the Termination Date). Any execution and delivery of the foregoing documents by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 9.11</u> shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

**Section IX.12<u>Entire Agreement</u>**. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral.

**Section IX.13<u>CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; PATRIOT ACT</u>**. **THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTIONS 9.11, 9.15 and 9.19 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE TO SUCH TERMS**.

**Section IX.14<u>Resignation of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent</u>**. Section 8.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference, *mutatis mutandis*, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.

**Section IX.15<u>Expenses and Indemnity</u>**. Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference *mutatis mutandis*, as if stated verbatim herein as agreements and obligations of the Pledgor.

**Section IX.16<u>Counterparts</u>**. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by fax or other electronic transmission (e.g. .pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words "execution," "signed," "signature," and words of like import in this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

**Section IX.17<u>Lien Absolute</u>**. The Pledgor shall not be released from its obligations hereunder by reason of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any of the Obligations, by operation of law or otherwise, or any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Obligations, or any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or performance of the Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)any lack of validity or enforceability relating to or against the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, for any reason related to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations, or any applicable Law purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower of the principal of or interest on the Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any part of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations, including any increase or decrease in the rate of interest thereon;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)any change in the legal existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, or any of their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Obligation of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)any present or future law, regulation or order of any jurisdiction (whether of right or in fact) or of any agency thereof purporting to reduce, amend, restructure or otherwise affect any term of any Loan Document, the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)any other setoff, defense or counterclaim whatsoever (in any case, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory) with respect to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any other agreement or instrument or the transactions contemplated thereby which might constitute a legal or equitable defense available to, or discharge of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, other Secured Party or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Pledgor's obligations hereunder;

except in each case to the extent that any written amendment, settlement, compromise, waiver or release entered into with the Collateral Agent expressly terminates the obligations of the Pledgor hereunder.

**Section IX.18<u>Release</u>**. The Pledgor consents and agrees that the Collateral Agent may at any time, or from time to time, in compliance with the Credit Agreement and otherwise in its discretion:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)renew, extend or change the time of payment, and/or the manner, place or terms of payment of all or any part of the Obligations; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)exchange, release and/or surrender all or any of the Collateral (including the Pledged Equity), or any part thereof, by whomsoever deposited, which is now or may hereafter be held by the Collateral Agent in connection with all or any of the Obligations, all in such manner and upon such terms as the Collateral Agent may deem proper, and without notice to or further assent from the Pledgor, it being hereby agreed that the Pledgor shall be and remain bound upon this Agreement, irrespective of the value or condition of any of the Collateral, and notwithstanding any such change, exchange, settlement, compromise, surrender, release, renewal or extension, and notwithstanding also that the Obligations may, at any time, exceed the aggregate principal amount thereof set forth in the Credit Agreement, or any other agreement governing any Obligations.

**ARTICLE X.<br>NOTICES**

**Section X.1<u>Sending Notices</u>**. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement, with each notice to the Pledgor being given in the same manner as notice to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement;

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*provided* that such notice shall in each case be addressed to the Pledgor at its notice address set forth on <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**Section X.2<u>Change in Address for Notices</u>**. Each of the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders may change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties hereto.

**ARTICLE XI.<br>THE COLLATERAL AGENT**

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties hereunder pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties to this Agreement that any authority conferred upon the Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the delegation of authority made by the Secured Parties to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and that the Collateral Agent has agreed to act (and any successor Collateral Agent shall act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions contained in such Section 8.01. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement and not in its individual or corporate capacity. In acting hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities set forth in the Credit Agreement as if such rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities were set forth herein. Any successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be entitled to all the rights, interests and benefits of the Collateral Agent hereunder.

**ARTICLE XII.<br>CONSENT TO PLEDGED EQUITY**

The Borrower, in its capacity as an issuer of Pledged Equity (in such capacity, the "<u>Issuer</u>"), hereby (a) consents to the grant by the Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of a security interest in and Lien on all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in and to Pledged Equity, (b) represents to the Collateral Agent that it has no rights of setoff or other claims against any of the Pledged Equity, (c) acknowledges and agrees that it shall, upon demand by the Collateral Agent, pay to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any dividends and distributions due to the Pledgor in accordance with the terms hereof, and (d) consents to the transfer of such Pledged Equity to the Collateral Agent or its nominee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as a partner in any partnership or as a member in any limited liability company with all the rights and powers related thereto. The Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs the Issuer to comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (a) states that an Event of Default has occurred and (b) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from the Pledgor.

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## Exhibit 10.23

***Execution Version***

**EXHIBIT 10.23**

**CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [\*], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO COREWEAVE, INC. IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.**

**SECOND AMENDMENT TO PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT**

This SECOND AMENDMENT TO PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 7, 2025 (this "**Amendment**"), is by and among CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as pledgor (the "**Pledgor**"), U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders and other Secured Parties (in such capacity, the "**Collateral Agent**") and each of the Consenting Lenders (as defined below).

**W I T N E S S E T H** 

**WHEREAS**, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have heretofore executed and delivered that certain Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, including by that certain First Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2025, the "**Existing Pledge Agreement**", and after giving effect to this Amendment, the "**Pledge Agreement**"), pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement with, dated as of May 16, 2024, by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC, as borrower (the "**Borrower**"), U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as Administrative Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank, the Collateral Agent and the financial institutions party thereto as "Lenders" (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "**Credit Agreement**");

**WHEREAS**, in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Existing Pledge Agreement and Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) desire to enter into, execute and deliver this Amendment as an amendment to the Existing Pledge Agreement; and

**WHEREAS**, the Lenders party hereto constituting the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement (collectively, the "**Consenting Lenders**") have agreed to make certain amendments to the Existing Pledge Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.

**NOW THEREFORE**, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) and the Consenting Lenders covenant and agree as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.<u>Capitalized Terms</u>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pledge Agreement or Credit Agreement, as applicable.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.<u>Amendments to Pledge Agreement</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in <u>Section 4</u> below, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) hereby agree that the Existing Pledge Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: <u>underlined text</u>) as set forth in the Pledge Agreement attached hereto as <u>Exhibit A</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c.<u>Representations and Warranties</u>. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Consenting Lenders:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.The Pledgor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has full power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment. Pledgor has duly authorized and taken all other necessary corporate action for the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment. Pledgor has duly executed and delivered this Amendment, and this Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Pledgor except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws, by equitable principles, whether considered at law or in equity and any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Pledgor's execution and delivery of this Amendment, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not (a) violate any of its Governing Documents or conflict with or violate its contractual obligations, (b) violate any order, judgment or decree of governmental authority binding on it, (c) violate any applicable Laws, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than any Liens created hereunder), where any such violation or conflict referred to in clauses (b) and (c) of this <u>Section 3(b)</u> would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d.<u>Conditions</u>. This Amendment shall become effective on the date when the following conditions are satisfied (the "**Amendment Effective Date**"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.The Collateral Agent and the Consenting Lenders shall have received, from the Pledgor, a fully executed copy of this Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein, each of the representations and warranties of the Pledgor set forth in <u>Section 3</u> of this Amendment shall be true and correct.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;e.<u>Effectiveness</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Upon effectiveness of this Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Pledge Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof" or words of like import referring to the Pledge Agreement, and each reference in any other agreement to "the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement", "Pledge Agreement" "thereunder,"

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"thereof" or words of like import referring to the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Pledge Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;f.<u>Waivers; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies; Severability; Entire Agreement; Choice of Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial</u>. Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.12 and 9.13 of the Pledge Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference *mutatis mutandis.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;g.<u>Loan Document</u>. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;h.<u>Direction to Collateral Agent</u>. Each undersigned Consenting Lender (i) hereby certifies that it is a Lender and that collectively the undersigned Lenders constitute the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement, (ii) hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to promptly acknowledge and execute this Amendment, and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that (A) the Collateral Agent has executed this Amendment in reliance on the direction set forth in clause (ii) of this <u>Section 8</u>, and (B) the Collateral Agent will not have any responsibility or liability for executing such documents or ascertaining or confirming whether such documents are consistent with or comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i.<u>Execution in Counterparts</u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including in electronic format (including, without limitation, "pdf," "tif" or "jpg") and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign)), each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Amendment and of signature pages by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Amendment for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by PDF transmission or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. This Amendment and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment and the other Loan Documents and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment shall become effective at such time as counterparts of this Amendment have been signed and delivered by all of the intended parties to this Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;j.<u>Acknowledgments</u>. The Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally acknowledges, affirms and covenants to Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.Except as specifically set forth above, the Pledge Agreement and the other Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.By its execution of this Amendment, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the terms of this Amendment do not constitute a novation, but, rather, a supplement of a pre-existing pledge and related agreement, as evidenced by the Pledge Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to the Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

**COREWEAVE, INC.**, as the Pledgor

By: <u>/s/ Michael Intrator&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Michael Intrator<br>Title: Chief Executive Officer

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to the Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

**U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION**, not in its individual capacity but solely as the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders)

By: <u>/s/ Fernando Moreyra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Fernando Moreyra<br>Title: Vice President

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**BX MATRIX II AGGREGATOR, LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Christopher James&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Christopher James

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BX MATRIX II FUNDING, LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Christopher James&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Christopher James

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS FINANCE CO. L.L.C.**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Eric Liaw&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Eric Liaw

Title: Senior Managing Director and Treasurer

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**BXC BXDR SUB-C LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Rated Senior Direct Lending Associates LLC, its manager

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Secretary and Vice President

**BXD SERIES PROGRAM I LEVERED INVESTOR ASSSETCO LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Senior Direct Lending ICAV GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT SERIES FUND-C LP SERIES A** 

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT SERIES FUND-C LP SERIES B**

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT SERIES FUND-C LP SERIES C**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Credit Series Fund-X Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BXD SERIES PROGRAM I UNLEVERED INVESTOR ASSSETCO LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Senior Direct Lending ICAV GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**PAIGE SUB-C LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Secretary and Vice President

**AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone ISG-I Advisors L.L.C., pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter granted to it

By: Blackstone Asset based Finance Advisors LP, pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter granted to it

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BXD SERIES PROGRAM I CURRENCY INVESTOR ASSSETCO LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Senior Direct Lending ICAV GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**TURQUOISE SUNDEW FUNDING LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC, its investment advisor

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**EMERALD DIRECT LENDING 3 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC, its investment advisor

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BXC ARMADILLO CO-INVESTMENT FUND-D LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: BXC Armadillo Co-Investment Fund-D GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INSURANCE COMPANY**, as a Consenting Lender

By Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, pursuant to the power of attorney now and hereafter granted to it as Sub-Manager

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**CARNATION SUB LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Carnation Top Sub LLC, its sole member

By: Carnation TopCo LP, its sole member

By: BXC Azul Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**EMPIRE SUB-UF LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Empire Top Sub LLC, its sole member

By: Empire TopCo LP, its sole member

By: BXC Empire Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BXCI BXDR II SUB LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**FIDELITY & GUARANTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone ISG-I Advisors L.L.C., pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter granted to it

By: Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter granted to it

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BLACKSTONE COF IV AIV-1 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV LP, its General Partner

By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV (Delaware) LLC, its General Partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE COF IV AIV-4 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By:By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV LP, its General Partner

By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV (Delaware) LLC, its General Partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BLACKSTONE GREEN PRIVATE CREDIT FUND III AIV-1A LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III LP, its general partner

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III (Delaware) LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I L.L.C., its managing member

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**ALUMINUM SUB-C LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Secretary and Vice President

**BXC BGREEN III PARALLEL CO-INVESTMENT FUND SE I LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III LP, its general partner

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III (Delaware) LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I L.L.C., its managing member

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**TURQUOISE SPECIAL ACCOUNT LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC, its investment advisor

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BXD-T GIGABYE FUNDING LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: BXD-T Gigabyte Funding LLC, its general partner

By: BXD-T Aggregator Partnership LP, its managing member

By: Blackstone Technology Senior Direct Lending Fund ICAV GP LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT HIBISCUS FUND LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Credit Hibiscus Associates LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I LLC, its managing member

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE CREDIT ORCHID FUND II LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: GSO Orchid Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BLACKSTONE GREEN PRIVATE CREDIT FUND III-E LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III-E LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE GREEN PRIVATE CREDIT FUND III AIV-4 LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III LP, its general partner

By: Blackstone Green Private Credit Associates III (Delaware) LLC, its general partner

By: GSO Holdings I L.L.C., its managing member

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**BLACKSTONE MULTI-ASSET CREDIT HOLDINGS LP**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Multi-Asset Credit Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**Resolution Life Australasia Limited in its capacity as manager for Equity Trustees Limited as trustee for RLA PRIVATE CREDIT NUMBER 1 FUND**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, pursuant to the power of attorney now and hereafter granted to it as Sub-Manager

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

**UTRECHT SUB-UF LLC**, as a Consenting Lender

By: Utrecht Topco LP, its general partner

By: BXC Jade Associates LLC, its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE CREDIT ADVISORS LP**, on behalf of funds and accounts managed, advised or sub-advised by it or its affiliates, as Lead Lender

By: <u>/s/ Marisa Beeney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Marisa Beeney

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**BSOF PARALLEL ONSHORE FUND L.P.,** as a Consenting Lender

By: Blackstone Strategic Opportunity Associates L.L.C., its general partner

By: <u>/s/ Emily Tvetenstrand&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Name: Emily Tvetenstrand

Title: Authorized Signatory

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**EXHIBIT A**

**Pledge Agreement**

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*as amended by<br>that certain First Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2025<u>, and<br>that certain Second Amendment to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2025</u>*

**<u>PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT</u>**

THIS PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT (as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this "<u>Agreement</u>") is entered into as of May 16, 2024, by CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "<u>Pledgor</u>"), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent (the "<u>Collateral Agent</u>") for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties.

**PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On even date herewith, CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co., IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "<u>Borrower</u>"), entered into that certain Credit Agreement with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as the Administrative Agent and as the Collateral Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank and the financial institutions party thereto as "Lenders" (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>"), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make loans to the Borrower for the purposes and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pledgor has determined that valuable benefits will be derived by it as a result of the Credit Agreement and the extensions of credit made (and to be made) by the Lenders thereunder.

ACCORDINGLY, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby act and agree as follows:

**ARTICLE I.<br>DEFINITIONS**

**Section I.1<u>Terms Defined in Credit Agreement</u>**. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

**Section I.2<u>Terms Defined in UCC</u>**. Terms defined in the UCC which are not otherwise defined in this Agreement or the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined in the UCC.

**Section I.3<u>Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein</u>**. As used in this Agreement, in addition to the terms defined in the introductory paragraph hereto and in the Preliminary Statements, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

"<u>2021 Note Issuance Agreement</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Magnetar Debt Documents".

"<u>2022 Note Issuance Agreement</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Magnetar Debt Documents".

<u>"2031 Convertible Notes" shall mean the convertible senior notes due 2031 proposed to be issued by the Pledgor having terms substantially similar to the terms with respect to the 2031 Convertible Notes delivered to the Lead Lenders on or about December 3, 2025 (without giving effect to any amendments</u> 

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<u>subsequent to the issuance thereof that are material to the interests of the Lenders unless consented to in writing by the Lead Lenders; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment that would increase the maximum principal amount thereof shall be deemed material to the interests of the Lenders).</u>

"<u>Acquired EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business.

"<u>Acquired Entity or Business</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "<u>Consolidated EBITDA</u>".

"<u>Amendment</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.2</u> hereof.

"<u>Approved Bank</u>" shall mean any commercial bank or investment bank, in each case, of nationally recognized standing (which shall exclude, for the avoidance of doubt, any equity funds or debt funds unless approved by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion).

"<u>Article</u>" shall mean a numbered article of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Bankruptcy Code</u>" shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled "Bankruptcy", as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

<u>"Capped Call Option Transactions" shall mean transactions (a) pursuant to which the Pledgor acquires a capped call option requiring the counterparty thereto to deliver to the Pledgor Equity Interests of the Parent, the cash value of such Equity Interests or a combination thereof, from time to time, upon settlement, exercise or early termination of such option, (b) that are entered into in connection with the issuance of the 2031 Convertible Notes (including, without limitation, the exercise of any over-allotment or initial purchaser's or underwriter's option) and (c) having terms not inconsistent with the description with respect to the Capped Call Options Transactions delivered to the Lead Lenders on or about December 4, 2025;</u> *<u>provided</u>* <u>that, in respect of each Capped Call Option Transaction, no amendment thereto shall increase the aggregate premium payable in respect thereof.</u>

"<u>CCAII Credit Agreement</u>" shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC, as the borrower, the lenders party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association as depositary bank and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as administrative agent and collateral agent.

"<u>Collateral</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Article III</u>.

"<u>Compensation Committee</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.5(a)</u>.

"<u>Compensation Consultant</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Section 5.5(a)</u>.

"<u>Conductor Buyback Transactions</u>" shall mean the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of the Pledgor held pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2023, by and between the Pledgor, certain shareholders of Conductor Technologies, Inc., Conductor Technologies, Inc. and the other parties party thereto.

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"<u>Consolidated EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period, the sum, without duplication, of Consolidated Net Income of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case (other than <u>clause (i)</u>) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, provincial, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to the definition of "Consolidated Net Income"; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (A) net losses of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate, currency or commodities risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations, (B) bank fees and (C) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any restructuring charges, accruals or reserves; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any other non-cash charges, including (A) any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses or items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, (B) equity-based awards compensation expense, (C) losses on sales, disposals or abandonment of, or any impairment charges or asset write-down or write-off related to, intangible assets, long-lived assets, inventory and investments in debt and equity securities and (D) all losses from investments recorded using the equity method (*provided* that, if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of any earn-out and other contingent consideration obligations in connection with any Investment permitted hereunder; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of (A) extraordinary, exceptional, nonrecurring or unusual losses (including all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses, Transaction expenses, integration costs, transition costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation and closing costs for facilities, costs incurred in connection with any strategic initiatives, costs or accruals or reserves incurred in connection with acquisitions, other business optimization expenses (including costs and expenses relating to business optimization programs and new systems design and implementation costs), restructuring costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and postretirement employee benefit plans and (B) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to or incurred in connection with any equity issuance, including,

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without limitation, an initial public offering, Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the amount of "run-rate" cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies projected by the Pledgor in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within eighteen (18) months after the end of such period (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that "run-rate" means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken); *provided* that such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements, revenue enhancements and synergies are reasonably identifiable and reasonably attributable to the actions specified and reasonably anticipated to result from such actions; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to <u>clause (b)</u> below for any previous period and not added back; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net loss from disposed or discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;required principal (including fixed amortization payments) and required interest payments made by the Borrower with respect to Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Credit Agreement and any other credit facilities permitted by, and incurred pursuant to, <u>clause (c)</u> of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness" (in each case, to the extent such amounts increased Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to <u>clause (a)</u> above);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net income from disposed or discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of); *plus*

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;extraordinary gains and unusual or non-recurring gains (less all fees and expenses relating thereto); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;increased or decreased (without duplication) by, as applicable, any adjustments resulting from the application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460, the Obligations under the Guarantee.

