UNITED STATES

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PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED

APRIL 13, 2026

In accordance with Rule 14a-6(d) under Regulation 14A, Local Bounti Corporation intends to release definitive copies of this proxy statement to security holders on or about April 23, 2026.

Local Bounti Corporation

490 Foley Lane, Hamilton, MT 59840

Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

To Be Held on June 10, 2026

You are cordially invited to attend an annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Local Bounti Corporation (“Local Bounti,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) to be held on June 10, 2026, at 9 a.m. Mountain Time for the following purposes:

1.	To elect two Class II directors of our Board of Directors to serve for three years and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal

2.	To ratify the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026

To approve, for purposes of complying with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), (i) the issuance of up to 7,882,861 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “common stock”), upon the conversion of the convertible note issued to U.S. Bounti, LLC (“U.S. Bounti”) pursuant to the Convertible Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2026, between the Company and U.S. Bounti (the “Purchase Agreement”), and (ii) the issuance of up to 5,500,000 shares of common stock underlying the common stock purchase warrant issued to U.S. Bounti pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (such proposal, the “NYSE Approval Proposal”)

4.	To approve the adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if deemed necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of any of the foregoing proposals (such proposal, the “Adjournment Proposal”)

5.	To transact any other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof

You can find more information about each of these items, including the nominees for directors, in the proxy statement accompanying this notice. The record date for the Annual Meeting is April 13, 2026. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on that date may vote at the meeting or any postponement or adjournment of the meeting. These materials are first being delivered to stockholders on or about [ ], 2026.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote in favor of each of the nominees for director (Proposal 1) and in favor of Proposal 2, 3, and 4, each as described in the accompanying proxy statement.

Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we have elected to provide access to our proxy materials by notifying you of the availability of our proxy materials on the internet. This proxy statement and our annual report for the year ended December 31, 2025, are available on our website at localbounti.com and proxyvote.com.

The Annual Meeting will be conducted exclusively via live audiocast at virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LOCL2026. There will not be a physical location for our Annual Meeting, and you will not be able to attend the meeting in person.

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting via live audiocast. Whether or not you expect to virtually attend the Annual Meeting, please vote on the matters to be considered as promptly as possible to ensure your representation at the Annual Meeting. You may vote via the internet, by telephone, or by returning the enclosed proxy card. Even if you have voted by proxy, you may still vote via live audiocast if you virtually attend the Annual Meeting by going to virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LOCL2026 and logging in using the 16-digit control number found on your proxy card or voting instruction form. Once you are admitted as a stockholder to the Annual Meeting, you may vote and ask questions by following the instructions available on the meeting website. Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank, or other nominee and you wish to vote at the meeting, you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from that record holder. Your proxy is revocable in accordance with the procedures set forth in the proxy statement.

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You are encouraged to log in to this website before the Annual Meeting begins. Online check-in will be available approximately 15 minutes before the meeting starts. If you encounter any difficulties accessing or participating in the meeting through the meeting website, please call the support team at the number listed on the website log-in screen.

By order of the Board of Directors

Margaret McCandless

Corporate Secretary

Hamilton, Montana

[ ], 2026

* Your vote is important, so please act today! *

Important Notice regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials

for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Local Bounti Corporation To Be Held on June 10, 2026

Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting, we encourage you to vote and submit your proxy via the internet, telephone, or mail. For additional instructions on voting by the internet or telephone, please refer to your proxy card. To vote and submit your proxy by mail, please complete, sign, and date the enclosed proxy card and return it in the enclosed envelope. If you attend the Annual Meeting, you may revoke your proxy and vote virtually. If you hold your shares through an account with a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from your account manager to vote your shares.

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Local Bounti Corporation

490 Foley Lane, Hamilton, MT 59840

Proxy Statement for

2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Local Bounti Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Local Bounti,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is soliciting your proxy to vote at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Local Bounti to be held exclusively via live audiocast at virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LOCL2026 on June 10, 2026, at 9 a.m. Mountain Time, including at any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual-only format. You are invited to attend and vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting and submit questions by following the instructions available on the meeting website.

You are encouraged to log in to the website above before the Annual Meeting begins. Online check-in will be available approximately 15 minutes before the meeting starts. If you encounter any difficulties accessing or participating in the Annual Meeting through the meeting website, please call the support team at the number listed on the website log-in screen.

Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we have elected to provide access to our proxy materials by notifying you of the availability of our proxy materials on the internet. On or about [ ], 2026, we will begin mailing the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to our stockholders of record and beneficial owners as of the record date. You do not need to attend the Annual Meeting via live audiocast to vote your shares. Instead, you may vote your shares by proxy via the internet or by completing, signing, and returning the enclosed proxy card.

Questions and Answers

Why have I received these materials? The Board is soliciting proxies to vote at the Annual Meeting to be held on June 10, 2026, at 9 a.m. Mountain Time. You are receiving this proxy statement and proxy card from us because you owned shares of our common stock on April 13, 2026, which we refer to as the record date. As a stockholder of record as of the record date, you are invited to attend the Annual Meeting via live audio webcast, and we request that you vote on the proposals described in this proxy statement. However, you do not need to attend the Annual Meeting to vote your shares. Instead, you may vote your shares by proxy by the internet or telephone or by completing, signing, and returning the enclosed proxy card.

How do I attend the Annual Meeting? The Annual Meeting will be held on June 10, 2026, at 9 a.m. Mountain Time exclusively via live audiocast at virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LOCL2026 and logging in using the 16-digit control number found on your proxy card or voting instruction form. Once you are admitted as a stockholder to the Annual Meeting, you may vote and ask questions by following the instructions available on the meeting website. You are encouraged to log in to this website before the Annual Meeting begins. Online check-in will be available approximately 15 minutes before the meeting starts. If you encounter any difficulties accessing or participating in the Annual Meeting through the meeting website, please call the support team at the numbers listed on the website log-in screen.

Who may vote? You are entitled to vote if our records show that you held one or more shares of our common stock at the close of business on April 13, 2026, the record date. On the record date, there were [ ] shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, and [ ] holders of record. Each share entitles you to one vote at the Annual Meeting.

What is the difference between holding shares as a stockholder of record and as a beneficial owner? If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, you are considered a “stockholder of record” with respect to those shares.

You are a beneficial owner if, at the close of business on the record date, your shares were held by a broker, bank, trustee, or nominee and not in your name. Being a beneficial owner means that your shares are held in “street name.” As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee how to vote your shares by following the voting instructions your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee provides. If you do not provide your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares, your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee will not be able to vote your shares with respect to any of the proposals except for routine proposals as described below.

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What am I voting on? There are four matters scheduled for a vote and for which we are soliciting your proxy:

1.	The election of two Class II directors to serve on our Board for three years and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal

2.	The ratification of our appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026

To approve, for purposes of complying with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), (i) the issuance of up to 7,882,861 shares of common stock upon the conversion of the Note (as defined below) issued to U.S. Bounti pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below), and (ii) the issuance of up to 5,500,000 shares of common stock underlying the Warrant (as defined below) issued to U.S. Bounti pursuant to the Purchase Agreement

4.	To approve the adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if deemed necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of any of the foregoing proposals

You may vote “FOR” all the nominees to the Board, or you may “WITHHOLD” your vote for any nominees you specify. You may vote “FOR” or “AGAINST” Proposal 2, 3, and 4 or abstain from voting.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” each nominee for director (Proposal 1) and “FOR” Proposal 2, 3, and 4.

We do not know of any business to be presented at the Annual Meeting other than the four proposals discussed above. If other business comes before the meeting and is proper under Delaware law, the proxy holders will use their discretion in casting all of the votes that they are entitled to cast.

How do I vote if I am a stockholder of record? If you were a holder of record of our common stock on April 13, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, you may use the following methods to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting:

•	By Mail. You may vote by completing, signing, dating, and returning your paper proxy in the accompanying postage prepaid envelope. Please allow sufficient time for us to receive your proxy card if you decide to vote by mail.

•	By Telephone. You can vote your shares by telephone by calling the phone number on the proxy card and following the voice instructions.

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Via the Internet. You can vote your shares by the internet by following the instructions in the enclosed proxy card. The internet voting procedures are designed to authenticate your identity, allow you to vote your shares, and confirm that your voting instructions have been properly recorded. If you vote via the internet, you do not need to mail a proxy card.

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Virtually at the Annual Meeting. If you virtually attend the meeting, you may vote by going to virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LOCL2026 and logging in using the 16-digit control number found on your proxy card or voting instruction form. Once you are admitted as a stockholder to the Annual Meeting, which will be held as a live audio webcast, you may vote and ask questions by following the instructions available on the meeting website. You are encouraged to log in to this website before the Annual Meeting begins. Online check-in will be available approximately 15 minutes before the meeting starts. If you encounter any difficulties accessing or participating in the Annual Meeting through the meeting website, please call the support team at the number listed on the website log-in screen.

How do I vote if I hold my shares in street name? If, on the record date of April 13, 2026, your shares were held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other stockholder of record, you may use the following methods to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting:

•	By Mail, Telephone, or the Internet. You should receive instructions from your bank, broker, or other nominee explaining how to vote your shares by mail, telephone, or the internet. If you wish to vote your shares by mail, telephone, or the internet, you should follow those instructions.

•	Virtually at the Annual Meeting. If you attend the meeting virtually, you will need to follow the instructions included on your broker-provided notice or proxy card.

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If you do not provide instructions with your proxy, your bank, broker, or other nominee (collectively referred to as a “broker”) will determine if it has the discretionary authority to vote on the particular matter.

Under applicable rules, brokers have the discretion to vote on routine matters but do not have the discretion to vote on non-routine matters. For example, if you do not provide voting instructions to your broker, the broker could vote your shares for the ratification of the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (Proposal 2) because it is deemed to be a routine matter, but the broker could not vote your shares for Proposal 1, the election of Class II directors, because it is deemed to be a non-routine matter.

If you do not provide voting instructions to your broker and the broker has delivered a proxy card indicating that it does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular proposal, your shares will be considered as “broker non-votes” with regard to that proposal. Broker non-votes will be counted for the purpose of determining the existence of a quorum but generally will not be considered as entitled to vote with respect to that proposal. Broker non-votes are not counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast with respect to a particular proposal. Thus, a broker non-vote will make a quorum more readily obtainable, but the broker non-vote will not otherwise affect the outcome of the vote on a proposal that requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote.

How are votes counted? Votes will be counted by the inspector of election appointed by the Board for the meeting, who will separately count “FOR” and “WITHHOLD” votes and any broker non-votes for the election of directors. Broker non-votes will not count for or against any nominees.

With respect to Proposal 2, 3, and 4, the inspector of election will separately count “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” votes. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not have an effect on Proposal 2, 3, and 4.

How many votes are needed to approve each of the proposals? Provided that a quorum is present, approval of the proposals described in this proxy statement will require the following affirmative votes (among votes properly cast virtually or by proxy):

•	Proposal 1 – Election of our two nominees for Class II directors. The two nominees receiving the most “FOR” votes will be elected.

•	Proposal 2 – Ratification of the selection of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. This proposal will be approved if the holders of a majority of votes cast affirmatively vote “FOR” the proposal.

•	Proposal 3 – The NYSE Approval Proposal. This proposal will be approved if the holders of a majority of votes cast affirmatively vote “FOR” the proposal.

•	Proposal 4 – The Adjournment Proposal. This proposal will be approved if the holders of a majority of votes cast affirmatively vote “FOR” the proposal.

What is the effect of abstentions? Abstentions are counted as shares that are present and entitled to vote for the purposes of determining the presence of a quorum and will have no impact for purposes of determining the approval of Proposals 1, 2, 3, and 4.

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A summary of the voting provisions for the matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, provided a valid quorum is present or represented at the Annual Meeting, is as follows:

Proposal

Vote

Board

Recommendation

Routine or

Non-Routine

Discretionary

Voting by

Broker

Permitted?

Vote

Required

for Approval

Impact of

Abstentions

Impact of

Broker

Non-Votes

Election of director nominees

FOR

Non-routine, thus if you hold your shares in street name, your broker may not vote your shares for you if you do not provide instructions to your broker

Plurality

No impact

Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm

FOR

Routine, thus

if you hold your shares in street name, your broker may vote your shares for you absent any other instructions from you

Yes

Majority

of votes cast affirmatively

No impact

Broker

has the discretion

to vote

Approval for purposes of complying with the rules of the NYSE, (i) the issuance of up to 7,882,861 shares of common stock upon the conversion of the Note issued to U.S. Bounti pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (ii) the issuance of up to 5,500,000 shares of common stock underlying the Warrant issued to U.S. Bounti pursuant to the Purchase Agreement

FOR

Non-routine, thus if you hold your shares in street name, your broker may not vote your shares for you if you do not provide instructions to your broker

Majority

of votes cast affirmatively

No impact

Approval of the adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if deemed necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of any of the foregoing proposals

FOR

Non-routine, thus if you hold your shares in street name, your broker may not vote your shares for you if you do not provide instructions to your broker

Majority

of votes cast affirmatively

No impact

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How will Local Bounti’s representative proxy holders vote for me? Kathleen Valiasek, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Margaret McCandless, our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, or anyone else that they choose as their substitutes, have been appointed by the Board as proxy holders to vote in your place as your proxies at the Annual Meeting. The proxy holders will vote your shares as you instruct them. If you sign, date, and return the enclosed proxy card and do not indicate how you want your shares voted, the proxy holders will vote as our Board recommends. If there is an interruption or adjournment of the Annual Meeting before the agenda is completed, the proxy holders may still vote your shares when the meeting resumes. If a broker holds your common stock, they will ask you for instructions and instruct the proxy holders to vote the shares held by them in accordance with your instructions.

