Refunds and Tax Benefits (a) Except to the extent such refund was accrued as an asset on the Closing Balance Sheet, the Purchaser shall promptly pay to the Seller the amount of any refund or credit (including any interest paid or credited with respect thereto) received or used, in the case of a credit, by the Purchaser or by any Pershing Company of Taxes (i) relating to taxable periods of any Pershing Company or portions thereof ending on or before the Closing Date or (ii) attributable to an amount paid by the Seller under Section 7.01 hereof. The Purchaser shall, if the Seller so requests and at the Seller's expense, cause the relevant entity to file for and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and expedite the receipt of any refund to which the Seller is entitled under this Section 7.02. The Purchaser shall permit the Seller to participate in (at the Seller's expense) the prosecution of any such refund claim. The Seller shall not be entitled to pursue any refund claim if such claim would increase Taxes payable by any Pershing Company or Purchaser after the Closing unless the Seller shall indemnify Purchaser for such increased Taxes.
(b) Any amount otherwise payable by the Seller under Section 7.01 shall be reduced by the estimated present value of any net Tax benefit available to the Purchaser or its Affiliates in connection with the payment of Taxes for which the Seller is responsible under Section 7.01, and increased by the estimated present value of any Tax cost reasonably expected to be incurred by the indemnified party or its Affiliates as the result of the receipt of such indemnity payment. The estimated present value of any net Tax benefit and the estimated present value of any Tax costs referred to in this subsection (and in Section 9.02(e)) shall be computed using the applicable federal rate for the appropriate time period as defined in Section 1274(d)(1) of the Code as the discount rate and a Tax rate for all relevant years of 40%.
Insurance and Taxes The Consultant agrees to arrange for the Consultant's own liability, disability, health, and workers' compensation insurance, and that of the Consultant's employees, if any. The Consultant further agrees to be responsible for the Consultant's own tax obligations accruing as a result of payments for services rendered under this Agreement, as well as for the tax withholding obligations with respect to the Consultant's employees, if any. It is expressly understood and agreed by the Consultant that should the Company for any reason incur tax liability or charges whatsoever as a result of not making any withholdings from payments for services under this Agreement, the Consultant will reimburse and indemnify the Company for the same.
Tax Returns and Tax Payments (i) The Company has timely filed with the appropriate taxing authorities all Tax Returns required to be filed by it (taking into account all applicable extensions). All such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all respects. All Taxes due and owing by the Company has been paid (whether or not shown on any Tax Return and whether or not any Tax Return was required). The Company is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return or pay any Tax. No claim has ever been made in writing or otherwise addressed to the Company by a taxing authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. The unpaid Taxes of the Company did not, as of the Company Balance Sheet Date, exceed the reserve for Tax liability (excluding any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the face of the financial statements (rather than in any notes thereto). Since the Company Balance Sheet Date, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liability for Taxes outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past custom and practice. As of the Closing Date, the unpaid Taxes of the Company and its subsidiaries will not exceed the reserve for Tax liability (excluding any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the books and records of the Company.
(ii) No material claim for unpaid Taxes has been made or become a lien against the property of the Company or is being asserted against the Company, no audit of any Tax Return of the Company is being conducted by a tax authority, and no extension of the statute of limitations on the assessment of any Taxes has been granted by the Company and is currently in effect. The Company has withheld and paid all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party.
(iii) As used herein, “Taxes” shall mean all taxes of any kind, including, without limitation, those on or measured by or referred to as income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, franchise, profits, license, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium value added, property or windfall profits taxes, customs, duties or similar fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any governmental authority, domestic or foreign. As used herein, “Tax Return” shall mean any return, report or statement required to be filed with any governmental authority with respect to Taxes.
