FOURTH AMENDMENT

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

FOURTH AMENDMENT

FOURTH AMENDMENT (this “Fourth Amendment”), dated as of May 21, 2024, among CORE & MAIN LP, a Florida limited partnership (the “Borrower”), the several banks and financial institutions parties hereto and the Administrative Agent (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower is party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended by the Lender Joinder Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2019, the First Amendment, dated as of July 27, 2021, the Second Amendment, dated as of February 26, 2023, the Third Amendment, dated as of February 9, 2024, and as further amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined in Section 3 hereof), the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Fourth Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Subsection 2.11 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Borrower has requested that Specified Refinancing Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $1,458,750,000 be made available to the Borrower, and the Tranche D Term Lenders (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) hereof) and the Administrative Agent have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, (a) that each Tranche D Term Lender with a Tranche D Term Loan Commitment (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) hereof) will make Specified Refinancing Term Loans in the form of Tranche D Term Loans (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) hereof) in the amount of such Tranche D Term Loan Commitment, (b) that the proceeds of the Tranche D Term Loans provided by the New Tranche D Term Lenders (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) hereof), together with cash on hand and any borrowings under the Senior ABL Agreement, will be used to (i) repay the Tranche B Term Loans outstanding on the date hereof that are not exchanged for Tranche D Term Loans pursuant to this Fourth Amendment and/or (ii) to pay fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing and (c) to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to the extent necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to effect the Incurrence of the Tranche D Term Loans; and

WHEREAS, certain Lenders holding Tranche B Term Loans (each, an “Existing Tranche B Term Lender” and, collectively, the “Existing Tranche B Term Lenders”) have elected, and the Borrower has agreed, to exchange (by exercising a cashless rollover option pursuant to Subsection 4.4(g) of the Existing Credit Agreement) their Tranche B Term Loans for Tranche D Term Loans on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) hereof) by executing and delivering a Lender Signature Page to Fourth Amendment in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (an “Existing Lender Signature Page”).

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

SECTION 1.Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2.Agreements and Amendment of the Credit Agreement.

(a)Establishment of Tranche D Term Loans.

(i)The Tranche D Term Loans extended by the New Tranche D Term Lenders shall be deemed to be “Specified Refinancing Term Loans”, the New Tranche D Term Lenders shall be deemed to be “Specified Refinancing Lenders”, the Tranche D Term Loans representing the Tranche B Term Loans exchanged by the Existing Tranche B Term Lenders by exercising a cashless rollover option pursuant to Subsection 4.4(g) of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be “Rollover Indebtedness” and Section 2 of this Fourth Amendment shall be deemed to be a “Specified Refinancing Amendment” and a “Loan Document”, in each case, for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Fourth Amendment, and the other Loan Documents. The Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby consent, pursuant to Subsections 11.6(b)(i) and 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement, to the inclusion as an “Additional Specified Refinancing Lender” of each New Tranche D Term Lender that is party to this Fourth Amendment that is not an existing Lender, an Affiliate of an existing Lender or an Approved Fund.

(b)Certain Agreements.

(i)Each Exchanging Tranche B Term Lender hereby waives any right to receive any payments under Subsection 4.12 of the Credit Agreement as a result of the Tranche D Effective Date Transactions. It is understood and agreed that the Borrower, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, may elect on or prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date that the Tranche D Term Loans for which the Tranche B Term Loans are exchanged be Term SOFR Rate Loans having an Interest Period designated by the Borrower, regardless of whether the Fourth Amendment Effective Date is the last day of an Interest Period with respect to such exchanged Tranche B Term Loans.

(ii)The Borrower hereby agrees that it shall, together with any prepayment of the Tranche B Term Loans pursuant to this Fourth Amendment, pay to the Existing Tranche B Term Lenders, on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, accrued and unpaid interest to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date on the amount of Tranche B Term Loans prepaid or exchanged pursuant to this Fourth Amendment.