Why is Local Bounti submitting the NYSE Approval Proposal to its stockholders? On March 13, 2026, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with U.S. Bounti, our majority stockholder, providing for the purchase, sale, and issuance of (i) a convertible note with an initial principal balance of $15.0 million (the “Note”) and (ii) a common stock purchase warrant (the “Warrant”) pursuant to which U.S. Bounti has the right to purchase and acquire up to 5,500,000 shares of common stock.

The initial conversion price of the Note is $2.50 per share of common stock (the “Conversion Price”). The Warrant is exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $0.125 per share of common stock (the “Exercise Price”) and will expire 10 years from the initial exercise date.

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE, and we are subject to the rules set forth in the NYSE Listed Company Manual (the “NYSE Rules”). Section 312.03(b)(i) of the NYSE Rules requires stockholder approval prior to the issuance of common stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock, in any transaction or series of related transactions, subject to certain exceptions, in which the common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock are issued to a director, an officer, a controlling shareholder or member of a control group, or any other substantial security holder of the company that has an affiliated person who is an officer or director of the company (an “Active Related Party”) if the number of shares of common stock to be issued, or if the number of shares of common stock into which the securities may be convertible or exercisable, exceeds either (i) 1% of the number of shares of common stock, or (ii) 1% of the voting power outstanding before the issuance (the “NYSE Active Related Party Cap”).

However, stockholder approval is not required if such transaction is a cash sale for a price that is at least the “Minimum Price.” “Minimum Price” is defined in Section 312 of the NYSE Rules as a price that is the lower of (i) the Official Closing Price immediately preceding the signing of the binding agreement, or (ii) the average Official Closing Price for the five trading days immediately preceding the signing of the binding agreement. “Official Closing Price” means the closing price on the NYSE as reported to the Consolidated Tape immediately preceding the signing of a binding agreement to issue the securities.

The approval of the Company’s stockholders is required under the NYSE Rules because U.S. Bounti is deemed to be an Active Related Party under the NYSE Rules and the issuance to U.S. Bounti of the shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Note (the “Conversion Shares”) and the shares of common stock underlying the Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”) exceeds the NYSE Active Related Party Cap. Additionally, the Conversion Price of the Note and the Exercise Price of the Warrant were below the NYSE Minimum Price. Because the issuance to U.S. Bounti of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares would have resulted in U.S. Bounti receiving greater than 1% of the 22,224,121 shares of common stock outstanding immediately before the closing of the Purchase Agreement, we must seek stockholder approval prior to making such issuance.

In addition, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company is required to seek stockholder approval for the issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.

The NYSE Approval Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal.

What will happen if the NYSE Approval Proposal is approved? If stockholders approve the NYSE Approval Proposal, U.S. Bounti may elect to convert all or any portion of the Note Obligations Amount (as that term is defined in the Note) into the applicable number of Conversion Shares without additional stockholder approval. In addition, the Warrant may be exercised by U.S. Bounti for the underlying Warrant Shares, pursuant to the terms thereof, without additional stockholder approval.

What will happen if the NYSE Approval Proposal is not approved? If we are unable to obtain approval of the NYSE Approval Proposal, we will be unable to issue the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares, to the extent

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such issuance would exceed 1% of our issued and outstanding common stock. The Purchase Agreement provides that U.S. Bounti will not have the right to receive, upon conversion of the Note or exercise of the Warrant, any shares of common stock if the issuance of such shares would exceed 1% of our issued and outstanding common stock. However, such limitation will not apply after the date that our stockholders approve the NYSE Approval Proposal.

Furthermore, in the event that the NYSE Approval Proposal is not approved by our stockholders, we will be obligated under the Purchase Agreement to call an additional meeting of stockholders every four months thereafter until stockholder approval is obtained. The failure to approve the NYSE Approval Proposal will therefore likely result in our incurring additional costs as we continue to seek approval of a similar proposal from our stockholders at future meetings.

Does the Board and Local Bounti’s management support the NYSE Approval Proposal? The Board and our management support the NYSE Approval Proposal and believe it to be in the best interests of Local Bounti and our stockholders. We expect that the NYSE Approval Proposal will receive a sufficient number of votes at the Annual Meeting to ensure that it is approved.

Can I change my vote after I have returned my proxy card? Yes. After you have submitted a proxy, you may change your vote at any time before the proxy is exercised by submitting a notice of revocation or a proxy bearing a later date. Accordingly, you may change your vote either by submitting a proxy card prior to or at the Annual Meeting or by voting virtually at the Annual Meeting. The later submitted vote will be recorded, and the earlier vote will be revoked. You also may revoke your proxy by sending a notice of revocation to our Corporate Secretary, which must be received prior to the Annual Meeting. If your shares are held by your broker, you should follow the instructions provided by your broker.

What constitutes a quorum for purposes of the Annual Meeting? To carry on business at the Annual Meeting, we must have a quorum. A quorum is present when a majority of the shares entitled to vote, as of the record date, are represented virtually or by proxy. Your shares will be counted towards the quorum only if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your broker) or if you vote virtually at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted towards the quorum requirement. If there is not a quorum at the Annual Meeting, our stockholders may adjourn the meeting.

Who pays for this solicitation? We will pay the cost of preparing, assembling, printing, mailing, and distributing these proxy materials and soliciting votes. We may, on request, reimburse brokerage firms and other nominees for their expenses in forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners. In addition to soliciting proxies by mail, we expect that our directors, officers, and employees may solicit proxies virtually or by telephone or email. None of these individuals will receive any additional or special compensation for doing this, although we may reimburse these individuals for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. We have the option, but do not expect, to retain a proxy solicitor.

What does it mean if I receive multiple proxy cards? If you receive more than one proxy card, it means that your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. Please sign and return all proxy cards to ensure that all of your shares are voted.

What happens when two stockholders share the same address? We may satisfy the SEC rules regarding delivery of proxy statements by delivering a single proxy statement to an address shared by two or more of our stockholders. This delivery method is known as “householding” and can result in meaningful cost savings for us. To take advantage of this opportunity, we may deliver only one proxy statement to multiple stockholders who share an address unless contrary instructions are received prior to the mailing date. Similarly, if you share an address with another stockholder and have received multiple copies of our proxy materials, you may write us at the address above or call us at 800-640-4016 to request delivery of a single copy of these materials in the future. We undertake to deliver promptly, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of the proxy statement to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy of these documents was delivered. If you hold stock as a record stockholder and prefer to receive separate copies of a proxy statement either now or in the future, please contact us.

What happens if other business not discussed in this proxy statement comes before the meeting? We do not know of any business to be presented at the Annual Meeting other than the proposals discussed in this proxy statement. If other business comes before the meeting and is proper under Delaware law, the proxy holders will use their discretion in casting all of the votes that they are entitled to cast.

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How can I find out the results of the voting at the Annual Meeting? We will announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting. We will also disclose voting results on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four business days after the Annual Meeting.

When are stockholder proposals due for next year’s annual meeting of the stockholders? Our stockholders are entitled to present proposals for action at a forthcoming meeting if they comply with the requirements of our bylaws and the rules established by the SEC.

Under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), if you want us to include a proposal in the proxy materials for our 2027 annual meeting of stockholders, we must receive the proposal at our executive offices at 490 Foley Lane, Hamilton, MT 59840 by December 24, 2026.

Under our bylaws, a stockholder who wishes to present a proposal, including director nominations, before an annual meeting of stockholders but does not intend for the proposal to be included in our proxy statement must provide notice of its proposal not earlier than February 10, 2027, and not later than March 12, 2027. If we hold our 2027 annual meeting of stockholders more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after the one-year anniversary of the Annual Meeting, the deadline will instead be the later of the close of business on the 90th day prior to the 2027 annual meeting or the close of business on the 10th day following the first public disclosure of the 2027 annual meeting date. The notice and proposal should be addressed to the attention of our Corporate Secretary at our executive offices at the address listed on the cover of this proxy statement, and we suggest that it be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.

In addition to satisfying the requirements under our bylaws, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than Local Bounti’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act (including a statement that the stockholder intends to solicit the holders of shares representing at least 67% of the voting power of Local Bounti’s shares entitled to vote on the election of directors in support of director nominees other than Local Bounti’s nominees) to comply with the universal proxy rules, which notice must be postmarked or transmitted electronically to Local Bounti at our principal executive offices no later than 60 calendar days prior to the anniversary date of the annual meeting (for the 2027 annual meeting, no later than April 11, 2027). However, if the date of the 2027 annual meeting changes by more than 30 calendar days from the anniversary date, then notice must be provided by the later of 60 calendar days prior to the date of the 2027 annual meeting and the 10th calendar day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the 2027 annual meeting is first made.

Any proposal that you submit must comply with our bylaws and SEC rules.

Whom can I contact for further information? If you would like additional copies of this proxy statement, free of charge, or if you have questions about the Annual Meeting, the proposals, or the procedures for voting your shares, you should contact our Corporate Secretary at 800-640-4016.

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Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

Pursuant to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, our Board is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. The total number of authorized directors on our Board is currently fixed at eight.

Our Board consists of three Class I directors—Pamela Brewster, Michael Molnar, and Matthew Nordby; two Class II directors—Mark J. Nelson and Charles R. Schwab, Jr.; and three Class III directors—Craig M. Hurlbert, Travis M. Joyner, and Kathleen Valiasek. The Class I, Class II, and Class III directors will serve until our annual meetings of stockholders to be held in 2028, 2026, and 2027, respectively, or until the director’s successor is duly elected and qualified or until the director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification, or removal. Upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, our Board has nominated Mark J. Nelson and Charles R. Schwab, Jr. as Class II directors at the Annual Meeting. Mark J. Nelson and Charles R. Schwab, Jr. are current Class II directors and standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders cannot submit proxies voting for a greater number of persons than the two nominees named in this Proposal 1. Each director to be elected will hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2029 and until their successor is elected and qualified or until the director’s death, retirement, resignation, or removal. Each nominee is currently a director of Local Bounti and has agreed to serve if elected, and we have no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve.

There are no family relationships between any of our directors, nominees, or executive officers. There are also no arrangements or understandings between any director, nominee, or executive officer and any other person pursuant to which the person has been or will be selected as a director or executive officer.

Nominees for Class II Directors


Name	Age	Class	Position
Mark J. Nelson	57	II	Audit Committee Chair and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Member

Charles R. Schwab, Jr.	61	II	Director

Mark J. Nelson. Mark J. Nelson has served as a member of our Board since March 2021. Mr. Nelson served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Beyond Meat, Inc. (Nasdaq: BYND), a producer of plant-based meat substitutes, from May 2017 to May 2021, and from December 2015 to March 2017, he served in various capacities at the company, including Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. From March 2017 to May 2017, Mr. Nelson served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Biolase (Nasdaq: BIOL), a medical device company, and from April 2013 to November 2015, he was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Farmer Bros. Co. (Nasdaq: FARM), a manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor of coffee, tea, spices, and culinary products. Mr. Nelson started his career at General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) as a member of GE’s Financial Management Program and worked at Thermo Fisher, a biotechnology product development company (NYSE: TMO), and served in various leadership positions at Newport Corporation, a formerly publicly traded global supplier of advanced technology products and systems. Mr. Nelson previously served as a director of The Real Good Food Company, Inc. (OTC: RGFC) and Hungryroot. Mr. Nelson has a B.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and an M.B.A. degree from Babson College.

We believe Mr. Nelson is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive public company experience in executive positions; public company board service; CFO and finance experience; operational experience; and experience in the food production and food service industries.

Charles R. Schwab, Jr. Charles “Sandy” Schwab, Jr. has served as a member of the Board since March 2025. Mr. Schwab served as Founder and Managing Partner of Chess Ventures from 2001 through 2016, where he focused on investments in early-stage financial services technology companies. Mr. Schwab started his career at Banque Paribas in 1990, where he served as Vice President in the High Yield and Risk Arbitrage Group. Mr. Schwab received a B.A. in economics from Northwestern University and an M.B.A in finance and accounting from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

We believe Mr. Schwab is qualified to serve as a director because of his significant experience with business development, finance, executive leadership, and strategic planning.

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Continuing Directors

Name

Age

Class

Term

Expires

at Annual

Meeting in

this Year

Position

Pamela Brewster

2028

Compensation Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member

Michael Molnar

2028

Audit Committee Member

Matthew Nordby

2028

Lead Independent Director, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair, and Compensation Committee Member

Craig M. Hurlbert

III

2027

Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, and Chairman of the Board

Travis M. Joyner

III

2027

Co-Founder

Kathleen Valiasek

III

2027

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pamela Brewster. Pamela Brewster has served as a member of our Board since November 2021. Ms. Brewster also served as a member of the Board of our predecessor company from November 2020 to November 2021. Ms. Brewster is the Principal at Orange Strategies LLC, a political and government affairs consulting firm. Ms. Brewster founded Orange Strategies in 2014 following 14 years as Vice President of Government Affairs at the Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW), where she was responsible for managing Schwab’s state and local government relations efforts; overseeing Schwab PAC, the company’s political action committee; and acting as the company’s in-house political advisor. She continues to provide advisory and consulting services to Charles R. Schwab. Previously, Ms. Brewster worked at the public relations firm of Alexander Ogilvy, where she was the head of the firm’s Tech Policy Communications practice. At Alexander, she represented a variety of high-tech clients. Prior to joining Alexander, Ms. Brewster worked in Washington, D.C., representing telecommunications and technology interests on Capitol Hill. Ms. Brewster earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Davis and a M.A. in public administration and policy from the American University in Washington, D.C.

