Document:

Exhibit 10.3

 

Form of Note

  

THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE
HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID
ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY
BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. ANY
TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTION 8 HEREOF.

 

Pacific Ethanol, Inc.

 

Senior Secured Note

 

Note No.: D16-___

 

	Issuance Date: December 15, 2016	$[●]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Pacific Ethanol, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of [INVESTOR] or its registered assigns (“Holder”)
the amount set out above (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption or otherwise, the “Principal”)
when due, whether upon the Maturity Date, acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof)
and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal (as defined above) at the applicable Interest
Rate (as defined below) from the date set out above as the Issuance Date (the “Issuance Date”) until the same
becomes due and payable, whether upon the Maturity Date, acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with
the terms hereof). This Senior Secured Note (including all Senior Secured Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof,
this “Note”) is one of an issue of Senior Secured Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined
below) on the Issuance Date (collectively, the “Notes” and such other Senior Secured Notes, the “Other
Notes”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 19.

 

THE OBLIGATIONS DUE UNDER THIS SENIOR SECURED NOTE ARE SECURED
BY A SECURITY AGREEMENT (THE “SECURITY AGREEMENT”) DATED AS OF THE ISSUANCE DATE AND EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDER. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER ARE SET FORTH IN THE SECURITY AGREEMENT. 

 

1.                 
PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL.

 

1.1             
On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal,
all accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and all other unpaid amounts hereunder. Any such payment shall be applied pro rata
to the Note and the Other Notes in accordance with the respective Principal amounts thereof.

 

1.2             
The Company may, at its sole option, at any time prepay this Note, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part,
on one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice to the Holder, at a prepayment price equal to the amount of outstanding Principal
so to be prepaid, together with accrued and unpaid Interest on such Principal, if any, through the date of such prepayment. Any
such payment shall be applied pro rata to the Note and the Other Notes in accordance with the respective Principal amounts
thereof.

 

 

 

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2.                 
INTEREST; INTEREST RATE. Interest on this Note shall accrue at the applicable Interest Rate and shall commence accruing
on the Issuance Date and Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and shall be payable
in cash to the record Holder in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each calendar year, beginning with
March 15, 2017 and ending on the repayment of the Note. From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event
of Default, the applicable Interest Rate shall automatically be increased by two percent (2%) per annum above the Interest Rate
otherwise applicable in accordance with the terms hereof, and all such interest shall be payable on demand. In the event that such
Event of Default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of
the date of such cure, provided that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during the continuance
of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default
through and including the date of such cure of such Event of Default.

 

3.                 
RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

 

3.1             
Event of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

 

(a)              
the Company’s failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, or other amounts when and as
due under this Note, the Security Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, except, in the case of a failure to pay Interest or other
non-Principal amounts when and as due, in which case only if such failure remains uncured for a period of at least five (5) days;

 

(b)              
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for the relief of debtors
shall be instituted by or against the Company or any Subsidiary and, if instituted against the Company or any Subsidiary by a third
party, shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days of their initiation;

 

(c)              
the commencement by the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal,
state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated
a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of
the Company or any Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal, state or foreign
law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part
of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the execution of a composition of debts,
or the occurrence of any other similar federal, state or foreign proceeding, or the admission by it in writing of its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Subsidiary in furtherance of
any such action or the taking of any action by any Person to commence a UCC foreclosure sale or any other similar action under
federal, state or foreign law or of any substantial part of the Company’s property or any substantial part of any Subsidiary’s
property;

 

 

 

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(d)              
the entry by a court of (i) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company or
any Subsidiary of a voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document adjudging the Company or any
Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary under any applicable federal, state or foreign law
or (iii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering
the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree, order, judgment or other similar document
or any such other decree, order, judgment or other similar document unstayed and in effect for a period of thirty (30) consecutive
days;

 

(e)              
a final judgment, judgments, any arbitration or mediation award or any settlement of any litigation or any other
satisfaction of any claim made by any Person pursuant to any litigation, as applicable, (each a “Judgment”,
and collectively, the “Judgments”) with respect to the payment of cash, securities and/or other assets with
an aggregate fair market value in excess of $2,000,000 are rendered against, agreed to or otherwise accepted by, the Company and/or
any of its Subsidiaries and which Judgments are not, within thirty (30) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or
stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within thirty (30) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however,
that any Judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating
the $2,000,000 amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the Holder written evidence of such insurance coverage or
indemnity (which evidence shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such Judgment is covered by insurance
or an indemnity and the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity
prior to the later of (i) thirty (30) days after the issuance of such Judgment or (ii) any requirement to pay such
Judgment;

 

(f)               
the Company and/or any Subsidiary, individually or in the aggregate, fails to pay, when due, or within any applicable
grace period, any payment with respect to any Indebtedness in excess of $2,000,000 due to any third party or is otherwise in breach
or violation of any agreement for monies owed or owing in an amount in excess of $2,000,000, which breach or violation results
in the acceleration of amounts due thereunder or permits the other party thereto to accelerate amounts due thereunder;

 

(g)              
any breach or failure in any respect by the Company to comply with any provision of this Note or any other Transaction
Document for thirty (30) days after delivery to the Company of notice of such breach or failure by or on behalf of a Secured
Party (as defined in the Security Agreement) or the Agent (as defined in the Security Agreement) or thirty (30) days after an officer
of the Company has knowledge of such breach or failure, unless such default is capable of cure but cannot be cured within such
time frame and the Company is using best efforts to cure the same in a timely manner;

 

(h)              
any Material Adverse Change occurs (other than any Excluded Event) and is not otherwise cured within thirty (30) days
of written notice thereof by the Required Holders;

 

(i)                
any provision of any Transaction Document (shall at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms
thereof) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the parties thereto, or the validity or enforceability thereof
shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any Subsidiary or any governmental
authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company
or any Subsidiary shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Transaction Document
to which it is a party, or any Lien created by the Security Agreement ceases to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority
purported to be created thereby, other than as expressly permitted thereunder or thereunder;

 

 

 

 

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(j)                
any Fundamental Transaction occurs without the written consent of the Required Holders;

 

(k)              
any Event of Default (as defined in the Security Agreement) occurs with respect to the Security Agreement;

 

(l)                
any Event of Default (as defined in the Other Notes) occurs with respect to any Other Notes;

 

(m)            
any representation, warranty, certification or other statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the
Company herein or in any other Transaction Document proves to have been false or misleading in any material respect on or as of
the date made or deemed made; or

 

(n)              
any Subordinated Indebtedness cease for any reason to be validly subordinated to the Indebtedness evidenced by this
Note, or the Company, any Subsidiary or any holder thereof (or its trustee or agent) so asserts.

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this
Note or any Other Note, the Company shall promptly deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier (with next
day delivery specified) (an “Event of Default Notice”) to the Holder.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
set forth above or elsewhere herein, the following Indebtedness and obligations, and any defaults with respect thereto, shall not
constitute an Event of Default under Section 3.1(f) above: (i) any payments contested by the Company and/or such Subsidiary
(as the case may be) in good faith by proper proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the
payment thereof in accordance with GAAP and, with respect to any subsidiary, such default is otherwise resolved in a manner which
does not result in a Material Adverse Change; and (ii) with respect to any Subsidiary, any default with respect to a non-recourse
obligation and such default does not otherwise result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

3.2             
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 3.1(b), (c) or (d) above) occurs,
then the Holder may, by written notice to the Company, declare this Note to be forthwith due and payable, as to Principal, Interest
and any other amounts due hereunder, whereupon this Note shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company. If any Event of Default specified in Section 3.1(b),
(c) or (d) above occurs, the Principal of and accrued Interest on this Note shall automatically forthwith become due and payable
without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company.

 

3.3             
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Holder may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment
of Principal, Interest and any other amounts due under this Note or to enforce the performance of any provision of this Note. If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the holder of this Note may proceed to protect and enforce its rights by an action
at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding. No course of dealing and no delay on the part of the holder of this Note
in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers
or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Note upon the holder hereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power
or remedy referred to herein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

 

 

 

 

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4.                 
NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its certificate
of incorporation, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution,
issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the
terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note and take all action as may
be required to protect the rights of the Holder of this Note.

 

5.                 
COVENANTS. Until all of the Notes have been redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with their terms:

 

5.1             
Rank. All payments due under this Note (a) shall rank pari passu with all Other Notes and
(b) shall be senior to all other Indebtedness of the Company (excluding any other Permitted Indebtedness of the Company).

 

5.2             
Incurrence of Indebtedness. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
not, directly or indirectly, incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness (other than (i) the Indebtedness
evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes and (ii) Permitted Indebtedness).

 

5.3             
Existence of Liens. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly
or indirectly, allow or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any
property or assets owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “Liens”) other than Permitted
Liens.

 

5.4             
Restricted Payments. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly
or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents
(in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion
of any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Payments with respect to any Permitted Indebtedness), whether by way of payment in respect
of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness if at the time such payment is due or is otherwise made
or, after giving effect to such payment, (i) an event constituting an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) an
event that with the passage of time and without being cured would constitute an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

5.5             
Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends. Except for any Permitted Distributions, the Company shall not,
and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem, repurchase or pay any cash dividend
or distribution on any of its capital stock without the prior express written consent of the Required Holders.

 

5.6             
Restriction on Transfer of Assets. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to not, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of any assets or rights of
the Company or any Subsidiary owned or hereafter acquired whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions,
other than (i) sales, leases, licenses, assignments, transfers, conveyances and other dispositions of such assets or rights
by the Company and its Subsidiaries that are in the ordinary course of their respective businesses and, after giving effect thereto,
would not result in a Material Adverse Change, (ii) sales of product, inventory or receivables in the ordinary course of business,
or (iii) Permitted Payments.

