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Treatment of Outstanding US Loans and US Letters of Credit. 70 2.13 Utilization of US Revolving Credit Commitments in US Optional Currencies. 70

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• New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan and (ii) no Issuing Lender 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.

• New Swing Line Loans/Letters of Credit Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swing Line Loan and (ii) no L/C Issuer 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.

• Outstanding Letters of Credit On the effective date of such increase, each Increasing Lender and each New Lender (i) will be deemed to have purchased a participation in each then outstanding Letter of Credit equal to its Ratable Share of such Letter of Credit and the participation of each other Lender in such Letter of Credit shall be adjusted accordingly and (ii) will acquire (and will pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to) its Ratable Share of all outstanding Participation Advances.

• 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 Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

• Loans and Letters of Credit On the Closing Date:

• Requesting Letters of Credit Each Letter of Credit shall be issued, increased, or extended pursuant to a Letter of Credit Application or Letter of Credit Application Amendment, as applicable, given by the Borrower to the Issuing Bank in writing or by telecopy promptly confirmed in writing, such Letter of Credit Application or Letter of Credit Application Amendment being given not later than 1:00 p.m. (local time at the Applicable Lending Office of the Agent) on the third Business Day before the date of the proposed issuance, increase, or extension of the Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit Application or Letter of Credit Application Amendment shall be fully completed and shall specify the information required therein (including the proposed form of the Letter of Credit or change thereto), and shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. Upon receipt by the Issuing Bank of the Letter of Credit Application or Letter of Credit Application Amendment, the Issuing Bank shall give prompt notice thereof to the Agent, and the Agent shall promptly inform the Banks of the proposed Letter of Credit or change thereto. Subject to the satisfaction of all applicable conditions precedent, the Issuing Bank shall, by 4:00 p.m. (local time at the Applicable Lending Office of the Agent), on the date requested by the Borrower for the issuance, increase, or extension of such Letter of Credit issue, increase, or extend such Letter of Credit to the specified beneficiary. Upon the date of the issuance, increase, or extension of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have sold to each other Bank and each other Bank shall be deemed to have purchased from the Issuing Bank a ratable participation in the related Letter of Credit or change thereto. The Issuing Bank shall notify the Agent of each Letter of Credit issued, increased, or extended and the date and amount of each Bank's participation in such Letter of Credit, and the Agent shall in turn notify the Banks.

• Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and so long as no Stop Issuance Notice is in effect, each Issuing Bank in reliance upon the agreements of the other Banks set forth in this Section 2.18 agrees to issue Letters of Credit from time to time before the Letter of Credit Termination Date applicable to such Issuing Bank upon the request of the Borrower; provided that immediately after each Letter of Credit is issued (x) the Total Outstanding Amount shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments, (y) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities of all Banks shall not exceed $100,000,000 and (z) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities in respect of Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank shall not exceed such Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment without the consent of such Issuing Bank; and provided further that if (i) the Termination Date has been extended as to some but not all Banks pursuant to Section 2.01(b) and (ii) the Borrower requests the issuance of a Letter of Credit which expires later than the Letter of Credit Termination Date in effect prior to such extension, then compliance with clause (x) above shall be determined solely with reference to the Banks whose Commitments have been so extended. If the Borrower so requests (in order to accommodate a Letter of Credit having an available amount greater than an Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment or otherwise), an Issuing Bank may assign all or a portion of its Letter of Credit Commitment to another Issuing Bank that agrees to accept such assignment. Upon the date of issuance by an Issuing Bank of a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Bank, and each Bank shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have purchased from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit and the related Letter of Credit Liabilities in the proportion its respective Commitment bears to the aggregate Commitments. Each Bank 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. Each Bank further acknowledges and agrees that its participation in each Letter of Credit will be automatically adjusted to reflect such Bank’s proportion of the Commitments at each time such Bank’s Commitment is amended pursuant to an increase of the Commitments in accordance with Section 2.17, an assignment in accordance with Section 9.06 or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement.

• Disbursement of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans Not later than 2:00 p.m. on the proposed borrowing date, (i) each Revolving Credit Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made on such borrowing date and (ii) the Swingline Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Loans to be made on such borrowing date. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of each borrowing requested pursuant to this Section in immediately available funds by crediting or wiring such proceeds to the deposit account of the Borrower identified in the most recent notice substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C (a “Notice of Account Designation”) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or as may be otherwise agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent from time to time. Subject to Section 5.7 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to disburse the portion of the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan requested pursuant to this Section to the extent that any Revolving Credit Lender has not made available to the Administrative Agent its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Loan. Revolving Credit Loans to be made for the purpose of refunding Swingline Loans shall be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders as provided in Section 2.2(b).

• Compensation for Facility Letters of Credit (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Lenders (including the Issuing Bank), based upon the Lenders’ respective Percentages, a per annum fee (the “Facility Letter of Credit Fee”) as a percentage of the face amount of each Facility Letter of Credit outstanding equal to the LIBOR Applicable Margin in effect from time to time hereunder while such Facility Letter of Credit is outstanding. The Facility Letter of Credit Fee relating to any Facility Letter of Credit shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be due and payable in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter following the issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit and, to the extent any such fees are then due and unpaid, on the Facility Termination Date or any other earlier date that the Obligations are due and payable in full. The Administrative Agent shall promptly (on the same day as received by the Administrative Agent if received prior to noon (Cleveland time) on such day and otherwise on the next Business Day) remit such Facility Letter of Credit Fees, when paid, to the other Lenders in accordance with their Percentages thereof. The Borrower shall not have any liability to any Lender for the failure of the Administrative Agent to promptly deliver funds to any such Lender and shall be deemed to have made all such payments on the date the respective payment is made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, provided such payment is received by the time specified in Section 2.13 hereof.

• Letters of Credit Sublimit (a) As part of the Revolving Line, Bank shall issue or have issued Letters of Credit for Borrower’s account. The face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit (including drawn but unreimbursed Letters of Credit and any Letter of Credit Reserve) may not exceed the Availability Amount. Such aggregate amounts utilized hereunder shall at all times reduce the amount otherwise available for Advances under the Revolving Line. If, on the Revolving Maturity Date, there are any outstanding Letters of Credit, then on such date Borrower shall provide to Bank cash collateral in an amount equal to 105% of the face amount of all such Letters of Credit plus all interest, fees, and costs due or to become due in connection therewith (as estimated by Bank in its good faith business judgment), to secure all of the Obligations relating to said Letters of Credit. All Letters of Credit shall be in form and substance acceptable to Bank in its sole discretion and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Bank’s standard Application and Letter of Credit Agreement (the “Letter of Credit Application”). Borrower agrees to execute any further documentation in connection with the Letters of Credit as Bank may reasonably request. Borrower further agrees to be bound by the regulations and interpretations of the issuer of any Letters of Credit guarantied by Bank and opened for Borrower’s account or by Bank’s interpretations of any Letter of Credit issued by Bank for Borrower’s account, and Borrower understands and agrees that Bank shall not be liable for any error, negligence, or mistake, whether of omission or commission, in following Borrower’s instructions or those contained in the Letters of Credit or any modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto.