Permitted Tax Distributions means (a) for so long as the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are members of a group filing a consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary income tax return with any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, payments, dividends, or distributions, directly or indirectly, to such direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in amounts required for such parent entity to pay federal, state and local income (and franchise or other similar Taxes imposed lieu of income) Taxes imposed on such entity to the extent such Taxes are directly attributable to the income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the amount of such payments in respect of any tax year does not, in the aggregate, exceed the amount that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are members of such consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary group would have been required to pay in respect of such Taxes (as the case may be) in respect of such year if the Borrower and its Subsidiaries paid such Taxes directly on a separate company basis or as a stand-alone consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary tax group (reduced by any such Taxes paid directly by the Borrower or any Subsidiary); and provided, further, that any such cash distributions made in respect of any Taxes attributable to the income of any Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower may be made only to the extent that such Unrestricted Subsidiaries have made cash payments for such purpose to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) with respect to any calendar year during which the Borrower is classified as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, payments, dividends, or distributions by a Loan Party, on or prior to each estimated tax payment date as well as each other applicable due date but no more frequently than quarterly, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the product of (i) the total aggregate taxable income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (or estimates thereof) which is allocable to its members or partners as a result of the operations or activities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the relevant period, calculated without regard to any tax deductions or basis adjustments arising under Section 743 of the Code attributable to the assets of the Borrower (provided, however, that such tax deductions or basis adjustments shall be taken into account if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), multiplied by (ii) the highest combined marginal federal, state and local income tax rates (including Section 1411 taxes) applicable to any member or partner of the Borrower (or, if any of them are themselves a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, their members or partners) determined by taking into account the character of the income and loss allocable to the members or partners as it affects the applicable tax rate, after taking into account any losses from prior periods allocated to the members or partners by the Borrower, to the extent not taken into account as a reduction in taxable income hereunder in prior periods; provided that, taxable income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period shall take into account any increases or decreases thereto as a result of any amended tax return or any tax examination, audit or adjustment; provided, further, that if the aggregate amount of Permitted Tax Distributions made for a taxable year exceeds the amount of Permitted Tax Distributions that would have been permitted based on the taxable income of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as finally determined following the close of such year (including as a result of any amended tax return or any tax examination, audit or adjustment), then the amount of such excess shall be credited against the next Permitted Tax Distributions permitted to be made with respect to subsequent taxable periods.