(iii)The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the making of the Tranche D Term Loan Commitments, the funding of (or exchange of Tranche B Term Loans in lieu thereof for) the Tranche D Term Loans and the amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement effectuated by this Fourth Amendment, shall occur in such order and such manner as set forth herein, except to the extent that the Existing Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable, may otherwise so require in order to make such amendments effective or to consummate the Tranche D Effective Date Transactions, in which event they shall occur in such order or manner as shall be so require

(c)Initial Amendments. Effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(i)by adding the following new definitions to Subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement, to appear in proper alphabetical order:

“Exchanging Tranche B Term Lender”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(d)(ii).

“Existing Tranche B Term Lenders”: those Lenders holding a Tranche B Term Loan immediately prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.

“Fourth Amendment”: the Fourth Amendment, dated as of May 21, 2024, by and among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.

“Fourth Amendment Effective Date”: May 21, 2024.

“New Tranche D Term Lenders”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(d)(i).

“New Tranche D Term Loan”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(d)(i).

“Non-Exchanging Tranche B Term Lender”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(c)(ii).

“Tranche D Effective Date Transactions”: collectively, any or all of the following (whether taking place prior to, on or following the Fourth Amendment Effective Date): (i) the entry into the Fourth Amendment and Incurrence of Tranche D Term Loans (including via an exchange of the Tranche B Term Loans for Tranche D Term Loans) thereunder, (ii) the repayment of the Tranche B Term Loans held by the Non-Exchanging Tranche B Term Lenders or exchange by the Exchanging Tranche B Term Lenders of the Tranche B Term Loans through a cashless rollover pursuant to Subsection 4.4(g) and (iii) all other transactions relating to any of the foregoing (including payment of fees, premiums and expenses related to any of the foregoing).

“Tranche D Installment Date”: as defined in Subsection 2.2(b)(iv).

“Tranche D Term Lender”: any Lender having a Tranche D Term Loan Commitment and/or a Tranche D Term Loan outstanding hereunder.

“Tranche D Term Loan”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(b)(i).

“Tranche D Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, its obligation to make Tranche D Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b) in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Xxxxxx’s name in Schedule A-3 under the heading “Tranche D Term Loan Commitment” or, in the case of any Lender that is an Assignee, the amount of the assigning Lender’s Tranche D Term Loan Commitment assigned to such Assignee pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b) (in each case as such amount may be adjusted from time

to time as provided herein); collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Tranche D Term Loan Commitments”. The original aggregate amount of the Tranche D Term Loan Commitments on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, immediately after giving effect to the Fourth Amendment, is $1,458,750,000.

“Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date”: July 27, 2028.

“Extension of Credit”: as to any Lender, the making of an Original Initial Term Loan (excluding any Supplemental Term Loans being made under the Original Initial Term Loan Tranche), a Tranche B Term Loan (excluding any Supplemental Term Loans being made under the Tranche B Term Loan Tranche), the Tranche C Term Loans, the Tranche D Term Loans (excluding any Supplemental Term Loans being made under the Tranche D Term Loan Tranche) or an Incremental Revolving Loan (other than the initial extension of credit thereunder).

“Facility”: each of (a) the Original Initial Term Loan Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder (the “Initial Term Loan Facility”), (b) the Tranche B Term Loan Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder, (c) the Tranche C Term Loan Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder, (d) the Tranche D Term Loan Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder, (e) Incremental Term Loans of the same Tranche, (f) Incremental Revolving Commitments of the same Tranche and Extensions of Credit made thereunder, (g) any Extended Term Loans of the same Extension Series and (h) any Specified Refinancing Term Loans of the same Tranche (other than Tranche B Term Loans), and collectively the “Facilities.”

“Initial Term Loan”: collectively, the Original Initial Term Loans, the Tranche B Term Loans and the Tranche D Term Loans.

