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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Purpose and Engagement Background This Comprehensive Product-Liability Tower Review Report (this "Report") sets forth the findings and recommendations of Calderwood & Harkness LLP ("C&H" or the "Firm") with respect to the product-liability and general-liability insurance tower (the "PL Tower") maintained by Nexford Industrial Holdings Inc. ("Nexford" or the "Company") for the policy period com

1. Product recall sub-limit is inadequate at $2.5 million per occurrence / $5 million aggregate (Section IX) 2. "Other insurance" clause conflict between Midland primary and Great Basin umbrella (Sections V.D and VIII)

3. Pollution exclusion inconsistency between Midland and Great Basin (Section V.C)

4. Cross-liability provisions unclear for intercompany claims between subsidiaries (Section XI)

5. Completed operations 10-year tail insufficient for NCS and Triton products (Section X)

6. Aggregate erosion risk — $8.3M in open reserves against $10M Midland aggregate (Section XIII) Important Findings (Recommended for Renewal Negotiation):

7. Additional insured endorsements do not consistently extend to completed operations across all layers (Section XII)

8. Definition inconsistencies for "Occurrence" and "Bodily Injury" between layers (Sections IV.B, V.B, and Appendix E)

9. Excess layers should confirm follow-form on completed operations tail (Section X.C)

10. Vendor/contractor downstream coverage gaps in excess layers (Section XII.B)

11. Defense cost erosion treatment should be clarified and made consistent across tower (Section XIV) Monitoring Items:

12. Total five-year incurred of $15.12M — claims frequency increasing; annual monitoring recommended (Section XIII.A)

13. Pending litigation outcomes may significantly impact renewal terms (Section XIII.C)

14. Kessler Quinn IBNR estimate of $2.1M to be updated quarterly (Section XIII.A)

15. Pre-IPO PL tower reassessment if 2023-2024 IPO timeline proceeds (Section XVI.C) Each of these findings is discussed in detail in the body of this Report, with specific remediation recommendations and cross-references to supporting memoranda delivered during the engagement.

II.A. Scope of Review The scope of this engagement encompassed a comprehensive review of the Company's PL Tower for the Current Policy Period. Specifically, C&H reviewed all policies, binders, endorsements, and declarations pages for all four layers of the PL Tower — the Midland Casualty primary GL/PL policy, the Great Basin first excess/umbrella policy, the Cornerstone Reinsurance second excess policy, and the Alleg

II.B. Methodology C&H's review of the PL Tower employed the following analytical framework: Policy-by-Policy Wording Analysis. Each policy in the PL Tower was subjected to a detailed wording analysis against C&H's proprietary coverage checklist for manufacturing and industrial product-liability programs. The checklist consists of more than 200 coverage points organized across eight major categories: coverage grants,

II.C. Documents Reviewed The following documents were reviewed in connection with the preparation of this Report:

1. Midland Casualty & Surety Company, Commercial General Liability / Products Liability Policy, Policy No. MCS-GL-2021-55671, effective July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022, including all endorsements and declarations pages (47 pages total)

2. Great Basin Insurance Company, First Excess / Umbrella Liability Policy, effective July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022, including all endorsements and declarations pages (32 pages total)

3. Cornerstone Reinsurance Corp., Second Excess Liability Policy, effective July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022, including all endorsements and declarations pages (18 pages total)

4. Allegheny Pacific Underwriters, Inc., Third Excess Liability Policy, effective July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022, including all endorsements and declarations pages (14 pages total)

5. Ashford Breckinridge LLP, Broker Marketing Submission — Nexford Industrial Holdings Inc. Product Liability / General Liability Insurance Program, dated May 3, 2022 (28 pages plus exhibits)

6. Five-Year Loss Runs, Product-Liability and General-Liability Claims, July 1, 2017 — May 31, 2022, provided by Midland Casualty and Nexford Risk Management

7. Complaint and discovery materials, Higgins v. Nexford Conveyor Systems, LLC et al., Case No. 2021-L-04382, Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois

8. Complaint, motion to dismiss briefing, and order denying motion to dismiss (dated February 11, 2022), Consolidated Builders Supply Co. v. Triton Fastener Corp., Case No. 1:21-cv-08914, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

9. Kessler Quinn Advisory Group, Actuarial Analysis and Adequacy-of-Limits Report — Nexford Industrial Holdings Inc. Product-Liability Program, dated June 3, 2022

10. Nexford Industrial Holdings Inc., corporate organizational documents, including certificates of formation, operating agreements, articles of incorporation, and bylaws for Nexford Industrial Holdings Inc., Nexford Conveyor Systems, LLC, Triton Fastener Corp., and Marlowe Asset Management Precision Machining, Inc.

