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Exhibit 10.3

SECOND AMENDMENT TO 
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated January 29, 2021, by and among L.B. FOSTER COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), CXT INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation ("CXT"), SALIENT SYSTEMS, INC., an Ohio corporation ("Salient Systems"), L.B. FOSTER RAIL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a West Virginia corporation ("Rail Technologies, Inc."), L.B. FOSTER RAIL TECHNOLOGIES CANADA LTD., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada ("Rail Technologies Canada"), L.B. FOSTER RAIL TECHNOLOGIES, CORP., a corporation amalgamated under the laws of Canada ("Rail Technologies, Corp."), L.B. FOSTER RAIL TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LIMITED, a private limited company existing under the laws of England and Wales ("Rail Technologies (UK)"), TEW ENGINEERING LIMITED, a private limited company existing under the laws of England and Wales ("TEW Engineering"), NETPRACTISE LIMITED, a private limited company existing under the laws of England and Wales ("Netpractise"), and TEW PLUS LIMITED, a private limited company existing under the laws of England and Wales ("TEW Plus", and together with the Company, CXT, Salient Systems, Rail Technologies, Inc., Rail Technologies Canada, Rail Technologies, Corp., Rail Technologies (UK), TEW Engineering, Netpractise, and each Person joining the Existing Credit Agreement as a Borrower from time to time, collectively referred to herein as the "Borrowers"), each of the Guarantors (as listed on the signature pages hereto), the Lenders (as hereinafter defined) and PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") (the "Amendment").
W I T N E S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, certain of the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto (the "Lenders") and the Administrative Agent have entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated April 30, 2019, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated June 26, 2020, by and among the Borrowers, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as may be further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
i.All capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meaning herein as in the Credit Agreement unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
ii.The following definitions in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:
Gross Leverage Ratio shall mean, as of the end of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Indebtedness (excluding the Indebtedness permitted under clause (ix) of Section 8.2.1 in an aggregate amount not to exceed Three Million and 00/100 Dollars ($3,000,000.00) to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending.

Leverage Ratio shall mean, as of the end of any date of determination, the ratio of (A) Consolidated Total Net Indebtedness (excluding the Indebtedness permitted under clause (ix) of Section 8.2.1 in an aggregate amount not to exceed Three Million and 00/100 Dollars ($3,000,000.00) to (B) Consolidated EBITDA (i) for the four fiscal quarters then ending if such date is a fiscal quarter end or (ii) for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended if such date is not a fiscal quarter end. 
Permitted Liens shall mean: 
(i)    Liens for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which proper reserves in accordance with GAAP have been taken by the Borrowers;
(ii)    Pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure payment of workmen's compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions or other social security programs;
(iii)    Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other like Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable and statutory and common law Liens of landlords securing obligations to pay lease payments that are not yet due and payable or in default;
(iv)    Good-faith pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or leases, not in excess of the aggregate amount due thereunder, or to secure statutory obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds required in the ordinary course of business;
(v)    Encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other restrictions on the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the use of such property or the value thereof, and none of which is violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures or land use;
(vi)    Liens, security interests and mortgages in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and their Affiliates securing the Obligations (including Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedges, Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedges, Lender Provided Commodity Hedges and Other Lender Provided Financial Services Obligations);
(vii)    Any Lien existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 1.1(P), provided that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter increased, and no additional assets become subject to such Lien;
(viii)    Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 8.2.2(ii), Purchase Money Security Interests, capitalized leases and Liens securing other secured Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.2.1(iii) [Indebtedness] (excluding for the 

purpose of this computation any loans or deferred payments secured by Liens described on Schedule 1.1(P)); 
(ix)    Liens in favor of insurance carriers and of premium finance companies to secure the financing of insurance premiums; and
(x)     The following, (A) if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted so long as levy and execution thereon have been stayed and continue to be stayed or (B) if a final judgment is entered and such judgment is discharged within thirty (30) days of entry, and in either case they do not, in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of any Loan Party to perform its Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents:
(1)    Claims or Liens for taxes, assessments or charges due and payable and subject to interest or penalty; provided that the applicable Loan Party maintains such reserves or other appropriate provisions as shall be required by GAAP and pays all such taxes, assessments or charges forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any such Lien;
(2)    Claims, Liens or encumbrances upon, and defects of title to, real or personal property, other than Collateral, including any attachment of personal or real property or other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits;
(3)    Claims or Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other statutory nonconsensual Liens; or
(4)    Liens resulting from final judgments or orders described in Section 9.1.7 [Final Judgments or Orders].

iii.Section 8.2.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
8.2.1    Indebtedness.
(i)   Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(ii)   Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(iii) Existing Indebtedness as set forth on Schedule 8.2.1 (including any extensions or renewals or replacement financing thereof; provided there is no increase in the amount thereof or other significant change in the terms thereof unless otherwise specified on Schedule 8.2.1); 
(iv) Indebtedness incurred with respect to Purchase Money Security Interests, capitalized leases and other Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate 

