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• Tax Returns (a) Parent shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed when due all Tax Returns required to be filed for taxable periods of each Business Entity other than Aleris Germany ending on or before the Closing Date, and shall pay or cause to be paid any Taxes due in respect of such Tax Returns. To the extent such Taxes (including Taxes treated as Transaction Expenses) are taken into account as liabilities in the calculation of Net Working Capital, Parent shall provide Buyer with written notice of such payment, and within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such written notice of payment, Buyer shall reimburse Parent for such Taxes. No later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall cause each Business Entity to furnish to Parent Tax information relating to such Business Entity, consistent with the past practice and custom of Sellers and such Business Entity. (b) Buyer shall procure that Aleris Germany (i) shall instruct a German tax adviser selected by Parent to prepare (observing comments and instructions of the Parent) all annual Tax Returns required to be filed for taxable periods of Aleris Germany ending on or before the Closing Date, (ii) shall review and sign off on the draft Tax Returns and (iii) instruct the tax adviser to file such Tax Returns when due. Parent shall pay or cause to be paid any Taxes due and payable by Aleris Germany in respect of such Tax Returns (except to the extent such Taxes (including Taxes treated as Transaction Expenses) are taken into account as liabilities in the calculation of Net Working Capital). No later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall cause Aleris Germany to furnish to Parent and the tax adviser Tax information relating to it, consistent with the past practice and custom of the Sellers and Aleris Germany. (c) Except as provided in Section 6.03(a), Section 6.03(b) and Section 6.03(e), Buyer shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed when due all Tax Returns required to be filed by any Business Entity, and shall pay or cause to be paid any Taxes due in respect of such Tax Returns. (d) Any Tax Return required to be filed with respect to a Straddle Period of any Business Entity shall be prepared in accordance with the past practice and custom of Sellers and such Business Entity and shall be submitted (with copies of any relevant schedules, work papers and other documentation then available) to Parent for Parent’s written approval not less than thirty (30) days prior to the due date for the filing of such Tax Return, which written approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Parent shall have the option of providing to Buyer, at any time at least fifteen (15) days prior to the due date, written instructions as to the manner in which any, or all, of the items for which it may be liable hereunder shall be reflected on such Tax Return. Buyer shall, in preparing such Tax Return, cause the items for which Parent may be liable hereunder to be reflected in accordance with Parent’s instructions, to the extent permitted by Law. (e) The Person required by applicable Law to file any Tax Returns or other documentation with respect to any Transfer Taxes shall prepare and file such Tax Returns or other documentation and pay the Taxes due with respect thereto. Parent and Buyer shall each, and shall each cause their Affiliates to, cooperate in the timely preparation and filing of, and join in the execution of, any such Tax Returns and other documentation. (f) To the extent a party pays Taxes pursuant to this Section 6.03 for which such party is not responsible under Section 6.01, the paying party shall, in good faith, provide the other party’s representative (Parent or Buyer, as the case may be), with written notice of such payment, and within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such written notice of payment, the non-paying party’s representative shall reimburse the paying party for the non-paying party’s share of the paid Taxes.

• Accounting, Books and Records The books and records of the Company shall be kept, and the financial position and the results of its operations recorded, in accordance with GAAP. The books and records shall reflect all Company transactions and shall be appropriate and adequate for the Company’s business. The Company shall maintain at its principal place of business: (i) a current list of the full name and last known address of each Member and Assignee set forth in alphabetical order, together with the Capital Contributions, Capital Account and Units of each Member and Assignee; (ii) the full name and address of each Director; (iii) a copy of the Articles and any and all amendments thereto, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which the Articles or any amendments thereto have been executed; (iv) copies of the Company’s federal, state and local income tax and information returns and reports, if any, for the six (6) most recent taxable years; (v) a copy of this Agreement and any and all amendments hereto, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which this Agreement or any amendments hereto have been executed; and (vi) copies of the financial statements of the Company, if any, for the six (6) most recent Fiscal Years. The Company shall use the accrual method of accounting in the preparation of its financial reports and for tax purposes and shall keep its books and records accordingly.

• Reports and Returns Seller shall promptly after the Closing prepare and file all reports and returns required by Legal Requirements relating to the business of Seller as conducted using the Assets, to and including the Effective Time.

• Books and Records (a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

• Books, Records and Tax Returns (Check One) ☐ - SINGLE-MEMBER: The Company shall maintain complete and accurate books and records of the Company's business and affairs as required by the Statutes and such books and records shall be kept at the Company's Registered Office and shall in all respects be independent of the books, records and transactions of the Member. The Company's fiscal year shall be the calendar year with an ending month of December. The Member intends that the Company, as a single member LLC, shall be taxed as a sole proprietorship in accordance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Any provisions herein that may cause may cause the Company not to be taxed as a sole proprietorship shall be inoperative.

