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Commercial Letters of Credit. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of each Revolving Lender based upon each such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage (except as otherwise provided in [Section 2.18] with respect to Defaulting Lenders), a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder that is a Commercial Letter of Credit in an amount equal to # the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Loans in effect on the date of issuance times # the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit. The foregoing fees shall be payable on the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of Borrowers made in accordance herewith, and prior to the Maturity Date, each Issuing Bank agrees to issue a requested standby Letter of Credit or a sight commercial Letter of Credit for the account of Borrowers. By submitting a request to an Issuing Bank for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested that such 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 made in writing by an Authorized Person, # delivered to Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank via telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission reasonably acceptable to Agent and such Issuing Bank and reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension, and # subject to the applicable Issuing Bank’s authentication procedures with results satisfactory to such Issuing Bank. Each such request shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and the applicable 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 the applicable Issuing Bank may request or require, to the extent that such requests or requirements are consistent with the Issuer Documents that such Issuing Bank generally requests for Letters of Credit in similar circumstances. The applicable Issuing Bank’s records of the content of any such request will be conclusive absent manifest error. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Issuing Bank may, but shall not be obligated to, issue a Letter of Credit that supports the obligations of a Loan Party or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of # a lease of real property, or # an employment contract.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of Borrower Agent made in accordance herewith, the Issuing Lender agrees to issue, or to cause an Underlying Issuer (including, as Issuing Lender’s agent) to issue, a requested Letter of Credit. Issuing Lender shall not, and shall be under no obligation to, issue or cause to be issued any Letter of Credit if any of the conditions set forth in [Section 3.2] herein will not be satisfied immediately prior to, or immediately after giving effect to, the issuance of such Letter of Credit. If Issuing Lender, at its option, elects to cause an Underlying Issuer to issue a requested Letter of Credit, then Issuing Lender agrees that it will enter into arrangements relative to the reimbursement of such Underlying Issuer (which may include, among, other means, by becoming an applicant with respect to such Letter of Credit or entering into undertakings which provide for reimbursements of such Underlying Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit; each such obligation or undertaking, irrespective of whether in writing, a “Reimbursement Undertaking”) with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Underlying Issuer. By submitting a request to Issuing Lender for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested that Issuing Lender issue or that an Underlying Issuer issue the requested Letter of Credit and to have requested Issuing Lender to issue a Reimbursement Undertaking with respect to such requested Letter of Credit if it is to be issued by an Underlying Issuer (it being expressly acknowledged and agreed by each Borrower that Borrowers are and shall be deemed to be applicants (within the meaning of Section 5-102(a)(2) of the Code) with respect to each

Letters of Credit. Each payment of unreimbursed drawings in respect of LOC Obligations shall be allocated to each LOC Participant pro rata in accordance with its Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage; provided that, if any LOC Participant shall have failed to pay its applicable pro rata share of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, then any amount to which such LOC Participant would otherwise be entitled pursuant to this subsection # shall instead be payable to the Issuing until the share of such unreimbursed drawing not funded by such has been repaid; provided further, that in the event any amount paid to any LOC Participant pursuant to this subsection # is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Issuing , each LOC Participant shall, upon the request of the Issuing , repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing the amount so paid to such LOC Participant, with interest for the period commencing on the date such payment is returned by the Issuing until the date the Issuing receives such repayment at a rate per annum equal to, during the period to, but excluding, the date two Business Days after such request, the Federal Funds Rate, and thereafter, the Base Rate plus two percent (2%) per annum.

Letters of Credit. With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time deposit in a Cash Collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such Cash Collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay the other Secured Obligations in accordance with [Section 10.4]. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, the Reimbursement Obligation shall have been satisfied and all other Secured Obligations shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such Cash Collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower.

