Plan Statement. “Plan Statement” means this document entitled “Target Corporation DDCP (2022 Plan Statement),” as adopted by the Company, effective as of ​, as the same may be amended from time to time.

COMPLETE STATEMENT OF PLAN. This Plan document contains a complete statement of its terms and supersedes all prior versions of the Plan document. No other evidence, whether written or oral, shall be taken into account in interpreting the provisions of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between a provision in this Plan document and any booklet, brochure, presentation, or other communication (whether written or oral), the provision of this Plan document shall control.

The Executive Incentive Bonus Compensation Plan of Carpenter Technology Corporation provides additional compensation for selected employees based on the Company’s financial performance. The combination of Base Pay and Executive Incentive Compensation is intended to provide a competitive cash-compensation opportunity to Participants.

Registration Statement. None of the information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries to be supplied by the Company, or by any other Person acting on behalf of the Company at its direction, in writing specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement will, as of the date the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the BRPA Stockholders, at the time of the BRPA Special Meeting, or at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this [Section 2.24], no representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to information or statements made or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement that were not supplied by or on behalf of the Company for use therein.

Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, no stop order shall have been issued by the SEC which remains in effect with respect to the Registration Statement, and no proceeding seeking such a stop order shall have been threatened or initiated by the SEC which remains pending.

Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. ​) that contains a base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”). Such registration statement registers the sale by the Selling Stockholder of the Maximum Selling Stockholder Amount. The Company may file one or more additional registration statements from time to time that will contain a base prospectus and related prospectus or prospectus supplement, if applicable, with respect to the Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement(s), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, including all financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto and all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act as from time to time amended or supplemented, is herein referred to as the “Registration Statement,” and the prospectus constituting a part of such registration statement(s), together with any prospectus supplement filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act relating to a particular sale of the Shares, including all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, in each case, as from time to time amended or supplemented, is referred to herein as the “Prospectus,” except that if any revised prospectus is provided to the Agent or the Forward Purchaser by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Shares that is not required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, the term “Prospectus” shall refer to such revised prospectus from and after the time it is first provided to the Agent or the Forward Purchaser, as applicable, for such use. The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is referred to herein as the “Original Registration Statement.” As used in this Agreement, the terms “amendment” or “supplement” when applied to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing by the Company with the Commission of any document under the Exchange Act after the date hereof that is or is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.

Earnings Statement. As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Agent an earnings statement (which need not be audited), covering a period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement, which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will be deemed to have furnished such statement to its security holders and the Agent to the extent it is available on EDGAR or any successor system.

The Borrowers shall, within thirty (30) days of a written request from the Agent or a third party, furnish the Agent or such third party, as applicable, with a statement, duly acknowledged and certified, setting forth # the Outstanding Principal Balance, # the Applicable Interest Rate, # the date installments of interest and/or principal were last paid, # any offsets or defenses to the performance of the Obligations, if any, and # that the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents have not been modified or if modified, giving the particulars of such modification.

The Disclosure Statement contains # sufficient information of a kind necessary to satisfy the disclosure requirements of all applicable nonbankruptcy laws, rules, and regulations, including the Securities Act, and # “adequate information” (as such term is defined in section 1125(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and used in section 1126(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code) with respect to the Debtors, the Plan, and the transactions contemplated therein. The filing of the Disclosure Statement with the clerk of the Court satisfied Bankruptcy Rule 3016(b).

Disclosure Statement. The Disclosure Statement is approved in all respects.