There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA (calculated on a pro forma basis) of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Pledgor or any Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Pledgor or such Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an "<u>Acquired Entity or Business</u>"). For purposes of determining the Consolidated EBITDA for any period, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Pledgor or any Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a "<u>Sold Entity or Business</u>"), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition).

Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated, at the Pledgor's option, on either (x) if, as of the date of determination, management of the Pledgor expects in good faith that the Consolidated EBITDA for the two quarters following such date of determination will be higher than the immediately preceding two quarters, by multiplying the Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent two fiscal quarters multiple by two or (y) an unannualized basis (i.e., the Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four fiscal quarters). It being agreed and understood that, for the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA with respect to (i) <u>clause (b)(i)(B)(b)</u> of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness", (ii) <u>Section 5.12(a)</u> and (iii) Section 6.06(d) under the Credit Agreement, such calculation shall be solely determined pursuant to <u>clause (x)</u> of the immediately preceding sentence.

"<u>Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense of such Person, including, without duplication, the amortization of deferred financing fees and costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, capitalized expenditures, conversion costs, amortization of favorable and unfavorable lease assets or liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Consolidated Interest Expense</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consolidated interest expense in respect of Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (i) amortization of OID resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers, acceptances, (iii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv) the interest component of capitalized lease obligations and (v) net payments, if any, made

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(less net payments, if any, received), pursuant to interest rate hedging obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (A) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with Transactions or any acquisition, (B) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (C) any "additional interest" or "liquidated damages" with respect to any debt securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (D) amortization of OID, deferred financing fees and costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and discounted liabilities, (E) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, and (F) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities); *plus*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interest income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period.

"<u>Consolidated Leverage Ratio</u>" shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial statements of the Pledgor have been delivered in accordance with Section 5.04(a) and Section 5.04(b) of the Credit Agreement.

"<u>Consolidated Net Income</u>" shall mean, with respect to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate consolidated net earnings (or loss) of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; *provided* that, without duplication:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles (effected either through cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive application, in each case, in accordance with GAAP) and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net after-tax effect of gains or losses attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments (including any disposal of abandoned or discontinued operations) or the sale or other disposition of any capital stock of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business as determined in good faith by the Pledgor shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt line items and other noncash charges in such Person's consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment, cancellation or conversion of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) hedging obligations or (iii) other debt or derivative instruments shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to goodwill, intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, equity based awards, equity incentive programs or other non-cash deemed financial charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions shall be excluded, and any cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration, or payout of equity interests by management of the Pledgor or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the Transaction shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the CCAII Credit Agreement), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the CCAII Credit Agreement) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;accruals and reserves that are established within twelve (12) months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transaction (or within twelve (12) months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition) in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment, acquisition or any Disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Pledgor has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier (without any right of appeal thereof) within 180 days and (ii) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Pledgor has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standards Codification 815 and related pronouncements shall be excluded;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation and transaction gains or losses including those related to currency

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remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk) and any other monetary assets and liabilities shall be excluded; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates and other chargebacks (including government program rebates) shall be excluded.

In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of cash proceeds received from business interruption insurance and cash reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment or any Disposition permitted hereunder.

"<u>Control</u>" shall have the meaning contemplated by Article 8 or, if applicable, by Section 9-106 of Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Depositary Bank</u>" shall mean a nationally recognized depositary bank acceptable to the Lender Representative (acting reasonably).

1"<u>Disposed EBITDA</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries.

2"<u>Disqualified Stock</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the Term Maturity Date; provided that if such Equity Interest is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee's termination, death, or disability.

"<u>Exhibit</u>" shall refer to a specific exhibit to this Agreement (unless another document is specifically referenced) as from time to time supplemented by any Amendment.

"<u>Fixed Charges</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)all dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock during such period; and

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)all dividends or other distributions paid or accrued (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of disqualified Equity Interests during such period.

"<u>General Intangible</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Governing Documents</u>" shall mean the certificate of formation, the limited liability company agreement, and any other governing or organizational document of the Borrower, together with all of the other agreements or understandings of any kind, nature, or description relating to the governance and management of the Borrower and the corresponding legal and economic relationships of the owners of the Equity Interests in the Borrower.

"<u>Guarantee</u>" shall mean the guarantee pursuant to <u>Article II</u> hereof.

"<u>Guarantor</u>" shall mean the Pledgor.

"<u>Hedging Obligations</u>" means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

"<u>Initial Public Offering</u>" means the Pledgor's first marketed underwritten public offering of Class A Common Stock or other common equity securities under the Securities Act.

"<u>Investment Grade Rating</u>" shall mean a long-term unsecured senior debt rating of at least Baa3 or better by Moody's or BBB- or better by S&P.

"<u>Investment Property</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

"<u>Issuer</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in <u>Article XII</u> hereof.

"<u>Loan Balance Trigger Date</u>" shall mean the date on which the principal amount of Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement shall have been reduced to thirty percent (30%) of the principal amount of Loans outstanding as of the Commitment Termination Date.

"<u>LTV Ratio</u>" shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness outstanding, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the principal amount of such Indebtedness to the total value (as measured by the Pledgor in its good faith and reasonable business judgment) of the collateral securing such Indebtedness.

"<u>Magnetar Debt Documents</u>" shall mean, collectively (a) (i) that certain Note Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2021, by and among the Pledgor, Magnetar Financial LLC, as representative of the holders and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (the "<u>2021 Note Issuance Agreement</u>") and (ii) the other transaction documents referred to

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therein (including any related notes purchase agreement), pursuant to which, the Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2025 were issued by the Pledgor to affiliated funds of Magnetar Financial LLC and (b) (i) that certain Note Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2022, by and among the Pledgor, Magnetar Financial LLC, as representative of the holders and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (the "<u>2022 Note Issuance Agreement</u>") and (ii) the other transaction documents referred to therein (including any related notes purchase agreement), pursuant to which, the Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and warrants were issued by the Pledgor to affiliated funds of Magnetar Financial LLC, in each case, as of the Closing Date and, after the Closing Date, without any amendments thereto which are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders excluding for these purposes any Magnetar Entity); *provided* that any amendment to the Magnetar Debt Documents which permits the Pledgor to take an action which is permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement or this Agreement shall be deemed to not be adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

"<u>Material Project Contracts</u>" shall mean each (a) Data Center Lease/License to which the Pledgor is a party, (b) the Intercompany Services Agreement and (c) any other agreement explicitly designated as a "Material Project Contract" by the Borrower and the Lender Representative pursuant to the Credit Agreement and to which the Pledgor is a party.

"<u>Maximum Conversion Option Payment Amount</u>" means $225,000,000.

"<u>Measurement Period</u>" shall mean each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Pledgor, taken as one accounting period.

"<u>Permitted Acquisition</u>" shall mean Investments (including acquisitions) the aggregate cash consideration (or, if the consideration for such Investment is assets of the Pledgor or its Subsidiaries, the value (as reasonably determined by the Pledgor) of such assets) for which is not greater than the sum of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)$250,000,000; *plus* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)the amount of net proceeds received by the Pledgor from issuances of Equity Interests; *plus* 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)once the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor calculated in accordance with GAAP delivered to the Administrative Agent reflects that the cumulative amount of "retained earnings" reflected thereon is at least $250,000,000, the cumulative amount (which shall not be less than zero) of "retained earnings" set forth on the Pledgor's most recent consolidated balance sheet calculated in accordance with GAAP that is in excess of $250,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the portion of consideration for any Investment consisting of Equity Interests of the Pledgor shall not decrease the baskets set forth in the immediately preceding sentence.

"<u>Permitted Indebtedness</u>" shall mean:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)Indebtedness of the Pledgor representing a Guarantee of Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)Indebtedness of the Pledgor:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)While any Indebtedness remains outstanding pursuant to the Magnetar Debt Documents:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)Indebtedness under the Magnetar Debt Documents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)additional Indebtedness in a principal amount not to exceed the greater of (at the time of incurrence):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)on or prior to April 30, 2025, $650,000,000 in the aggregate; <u>provided</u> that, to the extent such Indebtedness is (x) incurred in pursuant to a revolving credit facility and/or (y) secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor, such Indebtedness permitted under this <u>subclause (a)</u> shall be (1) no greater than $500,000,000 in the aggregate and (2) provided by a Person that is an Approved Bank (it being agreed and understood that (i) to the extent that the Pledgor incurs a revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor in reliance upon this subclause (a) and (ii) delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Collateral Agent certifying that the conditions set forth in <u>subclauses (1)</u> and <u>(2)</u> of this <u>clause (a)</u> are satisfied with respect to such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness, then such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)prior to the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, an amount equal to the greater of (x) $600,000,000 and (y) 200% of Consolidated EBITDA; <u>provided</u> that, to the extent such Indebtedness is (x) incurred in connection with a revolving credit facility and/or (y) secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor, such Indebtedness permitted under this <u>subclause (b)</u> shall be (1) no greater than the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA and (2) provided by a Person that is an Approved Bank (it being agreed and understood that (i) to the extent that the Pledgor incurs a revolving credit facility and/or Indebtedness secured by Liens on the assets of the Pledgor in reliance upon this subclause (b) and (ii) delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Collateral Agent certifying that the conditions set forth in <u>subclauses (1)</u> and <u>(2)</u> of this <u>clause (b)</u> are satisfied with respect to such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness, then such revolving credit facility and/or such secured Indebtedness shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)following the first date on which all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Magnetar Debt Documents shall have been paid in full (other than with respect to contingent indemnity obligations not then due and payable), (A) Indebtedness of the Pledgor under a facility permitted pursuant to <u>clause (b)(i)(B)</u> above, and (B) additional unsecured Indebtedness of the Pledgor ranking *pari passu* with or junior to the obligations under the Guarantee; *provided* that such additional unsecured Indebtedness incurred under this <u>clause (b)(ii)(B)</u> must not mature prior to April 1, 2028 unless such Indebtedness is incurred pursuant to a revolving credit facility, asset-based revolver, line of credit, letter of credit facility or similar instrument provided by an Approved Bank;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)unsecured Indebtedness of the Pledgor representing guarantees of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Pledgor (other than the Borrower) if, at the time such guarantee is entered into, such Indebtedness being guaranteed has a LTV Ratio no greater than (A) ninety percent (90.0%), so long as a material portion of the contracts of such Subsidiary being guaranteed by such Indebtedness consist of

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contracts with (or contracted revenue from) entities which have an Investment Grade Rating or (B) seventy-five percent (75.0%), so long as a material portion of the contracts with (or contracted revenues from) entities which do not have an Investment Grade Rating; *provided* that such unsecured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this <u>clause (c)</u> may not mature prior to the date that is at least eighteen (18) months after the Term Maturity Date;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)Indebtedness represented by (i) Capital Lease Obligations or (ii) Purchase Money Obligations, including all refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this <u>clause (e)</u>, not to exceed at any time outstanding $60,000,000;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)Indebtedness arising from (i) netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in respect of deposit accounts and (ii) the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, in each case, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five (5) business days of receiving written notice thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)Indebtedness in respect of (i) workers' compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with health or other types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance obligations, reclamation and statutory obligations, (ii) the financing of insurance premiums or self-insurance obligations, (iii) indemnity, bid, performance, warranty, release, appeal, surety, customs and similar bonds, letters of credit and banker's acceptances for operating purposes, and (iv) letters of credit issued or incurred to support the purchase of supplies, raw materials, real property leases and equipment in the ordinary course of business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)Indebtedness of the Pledgor in connection with (i) that certain Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2023, by CoreWeave, Inc., as Pledgor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) and (ii) any other guarantee agreement or similar agreement entered into by the Pledgor for the provision of a guarantee with terms substantially similar to the terms with respect to the guarantee provided under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any Indebtedness consisting of (i) obligations to purchase Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) from Investors (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) as required pursuant to the terms of the Series C Put Option Agreement and (ii) any Put Note; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)any Indebtedness incurred to refinance any of the foregoing; *provided* that the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of any such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the refinanced Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon *plus* other amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing *plus* an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder.

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"<u>Pledged Debt</u>" shall mean all Indebtedness evidenced by promissory notes or other Instruments (as defined in the UCC) from time to time owed to the Pledgor by the Borrower, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Debt.

"<u>Pledged Equity</u>" shall mean (a) the Equity Interests in the Borrower described or referred to in <u>Exhibit B</u> attached hereto, as supplemented from time to time, and any other Equity Interests in the Borrower (regardless of how denominated) that are now owned or hereafter acquired by the Pledgor; and (b) (i) the certificates or instruments, if any, representing such Equity Interests, (ii) Stock Rights with respect to the Borrower, (iii) all rights of the Pledgor under the Governing Documents of the Borrower, (iv) all replacements, additions to and substitutions for any of the assets referred to in this definition, including, without limitation, claims against third parties and (v) the Proceeds, including interest, profits and other income, of or on any of the assets referred to in this definition.

"<u>Pledgor Charter</u>" means the Pledgor's Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

"<u>Proceeds</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC and, in any event shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Pledged Equity or other Collateral, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

"<u>Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note</u>" shall mean that certain Convertible Promissory Note, to be dated on or about November 5, 2025, by and among the Pledgor and the holders party thereto. All references to "Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note" herein or in any other Loan Document shall mean the Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note substantially in the form delivered to the Lead Lenders on or about October 10, 2025 (without giving effect to any amendments thereto that are material to the interests of the Lenders unless consented to in writing by the Lead Lenders; <u>provided</u>, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment that would increase (x) the maximum principal amount thereof or (y) the aggregate Settlement Amount payable thereunder, in each case, shall be deemed material to the interests of the Lenders).

"<u>Purchase Money Obligations</u>" means any Indebtedness incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, design, leasing, construction, installation or improvement of property (real or personal), plant, equipment or other assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the equity interests of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise, in each case, within 180 days of such acquisition, design, leasing, construction, installation or improvement.

"<u>Put Note</u>" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Series C Put Option Agreement.

"<u>Put Option Payment Amount</u>" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of (a) gross proceeds received by the Pledgor or any holding company of the Pledgor from any Initial Public Offering or any other equity offerings occurring thereafter and (b) the cumulative amount (which shall not be less than zero) of "retained earnings" set forth on the Pledgor's most recent consolidated balance sheet calculated in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Qualified IPO</u>" means the consummation of a single offering or series of offerings (on a primary basis) of the common Equity Interests of Pledgor or any holding company of Pledgor resulting in such Equity Interests being listed on a nationally-recognized stock exchange in the applicable jurisdiction which generates gross proceeds from such primary offering at least equal to $1,000,000,000.

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"<u>Qualified Stock</u>" of any Person shall mean Equity Interests of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.

"<u>Refunding Capital Stock</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in <u>Section 5.12</u>.

"<u>Retired Capital Stock</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in <u>Section 5.12</u>.

"<u>Section</u>" shall mean a numbered section of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Security</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

"<u>Series C Put Option Agreement</u>" shall mean that certain Put Option Agreement dated on or about May 20, 2024, by and among the Pledgor and the investors listed on Schedule A thereto. All references to "Series C Option Agreement" herein or in any other Loan Document shall mean the Series C Option Agreement as in effect on the date of its execution.

"<u>Sold Entity or Business</u>" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Consolidated EBITDA".

"<u>Stock Rights</u>" shall mean all dividends, instruments or other distributions and any other right or property which the Pledgor shall receive or shall become entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for any Pledged Equity, or resulting from a split up, revision, reclassification or other similar change of the Pledged Equity, any right to receive Equity Interests and any right to receive earnings (including any subscription warrants, rights or options), in which the Pledgor now has or hereafter acquires any right, issued by the Borrower in respect of its Equity Interests.

"<u>Termination Date</u>" shall mean the date that Payment in Full occurs.

"<u>Total Debt</u>" means, as at any date of determination (without double counting), (a) the aggregate stated balance sheet amount (in accordance with GAAP) of all Indebtedness of (i) the Pledgor, (ii) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of Pledgor that is Guaranteed or secured by the assets of the Pledgor (excluding any such Indebtedness being Guaranteed to the extent the Indebtedness being Guaranteed has a LTV Ratio not greater than 50% ("<u>Excluded Debt</u>")) and (iii) without duplication, any Indebtedness of the Borrower secured under Section 6.02(d) of the Credit Agreement (and solely to the extent that such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by the Pledgor); *provided* that, with respect to Indebtedness being Guaranteed which is not Excluded Debt, such Indebtedness will only increase Total Debt in an amount equal to (x) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Guaranteed *minus* (y) an amount that (if excluded from the principal amount of such Indebtedness) would result in such Indebtedness having a LTV Ratio equal to fifty percent (50%).

"<u>UCC</u>" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the Collateral Agent's Lien on any Collateral.

"<u>Unrestricted Cash</u>" shall mean cash or Cash Equivalents of the Pledgor and its Subsidiaries that would not appear as "restricted" on a consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor; *provided* that cash or

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Cash Equivalents that would appear as "restricted" on a consolidated balance sheet of the Pledgor solely because such cash or Cash Equivalents are subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent shall constitute Unrestricted Cash hereunder.