Taxes and Tax Returns (a) For purposes of this Section 3.9, Edify shall include Edify and each Edify Subsidiary and any other affiliated or related corporation or entity if Edify or any Edify Subsidiary has or could have any material liability for the Taxes of such corporation or entity. Edify has duly filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by it on or before the date hereof (all such returns being accurate and complete in all material respects) and has duly paid or made provision in the financial statements referred to in Sections 3.5 and 6.8 hereof in accordance with GAAP for the payment of all material Taxes that have been incurred or are due or claimed to be due from it by Taxing Authorities on or before the date hereof other than Taxes (a) that (x) are not yet delinquent or (y) are being contested in good faith and set forth in Section 3.9 of the Edify Disclosure Schedule and (b) that have not been finally determined. The charges, accruals, and reserves with respect to Taxes in the financial statements referred to in Sections 3.5 and 6.8 are adequate (determined in accordance with GAAP) and are at least equal to its liability for Taxes. There exists no proposed tax assessment against Edify except as disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Sections 3.5 and 6.8 hereof in accordance with GAAP. No consent to the application of Section 341(f)(2) of the Code has been filed with respect to any property or assets held, acquired, or to be acquired by Edify. All Taxes that Edify is or was required to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been paid to the proper Taxing Authority. All liability with respect to the Tax Returns of Edify has been satisfied for all years to and including 1998. No Taxing Authority has notified Edify of, or otherwise asserted, that there are any material deficiencies with respect to the Tax Returns of Edify subsequent to 1994. There are no material disputes pending, or claims asserted, for Taxes or assessments of Edify, nor has Edify given or been requested to give any currently effective waiver extending the statutory period of limitation applicable to any Tax Return. In addition, Tax Returns that are accurate and complete in all material respects have been filed by Edify for all periods for which returns were due with respect to income and employment tax withholding with respect to wages and other income and the amounts shown on such Tax Returns to be due and payable have been paid in full or adequate provision therefor in accordance with GAAP has been included by Edify in the financial statements referred to in Sections 3.5 and 6.8 hereto. All Edify Tax Returns have been examined by the relevant Taxing Authorities, or closed without audit by applicable statutes of limitations, and all deficiencies proposed as a result of such examinations have been paid or settled, for all periods before and including the taxable year ended December 31, 1994. Edify has provided or made available to S1 complete and correct copies of its Tax Returns and all material correspondence and documents, if any, relating directly or indirectly to Taxes for each taxable year or other relevant period as to which the applicable statute of limitations has not run on the date hereof. For this purpose, "correspondence and documents" include, without limitation, amended Tax Returns, pending claims for refunds, notices from Taxing Authorities of proposed changes or adjustments to Taxes or Tax Returns that have not been finally resolved, consents to assessment or collection of Taxes, acceptances of proposed adjustments, closing agreements, rulings and determination letters and requests therefor, and all other written communications to or from Taxing Authorities relating to any material Tax liability of Edify.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement:
Payments and Taxes Any and all payments made by Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any governmental authority (including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto) other than any taxes imposed on or measured by any Lender’s overall net income and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by a jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) as a result of any Lender being organized or resident, conducting business (other than a business deemed to arise from such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document) or having its principal office in such jurisdiction (“Indemnified Taxes”). If any Indemnified Taxes shall be required by Law to be withheld or deducted from or in respect of any sum payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any Lender, (a) an additional amount shall be payable as may be necessary so that, after making all required withholdings or deductions (including withholdings or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholdings or deductions been made, (b) Borrower shall make such withholdings or deductions, (c) Borrower shall pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Law, and (d) Borrower shall deliver to such Lender evidence of such payment. Borrower’s obligation hereunder shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Payment and Taxes 9.1 All payments to be made by the Guarantor under this Agreement shall be made in full, without any set-off or counterclaim whatsoever and free and clear of all deductions or withholdings whatsoever save only as may be required by law for value on the day on which payment is due.
9.2 If at any time the Guarantor is required to make any deduction or withholding in respect of Taxes from any payment due under this Agreement, it shall pay the full amount required to be deducted or withheld to the relevant taxation or other authority within the time allowed for such payment under applicable law and the sum due from the Guarantor in respect of such payment shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, the Sponsor receives on the due date for such payment (and retains, free from any liability in respect of such deduction or withholding), a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required to be made and the Guarantor and shall indemnify the Sponsor against any losses or costs incurred by it by reason of any failure of the Guarantor to make any such deduction or withholding or by reason of any increased payment not being made on the due date for such payment. The Guarantor shall promptly deliver to the Sponsor any receipts, certificates or other proof evidencing the amounts (if any) paid or payable in respect of any deduction or withholding as aforesaid.
