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Exhibit

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE

BY AND BETWEEN

LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC. AND

GARDNER DUDLEY

This Severance Agreement and General Release (the “Agreement”) dated as of September 25, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and between Liquidity Services, Inc., located at 1920 L Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), and Gardner Dudley (the “Executive”). 
WHEREAS, the Executive served as the President, Capital Assets Group; 
WHEREAS, the Company has determined that it is the best business interests of the Company to place the Executive on leave as of the Effective Date and then discontinue Executive’s employment effective as of October 2, 2017 (“Termination Date”) in lieu of terminating the Executive as of the Effective Date; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to set forth in writing the terms and conditions governing the Executive’s separation from employment, as set forth below:
NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned parties agree as follows:
1.Termination of Employment.  
(a)On condition that Executive has returned an executed unaltered copy of this Agreement, Executive shall be permitted to take paid leave during the period between the Effective Date and the Termination Date (the “Garden Leave Period”).  During the Garden Leave Period, Executive shall not be required to report to work, will not have access to the Company’s workplace or its systems and will not be permitted to take any official action in the name of or on behalf of the Company or any of its affiliates. Executive may be called on to answer questions relating to the transition of his duties or otherwise in accordance with Paragraph 9.  The Executive’s employment with the Company shall cease effective as of the Termination Date.  The Executive further agrees to execute and deliver to the Company such documents concerning such separation from employment (and any related service) as may be reasonably requested by the Company or its Affiliates.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate” means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company, including its current and former parents, subsidiaries and affiliated entities, from time to time.
(b)Accrued Obligations.  On the first payroll date following the Termination Date, the Executive will receive  payment for Three Hundred Twenty (320) hours of unused paid time off (“PTO”) accrued through the Effective Date.  Executive shall not continue to accrue paid time off during the Garden Leave Period. 
(c)Business Expenses.  The Executive will be reimbursed for business expenses reasonably incurred prior to the Effective Date in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures for reimbursement including with respect to reporting and documentation of such expenses.  
(d)Group Health Plan.  The Executive’s health care coverage with the Company will continue until October 31, 2017. Starting on November 1, 2017, the Executive shall be eligible to continue participation in the Company group health plan pursuant to the health care continuation coverage 

available under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). The Company shall not pay, nor be obligated to pay, any of the COBRA premiums with respect to Executive. The Executive shall be solely responsible for electing such coverage by properly returning the COBRA election form that Executive will receive.
2.Consideration.  In exchange for the Executive’s execution of this Agreement, which includes the waiver and release of claims set forth in Section 10 below, the parties agree to the following:
(a)Severance Payments.  The Company will pay to the Executive a cash lump sum of Three Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Nineteen Dollars ($336,419), which represents  one year of his annual base salary plus an average of the incentive bonuses earned in the past two fiscal years, less applicable taxes and withholdings (the “Severance Payment”) following the Termination Date, unless the Executive revokes this Agreement as provided in Section 12 below.  

(b) No Consideration Absent Execution of this Agreement.  The Executive understands and agrees that his entitlement to the payment specified in Section 2(a) is contingent on the execution of this Agreement and continued compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any agreement containing restrictive covenants to which the Executive is a party.  The Executive understands that if he does not sign the Agreement, the Company has no obligation to provide the Executive with any of the consideration provided in this Agreement.  
(c)Withholding.  Any payments provided to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to withholding and reporting requirements under applicable law.
(d)Compliance with Section 409A.  To the extent (i) any payments or benefits to which the Executive becomes entitled under this Agreement, or under any other agreement or Company plan, in connection with the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (“Section 409A”) and (ii) the Executive is deemed at the time of such termination of employment to be a “specified employee” under Section 409A, then such payments shall not be made or commence until the earliest of (A) the expiration of the six (6) month period measured from the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Section 409A) from the Company; or (B) the date of the Executive’s death following such separation from service.  Upon the expiration of the applicable deferral period, any payments which would have otherwise been made during that period (whether in a single sum or in installments) in the absence of this paragraph shall be paid to the Executive or the Executive’s beneficiary in one lump sum (without interest).  Any termination of the Executive’s employment is intended to constitute a “separation from service” and will be determined consistent with the rules relating to a “separation from service”.  It is intended that payments hereunder satisfy, to the greatest extent possible, the exemptions from the application of Section 409A.  To the extent that any provision of this Agreement is ambiguous as to its compliance with Section 409A, the provision will be read in such a manner so that payments hereunder are exempt from, or otherwise comply with, Section 409A.  To the extent any expense reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit under this Agreement is determined to be subject to Section 409A, the amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement, or the provision of any in-kind benefit, in one calendar year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year (except for any lifetime or other aggregate limitation applicable to medical expenses), in no event shall any expenses be reimbursed after the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such expenses were incurred, and in no event shall any right to reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
3.Outstanding Equity Awards. The Company agrees that under the terms of the Company’s 2006 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended,  the Executive has the right to exercise the remaining unexercised and vested options (the “Vested Options”) previously granted to him for twelve 

(12) months after the Termination Date, after which all such options shall be cancelled and all such options shall terminate and no longer be exercisable. 
The vesting of any options or restricted stock, the vesting of which is wholly or partially tied to criteria other than the Executive’s continued employment with the Company, shall cease as of the Termination Date and all unvested equity grants shall terminate and no longer be exercisable as of the Termination Date.  The vesting of the Executive’s options and restricted stock awards shall otherwise continue through the Termination Date.
4.No Amounts Owing.  By signing below, Executive acknowledges and agrees that he has received all wages, bonuses and any other compensation already due to him from the Company, except any future payments as set forth in Section 2.
5.Non-Disclosure.  Executive agrees that he has not disclosed and will keep the provisions of this Agreement confidential; provided, however, the Executive may disclose the contents of this Agreement to members of Executive’s immediate family (including a significant other) and to Executive’s personal financial and legal advisers and to enforce Executive’s rights hereunder, and except as may be required by law and is necessary for legitimate enforcement or compliance purposes, on the condition that he instructed such persons that the terms and existence of this Agreement are confidential and must not be further disclosed.  
6.Publicity; Non-disparagement.  
(a)In the event that any person requests information regarding the Executive’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company shall respond simply by confirming Executive’s dates of employment, job titles and rates of pay.
(b)The Executive hereby agrees that he will not disparage or criticize the Company, its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees, or issue any communication, written or otherwise, that reflects adversely on or encourages any adverse action against the Company, its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees, except if testifying truthfully under oath pursuant to any lawful court order or subpoena or otherwise responding to or providing disclosures required by law.  This includes any statement to or response to an inquiry by any member of the press or media, whether written, verbal, electronic or otherwise.   
7.Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Confidential Information.
(a)Non-Competition.  Executive hereby covenant and agree that for 12 months following the Termination Date (the “Non-Compete Period”) that Executive will not directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company, become interested or engaged, directly or indirectly, as a shareholder, bondholder, creditor, officer, director, partner, agent, contractor with, employer or representative of, or in any manner associated with, or give financial technical or other assistance to, any person, firm, corporation or any other entity in competition with the Company within (i) any geographic area in which the Company conducts business during the Non-Compete Period or (ii) in the business of operating e-commerce marketplace solutions to manage, value and sell surplus assets, inventory and equipment for commercial and government clients, provided however that this provision shall not preclude the employee from holding passive minority stakes of less than 1% in public equities or debt. 
(b)Non-Solicitation of Employees.  For twelve (12) months following the Termination Date, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly through another person, firm, corporation, association, or entity (i) solicit any Company employee, consultant, or contractor for employment or other work-related engagement by me or by any other person, firm, corporation, association, or entity; (ii) induce or attempt to induce any Company employee, consultant or contractor to terminate his or her employment or other relationship with the Company for any reason; (iii) interfere with the Company’s relationship with any employee, consultant, or contractor; or (iv) solicit for employment or hire any person who was employed by the Company at any time during the six (6) months preceding the time of such proposed hiring.

(c)Non-Solicitation of Clients.  For twelve (12) months following the Termination Date, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly through another person, firm, corporation, association, or entity (i) solicit business from, (ii) attempt to entice away from the Company, or (iii) interfere with the Company’s relationship with any entity that is a client or customer of the Company at the time of such solicitation, enticement, or interference or that was or was identified or solicited as a client or customer of the Company during the time that Executive performed services for the Company.
(d)Following as soon as possible after the Termination Date, or at any time as the Company may request, the Executive will promptly deliver to the Company all documents (whether prepared by the Company, an Affiliate, the Executive or a third party) relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates or any of their businesses or property which the Executive may possess or which is or was under the Executive’s direction or control.  
8.Return of Property.  On or before the Termination Date, the Executive represents that Executive has returned to the Company any and all Company property in his possession or control, including but not limited to all keys, corporate credit cards and other equipment provided by the Company for use during employment, together with all materials, documents, files or papers, notes or records, and any copies thereof, relating to the Company or any of the Company’s customers.
9.Cooperation with Company.  The Executive understands that the Company has agreed to the terms of this Agreement (including the Severance Payment) in exchange for, among other things, his agreement to cooperate with the Company on all matters for which the Company may reasonably request assistance following the Termination Date.  In addition, the Executive agrees that he will, upon reasonable request, assist and cooperate with the Company and its Affiliates in connection with the defense or prosecution of any claim that may be made against or by the Company and its Affiliates or in connection with any ongoing or future investigation or dispute or claim of any kind involving the Company and its Affiliates including meeting with the Company and its Affiliates’ counsel, any proceeding before any arbitral, administrative, judicial, legislative, or other body or agency, including testifying in any proceeding to the extent such claims, investigations or proceedings relate to services performed or required to be performed by the Executive, pertinent knowledge possessed by the Executive, or any act or omission by the Executive. The Executive further agrees to perform all acts and execute and deliver any documents that may be reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.
10.General Release.  
(a)The Executive expressly acknowledges that this Agreement is worded in an understandable way.
(b)By executing this Agreement and accepting the consideration specified in Section 2 hereof, the Executive agrees to release and forever discharge the Company, its past and present shareholders, its past and present subsidiaries, affiliates and related companies (including any predecessors), its successors and assigns and all past and present directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents of these entities, personally, and as directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents and any person or entity acting for or on behalf of the Company (hereinafter the “Company Releasees”) from liability for any and all claims, damages, causes of action, both in law and in equity, which Executive or his estate, agents, attorneys, heirs, executors, successors and assigns now has or may have, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, and whether asserted or not, against the Company Releasees, or any of them, arising out of or related to Executive’s employment by the Company and Executive’s separation from the Company (hereinafter “Claims”), including, but not limited to, (i) any Claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 2000 et seq.) (“Title VII”), the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.) (the “ADEA”), the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.) (the “ADA”), the Executive Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.), the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. § 1981), the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 

1993, the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (D.C. Code §§ 2-1401 to 2-1411 (2011)), the District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Act (D.C. Code §§ 32-501 to 32-517 (2011)), the District of Columbia Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act (D.C. Code §§ 32-131.01 to 32-131.16 (2011)), (ii) any Claims under any other Federal, state or local law (statutory, regulatory or otherwise) that may be legally waived and released; provided, however, that the Executive and his estate, agents, attorneys, heirs, executors, successors and assigns do not release any Claims arising from or relating to (A) the terms of this Agreement or any obligations preserved by this Agreement, (B) continued insurance, indemnification and advances by the Company for actions taken while serving as an officer thereof (including coverage by any D&O or similar insurance policy generally applicable to current officers of the Company, and that certain Indemnification Agreement dated January 23, 2006) until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations period; (C) the Executive’s rights to COBRA coverage, (D) the Executive’s accrued and unpaid wages as of the Termination Date or rights to vested benefits under Company benefit plans, or (E) any legal claims which the Executive may not waive or release by law.  
(c)The Executive understands that the Company is agreeing to pay the consideration described in Section 2 of this Agreement in part because of, and in exchange for, this specific release of Claims (including Claims of discrimination under Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA and other applicable laws) and that a portion of these payments is in addition to any other payments or things of value to which the Executive may already be entitled, has received, or is receiving from the Company.
(d)The Executive understands that excluded from this Agreement and Release are any claims that cannot be waived by law, including but not limited to the right to file a charge with or participate in an investigation conducted by the EEOC or state agency, but that he is waiving his right to any monetary recovery should the EEOC or any other agency pursue any claims on his behalf.
11.Voluntary Signature and Advice of Counsel; Review Period.  Without detracting in any respect from any other provision of this Agreement:
(a)The Executive, in consideration of the payment provided to him in Section 2(a), agrees and acknowledges that this Agreement constitutes a knowing and voluntary waiver of all rights or claims he has or may have against the Company Releasees as set forth herein, including, but not limited to, all rights or claims arising under ADEA, including, but not limited to, all claims of age discrimination in employment and all claims of retaliation in violation of the ADEA; and he has no physical or mental impairment of any kind that has interfered with his ability to read and understand the meaning of this Agreement or its terms, and that he is not acting under the influence of any medication or mind-altering chemical of any type in entering into this Agreement.
(b)The Executive understands that, by entering into this Agreement, he does not waive rights or claims that may arise after the date of his execution of this Agreement, including without limitation any rights or claims that he may have to secure enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(c)The Executive agrees and acknowledges that the consideration provided to him under Section 2 of this Agreement is in addition to anything of value to which he is already entitled.
(d)The Company hereby advises the Executive to consult with an attorney prior to executing this Agreement.
(e)The Executive acknowledges that he was informed that he has at least twenty-one (21) days in which to review and consider this Agreement and to consult with an attorney regarding the terms and effect of this Agreement.
(f)Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Executive (or his attorneys) from (a) commencing an action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement or (b) exercising his right under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 to challenge the validity of his waiver of ADEA claims set forth in Section 10.
12.Revocation Period.  The Executive is advised that he may revoke this Agreement within seven (7) calendar days after the date he signs this Agreement (the “Revocation Period”).  The Executive 