The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

**ARTICLE II.<br>GUARANTEE**

**Section II.1<u>Guarantee.</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)Subject to the provisions of <u>Section 2.1(b)</u>, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely a surety, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise) of the Obligations and whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise, and whether such Obligations are now existing or hereafter incurred (including any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments and renewals of any or all of such Obligations). Guarantor further agrees that the Obligations may be extended, increased, renewed, amended or modified, in whole or in part, without notice to, or further assent from Guarantor, and that Guarantor will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension, increase, renewal, amendment or modification of any Obligations. Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, presentment to, demand of payment from, and protest to, the Borrower or any other Person of any of the Obligations, and also waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)Anything herein or in the Credit Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by the Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable federal and state requirements of Law relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or the insolvency of debtors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)To the extent that the Borrower would be required to make payments pursuant to Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all fees and expenses (including without limitation, all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, the Guarantor under this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until the Termination Date, notwithstanding that from time to time prior thereto no amounts may be outstanding under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)The Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)No payment or payments made by the Borrower received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party from the Borrower by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of, or in payment of, the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of the Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments (other than payments made by the Borrower or the Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or payments received or collected from the

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Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of the Guarantor hereunder until the Termination Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)The Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Collateral Agent in writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)The Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment and performance when due (whether or not any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not of collection, and, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of any of the Obligations, or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Guarantor or any other Person. Any payment required to be made by the Guarantor hereunder may be required by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on any number of occasions until such payment is made (or waived in accordance with the Credit Agreement).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)Except for termination or release of the Guarantor's obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the reduction or repayment of the Obligations (or any portion thereof). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and except for termination or release of a Guarantor's obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (i) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guarantee; (ii) the validity, regularity or enforceability of any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the Obligations; (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights (other than a defense of payment and performance) that Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party or any other Person in connection with the Guarantee; and (iv) any other circumstance (including statute of limitations) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of the Guarantor under the Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

**ARTICLE III.<br>GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST**

The Pledgor hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following items, categories and types of personal property, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of, the Pledgor (including under any trade name or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, the Pledgor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be collectively referred to as the "<u>Collateral</u>"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in and to the Borrower, including, without limitation, the Pledged Equity and the Pledged Debt, whether constituting General Intangibles, Investment Property or otherwise;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in the Governing Documents of the Borrower; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all books and records (including, without limitation, customer lists, credit files, printouts and other computer output materials and records) of the Pledgor pertaining to any of the Collateral; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the extent not otherwise included in <u>clauses (a)</u> through <u>(c)</u> above, all Proceeds (including Stock Rights) of, and all documents, instruments, and certificates at any time evidencing or relating to, the foregoing, together with all Governing Documents, books, and records relating to the Pledged Equity,

in each case to secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations.

**ARTICLE IV.<br>REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES**

The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties on and as of the Closing Date and on each other date on which the representations and warranties of the Borrower are made under the Credit Agreement as follows:

**Section IV.1<u>Title and Perfection</u>**. The Pledgor has good and valid (a) rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral and (b) title to the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a security interest hereunder, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>, and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the security interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto. When a financing statement with respect to the Collateral has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware against the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent will have a validly perfected first priority security interest in that Collateral of the Pledgor in which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement with respect to the Collateral in such office, subject only to Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>.

**Section IV.2<u>Type and Jurisdiction of Organization</u>**. The type of entity of the Pledgor and its state of organization as of the Closing Date are set forth on <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**Section IV.3<u>Principal Location</u>**. The Pledgor's mailing address and the location of its place of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of business) as of the Closing Date are disclosed in <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**Section IV.4<u>Exact Names</u>**. As of the Closing Date, the Pledgor's name in which it has executed this Agreement is the exact name as it appears in the Pledgor's Governing Documents, as amended, as filed with the Pledgor's jurisdiction of organization as of the Closing Date. Except as may be described in <u>Exhibit A</u>, the Pledgor has not, during the past five years prior to its becoming a party hereto, had any other legal or fictitious name.

**Section IV.5<u>No Financing Statements</u>**. The Pledgor has not consented to the filing of any financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral, except such as have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.

**Section IV.6<u>Pledged Equity</u>**.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)<u>Exhibit B</u> sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Pledged Equity owned by the Pledgor as of the Closing Date. The Pledgor is the direct, sole beneficial owner and sole holder of record of the Pledged Equity listed on <u>Exhibit B</u> as being owned by it, free and clear of any Liens, except for Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>. The Pledgor further represents and warrants that (i) all Pledged Equity owned by it is duly authorized and validly issued and, if such Pledged Equity is stock in a corporation, is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent the concept is applicable), (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Collateral Agent representing Equity Interests, either such certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the Issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not Securities, the Pledgor has so informed the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent may take steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General Intangible, and (iii) none of the Pledged Equity is held by a securities intermediary or in a securities account.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)In addition, (i) none of the Pledged Equity owned by the Pledgor has been issued or transferred in violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject, (ii) there are existing no options, warrants, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to such Pledged Equity or which obligate the issuer of any Equity Interests included in the Pledged Equity to issue additional Equity Interests, and (iii) no consent, approval, authorization, or other action by, and no giving of notice, filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required for the pledge by the Pledgor of such Pledged Equity pursuant to this Agreement or for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Pledgor, or for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the Pledged Equity pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such disposition by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)The Pledgor owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower.

**Section IV.7<u>Benefit to the Pledgor</u>**. The Pledgor is the sole member of the Borrower and the Pledgor's pledge of Collateral pursuant to this Agreement is expected to benefit, directly or indirectly, the Pledgor; and it has determined that this Agreement is necessary and convenient to the conduct, promotion and attainment of the business of the Pledgor.

**Section IV.8<u>General Representations</u>.** The Pledgor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has full power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Pledgor has duly authorized and taken all other necessary corporate action for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. Pledgor has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement and each Material Project Contract to which the Pledgor is a party constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Pledgor except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws, by equitable principles, whether considered at law or in equity and any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing and for filings and registrations necessary to create or perfect Liens on the Collateral granted by the Pledgor in favor of the Secured Parties. Pledgor's execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Material Project Contracts and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not (a) violate any of its Governing Documents or conflict with or violate its contractual obligations, (b) violate any order, judgment or decree of governmental authority binding on it, (c) violate any applicable Laws, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than any Liens created hereunder), where any such violation or conflict referred

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to in <u>clauses (b)</u> and <u>(c)</u> of this <u>Section 4.8</u> would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Pledgor has duly obtained all necessary authorizations, consents, licenses, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority or any other Person required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Material Project Contract to which it is a party, and such authorizations, consents, licenses, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations are in full force and effect, in each case, except for (i) the filing of UCC financing statements (or the filing of financing statements under any other local equivalent) or (ii) such consents, authorizations, filings, licenses or other actions that have either (A) been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (B) are listed on <u>Schedule 4.8</u> hereto or (C) such actions, consents, approvals, registrations or filings the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Pledgor, threatened in writing against or affecting, the Pledgor or any business, property or rights of the Pledgor which (a) individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or the Guarantee, Liens or security interests created or purported to be created pursuant to this Agreement. Since December 31, 2023, there has been no occurrence, development, change, event, or loss which has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, any Material Adverse Effect.

**Section IV.9<u>[Reserved]</u>**.

**Section IV.10<u>Solvency</u>**. On the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (a) the fair value of the assets (for the avoidance of doubt, calculated to include goodwill and other intangibles) of the Pledgor, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Pledgor, (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Pledgor will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of the Pledgor on its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) the Pledgor will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) the Pledgor will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.

**<u>Intellectual Property</u>**. Except as has not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Pledgor owns or has the right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, licenses and other intellectual property rights which are necessary to perform its obligations under and in accordance with the Material Project Contracts to which the Pledgor is a party and (b) to the knowledge of the Pledgor, no material product, process, method, service, substance, part or other material offered for sale, sold, contemplated to be sold or used by it in connection with its business infringes, misappropriates or violates any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name, copyright, trade secrets, know-how, license or other intellectual property right owned by any other Person.

**Section IV.11<u>Data Protection Measures</u>.** Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)the Pledgor has not experienced any Cyber Security Incidents related to personal data, material confidential Pledgor data, or information technology, in each case, which would require notification of individuals, other affected parties, law enforcement, or any Governmental Authority;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)the Pledgor has not received any subpoenas, demands, or other notices from any Governmental Authority investigating, inquiring into, or otherwise relating to any actual or potential violation of any Data Protection Laws or Cyber Security Incident and, to the knowledge of the Pledgor, the Pledgor is not under investigation by any Governmental Authority for any actual or potential violation of any Data Protection Laws or Cyber Security Incidents;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)no notice, complaint, claim, enforcement action, proceeding, or litigation, has been served on, or initiated against the Pledgor or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents (in their capacity as such) by any Person or Governmental Authority under any Data Protection Laws; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall not cause, constitute, or result in a breach or violation of any Data Protection Laws or any terms of service or privacy policy entered into by the users of Pledgor's services.

**Section IV.12<u>Equity Interests</u>.** The Equity Interests in the Borrower have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. There is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which the Borrower is a party requiring, and there is no Equity Interest in the Borrower outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by the Borrower of any additional Equity Interests in the Borrower or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase an Equity Interest in the Borrower.

**ARTICLE V.<br>COVENANTS**

From the date of this Agreement, and thereafter until the Termination Date, the Pledgor agrees that:

**Section V.1<u>General.</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)<u>Authorization to File Financing Statements; Ratification</u>. The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent (or its designee) to file financing statements and other documents describing the Collateral in order to perfect the security interests created hereby. The Pledgor hereby agrees to deliver or file such financing statements, and to take such other actions necessary, as may from time to time be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to maintain a perfected security interest in and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral owned by the Pledgor (subject to Liens permitted under <u>Section 5.6</u>). Any financing statement filed by the Collateral Agent or its designee may be filed in any filing office in any relevant UCC jurisdiction and may (i) describe the Pledgor's Collateral in order to perfect the security interest created hereunder by any description which reasonably approximates the description contained in this Agreement, and (ii) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office's acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including whether the Pledgor is an organization and the type of organization of the Pledgor. The Pledgor also agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon reasonable request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pledgor agrees to prepare, record and file, at its own expense, financing statements (including continuation statements), amendments and supplements and such other instruments with respect to the Collateral now existing or hereafter created meeting the requirements of applicable state

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Law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect and maintain the security interests granted hereunder, and to deliver a file stamped copy of each such financing statement or other evidence of filing to the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent has no obligation to file UCC financing statements, continuation statements or amendments or any similar filings.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)<u>Organizational Documents; Further Assurances</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)The Pledgor shall not amend, supplement or modify any term or provision of its organizational documents relating to, or in connection with, its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower that would reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders, taken as a whole, or agree to do any of the same.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)The Pledgor agrees to take such commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral against all persons and to defend the security interest of the Collateral Agent in its Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)<u>Other Financing Statements</u>. The Pledgor will not authorize the filing of any financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral owned by it, except for financing statements naming the Collateral Agent as the secured party.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)<u>Change of Name; Location of Collateral; Place of Business</u>. The Pledgor may change (a) its legal name, (b) its jurisdiction of organization (or, if not a registered organization, its "location" (as defined in Section 9-307 of the UCC)) or (c) its identity or organizational structure; *provided* that, within thirty (30) days after such change (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree at the written direction of the Required Lenders), the Pledgor will provide written notice to the Collateral Agent thereof. The Pledgor agrees to make all filings that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a legal, valid and perfected security interest in all the Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)<u>Fiscal Year</u>. The Pledgor shall not change its fiscal year end from December 31.

**Section V.2<u>Delivery of Certificates</u>**. The Pledgor will (a) deliver to the Collateral Agent, promptly upon execution of this Agreement, the originals of all certificated Securities, certificates or instruments in respect of the Collateral (if any then exist) (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), together with instruments of transfers in blank in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to transfer title to the Collateral Agent and (b) after the date hereof, hold in trust for the Collateral Agent upon receipt and promptly thereafter deliver to the Collateral Agent any certificated Securities, certificates or instruments, in each case, in respect of the Collateral, together with instruments of transfers in blank in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to transfer title to the Collateral Agent, and all such additional instruments and documents are necessary, or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to give effect to the pledge of the Collateral granted hereby and (c) upon the Collateral Agent's request, deliver to the Collateral Agent a duly executed amendment to this Agreement, in the form of <u>Exhibit C</u> hereto (the "<u>Amendment</u>"), pursuant to which the Pledgor will identify and ratify the pledge of such additional Collateral acquired after the date hereof. The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach each Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all additional Collateral owned by it set forth in such Amendments shall be considered to be part of the Collateral.

**Section V.3<u>Issuance of Additional Securities</u>**. The Pledgor will not permit the Borrower to issue additional Equity Interests, any right to receive the same or any right to receive earnings, except to

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the Pledgor. The Pledged Equity will at all times constitute not less than 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower.

**Section V.4<u>[Reserved]</u>**.

**Section V.5<u>[Reserved]</u>**.

**Section V.7<u>Disposition of Pledged Equity Collateral</u>**. The Pledgor will not sell, lease, or otherwise Dispose of any Equity Interests constituting Collateral.

**Section V.8<u>Debt Incurrence</u>**. Prior to the earliest to occur of (a) a Qualified IPO, (b) the Loan Balance Trigger Date and (c) the date the Pledgor obtains an Investment Grade Rating, the Pledgor will not incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness of Pledgor other than Permitted Indebtedness.

**Section V.9<u>Payment of Obligations</u>.** The Pledgor shall pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all of its respective material obligations and liabilities, including material Tax liabilities and other material governmental claims, except where the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall maintain, in accordance with GAAP, reserves as appropriate for the accrual of any of the same.

**Section V.10<u>Compliance with Data Protection Laws</u>.** Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Pledgor shall comply, and make commercially reasonable efforts to cause its directors, officers, employees and agents to comply, with all Data Protection Laws applicable to its business and operations, (b) written policies and procedures will be maintained and enforced by or on behalf of the Pledgor that are reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by, the Pledgor and its directors, officers, employees and agents, with Data Protection Laws applicable to its business and operations and (c) perform any investigation or remedial action to the extent required by Governmental Authorities under Data Protection Laws.

**Section V.11<u>Compliance with Loan Documents</u>**. The Pledgor will (a) use reasonable efforts not to take any action that causes the Borrower to violate any term, provision, representation, warranty or covenant contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) not take any action that causes the Borrower to (i) fail to comply with Sections 2.01(c), 2.01(d), 2.10(b), 2.10(f) or 6.10(g) of the Credit Agreement and (ii) pursue any other purchase or financing transaction in respect of the GPU Servers required to satisfy the obligations under or pursuant to the Restricted Purchase Orders in contravention of such provisions.

**Section V.12<u>Restricted Payments</u>.** The Pledgor will not make, directly or indirectly (including via any Subsidiary or another Affiliate) any Restricted Payment, except:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)the repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of Equity Interests from former or current employees, officers, directors, consultants, Affiliates or other persons performing services for the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of stock repurchase plans, restricted stock agreements or similar agreements under which the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary has the option to repurchase such shares upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the

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termination of employment or service, or pursuant to a right of first refusal in an amount not to exceed the original purchase price thereof; provided that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (a) do not exceed (i) prior to a Qualified IPO, $100,000,000 in any fiscal year and (ii) after the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)the consummation of the Conductor Buyback Transactions, so long as Pledgor uses commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the Conductor Buyback Transactions on or before September 1, 2024;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests ("<u>Retired Capital Stock</u>") of the Pledgor, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Pledgor or any direct or indirect Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) or management investment vehicle to the extent contributed to the Pledgor (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) ("<u>Refunding Capital Stock</u>");

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Pledgor deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Pledgor, in each case, permitted under the Credit Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters' rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets; provided that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this <u>clause (f)</u> subsequent to the Closing Date do not exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)Restricted Payments (1) required to be made pursuant to the Series C Put Option Agreement so long as no default (including any Default or Event of Default) then-exists or would result from the making of any Restricted Payment; provided that, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this <u>clause (g)(1)</u> shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the Put Option Payment Amount and (y) the amount required to purchase the applicable Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Series C Put Option Agreement) pursuant to the Series C Put Option Agreement as of the relevant date of determination, (2) consisting of dividends in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Pledgor Charter) as and when required pursuant to Subsection 1.1 of Part B of Article Fourth of the Pledgor Charter; provided that such Restricted Payments may be made in cash only to the extent (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to the making of any such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment and (ii) the Pledgor shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, with Section 4.25 of the 2021 Note Issuance Agreement and Section 4.25 of the 2022 Note Issuance Agreement and (3) Restricted Payments made in respect of any Put Note, to the extent (i) such Put Note constitutes subordinated Indebtedness and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to the making of any such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)any other Restricted Payment in an amount equal to the amount distributed to the Pledgor by the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.06(f) of the Credit Agreement;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)Restricted Payments required to be made pursuant to the Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note (and, solely with respect to any such Restricted Payments constituting a Cash Settlement (as defined in the Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note), so long as no Default or Event of Default then-exists or would result from the making of any such Restricted Payment); *provided* that, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this <u>clause (h)</u> shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Maximum Conversion Option Payment Amount and (ii) the aggregate Settlement Amount (as defined in the Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note) actually paid pursuant to the Project [\*] Convertible Promissory Note (as in effect on the date of the original execution thereof) as of the relevant date of determination; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)<u>Restricted Payments (i) consisting of (A) payments of cash interest as required pursuant to the terms of the 2031 Convertible Notes, (B) payments or deliveries of the Pledgor's common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock of the Pledgor), cash or any combination upon conversion of the 2031 Convertible Notes in accordance with their terms, and (C) on or after the third anniversary of the closing date with respect to the 2031 Convertible Notes, other payments of cash (in the case of such cash payment, so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result from the making of such Restricted Payment) pursuant to the terms of the 2031 Convertible Notes prior to or in connection with any optional redemption, repurchase or maturity thereof or otherwise and (ii) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result from the making of any such Restricted Payment, any premium payments required to be made pursuant to the terms of the Capped Call Option Transactions.</u>

**Section V.13<u>Use of Proceeds</u>**. The Pledgor will not use the proceeds of the Loans for any purpose other than as set out in Sections 3.11 and 5.08 of the Credit Agreement.