9.3 If, following any such deduction or withholding as is referred to in Clause 8.2 from any payment by the Guarantor, the Sponsor shall receive or be granted a credit against or remission for any Taxes payable by it, the Sponsor shall, subject to the Guarantor having made any increased payment in accordance with Clause 8.2 and to the extent that the Sponsor can do so without prejudicing the retention of the amount of such credit or remission and without prejudice to the right of the Sponsor to obtain any other relief or allowance which may be available to it, reimburse the Guarantor with such amount as the Sponsor shall acting in its absolute discretion certify to be the proportion of such credit or remission as will leave the Sponsor (after such reimbursement) in no worse position than it would have been in had there been no such deduction or withholding from the payment by the Guarantor as aforesaid. Such reimbursement shall be made forthwith upon the Sponsor certifying that the amount of such credit or remission has been received by it. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall oblige the Sponsor to rearrange its tax affairs or to disclose any information regarding its tax affairs and computations. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor shall not, by virtue of this Clause 8.3 be entitled to enquire about the Sponsor’s tax affairs.
9.4 Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Clause 8, if the Sponsor is required to make any payment on account of Tax (not being a Tax imposed on and calculated by reference to the net income or a capital gain of the Sponsor by the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated other than any such Tax (including in respect of any balancing charge) imposed as a consequence of the exercise of the Put Option, the First Call Option or the Second Call Option (after taking into account the acquisition by the Sponsor of the Option Interest or the Residual Partnership Interest as the case may be) or otherwise on or in relation to any sum received or receivable or deemed to be received or receivable hereunder by the Sponsor (including any sum received or receivable or deemed to be received or receivable under this Clause 8) or any liability in respect of any such payment is asserted, imposed, levied or assessed against the Sponsor, the Guarantor shall, upon demand of the Sponsor, promptly indemnify the Sponsor against such payment or liability, together with any interest, penalties, costs and expenses payable or incurred in connection therewith (except to the extent that such interest penalties, costs or expenses have been incurred by the Sponsor’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) by making to the Sponsor such payment as is necessary to ensure that the Sponsor receives a sum net of such Tax equal to the sum which it would have received had no such Tax been imposed.
9.5 If the Guarantor is required to indemnify the Sponsor pursuant to Clause 8.5 or a Tax arises in respect of which the Guarantor has an obligation under this Clause 8, then, without in any way limiting, reducing or otherwise qualifying any rights or obligations of the Sponsor, the Sponsor shall promptly upon becoming aware of the same notify the Guarantor thereof and, in consultation in good faith with the Guarantor, for a period of up to sixty (60) days from the date of such notification, the Sponsor shall take such steps at the request and expense of the Guarantor as may be open to it to mitigate the effects of such circumstances on the Guarantor including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing by using all reasonable endeavours to transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement to another office or to a subsidiary or an affiliate of the Sponsor or to another institution, in each case not affected by the relevant circumstances provided that the Sponsor shall not be under any obligation to take or continue to take any such action or other steps if the Guarantor is in breach of this Agreement or if in its reasonable opinion, acting in good faith, to do so would have a material adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition or the financial basis under which, inter alia, this Agreement has been entered into or would entail any cost or expense to the Sponsor (unless, in the case of any adverse effect on such financial basis, or cost or expense, the Sponsor shall have been indemnified or otherwise secured to its satisfaction).
9.6.1 If a claim shall be made by the Sponsor for any Tax for which the Guarantor may be required to indemnify the Sponsor pursuant to Clause 8.2 or Clause 8.5, and under applicable law of the taxing jurisdiction the Guarantor is allowed to contest directly such Tax in its own name, then without prejudice to the obligation of the Guarantor to pay any sum due to the Sponsor pursuant to this Clause 8 on its due date, the Guarantor shall be permitted, at is expense and in its own name, and with the prior written consent of the Sponsor, to contest the imposition of such claim.
9.6.2 If the Guarantor is prevented by applicable law from validly contesting such claim in its own name or if it is necessary for the Sponsor to join in or assist in the contesting by the Guarantor of any claim, upon request of the Guarantor supported by an opinion of counsel selected by the Guarantor reasonably acceptable to the Sponsor confirming that there is a reasonable basis for contesting the validity, applicability or amount of such Taxes, the Sponsor shall, subject to sub-clause 8.7.3, in good faith, at the Guarantor’s expense, contest or assist in contesting the imposition of such Tax. After considering any views offered by the Sponsor and the Sponsor’s counsel concerning the forum in which a claim is most likely to be favourably resolved, the Guarantor may in its sole discretion select the forum for such consent and determine whether any such contest shall be by (a) resisting payment of such Tax, (b) paying such Tax under protest, (c) paying such Tax and seeking a refund or other repayment thereof or (d) seeking a reduction in the amount of such Tax.