agrees that if he wants to revoke this Agreement, he must notify the Company in writing as set forth in Section 13, and following revocation this Agreement shall be deemed void ab initio.  
13.Notice.  Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, or sent by registered mail, postage prepaid or by overnight courier.  Any such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, or, if mailed, five (5) days after the date of deposit in the United States mail, or, if delivered by overnight courier, the day after such sending, as follows:
If to the Company, to:

Liquidity Services, Inc.
1920 L Street, NW 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Attention: Mark Shaffer

If to the Executive, to:

Gardner Dudley
At the most recent address on file with the Company

Any party may, by notice given in accordance with this Section 13 to the other party, designate another address or person for receipt of notices hereunder.
14.Successors; Binding Agreement.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, estate, trustees, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  This Agreement is personal to the Executive and neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder may be assigned by the Executive.
15.Miscellaneous.  No provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the Executive and a duly authorized officer of the Company.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions of this Agreement at the same or any prior or subsequent time.  
16.Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts (including via facsimile), each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.  Signature copies delivered by facsimilie or “PDF” shall also be sufficient.
17.Severability.  The Company and the Executive agree that the agreements and provisions contained in this Agreement are severable and divisible, that each such agreement and provision does not depend upon any other provision or agreement for its enforceability, and that each such agreement and provision set forth herein constitutes an enforceable obligation between the parties hereto.  Consequently, the parties hereto agree that neither the invalidity nor the unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall affect the other provisions, and this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted.
18.Headings.  The inclusion of headings in this Agreement is for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.
19.Governing Law/Venue.  This Agreement shall be construed as a document under seal, and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any principles of conflict of law or choice of law rules (whether of State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction) that would result in the application of the substantive or procedural laws or rules of any other jurisdiction.  Venue for all 

disputes arising under or related to this Agreement of Executive’s employment with the Company will be the Montgomery County in the State of Maryland.    
20.No Admission.  The making of this Agreement is not intended, and shall not be construed or deemed to be, an admission that the Company violated any Federal, state or local law (statutory or decisional), ordinance or regulation, breached any contract, or committed any wrong whatsoever against you or anyone else, and the Company expressly denies any such violation, breach or wrong.
21.Entire Agreement.  Except for that certain Employee Agreement Regarding Confidentiality, Intellectual Property, and Competitive Activities dated June 15, 2010, this is the entire agreement between Executive and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof, including any prior agreements with the Company respecting the Executive’s employment by and between Liquidity Services, Inc. and the Executive.  No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by any party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement.  No reliance is placed on any representation, opinion, advice or assertion of fact made by the Company or its directors, officers and agents to the Executive, except to the extent that the same has been reduced to writing and included as a term of this Agreement.  Accordingly, there shall be no liability, either in tort or contract, assessed in relation to any such representation, opinion, advice or assertion of fact.  All references to any law shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to such law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the Termination Date.  
LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC.            EXECUTIVE

    
By:________________________            By:________________________
     Mike Lutz                              Gardner Dudley
     VP, Human ResourcesExhibit 10.1

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED
AND RESTATED

REVOLVING
CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 6,
2017, is entered into by and among Hudson Technologies Company, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (“Hudson Technologies”), Hudson
Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nevada (“Holdings”), aspen
refrigerants, Inc. (formerly known as AIRGAS-REFRIGERANTS, INC.), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware (“ARI” and together with Hudson Technologies, Holdings and each other Person joined thereto as a borrower
from time to time, each a “Borrower”, and collectively, the “Borrowers”), Hudson
Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York (“HT”, and together
with the Borrowers, the “Credit Parties”), the financial institutions which are now and which hereafter become
a party hereto (the “Lenders” and each a “Lender”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”),
as collateral agent and administrative agent for the Lenders (PNC, in such capacities, the “Agent”). Terms used
herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

A.       The
Credit Parties, Lenders, and Agent have previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security
Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain loans and financial accommodations
available to Borrowers.

 

B.       The
Borrowers have requested, and the Agent and Lenders have agreed, to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set
forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                 
Amendments to Credit Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as
follows:

 

(a)              
Defined Terms. Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by (i) deleting the term “Early Termination
Date” in its entirety, (ii) adding the new definition “Non-Agent Bank Products” set forth below in its proper
alphabetical place, and (iii) amending and restating the following defined terms as follows:

 

“Cash Management Products and
Services” shall mean agreements or other arrangements under which Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of Agent or a
Lender provides any of the following products or services to any Borrower: (a) credit cards; (b) credit card processing services;
(c) debit cards and stored value cards; (d)

 

     

     

    

commercial cards; (e) ACH transactions;
and (f) cash management and treasury management services and products, including without limitation controlled disbursement accounts
or services, lockboxes, automated clearinghouse transactions, overdrafts, interstate depository network services.  The indebtedness,
obligations and liabilities of any Borrower to the provider of any Cash Management Products and Services (including all obligations
and liabilities owing to such provider in respect of any returned items deposited with such provider) (the “Cash Management
Liabilities”) shall be “Obligations” hereunder, guaranteed obligations under the Guaranty and secured obligations
under any Guarantor Security Agreement, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of each of the Other Documents. 
The Liens securing the Cash Management Products and Services shall be pari passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations,
subject to the express provisions of hereof.

