Exhibit 10.1

Published CUSIP Number: 855031AE0

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of November 4, 2010

STAPLES, INC.,

as the Borrower,

THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent,

BARCLAYS CAPITAL and

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Co-Syndication Agents,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Co-Documentation Agents

with

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

BARCLAYS CAPITAL and

HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.

Having Acted as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 4, 2010, is by and among (a) STAPLES, INC. (the “Borrower”), a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at 500 Staples Drive, Framingham, MA 01701, (b) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and the other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), (c) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders, as the lender of Swing Line Loans, and as an Issuing Bank, (d) BARCLAYS CAPITAL and HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-syndication agents for the Lenders (collectively, the “Co-Syndication Agents”) and as Issuing Banks, and (e) WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as co-documentation agents for the Lenders (collectively, the “Co-Documentation Agents”).

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

§1.          DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION.

§1.1.       Definitions.  The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this §1 or elsewhere in the provisions of this Credit Agreement referred to below:

Adjustment Date.  The date which is three (3) Business Days after each Compliance Certificate is delivered by the Borrower pursuant to §§6.4(a) and (b) hereof.

Administrative Agent.  As defined in the preamble hereto.

Administrative Agent’s Head Office.  The Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 18, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

Administrative Questionnaire.  An Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Administrative Agent’s Special Counsel.  Bingham McCutchen LLP or such other counsel as may be approved by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate.  Any Person that would be considered to be an affiliate of a Person under Rule 144(a) of the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as in effect on the Closing Date, if such Person were issuing securities.

Agents.  Collectively, (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) the Co-Syndication Agents and (c) the Co-Documentation Agents.

Agreement Currency.  See §27 hereof.

Alternative Currency. Each of the Euro, the Sterling, the Australian Dollar, the Canadian Dollar and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with §1.4 hereof.

Alternative Currency Equivalent. At any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.

Alternative Currency Sublimit. An amount equal to the lesser of the Total Commitment and $500,000,000.  The Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Total Commitments.

Applicable Margin.  Initially, the Applicable Margin shall be the applicable rate per annum, corresponding to Level III set forth in the table below; thereafter, the Applicable Margin shall be in effect for each period commencing on an Adjustment Date through the date immediately preceding the next Adjustment Date (each a “Rate Adjustment Period”) based on a determination of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Senior Debt Rating by Moody’s and S&P.  The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be determined as at the end of the fiscal period for which financial statements and a Compliance Certificate have most recently been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to §6.4 hereof and the Senior Debt Rating shall be determined as of the last day of the preceding Rate Adjustment Period.  The Applicable Margin shall be the applicable rate per annum, corresponding to the higher of the Levels set forth in the table below (with Level I being the highest level and Level V being the lowest level) corresponding to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or the Senior Debt Rating.  In the event that the Level derived from the Senior Debt Ratings and the Level derived from the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio are more than two Levels apart, the applicable Level for the Applicable Margin shall be the Level that is two Levels higher than the lower of the two Levels.  In the event that the Senior Debt Ratings assigned by Moody’s and S&P are not equivalent, the following criteria shall determine which Level shall be applicable to the Senior Debt Rating: (a) if the Senior Debt Ratings are one Level apart, the Level applicable to the Senior Debt Rating shall be the higher of the two Levels and (b) if the Senior Debt Ratings are more than one Level apart, the Level applicable to the Senior Debt Rating shall be one Level higher than the lower of the two Levels.

For purposes of clarity, the parties hereto acknowledge that (i) the Applicable Margin with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be the rate per annum set forth in column D in the table below, (ii) the Applicable Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans shall be the rate per annum set forth in column E in the table below, (iii) the Facility Fee shall be the rate per annum set forth in column F in the table below, (iv) the Letter of Credit Fee with respect to standby Letters of Credit shall be the rate per annum set forth in column G in the table below and (v) the Letter of Credit Fee with respect to documentary Letters of Credit shall be the rate per annum set forth in column H in the table below.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower fails to deliver any Compliance Certificate pursuant to §§6.4(a) or (b) hereof then, for the period commencing on the date such Compliance Certificate was due through the date immediately preceding the Adjustment Date that occurs immediately following the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered, the Applicable Margin shall be the Applicable Margin corresponding to Level V above.

Applicable Pension Legislation.  At any time, any pension or retirement benefits legislation (be it national, federal, provincial, territorial or otherwise) to the extent then applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

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Applicable Time. With respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.

Approved Fund.  Any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Assignee Group.  Two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

Assignment and Acceptance.  An Assignment and Acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by §17.2(c)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Attributable Indebtedness.  On any date, (a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

Australian Dollars.  Dollars in lawful currency of Australia.

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit. See §3.2(c) hereof.

Balance Sheet Date.  January 30, 2010.

Bank of America. Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association, in its individual capacity.

Base Rate.  The highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” and (c) the Eurocurrency Rate plus 1.00%.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

Base Rate Loans.  Any Revolving Credit Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.

Borrower.  As defined in the preamble hereto.

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Borrower Materials.  See §6.4 hereof.

Business Day.  Any day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, are open for the transaction of banking business and:

(a)           if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market;

(b)           if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;

(c)           if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and

(d)           if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.

Canadian Dollars.  Dollars in lawful currency of Canada.

Capital Stock.  With respect to any corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, or other legal or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalent (however designated) of capital stock of such entity, any and all limited or general partnership interests and equivalent ownership interests in such entity, any and all warrants and options to purchase any of the foregoing, and any securities convertible into any of the foregoing.

Capitalized Leases.  Leases under which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is the lessee or obligor, the discounted future rental payment obligations under which are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or obligor in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Collateralize.  To pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, as collateral for Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations plus the Maximum Drawing Amount, the Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either

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thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, as applicable. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

CERCLA.  The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.

Closing Date.  The first date on which the conditions set forth in §9 hereof have been satisfied, which shall be no later than November 15, 2010.

Code.  The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Co-Documentation Agents.  As defined in the preamble hereto.

Co-Lead Arrangers.  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

Commitment.  The agreement of each Lender, subject to the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement, to make Revolving Credit Loans to, and to participate in Swing Line Loans and the issuance, extension and renewal of Letters of Credit for the account of, the Borrower.

Commitment Amount.  With respect to each Lender, the amount of such Lender’s Commitment set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto, as the same may be increased or reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement; or if the Total Commitment is terminated pursuant to the provisions hereof, zero.

Commitment Percentage.  With respect to each Lender, the percentage set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto as such Lender’s percentage of the Total Commitment, subject to adjustment as provided in §4.16.

Compliance Certificate.  See §6.4(a) hereof.

Confidential Information.  All information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is labeled by the Borrower or such Subsidiary as confidential at the time such information is supplied by the Borrower or such Subsidiary to a Lender, other than information which (a) is public knowledge or generally available to the public, or (b) is obtained by any of the Lenders, whether prior to or after disclosure to such Lender by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, from a source other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that such information is not known by such Lender to have been disclosed by any party in violation of a confidentiality agreement with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any other obligation of nondisclosure with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any applicable statutory or regulatory limitation imposed on the disclosure of such information.

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Consolidated or consolidated.  With reference to any term defined herein, shall mean that term as applied to the accounts of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, consolidated in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Adjusted Funded Debt.  With respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as at any date of determination, on a consolidated basis, the aggregate of (a) Consolidated Total Funded Debt as of such date plus (b) (i) Rental Expense for the period of twelve consecutive months then ended multiplied by (ii) eight (8).

Consolidated EBIT.  For any period, consolidated net income (or deficit) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, after deducting all expenses and other proper charges other than interest expense, taxes and any noncash nonrecurring charges, and excluding, without duplication, (a) all extraordinary and nonrecurring items of (i) income or (ii) cash losses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 on a cumulative basis from the Closing Date, as determined in accordance with GAAP and (b) all income or loss from any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries holds not more than a fifty percent (50%) ownership interest, as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be further excluded in calculating consolidated net income (or deficit) for purposes of this definition, without duplication, any noncash (x) losses attributable to the use of a fair value methodology for recognition and measurement of impairment of goodwill not identified with impaired assets in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 142, (y) SFAS 123R expenses and (z) any net after-tax gains or losses attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, including any write-off of debt issuance costs incurred in connection with the closing of this Credit Agreement.