11. Triton Fastener Corp., Voluntary Product Recall Documentation — Grade 8 Hex Bolt Batch, initiated March 12, 2020, including recall notification, CPSC correspondence, and cost accounting records (total cost: $1.1 million)

12. Nexford Conveyor Systems, LLC, Product Advisory Notice — Model NCS-7200 Conveyor System, issued August 7, 2020, including internal investigation report and customer notification records (total cost: $340,000)

13. Calderwood & Harkness LLP, Preliminary Coverage Gap Memorandum — Product-Liability Tower, dated May 27, 2022

14. Calderwood & Harkness LLP, Product Recall Sub-Limit Adequacy Memorandum, dated June 7, 2022

15. Calderwood & Harkness LLP, Cross-Liability and Intercompany Coverage Memorandum, dated June 10, 2022

16. Calderwood & Harkness LLP, Letter to Hollander Byrne & Strauss LLP re Coverage Coordination, dated May 25, 2022

17. Email from Yuki Nakamura (C&H) to Trevor Haines (Nexford) re Defense Cost Tracking Protocol, dated June 15, 2022

18. Midland Casualty & Surety Company, reservation-of-rights letters regarding Higgins v. NCS (dated October 8, 2021) and Consolidated Builders v. Triton (dated December 3, 2021)

19. Various certificates of insurance issued by Ashford Breckinridge on behalf of Nexford and its subsidiaries during the Current Policy Period

III.A. Tower Architecture The Company's PL Tower for the Current Policy Period is constructed as a four-layer program with a total aggregate limit of $75 million. The tower is structured as follows: Total Aggregate Limit: $75,000,000 Total Annual Premium: $2,642,900 Rate-on-Line: 3.52% ($2,642,900 ÷ $75,000,000) Policy Period: July 1, 2021 — July 1, 2022 The tower is structured on a traditional excess-over-underlying

III.B. Named Insureds and Additional Insureds Named Insureds. All four layers of the PL Tower list the following entities as Named Insureds: • Nexford Industrial Holdings Inc. (EIN: 83-2174650) • Nexford Conveyor Systems, LLC (EIN: 83-2174651) • Triton Fastener Corp. (EIN: 36-4892103) • Marlowe Asset Management Precision Machining, Inc. (EIN: 31-1784529) C&H has reviewed the "Named Insured" definition in each policy

III.C. Self-Insured Retention The Midland primary GL/PL policy is subject to a self-insured retention ("SIR") of $500,000 per occurrence. The SIR applies to all covered claims, including product-liability and general-liability claims, and must be exhausted by the Named Insured before the Midland policy's limits begin to respond. Defense Cost Application. The Midland policy provides that defense costs are included wit

IV. PRIMARY LAYER ANALYSIS — MIDLAND CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY

IV.A. Coverage Grants The Midland primary policy, Policy No. MCS-GL-2021-55671, is written on a commercial general liability ("CGL") coverage form that provides broad coverage for third-party bodily injury and property damage claims arising out of the Named Insured's operations, premises, and products. The coverage form includes two principal coverage parts: Coverage A (Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability) an

IV.B. Key Definitions C&H has reviewed the key definitions in the Midland primary policy that are most relevant to the Company's product-liability exposure. The following definitions warrant specific comment: "Occurrence." The Midland policy defines "occurrence" as "an accident, including continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same general harmful conditions." This is the standard ISO CGL occurrence def

IV.C. Exclusions The Midland primary policy contains the standard CGL exclusions, as well as several manuscript exclusions that are specific to the Company's program. C&H has analyzed each exclusion for its impact on the Company's product-liability coverage and has identified the following exclusions as warranting particular attention: Products-Completed Operations Exclusion Carve-Backs. The Midland policy excludes c

IV.D. Conditions The Midland primary policy contains standard CGL policy conditions. C&H has reviewed the following conditions as they relate to the Company's product-liability program: Notice Provisions. The Midland policy requires the Named Insured to provide notice of any occurrence, offense, claim, or suit "as soon as practicable." Notice must be provided in writing to Midland Casualty & Surety Company, Claims De

IV.E. Endorsements The Midland primary policy includes a schedule of twenty-three (23) endorsements modifying the base CGL coverage form. C&H has reviewed each endorsement and provides the following summary of the most significant endorsements:

1. Product Recall Sub-Limit Endorsement: Provides $2.5M per occurrence / $5M aggregate sub-limit for product recall expenses (analyzed in Section IX).

2. Additional Insured — Customers and Vendors: Extends insured status to downstream customers and vendors as required by written contract (analyzed in Section XII).

3. Additional Insured — Veltrano Capital Partners Fund IV, LP: Manuscript endorsement extending insured status to the Sponsor.

4. Waiver of Subrogation — Scheduled Parties: Waives Midland's subrogation rights against certain scheduled parties as required by contract.

5. Completed Operations Tail — 10 Years: Extends completed operations coverage for 10 years post-delivery (analyzed in Section X).

6. Amendment of Pollution Exclusion — Hostile Fire Exception: Clarifies that the pollution exclusion does not apply to pollution caused by a hostile fire.

7. Amendment of "Other Insurance" Clause: Modifies the standard "other insurance" language (analyzed in Section VIII).

8. Aggregate Limit per Location Endorsement: Provides a separate aggregate limit for each Named Insured's scheduled location.

9. Cross-Liability / Severability of Interests Endorsement: Provides that the policy applies separately to each Named Insured as if separately insured, except with respect to the policy limits (analyzed in Section XI).

10. Defense Cost Provision — Within Limits: Clarifies that defense costs are within the policy limits and erode the per-occurrence and aggregate limits (analyzed in Section XIV). C&H has identified no manuscript endorsements that improperly narrow coverage or add exclusions that are inconsistent with the Company's coverage expectations. However, certain endorsements — particularly the product recall sub-limit endorse

V. FIRST EXCESS / UMBRELLA LAYER ANALYSIS — GREAT BASIN INSURANCE COMPANY

V.A. Follow-Form vs. Independent Coverage Grants The Great Basin policy is written as an umbrella liability policy, which means it provides both follow-form excess coverage (responding above the Midland primary limits on the same terms and conditions) and independent coverage grants (responding to certain claims that are not covered by the Midland primary policy). This hybrid structure distinguishes the Great Basin p