Common use of Joint and Several Liability of the U.S Clause in Contracts

Joint and Several Liability of the U.S. Borrowers. (a) Each U.S. Borrower agrees that it is absolutely and unconditionally jointly and severally liable, as co-borrower, for the prompt payment and performance of all U.S. Obligations and all agreements of each of the U.S. Borrowers under the Loan Documents. Each U.S. Borrower agrees that its co-borrower obligations hereunder are direct obligations of payment and not of collection, that such obligations shall not be discharged until the Termination Date. (b) It is agreed among each U.S. Borrower, the Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks and the Applicable Lenders that the provisions of this Section 2.25 are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for such provisions, the Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks and the Applicable Lenders would decline to make Loans the U.S. Borrowers and issue Letters of Credit for the account of U.S. Borrowers. Each U.S. Borrower acknowledges that its obligations pursuant to this Section are necessary to the conduct and promotion of its business, and can be expected to benefit such business. (c) Nothing contained in this Agreement (including any provisions of this Section 2.25 to the contrary) shall limit the liability of (i) any U.S. Borrower to pay Loans made directly or indirectly to that U.S. Borrower (including Loans advanced to any other U.S. Borrower and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such U.S. Borrower), U.S. LC Exposure and all accrued interest, fees, expenses and other related U.S. Obligations with respect thereto, for which such U.S. Borrower shall be primarily liable for all purposes hereunder, or (ii) the Company in respect of all of the U.S. Obligations under the Loan Documents. The Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks and the U.S. Revolving Lenders shall have the right, at any time in their discretion, to condition Loans and Letters of Credit upon a separate calculation of borrowing availability for each U.S. Borrower and to restrict the disbursement and use of such Loans and Letters of Credit to such U.S. Borrower. (d) Each U.S. Borrower has requested that the Agent and the U.S. Revolving Lenders make this credit facility available to the U.S. Borrowers on a combined basis, in order to finance the U.S. Borrowers’ business most efficiently and economically. The U.S. Borrowers’ business is a mutual and collective enterprise, and the U.S. Borrowers believe that consolidation of their credit facility will enhance the borrowing power of each U.S. Borrower and ease the administration of their relationship with the U.S. Revolving Lenders, all to the mutual advantage of the U.S. Borrowers. The U.S. Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the Agent’s and the U.S. Revolving Lenders’ willingness to extend credit to the U.S. Borrowers and to administer the U.S. Collateral on a combined basis, as set forth herein, is done solely as an accommodation to the U.S. Borrowers and at the U.S. Borrowers’ request. (e) In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, Federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any U.S. Borrower under this Section 2.25 or under this Agreement would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such U.S. Borrower’s liability under this Section 2.25 or under this Agreement, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.25 to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the U.S. Borrowers or the Applicable Lenders, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding (such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant U.S. Borrower’s maximum liability (“U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability”). This Section 2.25(e) with respect to the U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability of each U.S. Borrower is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Applicable Lenders to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable law, and no U.S. Borrower nor any other Person or entity shall have any right or claim under this Section with respect to such U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of any U.S. Borrower hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law. Each U.S. Borrower agrees that the U.S. Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability of each U.S. Borrower without impairing this Section 2.25 or this Agreement, or affecting the rights and remedies of the Applicable Lenders hereunder, provided that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to increase any U.S. Borrower’s obligations hereunder beyond its U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability. (f) In the event any U.S. Borrower (a “U.S. Paying Borrower”) shall make any payment or payments under this Section 2.25 or shall suffer any loss as a result of any realization upon any collateral granted by it to secure its obligations under this Agreement, each other U.S. Borrower (each a “U.S. Non-Paying Borrower”) shall contribute to such U.S. Paying Borrower an amount equal to such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s “U.S. Borrower Percentage” of such payment or payments made, or losses suffered, by such U.S. Paying Borrower. For purposes of this Section 2.25, each U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s “U.S. Borrower Percentage” with respect to any such payment or loss by a U.S. Paying Borrower shall be determined as of the date on which such payment or loss was made by reference to the ratio of (i) such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder) or, if such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability has not been determined, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower from any other U.S. Borrower after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means) to (ii) the aggregate U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability of all U.S. Borrowers hereunder (including such U.S. Paying Borrower) as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder), or to the extent that a U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability has not been determined for any U.S. Borrower, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such U.S. Borrowers from any other U.S. Borrower after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means). Nothing in this provision shall affect any U.S. Borrower’s several liability for the entire amount of the U.S. Obligations (up to such U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability). Each of the U.S. Borrowers covenants and agrees that its right to receive any contribution under this Section 2.25 from a U.S. Non-Paying Borrower shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the U.S. Obligations until the Termination Date. This provision is for the benefit of all of the Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks, the Applicable Lenders, the U.S. Borrowers and the other U.S. Loan Parties and may be enforced by any one, or more, or all of them in accordance with the terms hereof.