 

“Eligible In-Transit Inventory”
shall mean and include Inventory which (x) is stored or contained in (I) railroad cars located within the continental United States
or (II) portable tanks or bulk containers (including intermodal tanks and tanker trailers, but excluding cylinders and drums of
any size) located within the continental United States and used for over-the-road transportation of refrigerant, for which, in
the case of each of the preceding clauses (I) and (II), the carrier has executed a Lien Waiver Agreement in favor of Agent or Agent
has implemented a reserve with respect to such location, and where the carrier is not an affiliate of the Borrower, vendor or supplier
and (y) which is not otherwise excluded from being Eligible Inventory except that it is in-transit within the United States. Eligible
In-Transit Inventory shall include all such Inventory for which title has passed to a Borrower, which is insured to the full value
thereof, and for which Agent shall have in its possession (a) all negotiable bills of lading properly endorsed and (b) all non-negotiable
bills of lading issued in Agent’s name.

 

Hedge Liabilities
shall mean collectively, the Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities and the Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities.

 

“Issuer” shall mean
(i) Agent in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit under this Agreement, (ii) any Lender, if so requested by Borrowers,
and (iii) any other Person which Agent in its discretion shall designate as the issuer of and cause to issue any particular Letter
of Credit under this Agreement in place of Agent as issuer.

 

“Lender-Provided Foreign Currency
Hedge” shall mean a Foreign Currency Hedge which is provided by any Lender and for which

 

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such Lender confirms to Agent in writing
prior to the execution thereof that it:  (a) is documented in a standard International Swap Dealers Association, Inc.
Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner; (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount
of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner; and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than
speculative) purposes.  The liabilities owing to the provider of any Lender-Provided Foreign Currency Hedge (the “Foreign
Currency Hedge Liabilities”) by any Borrower, Guarantor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is party to such Lender-Provided
Foreign Currency Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all Other Documents be “Obligations” of such Person
and of each other Borrower and Guarantor, be guaranteed obligations under any Guaranty and secured obligations under any Guarantor
Security Agreement, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of the Other Documents, except to the extent
constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person.  The Liens securing the Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities shall be
pari passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations, subject to the express provisions of Section 11.5 hereof.

 

“Lender-Provided Interest Rate
Hedge” shall mean an Interest Rate Hedge which is provided by any Lender and with respect to which such Lender confirms
to Agent in writing prior to the execution thereof that it: (a) is documented in a standard International Swap Dealers Association,
Inc. Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner; (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount
of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner; and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than
speculative) purposes.  The liabilities owing to the provider of any Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge (the “Interest
Rate Hedge Liabilities”) by any Borrower, Guarantor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is party to such Lender-Provided
Interest Rate Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all Other Documents be “Obligations” of such Person and
of each other Borrower and Guarantor, be guaranteed obligations under any Guaranty and secured obligations under any Guarantor
Security Agreement, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of the Other Documents, except to the extent
constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person.  The Liens securing the Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities shall be pari
passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations, subject to the express provisions of Section 11.5 hereof.

 

“Lien Waiver Agreement”
shall mean an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent which is executed in favor of Agent by a Person who owns or
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Collateral may be located, or otherwise
is in possession of any Collateral, from time to time and by which such Person shall waive any Lien that such Person may ever have
with respect to any of the Collateral and shall authorize Agent from time to time to enter upon the premises or otherwise access
the Collateral to inspect or remove the Collateral from such premises or to use such premises to store or dispose of such Inventory.

 

“Non-Agent Bank Products”
means, collectively, all Lender-Provided Foreign Currency Hedges, all Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedges and all Cash Management
Products and Services provided by any Lender that, at any applicable time, is not also the Agent.

 

“Obligations” shall
mean and include (i) any and all loans (including, without limitation, all Advances and Swing Loans), advances, debts, liabilities,
obligations (including without limitation all reimbursement obligations and cash collateralization obligations with respect to
Letters of Credit issued hereunder), Indebtedness, covenants and duties owing by the Credit Parties to Issuer, Lenders, Swing Loan
Lender, or Agent or to any other direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of Issuer, Agent, Swing Loan Lender, or any Lender
of any kind or nature, present or future (including any interest or other amounts accruing thereon after maturity, or after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the
Credit Parties, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest or other amounts is allowed in such proceeding),
whether or not evidenced by any note, guaranty or other instrument, arising under this Agreement and the Other Documents and any
amendments, extensions, renewals or increases thereto, whether or not for the payment of money, whether arising by reason of an
extension of credit, opening of a letter of credit, loan, equipment lease or guarantee, under any interest or currency swap, future,
option or other similar agreement, or in any other manner, whether arising out of overdrafts or deposit or other accounts or electronic
funds transfers (whether through automated clearing houses or otherwise) or out of the Issuer’s, Agent’s, Swing Loan
Lender’s, or any Lender’s non-receipt of or inability to collect funds or otherwise not being made whole in connection
with depository transfer check or other similar arrangements, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment
or participation), absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, contractual
or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, regardless of how such indebtedness or liabilities arise or by what agreement or instrument
they may be evidenced or whether evidenced by any agreement or instrument, and all costs and

 

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expenses of Issuer, Agent, Swing Loan
Lender, and any Lender incurred in the documentation, negotiation, modification, enforcement, collection or otherwise in connection
with any of the foregoing, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and all obligations of Credit
Parties to Agent, Swing Loan Lender, or Lenders to perform acts or refrain from taking any action, (ii) all Hedge Liabilities and
(iii) all Cash Management Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in the foregoing, the Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities.