 

 

 

 

 

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5.7             
Change in Nature of Business. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to not, directly or indirectly, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted
by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries on the Issuance Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto. The
Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, modify its or their corporate
structure or purpose in any material respect.

 

5.8             
Preservation of Existence, Etc. The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries
to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become
or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by
it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

 

5.9             
Maintenance of Properties, Etc. The Company shall maintain and preserve in all material respects, and cause
each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve in all material respects, all of its properties which are necessary or useful
in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply, and cause
each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with the provisions of all material leases to which it is a party as lessee or
under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any material loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder.

 

5.10         
Maintenance of Insurance. The Company shall maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance
with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability,
hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned
by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction with
respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly
situated.

 

5.11         
Equity Issuances. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its applicable Subsidiaries to
not, issue additional capital stock or membership interests, as the case may be, for any purpose other than (i) to pay down a portion
or all of the amounts owned under the Notes, and (ii) shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued to directors, officers
or employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including the Excluded Subsidiaries) in their capacity as such pursuant to the
Company’s stock incentive plans.

 

5.12         
Investments in Subsidiaries. Except for any Permitted Investments, the Company shall not, and the Company
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, lend money or credit (by way of guarantee or otherwise) or
make advances to any Excluded Subsidiary.

 

5.13         
Delivery of Financial Statements; Information. If the Company is no longer required to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) quarterly and annual reports, including financial information that would
be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, so long as any Principal or Interest is outstanding
under this Note, the Company shall furnish to the Holder such reports within 15 days after it would be required to file them with
the SEC in substantially the form as would be required to file with the SEC if it were required to do so. The Company shall furnish
such other information respecting the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries as the Holder may reasonably request.

 

 

 

 

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5.14         
Transactions with Affiliates. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
not to, directly or indirectly, enter into or be a party to any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease, exchange or transfer
of property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other
than the Holder or holders of any Other Notes and their respective Affiliates) unless such transaction is on fair and reasonable
terms and conditions no less favorable to Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that would have been
obtained in a comparable transaction on an arm’s length basis from an unrelated Person.

 

6.                 
AMENDING THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE. No provision of this Note may be modified or amended without the prior written consent
of the Required Holders and the Company and upon such due modification or amendment, such modification or amendment shall apply
to the Note and all of the Other Notes; provided, however, that (a) no such modification or amendment shall,
without the consent of the Holder hereunder, change the stated maturity date of this Note, or reduce the principal amount hereof,
or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of any interest hereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption or prepayment
hereof, impair or affect the right of the Holder to receive payment of principal of, and interest on, the Notes or to institute
suit for payment thereof, or impair or affect the right of the Holder to receive any other payment provided for under this Note,
or change the definition of Required Holders, or change the pro rata sharing provisions of this Note and (b) the Holder hereunder
may waive, reduce or excuse, or forbear from the exercise of any rights and remedies with respect to, any Event of Default under
this Note without notice to or the consent of any holder of any of the Other Notes.

 

7.                 
TRANSFER. This Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder in whole or in part, subject only
to the provisions of the restrictive legend set forth at the top of the first page of this Note; provided that, so long
as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any such sale, assignment or transfer shall be subject to the prior written
consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided, further,
that any partial offer, sale, assignment or transfer of this Note shall be in a principal amount not less than $500,000.

 

8.                 
REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.

 

8.1             
Transfer. If this Note is to be transferred as permitted under Section 7 above, the Holder shall surrender
this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance
with Section 8.3), registered as the Holder may request.

 

8.2             
Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company
of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated
below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the
Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this
Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 8.3) representing the outstanding
Principal.

 

8.3             
Issuance of New Notes. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this
Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such
new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding, (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note,
which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall
represent accrued and unpaid Interest on the Principal and Interest of this Note, from the Issuance Date.

 

 

 

 

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9.                 
REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATIONS, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Note
shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note, under the Security Agreement, at law or in
equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s
right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note or any other
Transaction Document. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other
than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and
the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein,
be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of
its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate.
The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition
to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without
any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested
by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note (including,
without limitation, compliance with Section 5).

 

10.             
PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for
collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect
amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization,
receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note,
then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such
bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

11.             
CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not
be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not
form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note. Terms used in this Note but defined in the other Transaction Documents
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Issuance Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented
to in writing by the Holder.

 

12.             
FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right
or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or
privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

13.             
NOTICES; CURRENCY; PAYMENTS.

 

13.1         
Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice
shall be given in accordance with Section 6.5 of the Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt
written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Note, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the
reason therefore.

 

13.2         
Currency. All principal, interest and other amounts owing under this Note that, in accordance with the terms
hereof, are paid in cash shall be paid in U.S. dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be converted to
the U.S. dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate”
means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. dollars pursuant to this Note, the U.S. dollar
exchange rate as published in The Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation (it being understood and agreed
that where an amount is calculated with reference to, or over, a period of time, the date of calculation shall be the final date
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13.3         
Payments. Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, unless
otherwise expressly set forth herein, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer
of immediately available funds in accordance with the Holder’s wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed
to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding
day which is a Business Day, with interest accruing until paid.

 

14.             
DISCLOSURE.

 

14.1         
In connection with information that is either required or permitted to be disclosed to the Holder in such Holder’s
capacity as the holder of this Note, on the date such information is to be disclosed, the Company may provide the Holder with such
information; provided either that (i) such information does not contain Non-Public Information, or (ii) if such information
does contain Non-Public Information, such information is Consented Information (as defined below).

 

14.2         
If any such information to be disclosed contains Non-Public Information, the Company shall provide to the Holder
a written notice (which notice shall, for the avoidance of doubt, not contain or constitute Non-Public Information), containing
the following information: (A) a statement as to whether the information is required to be disclosed under the terms of this
Note, (B) if the information is not so required to be disclosed, a statement that the Company or other applicable Person desires
voluntarily to disclose such information, (C) a general description of such information (which description shall not include,
and shall not constitute, Non-Public Information), (D) a statement as to whether the Holder is required or permitted to take
some specific action as a lender under this Note, (E) a statement that such information contains Non-Public Information, and
(F) a statement seeking the consent of the Holder to receive such Non-Public Information. Within two (2) Business Days of
the date of the notice contemplated in the preceding sentence, the Holder shall advise the Company in writing whether it consents
to the receipt of such Non-Public Information (any information for which such consent is provided, “Consented Information”).

 

14.3         
In the event any Non-Public Information is provided to the Holder by the Company, the Company shall promptly and
in compliance with applicable law publicly disclose such Non-Public Information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise, within
four (4) Business Days of (or such other period of time as may be expressly agreed to in writing by the Investor and the Company
in connection with such disclosure) the disclosure thereof to the Holder (provided that the Company shall provide the Holder
a draft of each such Form 8-K at least two (2) Business Days prior to filing thereof). If the Company fails to disclose any Non-Public
Information in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, the Holder may publicly disclose such information by issuing
a press release containing such information, or otherwise, within one Business Day of providing Notice to the Company of such intended
disclosure. The Holder shall have no liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers,
directors, employees, stockholders or agents, for any such disclosure.

 

14.4         
In no event shall the Company intentionally provide the Holder with any Non-Public Information without the prior
written consent of the Holder. In the absence of any written notice that information provided by the Company contains Non-Public
Information, the Holder may presume that such information (including the notice of such information) does not constitute Non-Public
Information.

 

 

 

 

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15.             
CANCELLATION. After all Principal, accrued Interest and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been paid
in full (a) this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled without any action by or notice to Holder or Company and (b) the
Holder shall promptly mark this Note as cancelled, shall promptly surrender this Note to the Company and this Note shall not be
reissued.

 

16.             
WAIVER OF NOTICE. Except for the notices specifically required by this Note or any other Transaction Document, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company hereby irrevocably waives demand, notice, presentment, protest and all other
demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Purchase
Agreement.

 

17.             
GOVERNING LAW. This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction,
validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions)
that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for
the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein,
and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that
the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right
to serve process in any manner permitted by law. In the event that any provision of this Note is invalid or unenforceable under
any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith
and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable
under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Note. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction
to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations,
or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY
HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING
OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

18.             
MAXIMUM PAYMENTS. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest
or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid
or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against
amounts owed by the Company to the Holder and thus refunded to the Company.

 

19.             
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

19.1         
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

19.2         
“Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per
share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from
a reclassification of such common stock.

 

 

 

 

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19.3         
“Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent
or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary
purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee
of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with,
or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

19.4         
“Excluded Events” means (i) changes in the national or world economy or financial markets
as a whole, (ii) changes in general economic conditions taken as a whole that affect the industries in which the Company and
its Subsidiaries conduct their business, (iii) acts of terrorism or war, including the engagement by the United States of
America or any other country in hostilities, and whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or
any earthquakes, hurricanes or other natural disasters, and (iv) any financial statement impact of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents.

 

19.5         
“Excluded Subsidiaries” means Kinergy Marketing LLC, Pacific Ag. Products, LLC, Pacific Ethanol
Development, LLC, Pacific Ethanol Central, LLC, Pacific Ethanol Pekin, Inc., Pacific Ethanol Canton, LLC, Pacific Ethanol Aurora
West, LLC, Pacific Ethanol Aurora East, LLC and Pacific Aurora, LLC and each of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

19.6         
“Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly
or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is the surviving corporation) another Person or Persons, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to another Person, or
(iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of
the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the Person
or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange
offer), or (iv) consummate a securities purchase or business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization,
recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of
the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the other
Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such securities
purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify the Voting Stock of the Company
or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate Voting Stock of the Company.