**Section V.14<u>Maintenance of Existence; Insurance</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)The Pledgor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)The Pledgor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) in the Pledgor's reasonable business judgment, obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, (ii) comply with all applicable Laws, rules, regulations and judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, permits, licenses, and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted and (iii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as permitted by this Agreement), in each case in this <u>Section 5.14(b)</u> except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)The Pledgor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties, business and assets constituting Collateral at all times the types of insurance required to operate and maintain its properties, business and assets.

**<u>Mergers, Consolidations and Acquisitions</u>***.* The Pledgor shall not:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with the Pledgor unless the Pledgor is the surviving entity;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)liquidate, dissolve or wind-up or modify its existing Governing Documents in any manner materially adverse to the Secured Parties; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)prior to the earlier to occur of (i) a Qualified IPO and (ii) the Loan Balance Trigger Date, purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person,

except:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)Liens permitted by <u>Section 5.6</u>;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)Permitted Acquisitions;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(C)the transactions permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (it being agreed and understood that, for the purposes of this <u>Section 5.15(c)(C)</u>, to the extent that this <u>Section 5.15</u> restricts any transactions of the Pledgor that are otherwise permitted with respect to the Borrower under any Loan Document, such transactions shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder with respect to the Pledgor, *mutatis mutandis*); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(D)any transactions necessary to facilitate the consummation of a Qualified IPO.

**ARTICLE VI.<br>EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES**

**Section VI.1<u>Pledged Equity</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given prior written notice to the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends or distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Equity, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other entity rights with respect to the Pledged Equity. Any sums paid upon or in respect of any Pledged Equity upon the liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower, any non-cash distribution of capital made on or in respect of any Pledged Equity or any property distributed upon or with respect to any Pledged Equity pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of the Borrower or pursuant to the reorganization thereof shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent or except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, be delivered to the Collateral Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations; *provided*, *however*, that, if such sum of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of any Pledged Equity shall be received by the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, as additional security for the Obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given prior written notice to the Pledgor, (i) the Pledgor's right to receive all cash dividends or

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distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Equity and to exercise all voting and corporate or other entity rights with respect to the Pledged Equity shall cease while such Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Pledged Equity and make application thereof to the Obligations in accordance with Section 7.04 of the Credit Agreement, and (iii) any or all of the Pledged Equity shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, and the Collateral Agent or its nominee may (but shall not be obligated to) thereafter exercise (A) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Pledged Equity at any meeting of shareholders (or other equivalent body) of the Borrower or otherwise and (B) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Pledged Equity as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged Equity upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the organizational structure of the Borrower, or upon the exercise by the Pledgor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Pledged Equity, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Equity with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to the Pledgor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing. If such sum of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of any Pledged Equity shall be received by the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, as additional security for the Obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)The Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs the Borrower to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (A) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from the Pledgor, and the Pledgor agrees that the Borrower shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Equity directly to the Collateral Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Borrower to comply with any request received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that seeks to exercise or enforce any of the rights granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to <u>Section 6.2</u>. The Pledgor agrees that the foregoing authorization and instruction shall be sufficient to authorize the Collateral Agent's exercise or enforcement of such rights, and that the Borrower shall not be required to investigate the accuracy of any request made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 6.1(d)</u>.

**Section VI.2<u>Remedies Generally</u>**. During the continuation of an Event of Default:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) exercise any or all of the following rights and remedies to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)those rights and remedies provided in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document; *provided* that this <u>Section 6.2</u> shall not be understood to limit any rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties prior to an Event of Default;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)those rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable Law (including, without

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limitation, any Law governing the exercise of a bank's right of setoff or bankers' lien) when a debtor is in default under a security agreement (or its functional equivalent);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)the right to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)without notice, demand or advertisement of any kind to the Pledgor or any other Person (except as specifically provided in <u>Section 9.1</u> or elsewhere herein or in the UCC), the right to enter the premises (including any premises owned or leased or to which the Pledgor otherwise has access rights) of the Pledgor where any Collateral is located (through self-held and without judicial process), the right to collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, sell, lease, assign, grant an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of, deliver, or realize upon, the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales (which sales may be adjourned or continued from time to time with or without written notice and may take place at the Pledgor's premises or elsewhere), subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable Law and the notice requirements described below, for cash, on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, and upon such other terms as are commercially reasonable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)the right to transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee the whole or any part of the Pledged Equity, to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Pledged Equity for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations, to exercise the voting and all other rights as a holder with respect thereto, to collect and receive all cash dividends, interest and principal and other distributions made thereon and to otherwise act with respect to the Pledged Equity as though the Collateral Agent was the outright owner thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)the right to send to any Depositary Bank a "Notice of Exclusive Control" (howsoever defined) under any Control Agreement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii)the right to discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the Collateral (except for such Liens as are specifically permitted hereunder).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall comply with any applicable state or federal Law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)Upon any such public sale or sales or any such private sale or sales, the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation), to the extent permitted by law, to purchase for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which rights and equities of redemption the Pledgor hereby expressly releases.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)Until the Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale or other disposition of Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, as provided under applicable Law, to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving or protecting the Collateral or its value, enforcing this Agreement or perfecting and maintaining the perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent's security interest in the Collateral. The Collateral Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of the Collateral Agent's remedies (for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall be required to (i) make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies against, the Borrower with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof, (ii) marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, or (iii) effect a public sale of any Collateral.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)The Pledgor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Equity or any other Collateral, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof in accordance with <u>clause (a)</u> above. The Pledgor also acknowledges that any private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue of such sale being private. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Equity or any other Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the Pledgor or the Issuer of the Pledged Equity or other Collateral to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities Laws, even if the Pledgor and the Issuer would agree to do so.

**Section VI.3<u>Pledgor's Obligations Upon Default</u>**. Upon the request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Pledgor will take any and all actions, and do any and all such things as are requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Guarantee and the Collateral, including, without limitation, the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)assemble and make available to the Collateral Agent the Collateral and all books and records relating thereto at any place or places reasonably specified by the Collateral Agent, whether at the Pledgor's premises or elsewhere;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)permit the Collateral Agent, by the Collateral Agent's representatives and agents, to enter, occupy and use any premises where all or any part of the Collateral, or the books and records relating thereto, or both, are located, to take possession of all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, to remove all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, and to conduct sales of the Collateral, without any obligation to pay the Pledgor for such use and occupancy;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)furnish to the Collateral Agent, or cause the Issuer of Pledged Equity to furnish to the Collateral Agent, any information regarding the Pledged Equity and the other Collateral in such reasonable detail as the Collateral Agent may reasonably specify; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)take, or cause the Issuer of Pledged Equity to take, any and all actions reasonably necessary to register or qualify the Pledged Equity to enable the Collateral Agent to consummate a public sale or other disposition of the Pledged Equity and the other Collateral.

**ARTICLE VII.<br>ATTORNEY IN FACT**

**Section VII.1<u>Authorization for Secured Party to Take Certain Action</u>**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)The Pledgor irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent and any office or agent thereof at any time and from time to time, and appoints the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof (which

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appointment shall automatically terminate with respect to the Pledgor on the Termination Date or, if sooner upon the termination or release of the Pledgor hereunder), effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney in fact, with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Pledgor and in the name of Pledgor or its own name, to (at the expense of the Pledgor), upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and prior written notice to the Pledgor:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) do all acts and things necessary or desirable in the Collateral Agent's sole discretion, at any time and from to time to time, to preserve, protect and realize upon the Collateral and perfect and maintain the perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent's security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral, and to contact and enter into one or more agreements with the Issuer or any issuers of uncertificated securities which are Pledged Equity or with securities intermediaries holding Pledged Equity as may be necessary or advisable to give the Collateral Agent Control over such Pledged Equity; *provided* that this authorization shall not relieve the Pledgor of any of its obligations under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)in the name of Pledgor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due in relation to the Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to the Pledgor, pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral (other than taxes not required to be discharged under this Agreement and the Credit Agreement and constituting Liens permitted hereunder or thereunder);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)execute, in connection with any sale of Collateral, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral or as the Collateral Agent shall direct; (A) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (B) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (C) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (D) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Pledgor with respect to any Collateral; (E) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may in its sole discretion deem appropriate; and (F) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Collateral Agent's option and Pledgor's expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agent's and the other Secured Parties' security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement; and

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi)to vote any of the Pledged Equity and exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of any of the Pledged Equity would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of equity holders, calling special meetings of equity holders and voting at such meetings), which proxy shall be effective automatically and without the necessary of any action (including any transfer of the Pledged Equity on the record books of the Issuer thereof) by any Person (including the Issuer thereof or any officer or agent thereof).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interest created hereby is released. All acts of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified and approved. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, under this <u>Section 7.1</u> are solely to protect the Collateral Agent's interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE COLLATERAL AGENT MAY EXERCISE THE RIGHTS AND POWERS PROVIDED IN THIS <u>SECTION 7.1</u> ONLY DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT AND AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF ANY NOTICE PERIOD OTHERWISE REQUIRED HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT.

**Section VII.2<u>Limitation of Duty</u>**. The Collateral Agent's sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account and shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property. Neither the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of the Pledgor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent's and the other Secured Parties' interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to the Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Collateral Agent shall be under no duty whatsoever to make or give any presentment, notice of dishonor, protest, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, or other notice or demand in connection with any Collateral or the Obligations, or to take any steps necessary to preserve any rights against the Pledgor or other Person or ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not it has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters. The Pledgor, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waives any right of marshaling in respect of any and all Collateral, and waives any right to require the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to proceed against the Pledgor or other Person, exhaust any Collateral or enforce any other remedy which the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party now has or may hereafter have against the Pledgor or other Person.

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**ARTICLE VIII.<br>APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS**

**Section VIII.1<u>Application of Proceeds</u>**. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds of Collateral received by the Pledgor consisting of cash, checks and other near cash items shall be held by the Pledgor in trust for the Secured Parties segregated from other funds of the Pledgor, and at the request of the Collateral Agent, shall, forthwith (and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days after any such request) upon receipt by the Pledgor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by the Pledgor (duly endorsed by the Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, if required or reasonably requested). At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the Collateral Agent's election, the Collateral Agent may apply all or any part of the Proceeds of Collateral held or received by it against the Obligations in such order as the Collateral Agent may elect in compliance with the Credit Agreement, and any part of such funds which the Collateral Agent elects not so to apply and deems not required as collateral security for such Obligations shall be promptly paid over from time to time by the Collateral Agent to the Pledgor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Any balance of such Proceeds remaining after the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) shall have been paid in full shall be promptly paid over to the Pledgor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

**ARTICLE IX.<br>GENERAL PROVISIONS**

**Section IX.1<u>Waivers</u>**. As provided in Section 9-612 of the UCC, any notice of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral may be made shall be deemed sent within a reasonable time if sent to the Pledgor, addressed as set forth in <u>Article X</u>, after the occurrence of an Event of Default and at least ten (10) days prior to (a) the date of any such public sale or (b) the time after which any such private sale or other disposition may be made. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, the Pledgor waives all claims, damages, and demands against the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral, except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Pledgor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any valuation, stay, appraisal, extension, moratorium, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or under the power of sale conferred by this Agreement, or applicable Law. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Pledgor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any Collateral.

**Section IX.2<u>Limitation on Collateral Agent's and any Other Secured Party's Duty with Respect to the Collateral</u>**. The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. The Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent

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in good faith, except to the extent that such loss or diminution is attributable to the Collateral Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. Nothing in this Agreement shall connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations on the part of the Collateral Agent, arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law.

**Section IX.3<u>Secured Party Performance of Debtor Obligations</u>**. Without having any obligation to do so, the Collateral Agent may during the continuance of an Event of Default perform or pay any obligation which the Pledgor has agreed to perform or pay in this Agreement and the Pledgor shall reimburse the Collateral Agent for any amounts paid by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 9.3</u>. The Pledgor's obligation to reimburse the Collateral Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be included in the Obligations and payable on demand.

**Section IX.4<u>Specific Performance of Certain Covenants</u>**. The Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained herein will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breaches and therefore agrees that the covenants of the Pledgor contained herein shall be specifically enforceable against the Pledgor.

**Section IX.5<u>No Waiver; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies</u>**. No delay or omission of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any right or remedy granted under this Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall not preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Agreement whatsoever (other than any Amendment), nor consent to any departure by the Pledgor therefrom, shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Collateral Agent with the concurrence or at the written direction of the Required Lenders to the extent required under Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement and the Pledgor and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All rights and remedies contained in this Agreement or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with <u>Section 9.11</u>.

**Section IX.6<u>Limitation by Law; Severability of Provisions</u>**. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of Law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of Law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded or registered, in whole or in part. Any provision in this Agreement that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable.

**Section IX.7<u>Reinstatement</u>**. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Pledgor for liquidation or reorganization, should the Pledgor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any the Pledgor's

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assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable Law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent conveyance," or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

**Section IX.8<u>Benefit of Agreement</u>**. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Pledgor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; *provided* that, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and all Lenders, and any such purported assignment, transfer or delegation shall be null and void.

**Section IX.9<u>Survival of Representations</u>**. All representations and warranties of the Pledgor contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

**Section IX.10<u>Headings</u>**. The title of and section headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

**Section IX.11<u>Termination or Release</u>**. The Guarantor and the Pledgor shall be released automatically from each of their obligations hereunder and the Guarantee and the security interest granted hereby shall also terminate and be released automatically on the Termination Date and, upon such termination, the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of an officer's certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of the Borrower (and countersigned by the Administrative Agent) attesting to compliance with the conditions precedent contemplated herein and in any other Loan Documents (as applicable), and at the expense of the Pledgor or Borrower, execute and deliver to Pledgor such documentation (including any and all releases of Liens, termination statements and assignments) as it may reasonably request to effectuate the same (it being agreed and understood that such officer's certificate shall not be required on the Termination Date). Any execution and delivery of the foregoing documents by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this <u>Section 9.11</u> shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

**Section IX.12<u>Entire Agreement</u>**. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral.

**Section IX.13<u>CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; PATRIOT ACT</u>**. **THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTIONS 9.11, 9.15 and 9.19 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE TO SUCH TERMS**.

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**Section IX.14<u>Resignation of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent</u>**. Section 8.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference, *mutatis mutandis*, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.

**Section IX.15<u>Expenses and Indemnity</u>**. Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference *mutatis mutandis*, as if stated verbatim herein as agreements and obligations of the Pledgor.

**Section IX.16<u>Counterparts</u>**. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by fax or other electronic transmission (e.g. .pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words "execution," "signed," "signature," and words of like import in this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

**Section IX.17<u>Lien Absolute</u>**. The Pledgor shall not be released from its obligations hereunder by reason of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any of the Obligations, by operation of law or otherwise, or any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Obligations, or any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or performance of the Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)any lack of validity or enforceability relating to or against the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, for any reason related to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations, or any applicable Law purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower of the principal of or interest on the Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any part of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations, including any increase or decrease in the rate of interest thereon;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)any change in the legal existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person, or any of their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Obligation of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)any present or future law, regulation or order of any jurisdiction (whether of right or in fact) or of any agency thereof purporting to reduce, amend, restructure or otherwise affect any term of any Loan Document, the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Obligations;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)any other setoff, defense or counterclaim whatsoever (in any case, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory) with respect to the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any other agreement or instrument or the transactions contemplated thereby which might constitute a legal or equitable defense available to, or discharge of the Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Person; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, other Secured Party or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Pledgor's obligations hereunder;

except in each case to the extent that any written amendment, settlement, compromise, waiver or release entered into with the Collateral Agent expressly terminates the obligations of the Pledgor hereunder.

**Section IX.18<u>Release</u>**. The Pledgor consents and agrees that the Collateral Agent may at any time, or from time to time, in compliance with the Credit Agreement and otherwise in its discretion:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)renew, extend or change the time of payment, and/or the manner, place or terms of payment of all or any part of the Obligations; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)exchange, release and/or surrender all or any of the Collateral (including the Pledged Equity), or any part thereof, by whomsoever deposited, which is now or may hereafter be held by the Collateral Agent in connection with all or any of the Obligations, all in such manner and upon such terms as the Collateral Agent may deem proper, and without notice to or further assent from the Pledgor, it being hereby agreed that the Pledgor shall be and remain bound upon this Agreement, irrespective of the value or condition of any of the Collateral, and notwithstanding any such change, exchange, settlement, compromise, surrender, release, renewal or extension, and notwithstanding also that the Obligations may, at any time, exceed the aggregate principal amount thereof set forth in the Credit Agreement, or any other agreement governing any Obligations.

**ARTICLE X.<br>NOTICES**

**Section X.1<u>Sending Notices</u>**. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement, with each notice to the Pledgor being given in the same manner as notice to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement; *provided* that such notice shall in each case be addressed to the Pledgor at its notice address set forth on <u>Exhibit A</u>.

**Section X.2<u>Change in Address for Notices</u>**. Each of the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders may change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties hereto.

**ARTICLE XI.<br>THE COLLATERAL AGENT**

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties hereunder pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties to this Agreement that any authority conferred upon the Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the delegation of authority made by the Secured Parties to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and that the Collateral Agent has agreed to act (and

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any successor Collateral Agent shall act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions contained in such Section 8.01. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement and not in its individual or corporate capacity. In acting hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities set forth in the Credit Agreement as if such rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities were set forth herein. Any successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be entitled to all the rights, interests and benefits of the Collateral Agent hereunder.

**ARTICLE XII.<br>CONSENT TO PLEDGED EQUITY**

The Borrower, in its capacity as an issuer of Pledged Equity (in such capacity, the "<u>Issuer</u>"), hereby (a) consents to the grant by the Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of a security interest in and Lien on all of the Pledgor's right, title, and interest in and to Pledged Equity, (b) represents to the Collateral Agent that it has no rights of setoff or other claims against any of the Pledged Equity, (c) acknowledges and agrees that it shall, upon demand by the Collateral Agent, pay to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any dividends and distributions due to the Pledgor in accordance with the terms hereof, and (d) consents to the transfer of such Pledged Equity to the Collateral Agent or its nominee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as a partner in any partnership or as a member in any limited liability company with all the rights and powers related thereto. The Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs the Issuer to comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (a) states that an Event of Default has occurred and (b) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from the Pledgor.