“Initial Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, the Original Initial Term Loan Commitment (if any), the Tranche B Term Loan Commitment (if any) and the Tranche D Term Loan Commitment (if any).

“Initial Term Loan Maturity Date”: (a) prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, the Original Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) from and after the First Amendment Effective Date and prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date and (c) from and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date.

“Tranche”: (i) with respect to Term Loans or commitments, refers to whether such Term Loans or commitments are (1) Original Initial Term Loans or Original Initial Term Loan Commitments, (2) Tranche B Term Loans or Tranche B Term Loan Commitments, (3) Tranche C Term Loans

or Tranche C Term Loan Commitments, (4) Tranche D Term Loans or Tranche D Term Loan Commitments, (5) Incremental Loans or Incremental Term Loan Commitments with the same terms and conditions made on the same day and any Supplemental Term Loans added to such Tranche pursuant to Subsection 2.8, (6) Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series) or (7) Specified Refinancing Term Loan Facilities with the same terms and conditions made on the same day and any Supplemental Term Loans added to such Tranche pursuant to Subsection 2.8 (excluding Tranche B Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loan Commitments, Tranche D Term Loans and Tranche D Term Loan Commitments) and (ii) with respect to Revolving Loans or commitments, refers to whether such Revolving Loans or commitments are Incremental Revolving Commitments or Incremental Revolving Loans with the same terms and conditions made on the same day pursuant to Subsection 2.8.”;

(ii)by amending the definitions of “Lead Arrangers” and “Other Representatives” by replacing the references to “Citigroup Global Markets Inc.” with “Citibank, N.A.”;

(iii)by amending the cover page by replacing the reference to “CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.” with “CITIBANK, N.A.”;

(iv)by amending Subsection 2.1 of the Credit Agreement to add a new subclause (d) as follows:

“(d) (i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender listed on Schedule A-3 under the heading “Tranche D Term Loan Commitment” attached hereto (the “New Tranche D Term Lenders”) severally agrees to make, in Dollars, in a single draw on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, one or more term loans (each, a “New Tranche D Term Loan” and, collectively with the term loans representing the Tranche B Term Loans exchanged by the Existing Tranche B Term Lenders by exercising a cashless rollover pursuant to Subsection 4.4(g), the “Tranche D Term Loans”) to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A-3 under the heading “Tranche D Term Loan Commitment”, as such amount may be adjusted or reduced pursuant to the terms hereof; provided that Exchanging Tranche B Term Lenders shall make their respective Tranche D Term Loans by exchanging their Tranche B Term Loans for Tranche D Term Loans constituting Rollover Indebtedness in lieu of their pro rata portion of the prepayment of Tranche B Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(g).

(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, upon execution of the Fourth Amendment by an Existing Tranche B Term Lender (each such Existing Tranche B Term Lender, an “Exchanging Tranche B Term Lender”, and each Existing Tranche B Term Lender other than an Exchanging Tranche B Term Lender, a “Non-Exchanging Tranche B Term Lender”), all of the Tranche B Term Loans held by such Exchanging Tranche B Term Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) shall be exchanged for Tranche D Term Loans through a cashless rollover pursuant to Subsection 4.4(g). For the avoidance of doubt, such Tranche D Term Loans held by an Exchanging Tranche B Term Lender shall constitute “Rollover Indebtedness” for all purposes under this Agreement.

(iii) The Tranche D Term Loans, except as hereinafter provided, shall, at the option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Term SOFR Rate Loans.