 

19.7         
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

19.8         
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed
money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including,
without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) (other than trade
payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters
of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar
instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses,
(E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing,
in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and
remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property),
(F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all obligations of such
Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any equity interests in such Person or
any other Person or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such equity interests, valued, in the case of redeemable preferred
interests, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (H) all
indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, claim, lien, tax, right of first refusal, encumbrance,
pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights)
owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of such indebtedness, and (I) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds
referred to in clauses (A) through (H) above.

 

 

 

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19.9         
“Interest Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”),
plus 7.0% (the “Interest Rate Spread”); provided, however, that on December 15, 2017 and December
15, 2018, the “Interest Rate Spread” shall be increased to 9.0% and 11.0%, respectively, and; provided, further,
that if at any time during the term of this Note LIBOR is less than 1.0% per annum, the “Interest Rate” shall equal
1.0% plus the amount of the then current “Interest Rate Spread.” The “Interest Rate” shall in all cases
be subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 2.

 

19.10     
“Material Adverse Change” shall mean any set of circumstances or events which occur, arise or
otherwise take place from and after the Issuance Date which (a) has or could reasonably be expected to have any material adverse
effect whatsoever upon the validity or enforceability of this Note or any other Transaction Document, (b) is or could reasonably
be expected to be material and adverse to the business properties, assets, financial condition, results of operations or prospects
of the Company or the Company and any of Subsidiaries on a collective basis, (c) impairs materially or could reasonably be
expected to impair materially the ability of the Company to duly and punctually pay or perform any its obligations under this Note
or any other Transaction Document, or (d) materially impairs or could reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability
of Holder or, in the case of the Security Agreement, the Agent (as defined therein), to the extent permitted, to enforce its legal
rights and remedies pursuant to this Note or any other Transaction Document.

 

19.11     
“Maturity Date” shall mean December 15, 2019.

 

19.12     
“Non-Public Information” means material, non-public information relating to the Company.

 

19.13     
“Permitted Distributions” means (a) dividends by Subsidiaries of the Company to the Company
or other Subsidiaries of the Company, and (b) current quarterly dividends required to be paid by the Company with respect
to the Company’s Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the organizational documents of the Company
as in effect as of the Issuance Date on the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that payment thereof is in the form
of Common Stock, payment of previously accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to the Company’s Series B Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding as of the Issuance Date shall be deemed to be “Permitted Distributions”.

 

19.14     
“Permitted Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes;
(ii) Indebtedness of any Excluded Subsidiary, (iii) any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien (other than Indebtedness
referred to in clause (iv) of the definition of “Permitted Lien”), (iv) Indebtedness incurred by the Company that is
made expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note, as reflected in a written agreement
acceptable to the Holder and approved by the Holder in writing, and which Indebtedness does not provide at any time for (1) the
payment, prepayment, repayment, repurchase or defeasance, directly or indirectly, of any principal or premium, if any, thereon
until ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date or later and (2) total interest and fees at a rate in excess of ten
percent (10%) per annum (collectively, the “Subordinated Indebtedness”); provided, that in the aggregate
outstanding at any time, such Subordinated Indebtedness does not exceed $30,000,000, (v) Indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries and Excluded Subsidiaries existing on the Issuance Date, (vi) such other trade and operating Indebtedness
incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Company (including any of the Company’s Subsidiaries and Excluded Subsidiaries),
including without limitation, unsecured trade debt, financing with respect to the acquisition or lease of equipment and financing
of insurance premiums; provided that in the aggregate outstanding at any time, such Indebtedness does not exceed the greater
of $2,000,000 or three-quarters of one percent (0.75%) of total assets as reported in the Company’s most recent publicly
filed Form 10-K or 10-Q reports, and (vii) the Company’s Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding
on the date hereof.

 

 

 

 

 

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19.15     
“Permitted Investments” means (i) investments existing on the date hereof (inclusive of the investment
in the Excluded Subsidiaries in the amount of $25,000,000 being made in part with the proceeds of the Notes), and (ii) additional
investments in the Excluded Subsidiaries that in the aggregate outstanding at any time do not exceed $30,000,000.

 

19.16     
“Permitted Liens” means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any
statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or
delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other
similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens securing financing obtained in the ordinary course
of the Company's operations, including financing with respect to the acquisition or lease of equipment and financing of insurance
premiums; provided, that (A) such Liens are solely upon and confined solely to the equipment, unearned insurance premiums
or other asset or assets being acquired by such financing and (B) in the aggregate, the Indebtedness secured by such liens does
not exceed the greater of $2,000,000 or three-quarters of one percent (0.75%) of total assets as reported in the Company's most
recent publicly filed Form 10-K or 10-Q reports, (v) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing
of the indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clause (iv) above, provided that any extension, renewal
or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness
being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase, and (vi) any Lien on the assets or properties of the Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

19.17     
“Permitted Payments” means any payments, distributions or transfers with respect to (i) any
Permitted Indebtedness (in the case of Subordinated Indebtedness, to the extent permitted by the relevant subordination or intercreditor
agreement) and (ii) any Permitted Distributions.

 

19.18     
“Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation,
a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

19.19     
“Purchase Agreement” means the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2016, by and
among the Company, the Holder, and each other “Investor” (as defined therein) as amended, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time.

 

19.20     
“Required Holders” means the holders of Notes representing at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding (excluding any Notes held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries).

 

19.21     
“Subsidiary” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, (I) owns any
of the outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person or (II) controls or operates all or
any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person; provided that, for purposes of this Note, the term
“Subsidiary” shall expressly exclude the Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

19.22     
“Transaction Documents” means this Note, the Other Notes, the Security Agreement and each Purchase
Agreement, together with any amendments, restatements, extensions or other modification thereto.

 

19.23     
“Voting Stock” means voting equity interests.

 

FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, THIS NOTE IS BEING ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE ISSUANCE DATE OF
THIS NOTE. THE COMPANY AGREES TO PROVIDE PROMPTLY TO EACH HOLDER OF THIS NOTE, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST (1) THE ISSUE PRICE, (2) THE
AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS NOTE. ANY SUCH WRITTEN REQUEST SHOULD BE SENT TO THE
COMPANY AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: 400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814, ATTN: BRYON T. MCGREGOR, CFO.

 

[signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused
this Note to be duly executed as of the first date set forth above.

 

PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.

By:   ___________________________

Name:
Bryon T. McGregor

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Senior Secured
Note]

    			 

     

    

 

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

HOLDER:

 

 

CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC

 

 

By: _________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Holder Acknowledgement of Senior Secured
Note]Exhibit 10.4

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT
(as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is made by and
among Pacific Ethanol, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each Holder (as defined below) (each, a
“Secured Party” and collectively, the “Secured Parties”) and Cortland Capital Market Services
LLC, as collateral agent for itself and the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns
in such capacity, the “Agent”), effective as of December 15, 2016.

 

R E C I T A L S :

 

A.       The
Company and each Holder are parties to a Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, including amendments and restatements thereof in its entirety, the “Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will issue or has issued, and the Holders will purchase or have purchased
on a several basis, up to $55,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due December 15, 2019 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Notes”).

 

B.       The
Notes shall be secured by a first-priority security interest in all of the Company’s equity interest in PE OP CO., a Delaware
corporation (the “Issuer”).

 

C.       The
Company owns one hundred percent of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Issuer
as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto opposite the Company’s name, as such Schedule I may be updated or
modified from time to time.

 

D.       As
a condition to entering into the Purchase Agreement with the Company, the Holders have required, among other things, that the Company
shall have made the pledge and hypothecation contemplated by this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                 
Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.
Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “control”,
“investment property”, “proceeds” and “records”) shall have the respective meanings given such
terms in Article 9 of the UCC. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in the Purchase Agreement (including in the form of Note attached thereto as Exhibit B).

 

(a)              
 “Agent Fee Letter” means that certain Agent Fee Letter, dated as of December 15, 2016, made by and
between the Company and the Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

(b)              
“Collateral” means the Pledged Collateral.

 

(c)              
“Holders” means (x) each Person that is (i) a signatory to the Purchase Agreement and identified as an
“Investor” on Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement, (ii) a holder of a Note and (iii) a signatory to this Agreement
and identified as a “Secured Party” on the signature pages to this Agreement, and (y) any other Person that becomes
(i) a holder of a Note pursuant to any permitted assignment or transfer and (ii) a “Secured Party” under this Agreement
pursuant to a Security Agreement Joinder, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an assignment
of all of its Notes and its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents.

 

 

 

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(d)              
“Necessary Endorsement” means undated stock powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of assignment
duly executed and such other instruments or documents as the Agent or the Required Holders may reasonably request.

 

(e)              
 “Obligations” means all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent,
sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, of the Company
to the Agent or to the Secured Parties, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement,
the Notes, the Agent Fee Letter and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection
herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased
or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid,
to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from Agent or any of the Secured Parties
as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified
from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without
limitation: (i) the principal amount of, and interest on the Notes and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any
and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Company from time to time under or in connection with
this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Agent Fee Letter and any other instruments, agreements or other documents
executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition
interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable
or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company.

 

(f)               
 “Organizational Documents” means the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws.

 

(g)              
“Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2(d).

 

(h)              
 “Pledged Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2(a).

 

(i)                
“Security Agreement Joinder” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto.

 

(j)                
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and or any other applicable law of any
state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time.
It is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral”
will be construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms in the UCC that
broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions,
the existing ones shall be controlling.