amount of all such Indebtedness shall not exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(v)  Indebtedness of a Loan Party to another Loan Party or to a wholly-owned Excluded Subsidiary which is subordinated pursuant to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement; 
(vi)  Any (i) Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (ii) Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge, (iii) Lender Provided Commodity Hedge, (iv) other Interest Rate Hedge, approved by the Administrative Agent or (v) Indebtedness under any Other Lender Provided Financial Services Product; provided however, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall enter into a Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge or another Interest Rate Hedge only for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes;
(viii) Indebtedness of an Excluded Subsidiary to another Excluded Subsidiary; and
(ix)    Indebtedness owing to insurance carriers or finance companies and incurred to finance insurance premiums of any Loan Party in the ordinary course of business in a principal amount not to exceed at any time the amount of such insurance premiums to be paid by such Loan Party.
iv.Exhibit 8.2.6 [Acquisition Compliance Certificate] of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted Exhibit 8.2.6 of the Credit Agreement as set forth on Exhibit 8.2.6 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
v.Exhibit 8.3.3 [Quarterly Compliance Certificate] of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted Exhibit 8.3.3 of the Credit Agreement as set forth on Exhibit 8.3.3 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
vi.The provisions of Sections 2 through 5 and the waiver set forth in Section 9 of this Amendment shall not become effective until the Administrative Agent has received the following, each in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel:
(a)    this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent;
 (b)    payment of all fees and expenses owed to the Administrative Agent and its counsel in connection with this Amendment; and
(c)    such other closing deliveries as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
vii.The Loan Parties hereby reconfirm and reaffirm all representations and warranties, agreements and covenants made by them pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, except as such representations and warranties, agreements and covenants may have heretofore been amended, modified or waived in writing in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

viii.The Loan Parties hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders that (i) the Loan Parties have the legal power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents; (ii) the officers of the Loan Parties executing this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents have been duly authorized to execute and deliver the same and bind such Loan Parties with respect to the provisions hereof and thereof; (iii) the execution and delivery hereof by the Loan Parties and the performance and observance by the Loan Parties of the provisions hereof, of the Transaction Documents, of the Credit Agreement and of all documents executed or to be executed therewith, do not violate or conflict with the organizational documents of the Loan Parties or any Law applicable to the Loan Parties or result in a breach of any provision of or constitute a default under any other agreement, instrument or document binding upon or enforceable against the Loan Parties; and (iv) this Amendment, the other Transaction Documents, the Credit Agreement and the documents executed or to be executed by the Loan Parties in connection herewith or therewith constitute valid and binding obligations of the Loan Parties in every respect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.
ix.The Loan Parties represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders that after giving effect to this Amendment, (i) no Event of Default or Potential Default exists under the Credit Agreement, nor will any occur as a result of the execution and delivery of this Amendment, the other Transaction Documents or the performance or observance of any provision hereof, and (ii) the Schedules attached to and made a part of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, are true and correct as of the date hereof.
x.To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and all officers, directors, agents, employees, successors and assigns of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, actions or causes of action of any kind or nature (if there be any), whether absolute or contingent, disputed or undisputed, at law or in equity, or known or unknown, that such Loan Party now has or ever had against the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising under or in connection with any of the Loan Documents or otherwise, in each case arising prior to the Effective Date.  Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that such Loan Party has not transferred or assigned to any Person any such claim that such Loan Party ever had or claimed to have against the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
xi.Each reference to the Credit Agreement that is made herein, in the Credit Agreement or in any other document executed or to be executed in connection herewith or with the Credit Agreement shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
xii.The agreements contained in this Amendment are limited to the specific agreements made herein.  Except as amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.  This Amendment amends the Credit Agreement and is not a novation thereof.
i.This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy or e mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words "execution," "signed," "signature," and words of like import in this Amendment 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.
ii.This Amendment shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to the principles of the conflicts of law thereof.  The Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sitting in Allegheny County with respect to any suit arising out of or mentioning this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto, have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers on the date first written above.
                            BORROWERS:
						
		L.B. Foster Company, 
a Pennsylvania corporation

By:                      (SEAL)
Name:  Patrick J. Guinee
Title:    Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

		CXT INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation

By:                      (SEAL)
Name:  Patrick J. Guinee
Title:    Corporate Secretary 

		SALIENT SYSTEMS, INC., an Ohio corporation

By:                      (SEAL)
Name:  Patrick J. Guinee
Title:    Corporate Secretary 

		L.B. FOSTER RAIL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
a West Virginia corporation

By:                      (SEAL)
Name:  Patrick J. Guinee
Title:    Assistant Secretary 

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		BORROWERS (CONTINUED):

L.B. FOSTER RAIL TECHNOLOGIES CANADA LTD., 
a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada

By:                      
Name:    Steven R. Fletcher
Title:    President

		L.B. FOSTER RAIL TECHNOLOGIES, CORP., 
a corporation amalgamated under the laws of Canada

By:                      
Name:    Steven R. Fletcher
Title:    President

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BORROWERS (CONTINUED):
			
	L.B. FOSTER RAIL TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LIMITED, a private limited company existing under the laws of England 
 

By:                      (SEAL)
Name:  John F. Kasel
Title:    Director

	TEW ENGINEERING LIMITED, a private limited company existing under the laws of England 
 

By:                      (SEAL)
Name: John F. Kasel
Title:   Director

	
	NETPRACTISE LIMITED, a private limited company existing under the laws of England 

By:                      (SEAL)
Name:  John F. Kasel
Title:    Director

	
	TEW PLUS LIMITED, a private limited company existing under the laws of England 
 

By:                      (SEAL)
Name:  John F. Kasel
Title:  Director

    

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   GUARANTORS:
						