Without limitation of Subsections 2.8 and 8.1(b)(i), once repaid, Tranche D Term Loans incurred hereunder may not be reborrowed. On the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (after giving effect to the incurrence of Tranche D Term Loans on such date), the Tranche D Term Loan Commitments of each Tranche D Term Lender shall terminate.”;

(v)by amending the definition of “Applicable Margin” by (x) replacing the reference to “and (c)” with “, (c)” in the first sentence thereof, (y) adding “(d)” immediately after the phrase “2.25% per annum” in the first sentence thereof and (z) adding “, and (d) Tranche D Term Loans (i) with respect to ABR Loans, 1.00% per annum, and (ii) with respect to Term SOFR Rate Loans, 2.00% per annum” at the end of the first sentence thereof;

(vi)by amending the proviso in the definition of “Term SOFR Rate” as follows:

provided, further, that if Term SOFR Rate determined as provided above (including pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than (w) with respect to Original Initial Term Loans, 1.00%, (x) with respect to Tranche B Term Loans, 0.00%, (y) with respect to Tranche C Term Loans, 0.00% and (z) with respect to

Tranche D Term Loans, 0.00% , then Term SOFR Rate shall be deemed to be (w) with respect to Original Initial Term Loans, 1.00%, (x) with respect to Tranche B Term Loans, 0.00%, (y) with respect to Tranche C Term Loans, 0.00% and (z) with respect to Tranche D Term Loans, 0.00%; provided, further, that with respect to any Term SOFR Rate Loans, for any Interest Period, Term SOFR Rate shall include the Term SOFR Rate Adjustment.

(vii)by amending and restating in its entirety Subsection 2.2(a) of the Credit Agreement as follows:

(a) The Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender made on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of requests relating to Loans other than the Tranche B Term Loans, the Tranche C Term Loans or the Tranche D Term Loans), the First Amendment Effective Date (in the case of requests relating to the Tranche B Term Loans), the Third Amendment Effective Date (in the case of requests relating to the Tranche C Term Loans) or the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (in the case of requests relating to the Tranche D Term Loans) or in connection with any assignment pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b), in order to evidence such Lender’s Loan, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A (each, as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Note”, and, collectively, the “Notes”), in each case with appropriate insertions therein as to payee, date and principal amount, payable to such Lender and in a principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the applicable Loans made (or acquired by assignment pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b)) by such Lender to the Borrower. Each Note shall be dated the Closing Date; provided, that each Note in respect of a Tranche B Term Loan shall be dated the First Amendment Effective Date, each Note in respect of a Tranche C Term Loan shall be dated the Third Amendment Effective Date and each Note in respect of a Tranche D Term Loan shall be dated the Fourth Amendment Effective Date. Each Note shall be payable as provided in Subsection 2.2(b) and provide for the payment of interest in accordance with Subsection 4.1.

(viii)by amending Subsection 2.2(b) of the Credit Agreement to add a new subclause (iv) as follows:

“(iv) The Tranche D Term Loans of all the Lenders shall be payable in consecutive quarterly installments beginning on June 30, 2024 up to and including the Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date (subject to reduction as provided in Subsection 4.4), on the dates (each such date, a “Tranche D Installment Date”) and in the principal amounts, subject to adjustment as set forth below, equal to the respective amounts set forth below (together with all accrued interest thereon) opposite the applicable Tranche D Installment Dates (or, if less, the aggregate amount of such Tranche D Term Loans then outstanding):


Date			Amount
The last Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter ending prior to the Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date			0.25% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the Tranche D Term Loans on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date
Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date			All unpaid aggregate principal amounts of any outstanding Tranche D Term Loans

”;

(ix)by amending and restating in its entirety Subsection 2.3 of the Credit Agreement as follows:

“The Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent notice (which notice must have been received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 P.M., New York City time (or such later time as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), and shall be revocable at any time prior to funding) one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the First Amendment Effective Date, the Third Amendment Effective Date or the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, as applicable, specifying the amount of the Initial Term Loans, the Tranche C Term Loans or the Tranche D Term Loans, as applicable, to be borrowed by the Borrower. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender thereof. Each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment, a Tranche C Term Loan Commitment or the Tranche D Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, will make the amount of its pro rata share of the applicable Initial Term Loan Commitments, the Tranche C Term Loan

Commitments or the Tranche D Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, available to the Administrative Agent, in each case for the account of the Borrower at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Subsection 11.2 prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time (or, if the time period for the Borrower’s delivery of notice was extended, such later time as agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, but in no event less than one hour following notice), on the Closing Date, the First Amendment Effective Date, the Third Amendment Effective Date or the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, as applicable, in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall on such date credit the account of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.”

