Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.

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.

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. 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. 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.

Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this [Article III] and provided that the applicable conditions set forth in [Article V] hereof have been satisfied, the applicable Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit on behalf of the applicable Borrower in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business practices and, in this connection, such Issuing Bank may assume that the applicable conditions set forth in [Article V] hereof have been satisfied unless it shall have received notice to the contrary from the Administrative Agent or a Revolving Loan Lender or has knowledge that the applicable conditions have not been met.

​ may from time to time request that any Issuing Bank issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Issuing Bank at its address for notices specified herein an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of the Issuing Bank, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Bank may request. Upon receipt of any Application, the Issuing Bank will process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Bank be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by the Issuing Bank and ​. The Issuing Bank shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to ​ promptly following the issuance thereof.

Each trade letter of credit issued for the benefit of any Loan Party shall be processed for payment by the ​ or another ​ acceptable to the ​ in its absolute discretion.