Common use of Replacement of Credit Support Clause in Contracts

Replacement of Credit Support. (a) Valvoline shall use reasonable best efforts to arrange, at its sole cost and expense and effective on or prior to the Separation Date, the replacement of all guarantees, covenants, indemnities, surety bonds, letters of credit or similar assurances or credit support (“Credit Support Instruments”) provided by or through Ashland Global or any other member of the Ashland Global Group for the benefit of Valvoline or any other member of the Valvoline Group (“Ashland Global Credit Support Instruments”) with alternate arrangements that do not require any credit support from Ashland Global or any other member of the Ashland Global Group, and shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain from the beneficiaries of such Credit Support Instruments written releases (which (i) in the case of a letter of credit or bank guarantee would be effective upon surrender of the original Ashland Global Credit Support Instrument to the originating bank and such bank’s confirmation to Ashland Global of cancelation thereof and (ii) shall expressly release any collateral in respect of such Credit Support Instrument) indicating that Ashland Global or such other member of the Ashland Global Group will, effective upon the consummation of the Separation, have no liability with respect to such Credit Support Instruments, in each case reasonably satisfactory to Ashland Global.