		CHEMTEC ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C,
a Texas limited liability company

						
		IOS HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company

		

By:                                                (SEAL)
Name: Patrick J. Guinee
Title: Secretary of each of the above-listed entities

		PORTEC RAIL NOVA SCOTIA COMPANY,
An unlimited company under the laws of the
Province of Nova Scotia

By:                                              (SEAL)
Name: John F. Kasel
Title: Vice President

		TEW holding (2008) LIMITED, 
a private limited company existing under the laws of      England 

By:                                                            (SEAL)
Name:  John F. Kasel
Title:    Director

TEW holdings (2012) LIMITED, 
a private limited company existing under the laws of England 

By:                                                            (SEAL)
Name:  John F. Kasel
Title:    Director

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS:
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,                as a Lender and as Administrative Agent
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

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CITIZENS BANK, N.A.
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

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BMO HARRIS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

EXHIBIT 8.2.6
FORM OF
ACQUISITION COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

This certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 8.2.6 of that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, by and among L.B. FOSTER COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), the other Borrowers now or hereafter party thereto, the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders party thereto (the "Lenders"), and PNC Bank, National Association as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative Agent"), as amended by that certain: (i) First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 26, 2020; and (ii) Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 29, 2021 (as amended and as the same may be further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement").  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.
The undersigned officer, ______________________, the ___________ [chief executive officer, president, chief or deputy chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer] of the Company, in such capacity does hereby certify on behalf of the Company and the other Borrowers after giving pro forma effect to the Permitted Acquisition which is the basis for this Certificate, as follows:
Description of Proposed Permitted Acquisition
I.Company desires that ____________________ (the "Acquiring Company") acquire the [assets/stock] of ____________________________ [Insert name of entity or business division whose assets are being acquired or the entity whose equity interests are being acquired] (the "Acquired Business") from ______________ [Identify the name(s) of the seller(s) of such assets or equity interests] (the "Seller") (the "Acquisition").
II.The proposed date of Acquisition is _________________, 20__ (which date shall be at least five (5) Business Days after the date of this Certificate (or such shorter timeframe as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, but in no event less than two (2) Business Days prior to such Acquisition, the "Acquisition Date").  The most recent four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements and a related compliance certificate were delivered to the Administrative Agent is the period ended ___________, 20__ (the "Report Date").
III.The Acquired Business is engaged in ____________________ [describe business being acquired], which is substantially related to the business of the Borrowers.
IV.The board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Seller has approved of the Acquisition and written evidence of such approval is attached hereto.
V.If applicable, each applicable Official Body shall have approved of the Acquisition and written evidence of such approval is attached hereto.
VI.Prior to and after giving effect to the Acquisition, the Liquidity of the Loan Parties is $_________________, which is not less than the required amount of $25,000,000 pursuant to Section 8.2.6(ii)(e) of the Credit Agreement. 
VII.(A) The aggregate consideration for the Acquisition is $________________, which does not exceed $50,000,000 (or $50,000,000.00 in the aggregate when combined with all other 

acquisitions entered into during the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter-period ended as of the date hereof); and
        (B) The aggregate consideration for all Permitted Acquisitions during the term of the Credit Agreement, after taking into account the Acquisition, is $____________ which does not exceed $100,000,000.

VIII.Prior to and after giving effect to the Acquisition, the Loan Parties are in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 8.2.13 [Maximum Gross Leverage Ratio], 8.2.14 [Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio] and 8.2.15 [Minimum Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage Ratio] of the Credit Agreement, as evidenced by the calculations set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
IX.The Loan Parties are in compliance with, and have at all times complied with, the provisions of the Credit Agreement.  The representations and warranties contained in Article 6 of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the date of this certificate (except to the extent such representations and warranties refer to an earlier date, as of such earlier date) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on the date hereof, and the Loan Parties have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions thereof.
X.No Event of Default or Potential Default exists as of the date hereof or will exist after giving effect to the Acquisition.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this _____ day of ____________, 20__.
COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE OTHER BORROWERS):
    L.B. FOSTER COMPANY, 
a Pennsylvania corporation

    By:    
    Name:  
    Title:    

EXHIBIT A

I.Maximum Gross Leverage Ratio (Section 8.2.13).  After giving effect to the Acquisition, the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA for the four (4) fiscal quarters most recently ended is _______ to 1.00 [insert ratio from Item 2(C) below], which is not greater than the maximum ratio set forth below for applicable fiscal period1:  
						
	Fiscal Period	Maximum Ratio
	Closing Date through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2020	3.25 to 1.00 
(or 3.50 to 1.00 for testing periods occurring during an Acquisition Period)

	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2020 through Fiscal Quarter Ending March 31, 2022	3.00 to 1.00
(or 3.25 to 1.00 for testing periods occurring during an Acquisition Period)

	Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2022 and all Fiscal Quarters Ending thereafter	2.75 to 1.00
(or 3.00 to 1.00 for testing periods occurring during an Acquisition Period)

