BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE 345 Park Avenue New York, New York 10154
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CONFIDENTIAL
July 29, 2025
Loar Group Inc.
450_Lexington_Avenue,_4th_Floor
New_York,_NY_10017
Attention: Glenn D’Alessandro
Project Jetstream
Incremental Term Facility
Amended and Restated Commitment Letter
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Loar Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower” or “you”), has advised Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP (on behalf of the funds, accounts and clients managed or advised or sub-advised by it or its affiliates, “Blackstone”, and collectively with the funds, accounts and clients managed or advised or sub-advised by it or its affiliates, the “Commitment Parties”, “we” or “us”; provided, however, that in no event shall Commitment Parties include any affiliates of Blackstone that are engaged as principals primarily in private equity or venture capital (“Restricted Affiliates”)) that (a) the Borrower intends to acquire (the “Acquisition”), directly or indirectly (including by one or more acquisitions of direct or indirect equity interests, mergers and/or other means), the Transferred Securities (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) of (i) ASC3 LMB TopCo, a société par actions simplifiée organized under the laws of France and (ii) ASC3 LMB FinCo, a société par actions simplifiée organized under the laws of France (collectively, the “Target”, and together with their subsidiaries, the Acquired Business”) pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, in the form attached as Exhibit 2 to that certain Put Option agreement dated as of the Original Signing Date (as defined below) (the “Put Option”), by and among you, Loar Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”) and the Sellers (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto (such Securities Purchase Agreement, together with the schedules and exhibits thereto and as may be amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time in accordance with Exhibit C to this Commitment Letter, the “Acquisition Agreement”); (b) you intend to incur the Dollar Equivalent (as defined in Exhibit B) of 400.0 million Euros of incremental term loans (the “Incremental Term Facility”) under the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2017, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC (as successor by merger to First Eagle Private Credit (f/k/a/ Newstar Financial Inc.)), as administrative agent for the Lenders and as collateral agent for the Secured Parties and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Revolving Credit Lenders, and, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”), to fund the Acquisition; and (c) you intend to, directly or indirectly, consummate the other transactions described in Exhibit A hereto. Capitalized terms