Consolidated Total Assets.  All assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Funded Debt.  With respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as at any date of determination, on a consolidated basis, the aggregate (without duplication) of (a) all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries relating to or in respect of (i) the borrowing of money or the obtaining of credit, including the issuance of notes or bonds and standby letters of credit outstanding but excluding documentary letters of credit, (ii) the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), (iii) any Synthetic Leases or any Capitalized Leases, and (iv) the Permitted Securitization Transactions, plus (b) all Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of another Person guaranteed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Total Interest Expense.  For any period, the aggregate amount of interest required to be paid or accrued by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period on all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding during all or any part of such period, whether such interest was or is required to be reflected as an item of expense or capitalized, including payments consisting of interest in respect of Capitalized Leases and Synthetic Leases, and including facility fees, commitment fees, usage fees, agency fees, balance deficiency fees, and similar fees or expenses in connection with the borrowing of money, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

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Conversion Request.  A notice given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s election to convert or continue a Revolving Credit Loan in accordance with §2.9 hereof.

Co-Syndication Agents.  As defined in the preamble hereto.

Credit Agreement.  This Revolving Credit Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto.

Default.  Any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender.  Subject to §4.16(b), any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder,  including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such obligation is the subject of a good faith dispute, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender upon receipt of such confirmation by the Administrative Agent), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a governmental authority.

Distribution.  The declaration or payment of any dividend on or in respect of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower, other than dividends payable solely in shares of common stock of the Borrower; the purchase, redemption, or other retirement of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary of the Borrower or otherwise; the return of capital by the Borrower to its shareholders as such; or any other distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower.

Dollars or $.  Dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

Dollar Equivalent. At any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate

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(determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.

Domestic Subsidiary.  Any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.

Drawdown Date.  The date on which any Revolving Credit Loan is made or is to be made, and the date on which any Revolving Credit Loan is converted or continued in accordance with §2.9 hereof.

Eligible Assignee.  Any of (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and in the case of (ii), it being understood that it shall be reasonable for the Borrower to withhold such approval if the proposed Person does not have an investment grade rating).

EMU. The economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act of 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.

EMU Legislation. The legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.

Environmental Laws.  Any judgment, decree, order, law, license, rule or regulation pertaining to environmental matters, including without limitation, those arising under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), CERCLA, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“SARA”), the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or any state or local statute, regulation, ordinance, order or decree relating to health, safety or the environment.

Environmental Notice.  Any notice to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from any third party including, without limitation: any federal, state or local governmental authority, (a) that it has been identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA with respect to a site listed on the National Priorities List, 40 C.F.R. Part 300 Appendix B; (b) that any Hazardous Substances which it has generated, transported or disposed of has been found at any site at which a federal, state or local agency or other third party has conducted or has ordered that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries conduct a remedial investigation, removal or other response action pursuant to any Environmental Law; or (c) that it is or shall be a named party to any claim, action, cause of action, complaint, or legal or administrative proceeding in connection with the release of Hazardous Substances.

ERISA.  The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate.  Any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of §414(b) or (c) of the Code (and §§414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to §412 of the Code).

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ERISA Event.  Any of: (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to §4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in §4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under §4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under §4041 or §4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under §4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of §§430, 431 and 432 of the Code or §§303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under §4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

Euro and EUR. The lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.

Eurocurrency Rate. (a) For any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period.  If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurocurrency Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or other Bank of America branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

(b)           For any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) BBA LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination.

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Eurocurrency Rate Loans.  Any Revolving Credit Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.  All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.

Event of Default.  See §11.1 hereof.

Event of Termination.  Any “Event of Termination” or similar event under and as defined in any of the documents relating to any Securitization Transaction.

Excluded Taxes.  With respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Banks or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, or by any jurisdiction as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (or any political subdivision thereof), other than any such connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of §4.3.3(e)(ii), and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under §4.12), any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office), (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a change in law) to comply with clause (B) of §4.3.3(e)(ii), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to §4.3.3(a)(ii) or (c), or (iii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a change in law, except for a change in law relating to the implementation of FATCA) to comply with clause (C) of §4.3.3(e)(ii) and is imposed with respect to the requirements of FATCA.

Existing Credit Agreement.  The Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 13, 2006, as amended, by and among the Borrower, the lending institutions party thereto and Bank of America as administrative agent for such lending institutions.

Existing Letters of Credit.  See §3.8 hereof.

Facility Fee.  See §4.2.1 hereof.

FASB ASC.  The Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

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FATCA.  Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations (whether temporary or proposed) that are issued thereunder or official governmental interpretations thereof.

Fee Letter.  That certain fee letter dated as of October 8, 2010 by and among the Administrative Agent, Banc of America Securities LLC (now known as Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated) and the Borrower.

Federal Funds Rate.  For any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

Financial Affiliate.  A Subsidiary of the bank holding company controlling any Lender, which Subsidiary is engaging in any of the activities permitted by §4(e) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. §1843).

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  See §8.1 hereof.

Foreign Lender.  Any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of an Issuing Bank) or any other Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.  For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

Foreign Plan.  See §5.11(e) hereof.

Fronting Exposure.  At any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to an Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations and the Maximum Drawing Amount other than Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Administrative Agent, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

Fund.  Any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

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GAAP or generally accepted accounting principles.  Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

Guaranties.  The Guaranty by each Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, dated as of the date hereof, and each additional guaranty executed by a Subsidiary of the Borrower acquired or formed after the date hereof.

Guarantors.  Those Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule 2 attached hereto, as such schedule may be modified from time to time in accordance with §4.14 hereof.

Hazardous Substances.  Any hazardous waste, as defined by 42 U.S.C. §6903(5), any hazardous substances as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(33) and any toxic substances, oil or hazardous materials or other chemicals or substances regulated by any Environmental Laws.

Honor Date. See §3.3(a) hereof.

Indebtedness.  All obligations, contingent and otherwise, that in accordance with GAAP should be classified upon the obligor’s balance sheet as liabilities, or to which reference should be made by footnotes thereto, including in any event and whether or not so classified: (a) all debt and similar monetary obligations, whether direct or indirect; (b) all liabilities secured by any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, charge or other encumbrance existing on property owned or acquired subject thereto, whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have been assumed; (c) net obligations under any Swap Contract; (d) all guarantees, endorsements and other contingent obligations whether direct or indirect in respect of indebtedness of others, including any obligation to supply funds to or in any manner to invest in, directly or indirectly, the debtor, to purchase indebtedness, or to assure the owner of indebtedness against loss, through an agreement to purchase goods, supplies, or services for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness held by such owner or otherwise, and the obligations to reimburse the issuer in respect of any letters of credit; and (e) every obligation of such Person under any Synthetic Lease.

The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.  The amount of any Capitalized Lease or obligation under any Synthetic Lease as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

Indemnified Taxes.  Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.

Interest Payment Date.  (a) As to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of the calendar quarter which includes the Drawdown Date thereof; (b) as to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan in respect of which the Interest Period is (i) 3 months or less, the last day of such Interest Period and (ii) more than 3 months, the date that is 3 months from the first day of such Interest Period, the last day of

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each 3 month period thereafter, and, in addition, the last day of such Interest Period; and (c) as to any Swing Line Loan, the day that such Swing Line Loan is required to be repaid.

Interest Period.  With respect to each Loan (a) initially, the period commencing on the Drawdown Date of such Loan and ending on the last day of one of the periods set forth below, as selected by the Borrower in a Loan Request (i) for any Base Rate Loan, the last day of the calendar quarter, and (ii) for any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, 1, 2, 3 or 6 months; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Loan and ending on the last day of one of the periods set forth above, as selected by the Borrower in a Conversion Request; provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

(a)           if any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(b)           if any Interest Period with respect to a Base Rate Loan would end on a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day;

(c)           if the Borrower shall fail to give notice as provided in §2.9 hereof, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a conversion of the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan and the continuance of all Base Rate Loans as Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto;

(d)           any Interest Period relating to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and

(e)           any Interest Period relating to any Revolving Credit Loan that would otherwise extend beyond the Maturity Date shall end on the Maturity Date.

Investments.  All expenditures made and all liabilities incurred (contingently or otherwise) for the acquisition of stock or Indebtedness of, or for loans, advances, capital contributions or transfers of property to, or in respect of any guaranties (or other commitments as described under Indebtedness), or obligations of, any Person.  In determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time: (a) the amount of any Investment represented by a guaranty shall be taken at not less than the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding; (b) there shall be included as an Investment all interest accrued with respect to Indebtedness constituting an Investment unless and until such interest is paid; (c) there shall be deducted in respect of each such Investment any amount received as a return of capital (but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or liquidating distribution); (d) there shall not be deducted in respect of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise, except that accrued interest included as provided in the foregoing clause (b) may be deducted

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when paid; and (e) there shall not be deducted from the aggregate amount of Investments any decrease in the value thereof.

