Competitive Bid Quote Request. When the Borrowers wish to request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans under this Section 2.2, the Borrowers shall transmit to the Administrative Agent by email, telex or facsimile transmission a Competitive Bid Quote Request substantially in the form of [Exhibit 2.2](b) hereto so as to be received not later than 10:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the fourth (4th) Business Day prior to the date of borrowing proposed therein (or such other time or date as the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified to the Revolving Loan Lenders not later than the date of the Competitive Bid Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction for which such change is to be effective) specifying:

Submission and Contents of Competitive Bid Quotes. (i) Each Revolving Loan Lender may submit a Competitive Bid Quote containing an offer or offers to make Competitive Bid Loans in response to any Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. Each Competitive Bid Quote must comply with the requirements of this subsection # and must be submitted to the Administrative Agent by email, telex or facsimile transmission not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the proposed date of borrowing (or such other time or date as the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified the Revolving Loan Lenders not later than the date of the Competitive Bid Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction for which such change is to be effective); provided that Competitive Bid Quotes submitted by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent (or any affiliate of the Person serving as the Administrative Agent) in the capacity of a Revolving Loan Lender may be submitted, and may only be submitted, if the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or such affiliate notifies the Borrowers of the terms of the offer or offers contained therein not later than one-quarter (1/4) hour prior to the deadline for the other Lenders. Any Competitive Bid Quote so made shall be irrevocable, except with the written consent of the Administrative Agent given on the instruction of the Borrowers. Competitive Bid Loans to be funded pursuant to a Competitive Bid Quote may, as provided in [Section 11.3(e)], be funded by a Lender’s Designated Bank. A Lender making a Competitive Bid Quote may, but shall not be required to, specify in its Competitive Bid Quote whether the related Competitive Bid Loans are intended to be funded by such Lender’s Designated Bank, as provided in [Section 11.3(e)].

Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. Promptly upon receipt of a Competitive Bid Quote Request, the Administrative Agent shall send to the Revolving Loan Lenders by email, telex or facsimile transmission an Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes substantially in the form of [Exhibit 2.2](c) hereto, which shall constitute an invitation by the Borrowers to each Revolving Loan Lender to submit Competitive Bid Quotes offering to make the Competitive Bid Loans to which such Competitive Bid Quote Request relates in accordance with this Section.

Each Lender may (but shall not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive Bids to the Company in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be received by the Advance Agent by fax or e-mail, in the form of [Exhibit A]‑3 hereto, in the case of a LIBOR Competitive Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:30 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to the format of [Exhibit A]‑3 may be rejected by the Advance Agent, and the Advance Agent shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall specify # the principal amount of the Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is willing to make (which shall be a minimum of US$5,000,000 and an integral multiple of US$1,000,000 and which may equal the entire principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing Request), # the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which the applicable Lender is prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) and # the Interest Period applicable to each such Loan and the last day thereof.

SECTION # Competitive Bid Procedure. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period the Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of a Borrowing Subsidiary) may request Competitive Bids and the Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of a Borrowing Subsidiary) may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Loans denominated in Dollars; provided that # the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the total Competitive Loan Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitments and # in the event the Maturity Date shall have been extended as provided in [Section 2.05], the sum of the LC Exposures attributable to Letters of Credit expiring after any Existing Maturity Date and the Competitive Loans maturing after such Existing Maturity Date shall not exceed the aggregate Commitments of the Extending Lenders. To request Competitive Bids, the Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of any other Borrower) shall deliver to the Advance Agent a duly completed Competitive Bid Request, to be received by the Advance Agent, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, two Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing. A Competitive Bid Request that does not conform substantially to [Exhibit A]‑1 may be rejected in the Advance Agent’s sole discretion, and the Advance Agent shall promptly notify the Company of such rejection. Each Competitive Bid Request shall specify the following information in compliance with [Section 2.02]:

Each such Competitive Bid Quote should specify a Competitive Bid Margin. All Competitive Bid Quotes must be submitted to the Administrative Agent by telex or facsimile transmission at its offices as specified in or pursuant to [Schedule 11.1] of the Credit Agreement not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the proposed date of borrowing. Competitive Bid Quotes received after these deadlines will not be forwarded to the Borrowers.