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## Exhibit 10.31

EXHIBIT 10.31

***Execution Version***

**CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [\*], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO COREWEAVE, INC. IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.**

**FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT**

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 31, 2025 (this "**First Amendment**"), is by and among CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. VII, LLC (the "**Initial Borrower**"), CoreWeave, Inc. (the "**Guarantor**"), CCAC VII Holdco LLC (the "**Pledgor**"), each Lender, MUFG Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent (the "**Administrative Agent**") and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent (the "**Collateral Agent**").

**W I T N E S S E T H** 

**WHEREAS**, the Initial Borrower, CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. V, LLC (the "**Co-Borrower**" and together with the Initial Borrower, the "**Borrowers**" and each a "**Borrower**"), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, U.S. Bank National Association, as Depositary Bank, the Administrative Agent and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent, are party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2025 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the "**Existing Credit Agreement**", and after giving effect to this First Amendment, the "**Credit Agreement**");

**WHEREAS**, the Pledgor, the Guarantor and the Collateral Agent are party to that certain Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2025 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the "**Existing Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement**", and after giving effect to this First Amendment, the "**Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement**");

**WHEREAS**, in accordance with Section 9.08(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Initial Borrower and the Lenders desire to enter into, execute and deliver this First Amendment as an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement;

**WHEREAS**, in accordance with Section 10.5 of the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, the Guarantor, Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders party hereto) desire to enter into, execute and deliver this First Amendment as an amendment to the Existing Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement; and

**WHEREAS**, the Lenders party hereto constituting each Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement (collectively, the "**Consenting Lenders**") have agreed to (a) make certain amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement and (b) direct the Collateral Agent to make certain amendments to the Existing Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, in each case as more specifically set forth herein.

**NOW THEREFORE**, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Initial Borrower, the

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Pledgor, the Guarantor, the Consenting Lenders and the Administrative Agent covenant and agree as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.<u>Capitalized Terms</u>. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.<u>Amendments to Credit Agreement</u>. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in <u>Section 4</u> below, the Initial Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders hereby agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)the following definitions in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

"***Contract Realization Ratio***" shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) all amounts billed and, without duplication, revenues (or any other payments) received by Borrowers under the Master Services Agreement and (ii) equity proceeds received by the Borrowers (such equity proceeds, the "***CRR Cure Proceeds***"), in each case, during the three full fiscal month period most recently ended prior to such Monthly Date to (b) the sum of Projected Contracted Cash Flows applicable for the corresponding three-month period as determined on a net 360 basis (*e.g.*, this calculation shall reflect the proportion of (i) the sum of (A) all amounts actually billed in and, without duplication, revenues (or any other payments) received by Borrowers under the Master Services Agreement and (B) equity proceeds received by the Borrowers, in each case, during months 1 through 3 to (ii) the Projected Contracted Cash Flows in months 13 through 15), in each case, as of such date of determination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of calculating the Contract Realization Ratio, (x) for the first Monthly Date occurring after February 1, 2026, the amounts in clauses (a) and (b) of this definition shall be calculated by multiplying the applicable amounts for the full fiscal month most recently ended prior to such Monthly Date by three and (y) for the second Monthly Date occurring after February 1, 2026, the amounts in clauses (a) and (b) of this definition shall be calculated by multiplying the applicable amounts for the two full fiscal month period most recently ended prior to such Monthly Date by one and one-half.

"***Master Services Agreement***" shall mean, collectively, (a) that certain Master Services Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2025, by and among CoreWeave, Inc. and OpenAI OpCo, LLC (as amended by that certain Amendment #1 to Master Services Agreement, dated as of [\*], by and among the Co-Borrower and [\*]) solely as it relates to Phoenix 1 (as such Master Services Agreement was assigned to the Co-Borrower pursuant to the MSA Assignment), (b) Phoenix 1 (as assigned to the Co-Borrower pursuant to the MSA Assignment) and (c) any subsequent Order Forms (or amendments) with respect to the Master Services Agreement that (1) are executed between the same parties to the Master Services Agreement (or their respective affiliates), (2) provide for bare metal compute services for OpenAI, (3) the performance of which will be effected principally by assets constituting Dell GPU Servers or Collateral and (4) make reference to the Interparty Agreement, together with any amendments, modifications or supplements to any of the foregoing.

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"***Minimum Liquidity Amount***" shall mean:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on any Monthly Payment Date ended on and after the Closing Date but prior to September 1, 2025, $50,000,000;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on any Monthly Payment Date ended on and after September 1, 2025 but prior to August 1, 2027, $100,000,000;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on any Monthly Payment Date ended on and after August 1, 2027 but prior to August 1, 2028, $75,000,000; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on any Monthly Payment Date ended on and after August 1, 2028, $50,000,000.

"***Phoenix 1***" shall mean that certain Amended and Restated CoreWeave Reserved Compute Instance Order Form #1, dated [\*], entered by and among CoreWeave, Inc. and [\*] pursuant to the Master Services Agreement, as amended by that certain Amendment #1, dated [\*] by and among the Co-Borrower and [\*] and the Second Amendment to Phoenix 1.

"***Projected Contracted Cash Flows***" shall mean, as of any Monthly Payment Date, with respect to the Master Services Agreement, the projected amounts (as set forth in the financial model delivered to the Lead Arrangers by the Borrowers or Parent on or prior to November 20, 2025 (as may be modified from time to time prior to the First Amendment Effective Date)) of contracted cash flows to any Borrower from the Master Services Agreement, (net of any payments already received (including all upfront payments already received) through the latest applicable Term Maturity Date) and any Additional Services Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended to add the following definitions in alphabetical order:

"***CRR Cure Proceeds***" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Contract Realization Ration".

[\*]

"***First Amendment***" shall mean that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2025, by and among the Initial Borrower, each Lender party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

"***First Amendment Effective Date***" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the First Amendment.

"***Lead Arranger***" shall mean Morgan Stanley Asset Funding, Inc. and MUFG Bank, Ltd.

[\*]

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"***Position Confirmation Request***" shall mean a written request from the Initial Borrower that each Qualified Lead Arranger deliver a Qualified Lead Arranger Representation to the Initial Borrower.

"***Qualified Lead Arranger***" shall mean, as of any date of determination, a Lead Arranger that holds outstanding Delayed Draw Loans and unfunded Commitments in an aggregate amount such that such Lead Arranger's Pro Rata Share as of such date is greater than 50% of such Lead Arranger's Pro Rata Share on the Closing Date; *provided* that any Lead Arranger shall cease to be deemed a "Qualified Lead Arranger" upon its failure to deliver a Qualified Lead Arranger Representation within one (1) Business Day after receipt of an applicable Position Confirmation Request.

"***Qualified Lead Arranger Representation***" shall mean, with respect to any Lead Arranger, a written representation from such Lead Arranger certifying that such Lead Arranger, has, at all times from and after the Closing Date and including the date of such representation, held outstanding Delayed Draw Loans and unfunded Commitments in an aggregate amount such that such Lead Arranger's Pro Rata Share as of such date is greater than 50% of such Lead Arranger's Pro Rata Share on the Closing Date.

"***Second Amendment to Phoenix 1***" shall mean that certain Amendment #2 to the Amended and Restated CoreWeave Reserved Compute Instance Order Form #1, dated [\*], entered by and among the Co-Borrower and [\*] pursuant to the Master Services Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement is amended to add the following Section 4.02(r):

With respect to any Credit Event occurring on or after the First Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that, as of the date of such Credit Event, to the Borrower's actual knowledge, [\*] in accordance with [\*] the section entitled "Terms & Conditions" in the Second Amendment to Phoenix 1 [\*].

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)Section 5.04 of the Credit Agreement is amended to add the following Sections 5.04(i)-(j):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)within [\*] Business Days [\*] in accordance with [\*] the section entitled "Terms & Conditions" in the Second Amendment to Phoenix 1; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)(A) within 5 Business Days after the end of each calendar month, starting with the month ending December 31, 2025 until and including the month ending May 31, 2026, updates (if any) to <u>Schedule 5.04(j)</u>(i) which updates shall be deemed to update the corresponding items in Schedule 5.04(j)(ii), which such updates shall be certified in writing by a Responsible Officer of the Initial Borrower to be true and correct in all material respects and (B) the Initial Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain email or written confirmation of the information provided with respect to any such updates to Schedule 5.04(j)(ii)

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within such time period from the Initial Borrower's onsite construction consultant (subject to customary non-reliance arrangements satisfactory to such onsite construction consultant); *provided* that, if the Initial Borrower cannot, after using its commercially reasonable efforts, obtain the certification required by the foregoing clause (B), [\*].

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)The lead-in to Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

<u>Litigation and Other Notices</u>. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly (and, in any event (x) in the case of <u>clause (a)</u> below, within three (3) Business Days and (y) in the case of <u>clause (i)</u> below, within ten (10) Business Days) after any Responsible Officer of any Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement is amended to add the following Section 5.05(i):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)[\*] in accordance with [\*] the section entitled "Terms & Conditions" in the Second Amendment to Phoenix 1.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)Section 6.10(f) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) amend, supplement or modify or in any way vary, or agree to the variation (collectively, a "<u>Modification</u>") of any material provision of a Material Project Contract or of the performance of any covenant or obligation by any other Person under any Material Project Contract, in each case, in a manner material and adverse to the Lenders; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) permit or agree to any Modification of any material provision of a Material Project Contract or of the performance of any covenant or obligation by any other Person under any Material Project Contract in a manner material to the Lenders without obtaining the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) of such Qualified Lead Arranger as of the date of Modification;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)Section 6.12(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

<u>Debt Service Coverage Ratio</u>: Commencing on the first Monthly Date that occurs after October 1, 2027, the Borrowers will not permit the Debt Service Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended three full fiscal month period to be less than 1.40:1.00, as of any Monthly Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)Section 6.12(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

<u>Contract Realization Ratio</u>: Commencing on the first Monthly Date that occurs after February 1, 2026, the Initial Borrower will not permit the Contract Realization Ratio

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to be less than 0.85:1.00, as of any Monthly Date; *provided* that, for any Monthly Date in which clause (b) of the definition of Contract Realization Ratio is equal to zero, this <u>Section 6.12(b)</u> shall be deemed to be satisfied with respect to such Monthly Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)Section 7.03(c) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Prior to October 28, 2026, there shall be no limitation on the (i) exercise of Cure Rights or (ii) the inclusion of CRR Equity Proceeds in the calculation of Contract Realization Ratio. On and after October 28, 2026, during each four consecutive calendar month period, (x) the Cure Right may be exercised and/or (y) the inclusion of CRR Equity Proceeds in the calculation of Contract Realization Ratio may, collectively across the foregoing clauses (x) and (y), occur in no more than three consecutive calendar months.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)Schedule 5.04(j)(i), attached hereto as <u>Exhibit A</u>, is appended to Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l)Schedule 5.04(j)(ii), attached hereto as <u>Exhibit B</u>, is appended to Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.<u>Amendments to Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement</u>. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in <u>Section 4</u> below, the Pledgor, the Guarantor and the Collateral Agent hereby agree that the definition of "Total Net Leverage Ratio" in Section 1.3 of the Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows

"***Total Net Leverage Ratio***" shall have the meaning assigned to such term under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.<u>Conditions Precedent</u>. This First Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent (the "**First Amendment Effective Date**"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)Consenting Lenders, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent receiving fully executed copies of the First Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)No Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the First Amendment Effective Date immediately before or after giving effect to this First Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)The representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) or except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly intended to be made as of the First Amendment Effective Date or conditioned on the occurrence of the First Amendment Effective Date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the First Amendment Effective Date or conditioned on the occurrence of the First Amendment Effective Date, as

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applicable), as applicable (and, in all cases, to the extent qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.<u>Limited Effectiveness</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Upon effectiveness of this First Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof" or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in any other agreement to "the Credit Agreement," "thereunder," "thereof" or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this First Amendment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This First Amendment is limited in effect and, except as specifically set forth herein, shall apply only as expressly set forth in this First Amendment and shall not constitute a consent, waiver, modification, approval or amendment of any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Except as expressly provided herein, (i) nothing herein shall limit in any way the rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and affirmed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.<u>Applicable Law; Waivers; Amendments; Entire Agreement; Waiver of Jury Trial; Severability; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process; Confidentiality</u>. Sections 9.07, 9.08, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.15 and 9.16 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference *mutatis mutandis.*

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.<u>Loan Document</u>. This First Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.<u>Direction to Collateral Agent</u>. Each undersigned Consenting Lender (i) hereby certifies that it is a Lender and that collectively the undersigned Lenders constitute the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement, (ii) hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to promptly acknowledge and execute this First Amendment, and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that (A) the Collateral Agent has executed this First Amendment in reliance on the direction set forth in clause (ii) of this Section 8, and (B) the Collateral Agent will not have any responsibility or liability for executing such documents or ascertaining or confirming whether such documents are consistent with or comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.<u>Execution in Counterparts</u>. This First Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this First Amendment by facsimile transmission or an electronic transmission of a PDF copy thereof shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original. Any signature to this Agreement may be delivered by facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf) or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 or the New York Electronic Signature and Records Act or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.<u>No Novation</u>. The execution and delivery of this First Amendment shall not serve to effect a novation of the obligations owing to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Credit

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Agreement based on facts or events occurring or existing prior to the execution and delivery of this First Amendment.

[*Signature Pages Follow*]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

COREWEAVE COMPUTE ACQUISITION CO. VII, LLC, as the Initial Borrower

By: <u>/s/ Michael Intrator&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> 

Name: Michael Intrator<br>Title: Chief Executive Officer

[CoreWeave 3.0 – Signature Page to<br>First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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COREWEAVE, INC., as Guarantor

By: <u>/s/ Michael Intrator&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> 

Name: Michael Intrator<br>Title: Chief Executive Officer

[CoreWeave 3.0 – Signature Page to<br>First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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CCAC VII HOLDCO LLC, as the Pledgor

By: <u>/s/ Michael Intrator&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> 

Name: Michael Intrator<br>Title: Chief Executive Officer

[CoreWeave 3.0 – Signature Page to<br>First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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MUFG BANK, LTD., as Administrative Agent

By: <u>/s/ Lawrence Blat&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> 

Name: Lawrence Blat

Title: Authorized Signatory

[CoreWeave 3.0 – Signature Page to<br>First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders)

By: <u>/s/ Fernando A. Moreyra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> 

Name: Fernando A. Moreyra

Title: Vice President

[CoreWeave 3.0 – Signature Page to<br>First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Parent Guarantee and Pledge Agreement]

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[*Lender signature pages are on file with the Administrative Agent*]

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## Exhibit 10.33

**EXHIBIT 10.33**

November 6, 2025

**Re:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Termination of Director Nomination Rights**

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain letter agreement dated May 20, 2024 (the "**Agreement**"), among CoreWeave, Inc. (the "**Company**"), and CW Opportunity 2 LP, Magnetar Constellation Master Fund, Ltd, Magnetar Capital Master Fund Ltd and Longhorn Special Opportunities Fund LP (collectively, the "**Investor**"), pursuant to which the Investor was granted the right to nominate an individual for consideration by the Company's Nominating and Governance Committee to serve as a member of the Company's Board of Directors.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, the Company and the Investor hereby agree to terminate the Agreement in its entirety effective as of the date hereof. Upon such termination, the Agreement shall have no further force or effect.

This letter agreement shall be governed by the internal law of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law. This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered will be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

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| Very truly yours,<br>**LONGHORN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND LP**<br>By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its investment manager<br>By:<u>/s/ Michael Turro. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Name: Michael Turro<br>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Head of Enterprise Risk<br>**MAGNETAR CONSTELLATION MASTER FUND, LTD.**<br>By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its investment manager<br>By: <u>/s/ Michael Turro &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Name: Michael Turro<br>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Head of Enterprise Risk<br>**MAGNETAR CAPITAL MASTER FUND, LTD**<br>By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its investment manager<br>By: <u>/s/ Michael Turro &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Name: Michael Turro<br>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Head of Enterprise Risk<br>**CW OPPORTUNITY 2 LP**<br>By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its investment manager<br>By: <u>/s/ Michael Turro. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> <br>Name: Michael Turro<br>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Head of Enterprise Risk | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Agreed and Accepted:<br>**COREWEAVE, INC.**<br>By:__<u>/s/ Michael Intrator</u>_______________<br>Name: Michael Intrator<br>Title: Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 10.42

**EXHIBIT 10.42**

**CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [\*], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO COREWEAVE, INC. IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.**

CoreWeave Inc.

101 Eisenhower Parkway

Roseland, NJ 07068

January 15, 2024

Nitin Agrawal [\*]

[\*]

**Re:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Offer of Employment by CoreWeave, Inc.**

Dear Nitin:

It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an offer to join CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively, with its subsidiaries and affiliates, the "Company"), as set forth below. This letter is referred to herein as the "Letter Agreement."

The Company is a leading provider of flexible, high-bandwidth compute capacity, engaged providing highly scalable compute resources to a number of the fastest- growing market sectors, including, AI, ML and CGI rendering (the "Business").

