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TENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of August 28, 2026, by and among INNOVATE Corp. (f/k/a HC2 Holdings, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the guarantors party to the Credit Agreement referred to below (the “Guarantors”) and MSD PCOF Partners IX, LLC, as lender (the “Lender”) under the Credit Agreement referred to below.

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2020 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2020, that certain Waiver, Consent and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2021, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2021, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2023, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2024, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2025, that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2025, that certain Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2025, and that certain Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2026, the “Credit Agreement”; the Credit Agreement as amended hereby being referred to herein as the “Amended Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Guarantors, and the Lender, and the Lender provided a revolving credit facility to the Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof;

WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement provides that, subject to certain exceptions inapplicable hereto, the Borrower may amend, waive any provision of, or consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party from, the Credit Agreement with the written consent of the Lender;

“(d) The Borrower shall pay to Lender an exit fee (the “Exit Fee”) in an amount equal to 1.50% of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, which Exit Fee shall be fully earned on the Tenth Amendment Effective Date and due and payable in cash upon the earliest of the following to occur: (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the acceleration of the Obligations or the termination or permanent reduction in full of the Revolving Credit Commitments, including as a result of the commencement or any institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, (iii) the satisfaction, release, payment, restructuring, reorganization, replacement, reinstatement, defeasance or compromise of any of the Obligations in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding or otherwise) or deed in lieu of foreclosure or the making of a distribution of any kind in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law to Lender, in full or partial satisfaction of the Obligations and (iv) the termination of the Credit Agreement for any reason (including, without limitation, as a result of, or during the pendency of, any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law).”

Section 3.01 Effective Date Conditions. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date (the “Effective Date”) when all of the following conditions have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of (and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to) the Lender:

ii. such resolutions of each Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement and any other Loans Documents to which it is a party, and any certificate or other documents to be delivered by it pursuant hereto and such certificate shall state that the resolutions thereby certified have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded as of the date of such certificate; and

iii. such documents and certifications as the Lender may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that the Borrower and each Guarantor is validly existing, in good standing (to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction) and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable.

(b) the Borrower shall have paid all reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Lender (including, without limitation, all fees and expenses of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, as external counsel) for which invoices have been presented.

(a) such Loan Party (i) is duly incorporated, organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (A) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (B) execute, deliver and perform its obligations hereunder and under the Amended Credit Agreement, and (iii) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (ii)(A) or (iii), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(b) the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action by such Loan Party, and do not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Loan Party’s Organization Documents; (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (A) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (iii) violate any Law; except in each case referred to in clause (ii) or (iii), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) no approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Amendment or the Credit Agreement, except such (i) those that have been made and are in full force and effect, (ii) those contemplated by the Security Documents and (iii) those the failure of which to obtain or make such consent, approval, authorization, order, filing or registration would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party, and this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (whether applied by a court of law or equity) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought;

(e) the Obligations (i) constitute, and, after giving effect to any repayment and reborrowing of Loans under the Credit Agreement, will continue to constitute (A) “First-Out Debt”, “First-Out Obligations” and “Pari Passu Obligations” under and as defined in the Secured Indentures, (B) “First-Out Debt”, “First-Out Obligations”, “Obligations”, “Pari Passu Debt” and “Pari Passu Obligations” under and as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement, and (C) “Secured Obligations” under and as defined in the Pledge Agreement and (ii) are entitled to the benefits of the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the other Security Documents; and

(f) the representations and warranties of such Loan Party contained herein and in each other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date (provided that any representation or warranty that is subject to any materiality qualifier shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Effective Date), in each case, except to the extent that such representation or warranty specifically refers to an earlier date, in which case it is true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date (provided that any representation or warranty that is subject to any materiality qualifier shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date), and except that for purposes of this clause (f), the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.05(a) of the Amended Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.01(a) of the Credit Agreement.

Section 5.01 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS AMENDMENT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. SECTIONS 10.13(B), (C) AND (D) OF THE AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS AMENDMENT MUTATIS MUTANDIS AND SHALL APPLY HERETO. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

Section 5.03 Counterpart Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Amendment. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Amendment and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Amendment and signature pages for all purposes.

(a) The Borrower and each Guarantor hereby (i) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, and each grant of security interests and Liens to the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, under each Loan Document to which it is a party, (ii) agrees and acknowledges that such ratification and reaffirmation is not a condition to the continued effectiveness of such Loan Documents, (iii) agrees that neither such ratification and reaffirmation, nor the Lender’s solicitation of such ratification and reaffirmation, constitutes a course of dealing giving rise to any obligation or condition requiring a similar or any other ratification or reaffirmation from such Loan Party with respect to any subsequent modifications to the Amended Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (iv) agrees that none of the terms and conditions of this Amendment shall limit or diminish its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under the Loan Documents to which it is a party. The Credit Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The parties hereto agree that each of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

(c) On and after the Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

(a) In consideration of the agreements of the Lender contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Loan Party, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases, remises and forever discharges the Lender, its successors and assigns, and its direct and indirect owners, partners, members, managers, consultants, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors, officers, attorneys, employees, agents and other representatives,

and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with any of them (the Lender and all such other Persons being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Releasees” and individually as a “Releasee”) of and from all demands, actions, causes of action, suits, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, sums of money, accounts, bills, reckonings, damages and any and all other claims, counterclaims, defenses, recoupment, rights of setoff, demands and liabilities whatsoever (individually, a “Claim” and collectively, “Claims”) of every name and nature, known or unknown, contingent or mature, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in equity, which any Loan Party or any of its respective successors, assigns, or other legal representatives may now or hereafter own, hold, have or claim to have against the Releasees or any of them for, upon, or by reason of any circumstance, action, cause or thing whatsoever, in each case which arose at any time on or prior to the day and date of this Amendment, including, without limitation, for or on account of, or in relation to, or in any way in connection with this Amendment or any of the other Loan Documents or transactions thereunder or related thereto.

(b) Each Loan Party understands, acknowledges and agrees that the release set forth above may be pleaded as a full and complete defense and may be used as a basis for an injunction against any action, suit or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted or attempted in breach of the provisions of such release.

(d) In entering into this Amendment, each Loan Party has consulted with, and has been represented by, legal counsel and expressly disclaims any reliance on any representations, acts or omissions by any of the Releasees and hereby agrees and acknowledges that the validity and effectiveness of the release set forth above does not depend in any way on any such representations, acts and/or omissions or the accuracy, completeness or validity hereof. The release set forth herein shall survive the termination of this Amendment and the Loan Documents and the payment in full of the Obligations.