Payment of salary or expenses of the Contractor, or any agent acting for the Contractor, related to any activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before the Congress or any state government, state legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized executive-

In connection with the Payroll Support Program Extension Agreement (Agreement) between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) relating to Payroll Support being provided by Treasury to the Recipient under Subtitle A of Title IV of Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, I hereby certify under penalty of perjury to the Treasury that all of the following are true and correct.

Subtitle A of Title IV of Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (PSP Extension Law) directs the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to provide Payroll Support (as defined herein) to passenger air carriers and certain contractors that must be exclusively used for the continuation of payment of Employee Salaries, Wages, and Benefits (as defined herein). The PSP Extension Law permits Treasury to provide Payroll Support in such form, and on such terms and conditions, as the Secretary of the Treasury determines appropriate, and requires certain assurances from the Recipient (as defined herein).

declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock, property or any combination thereof) in respect of any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests of Seller or any other equity security, or purchase, redemption or other acquisition, of any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests of Seller or any other equity security; (i) capital expenditures (including expenditures for additions to plant, property and equipment) by Seller or appropriations or commitments with respect thereto other than in the ordinary course of business;

In addition, as set forth in HHSAR 352.203-70 “Anti-Lobbying”, the current Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive- legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support, or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, or any State or Local legislature except in presentation to the Congress, or any State or Local legislative body itself.

“COVID-19 Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester or any other Law, Order, Proceeding, directive, guidelines, executive order, executive memo or recommendations (together with all guidance, rules and regulations related thereto) by any Governmental Entity in connection with or in response to COVID-19, including, but not limited to, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, the Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing Covid 19 Disaster, dated August 8, 2020, and IRS Notice 2020 65, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act and the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools Act.

Arbitrable Claims. Arbitrable claims are those that the Company (or its subsidiaries and affiliates) may have against me or that I (and no other party) may have against any of the following: # the Company, # its officers, directors, employees or agents in their capacity as such or otherwise, # its parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, # benefit plans or the plans’ sponsors, fiduciaries, administrators, affiliates and agents, and/or # all successors and assigns of any of them. The only claims that are arbitrable are those that could be brought under applicable state or federal law and which lawfully can be the subject of an agreement to arbitrate. Arbitrable claims include, but are not limited to: claims for wages, bonuses, or other compensation due; claims for breach of any contract or covenant (express or implied); tort claims; claims for discrimination (including, but not limited to, race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, marital status, military or veterans status, physical or mental disability or handicap, or medical condition), harassment or retaliation; claims for benefits (except claims under an employee benefit or pension plan that either specifies that its claims procedure shall culminate in an arbitration procedure different from this one, or is underwritten by a commercial insurer which decides claims); and claims for violation of any federal, state, or other governmental law, statute, regulation, or ordinance, except claims for: workers’ compensation or unemployment compensation benefits; claims covered by (and defined in the Franken Amendment, first enacted in Section 8116 of the Defense Appropriations Act of 2010, or any similar statute, regulation or executive order. Both the Company and I agree that neither of us shall initiate or prosecute any lawsuit in any way related to any claim covered by this Agreement, other than to seek temporary equitable relief in aid of arbitration where such relief is available by law. I understand that nothing in this Agreement prohibits me from filing a complaint, charge, or other communication with any administrative or other governmental agency.

Arbitrable Claims. Arbitrable claims are those that the Company (or its subsidiaries and affiliates) may have against me or that I (and no other party) may have against any of the following: # the Company, # its officers, directors, employees or agents in their capacity as such or otherwise, # its parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, # benefit plans or the plans’ sponsors, fiduciaries, administrators, affiliates and agents, and/or # all successors and assigns of any of them. The only claims that are arbitrable are those that could be brought under applicable state or federal law and which lawfully can be the subject of an agreement to arbitrate. Arbitrable claims include, but are not limited to: claims for wages, bonuses, or other compensation due; claims for breach of any contract or covenant (express or implied); tort claims; claims for discrimination (including, but not limited to, race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, marital status, military or veterans status, physical or mental disability or handicap, or medical condition), harassment or retaliation; claims for benefits (except claims under an employee benefit or pension plan that either specifies that its claims procedure shall culminate in an arbitration procedure different from this one, or is underwritten by a commercial insurer which decides claims); and claims for violation of any federal, state, or other governmental law, statute, regulation, or ordinance, except claims for: workers’ compensation or unemployment compensation benefits; claims covered by (and defined in the Franken Amendment, first enacted in Section 8116 of the Defense Appropriations Act of 2010, or any similar statute, regulation or executive order. Both the Company and I agree that neither of us shall initiate or prosecute any lawsuit in any way related to any claim covered by this Agreement, other than to seek temporary equitable relief in aid of arbitration where such relief is available by law. I understand that nothing in this Agreement prohibits me from filing a complaint, charge, or other communication with any administrative or other governmental agency.