1 “Acquisition Period” shall mean a period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of the Loan Parties beginning with a fiscal quarter during which a Loan Party consummates a Permitted Acquisition for which the aggregate consideration payable exceeds Twenty-Five Million and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000,000), and including such fiscal quarter and the immediately three (3) succeeding fiscal quarters. The Loan Parties may elect to designate in writing to the Administrative Agent the commencement of an Acquisition Period (which election shall be made prior to the last day of the fiscal quarter in which the relevant Permitted Acquisition is consummated); provided that (a) only two (2) Acquisition Periods shall be designated during the term of the Credit Agreement, (b) no more than one (1) Acquisition Period may be invoked by the Loan Parties at any one time, and (c) the maximum Gross Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 8.2.13 [Maximum Gross Leverage Ratio] of the Credit Agreement shall not exceed the ratio set forth below for the applicable fiscal period for at least two (2) full consecutive fiscal quarters of the Loan Parties before the second Acquisition Period may be invoked by the Loan Parties:
  

						
	Fiscal Period	Minimum Ratio
	Closing Date through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2020	1.00 to 1.00
	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2020 through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2021	1.05 to 1.00
	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2021 through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2022	1.15 to 1.00
	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2022 and all Fiscal Quarters Ending thereafter	1.25 to 1.00

The calculations for the Gross Leverage Ratio are as follows:
						
	a.Consolidated Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding the indebtedness described in Section (iv) of the definition of Indebtedness) as of such date determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP, as follows:
2
	--
	indebtedness for borrowed money	$_____________
	amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit facility	$_____________
	reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit agreement	$_____________
	any other transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements (but not including trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness and which are not more than sixty (60) days past due)	$_____________
	any Guaranty of Indebtedness for borrowed money	$_____________
	the sum of Items 1(A)(i) through 1(A)(v) equals the Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding the indebtedness described in Section (iv) of the definition of Indebtedness)	$_____________
	i.Indebtedness permitted under clause (ix) of Section 8.2.1 of the Credit Agreement 3
	$____________

2 Notwithstanding anything in the Credit Agreement to the contrary, the obligations of any Loan Parties under UP Settlement shall not constitute Indebtedness. 
3 Pursuant to Section 8.2.1(ix) of the Credit Agreement, this amount shall not exceed the aggregate amount of Three Million and 00/100 Dollars ($3,000,000.00)).

						
	Item 1(A)(vi) minus Item 1(A)(vii) equals the Consolidated Indebtedness.	$____________
	Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries, calculated as follows:	--
	net income	$_____________
	depreciation	$_____________
	amortization	$_____________
	interest expense	$_____________
	income tax expense	$_____________
	non-cash expenses in connection with the Borrowers' employee equity and long-term incentive compensation plans	$_____________
	reasonable transaction costs and expenses related to Permitted Acquisitions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 applied by the Borrowers in the period that any such Permitted Acquisition occurred	$_____________
	any other non-cash charges, non-cash expenses or non-cash losses of the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries (including but not limited to costs recognized related to an acquisition purchase price allocation to tangible or intangible assets not classified as depreciation or amortization)	$_____________
	any non-cash charges, expenses or losses in respect of the UP Settlement or any warranty claim (subject to year-end reconciliation), as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent	$______________
	identifiable and factually supported operating losses attributable to, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the IOS Companies which are sustained through the period ending on December 31, 2020 in an aggregate amount not to exceed  $4,500,000; provided such losses shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such disposition or conveyance had been consummated at the beginning of such period	$______________
	restructuring charges or expenses attributable to, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the IOS Companies which are incurred through the period ending on December 31, 2020 and paid through the period ending on December 31, 2021 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,000,000	$______________

	cash dividends paid by any Joint Venture to the Company or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company	$______________
	the sum of Items 1(B)(i) through Item 1(B)(xii)	$______________
	cash payments made in such period in respect of the UP Settlement or Warranty Claim	$______________

	Cash payments made in respect of non-cash charges, expenses or losses (subject to year-end reconciliation)	$______________

						
	non-cash credits to net income, in each case of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including but not limited to benefits recognized related to an acquisition purchase price allocation to tangible or intangible assets not classified as depreciation or amortization) for such period determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP	$_____________
	items related to Joint Ventures (except for cash dividends paid by any Joint Venture to the Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company as reflected in item 1(B)(x))	$_____________
	gains (or losses) on non-ordinary course asset sales	$_____________
	the sum of Items 1(B)(xiv) through Item 1(B)(xviii)	$_____________
	Item 1(B)(xiii) minus Item 1(B)(xix) equals Consolidated EBITDA	$_____________
	Item 1(A)(viii) divided by Item 1(B)(xx) equals the Gross Leverage Ratio	______ to 1.00

II.Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (Section 8.2.14).  After giving effect to the Acquisition, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Fixed Charges for the four (4) fiscal quarters most recently ended is _______ to 1.00 [insert ratio from Item 2(C) below], which is not less than the minimum ratio set forth below for the applicable fiscal period:
						
	Fiscal Period	Minimum Ratio
	Closing Date through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2020	1.00 to 1.00
	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2020 through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2021	1.05 to 1.00
	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2021 through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2022	1.15 to 1.00
	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2022 and all Fiscal Quarters Ending thereafter	1.25 to 1.00

The calculations for the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio are as follows:
						
	Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries as set forth in Item 1(B)(xx) above	$_____________
	Fixed Charges with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, calculated as follows (to the extent actually paid in cash without duplication):	
	income taxes (excluding taxes related to repatriation of foreign cash and taxes related to non-ordinary course asset sales)	$_____________
	required principal payments on Indebtedness (without giving effect to any voluntary or mandatory prepayments)	$_____________
		
	required capital lease payments	$_____________
		
	dividends and redemptions	$_____________
		
	capital expenditures (excluding the rail car lease transaction once consummated in an amount not to exceed $5,700,000)	$_____________
		
	interest paid	$_____________
		
	the sum of Items 2(B)(i) through 2(B)(vi) equals the Fixed Charges of the Company and its Subsidiaries	$_____________
	Item 2(A) divided by Item2(B)(vii) equals the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio	______ to 1.00

III.Minimum Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage Ratio.  (Section 8.2.15).  After giving effect to the Acquisition, the Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage 

Ratio for the four (4) fiscal quarters most recently ended is __________to 1.00 [insert ratio from Item 3(C) below], which is not less than 1.50 to 1.00.
    The calculations for the Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage Ratio are as follows:  

						
	Working Capital with respect to the Company and its  Subsidiaries, calculated as follows:	
	50% of the inventory (as such amount is reported on the financial statements most recently delivered to pursuant to Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement (or, if prior to the date of the delivery of the first financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement, the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical Statements] of the Credit Agreement))	$_____________
	85% of the accounts receivable (as such amount is reported on the financial statements most recently delivered to pursuant to Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement (or, if prior to the date of the delivery of the first financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement, the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical Statements] of the Credit Agreement))	$_____________
	Item 3(A)(i) plus Item 3(A)(ii) equals the Working Capital	$_____________
	Revolving Facility Usage with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the Report Date, calculated as follows:	
	i.Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans (including Optional Currency Loans and outstanding Swing Loans)

	$_____________
	i.Dollar Equivalent of the Letter of Credit Obligations

	$_____________
	i.The sum of items 3(B)(i) and 3(B)(ii) equals the Revolving Facility Usage

	$_____________

	Item 3(A)(iii) divided by Item 3(B)(iii) equals the Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage Ratio	_________ to 1.00

EXHIBIT 8.3.3
FORM OF
QUARTERLY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
This Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.3 of that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 by and among L.B. FOSTER COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), the other Borrowers now or hereafter party thereto, the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto (the "Lenders"), and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative Agent"), as amended by that certain: (i) First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 26, 2020; and (ii) Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 29, 2021 (as amended and as the same may be further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement").  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.
The undersigned officer, ______________________, the ___________ [chief executive officer, president, chief or deputy chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer] of the Company, in such capacity does hereby certify on behalf of the Company and other Borrowers as of the quarter/year ended _________________, 20___ (the "Report Date"), as follows:4
IV.Leverage Ratio (Schedule 1.1(A) Pricing Grid – Variable Pricing and Fees Based on Leverage Ratio).  As of the Report Date, the ratio of Consolidated Total Net Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA for the four (4) fiscal quarters then ending is _______ to 1.00 [insert ratio from Item 1(C) below].  The calculations for the Leverage Ratio are as follows:
						
	a.Consolidated Total Net Indebtedness with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the Report Date, calculated as follows (without duplication):
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding the indebtedness described in Section (iv) of the definition of Indebtedness) as of such date determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP, as follows:
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	--
	indebtedness for borrowed money	$_____________
	amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit facility	$_____________
	reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit agreement	$_____________

4 See Credit Agreement for full provisions relating to all financial covenants.
5 Notwithstanding anything in the Credit Agreement to the contrary, the obligations of any Loan Parties under UP Settlement shall not constitute Indebtedness. 

						
	any other transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements (but not including trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness and which are not more than sixty (60) days past due)	$_____________
	any Guaranty of Indebtedness for borrowed money	$_____________
	the sum of Items 1(A)(i) through 1(A)(v) equals the Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding the indebtedness described in Section (iv) of the definition of Indebtedness)	$_____________
	Indebtedness permitted under clause (ix) of Section 8.2.1 of the Credit Agreement6	$____________
	Item 1(A)(vi) minus Item 1(A)(vii) equals the Consolidated Indebtedness.	$____________
	Cash on Hand in excess of $15,000,000 which is held by the Company or its Subsidiaries	$_____________
	Item 1(A)(viii) minus Item 1(A)(ix) equals Consolidated Total Net Indebtedness	$_____________
	Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries, calculated as follows:	--
	net income	$_____________
	depreciation	$_____________
	amortization	$_____________
	interest expense	$_____________
	income tax expense	$_____________
	non-cash expenses in connection with the Borrowers' employee equity and long-term incentive compensation plans	$_____________
	reasonable transaction costs and expenses related to Permitted Acquisitions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 applied by the Borrowers in the period that any such Permitted Acquisition occurred	$_____________
	any other non-cash charges, non-cash expenses or non-cash losses of the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries (including but not limited to costs recognized related to an acquisition purchase price allocation to tangible or intangible assets not classified as depreciation or amortization)	$_____________
	any non-cash charges, expenses or losses in respect of the UP Settlement or any warranty claim (subject to year-end reconciliation), as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent	$______________

6 Pursuant to Section 8.2.1(ix) of the Credit Agreement, this amount shall not exceed the aggregate amount of Three Million and 00/100 Dollars ($3,000,000.00)).