The Company desires to employ you as Chief Financial Officer, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, on the following terms and conditions:

**Section 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitions.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)"<u>Accrued Obligations</u>" shall mean (i) all accrued but unpaid Base Salary through the date of termination of your employment, (ii) any unpaid or unreimbursed expenses incurred in accordance with [Section 6](#i06fcf34e89634af8bd4996d47c9d3c72_1) below, (iii) any benefits provided under the Company's employee benefit plans upon a termination of employment, in accordance with the terms contained therein and (iv) in the event your employment terminates other than by the Company for Cause or by you without Good Reason, the Annual Bonus for the immediately preceding year to the extent not already paid, plus a prorated portion of the Annual Bonus in respect of the year in which your employment terminates reflecting the portion of the year during which you were employed, in each case payable within 15 days following termination of employment, conditioned on your execution of a full and complete release of all claims, actions, and causes of action against the Company, its affiliates, current and former directors, officers, employees,

agents and other representatives (the "Release"). The Release shall be on a customary form drafted and approved by the Company, and shall contain no additional covenants.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)"<u>Base</u> <u>Salary</u>" shall mean the salary provided for in [Section](#i06fcf34e89634af8bd4996d47c9d3c72_1) [4(a)](#i06fcf34e89634af8bd4996d47c9d3c72_1)(i).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)"<u>Business</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)"<u>Cause</u>" shall mean (i) act(s) of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the course of your employment hereunder that is or could reasonably be expected to be materially injurious to the Company, (ii) your willful failure or refusal to perform in any lawful material or directive with respect to your duties or responsibilities, (iii) misappropriation by you of any assets or business opportunities of the Company or any breach of your duty of loyalty to the Company, (iv) embezzlement or fraud committed by you, or at your direction, (v) your conviction of, or pleading "guilty" or " no contest" to: (x) a felony or (y) any other criminal charge that has, or could be reasonably expected to have, an adverse impact on the performance of your duties to the Company or otherwise results in material injury to the reputation or business of the Company, (vi) any material violation of the written policies of the Company, or (vii) your material breach of the Employee Covenant Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)"<u>Company</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in the introduction hereto.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)"<u>Disability</u>" shall mean any physical or mental disability or infirmity that prevents the performance of your material duties for a period of (i) thirty (30) consecutive days or (ii) forty-five (45) non-consecutive days during any twelve (12) month period.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)"<u>Employee</u> <u>Covenant</u> <u>Agreement</u>" shall have meaning set forth in Section

13. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)"<u>Good</u> <u>Reason</u>" shall mean, without your consent, (i) a material

diminution in your title, duties, or responsibilities, or (ii) the Company's material breach of this Letter Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)"<u>Letter</u> <u>Agreement</u>" shall have the meaning set forth in the introduction

hereto.

**Section 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Acceptance; At Will Employment.**

The Company agrees to employ you, and you agree to serve the Company, on the

terms and conditions set forth herein. Your employment shall commence on March 11, 2024 or such other date as mutually agreed (your "Start Date") and shall continue unless terminated as provided in Section 7 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, nothing in this Letter Agreement shall be construed as giving you the right to continued employment. This Letter Agreement is not a contract of employment for any specific period of time, and your

employment is "at will" and may be terminated by you or by the Company at any time for any reason or no reason whatsoever.

**Section 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Position, Duties, and Responsibilities.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)While employed by the Company, you shall be employed and serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company in accordance with the terms herein. We expect that you will work primarily from home on a remote basis, however, you agree that you will occasionally need to travel to the Company's offices, currently in New Jersey, as needed. You may also be required to travel in connection with fulfilling your duties as Chief Financial Officer.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)While employed by the Company, you shall devote your full business time, attention, skill, and reasonable best efforts to the performance of your duties under this Letter Agreement and shall not engage in any other business or occupation, including, without limitation, any activity that (x) conflicts with the interests of the Company, (y) interferes with the proper and efficient performance of your duties for the Company, or (z) interferes with the exercise of your judgment in the Company's best interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude you from (i) serving, subject to the prior written consent of the Company's Board of Directors (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), as a member of the board of directors or advisory boards (or their equivalents in the case of a non-corporate entity) of non-competing businesses and charitable organizations, (ii) engaging in charitable activities and community affairs, and (iii) managing your personal investments and affairs; *provided*, *however*, that the activities set out in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) shall be limited by you so as not to materially interfere, individually or in the aggregate, with the performance of your duties and responsibilities hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)You represent and covenant to the Company that as of your Start Date and throughout your employment, no prior employment or work venture violates or conflicts with your duties and responsibilities described in this Section 3 or the Employee Covenants Agreement (defined below), and you shall notify the Company immediately in the event that any of circumstances change in a way that could reasonably be construed as a violation of this Section 3 or the Employee Covenants Agreement. You further represent and covenant that you have not and will not at any time provide any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information to the Company that is the property of any of your prior employers.

**Section 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compensation.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)<u>Compensation</u>. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you shall be entitled to the following compensation:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)<u>Base</u> <u>Salary</u>. Your Base Salary shall be paid at the rate of

$500,000.00 per annum, less tax withholdings and any other deductions required by law. Base Salary shall be payable in accordance with the regular payroll practices of the Company, which may be increased in the Company's sole discretion.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)<u>Annual Bonus</u>. In respect of each year during your employment, you shall be entitled to an annual bonus in the amount of $500,000.00 (the "Annual Bonus"), less tax withholdings and any other deductions required by law, as long as you choose not to

participate in the Company's broader management bonus pool. The Annual Bonus shall be payable at the time the Company pays bonuses in accordance with the Company's management bonus pool, but no later than March 15 of the following year. You are not eligible to participate in the Company's management bonus pool while entitled to the Annual Bonus. You may, at any time during your employment, waive your right and entitlement to the Annual Bonus in order to participate in the Company's management bonus pool. After waiving your right to the Annual Bonus, you will no longer be entitled to the Annual Bonus and have no right to reinstatement of the Annual Bonus. The Company's management bonus pool is subject to the terms and conditions of the then current bonus plan. The Annual Bonus will be prorated for your first year of employment to reflect the portion of the year during which you are actually employed.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)<u>Restricted</u> <u>Stock</u> <u>Unit</u> <u>Awards</u>. The Company will grant you

Restricted Stock Unit Awards ("RSU Awards") in accordance with the Company's 2019 Stock Award Plan (the "Plan") attached hereto as Annex 1 in the following two allocations: (i) upon or as soon as practicable after your Start Date, 76,245 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs"), which equals sixty-six percent (66%) of the total value of your RSU Awards and is based on the Company's current 409A valuation; and (ii) upon the earlier of June 3, 2024 or the closing of the Company's Series C equity financing, $11,900,000 worth of RSUs which equals 34% of the total value of your RSU Awards and which the number of RSUs will be based on the Company's then current 409A valuation. The RSUs shall be subject to the terms of a Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Award and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex 2.

**Section 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Employee Benefits.**

During your employment, you will be eligible to participate in any health, insurance, retirement, and other benefits provided to other employees of the Company from time to time. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit the Company's ability to amend, suspend, or terminate any employee benefit plan or policy at any time without notice, and the right to do so is expressly reserved.

**Section 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reimbursement of Business Expenses.**

You are authorized to incur reasonable business expenses in carrying out your duties and responsibilities under this Letter Agreement, and the Company shall promptly reimburse you for all such reasonable business expenses incurred in connection with carrying out the business of the Company, subject to documentation in accordance with the Company's policy, as in effect from time to time.

**Section 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Termination of Employment.**

Your employment shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) your death,

(ii) a termination by reason of your Disability, (iii) a termination by the Company with or without Cause, or (iv) a termination by you with or without Good Reason. Upon any termination of your employment for any reason, except as may otherwise be requested by the Company in writing and agreed upon in writing by you, you shall resign from any and all directorships, committee memberships, and any other positions you hold with the Company. Further, subject to any express rights with respect to the RSU Awards, upon any termination of your employment for any reason, you shall be entitled only to the Accrued Obligations. Following termination, you shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement except as expressly provided otherwise herein.

**Section 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return of Property and Documents.**

In the event of the termination of your employment for any reason, you shall promptly deliver to the Company all of (i) the property of the Company and (ii) the documents and data of any nature and in whatever medium of the Company, and shall not take with you any such property, documents, or data, or any reproduction thereof, or any documents containing or pertaining to any confidential information.

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**Section 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No Breach of Obligations to Other Parties.**

You represent that your signing of this Letter Agreement concerning equity issued to you, and the Employee Covenants Agreement (defined below) and your commencement of employment with the Company will not violate any agreement currently in place between yourself and current or past employers or any other third party with whom you have any agreement, written or oral.

**Section 10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Taxes.**

The Company may withhold from any payments made under this Agreement all applicable taxes, including but not limited to income, employment, and social insurance taxes, as shall be required by law. You acknowledge and represent that the Company has not provided any tax advice to you in connection with this Letter Agreement and that you have been advised by the Company to seek tax advice from your own tax advisors regarding this Letter Agreement and payments or other methods of compensation that may be made to you pursuant to this Letter Agreement.

**Section 11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Authorization to Work.**

Please note that because of employer regulations adopted in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, within three (3) business days of starting your new position you will need to present documentation demonstrating that you have authorization to work in the United States. If you have questions about this requirement, which applies to U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens alike, you may contact our office.

**Section 12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification**

You will be entitled to indemnification against any claims made in respect of your service to the Company to the maximum extent permitted by law, and in any case on terms and conditions no less favorable than those that apply to any other officer or director of the Company. You will also be entitled to director and officer liability insurance coverage on terms and conditions no less favorable than those that apply to any other officer or director of the Company.

**Section 13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Confidentiality and Other Restrictive Covenants.**

As an employee of the Company, you will have access to certain confidential information of the Company and you may, during the course of your employment, develop certain information or inventions that will be the property of the Company. To protect the interests of the Company, you will need to sign the Company's standard "Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment Agreement" (the "Employee Covenants Agreement") as a condition of your employment, which is attached hereto and, upon execution, shall become a part of this Letter Agreement.

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**Section 14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Entire Agreement**.

This offer of employment, once accepted, constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior offers, negotiations, and agreements, if any, whether written or oral, relating to such subject matter. You acknowledge that neither the Company nor its agents have made any promise, representation, or warranty whatsoever, either express or implied, written or oral, which is not contained in this Letter Agreement for the purpose of inducing you to execute the agreement, and you acknowledge that you have executed this Letter Agreement in reliance only upon such promises, representations, and warranties as are contained herein.

**Section 15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Governing Law; Consent to Personal Jurisdiction**.

This Letter Agreement will be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of California as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within California between California residents. You hereby expressly consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the State of California for any lawsuit filed there against me by Company arising from or related to this Letter Agreement.

We look forward to the opportunity to welcome you to the Company. If you accept this Letter Agreement, please indicate so by signing below.

Very truly yours,

<u>/s/ Michael Intrator</u> 

***Michael Intrator, C*EO**

*I have read and understood this Letter Agreement and hereby acknowledge, accept and agree to the terms as set forth above and further acknowledge that no other commitments were made to me as part of my employment offer except as specifically set forth herein.*

<u>Signature: /s/ Nitin Agrawal</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Date:</u>

<br>1/15/2024

## Exhibit 10.43

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

**EXHIBIT 10.43**

**CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [\*], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO COREWEAVE, INC. IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.**

August 21, 2025

Jon Jones

[\*]

[\*]

Emailed to: [\*]

Dear Jon:

It is with great pleasure that CoreWeave, Inc. (the "Company") offers you the position of Chief Revenue Officer. You will be reporting initially to Mike Intrator, the CEO, and your start date will be

September 26, 2025 [\*] (the date on which, at the direction of the Company, you commence performing the substantive duties and core tasks of your role, the "Start Date." For the avoidance of doubt, mere administrative paperwork or onboarding shall not be construed as the "Start Date.").

As of your Start Date and during your employment, you will reside in the State of Washington and will be working primarily from our office in Bellevue, WA unless otherwise agreed. This is a full-time exempt position that is not eligible for overtime. We are offering you a base salary of $500,000 annually, paid biweekly. You will also be eligible for a year-end discretionary bonus, based on Company and individual performance, and prorated based upon your Start Date. All employees hired prior to October 1st of this calendar year will be eligible for a pro-rated annual bonus.

The target amount for the year-end discretionary bonus is 100% of your base salary. While employed by the Company, you shall devote your full business time and attention to the performance of your duties under this letter agreement ("Letter Agreement"). Your employment will be "at will," which means that it may be terminated by you or the Company at any time, for any or no reason, with or without cause.

Subject to the approval of the Company's Board of Directors (or applicable committee thereof), you will be granted a Restricted Stock Unit Award ("RSU") with an approximate value of $22,000,000. The RSU will be granted pursuant to the Company's 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan) and in accordance with the Company's standard granting practices. The number of shares of the Company's Class A common stock subject to your RSU award will be determined by dividing the dollar value set forth above by the thirty (30) calendar day trailing average closing price of the Company's Class A common stock for the 30-day period immediately preceding the Start Date. Your RSUs will be subject to time-based vesting over a period of four years, with one-fourth (1/4) of your RSUs vesting on the one (1) year anniversary of your "vesting commencement date," and thereafter one-sixteenth (1/16) of your RSUs will vest on each subsequent quarterly anniversary of such date, in each case, subject to your continued Service (as defined in the Plan). Your vesting commencement date will be the Start Date. Following approval of this RSU, you will receive an RSU award agreement and a copy of the Plan, which will set out all of the terms and conditions of your RSU.

The Company will pay you a one-time Sign-On Bonus of $250,000, less applicable deductions and tax withholding, within thirty (30) days following the Start Date. Should your employment with the Company end within your first twelve (24) months of employment (other than in the event you are terminated without Cause or quit for Good Reason, in each case, and as used in this agreement, as defined in the Company's Senior Executive Chage in Control and Severance Plan) (the "Severance Plan"), you agree to repay the Sign-On Bonus on a pro-rated basis.

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Subject to the approval of the Company's Board of Directors (or applicable committee thereof), you will be designated a Participant of the Severance Plan.

In addition, your compensation package includes the following (these details are for information purposes and are subject to any policy or plan changes) options:

Eligibility for health, dental and vision coverage, and flexible spending accounts, subject to plan terms, on the first of the month following your date of hire.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Eligibility to participate in our 401(k) plan on your 3 month anniversary, subject to plan terms.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance, short- and long-term disability subject to applicable waiting periods.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Flexible time off subject to the company's PTO policy.

This job offer is contingent upon the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Completion of any pre-employment screening that may be required, including a satisfactory background check.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Execution of the enclosed Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment Agreement/Employee Covenants Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Providing documentary proof of your identity and eligibility to work in the United States for Form I-9 purposes.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Agreement to abide by all applicable Company personnel policies and procedures, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.

Prior to your first day of employment, you will be receiving information from our Human Resource Department that includes getting set up for payroll. You will need appropriate documentation for the completion of your new-hire forms, including proof that you are presently eligible to work in the United States for I-9 Form purposes. Failure to provide appropriate documentation within three days of hire will result in immediate termination of employment in accordance with the terms of the Immigration Reform and Control Act.

The Company will additionally provide you with up to $5,000.00 in reimbursement for attorneys' fee expenses incurred prior to your Start Date [\*].

By accepting this offer and except as otherwise disclosed, you represent that your employment with the Company will not violate or be in conflict with any obligations you may have to any prior, current, or prospective employer. In performing services for the Company, you must not and agree you will not disclose or use any nonpublic proprietary or confidential information that you may have obtained in the course of any previous employment.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other agreement or stock plan, in the event of the termination of your employment by the Company prior to the one (1) year anniversary of your Start Date, subject to the conditions below, you may be entitled to one of the following, but in no event will be entitled to both:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.<u>[\*] Offer Revocation</u>. If the Company revokes this offer of employment before September 26, 2025 (or delays or limits your Start Date, or once you have started with the Company delays your commencing regular duties, for a period of four (4) months from September 26, 2025, [\*] subject to your execution and non-revocation of a Separation Agreement and Release as defined below, you will be entitled to receive (x) a one-time payment of three million dollars ($3,000,000) and (y) an amount equal to your prorated base salary for the period from September 26, 2025 up to and including the revocation date, within fifteen (15) days of the effective date of the Separation Agreement and Release ((x) and (y) together, the "Revocation Pay").

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.<u>RSU Acceleration</u>. If, following your Start Date, the Company terminates your employment other than for Cause, as defined below, prior to the one (1) year anniversary of your Start Date, subject to your execution and non-revocation of a Separation Agreement and Release as defined below, one-fourth (1/4) of your RSU award shall become fully vested ("RSU Acceleration"). For the avoidance of doubt, this section does not limit or affect your rights under the Severance Plan.

As used herein, "Cause" is defined as stated in Section 3(a) of the Senior Executive Change in Control and Severance Plan, which was filed with the SEC as EX-10.6 12 d899798dex106.htm EX-10.6. For

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purposes of this Agreement, Cause will not include the termination of your employment due to a [\*]. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will you receive both Revocation Pay and RSU Acceleration as each applies to separate events.

As used herein, "Separation Agreement and Release" is defined as an agreement which will (i) include a release of all claims, actions, and causes of action against the Company, its affiliates, current and former directors, officers, employees, agents, and other representatives, except as prohibited by applicable law, and (ii) be on a form drafted and approved by the Company.

For the avoidance of doubt, you will not be eligible to receive any Revocation Pay or RSU Acceleration in the event you voluntarily terminate employment with the Company, if you resign for Good Reason, or if you fail to execute the Separation Agreement and Release or fail to allow the Separation Agreement and Release to become non-revocable under the terms thereof. In addition, any payments hereunder will be paid, once triggered, pursuant to the Company's normal payroll cycle, less applicable deductions and tax withholding.

Any disputes arising from your employment shall be determined by an arbitrator pursuant to the arbitration provision set forth in Exhibit A to this Letter Agreement.

Please indicate your acceptance of our offer by signing below no later than

September 12, 2025. If you have any questions about this offer, please contact [\*] at [\*].

We look forward to having you as part of our team and believe you will find this opportunity both challenging and rewarding.

Sincerely,

<u>/s/ Michael Intrator</u> 

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I have read and understood the provisions of this offer of employment, and I accept the above conditional job offer. I understand that my employment with the Company is considered at will, meaning that either the company or I may terminate this employment relationship at any time for any reason or no reason and without notice. I further acknowledge that I have received, read, and agree to abide by the arbitration provision set forth in Exhibit A. I understand that this arbitration provision requires that disputes between me and the Company must be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the arbitration provision rather than to a judge and jury in court.

This offer shall remain open until September 12, 2025. Any acceptance after this date will be considered invalid.