We believe Ms. Brewster is qualified to serve as a director because of her extensive government relations experience; experience providing advisory and consulting services to public companies, including high-tech companies; business development experience; and experience with regulatory affairs and risk management.

Michael Molnar. Mike Molnar has served as a member of the Board since March 2025. Mr. Molnar brings extensive experience in analytics, entrepreneurship, and strategic decision-making across leading financial and operating roles. Most recently, he held a leadership role on the commercial side of Genentech, a leading biotechnology company. At Genentech, Mr. Molnar led data-driven strategy initiatives across the $100 billion organization and managed the biopharma industry’s top-ranked competitive intelligence team. He was also elected to the Board of Directors of SCIP, the strategic and competitive intelligence trade association. Prior to this, Mr. Molnar founded and led a successful artisan bread company. Mr. Molnar began his career on Wall Street, conducting corporate valuations at Arthur Andersen, executing middle-market leveraged buyouts at Heller Financial, managing technology equity offerings at Robertson Stephens, and working in technology venture capital at Davenport Capital Ventures. Mr. Molnar currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of OnCore Golf and serves on the Board of LAB Golf. He was previously on the Board at Player Biltong. Mr. Molnar earned a B.B.A. in finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

We believe Mr. Molnar is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive experience in analytics, entrepreneurship, and guiding companies’ strategic and operating decision making.

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Matthew Nordby. Matthew Nordby has served as a member of our Board since November 2021. Mr. Nordby is the Founder and Managing Partner of Flume Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on investing in enterprise technology companies. Prior to founding Flume in April 2023, Mr. Nordby served as a Partner at Lion Capital, where he remains an advisor, from January 2019 to April 2023. Previously, Mr. Nordby served as President of Playboy Enterprises (Nasdaq: PLBY), leading their global licensing business to over $1.5 billion in annual revenue. He also served as an executive in the technology industry which included building software start-up Greenplum, acquired by EMC in 2010. He launched his career at Sun Microsystems where he held various leadership positions. Mr. Nordby received his B.A. from Auburn University.

We believe Mr. Nordby is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive operational and transactional experience; business development experience; leadership experience; and experience with executive compensation, human capital management, international business, marketing, M&A, and strategic planning.

Craig M. Hurlbert. Craig Hurlbert has served as our Executive Chairman since March 2025 and as a member of our Board since November 2021. He previously served as our Chief Executive Officer from December 2023 to March 2025, our Senior Vice President of Strategy from June 2023 to December 2023, and our Co-Chief Executive Officer from November 2021 to June 2023. Mr. Hurlbert co-founded Local Bounti in August 2018. Mr. Hurlbert also co-founded BrightMark Partners, LLC, a growth equity and management firm providing capital and resources to venture, growth phase and middle-market businesses, and served as a Managing Partner from January 2014 to March 2021. Previously, Mr. Hurlbert served in various leadership roles at TAS Energy, a leading provider of high efficiency and modular cooling and energy systems for the data center, commercial, industrial, and power generation markets, including President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Hurlbert also held leadership roles at General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and North American Energy Services. Mr. Hurlbert is currently the Chairman of the Board at Clearas Water Recovery, a company utilizing patented, sustainable, and proprietary technology to solve high nutrient wastewater challenges in the municipal and industrial water markets. Mr. Hurlbert earned his B.S. in Finance from San Diego State University and his M.B.A. from California State University-Long Beach.

We believe Mr. Hurlbert is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive senior management experience at various companies and business background; leadership experience; and experience with M&A and strategic planning.

Travis M. Joyner. Travis Joyner has served as a member of our Board since November 2021. He previously served as our Chief Technology Officer from June 2023 to January 2025 and Co-Chief Executive Officer from November 2021 to June 2023. Mr. Joyner co-founded Local Bounti in August 2018. Mr. Joyner also co-founded BrightMark Partners, LLC, a growth equity and management firm providing capital and resources to venture, growth phase and middle-market businesses, and served as a Managing Partner from January 2014 to March 2021. At BrightMark Partners, LLC, Mr. Joyner was an active director for many portfolio companies, driving with growth plan execution, building core business infrastructure, and leading many successful debt and equity transactions. His areas of expertise include quantitative analysis, corporate strategy, technology development, market analysis, organizational design structure, market strategy, branding, and capital campaigns. Mr. Joyner earned a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, where his graduate focus was market research and statistics, a Certificate of Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a J.D. from the University of Montana, and his B.A. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, graduating with distinction.

We believe Mr. Joyner is qualified to serve as a director because of his expertise in management and marketing strategy; experience in controlled environment agriculture, food service, and agriculture industries; and experience in finance, M&A, intellectual property, legal and regulatory, and strategic planning.

Kathleen Valiasek. Kathleen Valiasek has served as a member of our Board since December 2025. She also has served as our Chief Executive Officer since March 2025 and our President since June 2024. Ms. Valiasek previously served as our Chief Financial Officer from November 2021 to December 2025. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of our predecessor company from April 2021 to November 2021. Previously, Ms. Valiasek served as Chief Financial Officer from January 2017 to June 2019 and Chief Business Officer from June 2019 to March 2021 at Amyris (Nasdaq: AMRS), a science and technology leader in the research, development, and production of sustainable ingredients for the clean health and beauty and flavors and fragrances markets. Prior to Amyris, Ms. Valiasek served as Chief Executive Officer of Lenox Group, Inc., a finance and strategic consulting firm she founded in 1994, and, in this capacity, she worked closely with the senior management teams of fast-growing

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companies including start-ups, venturebacked, and Fortune 500 companies such as Albertsons, CVS, Gap, Kaiser Permanente, and Softbank. At Lenox Group, Ms. Valiasek was typically engaged for critical roles on multi-year assignments including M&A transactions, debt and equity financings, IPOs, and spinoffs. Ms. Valiasek holds a B.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Required Vote

The two nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as Class II directors. Shares represented by executed proxies will be voted, if authority to do so is not withheld, for the election of the two nominees named above. If any nominee becomes unavailable for election due to an unexpected occurrence, shares that would have been voted for the nominee will instead be voted for the election of a substitute nominee proposed by our Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Under applicable rules, brokers are prohibited from giving proxies to vote on elections of directors unless the beneficial owner of the shares has given voting instructions on the matter. This means that if your broker is the record holder of your shares, you must give voting instructions to your broker with respect to the two nominees in this Proposal 1 if you want your broker to vote your shares on the matter. Otherwise, your shares will be treated as broker non-votes. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” each nominee named in Proposal 1.

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Director Compensation

Nonemployee Director Compensation Policy

Our Board has adopted a Director Compensation Policy, which sets forth the annual cash and equity compensation to which nonemployee directors are entitled, as summarized below:


Pay Component			Annual Fees
Annual Cash Retainer			$87,500
Annual Equity Retainer			$87,500
Annual Committee Chair Retainers:
Audit			$20,000
Compensation			$15,000
NCGC			$10,000
Annual Lead Independent Director Premium			$15,000

With respect to the annual equity retainer, at each annual stockholders’ meeting, nonemployee directors receive an award of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as determined by the Board, with a grant date value of $87,500, which RSUs will vest in full upon the earlier of the first anniversary of the date of grant or the next annual stockholders’ meeting, subject to the director’s continuous service through the applicable vesting date. For each nonemployee director who remains in continuous service as a member of the Board until immediately prior to the consummation of a “change in control” (as defined in our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan), any unvested portion of an equity award granted in consideration of the nonemployee director’s service as a member of the Board will vest in full immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the consummation of the change in control.

The Board has the discretion to grant additional equity awards to certain nonemployee directors for services to Local Bounti that exceed the standard expectations for a nonemployee director or for other circumstances determined to be appropriate by the Board. We also reimburse directors for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with attending Board and committee meetings.

Nonemployee Director Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of our nonemployee directors for the year ended December 31, 2025.


Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)	Stock Awards ($)(1)	Total ($)
Pamela Brewster	$102,500	$87,500	$190,000
Michael Molnar⁽²⁾	$65,865	$87,500	$153,365
Mark J. Nelson	$105,000	$87,500	$192,500
Matthew Nordby	$106,250	$87,500	$193,750
Charles R. Schwab, Jr.⁽²⁾	$—⁽³⁾	$87,500	$87,500
Jennifer Carr-Smith⁽⁴⁾	$21,875	—	$21,875
Edward C. Forst⁽⁴⁾	$30,625	$30,653	$61,278

(1)

Amount represents the grant date fair value of RSUs granted or modified in 2025, calculated in accordance with financial statement reporting rules. You can find information about the assumptions used to calculate grant date fair values in Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. On June 11, 2025, each then-current nonemployee director received 43,750 RSUs that vest in full upon the earlier of the first anniversary of the date of grant or the next annual stockholders’ meeting, subject to the nonemployee director’s continuous service through the vesting date. In accordance with financial statement reporting rules, the grant date fair value for each RSU was $2.00, which was the closing price of our common stock on the grant date. As of December 31, 2025, each then-current nonemployee director held 43,750 RSUs. In connection with Mr. Forst’s resignation from the Board, the Compensation Committee accelerated the vesting of 14,880 RSUs previously granted to Mr. Forst in recognition of the significant time that he dedicated to Local Bounti as lead independent director in support of our March 2025 equity financing and debt restructuring. In accordance with financial statement reporting rules, the fair value for each accelerated RSU was $2.06, which was the closing price of our common stock on the modification date.

(2)	Michael Molnar and Charles R. Schwab, Jr. were appointed to the Board effective March 31, 2025.

(3)	Charles R. Schwab, Jr. waived his cash fees for 2025.

(4)	Jennifer Carr-Smith and Edward C. Forst each resigned from the Board effective March 31, 2025.

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Corporate Governance

Board Composition

Our Board is comprised of eight directors. Five of our current directors—Pamela Brewster, Michael Molnar, Mark J. Nelson, Matthew Nordby, and Charles R. Schwab, Jr.—qualify as independent under NYSE listing standards. Our Board has appointed Craig M. Hurlbert, our Executive Chairman, to serve as Chairman of the Board and Matthew Nordby to serve as our lead independent director.

Our Board is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Only one class of directors will be elected at each annual stockholders’ meeting, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms. Upon the expiration of the term of a class of directors, a director in that class will be eligible to be elected for a new three-year term at the annual stockholders’ meeting in the year in which their term expires.

Our directors are divided among the three classes as follows:


Director	Class	Term Expires at the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in This Year
Pamela Brewster	I	2028
Michael Molnar	I	2028
Matthew Nordby	I	2028
Mark J. Nelson	II	2026
Charles R. Schwab, Jr.	II	2026
Craig M. Hurlbert	III	2027
Travis M. Joyner	III	2027
Kathleen Valiasek	III	2027

Board Meetings

Our Board held 10 meetings during 2025.

Board and Committee Meeting Attendance

During 2025, each director attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and the committees on which the director served. Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, directors are expected to regularly attend meetings of the Board and committees on which the director sits and to review prior to meetings material distributed in advance for the meetings.

Attendance at Annual Meeting

Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, directors are invited and encouraged to attend our annual stockholders’ meetings, either in person or by teleconference or video conference. Four directors attended our 2025 annual stockholders’ meeting.

Communication with Directors

Stockholders and other interested parties who wish to communicate with our Board as a whole, Chairman of the Board, lead independent director, or independent directors as a group may do so by submitting the communication in writing to our Board, c/o our Corporate Secretary.

All communications are opened and reviewed, and communications that relate to matters that are within the scope of the responsibilities of the Board will be forwarded to the Chairman of the Board, lead independent director, or independent directors as a group, as applicable. If the correspondence is addressed to the Board, the Chairman of the Board will share it with the other Board members as the Chairman determines is appropriate for the Board to review the correspondence. Unsolicited items, junk mail, and frivolous or inappropriate communications and items unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of our Board will not be provided to directors.

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The address for these communications is:

Local Bounti Corporation

490 Foley Lane

Hamilton, MT 59840

Attention: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Telephone: 800-640-4016

Director Independence

Our Board has undertaken a review of its composition, the composition of its committees, and the independence of each director and considered whether any director has a material relationship with us that could compromise their ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out their responsibilities. Based on information provided by each director concerning their background, employment, and affiliations, including family relationships, our Board has determined that each of Pamela Brewster, Michael Molnar, Mark J. Nelson, Matthew Nordby, and Charles R. Schwab, Jr. does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of these directors is independent as that term is defined under SEC rules and NYSE listing standards. In making these determinations, our Board considered the current and prior relationships that each nonemployee director has with Local Bounti and all other facts and circumstances our Board deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each nonemployee director and the transactions involving them described below under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions.”

Board Leadership Structure

Our Board has determined that it should maintain the flexibility to select the chairperson of the Board and adjust its Board leadership structure based on circumstances existing from time to time and based on criteria that are in our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders, including the composition, skills, diversity, and experience of the Board and its members, specific challenges faced by us or our industry, and governance efficiency. Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, which provide for the appointment of a lead independent director at any time when the chairperson is not independent. Craig M. Hurlbert, our Executive Chairman, has been elected to serve as Chairman of the Board. Matthew Nordby serves as lead independent director and is responsible for, among other matters, calling and presiding over each executive session of the independent directors and briefing the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on issues arising from executive sessions and serving as a liaison between the chairperson and the independent directors. Our Board believes that this overall structure of an Executive Chairman, combined with a lead independent director, results in an effective balancing of responsibilities, experience, and independent perspectives that meets the current corporate governance needs and oversight responsibilities of the Board.

