Common use of Role of L/C Issuers and Alternative L/C Issuers Clause in Contracts

Role of L/C Issuers and Alternative L/C Issuers. Each Lender and each Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, 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 Lenders holding a majority of the Participating Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit, Alternative Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. Each 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude a Borrower from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, and such L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, may be liable to that Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential, punitive or exemplary, damages suffered by that Borrower which that Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilful, bad faith or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit, in each case as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer and Alternative L/C Issuer 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 L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer 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 Alternative 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.

Role of L/C Issuers and Alternative L/C Issuers. Each Lender and each Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall be liable to any Lender for: for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Lenders holding a majority of the Participating Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or wilful willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit, Alternative Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. Each 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude a Borrower from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, and such L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, may be liable to that Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential, punitive or exemplary, damages suffered by that Borrower which that Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilful misconduct, bad faith willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilful, bad faith willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit, in each case as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer and Alternative L/C Issuer 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 L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer 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 Alternative 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.

Role of L/C Issuers and Alternative L/C Issuers. Each Lender and each Borrower agree agrees that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall be liable to any Lender for: for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Lenders holding a majority of the Participating Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit, Alternative Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. Each 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude a Borrower from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, and such L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, may be liable to that Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential, punitive or exemplary, damages suffered by that Borrower which that Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilful, bad faith or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit, in each case as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer and Alternative L/C Issuer 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 L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer 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 Alternative 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.

Role of L/C Issuers and Alternative L/C Issuers. Each Lender and each Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, 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 Lenders holding a majority of the Participating Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of 95007615_1 competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit, Alternative Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. Each 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude a Borrower from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, and such L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, may be liable to that Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential, punitive or exemplary, damages suffered by that Borrower which that Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilful, bad faith or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit, in each case as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer and Alternative L/C Issuer 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 L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer 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 Alternative 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.

Role of L/C Issuers and Alternative L/C Issuers. Each Lender and each Borrower agree agrees that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit or Alternative Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall be liable to any Lender for: for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Lenders holding a majority of the Participating Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or wilful willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit, Alternative Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. Each 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude a Borrower from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers or Alternative L/C Issuers, as applicable, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, and such L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer, as applicable, may be liable to that Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential, punitive or exemplary, damages suffered by that Borrower which that Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilful willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s or Alternative L/C Issuer’s wilfulwillful, bad faith or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit or Alternative 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 or Alternative Letter of Credit, in each case as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer and Alternative L/C Issuer 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 L/C Issuer or Alternative L/C Issuer 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 Alternative 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.