ISP.  With respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

Issuing Bank.  Bank of America (or any subsidiary or Affiliate of Bank of America designated by Bank of America), Barclays Bank PLC (solely with respect to standby Letters of Credit) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association or such other Lenders as may be selected by the Borrower, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) and such other Lender, to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict the right of an Issuing Bank to issue letters of credit outside of this Credit Agreement.

Joinder Agreements.  Joinder agreements in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto pursuant to which Subsidiaries of the Borrower become parties to and agree to be bound by the provisions of the Guaranty as a Guarantor.

Judgment Currency.  See §27 hereof.

Lender Affiliate.  With respect to any Lender, (a) an Affiliate of such Lender or (b) any Approved Fund.

Lenders.  As defined in the preamble hereto, which term shall include any other Person who becomes an assignee of any rights and obligations of a Lender pursuant to §17 hereof. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes each Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent in its capacity as lender of the Swing Line Loans.

Lending Office.  As to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Letter(s) of Credit.  Standby and documentary letters of credit issued by any Issuing Bank from time to time for the account of the Borrower hereunder. Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.

Letter of Credit Application.  An application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable Issuing Bank.

Letter of Credit Fee.  See §3.9 hereof.

Letter of Credit Sublimit.  The lesser of $500,000,000 and the Total Commitment.

Loan Documents.  This Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties, the Joinder Agreements, the Fee Letter and any other documents delivered pursuant to this Credit Agreement.

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Loan Request.  See §2.2 hereof.

Loans.  Revolving Credit Loans made or to be made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to §2 hereof, including Swing Line Loans.

Mandatory Cost. With respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with Schedule 3.

Margin Regulations.  See §5.12 hereof.

Material Securitization Transaction.  Any Securitization Transaction in an amount in excess of $75,000,000.

Material Subsidiary.  As of any date of determination, (a) any Guarantor and (b) any other Subsidiary with respect to which the aggregate book value of the assets of such Subsidiary equals or exceeds five percent (5%) of the Consolidated Total Assets as of such date.  A Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary at any date pursuant to clause (b) of this definition shall continue to be or be deemed to be a Material Subsidiary at all times thereafter, without regard to the results of any future re-determination pursuant to this definition.

Maturity Date.  November 4, 2014.

Maximum Drawing Amount.  On the date as of which the maximum drawing amount is to be determined, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate maximum amount which the beneficiaries may draw from time to time under Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower pursuant to §3.1 hereof. For all purposes of this Credit Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, the Maximum Drawing Amount of such Letter of Credit shall be the aggregate maximum amount so remaining available to be drawn.

Measurement Period.  See §8.1 hereof.

Moody’s.  Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Multiemployer Plan.  Any employee benefit plan of the type described in §4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions.

Multiple Employer Plan.  A Plan defined in §4064 of ERISA which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control.

Non-Extension Notice Date. See §3.2(c) hereof.

Notes.  Notes issued pursuant to §2.11.

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Obligations.  All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, individually or collectively, existing on the date of this Credit Agreement or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made or Reimbursement Obligations incurred, or any of the Letter of Credit Applications, Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof.

Obligor Group.  Collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors (including any Subsidiary of the Borrower which as of any date of determination has become a Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Credit Agreement).

Other Taxes.  All present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for any Excluded Taxes.

Outstanding or outstanding.  With respect to the Loans, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal thereof as of any date of determination.

Overnight Rate. For any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of Bank of America in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.

Participant.  See §17.4 hereof.

Participating Member State. Each state so described in any EMU Legislation.

Pension Funding Rules.  The rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, §412 of the Code and §302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, §§412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and §§302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

Pension Plan.  Any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under §412 of the Code.

Permitted Liens.  Liens, security interests and other encumbrances permitted under §7.2 hereof.

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Permitted Securitization Transaction.  Any Securitization Transaction permitted by §7.1(s) hereof.

Person.  Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability partnership, trust, unincorporated association, business, or other legal entity, and any government or any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.

Plan.  Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of §3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees and not excluded under §4 of ERISA.

Platform.  See §6.4 hereof.

Rate Adjustment Period.  See definition of Applicable Margin.

Real Estate.  All real property at any time owned or leased (as lessee or sublessee) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Reimbursement Obligation.  The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank on account of any drawing under any Letter of Credit.

Rental Expense.  All obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any rental agreements or leases of real property relating to retail stores, other than obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and Synthetic Leases.

Related Parties  With respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Replacement Lender.  See §4.12 hereof.

Reportable Event.  Any of the events set forth in §4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived under regulations in effect on the Closing Date.

Required Lenders.  As of any date, the Lenders holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans on such date plus the aggregate amount of risk participation with respect to the Maximum Drawing Amount plus the Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations on such date and the participation with respect to the outstanding principal amount of Swing Line Loans on such date (collectively, the “Total Outstandings”); and if no such principal and/or participation is outstanding, the Lenders whose aggregate Commitment Amounts constitute more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Commitment; provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

Revaluation Date.  With respect to (a) any Revolving Credit Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative

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Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency pursuant to §2.9.2 hereof, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders or the Borrower shall require and (b) any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank shall determine or the Required Lenders or the Borrower shall require.

Revolver Period.  The period beginning on the Closing Date to and including the day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

Revolving Credit Loans.  One or more revolving credit loans funded by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages.

Same Day Funds. (a) With respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.

S&P.  Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Securitization Transaction.  Any receivables securitization transaction or other financing of any special purpose receivables Subsidiary of the Borrower entered into and/or guaranteed by the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries in effect from time to time.

Senior Debt Rating.  The rating issued by S&P or Moody’s with respect to unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower not maturing within twelve months, issued without third-party credit enhancement, and not subordinated by its term in right of payment to other Indebtedness of the Borrower.  In the event that no such ratings are available on such unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Senior Debt Rating shall be the rating implied, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, to such unsecured Indebtedness by reference to such other Indebtedness of the Borrower as shall be so rated.

Senior Debt Rating Threshold.  “BBB-” assigned by S&P and “Baa3” assigned by Moody’s, in each case, with a stable outlook.

SFAS 123R.  Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), Share Based Payment, as amended or revised from time to time.

Special Notice Currency. At any time, an Alternative Currency, other than the currency of a country that (a) is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and (b) is located in North America or Europe at such time.

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Spot Rate. For a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that such Issuing Bank may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.

Sterling and £. The lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Stockholders’ Equity.  As at any date of determination, the sum of (a) the capital accounts including common stock and preferred stock, but excluding treasury stock of the Borrower plus (b) the earned surplus and capital surplus of the Borrower (excluding adjustments to translate foreign assets and liabilities for changes in foreign exchange rates made in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 52), as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Subordinated Debt.  Unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is expressly subordinated and made junior to the payment and performance of the Obligations, and evidenced as such by a written instrument containing subordination provisions in form and substance approved by the Required Lenders in writing.

Subsidiary.  Any corporation, association, trust, or other business entity of which the designated parent shall at any time own directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries at least a majority (by number of votes) of the outstanding Voting Stock and the accounts of which are consolidated with such designated parent in accordance with GAAP.

Substituted Lender.  See §4.12 hereof.

Swap Contract. Any and all (a) rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

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Swap Termination Value.  In respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

Swing Line Loan Maturity Date.  With respect to any Swing Line Loan, the date specified by the Borrower in the Swing Line Loan Request relating thereto as the maturity date of such Swing Line Loan, which in no event shall be later than the earlier to occur of (a) ten (10) days after the Drawdown Date of such Swing Line Loan and (b) the Maturity Date.

Swing Line Loan Request.  See §2.10.1 hereof.

Swing Line Loans.  See §2.10.1 hereof.

Swing Line Sublimit.  $100,000,000.

Synthetic Lease.  Any lease of goods or other property, whether real or personal, which is treated as an operating lease under GAAP and as a loan or financing for U.S. income tax purposes.

TARGET Day. Any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.

Taxes.  All present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges in the nature of a tax imposed by any governmental authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Total Commitment.  The sum of the Commitment Amounts of the Lenders (including any Defaulting Lender), as in effect from time to time.  The Total Commitment as of the Closing Date is $1,000,000,000.

Type.  As to any Revolving Credit Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.

Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation.  The Dollar Equivalent of any Reimbursement Obligation for which the Borrower has not reimbursed the applicable Issuing Bank.

Unreimbursed Amount. See §3.3(a) hereof.

Voting Stock.  Stock or similar interests, of any class or classes (however designated), the holders of which are at the time entitled, as such holders, to vote for the election of a majority of

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the directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the corporation, association, trust or other business entity involved, whether or not the right so to vote exists by reason of the happening of a contingency.

