DAC TAX 14.1 The parties to this Agreement agree to the following provisions pursuant to Section 1.848-2(g)(8) of the Income Tax Regulations effective December 29, 1992, under Section 848 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended:
Entity-Level Taxation If legislation is enacted or the official interpretation of existing legislation is modified by a governmental authority, which after giving effect to such enactment or modification, results in a Group Member becoming subject to federal, state or local or non-U.S. income or withholding taxes in excess of the amount of such taxes due from the Group Member prior to such enactment or modification (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any increase in the rate of such taxation applicable to the Group Member), then the General Partner may, at its option, reduce the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and the Target Distributions by the amount of income or withholding taxes that are payable by reason of any such new legislation or interpretation (the “Incremental Income Taxes”), or any portion thereof selected by the General Partner, in the manner provided in this Section 6.9. If the General Partner elects to reduce the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and the Target Distributions for any Quarter with respect to all or a portion of any Incremental Income Taxes, the General Partner shall estimate for such Quarter the Partnership Group’s aggregate liability (the “Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount”) for all (or the relevant portion of) such Incremental Income Taxes; provided that any difference between such estimate and the actual liability for Incremental Income Taxes (or the relevant portion thereof) for such Quarter may, to the extent determined by the General Partner, be taken into account in determining the Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount with respect to each Quarter in which any such difference can be determined. For each such Quarter, the Minimum Quarterly Distribution, First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution and Third Target Distribution, shall be the product obtained by multiplying (a) the amounts therefor that are set out herein prior to the application of this Section 6.9 times (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) Available Cash with respect to such Quarter by (ii) the sum of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter and the Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount for such Quarter, as determined by the General Partner. For purposes of the foregoing, Available Cash with respect to a Quarter will be deemed reduced by the Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount for that Quarter.
Income Tax Characterization For purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any other income taxes, the Issuer will, and each Noteholder by such Noteholder’s acceptance of any such Notes (and each Person who acquires an interest in any Notes through such Noteholder, by the acceptance by such Person of an interest in the applicable Notes) agrees to, treat the Notes that are characterized as indebtedness at the time of their issuance, and hereby instructs the Issuer to treat such Notes, as indebtedness for federal, state and other tax reporting purposes. Each Noteholder agrees that it will cause any Person acquiring an interest in a Note through it to comply with this Indenture as to treatment as indebtedness under applicable tax law, as described in this Section 3.21. The Notes will be issued with the intention that, for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes the Trust shall not be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. The parties hereto agree that they shall not cause or permit the making, as applicable, of any election under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3 (or any successor provision) whereby the Trust or any portion thereof would be treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be construed in furtherance of the foregoing intended tax treatment.
Additional Taxes In the event of the enactment after the date hereof of any law of the state in which the Property is located or of any other governmental entity deducting from the value of the Property for the purpose of taxing any lien or security interest thereon, or imposing upon Lender the payment of the whole or any part of the taxes or assessments or charges or liens herein required to be paid by Borrower, or changing in any way the laws relating to the taxation of deeds of trust, mortgages or security agreements or debts secured by deeds of trust, mortgages or security agreements or the interest of the Lender, mortgagee or secured party in the property covered thereby, or the manner of collection of such taxes, so as to adversely affect this Mortgage or the Debt or Lender, then, and in any such event, Borrower, upon demand by Lender, shall pay such taxes, assessments, charges or liens, or reimburse Lender therefor; provided, however, that if in the opinion of counsel for Lender (a) it might be unlawful to require Borrower to make such payment, or (b) the making of such payment might result in the imposition of interest beyond the maximum amount permitted by law, then and in either such event, Lender may elect, by notice in writing given to Borrower, to declare all of the Debt to be and become due and payable in full thirty (30) days from the giving of such notice, and, in connection with the payment of such Debt, no prepayment premium or fee shall be due unless, at the time of such payment, an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred, which Default or Event of Default is unrelated to the provisions of this Section 2.21, in which event any applicable prepayment premium or fee in accordance with the terms of the Note shall be due and payable.
No Transfer Taxes There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Shares.
No Taxes The Company is not, and will not, to the best of its knowledge, become with respect to any periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date, liable for any income, sales, withholding, franchise, excise, license, real or personal property taxes (a “Tax”) to any foreign, United States federal, state or local governmental agencies whatsoever. All United States federal, state, county, municipality local or foreign income Tax returns and all other material Tax returns (including information returns) that are required, or have been required, to be filed by or on behalf of the Company has been or will be filed as of the Closing Date and all Taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company have been or will be paid as of the Closing Date. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of taxes or other governmental charges have been established in accordance with the tax method of accounting. All returns of the Company that have been filed relating to Tax are true and accurate in all material respects. No audit, action, suit, proceeding or other examination regarding taxes for which the Company may have any liability is currently pending against or with respect to the Company and the Company has not received any notice (formally or informally) of any audit, suit, proceeding or other examination. No material adjustment relating to any Tax returns, no closing or similar agreement have been entered into or issued or have been proposed (formally or informally) by any tax authority (insofar as such action relate to activities or income of or could result in liability of the Company for any Tax) and no basis exists for any such actions. The Company has not changed any election, adopted or changed any accounting method or period, filed any amended return for any Tax, settled any claim or assessment of any Tax, or surrendered any right to claim any refund of any Tax, or consented to any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations for any Tax. The Company has not had an “ownership change” as that term is defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect.
No Tax Allocation, Sharing The Acquiror Company is not and has not been a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement.
Tax The Agreement is amended by deleting Section 2(d) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Income Tax Liability Within ten Business Days after the receipt of revenue agent reports or other written proposals, determinations or assessments of the IRS or any other taxing authority which propose, determine or otherwise set forth positive adjustments to the Tax liability of any “affiliated group” (within the meaning of Section 1504(a)(l) of the Code) which equal or exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate, telephonic or telecopied notice (confirmed in writing within five Business Days) specifying the nature of the items giving rise to such adjustments and the amounts thereof.
Tax Characterization Each party to this Agreement (a) acknowledges that it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that, for accounting purposes and for all Federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, the Series 2009-1 Notes will be treated as evidence of indebtedness, (b) agrees to treat the Series 2009-1 Notes for all such purposes as indebtedness and (c) agrees that the provisions of the Related Documents shall be construed to further these intentions.