Risk Management

One of the key functions of the Board is informed oversight of our risk management process. This oversight function is administered by the full Board or through its various committees. In particular, the Board is responsible for monitoring and assessing strategic risk exposure. The Audit Committee oversees our major financial risk exposures and steps that management takes to monitor and control financial risk exposures, including risk assessment guidelines and policies. The Audit Committee also oversees our enterprise risk management program and internal controls, monitors compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of our information and cybersecurity policies. The Compensation Committee assesses and monitors whether our compensation plans, policies, and programs comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee monitors the effectiveness of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and other corporate policies.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our Board has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all directors, officers, and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our

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website at localbounti.com under the heading “Investors – Governance – Governance Documents.” In addition, we intend to post under the investors section of our website all disclosures that are required by law or NYSE listing standards relating to any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Succession Planning

Our Board plans for chief executive officer succession and reviews senior management selection and succession planning to facilitate the orderly functioning and transition of management. The Compensation Committee periodically reviews and discusses succession plans for senior management positions, including our leadership pipeline and talent strategies. Directors also become familiar with potential successors for key positions through other means, such as presentations at meetings.

Governance Guidelines

Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines as a general framework to assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on our website at localbounti.com under the heading “Investors – Governance – Governance Documents.”

Insider Trading Policy

We are committed to promoting high standards of ethical business conduct and compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. As part of this commitment, our Board has adopted an Insider Trading Policy governing the purchase, sale, or other disposition of our securities by our directors, officers, employees, and designated contractors, that we believe is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules, and regulations and the exchange listing standards applicable to us. A copy of our Insider Trading Policy was filed as Exhibit 19.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Policy Against Hedging and Pledging

Our Insider Trading Policy prohibits directors, officers, and employees from taking any of the following actions:

•	Purchasing any financial instruments (such as prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, or exchange funds) or otherwise engaging in any transactions that hedge the risk of stock ownership in Local Bounti

•	Holding Local Bounti securities in a margin account or pledging Local Bounti securities as collateral for a loan unless the pledge is approved by our compliance officer

•	Engaging in short sales of Local Bounti securities

•	Trading in derivatives of Local Bounti securities

Compensation Recovery Policy (Clawback Policy)

Our Board has adopted a Compensation Recovery Policy, sometimes referred to as a clawback policy, which applies to our current and former executive officers, including our named executive officers. In the event of an accounting restatement due to material noncompliance with financial reporting requirements under securities laws, Local Bounti will seek to recover incentive compensation paid in excess of what would have been paid if the amounts had been determined based on the restated financial reporting measures. Incentive compensation includes any compensation that is granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part upon the attainment of financial reporting measures. The policy applies to incentive compensation paid during the three completed fiscal years before the decision to restate. Any recovery is made without regard to whether the individual had knowledge of or responsibility for the restatement. The Compensation Committee may determine that it is impracticable to recover compensation in a particular circumstance based on all relevant facts and circumstances. We may seek recovery by way of reimbursement of compensation, withholding of unpaid compensation, setoff, or the rescission or cancellation of unvested stock. The policy applies to compensation received on or after October 2, 2023.

Policies and Practices Related to the Grant of Certain Equity Awards Close in Time to the Release of Material Nonpublic Information

We do not grant stock options or similar awards as part of our equity compensation programs. If stock options or similar awards were granted, our policy is to not grant stock options or similar awards in anticipation of the

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release of material nonpublic information that is likely to result in changes to the price of our common stock, such as a significant positive or negative earnings announcement, and not time the public release of such information based on stock option grant dates. In addition, it is our policy to not grant stock options or similar awards during periods in which there is material nonpublic information about our company, including (i) during “blackout” periods or outside a “trading window” established in connection with the public release of earnings information under our insider trading policy (each, a “Blackout”) or (ii) at any time during the four business days prior to or the one business day following the filing of our periodic reports or the filing or furnishing of a Form 8-K that discloses material nonpublic information (each, a “Filing Window”). If stock options or similar awards were granted, our executive officers would not be permitted to choose the grant date for their individual stock option grants. These restrictions do not apply to RSUs or other types of equity awards that do not include an exercise price related to the market price of our common stock on the date of grant. During the period covered by this report, we have not timed the disclosure of material nonpublic information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock to file with the SEC reports of ownership regarding the common stock and other Local Bounti equity securities. These persons are required to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. Based solely on our review of the copies of these forms furnished to us and written representations from our directors and executive officers, we believe that all Section 16(a) filing requirements were timely met in 2025.

Committees of the Board

Our Board has an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our Board may establish other committees from time to time.

Audit Committee

Our Audit Committee is comprised of Mark J. Nelson (Chair), Pamela Brewster, and Michael Molnar. Each of Mark J. Nelson, Pamela Brewster, and Michael Molnar meets the requirements for independence and financial literacy under SEC rules and NYSE listing standards. In addition, each of Mark J. Nelson and Michael Molnar qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as defined under SEC rules. Our Audit Committee held four meetings in 2025.

The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include, among other things, the following:

•	appointing, compensating, retaining, evaluating, terminating, and overseeing our independent registered public accounting firm

•	reviewing the adequacy of our system of internal controls and the disclosure regarding this system of internal controls contained in our periodic filings

•	preapproving all audit and permitted non-audit services and related engagement fees and terms for services provided by our independent auditors

•	reviewing with our independent auditors their independence from management

•	reviewing, recommending, and discussing various aspects of the financial statements and reporting of the financial statements with management and our independent auditors

•	establishing procedures for the confidential anonymous submission of concerns regarding questionable accounting, internal controls, or auditing matters

Our Audit Committee operates under a written charter, which satisfies SEC rules and NYSE listing standards and is available on our website at localbounti.com under the heading “Investors – Governance – Governance Documents.” The Audit Committee approves in advance all audit services and permissible non-audit services, other than de minimis non-audit services, to be provided to us by our independent registered public accounting firm.

Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee is currently comprised of Pamela Brewster (Chair) and Matthew Nordby. The composition of the Compensation Committee meets the requirements for independence under SEC rules and NYSE listing standards. Each member of the Compensation Committee is a nonemployee director, as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Our Compensation Committee held three meetings in 2025.

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The Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other things, the following:

•	setting the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and, in consultation with our Chief Executive Officer, reviewing and approving the compensation of our other executive officers

•	reviewing on a periodic basis and making recommendations to the Board regarding nonemployee director compensation

•	reviewing on a periodic basis and discussing with our Chief Executive Officer and the Board the development and succession plans for senior management positions

•	administering any cash and equity-based incentive plans that are stockholder-approved or where participants include our executive officers and directors

•	providing oversight of and recommending improvements to our overall compensation and incentive plans and benefit programs

Our Compensation Committee operates under a written charter, which satisfies NYSE listing standards and is available on our website at localbounti.com under the heading “Investors – Governance – Governance Documents.” The charter provides that the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel, or other adviser and is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work of the adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel, or any other adviser, the Compensation Committee will consider the independence of the adviser, including the factors required by SEC rules and NYSE listing standards.

Our Compensation Committee retains Meridian Compensation Partners (“Meridian”) as its independent compensation consultant. Meridian periodically collects and analyzes market data to provide a competitive reference on pay levels, structure, and performance alignment for executives and directors. Meridian may also advise the Compensation Committee on other executive and director compensation matters and general compensation trends. Outside of its role as independent compensation consultant, Meridian does not provide any other services to us or our management and does not have any other direct or indirect business relationships with us or our management. The Compensation Committee has assessed the independence of Meridian and concluded that its engagement does not raise any conflicts of interest.

While market data provided by an independent compensation consultant can be a useful guide in setting executive compensation, the Compensation Committee believes that a successful compensation program also requires that the Compensation Committee apply its own judgment and subjective determination to reconcile the program’s objectives with the realities of rewarding and retaining our executives and to measure the individual performance of our executives. At times, the Compensation Committee asks certain executives, including our Executive Chairman; President and Chief Executive Officer; Interim Chief Financial Officer; and General Counsel, to make recommendations about the compensation to be paid to other executives and employees. The Compensation Committee believes it is valuable to consider the recommendations of these executives because of their knowledge of our operations, industry, and day-to-day responsibilities of our other executives. The Board or Compensation Committee makes all compensation decisions with regard to our Chief Executive Officer without the participation of our Chief Executive Officer. While the Compensation Committee is solely responsible for the appointment of the independent compensation consultant and for approving executive compensation, management supports the work of the Compensation Committee and the independent compensation consultant. The members of the Compensation Committee meet regularly in executive sessions outside the presence of management.

The Compensation Committee has authority to form, and delegate authority to, one or more subcommittees, comprised of one or more committee members. Any subcommittee will have the responsibilities and authority delegated to it, including, if so designated, the full responsibility and authority of the committee with respect to delegated matters, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable laws or listing standards.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is comprised of Matthew Nordby (Chair) and Mark J. Nelson. The composition of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee meets the requirements for independence under SEC rules and NYSE listing standards. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held two meetings in 2025.

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Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for, among other things, the following:

•	identifying, evaluating, and making recommendations to the Board regarding nominees for election to the Board and its committees

•	developing and making recommendations to the Board regarding our Corporate Governance Guidelines

•	overseeing our corporate governance practices

•	reviewing our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and approve any amendments or waivers

•	overseeing the evaluation and the performance of the Board and individual directors

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates under a written charter, which satisfies NYSE listing standards, and which is available on our website at localbounti.com under the heading “Investor – Governance – Governance Documents.”

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for reviewing with the Board, on an annual basis, the appropriate characteristics, skills, and experience required for the Board as a whole and its individual members. Although the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not have a specific policy on diversity, in evaluating the suitability of individual candidates (both new candidates and current members), the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, in recommending candidates for election, and the Board, in approving (and, in the case of vacancies, appointing) the candidates, may take into account many factors, including diversity of personal and professional background, perspective, and experience; personal and professional integrity, ethics, and values; experience in corporate management, operations, or finance; experience relevant to our industry and with relevant social policy concerns; experience as a Board member or executive officer of another public company; relevant academic expertise or other proficiency in an area of our operations; practical and mature business judgment; and any other relevant qualifications, attributes, or skills. While the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has not established specific minimum qualifications for individual candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes that candidates and director nominees must result in a Board comprised of directors who are predominantly independent, possess high personal and professional ethics and integrity, have qualifications that will increase overall Board effectiveness, meet requirements of applicable rules and regulations, such as financial literacy or financial expertise with respect to Audit Committee members, and are willing and able to represent the best interests of all stockholders of Local Bounti. Currently, our Board evaluates each individual in the context of the Board as a whole with the objective of assembling a group that can best maximize the success of the business and represent stockholder interests through the exercise of sound judgment using its diversity of experience in these various areas.

In recommending candidates for nomination, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers candidates recommended by directors, officers, employees, stockholders, and others. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has authority under its charter to retain a search firm for identifying potential director candidates. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider suggestions by stockholders of potential director candidates and does not intend to alter its criteria for evaluating potential director candidates, including the criteria described above, in the case of director candidates recommended by stockholders. Stockholders may recommend individuals to our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for consideration as potential director candidates by submitting the names of the individuals, together with appropriate biographical information and background materials to our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, c/o Corporate Secretary, 490 Foley Lane, Hamilton, MT 59840.

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Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions

Related Party Transactions Policy

We have adopted a written Related Party Transaction Policy. The policy provides that officers, directors, holders of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, and any member of the immediate family of and any entity affiliated with any of the foregoing persons will not be permitted to enter into a related-party transaction with Local Bounti without the prior consent of our Audit Committee or other independent members of the Board in the event it is inappropriate for the Audit Committee to review the transaction due to a conflict of interest. Any request for Local Bounti to enter into a transaction with a related party in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 must first be presented to the Audit Committee for review, consideration, and approval. In approving or rejecting the proposed transactions, the Audit Committee will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances available.

Related-Person Transactions

Below is a description of transactions between us and our officers, directors, and greater than 5% stockholders since the beginning of 2024.

Grow Bitterroot Sale Lease Back Transaction and Services Agreement

In June 2020, we sold for total consideration of $6.9 million a greenhouse facility to Grow Bitterroot, LLC (“Grow Bitterroot”), a qualified opportunity zone fund owned in part by an affiliated entity of Charles R. Schwab, who owns more than 10% of our stock; Orange Strategies LLC, of which our director, Pamela Brewster, is principal; and the spouse of our director, Michael Molnar. Travis M. Joyner, who is one of our directors, is manager of Grow Bitterroot. Concurrently, our predecessor entity and Grow Bitterroot entered into an agreement whereby we lease land and the greenhouse facility from Grow Bitterroot. In addition, we and Grow Bitterroot entered into a property maintenance and management services agreement under which we provide all property maintenance and management services, including business, operational, strategic, and advisory services in exchange for an annual fee of $50,000. The property maintenance and management services agreement includes an initial term of three years, which renews automatically unless terminated by either party with 30 days’ notice.

For 2025, we paid Grow Bitterroot $371,904 under the lease agreement and received from Grow Bitterroot $46,096 in repairs and maintenance reimbursements and $50,000 under the property maintenance and management services agreement. For 2024, we paid Grow Bitterroot $1,228,803 under the lease agreement and received from Grow Bitterroot $46,096 in repairs and maintenance reimbursements and $50,000 under the property maintenance and management services agreement. As of December 31, 2025, we had an outstanding payable balance to Grow Bitterroot of $1,612,629.

Indemnification Agreements

Our certificate of incorporation contains provisions limiting the liability of directors, and our bylaws provide that we will indemnify each of our directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. Our charter documents also provide the Board with discretion to indemnify officers and employees when determined appropriate by the Board.