(x)by amending Subsection 4.4(a) of the Credit Agreement by inserting the following as the new last sentence thereof:

“Each prepayment of Tranche D Term Loans pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(a) made prior to the date that is six months after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date in an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from its incurrence of new Indebtedness under first lien secured bank financing in a Repricing Transaction shall be accompanied by the payment of the fee required by Subsection 4.5(b)(ii).”;

(xi)by amending Subsection 4.4(e) of the Credit Agreement by inserting the following new sentence before the last sentence thereof:

“Each prepayment of Tranche D Term Loans pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(e)(ii)(A), but not any other prepayment of Tranche D Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e) made prior to the date that is six months after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date in an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from its incurrence of new Indebtedness under first lien secured bank financing in a Repricing Transaction shall be accompanied by the payment of the fee required by Subsection 4.5(b)(ii).”

(xii)by amending Subsection 4.5(b) of the Credit Agreement to add a new subclause (iv) as follows:

“(iv) If, prior to the date that is six months after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower makes an optional prepayment or mandatory prepayment pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e)(ii)(A) of all or a portion of the Tranche D Term Loans in an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from its incurrence of new Indebtedness under first lien secured bank financing in a Repricing Transaction, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender, a prepayment premium of 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche D Term Loans being prepaid. If, prior to the date that is six months after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, any Lender is replaced pursuant to Subsection 11.1(g) in connection with any amendment of this Agreement (including in connection with any refinancing transaction permitted under Subsection 11.6(g) to replace the Tranche D Term Loans) that results in a Repricing Transaction, such Lender (and not any Person who replaces such Lender pursuant to Subsection 2.10(e) or 11.1(g)) shall receive a fee equal to 1.0% of the principal amount of the Tranche D Term Loans of such Lender assigned to a replacement Lender pursuant to Subsection 2.10(e) or 11.1(g).”;

(xiii)by amending Subsection 5.16 of the Credit Agreement by deleting the reference to “and (iv)” in the first sentence thereof and replacing it with “, (iv) in the case of the Tranche D Term Loans, to effect, in part, the Tranche D Effective Date Transactions, and to pay certain fees, premiums and expenses relating thereto and (v)”;

(xiv)by amending Subsection 11.2(a) of the Credit Agreement by deleting the reference to “Schedules A, A-1 and A-2” and replacing it with “Schedules A, A-1, A-2 and A-3”; and

(xv)by amending the Schedules to the Credit Agreement by adding Annex I hereto as new Schedule A-3.

SECTION 3.Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of the Fourth Amendment, including the obligation of each Tranche D Term Lender to make, or exchange its Tranche B Term Loan for, a Tranche D Term Loan, shall become effective on the date (the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions is satisfied or waived:

(a)Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles or “.pdf” or “tiff” files unless otherwise specified, each dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date:

(i)this Fourth Amendment executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower, each Tranche D Term Lender (which, in the case of Tranche D Term Lenders, may be in the form of an Existing Lender Signature Page) and the Administrative Agent; and

(ii)the Acknowledgment and Consent attached to this Fourth Amendment (the “Acknowledgment”), executed by each Guarantor.

(b)Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following executed legal opinions, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(i)executed legal opinion of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties; and

(ii)executed legal opinion of Xxxxxxx & Knight LLP, special Florida counsel to certain of the Loan Parties.

(c)Officer’s Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Borrower, dated the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, certifying the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (f) and (g) below.

(d)Fees. The joint lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with the Fourth Amendment and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees related to this Fourth Amendment payable to them to the extent due (which may be offset against the proceeds of the Tranche D Term Loans).