 

“Other Documents”
shall mean the Notes, any Guaranty, the Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedges, the Lender-Provided Foreign Currency Hedges, Cash
Management Products and Services, the perfection certificate, the Fee Letter, the Intercreditor Agreement, the mortgages, if any,
and any and all other agreements, instruments and documents, including guaranties, guaranty security agreements, pledges, subordination
agreements, powers of attorney, consents, interest or currency swap agreements or other similar agreements and all other writings
heretofore, now or hereafter executed by Borrowers or any Guarantor and/or delivered to Agent or any Lender in respect of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

 

“Required
Lenders” shall mean Lenders (not including Swing Loan Lender (in its capacity as such Swing Loan Lender) or any Defaulting
Lender) holding at least sixty-six and two thirds percent (662⁄3%) of the Advances and, if no Advances are outstanding, shall
mean Lenders holding sixty-six and two thirds percent (662⁄3%) of the Commitment Percentages; provided, however,
if there are fewer than three (3) Lenders, Required Lenders shall mean all Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender); provided
further, for amendments or modifications to the Formula Amount or the component definitions thereof which would result in increased
availability, Required Lenders shall mean Lenders holding at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Advances, and if no Advances
are outstanding, shall mean Lenders holding seventy-five percent (75%) of the Commitment Percentages.

 

(b)              
Issuance of Letters of Credit. Section 2.10(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:

 

(a)                 
Borrowing Agent may request Agent to issue or cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit by delivering to Agent, at
the Payment Office, prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York time), at least five (5) Business Days’ prior to the proposed date of issuance,
Issuer’s form of Letter of Credit Application (the “Letter of Credit

 

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Application”) completed to the
satisfaction of Issuer; and, such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as Issuer may reasonably request.
Borrowers also have the right to give instructions and make agreements with respect to any application, any applicable letter
of credit and security agreement, any applicable letter of credit reimbursement agreement and/or any other applicable agreement,
any letter of credit and the disposition of documents, disposition of any unutilized funds, and to agree with Agent upon any amendment,
extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit. Issuer shall not issue any requested Letter of Credit if such Issuer has received
notice from Agent or any Lender that one or more of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 8.2 of this Agreement
have not been satisfied or the commitments of Lenders to make Revolving Advances hereunder have been terminated for any reason.

 

(c)              
Establishment of a Lockbox Account, Dominion Account. Section 4.15 (h) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and
restated in its entirety as follows:

 

(h)       Establishment
of a Lockbox Account, Dominion Account. All proceeds of Receivables shall be deposited by Credit Parties into either (i) a
lockbox account, dominion account or such other “blocked account” (“Blocked Accounts”) established at a
bank or banks (each such bank, a “Blocked Account Bank”) pursuant to an arrangement with such Blocked Account Bank
as may be selected by Credit Parties and be acceptable to Agent or (ii) depository accounts (“Depository Accounts”)
established at the Agent for the deposit of such proceeds. Credit Parties, Agent and each Blocked Account Bank shall enter into
a deposit account control agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent directing such Blocked Account Bank to transfer
such funds so deposited to Agent, either to any account maintained by Agent at said Blocked Account Bank or by wire transfer to
appropriate account(s) of Agent. All funds deposited in such Blocked Accounts shall immediately become the property of Agent and
Credit Parties shall obtain the agreement by such Blocked Account Bank to waive any offset rights against the funds so deposited.
Neither Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility for such blocked account arrangement, including any claim of accord and
satisfaction or release with respect to deposits accepted by any Blocked Account Bank thereunder. Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of any Springing Dominion Event, and continuing until such Springing Dominion Event shall cease to exist, Agent
shall apply all funds received by it from the Blocked Accounts and/or Depository Accounts to the satisfaction of the Obligations
(including the cash collateralization of Letters of Credit) in such order as set forth in Section 11.5 hereof within one (1) Business
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receives such funds, provided that in
the absence of any Event of Default, Agent shall apply all such funds representing collection of Receivables first to the prepayment
of the principal amount of the Swing Loans, if any, and then to the Revolving Advances. All deposit accounts and investment accounts
of Credit Parties and its Subsidiaries are set forth on Schedule 4.15(h). For the avoidance of doubt, the remittance by customers
of ARI to Airgas, Inc. of payments of Receivables and the transfer of the proceeds thereof from Airgas, Inc. to ARI, in each case
pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement, shall not be deemed a violation of this section so long as such proceeds are promptly
following receipt thereof deposited by the Credit Parties into either the Blocked Accounts or Depository Accounts.”

 

(d)              
Allocation of Payments After Event of Default. The first sentence of Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement shall be
amended and restated as follows:

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Agreement to the contrary, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts collected
or received by the Agent on account of the Obligations (including without limitation any amounts on account of any of Cash Management
Liabilities or Hedge Liabilities) or any other amounts outstanding under any of the Other Documents or in respect of the Collateral
may, at Agent’s discretion, and shall, at the direction of the Required Lenders, be paid over or delivered as follows:

 

(e)              
Allocation of Payments After Event of Default. Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by amending
and restating subsections SEVENTH and EIGHTH as follows:

 

“SEVENTH, to the payment of the
outstanding principal amount of the Obligations (other than principal in respect of Swing Loans paid pursuant to clause FIFTH above)
arising under this Agreement (including Cash Management Liabilities and Hedge Liabilities to the extent reserves for such liabilities
have been established by Agent in Agent’s discretion) (including the payment or cash collateralization of any outstanding
Letters of Credit);

 

EIGHTH, to all other Obligations arising
under this Agreement or the Other Documents, including from any Cash Management Liabilities and Hedge Liabilities to the extent
reserves for such liabilities have not been established in Agent’s discretion, which shall have become due and payable (hereunder,
under the Other Documents or otherwise) and not repaid pursuant to clauses “FIRST” through “SEVENTH” above;
and”

 

(f)               
Delivery of Documents. Section 13.9 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety
as follows:

 

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13.9       Delivery
of Documents and Information.  To the extent Agent receives from the Borrowers (a) reports required under Section 9.1,
(b) financial statements required under Sections 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, and 9.12, (c) Borrowing Base Certificates, or (d) other written
information reasonably requested by any Lender, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in each case which Borrowers
are not otherwise obligated to deliver to each Lender, Agent will promptly furnish such documents and such information to Lenders.

