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Letters of Credit Issued for Account of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder supports any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, or states that a Subsidiary is the “account party,” “applicant,” “customer,” “instructing party,” or the like of or for such Letter of Credit, and without derogating from any rights of the applicable Issuing Bank (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit, the Company # shall reimburse, indemnify and compensate the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for such Letter of Credit (including to reimburse any and all drawings thereunder) as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of such Company and # irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit. If the Company requests an Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit for a Subsidiary, # such Subsidiary shall have no rights against the applicable Issuing Bank, # the Company shall be responsible for the Letter of Credit application and obligations under this Agreement, and # communications (including notices) related to the respective Letter of Credit shall be among the applicable Issuing Bank and the Company. The Company hereby acknowledges that the issuance of such Letters of Credit for its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

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.

Letters of Credit. During the Availability Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Banks agree to issue Letters of Credit (or amend, extend or increase an outstanding Letter of Credit) at the request and for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (the “Applicable Account Party”) in the aggregate Dollar Equivalent up to but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Sublimit and denominated in dollars or in a Permitted Foreign Currency; provided # the stated amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less than $100,000 for Letters of Credit issued in dollars (or, in the case of a Letter of Credit issued in a Permitted Foreign Currency, the smallest amount of such Permitted Foreign Currency that is an integral multiple of 100,000 units of such currency and that has a Dollar Equivalent in excess of $100,000) or, in each case, such lesser amount as is acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank; # after giving effect to such issuance or increase, in no event shall # the Aggregate Total Exposure exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect or # any [[Organization C:Organization]]’s Total Exposure exceed such [[Organization C:Organization]]’s Revolving Commitment; # after giving effect to such issuance or increase, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Usage exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, # after giving effect to such issuance or increase, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Issuing Bank in writing, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Usage with respect to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank exceed the Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit of such Issuing Bank then in effect, and # in no event shall any Letter of Credit have an expiration date later than the earlier of # the fifth Business Day prior to the Maturity Date and # the date which is twelve months from the original date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. Subject to the foregoing, the applicable Issuing Bank may agree that a Letter of Credit will automatically be extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each, unless the applicable Issuing Bank elects not to extend for any such additional period and provides notice to that effect to the Borrower and the Applicable Account Party; provided that such Issuing Bank shall not extend any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at least one Business Day prior to the last Business Day that such Issuing Bank may elect not to allow such extension; provided, further, if any [[Organization C:Organization]] is a Defaulting [[Organization C:Organization]], the Issuing Banks shall not be required to issue, amend, extend or increase any Letter of Credit unless the applicable Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit of such Defaulting [[Organization C:Organization]], including by Cash Collateralizing such Defaulting [[Organization C:Organization]]’s Applicable Percentage of the Letter of Credit Usage at such time on terms satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower and the Applicable Account Party when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP 98 or UCP 600, as applicable, shall apply to each Letter of Credit.

“Standby Letters of Credit” means standby letters of credit issued for any lawful purposes of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries.

Letters of Credit Issued for Consolidated Entities/Unconsolidated Entities. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Consolidated Entity or Unconsolidated Entity, the [[Consolidated Parties:Organization]] shall # be required to sign the applicable Letter of Credit Application and # be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The [[Consolidated Parties:Organization]] hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of any Consolidated Entity and/or any Unconsolidated Entity inures to the benefit of the [[Consolidated Parties:Organization]], and that the [[Consolidated Parties:Organization]]’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Persons.

Unissued Letter of Credit Commitment” means, with respect to any Issuing Bank, the obligation of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the [[Organization A:Organization]] or its specified Subsidiaries in an amount equal to the excess of # the amount of its Letter of Credit Commitment over # the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.

“Trade Letters of Credit” means trade letters of credit issued in support of trade obligations of Borrowers or the Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, # each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the set forth in this Section 2.04, # 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 denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Borrowers or their respective Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection # below, and # to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and # the severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, # the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, # the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment, # the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, and # the aggregate amount of the outstanding Letters of Credit issued by any L/C Issuer shall not exceed its L/C Commitment. Each request by the Borrowers for the

obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or bank guarantee denominated in a currency other than Dollars issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that the aggregate amount of all such obligations (including the maximum amount to be drawn under all such letters of credit) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;

New Letters of Credit. So long as any [[Organization B:Organization]] is a Defaulting [[Organization B:Organization]] 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 Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

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