(e)Secretary’s Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Borrower, dated the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Existing Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions and attachments of resolutions or other actions, evidence of incumbency and the signature of authorized signatories and Organizational Documents, executed by a Responsible Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or other authorized representative.

(f)No Default. No Default or Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or Subsection 9.1(f) of the Existing Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date or after giving effect to the making of the Tranche D Term Loans on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.

(g)Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof shall, except to the extent that they relate to a particular date, be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of such date.

(h)PATRIOT Act. The Administrative Agent shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date all documentation

and other information about the Loan Parties mutually agreed to be required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the CDD Rule, that has been reasonably requested in writing at least ten Business Days prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.

The making of, or exchange of a Tranche B Term Loan for, Tranche D Term Loans by the Tranche D Term Lenders hereunder shall conclusively be deemed to constitute an acknowledgment by the Administrative Agent and each Tranche D Term Lender that each of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 3 shall have been satisfied in accordance with its respective terms or shall have been irrevocably waived by such Person.

SECTION 4.Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Tranche D Term Lenders to consent to this Fourth Amendment and to make or exchange its Tranche B Term Loans for its respective Tranche D Term Loans, the Borrower with respect to itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries represents and warrants to each of the Tranche D Term Lenders and the Administrative Agent that on and as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to this Fourth Amendment:

(a)the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party party hereto of this Fourth Amendment is within such Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and will not (i) violate any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of such Loan Party in any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any of such Loan Party’s properties or revenues pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation;

(b)this Fourth Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party hereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law);and

(c)after giving effect to the amendments set forth in this Fourth Amendment, each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (or in any amendment, modification or supplement thereto) to which it is a party, and each of the representations and warranties contained in any certificate furnished at any time by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document are, except to the extent that they relate to a particular date, true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof.

SECTION 5.Effects on Loan Documents; Acknowledgment.

(a)Except as expressly set forth herein, this Fourth Amendment (i) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the

Loan Parties under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (ii) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof. Each Loan Party reaffirms its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date. This Fourth Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement and from and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, all references to the Existing Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Existing Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Fourth Amendment. Each of the Loan Parties hereby consents to this Fourth Amendment and confirms that all obligations of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party shall continue to apply to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

(b)Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Loan Parties party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents, in each case as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, hereby (i) acknowledges and agrees that the Tranche D Term Loans and the Tranche D Term Lenders are Lenders, (ii) acknowledges and agrees that all of its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents to which it is a party are reaffirmed and remain in full force and effect on a continuous basis, (iii) reaffirms each Lien granted by such Loan Party to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and reaffirms the guaranties made pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (iv) acknowledges and agrees that the grants of security interests by and the guaranties of such Loan Party contained in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents are, and shall remain, in full force and effect after giving effect to the Fourth Amendment and (v) agrees that the Borrower Obligations and the Guarantor Obligations (each as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) include, among other things and without limitation, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due and payable (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of principal and interest on, the Tranche D Term Loans.

SECTION 6.Lender Consents and Authorization.

(a)Each Tranche D Term Lender party hereto (i) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Fourth Amendment; (ii) confirms that it has received a copy of the Existing Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Subsections 5.1 and 7.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Fourth Amendment; (iii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue

to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (iv) appoints and authorizes each applicable Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to each such Agent, as applicable, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; (v) hereby affirms the acknowledgments and representations of such Tranche D Term Lender party hereto as a Lender contained in Subsection 10.5 of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that the reference to the “Confidential Information Memorandum” in the second sentence thereof shall instead refer to that certain Lender Presentation dated May 13, 2024 and furnished to the lenders on May 13, 2024; and (vi) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender, including its obligations pursuant to Subsection 11.16 of the Credit Agreement, and, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, its obligations pursuant to Subsection 4.11(b) of the Credit Agreement.