**Date**:

9/11/2025

**Signature**: <u>/s/ Jon Jones</u> 

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## Exhibit 19.1

**EXHIBIT 19.1**

**INSIDER TRADING POLICY**

**THIS POLICY WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD ON FEBRUARY 26, 2025 AND AMENDED ON AUGUST 29, 2025**

**PURPOSE**

CoreWeave, Inc. ("***CoreWeave***," "***we***," "***us***" or "***our***") is committed to promoting high standards of honest and ethical business conduct and compliance with laws, rules and regulations. Because equity is an important part of CoreWeave's compensation program, our Board of Directors ("***Board***") has adopted this Insider Trading Policy ("***Policy***") governing the purchase, sale and other dispositions of CoreWeave's securities by the individuals and entities covered by this Policy to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, as well as applicable stock exchange listing standards.

Insider trading happens when someone who is in possession of material nonpublic information ("***MNPI***") trades securities on the basis of that information or discloses MNPI to someone else who trades on the basis of that information.

If you are considering trading our or our suppliers', customers' or other partners' stock or other securities, please keep these three key points in mind:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Never buy or sell such securities when in possession of MNPI;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Keep all MNPI confidential, including from your family and friends; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● When in doubt about whether you have MNPI, ask before trading.

You are responsible for understanding and following this Policy and for the consequences

of any actions you may take. Our insider trading compliance officer (the "***Compliance***

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**EXHIBIT 19.1**

***Officer***"), as designated by the Board, a committee thereof or our Chief Executive Officer , will assist with implementing, interpreting and enforcing this Policy, pre-clearing trading activities of certain people and pre-approving any 10b5-1 Plans (as discussed more fully later in this Policy); provided that if the designated Compliance Officer's service with CoreWeave is terminated, or no one else has been designated as a Compliance Officer by the Board, a committee thereof or our Chief Executive Officer, then our General Counsel will be deemed to be the Compliance Officer for the purposes of this Policy.

**Persons Covered By This Policy**

This Policy applies to our employees, contractors, consultants and Board members, as well as to their immediate family members, people sharing their households and anyone subject to their influence or control. It applies as well to entities such as venture capital funds, partnerships, trusts and corporations which are associated or affiliated with our employees, contractors, consultants and Board members.

An "***immediate family member***" under this Policy means any child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law of a person security holder, and includes any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the household of that person. We will refer to all of these individuals and entities to whom this Policy applies individually as "***you***" and "***Insider***" and collectively as "***Insiders***."

Additional trading restrictions in this Policy apply to our officers (as defined in Rule 16a-

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1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "***Exchange Act***")) and directors (together with the officers, the "***Section 16 Insiders***") and to the individuals listed on <u>Exhibit A</u> ("***Designated Insiders***") who are not Section 16 Insiders but who have regular access to MNPI in the normal course of their job. The list of Designated Insiders may be modified from time to time by our Compliance Officer.

If you are aware of MNPI when your employment or service relationship with CoreWeave ends, you still may not trade our securities until that MNPI has become public or is no longer material.

**What This Policy Covers**

The primary purpose of this Policy is to prevent people who are in possession of MNPI from trading in our stock or other securities on the basis of that MNPI or disclosing MNPI to someone else who trades on the basis of that information.

"***Material information***" is information about CoreWeave that a reasonable stockholder would consider important in making a decision to purchase or sell CoreWeave's securities.

Material information can be positive or negative and can relate to virtually any aspect of CoreWeave's business or its securities.

Examples of material information may include:

● historical or forecasted revenues, earnings or other financial results;

● significant new products or services or other product developments;

● significant new contracts, partners or suppliers or the loss of a significant contract, partner or supplier;

● significant developments regarding CoreWeave's technology or business operations;

● changes with respect to CoreWeave's data centers or power capacity;

● changes to the availability of the components used to build our technology infrastructure and operate our platform;

● possible mergers or acquisitions or dispositions of significant subsidiaries or assets;

● major new litigation or regulatory inquiries or developments in existing litigation or inquiries;

● significant cybersecurity incidents or data breaches;

● significant developments in borrowings, or financings or capital investments;

● significant changes in financial condition or asset value or liquidity issues;

● changes in our Board or senior management;

● significant changes in corporate strategy;

● restatements of historical financial statements;

● changes in accounting methods and write-offs; and

● stock offerings, stock splits or changes in dividend policy.

This list is illustrative only and is not intended to provide a comprehensive list of circumstances that could result in material information. Determination of what may constitute material information will depend upon the facts and circumstances in each particular situation.

"***Nonpublic***" means that the confidential information has not yet been shared broadly outside CoreWeave. Please also remember that you may possess confidential information relating to or belonging to our customers, partners, suppliers or other third parties and that it is equally important that you treat this information with the same care with which we treat our own information. If you are not sure whether information is considered public, you should either consult with our Compliance Officer or assume that the information is nonpublic and treat it as confidential.

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This Policy applies to all transactions involving our securities, including common stock, restricted stock units ("***RSUs***"), options and warrants to purchase common stock and any other debt or equity securities CoreWeave may issue from time to time, such as bonds, preferred stock or convertible notes, as well as to derivative securities relating to CoreWeave's securities, whether or not issued by CoreWeave, such as exchange-traded options.

**PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS**

**Insider Restrictions**

The following is a list of prohibited activities for all Insiders:

● **MNPI.** Trade our securities while in possession of MNPI (other than pursuant to a 10b5-1 Plan entered into in accordance with this Policy).

● **Trading Windows and Blackout Periods.** Trade our securities outside of a Trading Window or during a Blackout Period designated by our Compliance Officer (other than pursuant to a 10b5-1 Plan entered into in accordance with this Policy). See the definition of "Trading Window" and "Blackout Period" below.

● **Bona Fide Gifts & Other Transfers without Consideration.** Unless approved in advance by our Compliance Officer, make a bona fide gift, charitable contribution or other transfer of our securities without consideration, including for estate planning, outside of a Trading Window or during a Blackout Period. Please be mindful of this restriction when considering tax planning, especially with respect to end-of-year planning.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● **Equity Comp at E\*Trade.** Insiders who are current employees must retain shares received as equity compensation under a CoreWeave equity award plan, and shares purchased through CoreWeave's employee stock purchase plan, at E\*Trade, CoreWeave's captive broker, until otherwise: (i) sold through E\*Trade or committed for sale under a 10b5-1 Plan approved in compliance with this Policy or (ii) transferred to a third party as a bona fide gift or transfer without consideration, including a trust, in compliance with this Policy.

● **Sharing MNPI.** Share (directly or indirectly) MNPI with anyone (i) outside CoreWeave, *unless* required by your job and such person is under a non-disclosure agreement, or as authorized by our Compliance Officer or (ii) within CoreWeave except on a need-to-know basis.

● **Tipping.** Give trading advice about CoreWeave, *unless* the advice is to tell someone not to trade our securities because the trade would violate this Policy or the law.

● **Derivative Securities.** Other than the exercise of equity awards issued by us, engage in transactions involving options or other derivative securities on our stock, such as puts and calls, whether on an exchange or in any other market.

● **Hedging & Monetization Transactions.** Engage in hedging or other monetization transactions involving our securities, such as zero cost collars and forward sale contracts, or contribute our securities to exchange funds in a manner that could be interpreted as hedging in our stock.

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● **Short Sales.** Engage in short sales of our securities, meaning a sale of securities that you do not own, including short sales "against the box."

● **Pledges.** Use or pledge our securities as collateral in a margin account or as collateral for a loan *unless* the pledge has been approved by our Compliance Officer and is conducted in accordance with any applicable policy or guidelines of CoreWeave regarding pledging.

● **Distributions.** Distribute our securities to limited partners, general partners or stockholders of any entity outside of a Trading Window or during a Blackout Period, unless those limited partners, general partners or stockholders have agreed in writing to hold the securities until the next open Trading Window.

● **MNPI in Other Companies.** Engage in any of the above activities for securities you own in any other company if you have MNPI about that company or MNPI that would affect the price of that other company's securities obtained in the course of your service to CoreWeave. This may include CoreWeave suppliers, customers or other partners or others who may be negotiating a major transaction, such as a major purchase, a merger or an acquisition, with CoreWeave or even CoreWeave's competitors.

**Additional Restrictions Applicable to Section 16 Insiders and Designated Insiders**

In addition to the restrictions noted above and elsewhere in this Policy, Section 16 Insiders and Designated Insiders must also comply with the following:

We strongly recommend Section 16 Insiders trade in our securities pursuant to a 10b5-1 Plan entered into in accordance with this Policy.

If you are a Section 16 Insider or a Designated Insider, prior to trading our securities other than pursuant to a 10b5-1 Plan, you must obtain pre-approval from our Compliance Officer (or in the case of the Compliance Officer, by CoreWeave's Chief Executive Officer, General Counsel (if the General Counsel is not the Compliance Officer), or Chief Financial Officer) by: (a) providing written notification of the amount and nature of the proposed trade, (b) certifying no earlier than two business days prior to the proposed trade that you have no MNPI and, to your knowledge, you will have no MNPI as of the proposed trade date; and (c) receiving email confirmation from our Compliance Officer approving the trade, which approval can be granted or denied at their discretion. You may satisfy (a) and (b) by emailing the required information and certification to our Compliance Officer and must notify the Compliance Officer promptly via email of any changes to the certification in

(b) prior to the proposed trade.

**Exceptions to Prohibited Activities**

The trading restrictions of this Policy do not apply to the following:

● **401(k) Plan.** Investing 401(k) plan contributions in a company stock fund in accordance with the terms of our 401(k) plan. However, any changes in your investment election regarding CoreWeave's securities are subject to trading restrictions under this Policy.

● **ESPP.** Purchasing our stock through periodic, automatic payroll contributions under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("***ESPP***"). However, any sales of stock acquired under the ESPP

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are subject to trading restrictions under this Policy.

● **Options.** Exercising stock options granted under our equity incentive plans for cash or by delivering to CoreWeave previously owned CoreWeave stock or through a net exercise of a stock option that is permitted by CoreWeave's equity incentive plans and that does not involve a sale of shares in the open market. Payment of taxes in connection with exercising stock options granted under our equity incentive plans pursuant to net withholding arrangements approved by CoreWeave for the payment of taxes upon the exercise of stock options and that does not involve a sale of shares in the open market. However, the sale of any shares issued on the exercise of CoreWeave-granted stock options, as well as any cashless exercise of CoreWeave-granted stock options in which stock is sold on the open market to pay the exercise price or taxes (i.e., "same-day sales" or "sell-to-cover" transaction) are subject to trading restrictions under this Policy.

● **RSUs.** The settlement of RSUs pursuant to a net settlement or a "sell-to-cover" transaction for non-discretionary, automatic tax withholdings initiated and approved by CoreWeave for the payment of taxes upon the vesting of RSUs.

**Other Legal Restrictions**

The trading prohibitions of this Policy are not the only stock-trading rules and regulations you need to follow. You should be aware of additional prohibitions and restrictions set by contract or by federal and state securities laws and regulations (e.g., contractual restrictions on

the resale of securities, rules on short swing trading by Section 16 Insiders, compliance with

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Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended). Any Insider who is uncertain whether other prohibitions or restrictions apply should ask our Compliance Officer.

**WHEN TRADING IS ALLOWED**

To promote compliance with insider trading laws, we have designated periods where Insiders can trade in our securities, which are described below:

**Trading Windows and Blackout Periods**

● **You Can Only Trade in a Trading Window.** Other than pursuant to a 10b5-1 Plan, Insiders are allowed to trade our securities only during a trading window period, which opens after the close of trading on the second full trading day following the widespread public release of our quarterly or year-end operating results, and closes at the close of trading on the fourteenth calendar day of the third month of the then-current quarter (the "***Trading Window***"). For example, if we publicly announce our quarterly financial results after close of trading on a Monday (or before trading begins on a Tuesday), then the first time an Insider can trade our securities is after the close of market on Wednesday (effectively at the opening of the market on Thursday for regular trading). However, if we announce quarterly financial results after trading closes on that Wednesday, then the first time the Insider can trade is after the close of market on Friday (effectively at the opening of the market on Monday for regular trading).

● **Even During a Trading Window, You Are Not Allowed to Trade While in Possession of MNPI.** Even during a Trading Window, you still

may not trade our securities if you possess MNPI

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at that time. An Insider who possesses MNPI during a Trading Window may only trade our securities after the close of trading on the next full trading day following our widespread public release of that MNPI.

● **You Cannot Trade During a Blackout Period.** Even during a Trading Window, our Compliance Officer, at their discretion, may designate special trading restrictions ("***Blackout Period***") that apply to specific individuals or groups of people (including all Insiders) for as long as our Compliance Officer determines. No Insider subject to a Blackout Period may trade our securities during any such Blackout Period. Additionally, no Insider subject to a Blackout Period is permitted to tell anyone not subject to the Blackout Period that a Blackout Period has been designated or that one previously was in place because that also is confidential information that cannot be disclosed internally or externally.

**Permitted Trades Under 10b5-1 Plans**

We allow Section 16 Insiders and Designated Insiders to trade in our securities while in possession of MNPI, outside of a Trading Window or during a Blackout Period, pursuant to a "10b5-1 Plan."

*What Is a 10b5-1 Plan?* A "***10b5-1 Plan***" is a written plan for selling or purchasing a predetermined number of shares that is entered into while an Insider is not in possession of MNPI as contemplated in Rule 10b5-1.

*Who Can Enter Into a 10b5-1 Plan?* Because Section 16 Insiders and Designated Insiders are more likely than other Insiders to have access to MNPI, we allow our Section 16 Insiders and Designated Insiders to enter into a 10b5-1 Plan.<br>

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*How Do I Adopt a 10b5-1 Plan?* We have engaged Morgan Stanley to administer our 10b5-1 Plans. If you are interested in setting up a 10b5-1 Plan, you should consult with our Compliance Officer and make sure that:

● The 10b5-1 Plan complies with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act and this Policy.

● You have certified to our Compliance Officer in writing, no earlier than two business days prior to the date that the 10b5-1 Plan is formally adopted (and shall not have withdrawn such certification prior to such adoption), that as of such date and as of the adoption date of the 10b5-1 Plan, (i) you are not and, to your knowledge, will not be, aware of MNPI, (ii) all trades to be made pursuant to the 10b5-1 Plan will be in accordance with applicable SEC rules, (iii) you are adopting the 10b5-1 Plan in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) you will act in good faith with respect to the 10b5-1 Plan throughout its duration. This certification may be made in an email to our Compliance Officer. You must notify the Compliance Officer promptly via email and withdraw the certification if any changes of circumstances prior to the adoption date of the 10b5-1 Plan have rendered, or will render, such certification to be inaccurate as of that time.

● The first trade under the 10b5-1 Plan must not occur until our Compliance Officer has approved the 10b5-1 Plan and: until the later of (A) ninety (90) days after adoption of the 10b5-1 Plan and (B) two business days following

the disclosure of CoreWeave's financial

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results in a Form 10-Q or Form 10-K for the completed fiscal quarter in which the 10b5-1 Plan was adopted that discloses CoreWeave's financial results (but not to exceed 120 days following the adoption of the 10b5-1 Plan). This waiting period is referred to as the "***Cooling-Off Period***."

● The 10b5-1 Plan is not a single-trade 10b5-1 Plan adopted during the 12-month period immediately following the person's adoption of another single-trade 10b5-1 Plan, subject to the exceptions noted in Rule 10b5-1, which are provided for you in the Appendix.

● The 10b5-1 Plan is adopted during a Trading Window and not during any Blackout Period.

● A person may have no more than one 10b5-1 Plan adopted at any point in time (i.e., multiple concurrent or overlapping plans are prohibited), subject to the exceptions noted in Rule 10b5-1, which are provided for you in the Appendix. One of these exceptions is for plans authorizing certain "sell-to-cover" transactions.

Approval of a 10b5-1 Plan by our Compliance Officer and/or an acknowledgment of a 10b5-1 Plan by CoreWeave shall not be considered a determination by us, our Compliance Officer, or CoreWeave that the 10b5-1 Plan satisfies the requirements of Rule 10b5-1.

*How Do I Modify a 10b5-1 Plan?* Once you have an approved 10b5-1 Plan in place, you will need approval from our Compliance Officer to make certain changes to it.

Modifying or changing the amount, price, or timing of the purchase or sale of our securities underlying the 10b5-1 Plan (or a modification

or change to a written formula or algorithm, or computer program that affects the amount,

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price, or timing of the purchase or sale of such securities) (any such modification or change, a "***Plan Modification***") will be deemed to be the same as terminating your existing 10b5-1 Plan and entering into a new 10b5-1 Plan. As a result, the approval process for a Plan Modification is the same as the approval process for initially adopting a 10b5-1 Plan, including being subject to a new Cooling-Off Period. We discourage you from making multiple Plan Modifications, as that may give the appearance that you are trading on MNPI under the guise of that plan. Plan Modifications can only be made during a Trading Window and not during any Blackout Period and only when you are not in possession of MNPI. For other modifications to a 10b5-1 Plan, you must notify the Compliance Officer of such modification in writing at least two business days prior to the modification.

*How Do I Terminate a 10b5-1 Plan?* Once you have an approved 10b5-1 Plan in place, you will need approval from our Compliance Officer to terminate it.

**Other Trading Arrangements**

Insiders are not allowed to enter into "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements" (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408(c)) unless otherwise approved in advance by the Compliance Officer.

**THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATING INSIDER TRADING LAWS**

The consequences of violating the insider trading laws can be severe. People who violate insider trading laws may be required to disgorge profits made or losses avoided by trading, pay the loss suffered by the persons who purchased securities from or sold securities to the insider tippee, pay civil fines of up to three times the profit made or loss

avoided, pay a criminal penalty of up to $5 million for

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individuals and $25 million for entities and serve a prison term of up to 20 years. In addition, individual directors, officers and other supervisory personnel may also be required to pay major civil or criminal penalties for failure to take appropriate steps to prevent insider trading by those under their supervision, influence or control.

**CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLATING THIS POLICY**

Failure to comply with this Policy may lead to corrective action, up to and including termination of employment, and we may issue stop transfer orders to our transfer agent or request blocks from brokers to prevent any attempted trades that would violate this Policy.

**ADMINISTRATION**

The Compliance Officer will administer and interpret this Policy and enforce compliance as needed. The Compliance Officer may consult with CoreWeave's outside legal counsel as needed. The Compliance Officer may designate other individuals to perform the Compliance Officer's duties under this Policy.