 

(g)       Entire
Understanding. Section 14.2(b) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

(b)       The
Required Lenders, Agent with the consent in writing of the Required Lenders, and Credit Parties may, subject to the provisions
of this Section 14.2 (b), from time to time enter into written supplemental agreements to this Agreement or the Other Documents
executed by Credit Parties, for the purpose of adding or deleting any provisions or otherwise changing, varying or waiving in any
manner the rights of Lenders, Agent or Credit Parties thereunder or the conditions, provisions or terms thereof or waiving any
Event of Default thereunder, but only to the extent specified in such written agreements; provided, however, that no such supplemental
agreement shall, without the consent of all Issuers, modify the rights and duties of any Issuer, and no such supplemental agreement
shall, without the consent of all Lenders:

 

(i)                
increase the Commitment Percentage, the maximum dollar commitment of any Lender or the Maximum Loan Amount.

 

(ii)             
extend the maturity of any Note or the due date for any amount payable hereunder, reduce the amount of, waive or
excuse any principal payment, or decrease the rate of interest or reduce any fee payable by Borrowers to Lenders pursuant to this
Agreement.

 

(iii)           
alter the definition of the term Required Lenders or alter, amend or modify this Section 14.2(b).

 

(iv)            
notwithstanding Section 11.2 hereof, release or subordinate the Lien on any Collateral during any calendar year (other
than in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement) having an aggregate value in excess of $2,000,000.

 

(v)              
change the rights and duties of Agent.

 

(vi)            
permit any Revolving Advance to be made if after giving effect thereto the total of Revolving Advances outstanding

 

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hereunder would exceed the Formula Amount
for more than sixty (60) consecutive Business Days or exceed one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Formula Amount.

 

(vii)         
increase the Advance Rates above the Advance Rates in effect on the Closing Date.

 

(viii)       
release any Guarantor.

 

(ix)            
amend or modify the provisions of Section 11.5 hereof.

 

(h)        Out-of-Formula
Loans. Section 14.2(e) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

(e)       Notwithstanding
(a) the existence of a Default or an Event of Default, (b) that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section
8.2 hereof have not been satisfied or (c) any other provision of this Agreement, Agent may at its discretion and without the consent
of the Required Lenders, voluntarily permit the outstanding Revolving Advances at any time to exceed the Formula Amount by up to
ten percent (10%) of the Formula Amount for up to sixty (60) consecutive Business Days (the “Out-of-Formula Loans”);
provided, that, such outstanding Advances do not exceed the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount. If Agent is willing
in its sole and absolute discretion to make such Out-of-Formula Loans (and Agent has not been directed by Required Lenders in writing
not to make or to discontinue making voluntary Out-of-Formula Loans), such Out-of-Formula Loans shall be payable on demand and
shall bear interest at the Default Rate for Revolving Advances consisting of Domestic Rate Loans; provided that, if Lenders do
make Out-of-Formula Loans, neither Agent nor Lenders shall be deemed thereby to have changed the limits of Section 2.1(a). For
purposes of this paragraph, the discretion granted to Agent hereunder shall not preclude involuntary overadvances that may result
from time to time due to the fact that the Formula Amount was unintentionally exceeded for any reason, including, but not limited
to, Collateral previously deemed to be either “Eligible Receivables”, “Eligible Inventory”, or “Eligible
In-Transit Inventory”, as applicable, becomes ineligible, collections of Receivables applied to reduce outstanding Revolving
Advances are thereafter returned for insufficient funds or overadvances are made to protect or preserve the Collateral. In the
event Agent involuntarily permits the outstanding Revolving Advances to exceed the Formula Amount by more than ten percent (10%),
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circumstances and not inconsistent with
the reason for such excess. Revolving Advances made after Agent has determined the existence of involuntary overadvances shall
be deemed to be involuntary overadvances and shall be decreased in accordance with the preceding sentence. To the extent any Out-of-Formula
Loans are not actually funded by the other Lenders as provided for in this Section 14.2(e), Agent may elect in its discretion to
fund such Out-of-Formula Loans and any such Out-of-Formula Loans so funded by Agent shall be deemed to be Revolving Advances made
by and owing to Agent, and Agent shall be entitled to all rights (including accrual of interest) and remedies of a Lender holding
a Revolving Commitment under this Agreement and the Other Documents with respect to such Revolving Advances.

 

(i)       Protective
Advances. Section 14.2(f) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

(f)       In
addition to (and not in substitution of) the discretionary Revolving Advances permitted above in this Section 14.2, the Agent is
hereby authorized by Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in the Agent’s sole discretion, (A) after the occurrence
and during the continuation of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) at any time that any of the other applicable conditions
precedent set forth in Section 8.2 hereof have not been satisfied, to make Revolving Advances to Borrowers on behalf of the Lenders
which the Agent, in its reasonable business judgment, deems necessary or desirable (a) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or
any portion thereof, (b) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Advances and other Obligations,
or (c) to pay any other amount chargeable to Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the “Protective Advances”);
provided that (i) at any time after giving effect to any such Revolving Advances the outstanding Revolving Advances shall not exceed
one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Formula Amount, (ii) Protective Advances, together with the other outstanding Advances,
shall not exceed the Maximum Revolving Advance Amount and (iii) Agent shall not make or shall discontinue making Protective Advances
if directed by Required Lenders in writing. Lenders holding the Revolving Commitments shall be obligated to fund such Protective
Advances and effect a settlement with Agent therefor upon demand of Agent in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitment
Percentages. To the extent any Protective Advances are not actually funded by the other Lenders as provided for in this Section
14.2(f), any such Protective Advances funded by Agent shall be deemed to be Revolving Advances made by and owing to Agent, and
Agent shall be entitled to all rights (including accrual of interest) and remedies of a Lender holding a Revolving

 

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Commitment under this Agreement and the
Other Documents with respect to such Revolving Advances.