(b)Each Tranche D Term Lender party hereto has delivered or shall deliver herewith to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as such Tranche D Term Lender party hereto may be required to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent pursuant to Subsection 4.11 of the Credit Agreement.

(c)Upon execution, delivery and effectiveness hereof, the Administrative Agent will record the Tranche D Term Loans of each Tranche D Term Lender party hereto in the Register.

SECTION 7.Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent in accordance with Subsection 11.5 of the Credit Agreement for (1) all of its reasonable and documented and invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Fourth Amendment, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (2) the reasonable and documented and invoiced fees and disbursements of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not of counsel to any other Lender).

SECTION 8.Counterparts. This Fourth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Fourth Amendment by facsimile transmission, email or other electronic transmission (e.g., a “pdf”, “tiff” or DocuSign) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. For purposes hereof, the words “execution,” “execute,” “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formulations on electronic platforms, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic

Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act.

SECTION 9.Governing Law. THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT SUCH PRINCIPLES OR RULES ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

SECTION 10.Headings. The headings of this Fourth Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.


CORE & MAIN LP


By:			/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer

Acknowledgment and Consent

Each Guarantor acknowledges and consents to each of the foregoing provisions of this Fourth Amendment. Each Guarantor further acknowledges and agrees that all Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified by this Fourth Amendment shall be fully guaranteed and secured pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.


CORE & MAIN MIDCO, LLC


By:			/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer


CORE & MAIN INTERMEDIATE GP, LLC


By:			/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Core & Main - Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Term Loan Credit Agreement]


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and New Tranche D Term
Lender


By:			/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Director

[Core & Main - Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Term Loan Credit Agreement]

[Consenting Lender signature pages on file with the Administrative Agent]

Exhibit A

Form of Lender Signature Page to Fourth Amendment

The undersigned, a Lender holding Tranche B Term Loans (“you”), hereby consents to the Fourth Amendment to which this Existing Lender Signature Page to Fourth Amendment is attached and which will amend the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2017 (as amended by the Lender Joinder Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2019, the First Amendment, dated as of July 27, 2021, the Second Amendment, dated as of February 26, 2023, the Third Amendment, dated as of February 9, 2024, and as further amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent, and which is dated as of the date first above written and to be entered into among the Borrower, the several banks and financial institutions parties thereto as Lenders and the Administrative Agent (the “Fourth Amendment”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Fourth Amendment or the Existing Credit Agreement, as applicable.

If you are an Existing Tranche B Term Lender, you, if and only if you sign below, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approve of, and consent to, the Fourth Amendment, and to the attachment of this Existing Lender Signature Page to the Fourth Amendment, and hereby agree that all parties to the Fourth Amendment are express third party beneficiaries of this Existing Lender Signature Page to Fourth Amendment and hereby further agree as follows:

Each undersigned Existing Tranche B Term Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves of, and consents to, the Fourth Amendment and the exchange (on a cashless basis) of 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans held by such Lender for a Tranche D Term Loan in a like principal amount. Each undersigned Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect not to exchange any amount of such Lender’s Tranche B Term Loans for Tranche D Term Loans or to exchange (on a cashless basis) less than 100% of the principal amount of such Lender’s Tranche B Term Loans for Tranche D Term Loans, in which case the difference between the current principal amount of such Lender’s Tranche B Term Loans and the allocated principal amount of Tranche D Term Loans will be prepaid on, and subject to the occurrence of, the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.

[Signature Page Follows]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Existing Lender Signature Page to the Fourth Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officer(s).

[NAME OF INSTITUTION]

By: ____________________________________

Name:

Title:

If a second signature is necessary:

By: ______________________________

Name:

Title:

Name of Fund Manager (if any): ________________________

Annex I

Schedule A-3

Tranche D Term Loan Commitments


LENDER			TRANCHE B TERM LOAN COMMITMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.			$52,728,772.77
Exchanging Tranche B Term Lenders			$1,406,021,227.23
TOTAL:			$1,458,750,000.00

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