						
	identifiable and factually supported operating losses attributable to, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the IOS Companies which are sustained through the period ending on December 31, 2020 in an aggregate amount not to exceed  $4,500,000; provided such losses shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such disposition or conveyance had been consummated at the beginning of such period	$______________

	restructuring charges or expenses attributable to, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the IOS Companies which are incurred through the period ending on December 31, 2020 and paid through the period ending on December 31, 2021 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,000,000	$______________

	cash dividends paid by any Joint Venture to the Company or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company	$______________

	the sum of Items 1(B)(i) through Item 1(B)(xii)	$______________
	cash payments made in such period in respect of the UP Settlement or Warranty Claim	$______________

	Cash payments made in respect of non-cash charges, expenses or losses (subject to year-end reconciliation) in the period ending as of the Report Date	$______________
	non-cash credits to net income, in each case of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including but not limited to benefits recognized related to an acquisition purchase price allocation to tangible or intangible assets not classified as depreciation or amortization) for such period determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP	$_____________
	items related to Joint Ventures (except for cash dividends paid by any Joint Venture to the Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company as reflected in item 1(B)(x))	$_____________
	gains (or losses) on non-ordinary course asset sales	$_____________
	the sum of Items 1(B)(xiv) through Item 1(B)(xviii)	$_____________
	Item 1(B)(xiii) minus Item 1(B)(xix) equals Consolidated EBITDA	$_____________
	Item 1(A)(x) divided by Item 1(B)(xx) equals the Leverage Ratio7	______ to 1.00

V.Maximum Gross Leverage Ratio (Section 8.2.13).  As of the Report Date, the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA is _______ to 1.00 [insert ratio from Item 2(C) below] for the four (4) fiscal quarters then ending, which is not greater than 

7 With respect to a business acquired by the Loan Parties pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent, using historical numbers, in accordance with GAAP as if the Permitted Acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period.

the maximum ratio set forth below for the applicable fiscal period, in each case for the four (4) fiscal quarters then ending:
						
	Fiscal Period	Maximum Ratio
	Closing Date through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2020	3.25 to 1.00 
(or 3.50 to 1.00 for testing periods occurring during an Acquisition Period)

	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2020 through Fiscal Quarter Ending March 31, 2022	3.00 to 1.00
(or 3.25 to 1.00 for testing periods occurring during an Acquisition Period)

	Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2022 and all Fiscal Quarters Ending thereafter	2.75 to 1.00
(or 3.00 to 1.00 for testing periods occurring during an Acquisition Period)

  
The calculations for the Gross Leverage Ratio are as follows:
						
	Consolidated Indebtedness with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries as set forth in Item 1(A)(viii) above	$_____________
	Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries as set forth in Item 1(B)(xx) above	$_____________
	Item 2(A) divided by Item 2(B) equals the Gross Leverage Ratio	______ to 1.00

VI.Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (Section 8.2.14).  As of the Report Date, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Fixed Charges is _______ to 1.00 [insert ratio from Item 3(C) below], which is not less than the minimum ratio set forth below for the applicable fiscal period, in each case calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four (4) fiscal quarters then ending:
						
	Fiscal Period	Minimum Ratio
	Closing Date through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2020	1.00 to 1.00
	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2020 through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2021	1.05 to 1.00
	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2021 through Fiscal Quarter Ending June 30, 2022	1.15 to 1.00
	Fiscal Quarter Ending September 30, 2022 and all Fiscal Quarters Ending thereafter	1.25 to 1.00

The calculations for the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio are as follows:
						
	Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries as set forth in Item 1(B)(xx) above	$_____________
	Fixed Charges with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the Report Date, calculated as follows (to the extent actually paid in cash without duplication):	
	income taxes (excluding taxes related to repatriation of foreign cash and taxes related to non-ordinary course asset sales)	$_____________
	required principal payments on Indebtedness (without giving effect to any voluntary or mandatory prepayments)	$_____________
		
	required capital lease payments	$_____________
		
	dividends and redemptions	$_____________
		
	capital expenditures (excluding the rail car lease transaction once consummated in an amount not to exceed $5,700,000)	$_____________
		
	interest paid	$_____________
		
	the sum of Items 3(B)(i) through 3(B)(vi) equals the Fixed Charges of the Company and its Subsidiaries	$_____________
	Item 3(A) divided by Item 3(B)(vii) equals the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio	______ to 1.00

VII.Minimum Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage Ratio.  (Section 8.2.15).  As of the Report Date, the Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage Ratio for the four (4) fiscal quarters ending on the Report Date is __________to 1.00 [insert ratio from Item 4(C) below], which is not less than 1.50 to 1.00.
    The calculations for the Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage Ratio are as follows:  

						
	Working Capital with respect to the Company and its  Subsidiaries, as of the Report Date, calculated as follows:	
	50% of inventory (as such amount is reported on the financial statements most recently delivered to pursuant to Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement (or, if prior to the date of the delivery of the first financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement, the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical Statements] of the Credit Agreement))	$_____________
	85% of accounts receivable (as such amount is reported on the financial statements most recently delivered to pursuant to Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement (or, if prior to the date of the delivery of the first financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] of the Credit Agreement, the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical Statements] of the Credit Agreement))	$_____________
	Item 4(A)(i) plus Item 4(A)(ii) equals the Working Capital	$_____________
	Revolving Facility Usage with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the Report Date, calculated as follows:	
	i.Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans (including Optional Currency Loans and outstanding Swing Loans)

	$_____________
	i.Dollar Equivalent of the Letter of Credit Obligations

	$_____________
	i.The sum of items 4(B)(i) through 4(B)(ii) equals the Revolving Facility Usage