 

(j)       Successors
and Assigns; Participations; New Lenders. Section 14.3 (c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:

 

Any Lender (x) may sell, assign
or transfer all or any part of its rights and obligations under or relating to Revolving Advances and/or Swing Loans under this
Agreement and the Other Documents to an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or to another Lender or an affiliate of another Lender,
and (y) with the consent of Agent which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, may sell, assign or transfer all or any
part of its rights and obligations under or relating to Revolving Advances and/or Swing Loans under this Agreement and the Other
Documents to one or more additional banks or financial institutions and one or more additional banks or financial institutions
may commit to make Advances hereunder (each a “Purchasing Lender”) in minimum amounts of not less than $5,000,000,
pursuant to a Commitment Transfer Supplement, executed by a Purchasing Lender, the transferor Lender, and Agent and delivered to
Agent for recording. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the transfer effective date determined
pursuant to such Commitment Transfer Supplement, (i) Purchasing Lender thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided
in such Commitment Transfer Supplement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder with a Commitment Percentage as
set forth therein, and (ii) the transferor Lender thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Commitment Transfer Supplement,
be released from its obligations under this Agreement, the Commitment Transfer Supplement creating a novation for that purpose.
Such Commitment Transfer Supplement shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to
reflect the addition of such Purchasing Lender and the resulting adjustment of the Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase
by such Purchasing Lender of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such transferor Lender under this Agreement and
the Other Documents. Credit Parties hereby consent to the addition of such Purchasing Lender and the resulting adjustment of the
Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase by such Purchasing Lender of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of
such transferor Lender under this Agreement and the Other Documents. Credit Parties shall execute and deliver such further documents
and do such further acts and things in order to effectuate the foregoing.

 

(k)       Successors
and Assigns; Participations; New Lenders. Section 14.3 (d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:

 

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(d)       Any
Lender may directly or indirectly sell, assign or transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under or relating to
Revolving Advances and/or Swing Loans under this Agreement and the Other Documents to an entity, whether a corporation, partnership,
trust, limited liability company or other entity that (i) is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (ii) is administered, serviced or managed by
the assigning Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender (a “Purchasing CLO” and together with each Participant and
Purchasing Lender, each a “Transferee” and collectively the “Transferees”), pursuant to a
Commitment Transfer Supplement modified as appropriate to reflect the interest being assigned (“Modified Commitment Transfer
Supplement”), executed by any intermediate purchaser, the Purchasing CLO, the transferor Lender, and Agent as appropriate
and delivered to Agent for recording. Upon such execution and delivery, from and after the transfer effective date determined pursuant
to such Modified Commitment Transfer Supplement, (i) Purchasing CLO thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided
in such Modified Commitment Transfer Supplement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the transferor
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Modified Commitment Transfer Supplement, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement, the Modified Commitment Transfer Supplement creating a novation for that purpose. Such Modified Commitment
Transfer Supplement shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition
of such Purchasing CLO. Credit Parties hereby consent to the addition of such Purchasing CLO. Credit Parties shall execute and
deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things in order to effectuate the foregoing.

 

(l)       Expenses.
Section 14.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

14.9       Expenses.
All (a) costs and expenses including reasonable attorneys’ fees (including the allocated costs of in house counsel) and disbursements
incurred by Agent on its behalf or on behalf of Lenders in all efforts made to enforce payment of any Obligation or effect collection
of any Collateral, (b) costs and expenses including reasonable attorneys’ fees (including the allocated costs of in house
counsel) and disbursements incurred by Agent on its behalf or on behalf of Lenders in connection with the entering into, modification,
amendment, administration and enforcement of this Agreement or any consents or waivers hereunder and all related agreements, documents
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including reasonable attorneys’
fees (including the allocated costs of in house counsel) and disbursements incurred by Agent in instituting, maintaining, preserving,
enforcing and foreclosing on Agent’s security interest in or Lien on any of the Collateral, or maintaining, preserving or
enforcing any of Agent’s rights hereunder and under all related agreements, documents and instruments, whether through judicial
proceedings or otherwise, (d) costs and expenses including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements incurred by any Lender
as provided under section 14.5 hereof, (e) costs and expenses including reasonable attorneys’ fees (including the allocated
costs of in house counsel) and disbursements incurred by Agent or any Lender in defending or prosecuting any actions or proceedings
arising out of or relating to Agent’s or any Lender’s transactions with Credit Parties or any Guarantor, (f) costs
and expenses including reasonable attorneys’ fees (including the allocated costs of in house counsel) and disbursements incurred
by Agent on its behalf in the case of a workout or on behalf of Lenders, and (g) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by any Lender, including the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket charges and disbursements of counsel for
the Lenders, in connection with the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with the Obligations and with respect
to its rights and obligations under this Agreement and all related agreements, documents and instruments, in each case after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout,
restructuring or related negotiations in respect of such Obligations; provided that the Lenders who are not the Agent shall be
entitled to reimbursement for no more than one counsel representing all such Lenders, in the case of each of clauses (a) through
(g) hereof, may be charged to Borrowers’ Account and shall be part of the Obligations.

 

(m)       Provisions
on Non-Agent Bank Products. Article XIV of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by adding the following new Section 14.20
to the end thereof as follows:

 

14.20       Non-Agent
Bank Products. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided for in this Agreement, including without limitation Article
XI or Article XII hereof, or any Other Document (excluding any Non-Agent Bank Product): (i) with respect to each Non-Agent Bank
Product, the appointment of Agent under this Agreement to act as agent for the applicable Lender providing such Non-Agent Bank
Product (each such Lender in such capacity, a “Non-Agent Provider”) shall be limited to the appointment of Agent as
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obtain, accept, hold and enforce
Liens in the Collateral to secure the Cash Management Liabilities and/or Hedge Liabilities under the Non-Agent Bank Products of
such Non-Agent Provider, and (ii) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such appointment of Agent under this Agreement
shall not give the Agent any power or authority to, nor shall Agent at any time assert or exercise or purport to exercise any power
or authority to, take any action of any kind or nature with respect to any Non-Agent Bank Product (other than (x) actions taking
in accordance with Article XI hereof and otherwise in accordance with the Other Documents (excluding any Non-Agent Bank Product)
with respect to the Liens in the Collateral securing the Cash Management Liabilities and/or Hedge Liabilities under such Non-Agent
Bank Product, and (y) actions to distribute and/apply proceeds of the Collateral to the Cash Management Liabilities and/or Hedge
Liabilities under such Non-Agent Bank Product in accordance with Section 11.5 hereof), including without limitation any actions
to amend, modify, supplement, grant waivers or consents with respect to, terminate, accelerate and/or enforce any such Non-Agent
Bank Product and/or the Cash Management Liabilities and/or Hedge Liabilities under such Non-Agent Bank Product; provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, any Non-Agent Provider may at any time, with the written consent and acceptance of the Agent but
without the necessity of any consent or acceptance of or notice to any other Person (including any Credit Party) appoint Agent
as its agent with respect to any other aspects of and/or any other matters relating to or arising out of any one or more Non-Agent
Bank Product(s) of such Non-Agent Provider by a written appointment specifying the additional powers and authorities and authorized
actions of Agent in such an expanded agency capacity as to such Non-Agent Bank Product(s).