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors, executive officers, and certain other key employees. The indemnification agreements provide that we will indemnify each of these individuals against any and all expenses incurred by the individual because of their status as a director, executive officer, or other key employees, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and our charter documents. In addition, the indemnification agreements provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, we will advance all expenses incurred by these individuals in connection with a legal proceeding involving their status as a director, executive officer, or key employee.

Family Member

Rick D. Leggott is the control person of Bitterroot Partners, LLC, a stockholder of Local Bounti, and his immediate family member, Jeff Leggott, is a full-time employee of Local Bounti.

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Executive Officers

Below is biographical information about our executive officers during 2025:


Name	Age	Current Position
Craig M. Hurlbert	63	Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, and Chairman of the Board
Travis M. Joyner	44	Co-Founder and Director (and former Chief Technology Officer until January 2025)
Kathleen Valiasek	62	President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (and former Chief Financial Officer until December 2025)
Dane Almassy	47	Chief Commercial Officer
Anthony Hughes	61	Interim Chief Financial Officer
Margaret McCandless	53	General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Craig M. Hurlbert. Craig M. Hurlbert’s biographical information is set forth above under the heading “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors – Continuing Directors.”

Travis M. Joyner. Travis M. Joyner’s biographical information is set forth above under the heading “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors – Continuing Directors.”

Kathleen Valiasek. Kathleen Valiasek’s biographical information is set forth above under the heading “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors – Continuing Directors.”

Dane Almassy. Dane Almassy has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since August 2025. Prior to joining Local Bounti, Mr. Almassy served in sales and marketing roles at AeroFarms from October 2020 to August 2025, most recently serving as SVP of Sales & Marketing, where he led go-to-market strategy, customer experience, and logistics. Previously, Mr. Almassy led customer development and private-label partnerships at WhiteWave Foods and held senior commercial positions at Aurora Organic Dairy and F&S Produce. Mr. Almassy also spent ten years at PepsiCo, where he held senior roles across national sales, strategy, and category management. Mr. Almassy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Anthony Hughes. Anthony Hughes has served as our Interim Chief Financial Officer since December 2025. Mr. Hughes served as our Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer from June 2022 to December 2025. Prior to joining Local Bounti, Mr. Hughes served as Chief Accounting Officer at Amyris (Nasdaq: AMRS), a science and technology leader in the research, development, and production of sustainable ingredients for the clean health and beauty and flavors and fragrances markets, where he was responsible for accounting and finance matters. Mr. Hughes has previously held the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at ServiceSource International, Inc., Vice President, Corporate Controller at CRC Health Group, and Senior Manager at Ernst & Young. Mr. Hughes holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Accounting from the University of North Texas and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Margaret McCandless. Margaret McCandless has served as our General Counsel since February 2022 and our Corporate Secretary since March 2022. Before joining Local Bounti, Ms. McCandless was Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Royal Gold, Inc. (NYSE: RGLD), a precious metals streaming and royalty company, from January 2020 to January 2022. Previously, she served as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary from January 2015 to December 2019 and Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from January 2012 to January 2015 of Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE: IPI), a potash and specialty plant-nutrient company. From 2004 through 2011, Ms. McCandless served as Associate General Counsel–Securities, Disclosure, and Corporate Governance for CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) and Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q). Prior to joining Qwest, Ms. McCandless was an associate at the law firms of Hogan Lovells LLP and Cooley LLP. Ms. McCandless holds a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School and a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Executive Compensation

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of our “named executive officers,” as defined under SEC rules, during the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024.


Name and Current Position	Year	Salary ($)	Bonus ($)	Stock Awards ($)⁽¹⁾	All Other Compensation ($)⁽²⁾	Total ($)
Craig M. Hurlbert⁽³⁾ Executive Chairman	2025	58,656	—	1,428,000	2,342	1,488,998
Craig M. Hurlbert⁽³⁾ Executive Chairman	2024	165,980	—	360,000	7,183	533,163
Kathleen Valiasek⁽⁴⁾ President and Chief Executive Officer	2025	500,000	—	2,856,000	14,000	3,370,000
Kathleen Valiasek⁽⁴⁾ President and Chief Executive Officer	2024	472,351	—	558,089	13,800	1,044,240
Dane Almassy⁽⁵⁾ Chief Commercial Officer	2025	121,154	—	723,000	3,769	847,923
Anthony Hughes⁽⁵⁾ Interim Chief Financial Officer	2025	416,000	—	426,250	—	842,250

(1)

Amounts represent the grant date fair value of RSUs granted during the year. Amounts are calculated in accordance with financial statement reporting rules. You can find information about the assumptions used to calculate grant date fair values in Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

(2)	Amounts for 2025 represent Local Bounti 401(k) contributions.

(3)	Craig M. Hurlbert served as our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) until March 2025.

(4)	Kathleen Valiasek has served as our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) since March 2025.

(5)	Dane Almassy and Anthony Hughes were not named executive officers for 2024.

2025 Salary

In 2025, the Compensation Committee approved annual base salaries for our named executive officers designed to compensate them for their services commensurate with their skill set, experience, and role, and taking account of market data collected by the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant.

In June 2024, Mr. Hurlbert requested that his annual base salary for serving as Chief Executive Officer be reduced from $300,000 to $43,888 to reinforce his commitment to employees as the centerpiece for creating long-term stockholder value. Effective January 1, 2025, Mr. Hurlbert’s salary increased to $58,656 to generally align with the minimum salary for employees to qualify for the overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

In connection with Ms. Valiasek’s promotion to President in June 2024 and taking into account peer data presented by the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant, Meridian, the Compensation Committee set Ms. Valiasek’s annual base salary to $500,000 at that time. No changes were made to Ms. Valiasek’s salary in connection with her promotion to Chief Executive Officer in March 2025.

In August 2025, we hired Mr. Almassy as Chief Commercial Officer. At that time, the Compensation Committee set Mr. Almassy’s annual base salary at $350,000 based on his individual experience and role, as well as the recommendation of Ms. Valiasek.

In December 2025, we promoted Mr. Hughes to Interim Chief Financial Officer, an executive officer position. Mr. Hughes previously served as our Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. As part of this promotion, the Compensation Committee set Mr. Hughes’ salary at $416,000, which was the same salary he received in his previous role.

2025 Stock Awards

In connection with the closing of a new equity transaction and restructuring of our existing debt, in March 2025, the Compensation Committee approved the acceleration of all outstanding equity awards then held by Mr. Hurlbert, Ms. Valiasek, and Mr. Hughes. In addition, the Compensation Committee approved the following RSU grants: Mr. Hurlbert: 700,000 RSUs; Ms. Valiasek: 1,400,000 RSUs; and Mr. Hughes: 125,000. The RSUs granted to Mr. Hurlbert and Ms. Valiasek vest in eight equal quarterly installments, with the first installment on July 1, 2025, subject to continued service. The RSUs to Mr. Hughes vest in three installments on June 1, 2025, April 1, 2026, and April 1, 2027, subject to continued service.

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In connection with the hiring of Mr. Almassy in August 2025, the Compensation Committee approved a grant of 300,000 RSUs to Mr. Almassy based on his individual experience and role, as well as the recommendation of Ms. Valiasek. The RSUs vest in four equal annual installments, with the first installment on September 1, 2026, subject to continued service.

Employment Agreements and Separation Benefits

We have entered into employment agreements with our named executive officers. Under the employment agreements, if the employee separates from service (a) due to termination by us for a reason other than (x) Cause (as defined in the employment agreement), (y) the employee becoming Disabled (as defined in the employment agreement) or (z) the employee’s death, or (b) due to resignation by the employee on account of Good Reason (as defined in the employment agreement) (each, an “Involuntary Termination”) under either of the following circumstances, the employee will be entitled to their salary and other benefits accrued through the separation date and, subject to the employee executing a release and general waiver of claims in favor of Local Bounti and adhering to the applicable restrictive covenants (other than with respect to accrued benefits), the employee will be entitled to the following respective additional severance benefits:

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If the Involuntary Termination occurs at any time other than at or during the 12-month period immediately following a Change in Control (as defined in our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan), (a) continuing salary payments for a period of six months, (b) COBRA reimbursement payments for a period of six months, and (c) if the employee’s termination date is at least 12 months following the employee’s start date with Local Bounti, all of the employee’s unvested and outstanding equity awards that would have become vested had employee remained in Local Bounti’s employ for the 12-month period following the employee’s termination of employment will immediately vest and become exercisable as of the date of the employee’s termination.

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If the Involuntary Termination occurs during the 12-month period immediately following a Change in Control, then in lieu of the above, (a) a lump sum severance payment equal to 1.5 times the employee’s base salary, (b) COBRA reimbursement payments for a period of 18 months, and (c) if the employee’s termination date is at least 12 months following the employee’s start date with Local Bounti, all of the employee’s unvested and outstanding equity awards will immediately vest and become exercisable as of the date of the employee’s termination.

The employment arrangements include (1) confidentiality and non-disparagement obligations applicable during the employee’s term and following the termination thereof for any reason, (2) a standard intellectual property assignment provision, (3) a non-competition provision applicable during the employee’s term and during the one year period following termination for any reason, and (4) a non-solicitation provision applicable during the employee’s term and during the one year period following termination for any reason.

Benefits

We provide executives and other employees medical, dental, and vision benefits. We also provided other benefits to executives on the same basis as provided to other salaried employees, such as company 401(k) contributions, a flexible vacation policy, and paid holidays.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at the End of 2025

The following table sets forth information regarding unvested stock awards held by our named executive officers as of December 31, 2025.


		Stock Awards
Name	Grant Date	Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)	Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)⁽¹⁾
Craig M. Hurlbert	6/13/2025⁽²⁾	525,000	$1,123,500
Kathleen Valiasek	6/13/2025⁽²⁾	1,050,000	$2,247,000
Dane Almassy	9/1/2025⁽³⁾	300,000	$642,000
Anthony Hughes	4/14/2025⁽⁴⁾	83,334	$178,335

1.	Values are based on the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 31, 2025 ($2.14).

2.	RSU award vests in eight equal quarterly installments, with the first installment on July 1, 2025, subject to continued service.

3.	RSU award vests in four equal installments on September 1, 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029, subject to continued service.

4.	RSU award vests in three equal installments on June 1, 2025; April 1, 2026; and April 1, 2027, subject to continued service.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table presents information as of December 31, 2025, with respect to compensation plans under which shares of our common stock may be issued.


Plan category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (#)(a)	Weighted- average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights ($)(b)	Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding those reflected in column (a))(#)(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	2,865,075⁽¹⁾	N/A	523,657
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders	—	—	—
Total	2,865,075	N/A	523,657

1.	Represents shares issuable under outstanding RSUs.

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 31, 2026 (or such other date as noted below), by the following persons:

•	each of our directors and executive officers

•	directors and executive officers as a group

•	each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with SEC rules, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if they possess sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days.

The beneficial ownership of our common stock is based on 22,751,295 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2026. Shares of our common stock that may be acquired by an individual or group within 60 days of March 31, 2026, pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2026, are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the individual or group, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person shown in the table. Amounts in the table exclude RSUs that are not expected to settle within 60 days of March 31, 2026.

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of voting common stock beneficially owned by them.

Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each stockholder listed is 490 Foley Lane, Hamilton, MT 59840.


Name and Address	Number of Shares Beneficially Owned	Percentage of Shares Beneficially Owned
Directors and Named Executive Officers
Craig M. Hurlbert⁽¹⁾	1,742,189	7.6
Travis M. Joyner⁽²⁾	1,285,010	5.6
Pamela Brewster	159,425	*
Michael Molnar⁽³⁾	69,592	*
Mark J. Nelson	33,168	*
Matthew Nordby⁽⁴⁾	69,776	*
Charles R. Schwab, Jr.	500,000	2.2
Kathleen Valiasek⁽⁵⁾	943,580	4.1
Dane Almassy	—	*
Anthony Hughes⁽⁶⁾	41,667	*
Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (11 persons)	4,892,276	21.0
5% Holders
Wheat Wind Farms, LLC⁽¹⁾	1,177,386	5.2
Charles R. Schwab⁽⁷⁾	17,912,637	78.7

*	Less than 1%

(1)	Consists of 1,177,386 shares held by Wheat Wind Farms, LLC, which is controlled by Mr. Hurlbert; 389,803 shares held by Mr. Hurlbert; and 175,000 RSUs expected to vest or settle within 60 days of March 31, 2026, subject to continued service.

(2)	Consists of 1,078,653 shares held by McLeod Management Co., LLC, which is controlled by Mr. Joyner; 110,920 shares held by Mr. Joyner; and 95,437 shares held by Mr. Joyner’s spouse through retirement accounts.

(3)	Shares are held jointly with Mr. Molnar’s spouse.

(4)	Consists of 56,995 shares and 12,821 shares acquirable in respect of warrants.

(5)	Consists of 593,580 shares and 350,000 RSUs expected to vest or settle within 60 days of March 31, 2026, subject to continued service.

(6)	Represents RSUs expected to vest within 60 days of March 31, 2026, subject to continued service.

