Cooperation in Tax Matters. After the Signing Date, Sellers and Purchaser shall fully and in good faith cooperate with each other in respect of Tax matters of the Companies relating to any assessment periods (Veranlagungszeiträume) ending on or before the December 31, 2016. Purchaser shall procure that Sellers are informed of all Tax assessments, announcements of Tax audits and any other written correspondence or documents which the Companies receive from a Tax authority and which may give rise to a Tax Indemnification Claim without undue delay.The Parties agree on the following:
(a) Purchaser shall, and shall procure that the Companies will, forward to Sellers copies of all Tax assessments and announcements of Tax audits which may give rise to a Tax Indemnification Claim within twenty (20) Business Days after Purchaser or the relevant Company has received such Tax assessment or announcement of a Tax audit. Purchaser (i) shall provide or make available and shall ensure that the Companies provide and make available upon request all relevant books, records and documentation, (ii) shall grant, and shall ensure that each Company grants, Sellers and Sellers’ advisors the right to participate in material meetings, discussions and correspondence with the Tax Authorities, including in the case of Tax audits the right to attend the final meeting with the Tax auditor, at the sole expense of Sellers, and (iii) shall duly incorporate, and shall ensure that each Company incorporates in its statements to the Tax authorities any reasonable comments Sellers may have.
(b) Unless required by law, Purchaser shall not, and shall ensure that the Companies will not without prior consent of Sellers, settle or concede to the findings of any Tax audits relating to any assessment periods (Veranlagungszeiträume) ending on or before the December 31, 2016. If Purchaser or the Companies intend to take any actions mentioned in the preceding sentence, Purchaser shall notify Sellers prior to taking [***]: CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION. such action in writing about the intention to do so and Sellers shall within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the notification either provide their written consent to the intended action of Purchaser or the Companies or shall inform Purchaser in writing about their intention how to handle the matter differently; otherwise Sellers’ written consent to such action shall be deemed to be given.
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Cooperation in Tax Matters. The Company Equity Holders and the Surviving Pubco shall cooperate reasonably in connection with the filing of Tax Returns of the Acquired Companies and any Tax Proceeding of any Acquired Company. Such cooperation shall include the provision of records and information with respect to any Acquired Company which are in the possession of any Company Equity Holder or the Surviving Pubco and are reasonably relevant to any such Tax Proceeding. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company Equity Holders will cooperate reasonably and use commercially reasonable efforts to have the now-current officers, directors and employees of any Acquired Company cooperate with the Surviving Pubco in furnishing information, evidence, testimony and other assistance in connection with the filing of any Tax Return or any Tax Proceeding with respect to matters pertaining to any and all periods beginning prior to the Closing Date. The Company Equity Holders agree to transfer to the Surviving Pubco on or as soon as practicable after the Closing Date (but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the Closing Date) all Books and Records of the Acquired Companies with respect to Tax matters pertinent to any Acquired Company that are in their possession or subject to their direct or indirect control.
Cooperation in Tax Matters. Each party to this Agreement (a “Party,” or collectively, the “Parties”) shall provide the other Parties with such assistance as may be reasonably requested by such Party in connection with the preparation of any Tax Return, any audit or other examination by any taxing authority, or any judicial or administration contest or proceedings relating to liability for Taxes, and shall provide the other Parties with any available records or information that may be relevant to such Tax Return, audit, examination, contest, proceedings or determination. Such assistance shall include making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder and shall include providing copies of any relevant Tax Return and supporting work schedules. The Party requesting assistance hereunder shall reimburse the other Parties for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing such assistance.
Cooperation in Tax Matters. Seller and Buyer will make available during normal business hours, but without unreasonably disrupting their respective businesses, all personnel and records of the Business reasonably necessary in connection with the filing of any Tax return, amended return or claim for refund; determining a liability for Taxes or a right to refund for Taxes; or in conducting an audit or other proceeding in respect of Taxes.
Cooperation in Tax Matters. Purchaser, Seller and each of the Project Buckeye Corporations shall cooperate fully as and to the extent reasonably requested by any of the other above-named parties, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns pursuant to this Article XIX and any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon request of any of the above-named parties) the provision of copies of records and information which are reasonably relevant to any such Tax Return, audit, litigation or other proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Seller agrees to, and Purchasers agrees to cause each of the Project Buckeye Corporations to, retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to each of the Project Buckeye Corporations relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations (including any extensions thereof) of the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any taxing authority. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Seller will provide Purchasers with a schedule of all material tax elections made by Barnxxxx xxx each of its Subsidiaries which will affect the Taxes of US Purchaser, Barnxxxx xx any of its Subsidiaries for all taxable years which end on or after the Closing Date; provided, however, that any elections made with respect to Barnxxxx xx any of its Subsidiaries 1998 Tax Returns will be provided upon filing of documents with the taxing authorities. So long as taxable periods of, or related to any Project Buckeye
Cooperation in Tax Matters. The Seller and the Buyer shall provide each other with such cooperation and information as either of them reasonably may request of the other in filing any Tax Return, amended Tax Return or claim for refund, determining a liability for Taxes or a right to a refund of Taxes or in conducting any audit or other proceeding in respect of Taxes, in each case, to the extent relating to the Acquired Assets or the Business, including using best efforts to make officers and employees available for such purposes, provided that the party requiring the participation of such officers or employees shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs, charges and expenses arising from such participation.