§1.2.       Rules of Interpretation

(a)           A reference to any document or agreement shall include such document or agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Credit Agreement.

(b)           The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

(c)           A reference to any law includes any amendment or modification to such law.

(d)           A reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and permitted assigns.

(e)           The words “include”, “includes” and “including” are not limiting.

(f)            All terms not specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have the meanings assigned to them therein, with the term “instrument” being that defined under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

(g)           Reference to a particular “§” refers to that section of this Credit Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

(h)           The words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of like import shall refer to this Credit Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subdivision of this Credit Agreement.

(i)            Unless otherwise expressly indicated, in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including,” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding,” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(j)            This Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents may use several different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters.  All such limitations, tests and measurements are, however, additive and are to be performed in accordance with the terms thereof.

(k)           This Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiation among, and have been reviewed by counsel to, among others, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and are the product of discussions and negotiations among all parties.  Accordingly, this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are not intended to be construed against the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders merely on account of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s involvement in the preparation of such documents.

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§1.3.       Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.

(a)           The Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Loans, Maximum Drawing Amounts and Reimbursement Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies.  Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur.  Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by the Borrower hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable.

(b)           Wherever in this Credit Agreement in connection with a making, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but, such Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such minimum or maximum amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be.

§1.4.       Additional Alternative Currencies.

(a)           The Borrower may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made or Letters of Credit issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency;” provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars.  In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank.

(b)           Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time), twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Loan or issuance of Letter of Credit (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank thereof.  Each Lender (in the case of a request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans) or the applicable Issuing Bank (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time), ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.

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(c)           Any failure by a Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency.  If the Administrative Agent and all the Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Eurocurrency Rate Loans; and if the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this §1.4, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower.

§1.5.       Change of Currency.

(a)           Each obligation of the Borrower to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation).  If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Credit Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Eurocurrency Rate Loan in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, at the end of the then current Interest Period.

(b)           Each provision of this Credit Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.

(c)           Each provision of this Credit Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.

§1.6.       Letter of Credit Amounts.  Unless otherwise specified herein, the Maximum Drawing Amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the Maximum Drawing Amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

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§1.7.       Accounting Terms.  Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the Lenders; provided that, if the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent that it wishes to amend the definitions of Consolidated Adjusted Funded Debt, Consolidated EBIT, Consolidated Total Funded Debt, Consolidated Total Interest Expense or Indebtedness or any provision in §8 (including the components of the calculations in these definitions and provisions and the thresholds required by such provisions) to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP on the operation of any such definition or provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend any such definition or provision for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such provisions shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such definition or provision is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders and, provided further that (and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein), unless the Borrower gives notice to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower has elected to proceed in accordance with the immediately prior proviso, the definitions of Consolidated Adjusted Funded Debt, Consolidated EBIT, Consolidated Total Funded Debt, Consolidated Interest Expense and Indebtedness and all provisions of §8, to the extent in each case that they relate to the accounting for leases, shall be calculated and the Borrower’s compliance with such provisions shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect as of the date of this Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any subsequent change.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

§2.          THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY.

§2.1.       Commitment to Lend Revolving Credit Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement, each of the Lenders severally agrees from time to time during the Revolver Period to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies and in such amounts as are requested by the Borrower; provided, that the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans made by each Lender (after giving effect to all amounts requested) shall not at any time exceed such Lender’s Commitment Amount; and provided, further, that (a) at no time shall the sum of, without duplication, (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, plus (ii) the outstanding Swing Line Loans, plus (iii) the Maximum Drawing Amount, plus (iv) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations exceed the Total Commitment, (b) at no time shall the sum of, without duplication, (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies plus (ii) the Maximum Drawing Amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies plus (iii) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit and (c) subject to §2.4.1, at all times the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by each Lender shall equal such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans

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made by all Lenders pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans from time to time during the Revolver Period upon notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with §2.2 hereof.  Each request for a Revolving Credit Loan hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions set forth in §§9 and 10 hereof, in the case of the initial Revolving Credit Loans to be made on the Closing Date, and §10 hereof, in the case of all other Revolving Credit Loans, shall have been satisfied on the date of such request.

§2.2.       Requests for Revolving Credit Loans.  The Borrower shall give to the Administrative Agent written notice in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (or telephonic notice confirmed in a writing in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto) of each Revolving Credit Loan requested hereunder (a “Loan Request”) not later than (a) 12:00 noon (New York time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any Base Rate Loan, (b) 12:00 noon (New York time) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan that is denominated in Dollars and (c) 12:00 noon (New York time) four (4) Business Days (or five (5) Business Days in the case of Loans denominated in Australian Dollars or a Special Notice Currency) prior to the proposed Drawdown Date of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan that is denominated in Alternative Currencies.  Each such notice shall specify (i) the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan requested, (ii) the proposed Drawdown Date of such Revolving Credit Loan, (iii) the Interest Period for such Revolving Credit Loan, (iv) the Type of such Revolving Credit Loan and (v) the currency of such Revolving Credit Loan. If the Borrower fails to specify a currency in a Loan Request, then the Loan so requested shall be made in Dollars.  Promptly upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall notify each of the Lenders thereof. Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and shall obligate the Borrower to accept the Revolving Credit Loan requested from the Lenders on the proposed Drawdown Date.  Each Loan Request shall be (A) in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof with respect to Base Rate Loans and (B) in a minimum aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $l,000,000 with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans.

§2.3.       Intentionally Omitted.

§2.4.       Funds for Revolving Credit Loans.

§2.4.1.    Funding Procedures.  Each of the relevant Lenders will make available to the Administrative Agent, at the Administrative Agent’s Head Office, in Same Day Funds, the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the amount of the requested Revolving Credit Loans not later than 1:30 p.m. (New York time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Revolving Credit Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency.  Upon receipt from each Lender of such amount, and upon receipt of the documents required by §§9 and 10 hereof and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth therein, to the extent applicable, the Administrative Agent will make available to the Borrower the aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Loans made available to the Administrative Agent by the relevant Lenders.  The failure or refusal of any Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent its Commitment Percentage of the requested Revolving Credit Loans on

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any Drawdown Date shall not excuse any other Lender from making available to the Administrative Agent the amount of such other Lender’s Commitment Percentage of any requested Revolving Credit Loans.

§2.4.2.    Advances by Administrative Agent.

(a)           The Administrative Agent may, unless notified to the contrary by any Lender prior to a Drawdown Date, assume that such Lender has made available to the Administrative Agent on such Drawdown Date the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made on such Drawdown Date, and the Administrative Agent may (but it shall not be required to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent such amount on a date after such Drawdown Date, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of (a) the average computed for the period referred to in clause (c) below, of the Overnight Rate for each day included in such period, times (b) the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loans, times (c) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including such Drawdown Date to the date on which the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans shall become immediately available to the Administrative Agent, and the denominator of which is 360.  A statement of the Administrative Agent submitted to such Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this §2.4.2 shall be prima facie evidence of the amount due and owing to the Administrative Agent by such Lender.  If the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three (3) Business Days following such Drawdown Date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount from the Borrower on demand, with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans made on such Drawdown Date and the Borrower may take the actions permitted under §4.12 hereof to replace such Lender.  Any payment by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of any Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this §2.4.2 shall be deemed to be a payment to the Administrative Agent in respect of the advances made by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Revolving Credit Loans that were to be made by the Lender that failed to make such Revolving Credit Loans.

(b)           Unless the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to such Lender.  If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower in Same Day Funds, then each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.

(c)           A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under §§2.4.2(a) and (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

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§2.5.       Reduction of Total Commitment.  The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time prior to the Maturity Date upon three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent to reduce by $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or terminate entirely the Total Commitment, whereupon the Commitment Amount of each Lender shall be reduced pro rata in accordance with its Commitment Percentage by the amount specified in such notice or, as the case may be, terminated.  Promptly after receiving any notice of the Borrower delivered pursuant to this §2.5, the Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of the substance thereof.  Upon the effective date of any such reduction or termination, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the respective accounts of the Lenders the full amount of the Facility Fee then accrued on the amount of the reduction.  No reduction or termination of the Total Commitment may be reinstated.

§2.6.       Maturity and Other Mandatory Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans.