 

2.                 
Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Amendment shall be effective upon the date of satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent (each document to be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion):

 

(a)              
Agent shall have received this Amendment fully executed by the Credit Parties;

 

(b)              
Agent shall have received a Commitment Transfer Supplement, fully executed by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.;

 

(c)              
Agent shall have received (i) a Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note in an original principal of $75,000,000
executed by Borrowers in favor of PNC and (ii) a Revolving Credit Note in an original principal of $75,000,000 executed by Borrowers
in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (collectively, the “A&R Notes”); and

 

(d)              
No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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3.                 
Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party hereby:

 

(a)              
reaffirms all representations and warranties made to Agent and Lenders under the Credit Agreement and all of the Other Documents
and confirms that all are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, in each case other than representations
and warranties that relate to a specific date;

 

(b)              
reaffirms all of the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement and covenants to abide thereby until all Advances, Obligations
and other liabilities of Credit Parties to Agent and Lenders, of whatever nature and whenever incurred, are satisfied and/or released
by Agent and Lenders;

 

(c)              
represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement or
any Other Documents;

 

(d)              
represents and warrants that no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred as of the date of this Amendment;

 

(e)              
represents and warrants that it has the authority and legal right to execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Amendment
and the A&R Notes, that such actions were duly authorized by all necessary corporate or company action and that the officers
executing this Amendment and the A&R Notes on its behalf were similarly authorized and empowered, and that this Amendment and
the A&R Notes does not contravene any provisions of its articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of formation or operating
agreement or of any contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which any of its properties are bound;

 

(f)               
represents and warrants that this Amendment and the A&R Notes, and all assignments, instruments, documents, and agreements
executed and delivered in connection herewith, are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms; and

 

(g)              
represents and warrants that each Credit Party is solvent, able to pay its debts as they mature, has capital sufficient
to carry on its business and all businesses in which it is about to engage, and as of the date hereof, the fair saleable value
of its assets, calculated on a going concern basis, is in excess of the amount of its liabilities.

 

4.                 
Payment of Expenses. Credit Parties shall pay or reimburse Agent for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses
in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment and the documents provided for herein or related
hereto.

 

5.                 
Security Interest. As security for the payment of the Obligations, and satisfaction by Credit Parties of all covenants
and undertakings contained in the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement and Other
Documents, each Credit Party reconfirms the prior grant of the security interest in and perfected lien in favor of Agent for its
benefit and the ratable benefit of each Lender, upon and to, all of its right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, created or arising and wherever located.

 

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6.                 
Confirmation of Indebtedness. Borrowers confirm and acknowledge that as of the opening of business on December 1,
2017 Borrowers were indebted to Agent and Lenders for the Advances under the Loan Agreement without any deduction, defense, setoff,
claim or counterclaim, of any nature, in the aggregate principal amount of $80,388,165.58, of which $80,258,165.58 is owing on
account of Revolving Advances and for which Borrowers are contingently liable in the amount of $130,000.00 on account of undrawn
Letters of Credit, plus all fees, costs and expenses incurred to date in connection with the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents.

 

7.                 
Reaffirmation of Other Documents. Except as modified by the terms hereof, all of the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement, as amended, and all other of Other Documents, are hereby reaffirmed and shall continue in full force and effect
as therein written.

 

8.                 
Acknowledgment of Guarantor. HT hereby covenants and agrees that the Amended and Restated Guaranty and Suretyship
Agreement dated October 10, 2017, as amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, shall remain in
full force and effect and shall continue to cover the existing and future Guaranteed Obligations (as defined therein).

 

9.                 
Miscellaneous.

 

(a)              
No rights are intended to be created hereunder for the benefit of any third party donee, creditor, or incidental beneficiary.

 

(b)              
The headings of any paragraph of this Amendment are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret any provision
hereof.

 

(c)              
No modification hereof or of any agreement referred to herein shall be binding or enforceable unless in writing and signed
on behalf of the party against whom enforcement is sought.

 

(d)              
This Amendment shall constitute an Other Document under the Credit Agreement, and the breach of any representation or warranty
contained herein or the failure to perform, keep or observe any term, provision, condition or covenant contained herein shall constitute
an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement.

 

10.             
Choice of Law. This Amendment and all matters relating hereto or arising herefrom (whether arising under contract
law, tort law or otherwise) shall, in accordance with Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York, be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

11.             
Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Amendment may be executed in any number of and by different parties hereto
on separate counterparts, all of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute
one and the same agreement. Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile or electronic transmission (including email transmission
of a PDF image) shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties have entered into this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

	BORROWERS:	
        HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY

         

        By: _/s/ Kevin J. Zugibe________

        Name: Kevin J. Zugibe

        Title: Chief Executive Officer

         

	 	
        HUDSON HOLDINGS, INC.

         

        By: _/s/ Kevin J. Zugibe________

        Name: Kevin J. Zugibe

        Title: Chief Executive Officer

         

         

	 	
        ASPEN REFRIGERANTS, INC.

        f/k/a Airgas – Refrigerants, Inc.

         

        By: _/s/ Kevin J. Zugibe________

        Name: Kevin J. Zugibe

        Title: Chief Executive Officer

         

         

         

	
        GUARANTOR:

         

         

         
	
        HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

         

        By: _/s/ Kevin J. Zugibe________

        Name: Kevin J. Zugibe

        Title: Chief Executive Officer

         

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature
Page to First Amendment to AMENDED AND RESTATED Revolving Credit and Security Agreement]

     

     

    

 

	 	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	 	as Lender and as Agent
	 	 
	 	 
	 	By: /s/ Glenn D. Kreutzer                       
	 	Name: Glenn D. Kreutzer
	 	Title: Senior Vice President
	 	 
	 	340 Madison Avenue
 New York, New York 10173

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature
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