Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of Borrowers made in accordance herewith, and prior to the Maturity Date, Issuing Bank agrees to issue a requested Letter of Credit for the account of Borrowers. By submitting a request to Issuing Bank for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested that Issuing Bank issue the requested 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 irrevocable and shall be made in writing by an Authorized Person and delivered to Issuing Bank via telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission reasonably acceptable to Issuing Bank and reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension. Each such request shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Issuing Bank and # shall specify # the amount of such Letter of Credit, # the date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension of such Letter of Credit, # the proposed expiration date of such Letter of Credit, # the name and address of the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit, and # such other information (including, the conditions to drawing, and, in the case of an amendment, renewal, or extension, identification of the Letter of Credit to be so amended, renewed, or extended) as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such Letter of Credit, and # shall be accompanied by such Issuer Documents as Agent or Issuing Bank may reasonably request or require, to the extent that such requests or requirements are consistent with the Issuer Documents that Issuing Bank generally requests for Letters of Credit in similar circumstances. Bank’s records of the content of any such request will be conclusive absent manifest error.

Indebtedness and obligations of the Subsidiaries owing under documentary letters of credit for the purchase of goods or other merchandise (but not under standby, direct pay or other letters of credit) generally;

*The Letter of Credit Fee Rate for documentary Letters of Credit shall equal 50% of the applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate set forth above.

Existing Letters of Credit. On the Effective Date, each of the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued as a Letter of Credit under this Agreement by the applicable Issuing Bank, and such Issuing Bank shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have granted to each of the Lenders, and each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have acquired from such Issuing Bank, a participation (on the terms specified in this Section 2.04) in each Existing Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Concurrently with such sale of participations, the participations granted pursuant to the terms of each Existing Credit Agreement to the lenders party thereto shall be automatically cancelled without further action by any of the parties hereto. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Existing Letters of Credit pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Aggregate Commitments, and that each payment by a Lender in respect of such participations shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

New Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no LC Exposure in respect of that Defaulting Lender after giving effect thereto following such Issuing Bank’s obligations as provided in this [Section 2.24]; provided, however, if the Borrower has Cash Collateralized the Issuing Bank’s LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in the amount of 105% as provided in [Section 2.24(a)] hereof, or if the Borrower, Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender as provided in [Section 2.24(c)] hereof, this [Section 2.24(d)] shall not be interpreted to terminate or suspend the Issuing Bank’s obligation, if any, to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit otherwise permitted under and subject to the terms of this Agreement.

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.

Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof

“Letter of Credit Collateralization” means either # providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent, including provisions that specify that the Letter of Credit Fees and all commissions, fees, charges and expenses provided for in Section 2.11(k) of the Agreement (including any fronting fees) will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in an amount equal to 102% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, # delivering to Agent documentation executed by all beneficiaries under the Letters of Credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank, terminating all of such beneficiaries’ rights under the Letters of Credit or otherwise causing such Letters of Credit to be returned to Issuing Bank, or # providing Agent with a standby letter of credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from a commercial bank acceptable to Agent (in its sole discretion) in an amount equal to 102% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit Fee and all fronting fees set forth in the Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding and that any such fees that accrue must be an amount that can be drawn under any such standby letter of credit).

Letter of Credit Fees. Each Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, with respect to each Letter of Credit, a letter of credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) at a per annum rate equal to the Letter of Credit Fee Rate in effect from time to time on the outstanding daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (except as to documentary Letters of Credit, for which Letter of Credit Fees will be paid at a rate equal to 50% of the Letter of Credit Fee Rate), such fee to be payable in arrears on each Payment Date, on the Revolving Facility Termination Date and, after the Revolving Facility Termination Date (if applicable), on demand. The Company shall also pay to each Issuer for its own account # a fronting fee in the amount agreed to by such Issuer and the Company from time to time, with such fee to be payable in arrears on each Payment Date, and # documentary and processing charges in connection with the issuance or Modification of and draws under Letters of Credit in accordance with such Issuer’s standard schedule for such charges as in effect from time to time.

Compensation for Letters of Credit. The Borrowers agree to pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders, in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, with respect to each Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Fee specified in, and in accordance with the terms of, [Section 2.19].