By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the applicable Issuing Bank hereby grants to each applicable Revolving Lender, and each such Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided that any participation of any Letter of Credit issued in an Alternative Currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of the term “Alternative Currency” shall be made in Dollars. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each U .S. Tranche A Revolving L ender, Canadian Revolving Lender and Dutch Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the applicable Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Relevant Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.13 , or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Relevant Borrower or for any reason (the “ Unreimbursed Amount ”). Each U.S. Tranche A Revolving Lender, Canadian Revolving Lender and Dutch Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments or whether or not an Overadvance exists or is created thereby, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.