Inventory; Returns Keep all Inventory in good and marketable condition, free from material defects. Returns and allowances between Borrower and its Account Debtors shall follow Borrower’s customary practices as they exist at the Effective Date. Borrower must promptly notify Bank of all returns, recoveries, disputes and claims that involve more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).
Books and Records Accounting Tax Matters Describes general and administrative items and procedural aspects of handling certain of those items.
Books, Records and Tax Returns (Check One) ☐ - SINGLE-MEMBER: The Company shall maintain complete and accurate books and records of the Company's business and affairs as required by the Statutes and such books and records shall be kept at the Company's Registered Office and shall in all respects be independent of the books, records and transactions of the Member. The Company's fiscal year shall be the calendar year with an ending month of December. The Member intends that the Company, as a single member LLC, shall be taxed as a sole proprietorship in accordance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Any provisions herein that may cause may cause the Company not to be taxed as a sole proprietorship shall be inoperative.
Straddle Periods For all purposes of this Agreement:
(a) Except as provided in Section 8.03(b), any Taxes of or with respect to a Transferred Entity or the Transferred Assets for any Straddle Period shall be apportioned between the portion of the period ending on the Closing Date and the portion of the period commencing on the day immediately following the Closing Date, based on an interim closing of the books, as if the Closing Date were the end of a Tax period, and each such portion of such period shall be deemed to be a separate taxable period; provided, that, exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis (including, but not limited to, depreciation and amortization deductions) shall be allocated between the period ending on the Closing Date and the period beginning after the Closing Date in proportion to the number of days in each period to the extent permitted by applicable Law.
(b) In the case of any real property, personal property and similar ad valorem Taxes or other periodic Taxes that 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 taxable period ending on the Closing Date shall be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire taxable period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the taxable period ending on (and including) the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire taxable period and the portion of such Tax which relates to the portion of such taxable period beginning immediately after the Closing Date shall be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire taxable period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the taxable period beginning after the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire taxable period.
Statements of Reconciliation after Change in Accounting Principles If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or 5.1(c) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
Year-End Statements As soon as available and in any event within 5 days after the same is required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (but in no event later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent), the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related audited consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures as at the end of and for the previous fiscal year, all of which shall be (a) certified by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Parent, in his or her opinion, to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP and in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Parent, the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such period and (b) accompanied by the report thereon of an Approved Accounting Firm, whose certificate shall be unqualified and in scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and who shall have authorized the Borrower to deliver such financial statements and certification thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, the Parent shall not be required to deliver an item required under this Section if such item is contained in a Form 10-K filed by the Parent with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any Governmental Authority substituted therefore) and is publicly available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Tax Returns, Payments and Elections The Company has filed all tax returns and reports (including information returns and reports) as required by law. These returns and reports are true and correct in all material respects except to the extent that a reserve has been reflected on the Financial Statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company has paid all taxes and other assessments due, except those contested by it in good faith that are listed in the Schedule of Exceptions and except to the extent that a reserve has been reflected on the Financial Statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The provision for taxes of the Company as shown in the Financial Statements is adequate for taxes due or accrued as of the date thereof. The Company has not elected pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to be treated as a Subchapter S corporation or a collapsible corporation pursuant to Section 1362(a) or Section 341(f) of the Code, nor has it made any other elections pursuant to the Code (other than elections that relate solely to methods of accounting, depreciation or amortization) that would have a material effect on the Company, its financial condition, its business as presently conducted or proposed to be conducted or any of its properties or material assets. The Company has never had any tax deficiency proposed or assessed against it and has not executed any waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any tax or governmental charge. None of the Company’s federal income tax returns and none of its state income or franchise tax or sales or use tax returns have ever been audited by governmental authorities. Since the Financial Statement Date, the Company has not incurred any taxes, assessments or governmental charges other than in the ordinary course of business and the Company has made adequate provisions on its books of account for all taxes, assessments and governmental charges with respect to its business, properties and operations for such period. The Company has withheld or collected from each payment made to each of its employees, the amount of all taxes (including, but not limited to, federal income taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes and Federal Unemployment Tax Act taxes) required to be withheld or collected therefrom, and has paid the same to the proper tax receiving officers or authorized depositories.