(7)

As reported on an Amendment No. 3 to Form 13D filed with the SEC on March 18, 2026, amount includes: (i) 858,284 shares held by Live Oak Ventures, LLC of which Mr. Schwab is the manager and for which he has sole voting and dispositive power; (ii) 10,758 shares held by Olive Street Ventures, LLC (“Olive Street”), for which Mr. Schwab and his spouse Helen O. Schwab, as trustees of The Charles & Helen Schwab Living Trust U/A DTD 11/22/1985 (the “Trust”), may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power; (iii) 16,772,241 shares

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held by U.S. Bounti, including 221,031 shares issuable upon conversion of a convertible note or exercise of a warrant within 60 days of March 31, 2026, of which Mr. Schwab is the manager and for which he has sole voting and dispositive power; (iv) 48,909 shares held by the Trust for which Mr. Schwab is acting as sole trustee; and (v) 222,445 shares held by the Trust, for which Mr. Schwab and his spouse Helen O. Schwab act as co-trustees. Mr. Schwab disclaims beneficial ownership over the 10,758 shares of common stock held by Olive Street. Excludes up to 11,277,759 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Note and up to 550,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, the issuance of which is subject to stockholder approval. The address for Charles R. Schwab and related trusts and entities is P.O. Box 2226, Palm Beach, FL 33480.

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Proposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee has recommended, and the Board has approved, the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. WithumSmith+Brown, PC has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since 2021. We are soliciting stockholder ratification of the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC, although stockholder ratification is not required by law. If the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC is not ratified at the Annual Meeting, the Audit Committee will consider whether to appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm.

A representative of WithumSmith+Brown, PC is expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. This representative will have an opportunity to make a statement and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Below are the aggregate fees billed by WithumSmith+Brown, PC for professional services provided in 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):


	2025	2024
Audit Fees⁽¹⁾	$535	$470
Audit-Related Fees⁽²⁾	$61	$24
Tax Fees⁽³⁾	—	—
All Other Fees⁽⁴⁾	—	—
Total	$596	$494

(1)

Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements and review of our interim consolidated financial statements or services that are normally provided by our independent registered public accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

(2)	Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered to provide consent for incorporation by reference of audit reports in certain registration statements and other forms filed with the SEC.

(3)	Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. We did not incur any tax fees.

(4)	All other fees consist of fees billed for all other services. We did not incur any other fees.

Pre-Approval Policy

Under the Audit Committee’s charter, the Audit Committee is required to pre-approve all audit and permitted non-audit services performed by our independent registered public accountants to ensure that the provision of such services does not impair the public accountants’ independence. All audit and audit-related fees billed by WithumSmith+Brown, PC were approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with SEC requirements.

Required Vote

Ratification of the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026, requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast affirmatively. If you “ABSTAIN” from voting on Proposal 2, the abstention will have no effect on the outcome of the vote to ratify the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” Proposal 2.

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Report of the Audit Committee

The material in this Report of the Audit Committee is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in the filing.

The Audit Committee has reviewed Local Bounti’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, and discussed these financial statements with Local Bounti’s management and with WithumSmith+Brown, PC, Local Bounti’s independent registered public accounting firm.

Local Bounti’s management is responsible for the preparation of Local Bounti’s financial statements and for maintaining an adequate system of disclosure controls and procedures and internal control for that purpose. Local Bounti’s independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for conducting an independent audit of Local Bounti’s annual financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and issuing a report on the results of their audit. The Audit Committee is responsible for providing independent, objective oversight of these processes.

The Audit Committee has also discussed with WithumSmith+Brown, PC the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standard No. 1301 (previously Auditing Standard No. 16) (Communications with Audit Committees), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and the SEC.

The Audit Committee has received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from WithumSmith+Brown, PC required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence and has discussed with WithumSmith+Brown, PC its independence.

Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that Local Bounti’s audited consolidated financial statements be included in Local Bounti’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, for filing with the SEC.

By the Audit Committee

Mark J. Nelson (Chair)

Pamela Brewster

Michael Molnar

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Proposal 3 – The NYSE Approval Proposal

Background and Overview

As discussed above, on March 13, 2026, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with U.S. Bounti, our majority stockholder, providing for the purchase, sale and issuance of the Note and the Warrant.

During the term of the Note, the Note will be convertible into shares of common stock from time to time at the option of U.S. Bounti, upon delivery on one or more occasions of a written notice to the Company electing to convert all or any portion of Note Obligations Amount (as that term is defined in the Note). The initial Conversion Price of the Note is $2.50 per share of common stock. The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment for stock splits, dividends or distributions, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

On the fourth anniversary of the date of the initial issuance of the Note (the “Issuance Date”), 50% of the Note Obligations Amount will be automatically converted into shares of common stock at the Conversion Price. The remaining 50% of the Note Obligations Amount will be automatically converted into shares of common stock at the Conversion Price on the maturity date of the Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, 50% of the Note Obligations Amount may be payable in cash on the fourth anniversary of the Issuance Date, with the remaining 50% of the Note Obligations Amount repaid in cash on the maturity date of the Note, so long as certain conditions are met as set forth in the Note.

Conversion of the full initial principal amount of the Note would result in the issuance of 6,000,000 shares of common stock if converted at $2.50 per share, which amount is subject to increase by any PIK Interest (as that term is defined in the Note) that is added to the outstanding principal under the terms of the Note. Conversion of the full initial principal amount of the Note, increased by the maximum payment of PIK Interest that may be made during the term of the Note, would result in the issuance of 8,105,102 shares of common stock if converted at $2.50 per share.

The Warrant is exercisable immediately at an Exercise Price of $0.125 per share of common stock and will expire 10 years from the initial exercise date.

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, U.S. Bounti will not have the right to receive, upon conversion of the Note or exercise of the Warrant, any shares of common stock if the issuance of such shares would exceed 1% of the issued and outstanding common stock, except that such limitation will not apply after the date that stockholder approval is obtained and deemed effective, as required by the NYSE Rules. The Company is required to seek such stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting or a special meeting of stockholders, in either case, to be held no later than June 30, 2026.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement, the Note and the Warrant do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Purchase Agreement, the Note, and the Warrant, each of which are attached hereto as Annex A-1, Annex A-2 and Annex A-3, respectively.

NYSE Listing Rule 312.03(b)(i)

Section 312.03(b)(i) of the NYSE Rules requires stockholder approval prior to the issuance of common stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock, in any transaction or series of related transactions, subject to certain exceptions, in which the common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock are issued to an Active Related Party if the number of shares of common stock to be issued, or if the number of shares of common stock into which the securities may be convertible or exercisable, exceeds the NYSE Active Related Party Cap. However, stockholder approval is not required if such transaction is a cash sale for a price that is at least the “Minimum Price.”

In accordance with Section 312.03(b)(i) of the NYSE Rules, we previously reserved 222,241 Conversion Shares, or 1% of the 22,224,121 shares of common stock outstanding immediately before the closing of the Purchase Agreement.

Reason for Seeking Stockholder Approval

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE, and we are subject to the NYSE Rules. As discussed above, Section 312.03(b)(i) of the NYSE Rules requires us to obtain stockholder approval prior to the issuance of common stock, or of securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock, to an Active Related Party of

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the Company if the number of shares of common stock to be issued, or the number of shares of common stock into which the securities may be convertible or exercisable, exceeds 1% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding before the issuance and the transaction is not a cash sale for a price that is at least the Minimum Price.

The approval of the Company’s stockholders is required under the NYSE Rules because U.S. Bounti is deemed to be an Active Related Party under NYSE Rules and the issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares to U.S. Bounti exceeds the NYSE Active Related Party Cap. Additionally, the Conversion Price of the Note and the Exercise Price of the Warrant were below the NYSE Minimum Price. Because the issuance to U.S. Bounti of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares would have resulted in U.S. Bounti receiving greater than 1% of the 22,224,121 shares of common stock outstanding immediately before the closing of the Purchase Agreement, we must seek stockholder approval prior to making such issuance.

In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, we are required to seek stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting or a special meeting of stockholders, in either case, to be held no later than June 30, 2026.

Stockholder approval of the NYSE Approval Proposal will constitute stockholder approval for purposes of Section 312.03(b)(i) of the NYSE Rules and will satisfy the Company’s obligation to obtain stockholder approval under the Purchase Agreement. A vote in favor of the NYSE Approval Proposal is a vote in favor of approving, for purposes of the NYSE Rules, the issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares to U.S. Bounti.

Effect of Not Obtaining the Required Vote for Approval of this Proposal

In the event that the NYSE Approval Proposal is not approved by our stockholders at the Annual Meeting, we will be obligated under the Purchase Agreement to call an additional meeting of stockholders every four months thereafter until stockholder approval is obtained. The failure to approve the NYSE Approval Proposal will therefore likely result in our incurring additional costs as we continue to seek approval of a similar proposal from our stockholders at future meetings.

Potential Adverse Effects — Dilution

Our current stockholders will continue to own their existing shares of common stock. If our stockholders approve the NYSE Approval Proposal, U.S. Bounti may elect to convert all or any portion of the Note Obligations Amount into the applicable number of Conversion Shares without additional stockholder approval. In addition, the Warrant may be exercised by U.S. Bounti for the underlying Warrant Shares, pursuant to the terms thereof, without additional stockholder approval.

If our stockholders vote to approve the NYSE Approval Proposal, the potential issuance of the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares will not require any additional approval by our stockholders. The issuance of such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares will have a dilutive effect on current stockholders other than U.S. Bounti, in that the percentage ownership of the Company held by such other current stockholders will decline as a result of the issuance of such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares. The issuance of such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares will also have a dilutive effect on book value per share and any future earnings per share. Dilution of equity interests could also cause prevailing market prices for our common stock to decline.

Potential Adverse Effects — Trading Price

In accordance with the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2025, by and among the Company, U.S. Bounti and the other investors named therein (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), we intend to file a registration statement with the SEC to register the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale by U.S. Bounti (following approval of the NYSE Approval Proposal). If significant quantities of our common stock are sold, or if it is perceived that such sales may occur, the trading price of our common stock could be adversely affected. In addition, as described above, upon conversion of the Note and exercise of the Warrant by U.S. Bounti, stockholders would experience dilution of their current percentage ownership in the Company.

Interests of Certain Persons

When you consider the Board’s recommendation to vote in favor of the NYSE Approval Proposal, you should be aware that our directors and existing stockholders may have interests that may be different from, or in addition to, the interests of other stockholders. In particular, U.S. Bounti, an entity controlled by Charles R. Schwab, holds the voting power over 73.7% of our outstanding common stock. Mr. Schwab, through his control of other entities which

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hold shares of our common stock, beneficially owns 78.7% of our outstanding common stock. Although we are not a “controlled company” within the meaning of the corporate governance standards of the NYSE, Mr. Schwab, through his control of U.S. Bounti and other entities holding shares of our common stock, is able to significantly influence our decisions, including the election of directors (and U.S. Bounti has the right to appoint two of our directors) and the approval of significant corporate transactions, such as mergers and related party transactions. Mr. Schwab, through his control of U.S. Bounti and other entities holding shares of our common stock, has the ability to delay or perhaps even block, by ownership of our stock, an unsolicited tender offer. This concentration of ownership could have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control of the Company that stockholders might view favorably. Additionally, our largest stockholder’s interests may not align with the interests of our other stockholders. Our largest stockholder may make investments in companies and may acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us, and our largest stockholder may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business, and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us.

Also, as described above, pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, U.S. Bounti has a right to the registration of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.

Required Vote

Approval of the NYSE Approval Proposal requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast affirmatively. If you “ABSTAIN” from voting on the NYSE Approval Proposal, the abstention will have no effect on the outcome of the vote to approve the NYSE Approval Proposal for purposes of complying with the NYSE rules.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the NYSE Approval Proposal.

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Proposal 4 – The Adjournment Proposal

Our stockholders may be asked to consider and approve the Adjournment Proposal, which will give us authority to adjourn the Annual Meeting, if deemed necessary or appropriate in the discretion of the Board, for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in favor of any of the foregoing proposals set forth in this proxy statement, if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Annual Meeting to approve and adopt any of those proposals. If the Adjournment Proposal is approved, the Board may adjourn the Annual Meeting to another date. In addition, the Board may postpone the Annual Meeting before it commences, whether for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies or for other reasons. However, a stockholder vote may be taken on any of the foregoing proposals prior to any such adjournment if there are sufficient votes for approval on such proposal. If the Annual Meeting is adjourned for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies, stockholders who have already submitted their proxies at any time prior to their use do not need to submit new proxies unless they desire to change their voting instructions. The Company does not intend to call a vote on the Adjournment Proposal if the foregoing proposals have been approved at the Annual Meeting.

If the Adjournment Proposal is submitted for a vote at the Annual Meeting, and if our stockholders vote to approve the Adjournment Proposal, the Annual Meeting will be adjourned to enable the Board to solicit additional proxies in favor of one or more proposals. If the Adjournment Proposal is approved, and the Annual Meeting is adjourned, the Board will use the additional time to solicit additional proxies in favor of any of the proposals to be presented at the Annual Meeting, including the solicitation of proxies from stockholders that have previously voted against the relevant proposal.

The Board believes that, if the number of shares voting in favor of any of the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting is insufficient to approve such item, it is in the best interests of our stockholders to enable the Board, for a limited period of time, to continue to seek to obtain a sufficient number of additional votes in favor of the proposal. The time and place of the adjourned Annual Meeting will be announced at the time the adjournment is taken. Any adjournment of the Annual Meeting for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies will allow our stockholders who have already sent in their proxies to revoke them at any time prior to their use at the Annual Meeting as adjourned or postponed.

Required Vote

The approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast affirmatively. If you “ABSTAIN” from voting on Proposal 4, the abstention will have no effect on the outcome of the vote to approve the adjournment of the Annual Meeting.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal.