	$_____________

	Item 4(A)(iii) divided by Item4(B)(iii) equals the Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage Ratio	_________ to 1.00

VIII.Representations, Warranties and Covenants.  The Borrowers are in compliance with, and have at all times complied with, the provisions of the Credit Agreement.  The representations and warranties contained in Article 6 of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the date of this certificate (except to the extent such representations and warranties refer to an earlier date, as of such earlier date) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on the 

date hereof, and the Borrowers have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions thereof.
IX.Event of Default or Potential Default.  No Event of Default or Potential Default exists as of the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this ____ day of ______, 20__.
    COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE OTHER BORROWERS):

    L.B. FOSTER COMPANY,                                           a Pennsylvania corporation

    By:    
    Name:  
    Title:Document

Exhibit 4.26
Description of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.’s Securities Registered Under Section 12 of the Exchange Act
The following summary of the capital stock of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (“ICE”) is based on and qualified by ICE’s fifth amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “certificate of incorporation”) and ICE’s eighth amended and restated bylaws (the “bylaws”). For a complete description of the terms and provisions of ICE’s capital stock, refer to the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws, both of which are filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Throughout this exhibit, references to “we,” “our,” “us” and “the Company” refer to ICE.
General 
Pursuant to the certificate of incorporation, ICE’s authorized capital stock consists of one billion six hundred million (1,600,000,000) shares, each with a par value of $0.01 per share, of which: 
•one hundred million (100,000,000) shares are designated as preferred stock; and
•one billion five hundred million (1,500,000,000) shares are designated as common stock.
As of December 31, 2020, 561,398,010 shares of common stock were outstanding and no shares of preferred stock were outstanding.
Common Stock
Holders of ICE’s common stock have the following rights, privileges and limitations: 
•Voting: Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote per share, provided that for so long as ICE directly or indirectly controls a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act (each such national securities exchange so controlled, an “Exchange”), no person, either alone or together with its related persons (as that term is defined in Article V of the certificate of incorporation), is entitled to vote or cause the voting of shares of ICE stock representing in the aggregate more than 10% of the then outstanding votes entitled to be cast on such matter. ICE will disregard any votes cast in excess of the 10% voting limitation unless the ICE board of directors expressly permits a person, either alone or together with its related persons, to exercise a vote in excess of the voting limitation and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) approves such vote.
•Ownership: For so long as ICE directly or indirectly controls an Exchange, no person, either alone or together with its related persons, may beneficially own shares of stock representing in the aggregate more than 20% of the then outstanding votes entitled to be cast on any matter. The 20% ownership limitation will apply unless the ICE board of directors expressly permits a person, either alone or together with its related persons, to own shares in excess of limitation and the SEC approves such exception. If no such permission is granted and approved, any person who owns shares of ICE stock in excess of the 20% ownership threshold will be obligated to sell, and ICE will be obligated to purchase, at par value the number of shares held by such person above the ownership limitation.
•Dividends and distributions: The holders of shares of ICE common stock have the right to receive dividends and distributions, whether payable in cash or otherwise, as may be declared from time to time by the ICE board of directors from legally available assets or funds.
•Liquidation, dissolution or winding-up: In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of ICE, holders of the shares of common stock are entitled to share equally, share-for-share, in the assets available for distribution after payment of all creditors and the liquidation preferences of any ICE preferred stock.
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•Restrictions on transfer: Neither the certificate of incorporation nor the bylaws contain any restrictions on the transfer of shares of ICE common stock, although restrictions on transfer may be imposed under applicable securities laws.
•Redemption, conversion or preemptive rights: Holders of shares of common stock have no redemption or conversion rights or preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for ICE securities.
•Other provisions: There are no sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock, nor is the common stock subject to calls or assessments by ICE.
The rights, preferences, and privileges of the holders of shares of ICE common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that ICE may designate and issue in the future. 
Limitation of Liability and Indemnification Matters 
The certificate of incorporation provides that no ICE director will be liable to ICE or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except in those cases in which liability is mandated by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and except for liability for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. The bylaws provide for indemnification, to the fullest extent permitted by law, of any person made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or senior officer of ICE or, at the request of ICE, serves or served as a director, officer, partner, member, employee or agent of any other enterprise, against all expenses, liabilities, losses and claims actually incurred or suffered by such person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding. The bylaws also provide that, to the extent authorized from time to time by the ICE board of directors, ICE may provide to any one or more other persons rights of indemnification and rights to receive payment or reimbursement of expenses, including attorneys’ fees. 
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law 
ICE is subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner or a certain level of stock is acquired upon consummation of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder. A business combination includes, among other things, a merger, asset sale or a transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Subject to certain exceptions, an interested stockholder is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns (or, in certain cases, within three years prior, did own) 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock. Under Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a business combination between ICE and an interested stockholder is prohibited during the relevant three-year period unless it satisfies one of the following conditions: 
•prior to the time the stockholder became an interested stockholder, the ICE board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
•on consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of ICE voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced (excluding, for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding, shares owned by persons who are directors and officers); or
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•the business combination is approved by the ICE board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of ICE outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.
Certain Anti-Takeover Matters 