Interim Statements As soon as available, but in no event later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, Borrower's balance sheet and profit and loss statement for the period ended, prepared by Borrower.
Straddle Period In the case of Taxes that are payable with respect to a taxable period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date (each such period, a “Straddle Period”), the portion of any such Taxes that are treated as Pre-Closing Taxes for purposes of this Agreement shall be:
(a) in the case of Taxes (i) based upon, or related to, income, receipts, profits, wages, capital or net worth, (ii) imposed in connection with the sale, transfer or assignment of property, or (iii) required to be withheld, deemed equal to the amount which would be payable if the taxable year ended with the Closing Date; and
(b) in the case of other Taxes, deemed to be the amount of such Taxes for the entire period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the period ending on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire period.
Books, Records and Financial Statements (a) The Company shall at all times maintain, at its principal place of business, separate books of account for the Company that shall show a true and accurate record of all costs and expenses incurred, all charges made, all credits made and received and all income derived in connection with the operation of the Company in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and, to the extent inconsistent therewith, in accordance with this Agreement. Such books of account, together with a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate, shall at all times be maintained at the principal place of business of the Company and shall be open to inspection and examination at reasonable times by each Member and its duly authorized representatives for any purpose reasonably related to such Member's interest in the Company.
(b) The Officers shall prepare and maintain, or cause to be prepared and maintained, the books of account of the Company. The following financial information, prepared in accordance with GAAP (or, in the case of item (v), in accordance with United States federal income tax principles) and applied on a basis consistent with prior periods, which shall be audited and certified to by an independent certified public accountant (who may be the independent certified public accountant for HSNi and its Affiliates), shall be transmitted by the Company to each Member as soon as reasonably practicable and in no event later than ninety (90) days after the close of each Fiscal Year:
(i) balance sheet of the Company as of the beginning and close of such Fiscal Year;
(ii) statement of profits and losses for such Fiscal Year;
(iii) statement of each Member's Capital Account as of the close of such Fiscal Year, and changes therein during such Fiscal Year;
(iv) statement of the Company's cash flows during such Fiscal Year; and
(v) a statement indicating such Member's share of each item of the Company income, gain, loss, deduction or credit for such Fiscal Year for income tax purposes, which statement shall include or consist of a Schedule K-1 to the Company's Internal Revenue Service Form 1065 (or any corresponding schedule to any successor form) for such Fiscal Year.
(c) Following the end of each of the Company's four fiscal quarters, the Company shall prepare and provide to each Member on a reasonably timely basis in order to permit each Member to comply with its public reporting requirements an unaudited balance sheet of the Company with respect to such quarter, a statement of the profits and losses of the Company for such quarter and a statement of cash flows during such quarter, each of which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with prior periods. To the extent that, with respect to the first four fiscal quarters of the Company, the Company cannot provide final financial statements with respect to such fiscal quarter on a reasonably timely basis for a Member to comply with its reporting obligations, the Company shall provide estimates on a reasonably timely basis to permit such compliance. Except as provided in the next paragraph, a Member shall not disclose any of the information provided pursuant to this paragraph prior to the earlier of (i) immediately following the time such information is made publicly available by HSNi, and (ii) the date HSNi is required to file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q or its annual report on Form 10-K with respect to the fourth quarter, as the case may be, containing such information.
(d) To the extent that a Member is required pursuant to its public reporting requirements to disclose the quarterly financial information described in paragraph (c) prior to the date described in the last sentence thereof, a Member may use such information or estimates in its required public disclosure, provided that such disclosure does not result in the financial information relating to the Company being separately identifiable or determinable from such disclosure.