Neither CoreWeave nor the Compliance Officer will be liable for any act made under this Policy. Neither CoreWeave nor the Compliance Officer is responsible for any failure to approve a trade or for imposing any Blackout Period.

**REPORTING VIOLATIONS**

Any Insider who violates this Policy or any federal or state laws governing insider trading or tipping, or who knows of any such violation by any other Insider, must report the violation immediately to our Compliance Officer. To anonymously submit a concern or complaint regarding a possible violation of this Policy, you should follow the procedures outlined in our Whistleblower Policy. Anyone who violates this Policy may be subject to disciplinary measures, up to and including termination of employment.

**CHANGES TO THIS POLICY**

Our Board reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify or grant waivers to this Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, unless explicitly stated by the Board, any waiver, amendment or modification of the Policy by the Board shall not be considered a waiver of CoreWeave's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

**TRADING BY COREWEAVE**

We will not transact in our securities unless in compliance with applicable U.S. securities laws, rules and regulations and applicable Nasdaq listing standards.

**EFFECTIVE DATE**

The effective date of this Policy, as amended, is August 29, 2025.

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**Appendix Exceptions to the Multiple, Overlapping 10b5-1 Plan Restriction**

Such exceptions are:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● An eligible "sell-to-cover" 10b5-1 Plan where such plan authorizes an agent to sell only such securities as are necessary to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising exclusively from the vesting of a compensatory award, such as restricted stock or stock appreciation rights, and the Insider does not otherwise exercise control over the timing of such sales. For the avoidance of doubt, this exception does not extend to sales incident to the exercise of option awards.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● A series of separate contracts with different broker-dealers or other agents acting on behalf of the person (other than CoreWeave) to execute trades thereunder may be treated as a single 10b5-1 Plan, provided that the individual constituent contracts with each broker-dealer or other agent, when taken together as a whole, meet all of the applicable conditions of and remain collectively subject to the provisions of Rule 10b5-1, including that a modification of any individual contract acts as modification of the whole 10b5-1 Plan, as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(iv). The substitution of a broker-dealer or other agent acting on behalf of the person (other than CoreWeave) for another broker-dealer that is executing trades pursuant to a 10b5-1 Plan shall not be a "Plan Modification" as long as the purchase or sales instructions applicable to the substitute and substituted broker are identical with respect to the prices of securities to be purchased or sold, dates of the purchases or sales to be executed, and amount of securities to be purchased or sold.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● One later-commencing 10b5-1 Plan for purchases or sales of any securities of CoreWeave on the open market under which trading is not authorized to begin until after all trades under the earlier-commencing 10b5-1 Plan are completed or expired without execution. However, if the earlier-commencing 10b5-1 Plan does not end naturally pursuant to its existing terms without action by the 10b5-1 Plan participant, the first trade under such later-commencing 10b5-1 Plan must be scheduled after the "Effective Cooling-Off Period," or the Cooling-Off Period that would be applicable to the later-commencing 10b5-1 Plan if the date of adoption of the later-commencing 10b5-1 Plan were deemed to be the date of termination of the earlier-commencing 10b5-1 Plan.

**Exceptions to the Single-Trade 10b5-1 Plan Restriction**

There is an exception for eligible "sell-to-cover" 10b5-1 Plans where the plan authorizes an agent to sell only such securities as are necessary to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising exclusively from the vesting of a compensatory award, such as restricted stock or stock appreciation rights, and the Insider does not otherwise exercise control over the timing of such sales.

## Exhibit 21.1

**Exhibit 21.1** 

**Subsidiaries of CoreWeave, Inc.** 

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| **Name of Subsidiary** | **Jurisdiction** |
| CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. II, LLC | US – Delaware |
| CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. III, LLC | US – Delaware |
| CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. IV, LLC | US – Delaware |
| CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. V, LLC | US – Delaware |
| CoreWeave Compute Acquisition Co. VI, LLC  | US – Delaware |
| CCAC IV UK Limited | United Kingdom |
| CCAC IV Sweden AB | Sweden |
| CCAC IV Spain, S.L.U | Spain |
| Reserve CoreWeave Spain, S.L. | Spain |
| CoreWeave UK Limited | United Kingdom |
| CoreWeave Norway AS | Norway |
| CoreWeave Sweden AB | Sweden |

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## Exhibit 23.1

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-286232 and 333-286640 on Form S-8 of our report dated March 2, 2026, relating to the financial statements of CoreWeave, Inc., appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

San Jose, California

March 2, 2026

## Exhibit 31.1

**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a)**

**OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Michael Intrator, certify that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of CoreWeave, Inc.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

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**Exhibit 31.1**

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| **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COREWEAVE, INC.** | **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COREWEAVE, INC.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By: | /s/ Michael Intrator |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name: | Michael Intrator |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President |
|  | *(Principal Executive Officer)* |

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Date: March 2, 2026

## Exhibit 31.2

**Exhibit 31.2**

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a)**

**OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Nitin Agrawal, certify that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of CoreWeave, Inc.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

**Exhibit 31.2**

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| **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COREWEAVE, INC.** | **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COREWEAVE, INC.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By: | /s/ Nitin Agrawal |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name: | Nitin Agrawal |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
|  | *(Principal Financial Officer)* |

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Date: March 2, 2026

## Exhibit 32.1

**Exhibit 32.1**

**CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

**PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of CoreWeave, Inc. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Michael Intrator, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

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| **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COREWEAVE, INC.** | **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COREWEAVE, INC.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By: | /s/ Michael Intrator |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name: | Michael Intrator |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President |
|  | *(Principal Executive Officer)* |

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Date: March 2, 2026

## Exhibit 32.2

**Exhibit 32.2**

**CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER**

**PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of CoreWeave, Inc. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Nitin Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

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| **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COREWEAVE, INC.** | **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COREWEAVE, INC.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By: | /s/ Nitin Agrawal |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name: | Nitin Agrawal |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
|  | *(Principal Financial Officer)* |

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Date: March 2, 2026

## Exhibit 97.1

**EXHIBIT 97.1**

**CoreWeave, Inc.**

**Compensation Recovery Policy**

*(Adopted February 26, 2025)*

The Board has determined that it is in the best interests of CoreWeave and its stockholders to adopt this Policy enabling CoreWeave to recover from specified current and former CoreWeave executives certain incentive-based compensation in the event of an accounting restatement resulting from material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws. Capitalized terms are defined in Section 14 of this Policy.

This Policy is designed to comply with the Final Rules and shall apply to Incentive-Based Compensation Received by Covered Persons on or after the Effective Date.

**1. Administration**

This Policy shall be administered by the Administrator. The Administrator is authorized to interpret and construe this Policy and to make all determinations necessary, appropriate or advisable for the administration of this Policy. The Administrator may retain, at CoreWeave's expense, outside legal counsel and such compensation, tax or other consultants as it may determine are advisable for purposes of administering this Policy.

**2. Covered Persons and Applicable Compensation**

This Policy applies to any Incentive-Based Compensation Received by a person: (a) after beginning service as a Covered Person; (b) who served as a Covered Person at any time during the performance period for that Incentive-Based Compensation; and (c) was a Covered Person during the Clawback Period.

However, recovery is not required with respect to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i.Incentive-Based Compensation Received prior to an individual becoming a Covered Person, even if the individual served as a Covered Person during the Clawback Period;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ii.Incentive-Based Compensation Received prior to the Effective Date; or

iii.Incentive-Based Compensation Received prior to the Clawback Period.

The Administrator will not consider the Covered Person's responsibility or fault or lack thereof in enforcing this Policy with respect to recoupment under the Final Rules.

**3. Triggering Event**

Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Policy, if there is a Triggering Event, the Administrator shall require a Covered Person to reimburse or forfeit to CoreWeave the Recoupment Amount applicable to such Covered Person. A company's obligation to recover the Recoupment Amount is not dependent on if or when the restated financial statements are filed.

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**4. Calculation of Recoupment Amount**

The Recoupment Amount will be calculated in accordance with the Final Rules.

**5. Method of Recoupment**

Subject to compliance with the Final Rules and applicable law, the Administrator will determine, in its sole discretion, the method for recouping the Recoupment Amount hereunder which may include, without limitation:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i.Requiring reimbursement or forfeiture of the pre-tax amount of cash Incentive-Based Compensation previously paid;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ii.Offsetting the Recoupment Amount from any compensation otherwise owed by CoreWeave to the Covered Person, including without limitation, any cash incentive payments, executive retirement benefits, wages, equity grants or other amounts payable by CoreWeave to the Covered Person in the future;

iii.Seeking recovery of any gain realized on the vesting, exercise, settlement, cash sale, transfer or other disposition of any equity-based awards; and/or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;iv.Taking any other remedial and recovery action permitted by law, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

**6. Arbitration**

To the fullest extent permitted by law, any disputes under this Policy shall be submitted to mandatory binding arbitration (the "***Arbitrable Claims***"), governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (the "***FAA***"). Further, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no class or collective actions can be asserted in arbitration or otherwise. All claims, whether in arbitration or otherwise, must be brought solely in the Covered Person's individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or collective proceeding.

SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE PROVISO, ANY RIGHTS THAT A COVERED PERSON MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN REGARD TO ARBITRABLE CLAIMS ARE WAIVED. ANY RIGHTS THAT A COVERED PERSON MAY HAVE TO PURSUE OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS OR COLLECTIVE ACTION PERTAINING TO ANY CLAIMS BETWEEN A COVERED PERSON AND COREWEAVE ARE WAIVED.

The Covered Person is not restricted from filing administrative claims that may be brought before any government agency where, as a matter of law, the Covered Person's ability to file such claims may not be restricted. However, to the fullest extent permitted by law, arbitration shall be the exclusive remedy for the subject matter of such administrative claims. The arbitration shall be conducted in the state of Delaware through JAMS before a single neutral arbitrator, in accordance with the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures then in effect, provided however, that the FAA, including its procedural provisions for compelling arbitration, shall govern and apply to this Arbitration provision. The arbitrator shall issue a

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written decision that contains the essential findings and conclusions on which the decision is based. If, for any reason, any term of this Arbitration provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable, all other valid terms and conditions herein shall be severable in nature and remain fully enforceable

**7. Recovery Process; Impracticability**

Actions by the Administrator to recover the Recoupment Amount will be reasonably prompt.

The Administrator must cause CoreWeave to recover the Recoupment Amount unless the Administrator shall have previously determined that recovery is impracticable and one of the following conditions is met:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i.The direct expense paid to a third party to assist in enforcing this Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered; before concluding that it would be impracticable to recover any Recoupment Amount based on expense of enforcement, CoreWeave must make a reasonable attempt to recover such Recoupment Amount, document such reasonable attempt(s) to recover and provide that documentation to the Exchange;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ii.Recovery would violate home country law where that law was adopted prior to November 28, 2022; before concluding that it would be impracticable to recover any Recoupment Amount based on violation of home country law, CoreWeave must obtain an opinion of home country counsel, acceptable to the Exchange, that recovery would result in such a violation, and must provide such opinion to the Exchange; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;iii.Recovery would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan, under which benefits are broadly available to employees of CoreWeave, to fail to meet the requirements of 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(13) or 26 U.S.C. 411(a) and regulations thereunder.

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**8. Non-Exclusivity**

The Administrator intends that this Policy will be applied to the fullest extent of the law. Without limitation to any broader or alternate clawback authorized in any written document with a Covered Person, (i) the Administrator may require that any employment agreement, equity award agreement or similar agreement entered into on or after the Effective Date shall, as a condition to the grant of any benefit thereunder, require a Covered Person to agree to abide by the terms of this Policy, and (ii) this Policy will nonetheless apply to Incentive-Based Compensation as required by the Final Rules, whether or not specifically referenced in those arrangements. Any right of recoupment under this Policy is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedies or rights of recoupment that may be available to CoreWeave pursuant to the terms of any other clawback policy of CoreWeave as then in effect, or any similar policy in any employment agreement, equity award agreement, or similar agreement and any other legal remedies or regulations available or applicable to CoreWeave (including SOX 304). If recovery is required under both SOX 304 and this Policy, any amounts recovered pursuant to SOX 304 may, in the Administrator's discretion, be credited toward the amount recovered under this Policy, or vice versa.

**9. No Indemnification**

CoreWeave shall not indemnify any Covered Persons against (i) the loss of any Recoupment Amount or any adverse tax consequences associated with any Recoupment Amount or any recoupment hereunder, or (ii) any claims relating to CoreWeave enforcement of its rights under this Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, this prohibition on indemnification will also prohibit CoreWeave from reimbursing or paying any premium or payment of any third-party insurance policy to fund potential recovery obligations obtained by the Covered Person directly. No Covered Person will seek or retain any such prohibited indemnification or reimbursement.

Further, CoreWeave shall not enter into any agreement that exempts any Incentive-Based Compensation from the application of this Policy or that waives CoreWeave's right to recovery of any Recoupment Amount and this Policy shall supersede any such agreement (whether entered into before, on or after the Effective Date).

**10. Successors**

This Policy shall be binding and enforceable against all Covered Persons and their beneficiaries, heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to CoreWeave.

**11. Interpretation of Policy**

To the extent there is any ambiguity between this Policy and the Final Rules, this Policy shall be interpreted so that it complies with the Final Rules. If any provision of this Policy, or the application of such provision to any Covered Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Policy, or the application of such provision to Covered Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

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In the event any provision of this Policy is inconsistent with any requirement of any Final Rules, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall amend and administer this Policy and bring it into compliance with the Final Rules.

Any determination under this Policy by the Administrator shall be conclusive and binding on the applicable Covered Person. Determinations of the Administrator need not be uniform with respect to Covered Persons or from one payment or grant to another.

**12. Amendments; Termination**

The Administrator may make any amendments to this Policy as required under applicable law, rules and regulations, or as otherwise determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

The Administrator may terminate this Policy at any time.

**13. Definitions**

"***Administrator***" means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or in the absence of a Compensation Committee or other committee of independent directors responsible for executive compensation decisions, a majority of the independent directors serving on the Board.

"***Board***" means the Board of Directors of CoreWeave. "***Clawback Measurement Date***" is the earlier to occur of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i.The date the Board, a committee of the Board, or the officer or officers of CoreWeave authorized to take such action if Board action is not required, concludes, or reasonably should have concluded, that CoreWeave is required to prepare an accounting restatement as described in this Policy; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ii.The date a court, regulator, or other legally authorized body directs CoreWeave to prepare an accounting restatement as described in this Policy.

"***Clawback Period***" means the three (3) completed fiscal years immediately prior to the Clawback Measurement Date and any transition period between the last day of CoreWeave's previous fiscal year end and the first day of its new fiscal year (that results from a change in CoreWeave's fiscal year) within or immediately following such three (3)-year period; provided that any transition period between the last day of CoreWeave's previous fiscal year end and the first day of its new fiscal year that comprises a period of 9 to 12 months will be deemed a completed fiscal year.

"***CoreWeave***" means CoreWeave, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor corporation.

"***Covered Person***" means any Executive Officer (as defined in the Final Rules), including, but not limited to, those persons who are or have been determined to be "officers" of CoreWeave within the meaning of Section 16 of Rule 16a-1(f) of the rules promulgated under the Exchange

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Act, and "executive officers" of CoreWeave within the meaning of Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K, Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act, and Rule 405 promulgated

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under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; provided that the Administrator may identify additional employees who shall be treated as Covered Persons for the purposes of this Policy with prospective effect, in accordance with the Final Rules.

"***Effective Date***" means the effective date of CoreWeave's initial public offering.

"***Exchange***" means The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC or any other national securities exchange or national securities association in the United States on which CoreWeave has listed its securities for trading.

"***Exchange Act***" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

"***Final Rules***" means the final rules promulgated by the SEC under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act, Rule 10D-1 and Exchange listing standards (including, without limitationNasdaq Rule 5608), as may be amended from time to time.

"***Financial Reporting Measure***" are measures that are determined and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing CoreWeave's financial statements, and any measures that are derived wholly or in part from such measures. Stock price and TSR are also Financial Reporting Measures. A Financial Reporting Measure need not be presented within the financial statements or included in a filing with the SEC.

"***Incentive-Based Compensation***" means compensation that is granted, earned or vested based wholly or in part on the attainment of any Financial Reporting Measure. Examples of "Incentive-Based Compensation" include, but are not limited to: non-equity incentive plan awards that are earned based wholly or in part on satisfying a Financial Reporting Measure performance goal; bonuses paid from a "bonus pool," the size of which is determined based wholly or in part on satisfying a Financial Reporting Measure performance goal; other cash awards based on satisfaction of a Financial Reporting Measure performance goal; restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance share units, stock options, and SARs that are granted or become vested based wholly or in part on satisfying a Financial Reporting Measure goal; and proceeds received upon the sale of shares acquired through an incentive plan that were granted or vested based wholly or in part on satisfying a Financial Reporting Measure goal. "Incentive-Based Compensation" excludes, for example, time-based awards such as stock options or restricted stock units that are granted or vest *solely* upon completion of a service period; awards based on non-financial strategic or operating metrics such as the consummation of a merger or achievement of non-financial business goals; service-based retention bonuses; discretionary compensation; and salary.

"***Policy***" means this Compensation Recovery Policy.

Incentive-Based Compensation is deemed "***Received***" in CoreWeave's fiscal period during which the relevant Financial Reporting Measure specified in the Incentive-Based Compensation award is attained, irrespective of whether the payment or grant occurs on a later date or if there are additional vesting or payment requirements, such as time-based vesting or certification or approval by the Compensation Committee or Board, that have not yet been satisfied.

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"***Recoupment Amount***" means the amount of Incentive-Based Compensation Received by the Covered Person based on the financial statements prior to the restatement that exceeds the amount such Covered Person would have received had the Incentive-Based Compensation been determined based on the financial restatement, computed without regard to any taxes paid (*i.e*., gross of taxes withheld).

"***SARs***" means stock appreciation rights.

"***SEC***" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. "***SOX 304***" means Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

"***Triggering Event***" means any event in which CoreWeave is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of CoreWeave with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, including any required accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements, or that would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period.

"***TSR***" means total stockholder return.

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