 

The use in this Agreement
of the word “include” or “including,” when following any general statement, term or matter, will not be
construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or
to similar items or matters, whether or not nonlimiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited
to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but will be deemed to refer to all other items or matters
that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The word “will” shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Terms used in this Agreement in the singular have the same
meaning in the plural, and vice-versa.

 

 

 

 

 

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2.                 
Pledge. As collateral security for the Obligations, the Company hereby pledges, collaterally assigns and hypothecates
to the Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, and grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured
Parties, a lien on and security interest in:

 

(a)              
the equity interests of the Issuer identified on Schedule I hereto (as may be updated or modified from time to time
in accordance herewith) as being pledged that are held by the Company, including all securities convertible into, and rights, warrants,
options and other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, any of the foregoing (the “Pledged Shares”) and the
certificates representing the Pledged Shares, any interest of the Company in the entries on the books of any securities intermediary
pertaining thereto and all equity dividends and cash dividends, cash, instruments, chattel paper and other rights, property or
proceeds and products from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all
of the Pledged Shares;

 

(b)              
all additional equity interests of the Issuer at any time acquired by the Company in any manner, and the certificates representing
such additional equity interests (and any such additional equity interests shall constitute part of the Pledged Shares under this
Agreement), and all equity dividends, cash dividends, distributions, cash, instruments, chattel paper and other rights, property
or proceeds and products from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or
all of such shares;

 

(c)              
all Records (as defined in the UCC), including supporting evidence and documents relating to any of the above-described
property, including, without limitation, all books of account, ledgers, and cabinets in which the same are reflected or maintained;
and

 

(d)              
all proceeds of any of the foregoing (the assets described in this Section 2, are collectively referred to as, the
“Pledged Collateral”).

 

3.                 
Security for Obligations. This Agreement and all of the Pledged Collateral secure the prompt payment and performance
when due of any and all Obligations, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising (and whether arising before or after
the filing of a petition in bankruptcy and including all interest accrued after the petition date), due or to become due, direct
or indirect, absolute or contingent, and howsoever evidenced, held or acquired.

 

4.                 
Delivery of Pledged Collateral. All certificates or instruments that constitute “certificated securities”
pursuant to Article 8 of the UCC that represent or evidence any of the Pledged Collateral shall be delivered to and held by or
on behalf of the Agent pursuant hereto and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by Necessary
Endorsements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Holders. The Agent shall have the right
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with concurrent written notice to the Company, at any time
in its sole discretion to transfer to or to register in the name of the Agent or any of its nominees any or all of the Pledged
Collateral in order to exercise its rights and remedies hereunder. In addition, the Agent shall have the right to exchange certificates
or instruments representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.

 

 

 

 

 

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5.                 
Effectiveness. This Agreement will become effective upon the date on which the Agent has received (a) a counterpart
hereof duly executed by each of the parties hereto, (b) a copy of the Agent Fee Letter duly executed by each of the parties thereto,
(c) a copy of the Note Purchase Agreement duly executed by each of the parties thereto, and (d) payment from the Company of (i)
all fees required to be paid on or prior to the effective date of this Agreement pursuant to the Agent Fee Letter and (ii) all
reasonable third-party fees and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

6.                 
Representations and Warranties; Covenants. In order to induce the Agent and the Holders to enter into this Agreement
and for the Holders to purchase the Notes under the Purchase Agreement, the Company represents and warrants that the following
statements are true, correct and complete on the Closing Date (except to the extent such representation or warranty relates to
an earlier date, in which case, it is true, correct and complete as of such earlier date) as follows and agrees as follows:

 

(a)              
Schedule I hereto completely and accurately sets forth the number of equity interests of, and options or other rights
to purchase or receive, the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Issuer held by the Company as of the date hereof and
indicates which such equity interests constitute Pledged Shares. The Pledged Shares held by the Company constitute, as of the date
hereof, the percentage of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Issuer set forth on Schedule I. All of such
Pledged Shares owned by the Company are owned legally and beneficially by the Company and have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth on Schedule I, there are no outstanding warrants, options,
subscriptions or other contractual arrangements for the purchase of any other equity interests or any securities convertible into
equity interests of any Issuer, and there are no preemptive rights with respect to the equity interests of the Issuer that constitute
Pledged Shares of the Issuer and the Pledged Shares are free and clear of all Liens.

 

(b)              
The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the filings contemplated herein
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company.
This Agreement has been duly executed by the Company. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies
of creditors and by general principles of equity.

 

(c)              
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not (i) violate any of the provisions of any
Organizational Documents of the Company or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator or
any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that
with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing
the Company’s debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company is a party or by which any property or asset
of the Company is bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including, without limitation, from stockholders or creditors
of the Company) necessary for the Company to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder have been obtained.

 

(d)              
The Company hereby agrees to comply with any and all orders and instructions of the Agent regarding the Pledged Shares consistent
with the terms of this Agreement without the further consent of the Company as contemplated by Section 8-106 (or any successor
section) of the UCC. Further, the Company agrees that it shall not enter into a similar agreement (or one that would confer “control”
within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) with any other person or entity.

 

 

 

 

 

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(e)              
The Company shall vote the Pledged Shares to comply with the covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Purchase Agreement
and in the Notes.

 

(f)               
The Company shall register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Shares on the books of the Company. Further, except with
respect to certificated securities delivered to the Agent, the Company shall deliver to the Agent an acknowledgement of pledge
(which, where appropriate, shall comply with the requirements of the relevant UCC with respect to perfection by registration and
shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders) signed by the Issuer, which acknowledgement shall
confirm that: (a) it has registered the pledge on its books and records; (b) it agrees to comply with any and all orders and instructions
of the Agent regarding the Pledged Shares without the further consent of the Company as contemplated by Section 8-106 (or
any successor section) of the UCC; (c) at any time directed by the Agent during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Issuer
will transfer the record ownership of such Pledged Shares into the name of any designee of the Agent, will take such steps as may
be necessary to effect the transfer, and will comply with all other instructions of the Agent without the further consent of the
Company.

 

(g)              
In the event that, upon an occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent (at the written direction of the Required Holders)
shall sell all or any of the Pledged Shares to another party or parties (herein called the “Transferee”) or
shall purchase or retain all or any of the Pledged Shares, the Company shall, to the extent applicable: (i) deliver to the Agent
or the Transferee, as the case may be, the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, stock certificate books, corporate
seals, deeds, leases, indentures, agreements, evidences of indebtedness, books of account, financial records and all other Organizational
Documents and records of the Issuer and its direct and indirect subsidiaries; (ii) use its best efforts to obtain resignations
of the persons then serving as officers and directors of the Issuer and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, if so directed by
the Agent; and (iii) use its best efforts to obtain any approvals that are required by any governmental or regulatory body
in order to permit the sale of the Pledged Shares to the Transferee or the purchase or retention of the Pledged Shares by the Agent
and allow the Transferee or the Agent to continue the business of the Issuer and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

 

(h)              
The Company’s type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, legal name, Federal Taxpayer Identification Number,
organizational identification number (if any) and chief executive office or principal place of business all as in effect on the
date hereof, are indicated in Schedule I hereof. Schedule I also lists the Company’s jurisdiction and type
of organization, legal name and location of chief executive office or principal place of business at any time during the four months
preceding the date hereof, if different from those referred to in the preceding sentence.

 

(i)                
The Company hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent (and its designees) at any time and from time to time to file any financing
statements and amendments thereto relating to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor where permitted by law in such
form and in such jurisdictions as the Agent or Required Holders reasonably determine appropriate to perfect the security interests
of the Agent under this Agreement. The Company agrees to provide all necessary information related to such filings to the Agent
promptly upon request by the Agent or the Required Holders.

 

(j)                
The Company shall take such further actions, and execute and/or deliver to the Agent such additional financing statements,
amendments, assignments, agreements, supplements, powers and instruments, and will obtain such governmental consents and corporate
approvals and will cause to be done all such other things as the Agent or the Required Holders may in its or their judgment deem
necessary or appropriate in order to create and/or maintain the validity, perfection or priority of and protect any security interest
granted or purported to be granted in the Collateral as provided herein and the rights and interests granted to the Agent hereunder,
and enable the Agent to exercise and enforce its rights, powers and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral, including
the filing of any financing statements, continuation statements and other documents under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect
in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby, all in form satisfactory to the Agent and the Required
Holders and in such offices wherever required by law to perfect, continue and maintain the validity, enforceability and priority
of the security interest in the Collateral as provided herein and to preserve the other rights and interests granted to the Agent
hereunder, as against third parties, with respect to the Collateral.

 

 

 

 

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(k)              
The Company shall, except upon not less than 10 days’ prior written notice to the Agent, and delivery to the Agent
of all additional financing statements, information and other documents reasonably requested by the Agent or the Required Holders
to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein: (i) change its legal name, identity,
type of organization or corporate structure; (ii) change the location of its chief executive office or its principal place of business;
(iii) change its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number (if any); or (iv) change its jurisdiction
of organization (in each case, including by merging with or into any other entity, reorganizing, organizing, dissolving, liquidating,
reincorporating or incorporating in any other jurisdiction).

 

7.                 
Defaults. The following events shall be “Events of Default”:

 

(a)              
the occurrence of an Event of Default (as that term is defined in the Notes) under the Notes;

 

(b)              
the Company’s failure to pay to the Agent any amounts when and as due under this Agreement or the Agent Fee Letter,
if such failure remains uncured for a period of at least five (5) days;

 

(c)              
any representation or warranty of the Company in this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect
when made;

 

(d)              
except as otherwise provided in Section 7(e), the failure by the Company to observe or perform any of its obligations
hereunder for ten (10) days after delivery to the Company of notice of such failure by or on behalf of the Agent or a Secured Party
unless such default is capable of cure but cannot be cured within such time frame and the Company is using best efforts to cure
the same in a timely fashion; or

 

(e)              
if any provision of this Agreement shall at any time for any reason be declared to be null and void, or the validity or
enforceability thereof shall be contested by the Company, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company, or by any governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Company, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company
shall deny that the Company has any liability or obligation purported to be created under this Agreement.