• Taxes and Returns (a) Each Target Company has or will have timely filed, or caused to be timely filed, all Tax Returns and reports required to be filed by it (taking into account all available extensions), which Tax Returns are true, accurate, correct and complete in all material respects, and has paid, collected or withheld, or caused to be paid, collected or withheld, all Taxes required to be paid, collected or withheld, other than such Taxes for which adequate reserves in the Company Financials have been established in accordance with GAAP. Schedule 4.14(a) sets forth each jurisdiction in which each Target Company files or is required to file a Tax Return. Each Target Company has complied with all applicable Laws relating to Tax. (b) There is no current pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened Action against a Target Company by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Target Company does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. (c) No Target Company is being audited by any Tax authority or has been notified in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, orally by any Tax authority that any such audit is contemplated or pending. There are no claims, assessments, audits, examinations, investigations or other Actions pending against a Target Company in respect of any Tax, and no Target Company has been notified in writing of any proposed Tax claims or assessments against it (other than, in each case, claims or assessments for which adequate reserves in the Company Financials have been established). (d) There are no Liens with respect to any Taxes upon any Target Company’s assets, other than Permitted Liens. (e) Each Target Company has collected or withheld all Taxes currently required to be collected or withheld by it, and all such Taxes have been paid to the appropriate Governmental Authorities or set aside in appropriate accounts for future payment when due. (f) No Target Company has any outstanding waivers or extensions of any applicable statute of limitations to assess any amount of Taxes. There are no outstanding requests by a Target Company for any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return or within which to pay any Taxes shown to be due on any Tax Return. (g) No Target Company has made any change in accounting method or received a ruling from, or signed an agreement with, any taxing authority that would reasonably be expected to have a material impact on its Taxes following the Closing. (h) No Target Company has any Liability for the Taxes of another Person (other than another Target Company) (i) under any applicable Tax Law, (ii) as a transferee or successor, or (iii) by contract, indemnity or otherwise. No Target Company is a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity agreement, Tax sharing agreement or Tax allocation agreement or similar agreement, arrangement or practice with respect to Taxes (including advance pricing agreement, closing agreement or other agreement relating to Taxes with any Governmental Authority) that will be binding on the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to any period following the Closing Date. (i) No Target Company has requested, or is the subject of or bound by any private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum, closing agreement or similar ruling, memorandum or agreement with any Governmental Authority with respect to any Taxes, nor is any such request outstanding.

• Keeping Books and Records The Borrower will maintain, and will cause each Subsidiary to maintain, proper books of record and account in which full, true, and correct entries in conformity with GAAP shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities.

• Tax Information Returns and Reports The Service Provider shall prepare and file, and require to be prepared and filed by any brokers or banks as to their Customers, with the appropriate governmental agencies, such information, returns and reports as are required to be so filed for reporting: (i) dividends and other distributions made; (ii) amounts withheld on dividends and other distributions and payments under applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations; and (iii) gross proceeds of sales transactions as required.

• Books and Records Accounting Tax Matters Describes general and administrative items and procedural aspects of handling certain of those items.

• Books, Financial Statements and Reports Each Credit Party will at all times maintain full and accurate books of account and records. Borrower will maintain and will cause its Subsidiaries to maintain a standard system of accounting, will maintain its Fiscal Year, and will furnish the following statements and reports to Administrative Agent at Borrower’s expense: (a) As soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, complete audited Consolidated financial statements of Parent together with all notes thereto, prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with IFRS, together with an unqualified opinion, based on an audit using generally accepted auditing standards, by an independent certified public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing selected by Parent and acceptable to Administrative Agent, stating that such Consolidated financial statements have been so prepared. These financial statements shall contain a Consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Year and Consolidated statements of earnings, of cash flows, and of changes in owners’ equity for such Fiscal Year, each setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year. In addition, Borrower shall provide internally prepared unaudited consolidating financial statements including Borrower’s balance sheet and statement of earnings which agree in total to the corresponding audited Consolidated statements of Parent for the Fiscal Year. In the event that the Consolidated gross operating revenues of Borrower for any Fiscal Year are less than 95% but greater than or equal to 75% of Consolidated gross operating revenues of Parent for that same Fiscal Year, the unqualified opinion set forth above shall also cover the consolidating statements which include Borrower’s balance sheet and statement of earnings for that same Fiscal Year. In the event that the Consolidated gross operating revenues of Borrower for any Fiscal Year are less than 75% of Consolidated gross operating revenues of Parent for that same Fiscal Year, complete audited Consolidated financial statements of Borrower together with all notes thereto, prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with IFRS, together with an unqualified opinion, based on an audit using generally accepted auditing standards, by an independent certified public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing selected by Borrower and acceptable to Administrative Agent, stating that such Consolidated financial statements have been so prepared. These financial statements shall contain a Consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Year and Consolidated statements of earnings, of cash flows, and of changes in owners’ equity for such Fiscal Year, each setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year. (b) As soon as available, and in any event within 60 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, Parent’s unaudited Consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and unaudited Consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows for each such Fiscal Quarter and for the period beginning on the first day of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with IFRS, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes. In addition, Borrower shall provide internally prepared unaudited consolidating financial statements including Borrower’s balance sheet and statement of earnings which agree in total to the unaudited Consolidated balance sheet and statement of earnings of Parent for that same Fiscal Quarter. In the event that the Consolidated gross operating revenues of Borrower for any Fiscal Quarter are less than 95% but greater than or equal to 75% of Consolidated gross operating revenues of Parent for that same Fiscal Quarter, Borrower shall also furnish consolidating statements which include Borrower’s balance sheet and statement of earnings for that same Fiscal Quarter. In the event that the Consolidated gross operating revenues of Borrower for any Fiscal Quarter are less than 75% of Consolidated gross operating revenues of Parent for that same Fiscal Quarter, complete unaudited Consolidated financial statements of Borrower, prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with IFRS. These financial statements shall contain a Consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and Consolidated statements of earnings, of cash flows, and of changes in owners’ equity for such Fiscal Quarter, each setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Quarter. (c) Borrower will, together with each set of financial statements furnished under Section 6.2(a) or (b), as applicable, furnish a Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and, as applicable, Parent stating that such financial statements are accurate and complete (subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes), stating that he/she has reviewed the Loan Documents, containing calculations showing compliance (or non- compliance) at the end of such Fiscal Quarter with the requirements of Section 7.14 and stating that no Default exists at the end of such Fiscal Quarter or at the time of such certificate or specifying the nature and period of existence of any such Default.