Letters of Credit. Upon Borrowers' application from time to time by use of the Bank's standard form Letter of Credit Application Agreement and subject to the terms and provisions therein and herein set forth, the Bank agrees to issue standby letters of credit on behalf of Borrowers under the Revolver Commitment, provided that # no letters of credit will be issued on behalf of or on the account of Borrowers with an expiry (expiration) date later than the Revolver Final Maturity Date, except only for letters of credit with one year maturities that contain automatic renewal language approved by the Bank, and # no letter of credit will be issued on behalf of or for the account of Borrowers # if at the time of issuance the sum of the outstanding amount of all Revolver Loans under the Revolver Commitment as evidenced by the Revolver Note plus the unfunded amount of issued but unexpired Letters of Credit together with the face amount of the requested Letter of Credit would exceed the then applicable Revolver Commitment Amount or # if the sum of the outstanding amount of all Revolver Loans under the Revolver Commitment plus the unfunded amount of issued but unexpired Letters of Credit issued under the Revolver Commitment together with the face amount of the requested Letter of Credit would exceed the Collateral Borrowing Base then in effect. If any letter of credit is drawn upon at any time, each amount drawn, whether a full or partial draw thereon, shall be reflected by the Bank as an advance on the Revolver Note effective as of the date of the Bank's honoring the sight draft. If any letter of credit or letters of credit remain outstanding on the Revolver Final Maturity Date, the Bank, at its option, may make a Revolver Loan advance under the Revolver Commitment in an amount equal to the aggregate face amount of such letter(s) of credit to purchase a certificate of deposit to be held by the Bank as additional security for the Indebtedness. In consideration of the Bank's agreement to issue standby letters of credit hereunder, Borrowers agree to pay to the Bank letter of credit issuance fees equal to the greater of # two hundred basis points (2.00%) per annum on the face amount of each letter of credit or # per each such Letter of Credit, together with the Bank's standard letter of credit processing/renewal/amendment fees, which such fee shall be due and payable at the time of issuance of each applicable letter of credit.

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 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.

New Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it shall have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

Standby Letters of Credit. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of each Revolving Lender with a Revolving Commitment based upon each such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage (except as otherwise provided in [Section 2.18] with respect to Defaulting Lenders), a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder that is a Standby Letter of Credit for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit until the expiration date thereof (including any extensions of such expiration date that may be made at the election of the account party or the beneficiary), computed for each day at a rate per annum equal to # the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Loans in effect on such day times # the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit on such day. The foregoing fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and on the Revolving Facility Termination Date.

“Commercial LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of # the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding commercial Letters of Credit plus # the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements relating to commercial Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower.

Letter of Credit” and “Letters of Credit” means any standby or commercial letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit. Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.

Liens securing commercial letters of credit (other than any such letters of credit issued pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement); provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any assets of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries other than the inventory (and bills of lading and other documents related thereto) being financed by any such commercial letters of credit.

Letters of Credit” shall mean, collectively, all of each Grantor’s letters of credit, as defined in [Article 5] of the Uniform Commercial Code.

On the Effective Date, without further action by any party hereto # each Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a Letter of Credit issued hereunder on such date and # each issuer of an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have granted to each Lender, and each Lender shall be deemed to have acquired from each issuer of an Existing Letter of Credit, a participation in each Existing Letter of Credit in accordance with [Section 2.18(a)].

Letter of Credit Fees” means the fees payable in respect of Letters of Credit pursuant to [Section 2.11(c)].

Letter of Credit Collateralization” means either # providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent (including that Agent has a first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens arising by operation of law) perfected Lien in such cash collateral), 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 this 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 103% 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 the applicable Issuing Bank, terminating all of such beneficiaries’ rights under the Letters of Credit, 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 Permitted Discretion in an amount equal to 103% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit Fee and all fronting fees set forth in this 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. Subject to the provisions of [Section 2.19(a)(iii)], the Borrower agrees to pay # to the Administrative Agent for account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit of each Class of Commitments, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin applicable to interest on SOFR Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure of such Class (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Original Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment of such Class terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure of such Class, and # to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Original Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including each Quarterly Date shall be payable on the third Business Day following such Quarterly Date; provided that # all such fees with respect to the Letters of Credit of a Class shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments of such Class terminate, # any such fees accruing after the date on which such Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand and # without duplication, with respect to any Letter of Credit that expires after the Commitment Termination Date as provided in [Section 2.05(d)], the Borrower shall continue to pay the fronting and other fees specified in [Section 2.11(b)(ii)] above following the Commitment Termination Date for so long as such Letter of Credit remains outstanding. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

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