 

8.                 
Duty To Hold In Trust. If the Company shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or other property
(including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Shares or instruments representing Pledged Shares acquired after the date hereof,
or any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection
with any recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction of capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization
of the Company or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Shares (whether as an addition to, in substitution
of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Shares or otherwise), the Company agrees to (i) accept the same as the agent of the Agent
and the Secured Parties; (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties; and
(iii) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing the same to the Agent on or before the close of business on
the fifth (5th) Business Day following the receipt thereof by the Company, in the exact form received together with
the Necessary Endorsements, to be held by the Agent subject to the terms of this Agreement as Collateral.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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9.                 
Rights and Remedies Upon Default.

 

(a)              
Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Agent and the Secured Parties, acting through
the Agent by written direction to the Agent, shall have the right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under
the Notes, and the Agent and the Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Without
limitation, the Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties, shall have the rights and powers listed below and shall
act in accordance with such rights and powers:

 

(i)                
All rights of the Company to exercise the voting and other consensual rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral it would
otherwise be entitled to exercise shall immediately cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Agent, which
shall have the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual rights.

 

(ii)             
All rights of the Company to receive dividends, distributions or other proceeds of the Pledged Collateral which it would
otherwise be authorized to receive and retain shall immediately cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the
Agent, which shall have the sole right to receive and hold such dividends, distributions or other proceeds as Pledged Collateral.

 

(iii)           
The Agent may, without notice except as specified herein, sell all of the Pledged Collateral pledged by the Company or any
part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker's board or at any of the Agent's offices
or elsewhere, for cash, on credit, or for future delivery, at such price or prices and upon such other terms as Agent deems commercially
reasonable. The Company acknowledges and agrees that such a private sale may result in prices and other terms which may be less
favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale. The Company agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required
by law, at least ten (10) days’ notice to the Company of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any
private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. At any sale of any of the Pledged Collateral, if permitted
by law, the Agent (if so directed by the Required Holders in writing) and any Secured Party may bid (which bid may be, in whole
or in part, in the form of cancellation of indebtedness) for the purchase of such Pledged Collateral or any portion thereof. The
Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Pledged Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Agent may
adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without
further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. The Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale
of any of the Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuing corporation of such securities to register
such securities for public sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or under
applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Securities Laws”), even if the Issuer would agree to do
so. To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby specifically waives all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which such
Pledgor has or may have under any law now existing or hereafter enacted; provided, however, that the foregoing waiver
shall inure to the benefit of only the Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(iv)            
All cash proceeds received by the Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any
part of the Pledged Collateral shall be applied to the Obligations, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(v)              
Each Pledgor recognizes that the Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of all or part of the Pledged Collateral and
may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obligated to agree, among
other things, to acquire such Pledged Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution
or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the seller
than if sold at public sales and agrees that such private sales shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable
manner, and that Agent has no obligation to delay sale of any such Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit
the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to register such Pledged Collateral for public sale under the Securities Act or under applicable
state securities laws.

 

(b)              
The Agent shall comply with any applicable law in connection with a disposition of Collateral and such compliance will not
be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Agent may sell the Collateral
without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim such warranties. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit,
the Company will only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser and received by the Agent or party acting on behalf
of the Agent. In addition, the Company waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement
of any of the Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default
to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.

 

10.             
Applications of Proceeds.

 

(a)              
The Agent shall apply the proceeds of any sale, collection, foreclosure, disposition or other realization of the Collateral
hereunder in the following order of application:

 

(i)                
first, to the payment of all amounts payable under this Agreement and the Agent Fee Letter on account of the Agent’s
fees and any fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereunder and reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel to the Agent) or other liabilities of
any kind incurred by the Agent or any custodian, agent or sub-agent of the Agent in connection with this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document or the Agent performing its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the transactions contemplated hereunder;

 

(ii)             
second, to satisfaction of the Obligations pro rata among the Secured Parties (as the Agent is directed in writing
by all Secured Parties, which written direction shall be based on then-outstanding principal amounts of the Notes at the time of
any such determination);

 

(iii)           
third, to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law; and

 

(iv)            
fourth, to the Company any surplus proceeds.

 

(b)              
In the event that there are any proceeds from any sale, collection, foreclosure, disposition or other realization upon any
Pledged Collateral remaining after application in accordance with Section 10(a)(i) above, each of the Secured Parties and
the Company hereby (i) agrees (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) that the Agent shall have no liability to Company, any Secured
Party or any of their respective Affiliates for applying such remaining proceeds in accordance with written directions received
by the Agent from all of the Secured Parties or pursuant to a court order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction and (ii)
waives (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) any and all claims and causes of action against the Agent for applying such remaining
proceeds in accordance with any such written directions or court order.

 

 

 

 

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(c)              
In the event that the Agent receives proceeds from any sale, collection, foreclosure, disposition or other realization upon
any Pledged Collateral and has not received a written direction signed by all of the Secured Parties setting forth the amount of
such proceeds payable to each Secured Party pursuant to Section 10(a)(ii) above, each of the Secured Parties and Company
hereby (i) agrees that after applying such proceeds in accordance with Section 10(a)(i) above, the Agent may (x) retain such remaining
proceeds, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, until such time as (A) the Agent has received a written direction signed by all
of the Secured Parties setting forth the amount of such proceeds payable to each Secured Party pursuant to Section 10(a)(ii)
above or (B) a court order has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction directing the manner in which the Agent shall distribute
such remaining proceeds or (y) interplead the amount of the distributions that should be made pursuant to clauses (ii) through
(iv) of Section 10(a) above in any court of competent jurisdiction, without further responsibility in respect of such distributions
under this Section 10 and (ii) waives any and all claims and causes of action against the Agent for taking any actions permitted
by the immediately preceding clause (i) of this Section 10(c).

 

(d)              
If, upon the sale or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which
the Agent and the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Company will be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon,
at the rate set forth in the Notes, and the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of any attorneys employed by the Agent or the Secured
Parties to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company waives all claims, damages and demands
against the Secured Parties and the Agent arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless,
with respect to the Secured Parties, due solely to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties as determined
by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

11.             
Securities Law Provision. The Company recognizes that the Agent may be limited in its ability to effect a sale to
the public of all or part of the Pledged Shares by reason of certain prohibitions in the Securities Laws and may be compelled to
resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the Pledged Shares for
their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. The Company agrees that sales so made
may be at prices and on terms less favorable than if the Pledged Shares were sold to the public, and that the Agent has no obligation
to delay the sale of any Pledged Shares for the period of time necessary to register the Pledged Shares for sale to the public
under the Securities Laws. The Company shall cooperate with the Agent in its attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities
Laws applicable to the sale of the Pledged Shares by the Agent.

 

12.             
Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay, promptly upon demand, (i) the fees set forth in the Agent Fee Letter,
(ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Agent and its agents in the preparation, execution,
delivery, filing, recordation, administration, continuation or enforcement of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document
or any consent, amendment, waiver or other modification relating hereto or thereto, or the transactions contemplated thereby or
the exercise of rights or performance of obligations by the Agent thereunder, (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, expenses
and disbursements of legal counsel and any auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers or other professional advisors and
agents engaged by the Agent incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, closing, administration, continuation, performance
or enforcement of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any consent, amendment, waiver or other modification relating
hereto or thereto, or the transactions contemplated thereby or the exercise of rights or performance of obligations by the Agent
thereunder and any other document or matter requested by Company and (iv) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred
by the Agent and its agents in creating, perfecting, preserving, releasing or enforcing the Agent’s liens on and security
interest in the Pledged Collateral, including, in connection with any filing or recording required or permitted hereunder, any
filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, and any expenses of any searches reasonably required
by the Agent. The Company shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent or the Required
Holders is reasonably likely to prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Collateral or the security interests therein. The Company
will also pay, promptly upon demand, any and all reasonable fees, costs and expenses of the Agent, including the reasonable fees,
expenses and disbursements of its legal counsel and of any auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers or other professional
advisors, experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties, or the Secured Parties may incur
in connection with (i) the protection, preservation, satisfaction, foreclosure, collection or enforcement of the Collateral subject
to this Agreement and the security interest therein and lien thereon, (ii) the enforcement of this Agreement, (iii) the custody
or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iv) the exercise or
enforcement of any of the rights of collection of the Secured Parties under the Notes. Such fees shall be paid within fifteen (15)
days of submission of a request by the Agent to the Company and the Company shall promptly notify the Agent and the Secured Parties
of the payment of such fees. Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Agent Fee Letter shall constitute
a Transaction Document, and all fees, costs, expenses and compensation payable thereunder shall constitute Obligations secured
equally and ratably by the Collateral. All of the agreements in this Section 12 will survive and remain operative and in
full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the Obligations, the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal
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13.             
Security Interests Absolute. All rights of the Agent and the Secured Parties and all obligations of the Company hereunder,
shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or
any agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change in the time, manner
or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver
of or any consent to any departure from the Notes or any other agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any
exchange, release or nonperfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from
any other collateral for, or any guarantee, or any other security, for all or any of the Obligations; or (d) any other circumstance
which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable defense available to the Company, or a discharge of all or any part of
the security interests granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the rights of the Agent
and the Secured Parties shall continue even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without limitation, the running
of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. The Company expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice
of nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any transfer of any Collateral or any payment received
by the Agent or the Secured Parties hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been
a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed
to be otherwise due to any party other than the Agent or the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, the Company’s obligations
hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or
cancellation of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with the terms and provisions
hereof. The Company waives all right to require the Agent or the Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or entity
or to apply any Collateral which the Agent or the Secured Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any
other remedy. The Company waives any defense arising by reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation
secured hereby.