(a)           The Borrower promises to pay on the Maturity Date, and there shall become absolutely due and payable on the Maturity Date, all of the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding to the Borrower on such date, together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

(b)           If at any time the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans plus (ii) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans plus (iii) the Maximum Drawing Amount plus (iv) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations is equal to or exceeds an amount equal to 102% of the Total Commitment, then the Borrower shall, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such notice, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount sufficient to reduce the sum of clauses (i)-(iv) as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Total Commitment then in effect, such payment to be applied to the Revolving Credit Loans or Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations for the respective accounts of the Lenders.

(c)           If at any time the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans plus (ii) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans plus (iii) the Maximum Drawing Amount plus (iv) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations exceeds an amount equal to 100% of the Total Commitment, but is less than 102%, then the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount sufficient to reduce the sum of clauses (i)-(iv) as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Total Commitment then in effect, such payment to be applied to the Revolving Credit Loans or Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations for the respective accounts of the Lenders.

(d)           If at any time the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies plus (ii) the Maximum Drawing Amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies plus (iii) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative

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Currencies exceeds an amount equal to 102% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit, then the Borrower shall, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such notice, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount sufficient to reduce the sum of clauses (i)-(iii) as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect, such payment to be applied to such Revolving Credit Loans or Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations for the respective accounts of the Lenders.

(e)           If at any time the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies plus (ii) the Maximum Drawing Amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies plus (iii) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies exceeds an amount equal to 100% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit, but is less than 102%, then the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount sufficient to reduce the sum of clauses (i)-(iii) as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect, such payment to be applied to such Revolving Credit Loans or Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations for the respective accounts of the Lenders.

(f)            So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans shall, subject to §4.16, be allocated among the Lenders, in proportion, as nearly as practicable to the respective unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans made by each Lender, with adjustments to the extent practicable to equalize any prior payments or repayments not exactly in proportion.

§2.7.       Optional Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans.  The Borrower shall have the right, at its election, to repay the outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, as a whole or in part, at any time without penalty or premium, provided that any full or partial repayment of the outstanding amount of any Eurocurrency Rate Loans pursuant to this §2.7 may be made only on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto unless the Borrower pays each Lender in accordance with §4.10, the costs and expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of the repayment of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto.  The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior written notice no later than (a) 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date of any proposed repayment pursuant to this §2.7 of Base Rate Loans, (b) 1:00 p.m. (New York time), three (3) Business Days prior to any proposed repayment pursuant to this §2.7 of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, and (c) 1:00 p.m. (New York time), four (4) Business Days (or five (5), in the case of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Australian Dollars or Special Notice Currencies) prior to any proposed repayment pursuant to this §2.7 of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, in each case specifying the proposed date of repayment of such Revolving Credit Loans and the principal amount to be repaid.  Each such partial repayment of the Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall be applied, in the absence of instruction by the Borrower, first to the principal of Base Rate Loans and then to the principal of Eurocurrency Rate Loans.  Each partial repayment of Revolving Credit Loans shall, subject to §4.16, be allocated among the Lenders, in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans made by

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each Lender being repaid, with adjustments to the extent practicable to equalize any prior repayments not exactly in proportion.

§2.8.       Interest on Revolving Credit Loans.  (a) During the Revolver Period, except as otherwise provided in §4.11 hereof,

(i)            each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto at the rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and

(ii)           each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto at the rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin plus (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan of any Lender which is denominated in an Alternative Currency and is lent from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) the Mandatory Cost.

(b)           The Borrower promises to pay interest on each Revolving Credit Loan in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable with respect thereto.

§2.9.       Conversion Options.

§2.9.1.    Conversion to Different Type of Revolving Credit Loan.  The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert any outstanding Revolving Credit Loan to a Revolving Credit Loan of another Type, provided that (a) with respect to any such conversion of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars to a Base Rate Loan, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice of such election; (b) with respect to any such conversion of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency to a Base Rate Loan, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at least four (4) Business Days’ (or five (5) Business Days in the case of Loans denominated in Australian Dollars or a Special Notice Currency) prior written notice of such election; (c) with respect to any such conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice of such election; (d) with respect to any such conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at least four (4) Business Days’ (or five (5) Business Days in the case of Loans denominated in Australian Dollars or a Special Notice Currency) prior written notice of such election; (e) unless the Borrower complies with §4.10, with respect to any such conversion of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan into a Base Rate Loan, such conversion shall only be made on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto; and (f) no Base Rate Loan may be converted into a Eurocurrency Rate Loan when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.  On the date on which such conversion is being made each Lender shall take such action as is necessary to transfer its Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loans to its Lending

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Office for domestic loans or its Lending Office for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as the case may be.  All or any part of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of any Type may be converted into a Revolving Credit Loan of another Type as provided herein, provided that any partial conversion shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.  Each Conversion Request relating to the conversion of a Revolving Credit Loan to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be irrevocable by the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Loan may be converted into a Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.

§2.9.2.    Continuation of Type of Revolving Credit Loan.  Any Revolving Credit Loan of any Type may be continued as a Revolving Credit Loan of the same Type upon the expiration of an Interest Period with respect thereto by compliance by the Borrower with the notice provisions contained in §2.9.1 hereof; provided that no Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued as such when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, but shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the first Interest Period relating thereto ending during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default of which officers of the Administrative Agent active upon the Borrower’s account have actual knowledge.  In the event that the Borrower fails to provide any such notice with respect to continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan as such, than such Eurocurrency Rate shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto; provided, however, that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Loans shall be continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period of one month.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders and the Borrower promptly when any such automatic conversion contemplated by this §2.9.2 is scheduled to occur.

§2.9.3.    Eurocurrency Rate Loans.  Any conversion to or from Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Eurocurrency Rate Loans having the same Interest Period shall not be less than $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.  No more than six (6) Eurocurrency Rate Loans having different Interest Periods may be outstanding at any time.

§2.10.     The Swing Line.

§2.10.1.         The Swing Line Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this §2.10, may in its sole discretion make loans in Dollars to the Borrower (the “Swing Line Loans”) on any Business Day prior to the Maturity Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Swing Line Sublimit at any one time outstanding.  Each Swing Line Loan shall be in a minimum amount equal to $1,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Credit Agreement and in addition to the limit set forth above, at no time shall the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swing Line Loans exceed the remainder of (a) the Total Commitment then in effect minus (b) the sum of, without duplication, (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all

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Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, plus (ii) the Maximum Drawing Amount, plus (iii) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations.

§2.10.2.         Notice of Borrowing.  When the Borrower desires the Administrative Agent to make a Swing Line Loan, it shall send to the Administrative Agent written notice in the form of Exhibit E hereto (or telephonic notice confirmed in a writing in the form of Exhibit E hereto) of each Swing Line Loan requested hereunder (a “Swing Line Loan Request”) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any Swing Line Loan.  Each such Swing Line Loan Request shall set forth the principal amount of the proposed Swing Line Loan and the Swing Line Loan Maturity Date relating to such Swing Line Loan, which shall in no event be later than Maturity Date.  Each Swing Line Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and shall obligate the Borrower to borrow the Swing Line Loan from the Administrative Agent on the proposed Drawdown Date thereof.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement, on the proposed Drawdown Date the Administrative Agent shall, in its sole discretion, make the Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the proposed Drawdown Date by crediting the amount of the Swing Line Loan to the account specified by the Borrower; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not advance any Swing Line Loans after it has received notice from any Lender that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and stating that no new Swing Line Loans are to be made until such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived in accordance with the provisions of this Credit Agreement.

§2.10.3.         Interest on Swing Line Loans.  Each Swing Line Loan shall, except as otherwise provided in §4.11 hereof, bear interest from the Drawdown Date thereof until repaid in full at the rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, which shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date for Base Rate Loans.