9.6.3 In no event shall the Sponsor be required to contest nor shall the Sponsor be required to join in or assist in contesting the imposition of any such Tax:
(a) if the Sponsor reasonably believes that to do so would be prejudicial to its interest;
(b) unless the Guarantor shall have agreed to pay the Sponsor on demand, and indemnify the Sponsor from, all reasonable costs and expenses that the Sponsor incurs in contesting or assisting in contesting such claim or arising out of or relating to such contest or assistance (including, but not limited to, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses, losses, reasonable legal and accounting fees, disbursements, penalties and interest); and
(c) if such contest shall be conducted in a manner requiring the prior payment of the claim by the Sponsor or, if the Guarantor shall request the Sponsor to make payment thereof pursuant to sub-clauses (b) or (c) of Clause 8.7.2 unless the Guarantor shall have advanced to the Sponsor sufficient funds (on an interest free basis) (and if such payment results in Taxable income to the Sponsor in respect of which the Sponsor does not receive a corresponding deduction, on an after tax basis) to make such payment.
Income Tax Allocations (a) Except as provided in this Section 9.4, each item of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company for federal income tax purposes shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as such items are allocated for book purposes under Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 and 13.4(b).
(b) In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the Company shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its Gross Asset Value at the time of its contribution to the Company. If the Gross Asset Value of any Company property is adjusted in accordance with clause (c) or (d) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, then subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction shall take into account any variation between the adjusted basis of such property for federal income tax purposes and its Gross Asset Value as provided in Code Section 704(c) and the related Treasury Regulations. For purposes of such allocations, the Company shall elect the remedial allocation method described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d).
(c) All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocated to the Members in accordance with the provisions hereof and basis allocations recognized by the Company for federal income tax purposes shall be determined without regard to any election under Section 754 of the Code which may be made by the Company.
(d) If any deductions for depreciation or cost recovery are recaptured as ordinary income upon the Transfer of Company properties, the ordinary income character of the gain from such Transfer shall be allocated among the Members in the same ratio as the deductions giving rise to such ordinary character were allocated.
Tax Allocations Each item of income, gain, loss or deduction recognized by the Company shall be allocated among the Members for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes in the same manner that each such item is allocated to the Member’s Capital Accounts pursuant to Section 3.2(d) or as otherwise provided herein, provided that the Board may adjust such allocations as long as such adjusted allocations have substantial economic effect or are in accordance with the interests of the Members in the Company, in each case within the meaning of the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Tax credits and tax credit recapture shall be allocated in accordance with the Members’ interests in the Company as provided in Treasury Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii). Items of Company taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property (other than cash) contributed to the capital of the Company or revalued shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members, as determined by the Board in accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code, so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes and its fair market value at the time of contribution or revaluation, as the case may be. All of the Members agree that the Board is authorized to select the method or convention, or to treat an item as an extraordinary item, in relation to any variation of any Member’s interest in the Company described in section 1.706-4 of the Treasury Regulations in determining the Members’ distributive shares of Company items. All matters concerning allocations for U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. income tax purposes, including accounting procedures, not expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion. Each Class B Ordinary Share is intended to be treated as a profits interest for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and all of the Members agree to report consistently with, and to take any action requested by the Board to ensure, such treatment.
Accounting and Tax Matters The General Partner shall keep proper and usual books and records pertaining to the Partnership’s business in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The books and records and all files of the Partnership shall be kept at its principal office. The General Partner shall prepare and furnish to the Limited Partners promptly after the close of each fiscal year an unaudited statement, certified by the General Partner, showing the operations of the Partnership for such fiscal year, including a balance sheet and statement of income or loss and changes in financial position for such fiscal year, the balance of each Limited Partner’s Capital Account, the unpaid balance due under all obligations of the Partnership and all other information reasonably requested by any Partner. The Limited Partners, and the authorized agents thereof, shall have the right at all reasonable times to audit, examine and make copies or extracts from the Partnership books of account. Federal, state and local income tax returns of the Partnership shall be prepared and timely filed by the General Partner. Copies of the tax returns shall be furnished to the Limited Partners prior to filing thereof. The General Partner is hereby designated the tax matters partner of the Partnership.
Costs and Taxes Each Party shall bear its own costs and taxes arising out of the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement.