 

14.             
Term of Agreement. This Agreement and the Liens granted hereby shall terminate on the date on which all payments
under the Notes have been indefeasibly paid in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged; provided, however,
that all indemnities of the Company contained in this Agreement shall survive and remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of the repayment of the Obligations, the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Agent. Upon
such termination, the Agent, at the written request and expense of the Company, will promptly execute and deliver to the Company
a proper instrument or instruments (including UCC termination statements on form UCC-3) acknowledging the satisfaction and termination
of this Agreement, and will duly assign, transfer and deliver to the Company (without recourse and without any representation or
warranty) such of the Pledged Collateral as may be in the possession of the Agent and as has not theretofore been sold or otherwise
applied or released pursuant to this Agreement.

 

15.             
Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.

 

(a)              
The Company authorizes the Agent, acting on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, as set forth herein, and does hereby
make, constitute and appoint the Agent and its agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as the Company’s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in the name of the Agent or the Company, to, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, generally, at the option of the Agent (or at the direction of the Required Holders), and at
the expense of the Company, at any time, or from time to time, to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments and
to do all acts and things which the Agent or the Required Holders deem necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral
and the security interests granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement and the Notes all as fully and effectually
as the Company might or could do; and the Company hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and
thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding. The designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and
supersede any inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents or agreements to which the Company is subject
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(b)              
The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as the Company’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place
and instead of the Company and in the name of the Company, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Agent or
the Required Holders may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing of one
or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of
the Company where permitted by law and ratifies all such actions taken by the Agent. This power of attorney is coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding.

 

16.             
Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto or by electronic
mail at the e-mail address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day,
(b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto or by electronic mail at the e-mail address set forth on the signature
pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, (c) the
2nd Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual
receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto (or, in the case of a Person that becomes a Secured Party after the date hereof, in
the Security Agreement Joinder pursuant to which such Person becomes a party hereto) or such other address as the recipient party
to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other party in writing in accordance herewith.

 

17.             
Agent.

 

(a)              
Appointment. The Secured Parties, by their acceptance of the benefits of the Agreement, hereby designate Cortland
Capital Market Services LLC as the Agent to act as specified herein. Each Secured Party shall be deemed irrevocably to authorize
and direct the Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and to
perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Agent by the terms hereof and
thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent may perform any and all of its duties hereunder and
exercise its rights and powers hereunder by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it, and will not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any of them. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties
hereunder and exercise its rights and powers hereunder by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory and indemnification
provisions of this Agreement shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Agent and any such sub-agent. All of
the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this Agreement shall apply to
any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of any such sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein.

 

(b)              
Nature of Duties. The Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise
any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Agent is instructed in
writing to exercise by the Required Holders (or such greater number of Holders as may be expressly required herein); provided
that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its legal counsel, may expose the
Agent to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or applicable law, including for the
avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under the Bankruptcy Code, and (ii) neither the Agent
nor any of its partners, officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it as such
under this Agreement or hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, be responsible for the consequence of any oversight or
error of judgment or answerable for any loss, unless caused solely by it or its gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined
by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction, and then only for direct damages to the
extent provided by law and not for any lost profits or special, indirect or consequential damages or (to the fullest extent a claim
for punitive damages may lawfully be waived) any punitive damages; provided, further, that neither the Agent nor any of
its partners, officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent
or at the request of the Required Holders (or such greater number of Holders as may be expressly required herein). The duties of
the Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Agent shall not have by reason of this Agreement or any other related
agreement a fiduciary relationship or other implied duties under this Agreement or any other related agreement, or in respect of
the Company or any Secured Party, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and nothing in the
Agreement or any other related agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agent
any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any other related agreement except as expressly set forth herein and therein.

 

 

 

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(c)              
Other Agreements. The Agent has accepted and is bound by this Agreement. The Agent will not otherwise be bound by,
or be held obligated by, the provisions of any note purchase agreement, indenture, note or other agreement (other than this Agreement
and the other documents executed by the Agent in connection herewith).

 

(d)              
Lack of Reliance on the Agent. Independently and without reliance upon the Agent, each Secured Party, to the extent
it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and
affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with such Secured Party’s purchase of Notes, the creation and continuance
of the Obligations, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and the taking or not taking of any action in connection
therewith, and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company, and of the value of the Collateral from time to time,
and the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Secured Party with
any credit, market or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before any Obligations are incurred
or at any time or times thereafter. The Agent shall not be responsible to the Company or any Secured Party for any recitals, statements,
information, financial statements, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered
in connection herewith, or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectability,
priority or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other related agreement or any contracts or insurance policies, or for the financial
condition of the Company or the value of any of the Collateral, or have any duty to ascertain or be required to make any inquiry
concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other related
agreement, or the financial condition of the Company, or the value of any of the Collateral, or the existence or possible existence
or absence of any default or Event of Default under this Agreement, Notes or any of the other related agreement, or the contents
of any certificate, report or other document delivered under this Agreement, Notes or any of the other related agreement or in
connection therewith. It is acknowledged and agreed by the Secured Parties and the Company that the Agent (i) has undertaken no
analysis of this Agreement or the Pledged Collateral and (ii) has made no determination as to (x) the validity, enforceability,
perfection, collectability, priority or sufficiency of any Liens granted or purported to be granted pursuant to this Agreement
or (y) the accuracy or sufficiency of the documents, filings, recordings and other actions taken, or to be taken, to create, perfect
or maintain the existence, perfection or priority of the Liens granted or purported to be granted pursuant to this Agreement. The
Agent shall be entitled to assume that all Liens purported to be granted pursuant to this Agreement are valid and perfected Liens
having the priority intended by the Secured Parties and this Agreement.

 

(e)              
Certain Rights of the Agent. The Agent shall have the right to take any action with respect to the Collateral, on
behalf of itself and all of the Secured Parties. Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to any action by, consent, designation,
specification, requirement or approval of, notice, request or other communication from, or other direction given or action to be
undertaken or to be (or not to be) suffered or omitted by the Agent to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement
to be executed (or not to be executed) by the Agent or to any election, decision, opinion, acceptance, use of judgment, expression
of satisfaction or other exercise of discretion, rights or remedies to be made (or not to be made) by the Agent, it is understood
that in all cases the Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any such action under this Agreement as it
deems appropriate. This provision is intended solely for the benefit of the Agent and its successors and permitted assigns and
is not intended to and will not entitle the other parties hereto to any defense, claim or counterclaim under or in relation to
any Transaction Document, or confer any rights or benefits on any party hereto. The Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any
act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or from the exercise of any power,
discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until the Agent shall have received written instructions
in respect thereof from the Required Holders (or such greater number of Holders as may be expressly required herein) and, upon
receipt of such instructions from the Required Holders (or such greater number of Holders as may be expressly required herein),
the Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from action, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority,
in accordance with such instructions. The Agent may at any time solicit written confirmatory instructions from the Required Holders
(or such greater number of Holders as may be expressly required herein) or request an order of a court of competent jurisdiction
as to any action that it may be requested or required to take, or that it may propose to take, in the performance of any of its
obligations under this Agreement. If such instructions or order are not provided despite the Agent’s request therefor, the
Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action and may suspend performance of such obligations as it determines
to be appropriate until it receives such instructions or order, and if such action is taken, shall be entitled to appropriate indemnification
from the Secured Parties in respect of actions to be taken by the Agent; and the Agent shall not incur liability to any person
or entity by reason of so refraining. Without limiting the foregoing, (a) no Secured Party shall have any right of action whatsoever
against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Agreement
or any other related agreement, and the Company shall have no right to question or challenge the authority of, or the instructions
given to, the Agent pursuant to the foregoing except in the case of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent as
determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction and (b) the Agent shall not
be required to take any action which the Agent believes (i) could reasonably be expected to expose it to personal liability, or
(ii) require it to expend or risk its own funds, or (iii) is contrary to this Agreement, the Notes, any other related
agreement or applicable law.

 

 

 

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(f)               
Reliance. The Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing,
facsimile, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or telecopier message, cablegram, radiogram, order or other
document, sent or made by the Company or any Secured Party, without being required to determine the authenticity thereof or the
correctness of any fact stated therein or the propriety or validity of service thereof, upon any judicial order or judgment pertaining
to the Agreement, the Notes, the Agent Fee Letter and any other related agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder,
and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to the Agreement, the Notes, the Agent Fee Letter and any other related agreement
and its duties thereunder, upon any advice, opinion or statement of legal counsel selected by it and upon all other matters pertaining
to this Agreement, the Notes, the Agent Fee Letter and any other related agreement and its duties thereunder, upon advice of independent
consultants and other experts selected by it, and may assume that any Person purporting to give notice or receipt or advice or
make any statement or execute any document in connection with the provisions hereof or the other Transaction Documents has been
duly authorized to do so. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Secured
Party to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company or is cared for, protected or insured or that the liens granted
pursuant to this Agreement have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, or enforced or are entitled to any
particular priority.

 

(g)              
Limitations on Duty of Agent in Respect of Pledged Collateral.

 

(i)                
Beyond its obligations under Sections 4 and 6 hereof and the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of Pledged
Collateral in its possession, the Agent will have no duty as to any Pledged Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession
or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any Liens on the Pledged Collateral. The Agent will be deemed
to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Pledged Collateral in its possession if the Pledged Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and the Agent will not be liable or responsible for any
loss or diminution in the value of any of the Pledged Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency
or other agent or bailee selected by the Agent in good faith.