§2.10.4.         Repayment of Swing Line Loans.  The Borrower absolutely and unconditionally promises to pay each outstanding Swing Line Loan on or prior to the Swing Line Loan Maturity Date relating thereto.  Upon notice by the Administrative Agent on any Business Day following the Swing Line Loan Maturity Date relating to each Swing Line Loan, in the event that the Borrower has not repaid such Swing Line Loan, each of the Lenders hereby agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower constituting Base Rate Loans, on the next succeeding Business Day following such notice, in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding and overdue.  The proceeds thereof shall be applied directly by the Administrative Agent to repay outstanding Swing Line Loans.  Each Lender hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to make such Revolving Credit Loans upon one Business Day’s notice as set forth above, notwithstanding (a) that the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan may not comply with the applicable minimums set forth herein, (b) the failure of the Borrower to meet the applicable conditions set forth herein, (c) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default hereunder, and (d) the Total Commitment in effect at such time.  In the event that it is impracticable for such Revolving Credit Loan to be made for any reason on the date otherwise required above, then each Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase (as of the date such Revolving Credit Loan would have been made, but adjusted for any payments received from the Borrower on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall sell to each Lender, such participations in the Swing

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Line Loans (including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon) outstanding as shall be necessary to cause the Lender’s to share in such Swing Line Loans pro rata based on their respective Commitment Percentages (without regard to any termination of the Total Commitment hereunder) by making available to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such Lender’s participation in the Swing Line Loans; provided that (i) all interest payable on the Swing Line Loans (other than interest received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (ii)) shall be for the account of the Administrative Agent as a funding and administrative fee until the date as of which the respective participation is purchased, and (ii) at the time any purchase of such participation is actually made, the purchasing Lender shall be required to pay the Administrative Agent interest on the principal amount of the participation so purchased for each day from and including the date such Loan would otherwise have been made until the date of payment for such participation at the rate of interest then applicable to such Swing Line Loans during such period.  The Borrower shall have the right, at its election, to repay the outstanding amount of a Swing Line Loan, as a whole or in part, at any time without penalty or premium.

§2.11.     Evidence of Debt.

(a)           The Loans made by each Lender and the Letters of Credit issued or extended by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Loans made and the Letters of Credit issued or extended by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note (a “Note”), which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records.  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

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

§2.12.     Increase in Commitments.

(a)           Request for Increase.  Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may from time to time, request an increase in the

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Total Commitment by an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding $500,000,000; provided that (i) any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $20,000,000, and (ii) the Borrower may make a maximum of three such requests.  At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).

(b)           Lender Elections to Increase.  Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Commitment Amount and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Commitment Percentage of such requested increase.  Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment Amount.

(c)           Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder.  To achieve the full amount of a requested increase and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the lender of the Swing Line Loans (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(d)           Effective Date and Allocations.  If the Total Commitment is increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date.  An increase in the Total Commitment pursuant to this §2.12 and any amendments to this Credit Agreement made solely to evidence such increase shall not require the consent of any Lender not participating in such increase.

(e)           Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase.  As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each member of the Obligor Group dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by an authorized officer of such Person (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Person approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, no Default or Event of Default exists.  The Borrower shall prepay any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to §4.10) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Commitment Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitment Amounts under this Section.

(f)            Conflicting Provisions.  This Section shall supersede any provisions in §24 to the contrary.

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§3.          LETTERS OF CREDIT.

§3.1.       Letters of Credit.

(a)           Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) each Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this §3, (A) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the day that is ten (10) days prior to the Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day), to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Borrower, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with §3.2 below, and (B) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (ii) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower and any drawings thereunder; provided that (w) at no time shall the Maximum Drawing Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit or, if less, the Total Commitment, (x) at no time shall the sum of (1) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, plus (2) the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding, plus (3) the aggregate Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations exceed the Total Commitment then in effect, (y) except to the extent otherwise agreed by an Issuing Bank in its sole discretion and solely as to itself, at no time shall the sum of the Maximum Drawing Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding and issued by any Issuing Bank plus all Unreimbursed Amounts owing to such Issuing Bank exceed $250,000,000 in the aggregate, and (z) subject to §2.6 hereof, at no time shall the sum of (I) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies outstanding plus (II) the aggregate Maximum Drawing Amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies exceed the Alternative Currency 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 issuance or amendment 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 will expire or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

(b)           No Issuing Bank shall issue any Letter of Credit, if:

(i)            subject to §3.2(c), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

(ii)           the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the date that is ten (10) days prior to the Maturity Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry date.

(c)           No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

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(i)            any order, judgment or decree of any governmental authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to any document relating thereto or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any governmental authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it;

(ii)           the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally;

(iii)          except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $10,000;

(iv)          except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;

(v)           such Issuing Bank does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency;

(vi)          any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such Issuing Bank (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to §4.16(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued, the Maximum Drawing Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding and all other Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations as to which such Issuing Bank has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.

(d)           No Issuing Bank shall amend any Letter of Credit if such Issuing Bank would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(e)           No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if such Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(f)            Each Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each Issuing Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in §13 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the documents related thereto pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in §13 included

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such Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to such Issuing Bank.

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

(a)           Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by an authorized officer of the Borrower.  Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than (A) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at least five (5) Business Days (provided that such Issuing Bank shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to issue such Letter of Credit within two (2) Business Days following its receipt of any written request therefor) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be, of any Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars and (B) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at least eight (8) Business Days (provided that such Issuing Bank shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to issue such Letter of Credit within five (5) Business Days following its receipt of any written request therefor) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be, of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency; or in each case, such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion.  In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank: (i) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (ii) the amount and currency thereof; (iii) the expiry date thereof; (iv) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (v) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (vi) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (vii) such other matters as such Issuing Bank may reasonably require.  In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank (w) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (x) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (y) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (z) such other matters as such Issuing Bank may reasonably require.  Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any documents relating thereto, as such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

(b)           Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such Issuing Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Unless the applicable Issuing Bank has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in §10 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such

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Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business practices.  Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable Issuing Bank a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(c)           If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such Issuing Bank for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders, except as provided below, shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable Issuing Bank, and such Issuing Bank, except as provided below, shall have agreed, to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the date that is ten (10) days prior to the Maturity Date; provided, however, that such Issuing Bank shall not permit such extension if (i) such Issuing Bank has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause §3.1(b) or otherwise), or (ii) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension (but only if such election is consistent with the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit and the Borrower would not be entitled to the issuance of such Letter of Credit in its revised forms (as extended) under the terms thereof) or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in §10 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such Issuing Bank not to permit such extension.

(d)           Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Bank will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

§3.3.       Drawings and Reimbursements.

(a)           Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof.  In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank in such Alternative Currency, unless the Borrower shall have notified such Issuing Bank promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Borrower will reimburse such Issuing Bank in Dollars.  In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar

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Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) (or in the event the Borrower has not been notified of such drawing prior to such time, within two hours of receipt of such notice) on the date of any payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any payment by such Issuing Bank to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency.  If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such Issuing Bank by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date and the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage thereof.  In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Base Rate Loan to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in §2.2 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Total Commitment and the conditions set forth in §10 (other than the delivery of a Loan Request).  Any notice given by the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this §3.3(a) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(b)           Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to §3.3(a) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Head Office for Dollar-denominated payments, an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage times the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of §3.3(c), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable Issuing Bank in Dollars.

(c)           With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Base Rate Loan on the Honor Date because the conditions set forth in §10 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, such amount shall be an Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation, which Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.  In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to §3.3(b) shall be deemed payment in respect of its reimbursement obligation in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this §3.3.

(d)           Until each Lender funds its Loan or reimbursement obligation pursuant to this §3.3 to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such Issuing Bank.

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drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this §3.3, shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such Issuing Bank, the Borrower, any Subsidiary of such Issuing Bank or the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (iii) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Loans pursuant to this §3.3 is subject to the conditions set forth in §10 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Loan Request).  No such payment of any Lender’s reimbursement obligations under this §3.3 shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for the amount of any payment made by such Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, together with interest as provided herein.

(f)            If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this §3.3 by the time specified in §3.3(b), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Credit Agreement, such Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Bank at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing, or similar fees customarily charged by such Issuing Bank in connection with the foregoing.  A certificate of the applicable Issuing Bank submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (f) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

§3.4.       Repayment of Participations.  At any time after the applicable Issuing Bank has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s payment in respect of its reimbursement obligation under §3.3, if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such Issuing Bank any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Commitment Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s reimbursement obligation under §3.3 was outstanding) in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent. If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to §3.3(a) is required to be returned in connection with any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or otherwise (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Issuing Bank in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank its Commitment Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Credit Agreement.

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§3.5.       Obligations Absolute.  The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for each drawing under each Letter of Credit such Issuing Bank has issued shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(a)           any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

(b)           the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), such Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in connection with this Credit Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(c)           any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

(d)           any payment by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any insolvency law;

(e)           any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or in the relevant currency markets generally; or

(f)            any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower provided that nothing in this §3.5 shall impair the rights of the Borrower under §3.6.

The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank.  The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the applicable Issuing Bank and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

§3.6.       Role of Issuing Banks.  Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, no Issuing Bank shall have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the

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Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.  None of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or any other document relating thereto.  The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  None of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (a) through (f) of §3.5; provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an Issuing Bank, and such Issuing Bank may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Issuing Bank’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no Issuing Bank shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. The responsibility of each Issuing Bank and its correspondents to the Borrower and the Lenders shall be only to determine that the documents (including each draft) delivered under each Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment shall be in conformity on their face in all material respects with such Letter of Credit.

§3.7.       Applicability of ISP and UCP.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

§3.8.       Transitional Letters of Credit.  Schedule 3.8 contains a list of certain letters of credit issued prior to the Closing Date for the account of the Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Existing Letters of Credit”).  On the Closing Date, (a) the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this §3 and shall be subject to all of the provisions applicable to Letters of Credit under this Credit Agreement and (b) all liabilities of the Borrower with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute

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Obligations of such Borrower with respect to Letters of Credit in accordance with this Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents as though such Borrower had delivered a Letter of Credit Application under this Credit Agreement.  On the Closing Date, the letter of credit fees owing with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit under §3.10 of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be calculated and paid in full.  From and after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay Letter of Credit Fees and such other fees as provided in §3.9, in each case when due pursuant to §3.9, with respect to each of the Existing Letters of Credit.

§3.9.       Letter of Credit Fee.  The Borrower shall, on the first day of each calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter, pay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit issued, extended or renewed during such calendar quarter by the applicable Issuing Bank at a rate per annum equal to (a) with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, the Applicable Margin for standby Letters of Credit in effect from time to time and (b) with respect to documentary Letters of Credit, the Applicable Margin for documentary Letters of Credit in effect from time to time, in each case, on the Maximum Drawing Amount of such Letter of Credit for the period such Letter of Credit is outstanding.  The Administrative Agent shall, in turn, remit to each Lender (including Bank of America) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Fee; provided, however, that any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to this §3 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Commitment Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to §4.16(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to such Issuing Bank for its own account.  In addition, in respect of each Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall pay the applicable Issuing Bank for its own account (i) quarterly in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter, a fronting fee as set forth in the Fee Letter or as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Bank, and, (ii) at such other time or times as such charges are customarily made by such Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank’s customary issuance, amendment, negotiation or document examination and other administrative fees as in effect from time to time.

§3.10.     Conflict with Issuer Documents.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application or any other document related thereto, the terms hereof shall control.

§4.          CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS; FEES.

§4.1.       Closing, Administrative Agent and Other Fees.  The Borrower shall pay (a) to the Administrative Agent for the accounts of the Lenders on the Closing Date a closing fee as set forth in the Fee Letter, and (b) to the Co-Lead Arrangers and the Lenders, in Dollars, such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.  All such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

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Commitment Percentages, subject to adjustment as provided in §4.16, a facility fee (the “Facility Fee”), which shall be calculated for each day at a per annum rate as set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin with respect to the Facility Fee in effect at such time on the Total Commitment.  The Facility Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter for the calendar quarter then ended commencing on the first such date following the Closing Date, with a final payment on the Maturity Date or any earlier date on which the Total Commitment shall terminate.

§4.3.       Funds for Payments.

§4.3.1.    Payments to Administrative Agent.  All payments of principal, interest, Facility Fees, Letter of Credit Fees and any other fees or amounts due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the respective accounts of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, not later than, except with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, 2:00 p.m. (New York time), at the Administrative Agent’s Head Office or at such other location designated by the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent may from time to time designate, in each case in Same Day Funds.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.  If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Head Office, or at such other location designated by the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent may from time to time designate, in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Credit Agreement be made in the United States.

§4.3.2.    No Offset, Etc.  All payments by the Borrower hereunder and under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made without condition or deduction for any recoupment, defense, setoff or counterclaim.

§4.3.3.    Taxes.

(a)           Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.  (i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes.  If, however, applicable laws require the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such laws as determined by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.

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(ii)           If the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant governmental authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

(b)           Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower.  Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant governmental authority in accordance with applicable laws.

(c)           Tax Indemnifications.  (i) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant governmental authority.  The Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or an Issuing Bank for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection.  A reasonably detailed certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or an Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Any such claim against the Borrower must be made within 180 days of the payment by the Administrative Agent or the Lender to which such claim relates.

(ii)           Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and each Issuing Bank shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Borrower or the Administrative Agent by any governmental authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e). 

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Each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).  The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the termination of the Total Commitment and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

(d)           Evidence of Payments.  Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or by the Administrative Agent to a governmental authority as provided in this §4.3.3, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such governmental authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

(e)           Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.  (i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Credit Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.

(ii)           Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States,

(A)          any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of §7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and

(B)           each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Credit Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,

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but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(I)            executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,

(II)           executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

(III)         executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,

(IV)         in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of  Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or

(V)           executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

(C)           each Foreign Lender shall provide, promptly upon the reasonable demand of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any information, form or document, accurately completed, that may be required in order to demonstrate that such Foreign Lender is in compliance with the requirements of FATCA, including §1471(b) of the Code, if such Foreign Lender is a foreign financial institution (as such term is defined in §1471(d)(4) of the Code) or §1472(b), if such Foreign Lender is a non-financial foreign entity (as such term is defined in §1472(d) of the Code).

(iii)          Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

(f)            Treatment of Certain Refunds.  Unless required by applicable laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or any Issuing Bank,

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any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be.  If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines, in its good faith judgment, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant governmental authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant governmental authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank is required to repay such refund to such governmental authority.  This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

§4.4.       Computations.  All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be based on a 360-day year, and, in each case, paid for the actual number of days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year), or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. Except as otherwise provided in the definition of the term “Interest Period” with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, whenever a payment hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall accrue during such extension.  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to §4.3.1, bear interest for one day.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

§4.5.       Inability to Determine Eurocurrency Rate.  If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) deposits (whether in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), or (c) the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such

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Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurocurrency Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

§4.6.       Illegality.  Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any present or future law, regulation, treaty or directive or in the interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), such Lender shall forthwith give notice of such circumstances to the Borrower and the other Lenders and (a) thereupon the commitment of such Lender to make Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or convert Loans of another Type to Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies shall forthwith be suspended and such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies, if any, shall be automatically, on the last day of the then current Interest Period relating thereto or within such earlier period as may be required by law, (i) in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, converted to a Loan denominated in Dollars (or at the timely request of the Borrower, a Loan denominated in an unaffected Alternative Currency) and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, converted to a Base Rate Loan or (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  The Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, upon demand by such Lender, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender in making any conversion in accordance with this §4.6, including any interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Eurocurrency Rate Loans hereunder.

§4.7.       Additional Costs, Etc.  If any change after the Closing Date to any present applicable law or if any future applicable law, which expression, as used herein, includes statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and interpretations thereof by any competent court or by any governmental or other regulatory body or official charged with the administration or the interpretation thereof and requests, directives, instructions and notices at any time or from time to time hereafter made upon or otherwise issued to any Lender or the Administrative Agent by any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other authority (whether or not having the force of law), shall:

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(a)           impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement) or any Issuing Bank;

(b)           subject any Lender or any Issuing Bank to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or such Issuing Bank in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by §4.3.3 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank);

(c)           impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the applicable interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Credit Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or

(d)           result in the Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, not representing the cost to any Lender of complying with the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank in relation to its making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency,

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be liable to any Lender or the Administrative Agent for any such costs incurred more than sixty (60) days prior to receipt by the Borrower of such demand for payment from such Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent unless such costs were incurred prior to such 60-day period solely as a result of such present or future applicable law being retroactive to a date which occurred prior to such 60-day period.

§4.8.       Capital Adequacy.  If any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines that the adoption of or change, after the Closing Date, in any law, governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) regarding capital requirements for banks or bank holding companies or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by a court or governmental authority with appropriate jurisdiction has the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Credit Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or

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such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s then existing policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and assuming full utilization of such entity’s capital) by any amount deemed by such Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent to be material, then such Lender or the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower of such fact.  To the extent that the amount of such reduction in the return on capital is not reflected in the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate then the Borrower agrees to pay such Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent for the amount of such reduction in the return on capital as and when such reduction is determined upon presentation by such Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent of a certificate in accordance with §4.9 hereof, provided that the Borrower shall not be liable to any Lender or the Administrative Agent for costs incurred more than sixty (60) days prior to receipt by the Borrower of the notice referred to in the immediately preceding sentence from such Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent.  Each Lender shall allocate such cost increases among its customers in good faith and on an equitable basis.

§4.9.       Certificate.  A certificate setting forth any additional amounts payable pursuant to §§4.7 or 4.8 hereof and a brief explanation of such amounts which are due, submitted by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, that such amounts are due and owing.  If the Borrower is required to pay any additional amounts pursuant to §§4.7 or 4.8 hereof with respect to any Lender, the Borrower may, following payment in full of the amount or amounts due set forth in such certificate, take the actions permitted by §4.12 hereof to replace such Lender.