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Where You Can Find More Information

We file electronically with the SEC annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements, and other information. We make available on our website at localbounti.com, free of charge, copies of these reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file the material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is sec.gov. The information in or accessible through the websites referred to above are not incorporated into, and are not considered part of, this proxy statement. Further, our references to the URLs for these websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.

You should rely on the information contained in this proxy statement to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from what is contained in this proxy statement. This proxy statement is dated [ ], 2026. You should not assume that the information in this proxy statement is accurate as of any date other than that date, and the mailing of this proxy statement to stockholders at any time after that date does not create an implication to the contrary. This proxy statement does not constitute a solicitation of a proxy in any jurisdiction where, or to or from any person to whom, it is unlawful to make such proxy solicitations in such jurisdiction.

Form 10-K

The proxy materials, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, are available at proxyvote.com and on our website at localbounti.com under the heading “Investors.”

We will also provide, free of charge, to each person, including any stockholder of record or beneficial owner of our common stock as of the record date, upon their written or oral request, a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the SEC. Requests for copies should be addressed to our Corporate Secretary at the address below:

Local Bounti Corporation

490 Foley Lane

Hamilton, MT 59840

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Telephone: 800-640-4016

Please include your contact information with the request. The exhibits set forth on the exhibit index of the Form 10-K may be made available at a reasonable charge.

Other Matters

As of the date of this proxy statement, we have no knowledge of any other matters that may come before the Annual Meeting and do not intend to present any other matters. However, if any other matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment, our representatives will have the discretion to vote as they see fit unless directed otherwise.

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LOCAL BOUNTI CORPORATION

CONVERTIBLE NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Convertible Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of March 13, 2026 (the “Agreement Date”) by and between Local Bounti Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bounti, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”).

The parties hereby agree as follows:

1.	Purchase and Sale of the Convertible Note and Warrant Issuance.

1.1.	Issuance of Note and Warrant.

(a)

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser agrees to purchase at the Closing and the Company agrees to sell and issue to the Purchaser (i) a convertible note in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Note”), and (ii) a Common Stock purchase warrant, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, registered in the name of the Purchaser, pursuant to which the Purchaser shall have the right to purchase and acquire 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant”), for a combined purchase price of $15,000,000.00 (the “Purchase Price”).

(b)

The shares of Common Stock of the Company issued upon (A) conversion of the Note are referred to herein as “Conversion Shares” and (B) exercise of the Warrant are referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares.” The Note, Warrant, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

1.2.

Issuance Limitations. The Company shall not be obligated to issue, and the Purchaser shall not have the right to receive, upon conversion of the Note or exercise of the Warrant, any shares of Common Stock if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed that number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue in the aggregate pursuant to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the NYSE (the “Exchange Cap”), except that such limitation shall not apply after the date that Stockholder Approval is approved and deemed effective. The Company will use reasonable best efforts to obtain and effect the Stockholder Approval at its annual meeting of stockholders or a special meeting of stockholders, in either case, to be held no later than June 30, 2026 (the “Stockholders Meeting”), and shall cause the Board of Directors of the Company to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such matter. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts, Stockholder Approval is not effected at the Stockholders Meeting, the Company shall cause an additional meeting of stockholders to be held every four (4) months thereafter, and shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain and effect the Stockholder Approval at each such meeting, including at a minimum engaging a national-standing proxy solicitation firm to assist in soliciting the requisite votes, and shall cause the Board of Directors of the Company to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such matter at each such meeting, until the Stockholder Approval is obtained.

1.3.	Closings; Delivery.

(a)

The purchase and sale of the Note and the Warrant (the “Closing”) shall take place remotely via the exchange of final documents and signature pages on the Agreement Date (or such other date as the Company and the Purchaser shall agree); provided, that all the conditions to closing set forth in Sections 4 and 5 hereof are satisfied or waived as of such date (the date on which the closing occurs is referred to as the “Closing Date”).

(b)

On the Closing Date, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchaser the Note in a principal amount equal to the Purchase Price and the Warrant in exchange for such Purchaser delivering an amount equal to the Purchase Price by wire transfer to a bank account designated in writing by the Company on or before the Agreement Date.

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1.4.	Defined Terms Used in this Agreement. In addition to any additional term defined above or below this Section, the following terms used in this Agreement shall be construed to have the meanings set forth or referenced below.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person.

“Beneficially Own,” “Beneficially Owned” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, the Purchaser (or any other person) shall at all times be deemed to have Beneficial Ownership of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares irrespective of any non-conversion period specified in the Note, the Warrant or this Agreement or any restrictions on transfer or voting contained in this Agreement.

“Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

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

“Bylaws” means the Company’s Bylaws, as amended to date.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

“Control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

“Exchange Act” mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States, any other nation, or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

“Investor Rights Agreement” means that certain Investor Rights Agreement dated March 31, 2025 by and among the Company and the parties thereto.

“Law” means any law (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, code, ruling, or order of, including the administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, or any agreement with, any Governmental Authority.

“Lien” means a lien, charge pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a circumstance that would have or reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on (a) the assets, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, prospects or properties of the Company, (b) the legality or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or (c) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents; provided, however, that in no event shall any of the following occurring after the date hereof, alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse Effect, or be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (i) any adverse effect resulting directly or indirectly from general business or economic conditions, except to the extent such general business or economic conditions have a materially disproportionate effect on the Company as compared to companies in the Company’s

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industry; (ii) any change in the Company’s stock price or trading volume (provided that the underlying cause of such change is not exempt from constituting a Material Adverse Effect, or being taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred); or (iii) any effect caused by the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or the identity of any Purchaser or any of its Affiliates as the purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

“Material Contract” means any agreement filed or required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or is otherwise a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act).

“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority, or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

“Restated Certificate” means the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation dated November 19, 2021 and filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, and as may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“SEC Filings” means the Company’s filings pursuant to the Exchange Act since December 31, 2021.

“Securities Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Senior Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of September 3, 2021, by and among Local Bounti Operating Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Opco”), each subsidiary of Opco party thereto as a “Borrower,” and Cargill Financial Services International, Inc., as lender (together with its successors and assigns, the “Senior Creditor”), as amended by a First Amendment to Credit Agreements and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 14, 2022, a Second Amendment to Credit Agreements dated as of August 11, 2022 (and effective as of June 30, 2022), a Third Amendment to Credit Agreements dated as of December 30, 2022, a Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreements dated as of January 6, 2023, a Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreements dated as of March 13, 2023, a Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreements dated as of March 28, 2023, a Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreements dated as of October 2, 2023, an Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreements dated as of January 23, 2024, a Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreements dated as of March 26, 2024, a Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreements dated as of June 28, 2024, a Restructuring Agreement and Eleventh Amendment to Senior Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2025, and a Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2025, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Stockholder Approval” means such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the NYSE (or any successor entity) from the stockholders of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including (i) for a change of control and (ii) the issuance of all of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares in excess of 1% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock on the date hereof without regard to any restrictions or limitations set forth under this Agreement.

“Subordination Agreement” means the Subordination Agreement dated as of August 1, 2025, among the Purchaser, the Senior Creditor, the Company and the other Persons party thereto.

“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.

“Third Party” means with respect to the Purchaser, a Person other than the Purchaser or any Affiliate of the Purchaser.

“Trading Day” means a day on which the NYSE is open for trading.

“Transaction” means, collectively, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the issuance of the Note and the Warrant thereunder on the Closing Date.

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“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Note, the Warrant and the Subordination Agreement.

1.5.

Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated or the context requires, all words and personal pronouns relating thereto shall be read and construed as the number and gender of the party or parties requires and the verb shall be read and construed as agreeing with the required word and pronoun; the division of this Agreement into Sections and Exhibits and the use of headings and captions is for convenience of reference only and shall not modify or affect the interpretation or construction of this Agreement or any of its provisions; the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “hereinafter” and “hereto” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or Exhibit hereof; the words “include,” “including,” and derivations thereof shall be deemed to have the phrase “without limitation” attached thereto unless otherwise expressly stated; references to a specified Exhibit or Section shall be construed as a reference to that specified Exhibit or Section of this Agreement; and any reference this Agreement, the Note or the Warrant means such document as the same shall be amended, supplemented or modified and from time to time in effect to the extent permitted thereunder.

2.	Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants as of the Agreement Date to the Purchaser that the following representations are true and complete.

2.1.

Subsidiaries. All of the material Subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Exhibit 21.1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens in favor of the Senior Creditor), and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.

2.2.

Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

2.3.

Authorization. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all requisite corporate action necessary for, and no further action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders is necessary for, (a) the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents; (b) the authorization of the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder; and (c) the authorization, issuance and delivery of the Securities. Each of the Transaction Documents has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Holder, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights, (ii) general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies and (iii) to the extent that the enforceability of indemnification provisions may be limited by applicable laws (the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

2.4.

Capitalization. As of September 30, 2025, the capitalization of the Company was in all material respects as set forth in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025, other than the conversion of shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock as set forth in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 16, 2025. Since September 30, 2025, no steps have been taken by

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the Company to authorize or effect any amendment or other modification to the authorized capital stock of the Company. There are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities as described in this Agreement and the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. Since September 30, 2025, the Company has not issued any capital stock, other than pursuant to the exercise of warrants outstanding as of such date or the exercise of employee stock options or settlement of restricted stock units under the Company’s equity incentive plans. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, none of such shares were issued in violation of any pre-emptive rights and such shares were issued in compliance with applicable state and federal securities law and any rights of third parties. No Person is entitled to pre-emptive or similar statutory or contractual rights with respect to the issuance by the Company or any Subsidiary of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary, including without limitation, the Securities. There are no outstanding warrants, options, convertible securities or other rights, agreements or arrangements of any character under which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may be obligated to issue any equity securities of any kind, except as contemplated by this Agreement or as previously disclosed in the Company’s SEC Filings. Except for the Investor Rights Agreement, there are no voting agreements, buy-sell agreements, option or right of first purchase agreements or other agreements of any kind among the Company and any of the security holders of the Company relating to the securities of the Company held by them. Except as provided in the Investor Rights Agreement, no Person has the right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company under the Securities Act, whether on a demand basis or in connection with the registration of securities of the Company for its own account or for the account of any other Person. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any other Person (other than the Purchaser) or result in the adjustment of the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of any outstanding security. The Company does not have outstanding stockholder purchase rights or “poison pill” or any similar arrangement in effect giving any Person the right to purchase any equity interest in the Company upon the occurrence of certain events.

2.5.

Valid Issuance. The Note and the Warrant have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. When issued and sold against receipt of the consideration therefor, the Note and the Warrant will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the limitation of such enforcement by the Enforceability Exceptions. The Company has available for issuance the maximum number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares initially issuable upon conversion of the Note or the exercise of the Warrant if such conversion or exercise, as applicable, were to occur immediately following Closing. The Conversion Shares to be issued upon conversion of the Note in accordance with the terms of the Note and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Warrant have been duly authorized, and when issued upon conversion of the Note or the exercise of the Warrant, as applicable, all such Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of pre-emptive or similar rights.

2.6.

Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the offer, issuance and sale of the Securities require no consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Person, governmental body, agency, or official other than (a) filings that have been made pursuant to applicable state securities laws and the rules and regulations of the NYSE; and (b) post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws, which the Company undertakes to file within the applicable time periods. The Company has taken all action necessary to exempt (a) the issuance and sale of the Note and the Warrant and (b) the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents from the provisions of any stockholder rights plan or other “poison pill” arrangement, any anti-takeover, business combination or control share law or statute binding on the Company or to which the Company or any of its assets and properties is subject that is or could reasonably be expected to become applicable to the Purchaser as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation, the issuance of the Securities and the ownership,

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disposition or voting of the Securities by the Purchaser or the exercise of any right granted to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the NYSE.

2.7.

Delivery of SEC Filings. True and complete copies of the SEC Filings have been made available by the Company to the Purchaser through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (the “EDGAR System”) (other than any information for which the Company has received confidential treatment from the SEC).

2.8.

No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Filings or as set forth specifically in a subsequent SEC Filing: (a) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (b) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (i) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the SEC; (c) the Company has not altered its method of accounting; (d) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock; and (e) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company equity incentive plans. The Company does not have pending before the SEC any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Note and Warrant contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to occur or exist, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

2.9.

SEC Filings. Since December 31, 2021, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof. At the time of filing thereof, such SEC Filings complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable, and, as of their respective dates, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

2.10.

No Conflict, Breach, Violation or Default. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (b) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (c) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (b) and (c), such as would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. This Section 2.10 does not relate to matters with respect to tax status, which are the subject of Section 2.12, intellectual property, which are the subject of Section 2.16, and environmental laws, which are the subject of Section 2.17.

2.11.

Compliance. The Company is not (a) in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company

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under), nor has the Company received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any Material Contract (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (b) in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or (c) in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except with regard to clause (c) as would not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

2.12.

Tax Matters. The Company has timely filed all tax returns required to have been filed by the Company with all appropriate governmental agencies (subject to extensions permitted under law) and have paid all taxes shown thereon or otherwise owed by them (whether or not shown on any tax returns). The Company has (a) collected or withheld all material taxes required to be collected or withheld by applicable laws from employee, shareholders or other third parties and have timely paid and have timely paid over such withheld amount to the appropriate government agency; and (b) made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 2.19 below in respect of all federal, state and local and non-United States income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Company has not been finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on the financial position of the Company. There are no material tax liens on any assets or property of the Company, and there are no material tax claims pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its material assets or property.

2.13.

Title to Properties. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other tangible properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects, except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) or such defects as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and the Subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance and with no exceptions, except such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.14.

Certificates, Authorities and Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where failure to so possess would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.15.