Joint and Several Liability of the U.S. Borrowers. (a) Each U.S. Borrower agrees that it is absolutely and unconditionally jointly and severally liable, as co-borrower, for the prompt payment and performance of all U.S. Obligations and all agreements of each of the U.S. Borrowers under the Loan Documents. Each U.S. Borrower agrees that its co-borrower obligations hereunder are direct obligations of payment and not of collection, that such obligations shall not be discharged until the Termination Date. (b) It is agreed among each U.S. Borrower, the Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks and the Applicable Lenders that the provisions of this Section 2.25 are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for such provisions, the Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks and the Applicable Lenders would decline to make Loans to the U.S. Borrowers and issue Letters of Credit for the account of U.S. Borrowers. Each U.S. Borrower acknowledges that its obligations pursuant to this Section are necessary to the conduct and promotion of its business, and can be expected to benefit such business. (c) Nothing contained in this Agreement (including any provisions of this Section 2.25 to the contrary) shall limit the liability of (i) any U.S. Borrower to pay Loans made directly or indirectly to that U.S. Borrower (including Loans advanced to any other U.S. Borrower and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such U.S. Borrower), U.S. LC Exposure and all accrued interest, fees, expenses and other related U.S. Obligations with respect thereto, for which such U.S. Borrower shall be primarily liable for all purposes hereunder, or (ii) the Company in respect of all of the U.S. Obligations under the Loan Documents. The Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks and the U.S. Revolving Lenders shall have the right, at any time in their discretion, to condition Loans and Letters of Credit upon a separate calculation of borrowing availability for each U.S. Borrower and to restrict the disbursement and use of such Loans and Letters of Credit to such U.S. Borrower. (d) Each U.S. Borrower has requested that the Agent and the U.S. Revolving Lenders make this credit facility available to the U.S. Borrowers on a combined basis, in order to finance the U.S. Borrowers’ business most efficiently and economically. The U.S. Borrowers’ business is a mutual and collective enterprise, and the U.S. Borrowers believe that consolidation of their credit facility will enhance the borrowing power of each U.S. Borrower and ease the administration of their relationship with the U.S. Revolving Lenders, all to the mutual advantage of the U.S. Borrowers. The U.S. Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the Agent’s and the U.S. Revolving Lenders’ willingness to extend credit to the U.S. Borrowers and to administer the U.S. Collateral on a combined basis, as set forth herein, is done solely as an accommodation to the U.S. Borrowers and at the U.S. Borrowers’ request. (e) In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, Federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any U.S. Borrower under this Section 2.25 or under this Agreement would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such U.S. Borrower’s liability under this Section 2.25 or under this Agreement, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.25 to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the U.S. Borrowers or the Applicable Lenders, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding (such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant U.S. Borrower’s maximum liability (“U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability”). This Section 2.25(e) with respect to the U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability of each U.S. Borrower is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Applicable Lenders to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable law, and no U.S. Borrower nor any other Person or entity shall have any right or claim under this Section with respect to such U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of any U.S. Borrower hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law. Each U.S. Borrower agrees that the U.S. Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability of each U.S. Borrower without impairing this Section 2.25 or this Agreement, or affecting the rights and remedies of the Applicable Lenders hereunder, provided that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to increase any U.S. Borrower’s obligations hereunder beyond its U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability. (f) In the event any U.S. Borrower (a “U.S. Paying Borrower”) shall make any payment or payments under this Section 2.25 or shall suffer any loss as a result of any realization upon any collateral granted by it to secure its obligations under this Agreement, each other U.S. Borrower (each a “U.S. Non-Paying Borrower”) shall contribute to such U.S. Paying Borrower an amount equal to such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s “U.S. Borrower Percentage” of such payment or payments made, or losses suffered, by such U.S. Paying Borrower. For purposes of this Section 2.25, each U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s “U.S. Borrower Percentage” with respect to any such payment or loss by a U.S. Paying Borrower shall be determined as of the date on which such payment or loss was made by reference to the ratio of (i) such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder) or, if such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability has not been determined, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower from any other U.S. Borrower after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means) to (ii) the aggregate U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability of all U.S. Borrowers hereunder (including such U.S. Paying Borrower) as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder), or to the extent that a U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability has not been determined for any U.S. Borrower, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such U.S. Borrowers from any other U.S. Borrower after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means). Nothing in this provision shall affect any U.S. Borrower’s several liability for the entire amount of the U.S. Obligations (up to such U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability). Each of the U.S. Borrowers covenants and agrees that its right to receive any contribution under this Section 2.25 from a U.S. Non-Paying Borrower shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the U.S. Obligations until the Termination Date. This provision is for the benefit of all of the Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks, the Applicable Lenders, the U.S. Borrowers and the other U.S. Loan Parties and may be enforced by any one, or more, or all of them in accordance with the terms hereof.Paying