§4.10.     Compensation for Losses.  Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a)           any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

(b)           any failure by any Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;

(c)           any failure by any Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency; or

(d)           any assignment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to §4.12.

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interbank market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

§4.11.     Interest After Default.  Overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) interest on the Loans and all other overdue amounts payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, if not repaid on or before the fifth calendar day following the day such payment was due, shall bear interest from the due date thereof, compounded monthly and payable on demand at any time from and after the fifth calendar day following the day such payment was due, at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) above the rate of interest then applicable thereto (or, if no rate of interest is then applicable thereto, the Base Rate) until such amount shall be paid in full (after as well as before judgment).

§4.12.     Replacement of Individual Lenders.  Upon the happening of any of the events set forth in §§2.4.2, 4.3.3, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.13 or the last sentence of §24, or in the case of a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower may (provided that at the time no Default or Event of Default exists or would result after giving effect to the Borrower’s action) prepay in full all Loans and other obligations owing by the Borrower to each affected Lender under §§2.4.2, 4.3.3, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.13 or the last sentence of §24 and/or each Defaulting Lender (each such Lender being called a “Substituted Lender”), together with all amounts payable by the Borrower under §4.10 hereof with respect to such prepayment, and terminate the Commitment(s) of such Lender(s) subject to the following conditions:

(a)           the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the exercise of its rights under this §4.12 a written commitment in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders from a banking institution (the “Replacement Lender”) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each of the remaining Lenders (other than the Substituted Lender) in which such Replacement Lender agrees to become a “Lender” under this Credit Agreement, having a Commitment Amount in the amount of the Substituted Lender’s Commitment Amount;

(b)           the Borrower shall have given appropriate notice of any prepayment under this §4.12 as required by §4.7 and subject to all other provisions of this Credit Agreement; and

(c)           simultaneously with any prepayment of all Loans and other obligations owing by the Borrower to a Substituted Lender under this §4.12, the Substituted Lender shall have assigned, pursuant to §17 hereof of this Credit Agreement the Commitment of such Substituted Lender to the Replacement Lender and such Replacement Lender shall have become a Lender under this Credit Agreement, having a Commitment Amount in the amount of such Substituted Lender’s Commitment Amount and such Replacement Lender shall have simultaneously funded all such Loans prepaid hereunder. Each of the Lenders agrees that in the event that it becomes a Substituted Lender pursuant to this §4.12, it shall cooperate and assign its Commitment pursuant to this §4.12(c).

§4.13.     Additional Reserve Requirements.  The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, without duplication, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal

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amount of each Eurocurrency Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Eurocurrency Rate Loans in an Alternative Currency, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places), to the extent not reflected in the Mandatory Cost, equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least ten (10) days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or costs from such Lender.  If a Lender fails to give notice ten (10) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or costs shall be due and payable ten (10) days from receipt of such notice.

§4.14.     Guaranties.  The payment and performance of the Obligations shall be guaranteed by each Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranties, each of which shall be in the form of Exhibit B hereto.  The Borrower may, and in accordance with §6.13, shall, cause additional Subsidiaries of the Borrower to become Guarantors hereunder by causing such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries to agree to be bound by the provisions of the Guaranty, to execute and deliver a Joinder Agreement and to deliver such legal opinions and other documents and instruments as the Administrative Agent may request.  The Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Borrower and at the cost and expense of the Borrower, release any Guarantor from its obligations to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Guaranty to which such Guarantor is a party in connection with (a) any sale of all the Capital Stock of such Guarantor to any Person (other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower) or (b) the conveyance or transfer of such Guarantor’s property and assets substantially as an entirety or the merger of such Guarantor with or into any person that, after giving effect to the transaction, is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower, in each case, to the extent such transaction is permitted by the Credit Agreement.  In addition, each Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Guaranty if (i) such Guarantor is not then a guarantor of any of the Borrower’s then outstanding publicly issued debt securities having a principal amount in excess of $100,000,000 (or its guarantee thereof is to be released substantially concurrently with or, upon compliance with provisions of the instruments governing such securities that shall be satisfied, promptly after, the release of its obligations under the Guaranty), (ii) such Guarantor is not then a guarantor of any other then existing credit facility of the Borrower having a principal amount or committed amount in excess of $100,000,000 (or its guarantee thereof is to be released substantially concurrently with or, upon compliance with provisions of each such facility that shall be satisfied, promptly after, the release of its obligations under the Guaranty), (iii) such Guarantor is not then a guarantor of any then outstanding commercial paper issued under any commercial paper program of the Borrower having a principal amount in excess of $100,000,000 (or its guarantee thereof is to be released substantially concurrently with or, upon compliance with provisions of such program that shall be satisfied, promptly after, the release of its obligations under the Guaranty), (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would occur as a result thereof, on the date of such release and (v) the Borrower shall have provided to the Administrative Agent notice of such release.  Upon the

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written request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to acknowledge the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty. The Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders an updated Schedule 2 upon the release or addition of any Guarantor as provided in this §4.14.

§4.15.     Cash Collateral.  (a) Certain Credit Support Events.  Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank (i) if such Issuing Bank has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding amount of all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations plus the Maximum Drawing Amount.  At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within three (3) Business Days after the request of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank with Fronting Exposure (or, to the extent such request is made by any such Issuing Bank, within such greater number of Business Days as all the Issuing Banks with Fronting Exposure and the Administrative Agent, to the extent it has Fronting Exposure with respect to Swing Line Loans, at such time may agree in their sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to §4.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b)           Grant of Security Interest.  All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.  The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, shall grant to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, and shall agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to §4.15(c).  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

(c)           Application.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Credit Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this §4.15 or §§3, 4.16 or 11.2 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

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(including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender, or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with §17.2) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

§4.16.     Defaulting Lenders.  (a) Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Credit Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:

(i)            Waivers and Amendments.  Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Credit Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in §24.

(ii)           Reallocation of Payments.  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to §11 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by such Defaulting Lender pursuant to §12), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as Administrative Agent, hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as issuer of Swing Line Loans, hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of such Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Credit Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of such Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Credit Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Administrative Agent as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Credit Agreement; and seventh, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations were made at a time when the conditions set forth in §10 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Lender.  Any payments,

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prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this §4.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii)          Certain Fees.  Such Defaulting Lender (x) shall be entitled to receive any Facility Fee pursuant to §4.2 for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to extent allocable to the sum of (1) the outstanding amount of the Loans funded by it and (2) its Commitment Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to §§2.10, 3, 4.15, or 4.16(a)(ii), as applicable (and the Borrower shall (A) be required to pay to each of the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, as applicable, the amount of such fee allocable to its Fronting Exposure arising from such Defaulting Lender and (B) not be required to pay the remaining amount of such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to such Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in §3.9.

(iv)          Reallocation of Commitment Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure.  During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to §§2.10 and 3, or to advance Loans in respect of Unreimbursed Amounts under §3.3(b) or unreimbursed Swing Line Loans under §2.10.5, the “Commitment Percentage” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; provided that, on any date thereafter during such period, to the extent such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived, such reallocation shall occur at such later date; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans, or to advance such Loans, as the case may be, shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of such non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans of such Lender.

(b)           Defaulting Lender Cure.  If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Commitment Percentages (without giving effect to §4.16(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver

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or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

§5.          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent as follows:

§5.1.       Corporate Authority.

§5.1.1.    Incorporation; Good Standing.  The Borrower and each Guarantor (a) is a corporation (or similar business entity) or, as the case may be, a Massachusetts Business Trust duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite corporate (or the equivalent company) or, as the case may be, trust power to own its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated, and (c) is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or similar business entity) and is duly authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary except where a failure to be so qualified would not have a materially adverse effect on the business, assets or financial condition of the Borrower.

§5.1.2.    Authorization.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents by the Borrower and each Guarantor which is or is to become a party thereto, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (a) are within the corporate (or the equivalent company) or, as the case may be, trust authority of such Person, (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or the equivalent company) or, as the case may be, trust proceedings, (c) do not conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which such Person is subject which would have a material adverse effect on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the ability of such Person to fulfill its obligations under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, (d) do not in any material respect conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of any judgment, order, writ, injunction, license or permit applicable to the Borrower or any Guarantor and (e) do not conflict with any provision of the corporate charter or bylaws (or similar constitutive documents) or, as the case may be, the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of, or any agreement or other instrument binding upon, the Borrower or any Guarantor.

§5.1.3.    Enforceability.  The execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower or any Guarantor is or is to become a party will result in valid and legally binding obligations of such Person enforceable against it in accordance with the respective terms and provisions hereof and thereof, except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and except to the extent that availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

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