Labor Matters. No labor dispute exists or, to Company’s knowledge, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the Company’s Knowledge, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all applicable U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.16.

Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Filings as necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to so have would have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property

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Rights”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement, except as would not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Filings, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Intellectual Property Rights have not been adjusted by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part. To the Company’s Knowledge, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.17.

Environmental Matters. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in material violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), has not released any hazardous substances regulated by Environmental Law on to any real property that it owns or operates, and has not received any written notice or claim that the Company or any Subsidiary is not in compliance with any Environmental Law or that it is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws; to the Company’s Knowledge, there is no pending or threatened investigation that would reasonably be expected to lead to such a claim. To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company has no material liability under any Environmental Law.

2.18.

Legal Proceedings. There are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits, charges, claims, complaints, audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may reasonably be expected to become a party or to which any property of the Company or any Subsidiary is or may reasonably be expected to become the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company, would have or would reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect. There are no orders, writs, injunctions, judgments or decrees outstanding of any court or government agency or instrumentality and binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

2.19.

Financial Statements. The financial statements included in each SEC Filing comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing (or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement) and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, subject in the case of unaudited financial statements to normal, immaterial year-end audit adjustments, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and, in the case of quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act). Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings filed prior to the date hereof, the Company has not incurred any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except those incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent (as to amount and nature) with past practices since the date of such financial statements, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.20.

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proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company relating to the continued listing of the Common Stock on the NYSE and the Company has not received any notice of, nor to the Company’s knowledge is there any reasonable basis for, the delisting of the Common Stock from the NYSE. The Company is not aware of any circumstances that would cause the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares to not be approved for listing by the NYSE.

2.21.

Brokers and Finders. No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, the Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company.

2.22.

No Directed Selling Efforts or General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities.

2.23.

No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any Company security, under circumstances that would (a) adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(a)(2) for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act or (b) cause the offer and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable law, regulation or stockholder approval provisions.

2.24.

Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Note and the Warrant by the Company to the Purchaser as contemplated hereby.

2.25.

Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the current or former directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries has on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable: (a) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any governmental officials or employees from corporate funds; (c) established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets which is in violation of law; (d) made any false or fictitious entries on the books and records of the Company; (e) made any unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback, bribe or other unlawful payment of any nature; or (f) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

2.26.

Office of Foreign Assets Control and Export Control Laws. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of the current or former directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.

2.27.

Transactions with Affiliates. Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than as holders of stock options and/or warrants, and for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

2.28.

Internal Controls. Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, the Company and the Subsidiaries are in material compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to

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maintain asset accountability; (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

2.29.

Investment Company. The Company is not required to be registered as, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately following the Closing will not be required to register as, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

2.30.

Bad Actor Disqualification. None of the Company, any predecessor or affiliated issuer of the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director or executive officer of the Company or any promoter connected with the Company in any capacity, is subject to any of the “bad actor” disqualifications within the meaning of Rule 506(d) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3).

2.31.

Shell Company Status. The Company was previously an issuer identified in Securities Act Rule 144(i)(1). The Company confirms that: (a) effective November 24, 2021, it ceased to be an issuer identified in Securities Act Rule 144(i)(1); (b) it has not been an issuer identified in Securities Act Rule 144(i)(1) between November 24, 2021 and the date of this Agreement; (c) it is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Exchange Act; (d) it has filed all reports and other materials required to be filed by Section 13 of the Exchange Act between November 24, 2021 and the date of this Agreement; and (e) on November 24, 2021, it filed current “Form 10 information”, as defined in Securities Act Rule 144(i)(3), with the SEC, which reflects that it is not an issuer identified in Securities Act Rule 144(i)(1).

2.32.

Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, all of which will be disclosed in the Form 8-K to be filed in connection with this Agreement, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Purchaser with any information that it believes constitutes or would reasonably be deemed to constitute material, non-public information that will not otherwise be disclosed in the SEC Filings on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchaser will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

2.33.

Insurance Coverage. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain in full force and effect insurance coverage that is customary for comparably situated companies for the business being conducted and properties owned or leased by the Company and the Subsidiaries, and the Company reasonably believes such insurance coverage to be adequate against all liabilities, claims and risks against which it is customary for comparably situated companies to insure. Other than customary end of policy notifications from insurance carriers, since January 1, 2025, the Company has not received any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible (i) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy or (ii) refusal or denial of any coverage, reservation of rights or rejection of any material claim under any insurance policy.

2.34.

Anti-Bribery and Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries and any of their respective officers, directors, supervisors, managers, agents, or employees are and have at all times

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been in compliance with and its participation in the offering will not violate: (a) anti-bribery laws, including but not limited to, any applicable law, rule, or regulation of any locality, including but not limited to any law, rule, or regulation promulgated to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, signed December 17, 1997, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, or any other law, rule or regulation of similar purposes and scope or (b) anti-money laundering laws, including, but not limited to, applicable federal, state, international, foreign or other laws, regulations or government guidance regarding anti-money laundering, including, without limitation, Title 18 US. Code sections 1956 and 1957, the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and international anti-money laundering principles or procedures by an intergovernmental group or organization, such as the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, of which the United States is a member and with which designation the United States representative to the group or organization continues to concur, all as amended, and any executive order, directive, or regulation pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, or any orders or licenses issued thereunder.

2.35.

Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”), and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

2.36.

Cybersecurity. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, to the Company’s Knowledge are free and clear of all material Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other malicious code. The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable physical, technical and administrative controls designed to maintain and protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability, privacy and security of all sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Confidential Data”) used or maintained in connection with their businesses and Personal Data, and the integrity, availability continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems. “Personal Data” means the following data used in connection with the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses and in their possession or control: (i) a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number or other tax identification number, driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, bank information, or customer or account number; (ii) information that identifies, relates to, or may reasonably be used to identify an individual; (iii) any information regarding an individual’s medical history, mental or physical condition, or medical treatment or diagnosis by a health care professional; (iv) an individual’s health insurance policy number or subscriber identification number, any unique identifier used by a health insurer to identify the individual, or any information in an individual’s application and claims history; (v) any information which would qualify as “protected health information” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (collectively, “HIPAA”); (vi) any information which would qualify as “personal data,” “personal information” (or similar term) under the Privacy Laws; and (vii) any other piece of information that alone, or combined with other information, reasonably allows the identification of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or analysis of any data related to an identified person’s health or sexual orientation. To the Company’s Knowledge, there have been no breaches, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to the IT Systems, Confidential Data, and Personal Data. The Company and its Subsidiaries are presently, and at all times since November 24, 2021 were, in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments and orders binding on the Company, applicable binding rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, and their internal policies and contractual

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obligations, each relating to the Processing, privacy and security of Personal Data and Confidential Data, the privacy and security of IT Systems and the protection of such IT Systems, Confidential Data, and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.

2.37.

Compliance with Data Privacy Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and at all times since November 24, 2021 were, in material compliance with all applicable state, federal and international data privacy and security laws and regulations regarding the collection, use, storage, retention, disclosure, transfer, disposal, or any other processing (collectively “Process” or “Processing”) of Personal Data, including HIPAA, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (EU 2016/679), and the United Kingdom GDPR (collectively, the “Privacy Laws”). To ensure compliance with the Privacy Laws, the Company and its subsidiaries have in place, comply with, and take all appropriate steps necessary to ensure compliance in all material respects with their policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security, and the Processing of Personal Data and Confidential Data (the “Privacy Statements”). The Company further certifies that, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries: (i) has received written notice of any material actual or potential claim, complaint, proceeding, regulatory proceeding or liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any of the Privacy Laws, contracts related to the Processing of Personal Data or Confidential Data, or Privacy Statements, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) is currently conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation, or other corrective action pursuant to any Privacy Law or contract; or (iii) is a party to any order or decree that imposes any obligation or liability under any Privacy Law.

2.38.

Subordination. The payment and performance of the obligations of the Company under the Note, the other Subordinated Loan Documents (as defined in the Subordination Agreement) and the indebtedness evidenced thereby are subordinated to the Senior Obligations pursuant to (and as defined in) the Subordination Agreement, and all terms and conditions of the Note, the other Subordinated Loan Documents (as defined in the Subordination Agreement) and the indebtedness evidenced thereby are subject to the rights of the Senior Creditor under the Subordination Agreement.

3.	Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the Agreement Date that:

3.1.

Authorization. The Purchaser has full power and authority to enter into the Transaction Documents. All action on the part of the Purchaser necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the performance of all obligations of the Purchaser hereunder and thereunder has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing and the Transaction Documents, when executed and delivered by the Purchaser, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (i) as limited by laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors or (ii) as limited by rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and by general principles of equity.

3.2.

Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or exemption or review by, any Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Purchaser in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation by the Purchaser of the Transactions to which it is a party, except any consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration, filing, exemption or review the failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect or delay the consummation of the Transactions.

3.3.

Securities Act Representations. The Purchaser is an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act) and is aware that the sale of the Note and the Warrant is being made in reliance on a private placement exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Purchaser is acquiring the Securities for its own account, and not with a view toward, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of any federal or state securities or “blue sky” law, or with any present intention of distributing or selling the Securities in violation of the Securities Act. The Purchaser has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Securities and is capable of bearing

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the economic risks of such investment. The Purchaser has been provided a reasonable opportunity to undertake and has undertaken such investigation and has been provided with and has evaluated such documents and information as it has deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

3.4.	Brokers and Finders. The Purchaser has not retained, utilized or been represented by, or otherwise become obligated to, any broker, placement agent, financial advisor or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement whose fees the Company would be required to pay.

Conditions of the Purchaser’s Obligations at the Initial Closing. The obligations of the Purchaser to the Company under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, unless otherwise waived, with respect to any Purchaser, by the Purchaser.

4.1.

Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 2 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties that are so qualified by their terms by a reference to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which representations and warranties as so qualified shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Agreement Date and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties which address matters only as to a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct with respect to such specified date).

4.2.	Performance. The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing Date.

4.3.	Compliance Certificate. An authorized officer of the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser on the Closing Date a certificate certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 have been fulfilled.

4.4.

Qualifications. All authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any governmental authority or regulatory body of the United States or of any state that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Note and the Warrant pursuant to this Agreement shall be obtained and effective as of the Closing Date.

4.5.

Secretary’s Certificate. The Secretary of the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser on the Closing Date a certificate certifying (a) the Restated Certificate, (b) the Bylaws, and (c) resolutions of the Board of the Company approving this Agreement, the Note, the Warrant and the Transaction contemplated hereby and thereby.

4.6.	Legal Opinion. A legal opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by such counsel and delivered to the Purchaser.

5.	Conditions of the Company’s Obligations at Closing. The obligations of the Company to the Purchaser under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, on or before the Closing Date, of the following conditions, unless otherwise waived by the Company:

5.1.

Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in Section 3 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties that are so qualified by their terms by a reference to materiality, which representations and warranties as so qualified shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Agreement Date and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties which address matters only as to a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties that are so qualified by their terms by a reference to materiality, which representations and warranties as so qualified shall be true and correct in all respects) with respect to such specified date).

5.2.	Performance. The Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date.

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5.3.

6.	Particular Covenants and Events of Default.

6.1.	Affirmative Covenants. Unless the Holder or the Company, as applicable, shall otherwise agree in writing:

(a)	The Company shall promptly notify the Purchaser in writing of any default or Event of Default under this Agreement or the Note, to which the Company has knowledge.

(b)	From the Agreement Date until the Closing Date, each of the Company and the Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are necessary to expeditiously satisfy the closing conditions set forth in Sections 4 and 5 hereof, respectively.

(c)

While the Note is outstanding, the Company will send to the Holder copies of all reports that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date that the Company is required to file the same (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods under the Exchange Act); provided, however, that the Company need not send to the Holder any material for which the Company has received, or is seeking in good faith and has not been denied, confidential treatment by the SEC. Any report that the Company files with the SEC through the EDGAR System will be deemed to be sent to the Holder at the time such report is so filed via the EDGAR System, it being understood that the Holder will not be responsible for determining whether such filings have been made or for their timeliness or their content.

(d)

While the Note is outstanding, the Holder may examine the books and records of the Company and inspect its facilities and may request information at reasonable times and intervals concerning the general status of the Company’s financial condition and operations, provided that access to highly confidential proprietary information and facilities need not be provided.

6.2.	Negative Covenants. Unless the Holder has provided prior written consent, so long as the Note is outstanding:

(a)	Neither Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall create, incur, authorize the creation of, issue, or authorize the issuance of, any unsecured indebtedness.

(b)	Neither Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall create, incur or grant any Lien in the assets of the Company or its subsidiaries, other than Liens in favor of the Senior Creditor or Permitted Liens (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement).

(c)

The Company shall not effect any transaction or series of transactions (including, without limitation, amendments to the Restated Certificate or Bylaws, each as in effect on the Closing Date) to avoid or attempt to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed under the Transaction Documents or that would have the effect of materially impairing the rights of the Purchaser provided for in the Transaction Documents.

6.3.

General Acceleration Provision upon Events of Default. The occurrence and continuation beyond the applicable cure period of any of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default” and shall, subject to terms and conditions of the Subordination Agreement, entitle the Holder to the rights and remedies set forth in the Note:

(a)

To the extent that the Holder elects to receive a principal payment on the Note in accordance with the terms of the Note, the Company fails to make such principal payment when due, whether on the Maturity Date (as defined in the Note), on a Fundamental Transaction Payment Date (as defined in the Note) with respect to a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Note), upon acceleration or otherwise.

(b)

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