The certificate of incorporation and bylaws include a number of provisions that may have the effect of encouraging persons considering unsolicited tender offers or other unilateral takeover proposals to negotiate with the ICE board of directors rather than pursue non-negotiated takeover attempts. These provisions include: 
Board of Directors 
Vacancies and newly created seats on the ICE board may be filled only by the ICE board of directors. Generally, only the ICE board of directors may determine the number of directors on the ICE board of directors. However, if the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors, then the number of directors elected by the holders of such stock will be determined according to the terms of the stock and pursuant to the resolutions relating to the stock. The inability of stockholders to determine the number of directors or to fill vacancies or newly created seats on the board makes it more difficult to change the composition of the ICE board of directors. These provisions are designed to promote a continuity of existing management. 
Advance Notice Requirements 
The bylaws establish advance notice procedures with regard to stockholder proposals relating to the nomination of candidates for election as directors or new business to be brought before meetings of ICE stockholders. These procedures provide that notice of such stockholder proposals must be timely given in writing to the ICE secretary prior to the meeting at which the action is to be taken. Generally, to be timely, notice must be received at the principal executive offices of ICE not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary date of the annual meeting for the preceding year. The notice must contain certain information specified in the bylaws. 
Proxy Access 
The bylaws provide that qualified stockholders can nominate candidates for election to the board of directors if such stockholders comply with the requirements contained in our bylaws within the designated time periods. Under the proxy access provisions of our bylaws, any stockholder (or group of up to 20 stockholders) owning 3% or more of our common stock continuously for at least three years may nominate up to two individuals or 20% of our board of directors, whichever is greater, as director candidates for election to the board of directors, and require us to include such nominees in our annual meeting proxy statement if the stockholders and nominees satisfy the requirements contained in our bylaws. These procedures provide that notice of such stockholder proposals must be timely given in writing to the ICE secretary prior to the meeting at which the action is to be taken. Generally, to be timely, notice must be received at the principal executive offices of ICE no earlier than the close of business 150 calendar days and no later than the close of business 120 calendar days before the anniversary date that we mailed our proxy materials for the annual meeting for the preceding year. The notice must contain certain information specified in the bylaws. 
Adjournment of Meetings of Stockholders Without a Stockholder Vote 
The bylaws permit the chairman of the meeting of stockholders, who is appointed by the board of directors, to adjourn any meeting of stockholders for a reasonable period of time without a stockholder vote. 
Special Meetings of Stockholders 
The bylaws provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the board of directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, or at the request of holders of at least 50% of the shares of common stock outstanding at the time that would be entitled to vote at the meeting. 
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No Written Consent of Stockholders 
The certificate of incorporation requires all stockholder actions to be taken by a vote of the stockholders at an annual or special meeting. The certificate of incorporation does not permit holders of shares of ICE common stock to act by written consent without a meeting. 
Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws 
Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation imposes a higher vote requirement, a corporation may amend its certificate of incorporation upon the submission of a proposed amendment to stockholders by the board of directors and the subsequent receipt of the affirmative vote of a majority of its outstanding voting shares and the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class. Under the certificate of incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of common stock and all other outstanding shares of stock of ICE entitled to vote on such matter is required to amend, modify in any respect or repeal any provision of the certificate of incorporation related to: (i) considerations of the board of directors in taking any action; (ii) limitations on stockholder action by written consent; (iii) the required quorum at meetings of the stockholders; (iv) the amendment of the bylaws by the stockholders; (v) the location of stockholder meetings and records; (vi) limitations on voting and ownership of ICE common stock and (vii) the provisions in Article X requiring such a supermajority vote. 
Subject to certain exceptions, the ICE board of directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal any or all of the bylaws of ICE at any time. ICE stockholders may adopt, amend or repeal any of the ICE bylaws by an affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the voting power of all outstanding ICE common stock entitled to vote on the matter. 
For so long as ICE shall control, directly or indirectly, any Exchange, before any amendment or repeal of any provision of the bylaws or the certificate of incorporation may become effective, it must be submitted to the boards of directors of each Exchange. If any of these boards of directors determines that the amendment or repeal must be filed with, or filed with and approved by, the SEC under Section 19 of the Exchange Act, then the amendment or repeal shall not be effectuated until filed with, or filed with and approved by, as applicable, the SEC. 
Listing 
ICE’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ICE”. 
Transfer Agent 
The transfer agent for ICE common stock is Computershare Investor Services. 
Blank Check Preferred Stock 
The certificate of incorporation provides for one hundred million (100,000,000) authorized shares of preferred stock. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock may enable the board of directors to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of ICE by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise. For example, if in the due exercise of its fiduciary obligations, the ICE board of directors were to determine that a takeover proposal is not in the best interests of ICE, the board of directors could cause shares of preferred stock to be issued without stockholder approval in one or more private offerings or other transactions that might dilute the voting or other rights of the proposed acquirer or insurgent stockholder or stockholder group. In this regard, the certificate of incorporation grants the ICE board of directors broad power to establish the rights and preferences of authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock. The issuance of shares of preferred stock could decrease the amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to holders of shares of common stock. The issuance may also adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of such holders and may have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control. The ownership limitations described above under 
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“Common Stock” are applicable to holders of preferred stock, and, to the extent holders of shares of preferred stock are entitled to vote on a matter, the voting limitations described above under “Common Stock” would also be applicable to holders of preferred stock. The board of directors currently does not intend to seek stockholder approval prior to any issuance of shares of preferred stock, unless otherwise required by law. 

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