 

(ii)             
The Agent will not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Pledged Collateral or for the validity,
perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Pledged Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by
reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes gross negligence
or willful misconduct on the part of the Agent, for the validity or sufficiency of the Pledged Collateral or any agreement or assignment
contained therein, for the validity of the title of the Company to the Pledged Collateral, for insuring the Pledged Collateral
or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Pledged Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the
Pledged Collateral. The Agent hereby disclaims any representation or warranty to the present and future holders of the Obligations
concerning the perfection of the Liens granted hereunder or in the value of any of the Pledged Collateral.

 

(h)              
Security or Indemnity in favor of the Agent(i). The Agent will not be required to advance or expend any funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers or rights hereunder unless
it has been provided with security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any and all liability or expense which may
be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take such action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(i)                
Indemnification. To the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Company, the Secured Parties,
shall severally, and not jointly, reimburse and indemnify the Agent and its Affiliates, and each and all of their respective partners,
members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, trustees, attorneys and agents (and any other persons with other titles
that have similar functions) and (in each case) their respective heirs, representatives, successors and assigns (each of the foregoing,
an “Agent Indemnitee”), in proportion to the outstanding amount of their respective principal amounts of the
Notes on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section 17(i) (or, if indemnification is sought after the
date upon which the Notes have been paid in full, in proportion to the outstanding amount of their respective principal amounts
of the Notes immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, obligations, damages, penalties,
suits, actions, judgments, costs, taxes, disbursements and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred
by or asserted against any Agent Indemnitee in performing its duties hereunder or under any other related agreement, or in any
way relating to or arising out of this Agreement and any other related agreement, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR
ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH AGENT INDEMNITEE; provided,
no Agent Indemnitee will be entitled to indemnification hereunder of any such losses, claims, liabilities, obligations, damages,
penalties, suits, actions, judgments, costs, taxes, disbursements and expenses which result from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Agent Indemnitee as determined by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. Prior
to taking any action or further action hereunder as the Agent, the Agent may require each Secured Party to deposit with it sufficient
sums as it determines in good faith is necessary to protect the Agent for costs and expenses associated with taking such action
or further action; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Secured Party to indemnify any Agent Indemnitee
against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of an
amount in proportion to the outstanding amount of their respective principal amounts of the Notes on the date on which indemnification
is sought under this Section 17(i) (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Notes have been paid
in full, in proportion to the outstanding amount of their respective principal amounts of the Notes immediately prior to such date);
and provided further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Secured Party to indemnify any Agent Indemnitee against
any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso
in the immediately preceding sentence. All of the agreements in this Section 17(i) will survive and remain operative and
in full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the Obligations, the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or
removal of the Agent.

 

(j)                
Resignation or Removal of the Agent.

 

(i)                
The Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties under this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents at any time by giving not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to the Company and the Secured Parties, and,
subject to the appointment of a successor Agent and the acceptance of such appointment by the successor Agent, the Agent may be
removed at any time by the Secured Parties. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Agent
pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) below.

 

(ii)             
Upon any such notice of resignation or removal, the Required Holders shall appoint a successor Agent hereunder.

(iii)           
If a successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within 30 days after the retiring Agent gave notice of resignation
or was removed, the retiring Agent may, at its option, (i) appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as successor Agent until such
time, if any, as the Secured Parties appoint a successor Agent as provided above or (ii) petition any court of competent jurisdiction
or may interplead the Company and the Secured Parties in a proceeding for the appointment of a successor Agent, and, in each cash,
all fees, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, extraordinary fees associated with the filing of interpleader and
expenses associated therewith, shall be payable by the Company on demand; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
case of a resignation by the Agent, if no successor Agent has been appointed by the 30th day after the date the Agent has given
notice of its resignation in accordance with clause (i) above, the Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless become effective
and the Secured Parties shall thereafter perform all of the duties of the Agent under this Agreement until such time, if any, as
the Secured Parties appoint a successor Agent.

 

(k)              
Rights with respect to Collateral. Each Secured Party agrees with all other Secured Parties and the Agent (i) that
it shall not, and shall not attempt to, exercise any rights with respect to its security interest in the Collateral, whether pursuant
to any other agreement or otherwise (other than pursuant to this Agreement), and (ii) that such Secured Party has no other rights
with respect to the Collateral other than as set forth in this Agreement, the Notes and any other related agreements. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from
its duties and obligations under this Agreement. The retiring Agent will (at the sole expense of the Company) promptly transfer
all Liens and collateral security within its possession or control to the possession or control of the successor Agent and will
execute such instruments and assignments as may be reasonably requested by the successor Agent to transfer to the successor Agent
all Liens, interests, rights, powers and remedies of the predecessor Agent in respect of this agreement or the Pledged Collateral.
After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as collateral agent, the provisions of this Agreement, including
without limitation the immunities granted to it in Sections 12, 17 and 18(j) hereof shall inure to its benefit as to any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent hereunder and any actions taken in accordance with this clause (l).

 

 

 

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18.             
Miscellaneous.

 

(a)              
No course of dealing between the Company and the Agent or any Secured Party, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay
in exercising, on the part of the Agent or any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Notes shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

(b)              
All of the rights and remedies of the Agent and the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether established
hereby or by the Notes or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised
singly or concurrently.

 

(c)              
This Agreement, together with any exhibits and schedules hereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters,
which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this Agreement and any exhibits and schedules hereto. No provision of this
Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company, the Secured Parties
and the Agent.

 

(d)              
No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be
a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement
hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right or any other right, power or remedy.

 

(e)              
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.
The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required
Holders. Each of the Secured Parties and the Company agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Purchase Agreement
or any other Transaction Document, no Person may become a Holder of a Note after the date hereof and a Secured Party hereunder
(whether through a sale, transfer or assignment to such Person of any Holder’s rights or interests in all or a portion of
any Note or any other Obligations, or otherwise), unless, on or prior to the date such Person becomes a Holder of a Note, such
Person (i) agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as a “Secured Party” by executing and delivering
a Security Agreement Joinder to the Agent and (ii) provides the Agent with all documentation and other information that the Agent
requests in order to comply with the Agent’s obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money
laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)),
and the results of any such “know your customer” or similar investigation conducted by the Agent shall be satisfactory
to the Agent. Any sale, transfer or assignment to any Person of any Secured Party’s rights or interests in all or a portion
of any Note or any other Obligations made in violation of the provisions of this Section 18(e) shall be void ab initio.

 

(f)               
Promptly following a request made by the Agent to a Holder, such Holder shall notify the Collateral Agent of the outstanding
principal amount of Notes held by such Holder at such time.

 

(g)              
Each party shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further documents as may be necessary or appropriate
in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

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(h)              
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions)
that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company, each Holder and
the Agent hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated
hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is
invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent
that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which
may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this
Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude any Holder or the Agent from bringing suit or taking
other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of any Holder
or the Agent. THE COMPANY, EACH HOLDER AND THE AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST,
A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(i)                
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature
is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.

 

(j)                
The Company shall defend, indemnify, pay, reimburse and hold harmless the Secured Parties and the Agent and each of their
respective Affiliates, and each and all of their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, trustees,
attorneys and agents (and any other persons with other titles that have similar functions) and (in each case) their respective
heirs, representatives, successors and assigns (each of the foregoing, an “Indemnitee”) from and against any
and all losses, claims, liabilities, obligations, damages, penalties, suits, actions, judgments, costs, taxes, disbursements and
expenses, of any kind or nature (including fees relating to the cost of investigating, defending and otherwise addressing any of
the foregoing, including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel selected by any Indemnitee, whether or not suit is brought),
whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations
(including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and environmental laws), on common law or equitable cause
or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee in any way related to or arising
from or alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, or in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from
the execution, delivery, performance, administration or enforcement of this Agreement, including any of the foregoing relating
to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any law applicable to or enforceable against any Company or any of
its Affiliates or any of the Pledged Collateral, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT
OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE; provided, no Indemnitee will be entitled to
indemnification hereunder of any such losses, claims, liabilities, obligations, damages, penalties, suits, actions, judgments,
costs, taxes, disbursements and expenses which result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined
by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify,
pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 18(j) may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative
of any law or public policy, the Company shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable
law to the payment and satisfaction of all indemnified amounts incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them. All of the agreements
in this Section 18(j) will survive and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the
Obligations, the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Agent.

 

 

 

 

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(k)              
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject the Agent or any Secured Party to liability as an officer or director
of the Company or a partner in any of the Company’s direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a partnership or as a member
in any of the Company direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party
be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable,
of any the Company or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise, unless and until the Agent or any such Secured Party,
as applicable, exercises its right to be substituted for the Company as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant hereto.

 

(l)                
To the extent that the grant of the security interest in the Collateral and the enforcement of the terms hereof require
the consent, approval or action of any partner or member, as applicable, of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of
the Company or compliance with any provisions of any of the Organizational Documents, the Company hereby grants such consent and
approval and waive any such noncompliance with the terms of said documents.

 

(m)            
The Company and each Secured Party is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed
into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”) and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Secured Party),
hereby notifies all future Secured Parties, including subsequent assignees or transferees, that pursuant to the requirements of
the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Secured Party, which information includes
the name and address of the Secured Party and other information that will allow the Agent, to identify the Secured Party in accordance
with the Patriot Act. For a non-individual person such as a business entity, a charity, a trust or other legal entity the Agent
will ask for documentation to verify its formation and existence as a legal entity. The Agent may also ask to see financial statements,
licenses, identification and authorization documents from individuals claiming authority to represent the entity or other relevant
documentation. The Secured Parties shall provide such information and take such actions as are requested by the Agent in order
to maintain compliance with the Patriot Act.