Joint and Several Liability of the U.S. Borrowers. (a) Each U.S. Borrower agrees that it is absolutely and unconditionally jointly and severally liable, as co-borrower, for the prompt payment and performance of all U.S. Obligations and all agreements of each of the U.S. Borrowers under the Loan Documents. Each U.S. Borrower agrees that its co-borrower obligations hereunder are direct obligations of payment and not of collection, that such obligations shall not be discharged until the Termination Date. (b) It is agreed among each U.S. Borrower, the Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks and the Applicable Lenders that the provisions of this Section 2.25 are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for such provisions, the Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks and the Applicable Lenders would decline to make Loans to the U.S. Borrowers and issue Letters of Credit for the account of U.S. Borrowers. Each U.S. Borrower acknowledges that its obligations pursuant to this Section are necessary to the conduct and promotion of its business, and can be expected to benefit such business. (c) Nothing contained in this Agreement (including any provisions of this Section 2.25 to the contrary) shall limit the liability of (i) any U.S. Borrower to pay Loans made directly or indirectly to that U.S. Borrower (including Loans advanced to any other U.S. Borrower and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such U.S. Borrower), U.S. LC Exposure and all accrued interest, fees, expenses and other related U.S. Obligations with respect thereto, for which such U.S. Borrower shall be primarily liable for all purposes hereunder, or (ii) the Company in respect of all of the U.S. Obligations under the Loan Documents. The Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks and the U.S. Revolving Lenders shall have the right, at any time in their discretion, to condition Loans and Letters of Credit upon a separate calculation of borrowing availability for each U.S. Borrower and to restrict the disbursement and use of such Loans and Letters of Credit to such U.S. Borrower. (d) Each U.S. Borrower has requested that the Agent and the U.S. Revolving Lenders make this credit facility available to the U.S. Borrowers on a combined basis, in order to finance the U.S. Borrowers’ business most efficiently and economically. The U.S. Borrowers’ business is a mutual and collective enterprise, and the U.S. Borrowers believe that consolidation of their credit facility will enhance the borrowing power of each U.S. Borrower and ease the administration of their relationship with the U.S. Revolving Lenders, all to the mutual advantage of the U.S. Borrowers. The U.S. Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the Agent’s and the U.S. Revolving Lenders’ willingness to extend credit to the U.S. Borrowers and to administer the U.S. Collateral on a combined basis, as set forth herein, is done solely as an accommodation to the U.S. Borrowers and at the U.S. Borrowers’ request. (e) In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, Federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any U.S. Borrower under this Section 2.25 or under this Agreement would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such U.S. Borrower’s liability under this Section 2.25 or under this Agreement, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.25 to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the U.S. Borrowers or the Applicable Lenders, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding (such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant U.S. Borrower’s maximum liability (“U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability”). This Section 2.25(e) with respect to the U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability of each U.S. Borrower is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Applicable Lenders to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable law, and no U.S. Borrower nor any other Person or entity shall have any right or claim under this Section with respect to such U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of any U.S. Borrower hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law. Each U.S. Borrower agrees that the U.S. Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability of each U.S. Borrower without impairing this Section 2.25 or this Agreement, or affecting the rights and remedies of the Applicable Lenders hereunder, provided that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to increase any U.S. Borrower’s obligations hereunder beyond its U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability. (f) In the event any U.S. Borrower (a “U.S. Paying Borrower”) shall make any payment or payments under this Section 2.25 or shall suffer any loss as a result of any realization upon any collateral granted by it to secure its obligations under this Agreement, each other U.S. Borrower (each a “U.S. Non-Paying Borrower”) shall contribute to such U.S. Paying Borrower an amount equal to such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s “U.S. Borrower Percentage” of such payment or payments made, or losses suffered, by such U.S. Paying Borrower. For purposes of this Section 2.25, each U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s “U.S. Borrower Percentage” with respect to any such payment or loss by a U.S. Paying Borrower shall be determined as of the date on which such payment or loss was made by reference to the ratio of (i) such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder) or, if such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower’s U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability has not been determined, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such U.S. Non-Paying Borrower from any other U.S. Borrower after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means) to (ii) the aggregate U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability of all U.S. Borrowers hereunder (including such U.S. Paying Borrower) as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder), or to the extent that a U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability has not been determined for any U.S. Borrower, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such U.S. Borrowers from any other U.S. Borrower after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means). Nothing in this provision shall affect any U.S. Borrower’s several liability for the entire amount of the U.S. Obligations (up to such U.S. Borrower’s Maximum Liability). Each of the U.S. Borrowers covenants and agrees that its right to receive any contribution under this Section 2.25 from a U.S. Non-Paying Borrower shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the U.S. Obligations until the Termination Date. This provision is for the benefit of all of the Agent, the Applicable Issuing Banks, the Applicable Lenders, the U.S. Borrowers and the other U.S. Loan Parties and may be enforced by any one, or more, or all of them in accordance with the terms hereof.