Tax Treatment If any interest in any Loan Document is transferred to any Transferee which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or any State thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply with the provisions of Section 3.5(iv).
Tax Indemnification (a) Subject to Section 13.3, from and after the Closing Date, ASC (for purposes of this Article XI only, the “Tax Indemnifying Party”), shall be responsible for, shall pay or cause to be paid, and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Buyer and the Companies and reimburse the Buyer and the Companies for the following Taxes, to the extent that such Taxes have not been paid as of the Closing Date and are not reflected in the determination of Working Capital: (i) all Taxes imposed on the Companies or the Buyer as a result of the operations of the Companies with respect to any taxable year or period ending on or before the Closing Date; (ii) with respect to taxable years or periods beginning before the Closing Date and ending after the Closing Date, all Taxes imposed on the Companies or the Buyer as a result of the operations of the Companies, which Taxes are allocable to the portion of such taxable year or period ending on the Closing Date (an “Interim Period”) (Interim Periods and any taxable years or periods that end on or prior to the Closing Date being referred to collectively hereinafter as “Pre-Closing Periods”); (iii) Taxes of any member of any affiliated group of corporations (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) with which the Companies or any of their respective Subsidiaries files or has filed a Tax Return on a consolidated, combined, affiliated, unitary or similar basis for a taxable year or period beginning before the Closing Date; (iv) Taxes or other costs of the Buyer Indemnitees payable as a result of any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty made in Section 3.17 of this Agreement or any breach of any covenant contained in this Article XI, without duplication; and (v) any Taxes or other payments required to be made after the Closing Date by the Companies or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any Person under any Tax sharing, indemnity or allocation agreement or other arrangement in effect prior to the Closing (whether or not written) with respect to a Pre-Closing Period.