 

(n)              
In no event shall the Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder
directly or indirectly caused by events beyond its control, including general labor disputes, acts of war or terrorism, civil or
military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, losses or malfunctions of utilities,
communications or computer (software and hardware) services; provided, however, that the Agent, as the case may be,
shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performances as soon
as practicable under the circumstances.

 

(o)              
Section headings herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Agreement
and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

(p)              
Each Secured Party signatory to this Agreement on the date hereof hereby represents and warrants to the Agent (solely as
to itself, and not as to any other Secured Party) that (x) as of the date hereof, the outstanding principal amount of the Notes
held by such Secured Party is set forth on Schedule II hereto and (y) on or prior to the date of this Agreement, it has
not assigned all or any portion of its Notes to any Person, except any Person that is listed on Schedule II attached hereto.

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed effective as of December 15, 2016.

 

	 	COMPANY:
	 	 
	 	PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC., a Delaware corporation
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Neil M. Koehler
	 	Name:	Neil M. Koehler
	 	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	 	Address:	400 Capitol Mall

Suite 2060

Sacramento, CA 95814

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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	 	AGENT:
	 	 
	 	cortland capital market services llc, 

as Agent
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Polina Arsentyeva
	 	Name:	Polina Arsentyeva
	 	Title:	Associate Counsel

 

 

 

Address:

Cortland Capital Market Services
LLC

225 W. Washington Street, 21st
Floor

Chicago, IL 60606

Attention: Ryan Morick and Legal
Department

Telecopy no.: (312) 562-5072

E-mail: ryan.morick@cortlandglobal.com;

legal@cortlandglobal.com

 

with a copy (which copy shall not
constitute notice) to:

 

Kaye Scholer LLP

250 W. 55th Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Alan Glantz

Telecopy no.: (212) 836-6763

E-mail:
alan.glantz@kayescholer.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF SECURED PARTIES TO SECURITY
AGREEMENT]

 

 

	 	SECURED PARTY:
	 	 
	 	 
	 	CWD Summit, LLC, 
	 	acting for and on behalf of
	 	Candlewood Renewable Energy Series I
	 	 
	 	By:  /s/ David Koenig
	 	       Name:  David Koenig
	 	       Title:  Authorized Signatory
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Address: c/o Candlewood Investment Group, LP

555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite C-303 

Rye, NY 10580
	 	Email: compliance@candlewoodgroup.com

Facsimile Number:212-493-4492

 

 

Dated: Effective as of December 15, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

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	 	SECURED PARTY:
	 	 
	 	Flagler Master Fund SPC Ltd,
	 	acting for and on behalf of the class A segregated portfolio
	 	 
	 	By: /s/ Phil DeSantis
	 	       Name: Phil DeSantis
	 	       Title:  Authorized Signatory
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Address:c/o  Candlewood Investment Group, LP 

555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite C-303

 Rye, NY 10580
	 	Email: compliance@candlewoodgroup.com 

Facsimile Number:212-493-4492

 

Dated:
Effective as of December 15, 2016 

 

 

 

 

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	 	SECURED PARTY:
	 	 
	 	Flagler Master Fund SPC Ltd.,
	 	acting for and on behalf of the class A segregated portfolio
	 	 
	 	By: /s/ Phil DeSantis
	 	       Name: Phil DeSantis
	 	       Title:  Authorized Signatory
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Address:c/o  Candlewood Investment Group, LP 

555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite C-303

 Rye, NY 10580
	 	Email: compliance@candlewoodgroup.com 

Facsimile Number:212-493-4492

 

Dated:
Effective as of December 15, 2016 

 

 

 

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	 	SECURED PARTY:
	 	 
	 	 
	 	CIF-Income Partners (A), LLC
	 	 
	 	By: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

 Its investment manager
	 	 
	 	By: /s/ Bryan J. Smith
	 	       Name: Bryan J. Smith 
	 	       Title: Managing Director
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Address for Notices:
	 	 
	 	BlackRock Alternative Advisors
	 	40 East 52nd Street, 16th Floor
	 	New York, NY 10022
	 	Attn: Stephen Kavulich and Jesse Licht
	 	BAA-QBCo-InvestmentFundLP@blackrock.com
	 	 
	 	with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
	 	 
	 	BlackRock Inc. — Office of the General Counsel
	 	40 East 52nd Street, 19th Floor
	 	New York, NY 10022
	 	Attn: Michelle Galvez, David Maryles & Larry Gail
	 	legaltransactions@blackrock.com
	 	larry.gail@blackrock.com

 

 

Dated: Effective as of December 15, 2016

 

 

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	 	SECURED PARTY:
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Orange 2015 DisloCredit Fund, L.P.
	 	 
	 	By: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

 Its investment manager
	 	 
	 	By: /s/ Bryan J. Smith
	 	       Name: Bryan J. Smith 
	 	       Title: Managing Director
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Address for Notices:
	 	 
	 	BlackRock Alternative Advisors
	 	40 East 52nd Street, 16th Floor
	 	New York, NY 10022
	 	Attn: Stephen Kavulich and Jesse Licht
	 	BAA-QBCo-InvestmentFundLP@blackrock.com
	 	 
	 	with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
	 	 
	 	BlackRock Inc. — Office of the General Counsel
	 	40 East 52nd Street, 19th Floor
	 	New York, NY 10022
	 	Attn: Michelle Galvez, David Maryles & Larry Gail
	 	legaltransactions@blackrock.com
	 	larry.gail@blackrock.com

 

 

Dated: Effective as of December 15, 2016

 

 

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	 	SECURED PARTY:
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Sainsbury’s Credit Opportunities Fund, Ltd.
	 	 
	 	By: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

 Its investment manager
	 	 
	 	By: /s/ Bryan J. Smith
	 	       Name: Bryan J. Smith 
	 	       Title: Managing Director
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Address for Notices:
	 	 
	 	BlackRock Alternative Advisors
	 	40 East 52nd Street, 16th Floor
	 	New York, NY 10022
	 	Attn: Stephen Kavulich and Jesse Licht
	 	BAA-QBCo-InvestmentFundLP@blackrock.com
	 	 
	 	with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
	 	 
	 	BlackRock Inc. — Office of the General Counsel
	 	40 East 52nd Street, 19th Floor
	 	New York, NY 10022
	 	Attn: Michelle Galvez, David Maryles & Larry Gail
	 	legaltransactions@blackrock.com
	 	larry.gail@blackrock.com

 

 

Dated: Effective as of December 15, 2016

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

 

	Pledgor	Issuer	Class of Equity Interest	Certificate No. 	Par Value Per Share 	 Number of Shares	Percentage of Issuer's Equity Interests	Percentage of Issuer’s Outstanding Shares of Common Stock Pledged
	Pacific Ethanol, Inc.	PE OP CO., a Delaware corporation	Common Stock	7	$0.001	1,000	100%	100%

 

 

Company’s type
of organization: Corporation

 

Company’s jurisdiction
of organization: Delaware

 

Company’s Legal
Name: Pacific Ethanol, Inc.

 

Company’s Federal
Taxpayer Identification Number: 41-2170618

 

Company’s organizational
identification number: 3877538

 

Company’s chief
executive office or principal place of business: 400 Capital Mall, Suite 2060, Sacramento, CA 95814.

 

 

    	 	 	 

     

    

 

SCHEDULE II

 

TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

	Holder	Principal Amount	Percentage of Total Notes
	CWD Summit, LLC - acting for and on behalf of Candlewood Renewable Energy Series I	$ 22,438,545	40.7974%
	Flagler Master Fund SPC Ltd - acting for and on behalf of the class A segregated portfolio	$ 7,001,507	12.7300%
	Flagler Master Fund SPC Ltd - acting for and on behalf of the class B segregated portfolio	$ 4,000,000	7.2727%
	CIF Income Partners (A), LLC	$ 9,962,010	18.1127%
	Orange 2015 DisloCredit Fund, L.P.	$ 10,309,278	18.7441%
	Sainsbury’s Credit Opportunities Fund, Ltd.	$ 1,288,660	2.3430%
	Total	$ 55,000,000	100.0000%

 

 

 

 

    		  	 

     

    

 

EXHIBIT 1

 

TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

[FORM OF]

SECURITY AGREEMENT JOINDER

 

Reference is hereby made
to that certain Security Agreement, dated as of December [__], 2016 (the “Security Agreement”)
by and among Pacific Ethanol, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each Holder (as defined therein)
(each, a “Secured Party” and collectively, the “Secured Parties”) and Cortland Capital Market
Services LLC, as collateral agent for itself and the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted
assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings set forth in the Security Agreement.

 

The undersigned hereby
agrees to be added as a party to the Security Agreement as a “Secured Party”. The undersigned hereby unconditionally
and irrevocably expressly assumes, confirms and agrees to perform and observe as a Secured Party each of the covenants, agreements,
terms, conditions, obligations, duties, promises and liabilities applicable to a “Secured Party” under the Security
Agreement (including, without limitation, those set forth in Section 17(f) of the Security Agreement) as if it were an original
signatory thereto.

 

The undersigned hereby
agrees to promptly execute and deliver any and all further documents and take such further action as the Agent may reasonably require
to effect the purpose of this Security Agreement Joinder.

 

This Security Agreement
Joinder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned Secured Party has caused this Security Agreement Joinder to be executed by its officers or representatives as of
___________________, 20____.

[___________________________________]

 

By:____________________________________

Name:________________________________

Title:________________________________

 

 

 

Address
of Secured Party: ___________________________________________________________

 

Email
Address of Secured Party: _______________________________________________________

 

Facsimile
Number of Secured Party: ____________________________________________________

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