Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolver Commitment and/or the Revolver Advances owing to it); provided that # such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, # such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and # the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.

Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of any Issuing Bank or [[Lenders:Organization]], each Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Dollar Amount amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by [[Company:Organization]] or any applicable LC Account Party on the date due as provided in paragraph # of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to [[Company:Organization]] or any applicable LC Account Party for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

Participations. Permitted Participants; Effect. Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more banks or other entities (“Participants”), other than an Ineligible Institution, participating interests in any Revolving Credit Obligations or Term Loans of such Lender, any promissory note issued hereunder held by such Lender, any Revolving Loan Commitment or Term Loan Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender under the Loan Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the owner of its Revolving Credit Obligations and Term Loans, as applicable, and the holder of any promissory note issued to it hereunder in evidence thereof for all purposes under the Loan Documents, all amounts payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests, and the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents.

Participations. In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subSection (a), each Revolving Credit Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Revolving Credit Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Revolving Credit Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

Participations. Any [[Organization B:Organization]] may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the [[Organization A:Organization]] or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person, or the [[Organization A:Organization]] or any of the [[Organization A:Organization]]’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such [[Organization B:Organization]]’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment, the Loans owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); provided that # such [[Organization B:Organization]]’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, # such [[Organization B:Organization]] shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and # the [[Organization A:Organization]], the Administrative Agent and Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such [[Organization B:Organization]] in connection with such [[Organization B:Organization]]’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each [[Organization B:Organization]] shall be responsible for the indemnity under [Section 7.05] with respect to any payments made by such [[Organization B:Organization]] to its Participant(s).

Any Lender may, with the prior written consent of Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, prior written consent of Borrowers, assign and delegate to one or more Eligible Assignees (provided that no consent of Agent or any Borrower shall be required in connection with any assignment and delegation by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender and no consent of any Borrower shall be required in connection with any assignment and delegation by a Lender to another Lender) (each an “Assignee”) all, or any ratable part of all, of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and the other rights and obligations of such Lender hereunder, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 (provided that, unless an assignor Lender has assigned and delegated all of its Revolving Loans and Commitments, no such assignment and/or delegation shall be permitted unless, after giving effect thereto, such assignor Lender retains a Commitment in a minimum amount of $5,000,000); provided, however, that Borrowers and Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until # written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses and related information with respect to the Assignee, shall have been given to Borrowers and Agent by such Lender and the Assignee; # such Lender and its Assignee shall have delivered to Borrowers and Agent an Assignment and Acceptance in the form of [Exhibit B] (“Assignment and Acceptance”), together with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment; and # the assignor Lender or Assignee has paid to Agent a processing fee in the amount of $3,000.

Immediately upon each LC Issuance, the LC Issuer of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each Revolving Lender with a Revolving Commitment, and each such Lender (each an “LC Participant”) shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from such LC Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (an “LC Participation”), to the extent of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time of issuance, in such Letter of Credit, each substitute Letter of Credit, each drawing made thereunder, the obligations of any LC Obligor under this Agreement with respect thereto (although LC Fees relating thereto shall be payable directly to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Lenders as provided in Section 2.11 and the LC Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any fees of the nature contemplated by Section 2.11 [(d) or (e)]), the obligations of any LC Obligor under any LC Documents pertaining thereto, and any security for, or guaranty pertaining to, any of the foregoing.

Reallocation of Participations. On the Existing Commitment Termination Date, if any LC Exposure exists at such time:

Purchase of Participations. Immediately upon issuance of any Letter of Credit in accordance with [Section 2.18(c)], each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the face amount of such Letter of Credit (including all obligations of Borrowers with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto).

(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (a)(ii) below, any Lender may assign and delegate all or any portion of its rights and duties under the Loan Documents (including the Obligations owed to it and its Commitments) to one or more assignees so long as such prospective assignee is an Eligible Transferee (each, an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent (such consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of: