Letters of Credit. At any time on or after the Closing Date and prior to the date that is 30 days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (provided, that in the case of any Letter of Credit issued for a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, the Borrower shall be the co-applicant with respect thereto) in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided, # each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; # the stated amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less than $100,000 or such lesser amount as is acceptable to the Issuing Bank; # after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the aggregate amount of Revolving Exposures exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments then in effect; # after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Obligations exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect; # in no event shall any Letter of Credit have an expiration date later than the earlier of # the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date and # the date which is one year from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit or such longer period of time as agreed to by the Issuing Bank; and # in no event shall any commercial Letter of Credit be issued if such commercial Letter of Credit is otherwise unacceptable to the Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion. Subject to the foregoing, the Issuing Bank may agree that a standby Letter of Credit will automatically be extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each, unless the Issuing Bank elects not to extend for any such additional period; provided, the Issuing Bank shall not be required to extend any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time the Issuing Bank must elect to allow such extension.

Letters of Credit. (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, # the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, # from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower and to amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and # the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, # the sum of the Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Multicurrency Sublimit, # the Total Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, # the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Revolving Credit Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and # the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including without limitation the provisions of Article III and this Section 2.10(a)), upon the request of Borrower made in accordance herewith not later than seven (7) days before the Maturity Date, the Issuing Lender shall issue letters of credit denominated in Dollars for the account of Borrower and, if requested by Borrower, for the benefit of one of its Affiliates (each, a “Letter of Credit”), and, subject to the provisions of Section 2.1(a)(iii), the Issuing Lender shall amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit. Each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or the amendment, renewal, or extension of any outstanding Letter of Credit, shall be made in writing by any of the individuals identified on Exhibit R-11] attached hereto (or, in certain cases, two of such individuals, all as set forth in further detail in Exhibit R-11] attached hereto) and delivered to the Issuing Lender and Agent via hand delivery, telefacsimile, or other electronic method of transmission reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension. Each such request shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuing Lender in its sole and absolute discretion and shall specify # the amount of such Letter of Credit, # the date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension of such Letter of Credit, # the expiration of such Letter of Credit, # the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, # the identity of Borrower’s Affiliate for whose benefit such Letter of Credit shall be issued in the event that Borrower requests that the issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit for the benefit of one of its Affiliates, and # such other information (including, in the case of an amendment, renewal, or extension, identification of the outstanding Letter of Credit to be so amended, renewed, or extended) as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such Letter of Credit. It is hereby acknowledged that the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit # if, after giving effect to the issuance of such requested Letter of Credit, # the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed $25,000,000, # the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount less the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility Usage, or # the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Borrowing Base at such time less the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility Usage, # at any time when one or more of the ​ is a Defaulting Lender, but only until such time as either # the Revolver Commitments of the Defaulting Lender or Defaulting ​ have been assumed by a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender, # the Maximum Revolver Amount has been reduced by the amount of such Defaulting Lender’s or Defaulting ​’ Revolver Commitments or # such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit exposure has been cash collateralized, # if any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Lender from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to the Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Issuing Lender in good faith deems material to it, or # if the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Issuing Lender applicable to letters of credit generally. Agent shall provide a report to each Lender on a quarterly basis setting forth the then current Letter of Credit Usage and Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof.

Existing Letters of Credit. The parties hereto agree that the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed Letters of Credit for all purposes under this Agreement, without any further action by the Borrower.

Existing Letters of Credit. On the Restatement Date, # each Existing Letter of Credit, to the extent outstanding, shall be automatically and without further action by the parties thereto deemed converted into a Letter of Credit under this Agreement and subject to the provisions hereof as if each such Existing Letter of Credit had been issued on the Restatement Date by the L/C Issuer, # each such Existing Letter of Credit shall be included in the calculation of L/C Obligations and Revolving Credit Exposure, # the issuer thereof shall be deemed to be the L/C Issuer with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit and # all liabilities of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties with respect to such Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute Obligations.

New Letters of Credit. So long as any Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no L/C Issuer shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto (determined after giving effect to [Section 2.15(a)(v)] and any cash collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender).

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Additional Credit Extension Amendment. The Incremental Facilities shall be documented by an Additional Credit Extension Amendment executed by the Persons providing the Incremental Facilities (and the other Persons specified in the definition of Additional Credit Extension Amendment but no other existing Lender), and the Additional Credit Extension Amendment may provide for such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Company, to effect the provisions of this [Section 2.17].

An Employee’s Period of Service shall be determined by the Company on the basis of employment records or on such other reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis as it may adopt. The Company, pursuant to its administrative rules, may recognize as a Period of Service any period of time not otherwise described in this Section, subject to such conditions and limitations as it may adopt.

All necessary approvals under federal and state securities laws and other authorizations relating to the issuance of the Acquisition Shares and the transfer of the Shares shall have been received.