Restrictions on SpinCo. (a) SpinCo agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or cause or permit any SpinCo Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any material, information, statement, covenant or representation in this Agreement, the Separation and Distribution Agreement, any of the Ancillary Agreements, any Representation Letters or any Tax Opinions/Rulings. SpinCo agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any SpinCo Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action which prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent (A) the Tax-Free Status (including the issuance of any SpinCo Capital Stock or AHS Capital Stock that would prevent the Distribution or the Internal Distribution from qualifying as a tax-free distribution under Section 355 of the Code) or (B) any transaction contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement, to the extent such transaction is intended by Parent to be tax-free or tax-advantaged, from so qualifying (it being agreed and understood that SpinCo shall not agree, and shall prevent any SpinCo Affiliate from agreeing, in any Tax Contest to any position that is inconsistent with the Tax treatment, as intended or determined by Parent, of the Transactions).
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Samples: Tax Matters Agreement, Tax Matters Agreement (Servicemaster Global Holdings Inc), Tax Matters Agreement (Frontdoor, Inc.)
Restrictions on SpinCo. (a) SpinCo agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or cause or permit any Affiliate of SpinCo Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any material, information, statement, covenant or representation in this Agreement, the Separation and Distribution Agreement, any of the Ancillary Agreements, any Representation Letters or any Tax Opinions/Rulings. SpinCo agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any Affiliate of SpinCo Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action which prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent (A) the Tax-Free Status (including the issuance of any SpinCo Capital Stock or AHS Section 355 Affiliate Capital Stock that would prevent the Distribution or the any Internal Distribution from qualifying as a tax-free distribution under Section 355 of the Code) or (B) any transaction contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement), to the extent such transaction is intended by Parent to be tax-free or tax-advantaged, from so qualifying (it being agreed and understood that SpinCo shall not agree, and shall prevent any Affiliate of SpinCo Affiliate from agreeing, in any Tax Contest to any position that is inconsistent with the Tax treatment, as intended or determined by Parent, treatment of the Transactions)Transactions as provided in the Intended Tax Treatment or the Parent Group Transaction Returns, unless there is no reasonable basis for such Tax treatment.
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Samples: Tax Matters Agreement (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.), Tax Matters Agreement (ZimVie Inc.), Tax Matters Agreement (ZimVie Inc.)
Restrictions on SpinCo. (a) SpinCo agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or cause or permit any SpinCo Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any material, information, statement, covenant or representation in this Agreement, the Separation and Distribution Agreement, any of the Ancillary Agreements, any Representation Letters or any Tax Opinions/Rulings. SpinCo agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any SpinCo Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action which prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent (A) the Tax-Free Status (including the issuance of any SpinCo Capital Stock or AHS Capital Stock that would prevent the Distribution or the Internal Distribution from qualifying as a tax-free distribution under Section 355 of the Code), (B) the Merger from qualifying as a tax-free liquidation under Section 332 of the Code or (BC) any transaction contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement, to the extent such transaction is intended by Parent to be tax-free or tax-advantaged, from so qualifying (it being agreed and understood that SpinCo shall not agree, and shall prevent any SpinCo Affiliate from agreeing, in any Tax Contest to any position that is inconsistent with the Tax treatment, as intended or determined by Parent, of the Transactions).
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Samples: Tax Matters Agreement (Mdu Resources Group Inc), Tax Matters Agreement (Knife River Holding Co), Tax Matters Agreement (Knife River Holding Co)
Restrictions on SpinCo. (a) SpinCo agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or cause or permit any SpinCo Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any material, information, statement, covenant or representation in this Agreement, the Separation and Distribution Agreement, any of the Ancillary Agreements, any Representation Letters or any Tax Opinions/Rulings. SpinCo agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any SpinCo Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action which prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent (A) the Tax-Free Status (including the issuance of any SpinCo Capital Stock or AHS Capital Stock that would prevent the Distribution or the Internal Distribution from qualifying as a tax-free distribution under Section 355 of the Code) or (B) any transaction contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement, to the extent such transaction is intended by Parent to be tax-free or tax-advantaged, from so qualifying (it being agreed and understood that SpinCo shall not agree, and shall prevent any SpinCo Affiliate from agreeing, in any Tax Contest to any position that is inconsistent with the Tax treatment, as intended or determined by Parent, of the Transactions).
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Samples: Tax Matters Agreement (Mdu Resources Group Inc), Tax Matters Agreement (Everus Construction Group, Inc.)