Cooperation in Tax Matters. The Contributors, Buyer and the Company shall cooperate fully in connection with the preparation and filing of Tax Returns of the Company and any pending or threatened Tax audit, assessment, litigation or other legal proceeding with respect to Taxes of the Company, and each Party shall provide any information necessary or reasonably requested to allow other Parties to comply with any information reporting or withholding requirements contained in the Code or other applicable laws or to compute the amount of payroll or other employment Taxes due with respect to any payment made in connection with this Agreement. Each Party shall furnish the other Parties with copies of all relevant correspondence received from any taxing authority in connection with any Tax audit or information request with respect to any Taxes for which the other may have an indemnification obligation under this Agreement.
Cooperation in Tax Matters. The parties hereto agree to furnish or cause to be furnished to one another, upon request, as promptly as practicable, such information and assistance relating to the Acquired Companies and the Contributed Assets as is reasonably necessary for the filing of all Tax Returns, the preparation for any audit by any Taxing Authority, and the prosecution or defense of any claim or proceeding relating to any Tax Return. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5.4(i) will not be construed to grant Purchaser any right to review any Tax Return relating to Taxes of Seller Parent or the applicable Seller Parent Subsidiary, except to the extent Seller Parent may be required to provide Purchaser with a right to review, upon request, copies of Tax Returns solely relating to the Acquired Companies and the Contributed Assets in order to comply with the foregoing sentence of this Section 5.4(i). In the event any Taxing Authority informs Seller Parent or Purchaser of any notice of proposed audit, claim, assessment or other dispute concerning an amount of Taxes related to the assets or income of the Acquired Companies or the Contributed Assets with respect to which the other party may be responsible pursuant to this Agreement, the party so informed will promptly notify the other party of such matter; provided, that, failure to promptly notify will not reduce the other party’s indemnity obligation hereunder, except to the extent such party’s ability to defend against such matter is actually prejudiced thereby; provided, further, that resolution of such audit, claim, assessment or other dispute will be governed by Section 8.3.
Cooperation in Tax Matters. The following provisions shall govern the allocation of responsibility as between the Buyer and the Seller for certain Tax matters after the Closing Date:
(a) The Company and Seller, in her capacity as sole member of the Company, at Seller’s cost and expense, shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed any Tax Returns of the Company for Tax periods which begin before the Closing Date and end as of the Closing Date. The Buyer shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed any Tax Returns of the Company for the Tax periods which begin on or before the Closing Date and end after the Closing Date. The Seller shall pay to the Buyer within fifteen (15) days after the date on which Taxes are paid with respect to such periods an amount equal to the portion of such Taxes which relates to the portion of such taxable period ending on the Closing Date.
(b) In the case of any Taxes that are imposed on a periodic basis and are payable for a taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date, the portion of such Tax which relates to the portion of such Tax period ending on the Closing Date shall (x) in the case of any Taxes other than Taxes based upon or related to income or receipts, be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire Tax period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the Tax period ending on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire Tax period, and (y) in the case of any Tax based upon or related to income or receipts be deemed equal to the amount which would be payable if the relevant Tax period ended on the Closing Date. Any credits relating to a taxable period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date shall be apportioned between the Buyer and the Seller using the same formulas as used to determine the Tax liability of the Buyer and the Seller with respect to such periods. All determinations necessary to give effect to the foregoing allocations shall be made in a manner consistent with prior practice of the Company
(c) The Buyer and the Seller shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns of the Company or Seller, in her capacity as the sole member of the Company, pursuant to this Section 11.3 and any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes of the Company for Tax periods before and after the Closing Date...
Cooperation in Tax Matters. The Stockholder Representatives agree to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Acquiror, upon request, as promptly as practicable, such information and assistance relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries as is reasonably necessary for the filing of all Tax Returns of or with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries for any period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date, the preparation for any audit by any taxing authority with respect to any such period, and the prosecution or defense of any claim, suit or proceeding relating to any Tax Return of or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any such period. Such cooperation shall include the retention and the provision of records and information that are reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation or other proceeding. The Acquiror and the Stockholder Representatives shall cooperate with each other in the conduct of any audit or other Action related to Taxes of or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (and each shall execute and deliver such powers of attorney and other documents) as necessary to carry out the intent of this Section 6.1.