Common use of Group Returns Clause in Contracts

Group Returns. Seller or its Affiliate shall prepare or cause to be prepared (at Seller’s expense) and timely file the U.S. federal consolidated income Tax Return for the Affiliated Group and any other Combined Returns for all taxable periods of the Companies and shall pay all Taxes due with respect thereto. The parties agree that the Companies shall be treated as if they ceased to be part of the Affiliated Group, and any other group for which a Combined Return is filed, as of the end of the day on the Closing Date. With respect to any short-year Tax Return required to be filed as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree to use a closing of the books method to allocate Tax items of the Companies between the short-year ending on the Closing Date and the short-year that begins after the Closing Date, and none of Seller, Purchaser, or any of their respective Affiliates will make a ratable allocation election under Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(ii) (or any corresponding or similar state, local or foreign Law) with respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement to the extent such election is permissible. To the extent required by Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(1)(ii)(B) (and any corresponding or similar state, local or foreign Law), any extraordinary transaction that occurs on the Closing Date after the Closing shall be treated as occurring on the day after the Closing Date. Seller or its Affiliate shall provide Purchaser with copies of the separate company pro-forma portion of all such Tax Returns relating to the Companies within ten (10) Business Days after filing any such Tax Returns.